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Hello, everybody and welcome to episode of True Crime. Time for Thursday, October 23, 2025. And I'm Woody Overton. Y' all flying solo today, at least for today, probably tomorrow. Also explain to you why Burning Parish is blowing up. Because of hashtag just for Bradley and hashtag just for ao. And I've been getting so many tips every day and spending hours and hours. I'm not gonna tell you exactly where I am and what I've been doing. But the it's all consuming. Okay. And Cindy has to produce what and dig through some stuff and do be my support in that role. And she has to produce these extra episodes and different things and get it out. So she is actually working real life, real crime, just in a different way. Not behind the microphone for today. So yesterday we dropped in another episode with Ms. Lulu because it was needed. And evidently those episodes are. I thought Vernon Paris couldn't get any more on the side of its head. Well, those episodes have really kicked the pile, okay? And blowing up and that's what, what's what's needed because people are coming off the fence now that had been staying on the sidelines and after hearing from Ms. Lulu stuff and they're like, holy shit, I know this. I know that now I'm calling, right? And now you know I'm going to give this. And yes, some of them are shitheads. I know, I know for a fact some of them are just flat ass liars trying to throw me off the trail. But that's part of any investigation. If I was guilty of murder or cover up or whatever, I would do anything I could to throw Woody over to off the trail. Well, I'm on the trail and I might be in your backyard right now. So I know you're looking for me. That's okay. But you're not going to get me. That being said, I'm going to get into some true crime time for this Thursday. And y', all, it's like, what are we a week away from Bradley's murder bursary? And I think I'm going to drop more and more Ms. Lulu because she keeps calling in the new stuff in the people in burning parish. All lifers need to hear it because I'm not just getting support from burning parishes from all over the world. But that being said, what kind of case do I want to start with today? First of all, let me check. It's time for family matters. And for once I'll be glad to say I'm glad that Cindy's not in the studio to hear this one because my feet won't get wet from all the tears she'd be crying. And we're going to Texas. You know, golly, man, you see such bad shit when you're a cop. And I just can't tell you, I mean, there's a million different things and a million different bad ways and horrible things from bodies to, you know, crime scenes to abuse and rape and different. In Texas, unfortunately, another cop saw something bad. And you know, nine times out of 10 when you go out, when I used to go out on these things, the. I guess I just swallow them and process them and deal with it later on, maybe drink there. I don't know how I handle it. But the. Sometimes some things just hit you that you just can't almost deal with. Okay. And in Texas, they got a mom who is facing charges after the police said they found her 11 year old son living in squalid conditions and suffering from malnutrition. Now, we just did a story the other day about another little girl, same type shit, this. Listen to this one. So Rachel Blaylock, this wonderful mother, not she's 41 years old, y', all. And she was arrested on October 8th after Baytown Police Department shout out to my buddy Rodney there. But after a Baytown Police Department officer responded to guess what? A welfare check. And that means somebody called in and said, you know what? Shit just isn't right over there. Can you go check and see? And dutifully they go do so. And 99% of time you go over there, it's not a big deal. But that other 1%, holy fuck. And here we go. So when they got there, they found Rachel Blue Locke's 11 year old son with dried feces all over his body, including on his arms, face and hands. And this cordon, all this, y' all is according to Harris county court documents and through Fox 26 at Houston. So the officer who got there, you know, gets through the door and guess what? The officer reported that the smell in the home, which was also covered in dried fecal matter, was so bad that she nearly threw up. All right, now you Imagine you go into the door, do a welfare check, and you get in there and there's literally everywhere and dried and probably still some wet. And you're trying to maintain a professional composure because now you know you're in the shit, really, you know the. You're trying to maintain a professional composure, but you know what, who in the is. Is used to being surrounded by and smelling it and it, it affects you, right?
