Real Life Real Crime | Justice For Bradley ep 27

Summary

Real Life Real Crime | Justice For Bradley ep 27

Podcast: Real Life Real Crime
Host: Woody Overton
Date: January 10, 2026

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Overview of the Episode

This episode of "Real Life Real Crime," hosted by Woody Overton, delivers a raw, unscripted deep-dive into recent developments surrounding the Justice for Bradley case and the related death of Austin O’Banion. Woody dissects the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office (VPSO) response, highlighting a recent 8-minute recorded call with Sheriff Sam Kraft, then methodically picks apart the sheriff’s public statement. The episode’s goal: clarify persistent rumors, challenge official narratives, and demand answers as the case continues to stir public outrage and grief.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Context: Recent Developments in Vernon Parish

• Sheriff Sam Kraft issued a public statement addressing the cases of Bradley's disappearance and Austin O’Banion’s death.
• Woody received a permission-granted recording of a call between Cheryl Lynn (a concerned citizen/lifer listener) and Sheriff Kraft.
• Woody sets out to address assertions made in the sheriff’s statement, clarify accusations, and spotlight investigative inconsistencies.

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2. Cheryl Lynn's Phone Call with Sheriff Sam Kraft (07:55–16:21)

Interview Highlights:

• Danny K Investigation: Sheriff Kraft confirms Danny K has been interviewed multiple times regarding Bradley’s case and the investigation is ongoing.

  "Yes, sir, we have interviewed Danny K at length while he was incarcerated here... we made another trip... and interviewed him again."
  (08:08, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

• Tony Doyle and the Bones: Kraft says the only bones Tony Doyle brought to them were confirmed as animal remains by the LSU Faces Lab.

  "That’s the bones that I’m aware of."
  (09:36, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

• Austin O’Banion’s Release: Kraft defends the process, stating her release was a judge-ordered decision involving attorneys, the probation officer, and the DA.

  "We did not just open the door as has been blatantly lied."
  (11:01, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

• Rumors about Drug Dealers: When asked about claims that drug dealers only need to "pay their taxes" to avoid arrest, Kraft is blunt:

  "I would like for one name of one person that told that to Morgan Baggot."
  (11:38, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

• Bradley's Letter: Kraft states all claims in Bradley’s letter have been examined closely.

• Austin O’Banion's Death: Kraft is adamant Austin was not murdered and dismisses persistent rumors about mutilation, emphasizing autopsy findings.

  "Her ears were fully intact... all of her limbs... were fully intact... we used her tattoos... to immediately make identification..."
  (15:14, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

Notable Moment:

• Kraft shares a personal connection with the victim’s family, strongly pushing back against cover-up allegations.

  "...to insinuate that we just blatantly cover up his disappearance is a lie... I knew the young man personally..."
  (13:41, Sheriff Sam Kraft)

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3. Woody Overton’s Analysis and Rebuttal (16:24–end)

Addressing Rumors and Social Media Myths:

• Woody distances himself from the more sensational rumors (Austin’s tongue or ears cut off, tattoos removed), asserting these were never stated by him.

  "I never said that Austin’s tongue was cut out. I never said her ears were cut off. I looked at the pictures..."
  (24:24, Woody Overton)

• Critiques the rumor mill but insists the sheriff handles all tips, even the wild ones.

On the Official Investigation:

• Woody acknowledges that Sheriff Kraft’s department has indeed been working leads, but holds that some investigative actions and official statements seem inconsistent.

  • Example: Regarding the thoroughness of body identification procedures and why tattoos would need to be used.
  • Questions the official dismissal of a homicide investigation for Austin.

• Allegations of Inept Police Work vs. Coverup:
  Woody states he never believed VPSO was covering up for bribes, but has always said there were mishandlings or missteps.

  "In the beginning, I thought it was just some really, really, really inept police work..."
  (28:14, Woody Overton)

On the Release and Role of Austin O’Banion:

• Suggests Austin may have served as a confidential informant, which could explain how and why she was released from custody (“I know for a fact... that Austin had in fact worked as a confidential informant in the past for the sheriff’s office.” – 38:29).
• Raises allegations that Austin was escorted out of jail after hours to retrieve something from her parents’ home prior to her release — not addressed in sheriff’s statement.

Woody’s Dissection of Sheriff Kraft's Public Statement

• Reads and comments on the statement line-by-line, pointing out areas where he believes the sheriff is omitting or spinning facts, especially regarding investigative actions, the handling of search efforts, and the conditions of Austin’s body.
• Polygraph Discussion:
  According to multiple sources, Detective Vance told others that Austin passed a polygraph about Bradley’s murder. Woody questions how relevant questions were formed, and asserts passing does not necessarily mean full truthfulness.
• Concedes that some of Austin’s account is likely false or self-serving, but insists there are "nuggets of truth" critical to the case.

Physical Evidence and Autopsy Discussion

• Woody challenges the autopsy findings as summarized by Kraft, especially the statement that there were “no significant life-threatening injuries” after previously telling the family “not a scratch on her.”

  "Now, when the largest meth bust... the man that got arrested... was directly related to the Sinaloa cartel... But Sheriff Sam Kraft says he's a good dude."
  (60:12, Woody Overton)

• Discusses circumstances of Austin’s last hours, interactions with witnesses, and questions around her refusing drugs the night before her death.

On Continued Public Pressure

• Emphasizes the importance of continued public interest and activism to maintain heat on authorities.

  "...when the heat's on, people have to do their jobs..."
  (71:45, Woody Overton)

• Acknowledges his own methods — including publicizing even bizarre tips and psychic readings — are designed to keep conversations and pressure alive.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Sheriff Sam Kraft on cover-up allegations:

  "To say or insinuate that when we just blatantly cover up his disappearance is a lie." (13:41)

• Woody Overton on social media lies:

  "There’s a lot of shit that’s way out there on social media that I’m not touching. It doesn’t mean I don’t listen to it all. Take it all in because I’m actually investigating, if you will..." (25:33)

• Sheriff Kraft on drug dealer rumors:

  "That would be a lie... be careful of your sources." (11:30–11:55)

• Woody’s closing declaration:

  "The one way to get me to shut the fuck up is solve the case." (71:23)

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Timeline of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:52 | Woody’s explicit True Crime warning and introduction | | 07:55 | Start of Cheryl Lynn’s recorded call; Q&A with Sheriff Sam Kraft | | 16:24 | Woody’s commentary post-call; addressing rumors and breakdown of call | | 22:41 | Woody begins direct analysis of the sheriff’s official press release, line by line | | 36:47 | Break and commercial | | 37:38 | Woody debunks claims about social media rumors and outlines polygraph test issues | | 60:12 | Discussion surrounding the meth bust, cartel connections, and implications for law enforcement integrity | | 71:23 | Woody’s final challenge; summarizes what's next in the ongoing investigation |

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Episode Tone and Delivery

• Woody Overton’s tone: Direct, unapologetically blunt, emotionally invested. Leans hard into personal opinion, speculation, and investigative logic.
• Sheriff Kraft’s tone: Measured but defensive, sticking closely to official narratives and legal constraints.
• The episode mixes fact-based critique with impassioned calls for justice, frequently referencing the pain, grief, and confusion of the victims’ families and the affected Vernon Parish community.

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Summary Verdict

Woody uses this episode to keep the Justice for Bradley campaign alive and ensure the story remains in the spotlight. By scrutinizing every detail and demand transparency, he’s both holding local authorities to account and giving the families and listeners the information needed to keep demanding answers. The episode leaves the door open for further revelations, promising a focused continuation in the next installment — especially regarding personal attacks and lingering inconsistencies in official statements.

Listeners come away with a clear sense of both the gravity and complexity of the case, the highly charged local context, and a strong call to keep pressing for truth — regardless of discomfort for authorities or the flood of rumors from the public.

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If you have information related to the cases, Woody encourages ongoing contact via his tip line: 313-RLRC-TIP.

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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You got to write to an attorney prior to it during any question. If you can't afford one, the court will point one for you. Do you understand your rights. And the wolf is at your. Running over that's for sure Already knows all about you you cut you down no matter by you now you better watch alive. You cry. Warning this episode of Real Life Real Crime. The podcast may contain descriptions of acts of violence or that of a sexual nature and should be for people that are 18 years or older. He my warning people I do not get the facts of these cases off of the Internet or for some television show. The facts I'm retelling you will were presented to me by the victims of the crimes or the perpetrators who committed the crimes against the victims. My descriptions of the crime scenes, what I saw with my own two eyes. If you're gonna get offended, please turn this podcast off now. Thank you. Hello everybody and welcome to this episode of Real Life Real Crime, the podcast. As always, I'm your host Woody Overton coming to you on this episode of hashtag Just for Bradley and hashtag Just for ao. In been a busy week over in Vernon Parish, as everyone knows by now. Sheriff Sam Kraft issued a public statement directly relating to Bradley's what he calls disappearance in Austin's overdose and we're going to get into that in a little bit because I have a lot I want to say and you know the the about specific things in a statement etc. And to answer what he calls his mobilate lies and what have you and whatnot. Before we do that I want to say that thank you everybody for calling your tips 313-RLRC-TIP and yes I have been quiet and but stuff like this comes up and I'm going to be loud again and address that. I'm going to continue to do what I do and continue to push forward in we want justice in this case. I don't care who gets it. I want justice and I did not murder anybody in Vernon Parish. And certainly before this year or before the tail end of 2025, I didn't even know who Bradley in Austin were, unlike the Vernon Parish Sheriff's office. So the sheriff Sam Kraft pushed out his, his memo. And I had a message sent to Me by Ms. Cheryl Lynn and she told me unequivocally her blessings on using this recording. And now it's between her and Sheriff Sam Kraft on this podcast and I'm gonna play it for you. And it's 8 minutes and 31 seconds. Now. I did, I did not know she was contacting the sheriff. I didn't know anything about it or what have you. But evidently he is available now by email or phone call or whatever, not through social media, evidently, to, you know, answer questions about this case. And Great. That, that's great transparency. Right? Well, there's a lot of things that are not said or, or that are misspoken in this, that this message. And I don't know Cheryl in. Never met her, wouldn't know her if she walked into the room right now, but she sent it to me and I want you to hear. Then I'm gonna make my comments about it. Then I'm going to dive into the public statement that was issued by Sheriff Sam Kraft and about social media, blah, blah, blah. All right? And I, I'm y. I'm rawling unscripted. I, you know, certainly know the gist of what I'm going to say, but I don't have any notes or anything like that. So. But let me play this. This is what I got on Tuesday at 1:29pm and I'm going to play this to start out this episode.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, this is Mr. Kraft.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

It is.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. You told me, I emailed you and you told me to call you.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

So you're, you're. Let me find. Your email says, why are you sitting on your hands when you know that Danny K has information on Bradley Straits murder? Yes, sir, we have interviewed Danny K at length while he was incarcerated here. Some months ago, we made another trip up to North Louisiana where he is serving his sentence and interviewed him again. So that's an avenue that we are looking at. Yes.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. And what about Tony Doyle? Have you, have you interviewed her?

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Only James, Tony?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yeah. Yes.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Yes, ma', am, we have.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Numerous. Numerous times, I might add.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. Did she tell you she, she, she had some bones? She had found some bones apparently and took it home and slept with it.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Only bones. I'm aware of her finding. She called me. She was at the river. I sent a deputy. He retrieved those bones. We got those bones to the LSU faces lab and they determined them to be animal bones.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

That's the bones that I'm aware of.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. Can you explain why Austin O' Banion was let out of jail when she was supposed to be in your custody.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

She. She was arrested by her probation officer, put in my jail. She had a probation hearing with her attorney, the district attorney, her probation officer and the district court judge. The district court judge gave her credit for time served, which was 30 days. He ordered her released and placed back on probation.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

You make sure you get that right.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

I'm. I'm getting. Okay, yeah. That's why I'm asking the questions, because I want to get it right.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

He had a court hearing ordered by the judge. The district attorney was present, her attorney was present, her probation officer was present, and the judge who placed her on probation was present.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

They came to the agreement that she would be released and placed back on probation. So we did not just open the door as has been blatantly lied.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Let her out. Oh, I'm glad you asked that question, ma'.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Am.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. And is there a reason why drug dealers are telling Morgan Baggott that all they have to do is pay their taxes and they won't get in trouble?

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

I'm not aware of. I'm not aware of that.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay, well, that's what.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

That would be a lie.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Well, that's what's being said, that as long as they pay their taxes that they won't be arrested.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

I would like for one of them. I'd like for one name of one person that told that to Morgan Baggot.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Just one. One name of one person that told that to Morgan Maggot.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay, well, I'm not going to disclose that. I. I really don't have that information exactly who it is, but you best.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Be careful of your sources.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. Okay. And then what about Bradley's letter?

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

What.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

What was the deal with that?