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But on top of that, when you're in there, you see Bloody Lock's 11 year old son who has autism and is non verbal. So the baby can't even speak, y'. All. It's. And you see him see that baby covered with shed. So the, the medical records included in the court documents I was telling you about state that his teeth were also decaying because of malnutrition and neglect. Right? Now your uniform patrol, you're there to do a welfare check. You're trying to maintain your shit, literally. And you're dealing with this shit. So. And guess what? The boy weighed 46 pounds. 46 pounds, y'. All. And an average 11 year old weighs 88 pounds. So I mean, I don't even know how this kid's alive. 11 years old, weighs 46 pounds, teeth rotting out, covered in shit from head to toe. And the whole place is. Now if I could show you the picture of this beauty queen and just the face of evil. The, the. Anyway, so the officer's there seeing all this, taking it in, trying not to throw up because they're being gagged with the smells. And I'm sure the sight of this, this young boy. And officer said, hey, you know what? He needs to be taken in the hospital. And you know what the mom says? Ms. Blaylock, mom of the year. She said, and this quotations, I just can't drop everything I'm fucking doing and take him to hospital. So a quack doctor could say, oh, I don't know what's wrong with him, so we can see another one. Can you believe that? I guess you could. And if you were that officer responding to that and you saw that horror and an autistic nonverbal child, and what do you expect this bitch to say, right? I went to polygraph school with, with one of Baytown's finest, okay, many, many 25 years ago, and he's probably retired by now, but I'm pretty sure if it was old school and I'm there, I probably would have put our head through a wall. And that's just the truth. So the, this officer was like Fuck it. You know what? You had your chance. And now I'm about to slam your ass. Right? So they charged Blaylock with injury to a child with seriously serious bodily injury. And they set her bond at $250,000. And her next court appearance isn't until November 18th. All right, so Blalock, the mom of the year, told the Baytown police officer, said her son had trouble using the bathroom and would instead use it in his room. And this all in the court documents, in his bedroom. Blaylock removed the door and installed a screen door which she kept locked so she could keep an eye on her son. You don't need to do that to your fucking dog. And you're doing to 11 year old autistic child who can't speak, can't defend himself, is looking to you, you're his mother looking to you for food, cleanliness, safety, everything else. Some fucking people, I say, always say about the death penalty, some people don't deserve to breathe. Some people definitely don't deserve to have the privilege of being a parent. So the officer reported seeing the fecal matter around the bedroom and on the screen door. And the mattresses. The mattress was also described as filthy, all in public record. The officer also spoke with the child's grandmother, who said the boy didn't get bass regularly and never went to school because he wasn't potty trained and he often took his clothes off. All right. And I'm pretty much sure I would have lost my Jesus on her, too, that. Why can't you as a grandmother call it in now? We're grandparents. And the grandmother told the officer she couldn't unlock the screen door, so couldn't bring him any food during the day. She also said Blaylock is not a good mom. I agree. Blaylock's not a good mom. And you as the grandmother, that's your flesh and blood. I guess the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. You should have called it in, right? And that I think she should be charged as well. So, I mean, how about what. What fucking kind of world do we live in? And I. I have people in my life who have autism and, you know, high function and stuff like that. And I probably. If they had the labels back when I was a kid, I'd have got the same thing. I just don't understand how you can do that to your own flesh and blood. Look, if you hate them so bad, I'm. I'm old and I don't want to be a parent again. But I Will, I mean I would adopt, I would adopt someone and at least to try to give them a chance to be raised correctly. There are tons of people out there who can't have babies, who would love the chance, even a non verbal autistic child. I mean put the, put them in a place that, that specializes in that, right? You can't pay for it. The government will pay for it. There, there are systems. You don't have to leave your kid to rot and die and starve to death in his own. And that lady I a. Nothing else to say about that. Her, her, her. And I'm glad C isn't here for this one. Right next and we're going to another special kind of planes, trains and automobiles. And I think about all the time, I laugh about it all, but really I did right before started real life for crime. I had an apartment in Dallas, still.
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My family was here, my kids were kids still in high school and all that. And. But I had that apartment in Dallas because I flew every day, almost every day. And Americans there and Southwest is there. So I wasn't that far from the airports and all that. And I just, you know, I can't tell you how many flights a week I would take. So it really. When these people come on planes, trains and all the bills and I do these stories about flights, I kind of chuckle about them, but they better be glad I wasn't on the plane. And so let me tell you about a lady, Tracy Barkhammer, who is 61 years old from White Salmon, Washington, y'. All. And guess what happened? 