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

It has been very closely examined. Numerous, numerous times. The things mentioned have been looked into very closely. Yes.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

So, ma', am, there's a lot of. There's a lot of things I just can't come out. You know, this is still a very open, fluid investigation.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, sir.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Some things I'm comment on, some things I can't.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, sir, I understand that.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Okay.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yeah. Okay. I just wanted to be clear, you know, there's.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

I appreciate that, ma'. Am. We don't.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Ma'. Am.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

I don't have one single thing to hide. A single thing. We have. We have went down numerous leads, chased them down. The fact that, that it's being said that we haven't done anything, we're overlooking his murder, etc, all lies. Well, I knew That I knew the young man personally. I know his daddy. I knew his Grandpa Straightener. I went to his Grandpa Straightener's funeral. I had visited in his Grandpa Straightener's home in years past. So to insinuate that when we just blatantly cover up his disappearance is a lie. And I know you're recording me, and that's that.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yeah.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Tell me what your interest is, ma'. Am. Are you. Where do you live?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

I live in Louisiana. And I'm. I'm just flabbergasted by all of. Everything that's been going on. These people had families that loved them. And for. For David Vance to say that Austin o' Banion was found without a scratch on her. When it's been proved.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

David Vance did not say that.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

When it's been proven that she was. She had a lot of trauma to her body.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

She did not. But that's. That. That's for another time. Not. Not with you. That. That does not pertain to you. But you obviously did not see the autopsy, did you?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

I didn't see it with my own eyes, no, sir.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Okay.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

But the autopsy is much different than the photographs that were described.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Well, considering we took the photographs and I was at the scene, you know, they. I guess you were told that her. Her ears were cut off, huh?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, sir.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

And that her tattoos were removed, scraped off, correct?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Something with the tattoos? Yes, sir.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

All eyes, ma'.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Am.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Her ears were fully intact. All of her limbs and fingers and. Etc were fully intact. And we used her tattoos to revert right back to her jail record her jail identifiers, and use that to immediately make identification based on her very visible tattoos. So, again, some more of the social media lies that have been told.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. And are we solving Austin O. Banion's murder?

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Austin o' Banion was not murdered.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Okay. Okay. All right. Well, thank you for your time, sir.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Yes, ma', am. You're quite welcome. And again, you emailed me and I responded, did I not?

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, sir, you did. And I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

I appreciate you asking some questions. Some questions. Okay.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

Yes, sir.

[Sheriff Sam Kraft]

Have a good day.

[Interviewer/Podcaster (Likely Woody Overton)]

You, too. Bye. Bye.

[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

All right, again, I don't know, Cheryl Lynn that, you know, obviously she's a lifer and she's in on this case. You know, kudos to Sheriff Sam Kraft for answering some questions. But let's talk about a couple things, all right? One, the. Oh, God, where did I even begin? I never. Never. And it came out on social media on Tuesday night. I never said that. Austin's tongue was cut out. I never said that Austin had bullet holes or stab wounds. I never said her ears were cut off. I never said her tattoos were cut off. I looked at the pictures. Now, Sam craft that maybe you didn't. He said they did the autopsy. Well, it was done in Texas. And the. The. I did not see the actual autopsy photos. I saw photos of her body before it was prepared for funeral. Okay. They were taken by whomever it was sent to him. I'm not. Not going to disclose that. But the. The. Let me address Cheryl. Thank you, Cheryl Lynn, for making that call, et cetera. Like the part about asking the question about, you know, why do drug dealers say that all they have to do is pay their taxes and Sandcraft doesn't touch them? I think that's ludicrous. Right? But y' all don't get is. I get that kind of shit every day, all day on the tip line when I tell you that I, you know, everybody wants to tell on everybody in Burning Parish and tell me all the stuff that has nothing to do with Bradley or Austin. I get that. So the. And I do not believe that Sam Kraft would. Would ever tell a dope dealer that. I think that's stupid. But. But it was a good question. I mean, she heard it. And then y'. All. It's been out there in the rumor mills. And I get that he addressed that. And. And the. As far as Danny K. Goes. And. And I'm gonna get more into this in a minute because he addressed me personally on this issue in his. In his press release on Danny K. Goes. You notice what he said? We've interviewed him several times and basically said it's still an ongoing investigation. Right? Real life, real crime. The podcast is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Fiscally responsible financial geniuses, monetary magicians. These are the things people say about drivers who switch their car insurance to Progressive and save hundreds. Because Progressive offers discounts for paying in full, owning a home, and more. Plus, you can count on their great customer service to help you when you need it. So your dollar goes a long way. Visit progressive.com to see if you could save on car insurance. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates. Potential savings will vary. Not available in all states or situations. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. The new year doesn't require a new you. Most of the time, it just means figuring out what you can stop carrying. For me, that's been learning how to let go of pressure. The pressure to have everything figured out, to carry the weight of everything all the time. And to keep pushing even when something clearly isn't working. Therapy can help you sort through the things that weigh you down fear, doubt, perfectionism, expectations and give you an unbiased perspective on your relationships, your motivations and the way you respond to the world around you. BetterHelp is an online therapy platform with fully licensed therapists in the US who follow a strict professional code of conduct. They do the matching work for you so you're not stuck guessing where to start. You fill out a short questionnaire and Based on over 12 years of experience and an industry leading match fulfillment rate, they typically get it right the first time. And if you don't feel like your therapist is the right fit, you can switch to a different one at any time. From their tailored recommendations. BetterHelp has helped over 5 million people globally with access to more than 30,000 therapists and an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 for live sessions based on over 1.7 million client reviews. Sometimes the goal isn't changing who you are, it's understanding what's holding you back so you can move forward with a little less weight. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with qualified therapists. Sign up and get 10% [e-mail] that's B E T T E R h e l p.com after the holidays there's.