61 years old. Now you think you're gonna cut down on your crime and shit by the time you're 61 or being a dumbass. Well, she got arrested for attacking at least one crew member on a plane. And what happens nowadays, it forced the plane to make an emergency landing. Ms. Tracy, you fucked up and I know everybody on that plane was really pissed, but let me tell you what she did. So she caused a disturbance on the Alaska Airlines flight and officer said that she has shown quotations, erratic behavior and struck two members of the staff. I am pretty sure you're going to fucking jail. And better be glad I wasn't on the flight because I bet you I could have knocked you out and they would have given me a standing ovation. But anyway, let's go back to it. Flight A71057 had taken off from Portland, Oregon and was en route to mole stomping grounds, Dallas, Texas. Right, Kimmy, where you're from but they didn't make it because Ms. Tracy was acting an ass in force emergency landing. And they had to land y'. All. And. And Boise, Idaho at the airport where the cops were naturally waiting and they knew what was up. And Barkhammer, Ms. Tracy was removed from the plane without incident. I guess she realized not making it to Dallas, first of all. And secondly, we're making an emergency landing because I hit two of the staff members. And third, I know the cops are going to be waiting there and my ass is going to jail. So then they land the plane, the cops get on and they take her into custody without incident. And this according to New York Post. And she was booked into the Attic county jail on two counts of misdemeanor battery. Now look, I think if you commit a crime on an airplane and you force it to make an emergency landing because you're being an asshole, I think of that ought to be an automatic. We'll call it, act like a dumb ass in the air, go to jail for felony at least. And. But she gets two counts of the misdemeanor battery, right? And then force the plane land. If you force a plane land because you're being an asshole, I think you need an airline felony just for that. So the airline lands, the cops get on board, they take her off, and the plane was delayed for like 90 minutes. I guess they had to interview whoever and in fact they did. Two people signed an affidavit and police say that two crew members were attacked. And the airline comes out later on and says only one crew member is attacked, but whatever. So they asked Alaska Airlines for clarification and they said, at Alaska Airlines, safety is our number one priority and we do not tolerate violence of any kind against our employees. We are grateful to our crew for their professionalism and we apologize for any concern or inconvenience this situation may have. Cause. Well, Ms. Tracy, you don't want me to be in government. I'd make the stupidest fucking laws in the history of the world just for idiots like this, right? So.
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You know, I love me a good dope story. Not, not dope users trafficking stories. And I, I used to work dope. I love to work narcotics and I love to sit out in the interstate and bus people coming through. You know, the dope was always running to the east and then north. And the money was always going the other way, right? Well, that was coming through the state of Louisiana. Now the other natural point of entry besides Texas and the border, that's the major one, is that before it all started coming through Mexico. And it still does, evidently a lot of it comes through the Caribbean and through Florida. So we're going to Florida. And they said millions of dollars worth of cocaine was confiscated during a turnpike traffic stop in South Florida earlier this month. And this according to their lieutenant governor Jay Collins. The Collins said the seizure happened on October 5th when the DEA's West Palm beach office informed the Florida Highway Patrol about a semi truck that was suspected of transport narcotics from the Texas Mexico border into South Florida. Seems like it's reverse, right? Why would you drive all the way from. Unless they really tighten down the shit so much in Florida, it's coming in regardless. But that's, that's kind of unique. But here's the thing. People don't realize these task forces, DEA task force and stuff, and they have different acronyms for them. They know about that is because what you arrest a doper and this hauling some dope, you're like, you know what, you can do 10 years in prison or give us the location. The next shipment that's coming, you want a really big shipment like they may have had a couple kilos. And you want a big shipment like this one, you say, just tell us, give Us a heads up when that one's coming, what we're looking for and shit, they broadcast it all the way and they're going to get them nine times out of 10. And they got them in this case. So the, they sent it out to the Florida troopers and guess what? The troopers located the truck quickly and conducted a traffic stop for inspection. Now Louisiana, that the department that does that is with the state police, but they're not troopers. That's weights and standards, what they call them. And they pull over trucks all day long. They don't make regular traffic stops, they just inspect trucks. Right. So they said during the traffic stops, troopers found a concealed trap door that had multiple duffel bags filled with cocaine in it. And the suspects involved in the transport were taken into federal custody for investigation. And Lt. Governor Collins said one of the suspects was previously deported from the U.S. well, guess what? Somebody's going to get murdered in this case. During the traffic stop, troopers recovered about 173 kilograms or the US equivalent, 381 pounds of cocaine. That is a lot of booger sugar, people. And the lieutenant governor