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[Woody Overton (Real Life Real Crime Host)]

Mom that he didn't know anything and that was out on social media about her bringing some bones home and sleeping with him and all that. He said that they responded and did that. But you know what? That's called doing your job. You have detectives that go out there and look into these things as they should. And yes, I know they went in the month of it was December or the very end of November. They went to Clavering Paris, where Danny K. Is locked up now and re interviewed him. And I know everything about that interview and I'm not going to disclose how and I'm not going to disclose exactly what if I knew what was said word for word. Not going to disclose that. And in. But I was quiet for a reason. I know they're working the case. I know they're going back and re examining things. Okay. Him saying that David Vance did not say that Austin the banion didn't have a scratch on her. David Vance didn't say that. Sheriff Sam Kraft said that. He said that to Austin's daddy. He said when he notified her of the death. And Sheriff, if I'm wrong, then you say Woody Overton's wrong on this because I want you just Austin's daddy to say that this isn't true, that you know, you notified her of the death. When you talked about Austin's death, she said she didn't have a scratch on her and the. The cartel was not involved. All right, so that didn't come from David Vance. He's right, that part didn't. But I'm gonna address what did here in a second. Okay? The, you know, the social media lies there. Yeah. There's a lot of shit that's way out there on social media that I'm not touching. It doesn't mean I don't listen to it all. Take it all in because I'm actually investigating, if you will, and everything that comes in, just like they should be doing everything that comes in, you have to look at it and then you either you exclude it or you can exclude it and it stays on your main radar while all the rest of the tips are coming in. So the people that say, oh, well, you know, Woody's been quiet. He's not doing anything. I can't tell you what I'm doing no more. Sam Kraft said, you know, this is a fluid investigation, and there's things I could tell you and things I can't tell you. All right? So that. Thank you, Ms. Cheryl Lynn, for doing that, y'. All. If you want to talk to Sam Kraft, call him up and ask him. But there's a hell of a lot of things to be asked. Oh, let's talk about this. Didn't have a mark on her. Austin didn't die. We're going to get into that because I'm about to read this. It goes into it, and I. Evidently, Sheriff Sam Kraft and I didn't see the same photographs. All right. But I'm going on the record again. And I said it before. I. There was a rumor that Morgan Baggett had heard in. You know how rumor mills are, that. That her tongue was cut out. And I addressed on a podcast, I said, I'm telling you right now, her tongue was not cut out. Okay. And her ears were not cut off. She did had damage to her ear. And then for him to say that she didn't have any damage is ridiculous. And. But I'm gonna get. Let me pull up his statement and we'll read it. I'm gonna take it one step at a time. All right? So. And look, y', all, I'm not mad. This is what I do. And I don't give a shit what they think of me in Vernon Paris and with the good guys think or the bad guys think and whatever. And I said from the beginning that. And of course, I'm in the minority here. I said from the beginning, there's way more good people in Vernon Parish, and especially in their law enforcement etc, than there are bad. All right? And. But some needs to be addressed. And he didn't address it in this letter either. But I'm gonna read it. I'm gonna take it step by step, and I'll get as far as I can into it. Because of podcast reasons, I'm. I'm relegated to less than an hour. So it says, Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office. A message from the sheriff. This press release is being made in response to numerous false statements that have been posted and shared on social media regarding the disappearance. That's a disappearance of Bradley Strasner and the death of Austin o'. Banion. I Began my career and took my oath to uphold the laws in the state in 1985. Since July 1, 2000, I have taken the oath of office as sheriff of Burnham Parish. This oath is a solemn vow that I do not shirk or shy away from. Kudos to you, Sheriff Kraft. You've been there for 26 years now. Awesome. At no time have I or anyone with this department conspired to cover up or conceal anything concerning the disappearance of Bradley Strer. To say or insinuate this is an absolute false statement. Period. All right, Woody Overton responded again. I did. In the beginning, I thought it was just some really, really, really inept police work. Do. Do I think that the sheriff is getting money for covering it up or anything like that? No, I. And. And I've always said that, but there's some bad that's going on or I wouldn't be talking about it. Moving on back to the sheriff. I know the Strayster family. Bradley's uncle was the VPSO maintenance shop foreman for a number of years. I attended the funeral of Bradley's grandfather and had visited in the grandfather's home in years past. Excellent. To say, post and share that this department intentionally covered up or false or failed to investigate Bradley's disappearance is an absolute lie. Moving on. Every lead, every tip and every rumor that has been received by this department has been investigated. This continues today and will continue until Bradley's disappearance has been solved. Well, you know what? That is your department's job. He went missing in your jurisdiction, but moving on. Very good, Sheriff. Thank you. Then he continues. This has included numerous searches by foot, searches by specially trained dogs, water searches with trained divers and boats with specialized sonar equipment. Numerous creeks, old home places, abandoned wells and old dump sites and wooded areas are just some of the places that have been searched. Not a single tip has been ignored. It has been posted on social media that I advised a local landowner and in the Sandy Hill area to deny access of his property to a group of volunteers wanting to search his property. I, in fact, told the landowner that we were in the process of organizing a large group of cadaver dogs and handlers and that it would be best to let this group conduct the search in conjunction with law enforcement. This property was thoroughly searched with these dogs and their handlers. Handlers. Along with other areas of interest in the Sandy Hill area. I'm gonna say this interrupting they that that rumor I've got from day one and I've never mentioned it on podcast, I've never mentioned in a post on Facebook or anything else, because I don't know anything about it. They, you know, 100 different people have said that, and they do the post about it, and evidently they got it wrong or they searched it later. Great. It's called doing your job, Sheriff. Good job. Attaboy. These areas included. Back to Sheriff. These areas include the location of the vehicle that Bradley was driving, which belonged to the then girlfriend's grandmother. Several residences, outbuildings, and surrounding properties in the Sandy Hill area have been searched. Great. Doing your job. Excellent. Moving on. On June 26, 2023, Austin O' Banion was arrested by the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole for a probation violation. Austin was booked into VPSO jail and ordered by a judge to serve 30 days. On July 5, 2023, Austin asked to speak to the detective. Detective Ben Burwell took the initial statement from her on July 20th. On July 6th, 2023, Detective Burwell again re interviewed her. Now that's. That's a fact. We know it's true. The information that Austin gave was an account by her of a series of events that concluded with the death of Bradley Stracer. No, her series of events concluded with the murder and dismemberment of Bradley Stryster. But he says death and the disposal of his body. Austin provided a location of where this was to have occurred and of aware Bradley's body was disposed. Austin stated that a sexual assault occurred against her at the time of the murder and that she went to the a local hospital following an attack for treatment. This information was immediately followed up on by detectives. A very thorough search of an abandoned residence was conducted. Blood detection chemicals were utilized in an effort to detect any signs of blood items described in the interview with Austin or searched for. Austin stated that Bradley's body had been weighed down with cinder blocks and kettlebell weights and thrown over the railing of the Sabine river bridge on LA Highway 8. Okay. We contacted the Calcasieux Parish Sheriff's Department to enlist the aid of their dive team. This team responded and spent two full days utilizing divers and boats with specialized sonar equipment. This team was confident that if the facts were indeed true, they would be able to locate some type of evidence. No evidence was obtained from any of these searches, and descriptions of the scene provided by Austin did not match what detectives observed at the location. Local medical facilities had no record of Austin having been to the emergency room on the date of the alleged offense or any date even remotely close to the date of that offense. All right. And about to continue on. Austin, I want to address This I said on the podcast, I said that it's my personal belief as, as an old investigator, etc. You get arrested however many years later and you, whether you. Your ass in a crack or any, and you want to get out of jail or you're having true remorse or whatever, whatever. She, she reached out to the detectives. Then she has to give an account or her tell her side of the story. All right. In, in that store. According to what Detective David Vance allegedly told Morgan Baggett, which he shouldn't have done. Sheriff, you can. I won't keep addressing that fact. The she named who was there, she said she picked Bradley up walking that day, which would know that's a lie. Bradley was in the car. Right? She picked Bradley. More than likely was the other way around. She picked Bradley up. They go to residence. Bradley goes in to get dope. She hears the, the commotion. They come out with a gun, get her gunpoint, take her in the back room and rape her, you know, excessively. Then she witnesses what happened to Bradley. The. Everything that I've told y'. All. And then she's placed in the car and taken a while. They what fucking abandoned house is going to have kettlebells and, and weights and chains in it? All right, that doesn't make any sense. But anyway, then she's taken, it's driven like 45 minutes away and they just let her watch them dispose of Bradley's body. I called on that. All right, but the, the. But that's my personal opinion. The first of all, you're not going to drive 45 minutes away to throw a body away with an eyewitness. You're just going to let go that you've already raped. Didn't happen like that. But if I'm in jail and I witnessed this murder and I certainly think Austin had no part in the murder other than she was there, that you go in and you tell about it afterwards and you don't say that you were raped and you don't say you were forced to watch and you don't say any of that self preservation stuff. Then you are making yourself principal to Bradley's murder. You used to be Louisiana Revised Statute 14, 27, semicolon, whatever. But I don't know what it is now. So is it feasible that Austin made up the part of the story to get to the media story? Absolutely. And I want them, these investigators to tell me how many people in serious cases like this have ever told the whole truth. Right. But you. There's nuggets of truth in there. And the. In the. The thing is the I believe that she's telling the truth about seeing Bradley murdered. Okay? And the rest of my opinion is just my opinions like assholes. Everybody has one. But we're going to continue on this because it's very important. But hey, you know what? Great job. Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office. You searched the alleged abandoned residence, which I don't have everything. Me personally, I don't think anything was there. And you search the river and all that like you should have. Great, great job. Right? Same thing I would have done. Okay. The. What they don't. What he doesn't mention here. Well, you know what? Let me. Let me continue with it and I'll. I'll continue on Austin on July 20. Back to the sheriff. On July 26, 23, one month to the day after having been arrested, Austin appeared in district court. Present during the hearing was her attorney.

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For your free quote, go to selectquote.com that select quote.com select quote we shop. You save full details on example [e-mail] the District Attorney's office, her probation officer and the presiding judge. After the court hearing she was ordered to be released by by Being given credit for the 30 days served in jail. Her probation was reinstated. I'm going to inject here, you notice it and say it was a public hearing. He didn't say it. When they talk on the voice recorder, it may have been. It may not have been. I don't know. I wasn't there. But I want to tell you this, as I know for. Well, I know for a fact. I know, according to other sources that told me, that Austin had in fact, worked as a confidential informant in the past for the sheriff's office. Okay? So when she asked to speak to the detectives, she comes out of jail. The somebody up there already had a bond with her. They had used her in a previous case, whatever it may be. All right, so then I know for a fact, unless the sheriff wants to call this a lie, too, that while she's locked up in the jail before she's released, that in the middle of the night or during the nighttime hours, she was taken by two detectives out of his jail. You heard him say on Sherrilyn's call, she was in my jail. And she's taken out of jail by two detectives, Taken to her parents residence. They witness her going in, and she got something in a box or a bag out of her closet at nighttime. And she tells the family members that it's. It's nothing. It's just a shirt that she's getting out. And. But obviously they thought enough of it at the time to take her out of the custody of the jail before this hearing. Now, where the. And I'm gonna go back to it here in a second. They take her out of the custody of the jail, bring her, escort her, bring her inside the residence. She goes inside and retrieves something. What it is, we'll never know. Right, But I. I don't imagine they were taking her to get her clean shirt. She had jail, a jail jumpsuit. The. You know, it's wildly speculated something. Look, if I witness a murder and I think one day might come back to. To bite me in ass or whatever, if I got something that can help prove my innocence, improve my story, and then I'm gonna hold on to it. That's a smart play. But whether it has anything to do with that or not, they don't mention anything about this. And I was told by family members this. So if. If not just Morgan Baggott and a hundred other people, The. The. In the names of the detectives and everything else, Deny that or. Since you're not investigating her murder as a homicide, what did you take her to get out of a residence in the middle or at nighttime. Answer that one. All right. The, the. The emergency room. Not, you know, I, I believe they probably did go and check it. And there's no record what they call a sane or sexual assault nurse coming in to do a rape kit. Again, I don't. But my personal opinion. I don't. I wasn't there. That I don't believe that part of the story. Again, I think that's building around to the meat of the matter. And the meat of the matter is in the sheriff failed to mention anywhere in this price release that, that Detective David Vance, at some point during this time when she's locked up, hollers down the jail hallway. And I've been inside that jail, and it ain't big, okay? And I, I. The room I'm sitting in is supposed to be a private room, but I can see inmates face, et cetera, in, in. You know, the great people there, they treated me with ultimate respect and all that. But the. If you holler down the hallway, get Austin the Banyan out, go take her polygraph, whatever the exact words were, but everybody heard it. And there's trustees in the hallway. Even when I went to get out of jail, the. I went out the wrong door, right? And they had to come get me, but there's trustees everywhere. And then cordon to detective David Vance what he told Morgan Baggett. And yes, Sheriff, I am considering the source of the information, but I have more than Morgan Baggett what he told Morgan Baggett was Austin the banyan passed her polygraph. She knew exactly what she was talking about. And when it came to Bradley being murdered, not his disappearance. Murdered. Now, does that mean she's telling the truth about the location? She's telling the truth about being raped. She's telling the truth about where the body was dumped. Hell, no, it doesn't. Absolutely not. The relevant questions on the polygraph would be. That wouldn't even. I wouldn't even conclude. My relevant questions on that polygraph would be, are you being completely truthful to me in your statements about what you saw happen to Bradley Stray on that day? Right. And that would be well defined ahead of time. About what? However, she said she saw him being killed in. In. At the killing moment. Not the, the rate, not the. That low. The location or whatever that. Are you being completely truthful to me and your statements about this? And we would have gone over it again and again. And that when I asked you that question, that's the only thing I want to pop into your mind is that actually Bradley being murdered? Okay. Then I would add an extra word or two to that question like on that day. Then the. I haven't seen a polygraph report. I'm purely speculating. I as a polygraph examiner would added a question to. Are you being completely truthful to me in your statements about everything on You've told me about Bradley's trace and that day I'm speculation. I bet you dollars a donut she failed that question. Or the y' all so many points to the positive on a polygraph you pass so many points to the negative you fail. If. If it's in between, it's inconclusive. Right. But just because that third question and being truthful about everything that happened that day, like you picked him up in the car and you know, you went to this abandoned house that. I. I don't think that's true. But this. Me. Me speculating this America, I can do that. But I don't think she would have passed that question if it was asked. But Detective David Vance, and I've heard it, heard it told Morgan Bagot that Austin o' Banion passed the polygraph and she is telling the truth about the murder of Bradley Str. Now, remember, this is when he still had diarrhea of the mouth and was talking to her every day. But here's where the problem comes in. It's not a problem on Morgan Baggott. It's a problem on Detective David Vance. I had numerous other people including. And I would. Sheriff, you can call them liars if you want to. And we go to court over this. I will break out the names the prominent citizens in your town, business owners, etc. That said Detective David Vance told them to their face that Austin abandoned past the polygraph and knew exactly what she was talking about in Bradley's murder. Okay. Fact that. Fact that I was told from that. That the Vance told them nothing to do with Morgan Baggett. That these different people that Vance bragging dociously telling around town Morgan Braggett knows what she's talking about. Pass the test. Knows what she's talking about. And Bradley Stracer's murder, not disappearance at the time. All right, I'm continuing on for a minute because I want to address the rest of Morgan. We'll get into all the. The. The that he said about me in a minute. Well, actually, I'm going to run out of time. We'll get into it next week, so. Oh, I want to back. Back to the hearing. Now. You notice that he Said and he said this to Cheryl Lynn on the phone, and he said it in his