said the estimated street value is 17.53 million. I submit to you it's probably 45 point million because you know, they're not bringing it all the way down there and not going to do what we call step on it, right? And they're going to cut it with fentanyl, which is cheap, cheap AF and quadruple the profits. So. But they said this operation is a powerful example of that commitment, showing that when we work together, we stop dangerous drugs before they even reach our street. Lt. Governor Collins said our message to drug traffickers is clear. Do not bring your poison into our state. We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will always stand on the front lines to protect Floridians from those who threaten our safety and our future. And Lieutenant Governor Collins and the Florida State Police and all those agents that are out there every day working on it. You have my appreciation and I salute you. That's badass. But I always think about it being, you know, I, I used to think about it when I stopped cars on the interstate when I was working day, like, what if I pull a dude over and he's got, like he's going westbound because all that money's got to get back to Mexico. And he had $20 million in the trunk. And maybe if I was a single man back then, they might have found that car or my unit abandoned at the border. Right. I don't know how much it would take me to do that probably that never. It's kind of like buying a Powerball ticket and never would happen that would actually follow through on it. But get some mileage out of it and think about what would your price tag to be to just run probably a billion dollars. Now I'm a little more advanced, so. All right, let's go to. It's time for beast mode. This is a different. This is a different way for me, a different story. And I don't want anyone to think that this is political or whatever because it's not. But it's certainly interesting in no matter what side you fall on. Right. So the whole world or half the world is pissed off about what our ICE agents are doing and the Border Patrol and all this different stuff. Well, Cindy's dad was retired section chief for the Border Patrol for all the South. South Texas. Okay. He was the head honcho and he's been dead numerous years way before any of this ever came out. But the, you know, the Border Patrol agents. One of my best buddies went to Border Patrol. I was supposed to go. And the long story short, I didn't. But the he did it and retired. And the he said every Border Patrol agent wants to be a local cop. He said because you could break all the local rules right in front of me. And we couldn't do day. The only thing they enforced was people crossing the border and drugs. Right. And so anyway, we going to go out. We're going to go to El Paso, Texas. Oh, Lord. I spent some time there, y'. All. I could see the mountain surrounding the town now. Oh, at work. And we're going. I'm going to read you something from News Nation in that. That the popular Instagram account we rate R A T not rape R A T dogs. They took a break from raiding cute puppies to call out the Customs and Border Protection for allegedly killing a family's dog. Now, this account has a huge following and is dedicated to raiding pictures of dogs and boosting dog related GoFundMe campaigns. GoFundMe campaigns. The. I'm sure it works for some people. I did not have good experiences with them because of people using it for scams and shit. But anyway, this group recently shared a news story from last month about an El Paso, Texas family who said the Customs Border Patrol agents raided their home in search of migrants and shot the family dog. All right. In quotations. Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. This school. What we rate Dogs, right. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place. Don't open your door for these losers. Rest easy, Chop. All right. Well, the family said that the agents arrived at the home belonging to the adult son who said he would allow agents to search his home. And he told them he put Chop a Rottweiler in the bathroom for their safety. But when he went to get his id, the family says the agents then barred into the house right. Let Chop out and shot him. They said that the agents wouldn't help them render aid to their pet who bled to death on the floor. They also say the agent who shot the dog hid from them and wouldn't provide his name. And at the time of the story, customs border patrol said it was looking into the incident. Well, let's talk about that for a second. I have had to kill dogs on Diddy, whether it was in uniform or swat. The when you make the entrance in the. A lot of times that the drug dealers. I'm not saying this guy was a drug dealer. I'm just telling my personal experience would have whatever. I don't rate pets like they do. Whatever dog it was, they have them trained to be attack dogs that had in chain inside the door to attack anybody, whether it's cops or other drug dealers coming to rob him and shit. And I've had to shoot them. That's fact of life. And I had to shoot, you know, one that I almost shot myself in the foot one night and I got attacked by a dog. Well, guess what? If it comes down to me or old Skippy that's trying to fucking rip my leg off, I'm going to shoot Skippy. That's part of it. Now do I believe that these agents entered the home? First of all, if I come to the door and I'm looking for anybody, it doesn't have to be a migrant. It could