statement. It's a hearing. You know what a courtroom. And I don't know because I wasn't there, but a courtroom is. Is a public courtroom unless the judge ordered this, orders it shut. Now, I'm speculating. It's totally me. I have no knowledge of this. I'm just speculating. He said, present the in district court. Present during the hearing was her attorney, the district attorney's office, her probation officer and the presiding judge. All right? And they let her out. Get it. Was it a public hearing? Because if it wasn't, it would be. And this has always been my thought. Woody Overton, stall no one else's. The Austin is going to get out and she's provided information and she's passed her polygraph. She's cooperated, and I'm the detective. No shame about it. It's done every day. I'm going to let her out and I'm going say, you know what? Well, let's press and get some more information to get beyond a reasonable doubt to get a conviction. All right? And the I if the. I would love to know if this was a public hearing and the. If the. There's. There's an agreement, y', all between her attorney and the d. A and the probation officer. And he says and the judge decided based on that hearing to let her go. I would bet dollars to donuts. And the speculation but I would bet dollars to donuts is that that's with the condition that you continue to go and get more information or to. To prove, you know, I'm sure also said I can. If I'm out, I can get you more information. Right. And you again, speculation on my part. Bet you dollars donuts that happen. They use this confidential inform for the. According to your detective, she passed polygraph and the him telling multiple people this and you let her out. Whether it's 24 hours later or five days later, she's found dead and you call it a death. And I'm gonna get more to it later on. Why I can say otherwise. If she is let out to go and seek further information, then she's dead. Wow. There you have it. All right. All right, so let me continue a little bit more. And y', all, I'm gonna have to stop it for today. Moving on. A social media personality stated in a post that Austin's tongue was cut out, that her ears were cut off, and that her tattoos had been removed. All of this is completely false. Austin's tongue was intact, her ears were intact, and her tattoos were plainly visible. The very visible tattoos led to quickly identifying the body as Austin after the tattoos were compared to recent jail records which included certain significant identifiers such as tattoo scars, et cetera. Let's talk about this and I'm going to end it on this for today. So the social media personality, I assume he's talking about me and assuming he never listened to me, that because I didn't say any of this, this absolute fucking lie, you call it a completely false. I'm saying it's completely false. I never. Matter of fact, I clarified her tongue was not cut out. That. That her ear was cut off. I never said her ear was cut off. And that her tattoos have been removed. I never said her tattoos have been removed. These were rumors that were on the street. There is damage to one of her tattoos. There is damage to one of her ears. It's a hug out of it. The end. If we have to go to court and show the photographs and let a jury decide or let a judge decide. I don't care. The I didn't say these things for. And so for you to imply that I did say them, you, sir, are false or you're getting, as I'm sure you've been getting along all along, shitty information from your people. All right. The and let me ask you this. As a cop. I know my frequent flyers. I certainly know my confidential informants. I certainly know a. A lady in a small jail like that. That's where your booking room is in. In Vernon Parish. You bring them in there. You, you know, you arrested these people. And there's no secret about it. Austin had been arrested numerous times through throughout her life. Right? You know who they are. Why do you have to use tattoos to identify? I guarantee you anybody in uniform patrol would have known who Austin was. All right? And the if there's no damage to her face, there's no damage to her body, there's no. None of that. The why can't you just simply pull up her driver's license photo? Right. Okay. I would have known it was Austin. And I dare say that whoever responded detective wise damn well knew it was Austin. If they go to jail to match tattoos, good police working in case somebody showed up and they just miraculously made detective in Vernon Pears. And they never knew who Austin the bany was. Although you not only took her for a polygraph, you take her out of the jail in the middle of the night. You've been interviewed or re interviewed or. And and you know, been in court X amount of times, etc. All right, continue with the chair. There were no significant visible life threatening injuries to Austin's body. There was no visible evidence of any knife wounds or gunshots. I never said dick about a gunshot wound or knife wounds. Okay, and but him to say there were no significant visible life threatening injuries to Austin body. Come on, man. Now you're a doctor too. And I know you weren't at the autopsy. And you know, you. You responded to the scene and you found her. How? And I can't get into today y'. All. And he lists. You all read it. But I will, I will cover it. You respond, response is seen. You see her in the condition that she's in. And who are you to say whether any of those injuries were life threatening or not. If, if you knew that, why'd you send it for an autopsy? It's just another overdose, right? And he clearly stated Cheryl in. No, it wasn't a homicide. She wasn't murdered. And you clearly state that use. There were no gunshot wounds. I agree with that. No knife wounds and no significant visible light threatening injuries to Austin's body. Sheriff Kraft, I want you to come back out and dispute this. I want you to dispute the fact that you told Austin the banya's daddy she didn't have a mark on her. That didn't come from Morgan bag. Well, it came from Morgan Baggot but that. It came from a lot more people from Morgan Baggett. And I'm not going to say their names because they have to live there and they're living with this nightmare. That's the shit show that's going on every day because they loved us. Come back and say that you told that man she didn't have a scratch on her and then, then now you're easing back in. Well, no significant visible life threaten injuries. No, you said not a scratch on her and the cartel wasn't involved. And I'm going to end with this call conspiracy theory, whatever you want. And I got so much more to cover, y'. All. Then I'm gonna take it step by step. And it's just like when I was going radio silent and putting up La Luna Bell. The psychic stuff. Yeah, I know that shit's out the box in the. You know, you could take it for what it's worth. But you know what it did? It kept people talking. And that's why ultimately where I'm sitting here talking about the sheriff actually making a public response after six years because of outside the Box like that. I never said I believed a word Lunabelle said. I didn't say I didn't. But I don't know all the. She was talking about. And the. To be honest with you, I didn't even listen to all of it. But evidently everybody else did. But that is a means to an end. And I always, always preface it with. I don't know if any of this is true or not. But it kept you talking right? Now, back to the sheriff. The. And look, the next part of the statement y' all goes into the horror of. I did. I don't know how to cover this today. That. You know, I might add one more paragraph. All right, One more paragraph. The. And then I'm gonna stop for today. I know I'm ranting and I'm raving. All right, so they said back to the sheriff again. If there were no significant visible life threatening injuries to Austin's body, why didn't you just do what we always did on the scene, have the coroner stick him with the needle? If it came out and had all this dope in it and you were calling an overdose. Let them rule it on the scene. You suspected something because you sent her for an autopsy. All right, but yet you tell her father she didn't have a scratch on her and the cartel wasn't involved. Now, when the largest meth bust at that time in burning Parish happened, the man that got arrested. It's a matter of public record. And it's a matter of public record Morgan Baggett's daddy was there that day. He got arrested too. At the time was the largest meth bust ever in Vernon Parish. This guy went on to work as a trustee. And I read this to y' all in past episodes and or to be such a good person in Sam Kraft, Sheriff Samcraft's eyes. Sheriff Sam Kraft wrote a letter in support of him asking, you know, basically for his sentencing to be as low as it could and gave them raised and attaboys and what have you. All right, okay. You know what? The prosecution prosecuting that saying, look, this dude's been doing this and he's directly related to the Sonola cartel. And no, we want him to do hard time. And because it's been an ongoing criminal organization. Right. But Sheriff Sam Kraft says he's a good dude. His own parish goes against him. The judge go against him, and they. And they give him a significant amount of time. But to let. It's in the appeals. Go look it up. I think his name is Russell Cole. Louisiana vs. State of Russell Cole. It's in there. And they talk about sheriff Sam Kraft writing this letter for this guy. But they all talk about how they went after his ass because he was working for the cartel. Fact. Last thing, I just don't want to get off this. But last thing for today, back to the share he says continuing the entire area of the trailer park where Austin was discovered was immediately cordoned off and treated as a crime scene. Interviews were immediately conducted with the residents residing in this area. Okay, that's what you. How you work. Homicide scene corded off. You interview all the witnesses, right? And, but you, you said there visibly there's no life threatening injuries to or anything else and what have you. And you sent her for an autos but you know you're working in it as a homicide so you could prove otherwise. And I'm end with this. A nearby residence was determined to be the residence that Austin traveled to when she left the Pickering area the day before her death. A search warrant of that residence led to the rest of the occupants, Shirley Brown and Anthony Carpenter, both were arrested for illegal narcotics that were located within their respective bedroom. All right, stopping there, but I'll say something about that. What he doesn't say is and I have hours of phone conversations with Mr. Gordon, okay. And what he doesn't say is she went there and she sometimes stayed there and shared a room with Gordon and Chloe. And Gordon says she was there that night. But guess what else Gordon said. And I hadn't played it yet, but the sheriff opened this box of worms because he. They. Now look, this couple was arrested, y', all. And they, they. But they, like so many people do in the drug world, they'll split the. The residents. And you pay this amount of money and I'm gonna pay this amount of money. You go do your shit and I'll do my right. It was pretty much proven that they, they investigated these people they arrested for dope. They didn't have anything to do with her death. Now Gordon says that that Austin was there right up to the point where they left. But he said she was acting strange. And I'm paraphrasing, said she was acting strange. In fact, he offered to give her dope, offered to give her methamphetamine. And he said for the first time in her entire life, she refused to be given dope by him. I don't mean the shot. I mean, hey Austin, you want to get high? You want to do some meth? Austin said, no, no, I don't. And according to Gordon, they when he and Chloe left, then, you know, never saw her again, and she was murdered. Well, guess what? Also, according to him, they hauled ass out of town, I think to Shreveport or whatever. The. But that's not mentioned in there anything about that. Then he's very adamant about in. In. It's on several different phone calls. He's very adamant about the fact that he offered to give her dope and she refused and that she wasn't high. Figure it out. But next morning, she's dead, right? But you say there's no injuries. She's dead. And Gordon and Chloe are in the wind. But you go and, yeah, the people that were staying in that room, if. If I'd have had something to do with Austin's murder is what I'm calling it. If I'd had something to do with Austin being dead, I'd hauled ass, too. But the. I, you know, you had to know the cops were going to come knocking at some point and they're going to find your drug paraphernalia or whatever they find on you to rescue. But you know what? That couple wasn't worried because they didn't have anything to do with Austin's death. Right? First time ever, Austin refused drugs from him. Now, let me tell you a little something about confidential informants. Back to my point of whether it's a public hearing when she's released, because the damn sure and in the court records that were sent to me. But the. The. When you sign up as a confidential informant, specifically, go work. Or like, I want you to go get Joe, Blow this. This meth cook. Da, da, da, da. I know you're friends with them. You might bust somebody that has a little bit of meth and say, look, I'm gonna help you out with this, but you need. If you want to work it off, right? And they make them sign a form saying you are not going to use any legal narcotics, you're not going to commit a crime, you're not law enforcement, blah, blah, blah. But you have to sign that. Basically, it's a contract, and it covers the sheriff's office ass. You have to sign that, and then you released and you go and you're going to have contact. And I mean, it's not like tv, y', all, where they're going to wear wires and shit. By this time, everybody would add a cell phone you could record on or whatever. But if you go out speculation, my part, if you're a confidential informant and somebody offers you dope, you have to turn it down. If you're trying to fulfill your mission. Because otherwise, when. If you fulfill it and you get Bradley's killers brought to justice based off your. The extra evidence, now you're going above and beyond to go get. And you get it. A defense attorney is going to say, you know, they're going to attack your character. You're a dope head. You've been a dope head. And weren't you high this night? Well, if you got high on Gordon's, then all they got to do is put Gordon on stand and say, yep, I gave her dope wash or smoke it or shoot it up or what have you. But it neither here nor there. Gordon Cloud and Chloe were gone. What about the interview with them, Sheriff? But Austin. Yeah, it gets into the really tough parts about. And it's really. I don't understand. I understand that the. In my career and it was our policy also if somebody committed suicide or was a drug overdose, we never did a press release. Never. Just to keep it out of the knees and out of respect for the families. That's the way it was. And if after all these years and again, I never said her tongue was cut out. I never said she had bullet holes. I never said her ears were cut off or anything like that. The. In the. In the end for you to come out and ends and say everything and. Which I'm gonna dive into next week. That. That's so degrading about her death. Which is actually the truth, y'. All. I mean, they not. He's actually given it as a truth. According to Sam Kraft, what his people told him and. And what he observed. All right, but he. I'll end it with the last one after. I'm not going to read all this bad stuff this week. But it said, he says, and I quote, none of the noted injuries would have resulted in Austin's death. Now, wait a minute. Noted injury, Sheriff, What'd you tell her dad? And I want you to tell me I'm wrong on this, just like I want you to tell me I'm wrong on your detectives taking Austin to residence at nighttime and retrieving something. The. You didn't have a mark on her and the cartel wasn't involved. Now it's. None of the noted injuries would have resulted in Austin's death. And y', all. He describes everything that was on her and his hypotheses of what happened. I'm gonna go ahead and read this. This is going to be over. I don't want to end it on that. So I'm gonna read this next three paragraphs and then I gotta stop it for the week. Back to Sheriff Kraft says the Vernon Parish Coroner's Office responded to the scene to assist an investigation. The coroner ordered that Austin's body be transported to Forensic Medical Management located in Beaumont, Texas for an autopsy. Why? If she has no visible signs, no nothing, which is what her daddy was told, not a scratch on her. All right. This autopsy of Austin's body revealed that there were no brain injuries, no gunshot wounds, no stab wounds, no physical trauma to the throat area and no broken bones and no sexual trauma. The report billed a 3 quarter inch laceration to her right knee. The report also revealed a minor injury to her scalp. Okay. Evidence at the scene shows that Austin fell from a raised porch at a nearby mobile home, striking a metal cage that was situated on concrete pads beside the porch. The porch was approximately 4 to 5ft high. Human feces was found smeared on the door of the residence, the floor of the porch, as well as upon the person of Austin. None of the noted injuries would have resulted in Austin's death. But she didn't have a scratch on her. You sent for an autopsy. And the next week I'm gonna get into again his version of his interpretation when the autopsy comes back. I already read you the official report and we'll get into that. Then I'll get into the. The attacks that are made on me personally about the hacking and shit. Just shit he's saying in there. He's saying, I'm saying shit that's blatantly false. I'm saying he's saying shit that's blatantly false that I never said. Okay? And in, you know, justice for Bradley, justice for ao never going to get off of it. The one way you want me to shut the fuck up, the one way to get me to shut the fuck up is solve the case. Well, I know you're not working Austin's case. You're going to stand on that. You're going to stand your ground and say that was an overdose and we'll continue with that next week. And prayers for her family, prayers, prayers for her kids, prayers for the people that have to read that. That you're saying basically she was rolling around in her own shit and smearing on the walls and the porch and everything for. She falls off in, in five feet, you'll fall five feet and. And all you get is a little scratch on your knee and a little abrasion above your eyebrow. Oh yeah, well, I saw pictures of those and whatever. How do you know she fell five feet from the Porch, where's that witness at? And all to address speculation because I wasn't there, and I don't know what's in the neighborhood. I must have had 50 different people tell me about these ring door cams, and the sheriff's office took them. I don't know if that's true or not. Maybe that's how they know she fell off the porch. But wouldn't it be much fucking easier to show that Austin was by herself high as fuck in failed her death? Obviously it doesn't exist. Yeah, and me, I don't care. I don't care. I'm going to address it. I don't care what they say about me, all right? And I don't care what they twist. And there's so many people that haven't listened to the podcast and. Or it's been seven months now, and they're only remembering certain things about the podcast, but I will address each one. I know what I said, what I didn't say. All right, I'm address my shit. But shit like on the phone call about drug dealers and all they got to do is pay their taxes and they get off. To me, that's ludicrous as well. But every day I get shit that's ludicrous. I get everything. And that's another reason, like, I did a lot of Luna Bell because I'm digging into shit just to make up episodes so you all would keep this at the forefront. This is what's so important. Because when the heat's on, people have to do their jobs. And so Lulu and Bill, I did an episode on just the. Some of the. Some, like not even five or six of different variety tips that are called in every day. Everything from fucking aliens to legit shit. But it's all got to be investigated. And, you know, I don't. I don't agree with everything. And when I'm silent, I'm silent for a reason. And in just one guy did a post on social media saying, oh, I feel like the momentum of the cases is not there anymore. You know why? Because the last two weeks, I haven't released an episode. If I had to release an episode about more tips that are called in, of course all those voices were altered and everything on the. On those cases. Or I would release an episode of another psychic saying, whatever, even though I preface it with I don't know, you know, if any of this is true or what have you, you know, what it had done. It would have kept people talking. Well, you know what? Thank you, Sheriff Sam Kraft. For releasing your statement because you just thought they were talking before. And I can only imagine the blowback that's coming now. I want justice for Bradley. I want justice for aa. We already know they're never going to admit to anything unless I can prove it. On Austin's case. All right. And beyond a reasonable doubt. And then on Bradley's case. We'll dive into that next week. And I love and appreciate each and every one of y'. All. Patreon of convicts you're getting this Thursday. I don't know what time yet. It has to be edited. The All Lifers will get it Saturday at 12:01am Patreon comics. You get a commercial free and all that. And I appreciate your support and thank you, Everybody. That's called IN313RLRCTIP. Not gonna stop. And Sheriff Sam Kraft, I thank you for your public press release. That's genius. Thank you. And taking the public's phone calls, that's love. All the stuff. Searching for the bodies and all that stuff and whatever. That's police work, y'. All. I'm wrapping up this episode of Real Life Real Crime, the podcast. I'm Woody Overton. Until next time or ever. Don't let me catch you down on murder by you. Peace. Yeah. The right remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You got a right to an attorney prior to it during any question. If you can't afford one, the court appoint one for you. Do you understand your rights? And the wolf is at your door you running over that's for sure. You already knows all about you.

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