be a person with a felony. And you say, yeah, well, hold on, let me go get my id. Fuck you. The police rule of thumb is you aren't getting out of my sight. Because as far as I know, and especially with the culture today, you're going back there to the room to get AK47, going to kill all of us. You would say, you know what, let me go with you just for officer safety. And you watch them, make sure they don't get firearms. That's just a rule. You're going home at the end of the day. Now, do I believe they went in there? And opened the door and let whatever his name was, Chip out. And Chip tried to just, you know, sit there and be calm. And they shot him to death. No, I don't. There's got to be more to the story. And first of all, I, I do not believe they let him just walk away from the door. But he probably walked away from door and said, I'm going to get my id. And they followed him like I said. And at some point, you know, Chop is the dog's name. You know, rest in peace, Chop. But we rate pets. Is that the name? We rate dogs? I'm pretty sure you're full of shit. So the. And I hate that. I don't like to do political shit, but to me that's not really political. It's just the nature of the world today. Everybody thinks, oh well, you know, we can use social media and we set up a GoFundMe for chop and who got killed because. Because these motherfuckers, their words, not mine, came into my home. Right, whatever. We're going to roll out to Florida. Boy, I might just be violating all my fucking rules. But you know what? I should be able to talk about what I want to. And then people get offended. They do, you know, like it, Turn it off. We're going to Florida. And they have a mom there who is raising cane. After viral footage showed a white police officer body slamming and choking her during while she was there at the school to pick up her kid. And this according to CBS News. Now, this incident occurred on October 7th in Jacksonville's Riverview neighborhood as a Rica Mac Griff, he's 39, was picking up her nine year old daughter from school. Plot thickens. This is what they say happened. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's office, Officer Randy Holton, who was stationed at the school, approached McGriff after she left her car running at an intersection. You're not supposed to do that. And, and if I'm a school resource officer, you're not just going to leave your there running, blocking everybody else in because you want to run in and get your kid, not follow the rules. But I get, I get car drop off lines and, and all that shit's aggravating the parents. I used to have to do it, whatever. So Officer Randy Holton goes up to her, was like, hey, you can't just get out of your car and leave it running at the intersection and block everybody in. Well, you know what? She didn't like that. And a verbal altercation ensued when McGriff allegedly walked away and resisted Arrest. Pretty sure if you left your shit running in the intersection, cop catches you, tells you, hey, I used to like, just go move your shit, right? Be like everybody else. But hey, and then you're gonna have, you're going to have a little verbal kung fu with a cop and to the point where you pop or pop pissed off the police. And he's like, you know what? Fuck you. You're under arrest. And then you're like. She's like, no, I'm not. And walked away. And well, you know what? The cop's not going to let you go. This. So shit's escalating. Sugar's turning. Shit. Definitely right? So. But they have body camera footage which shows McGriff and Holton, officer Randy Holton, engaging in a struggle. I'm pretty sure I say, okay, stop. It's verbal commands. First thing. You're under arrest. Turn around, put your hands, your hands behind your back. You. I'm leaving. Well, the force continuum on your train, that you can do soft, empty hand control, you can spray, you can do whatever you have to, according to the force continuum. With this force continuum, evidently he went to grab a hold of her and it she, she followed him and she fought pretty hard. And at one point, McGriff appeared to swing at the officer. And guess what? She wasn't Mike Tyson. And the officer, Holton, then I like to say, you know, made him get a little real estate. They're saying the video camera shows that he body slammed her to the pavement and put her in a chokehold. I couldn't breathe. McGriff recalled noting that Holton grabbed a handful of her locks, I guess his hair during the encounter. Now, McGriff was charged with three felonies, including battering a law enforcement officer. A public service announcement. You can't hit the police and get away with it. All right? Resist and arrest for violence. If you had just turned and walked away and they had to chase you down and put their hands on you, that'd be one thing. But they chasing you down and you swung them so there's your balance. And operating a vehicle with a revoked license, don't even have a license. Drive the fucking car that you block everybody else. But she says because she's innocent, right? All I was trying to do is get my daughter out of school, that's all. And she said, with her attorney, Ben Crump. Now, let me tell you about Mr. Ben Crump. He's the biggest civil rights guy in the world. And swim. Got a call one day behind some shit that went down in Atlanta from Ben Crump. And they wanted Swim to come in and work the case with. Right? And Swim would have had the what he wanted been provided. And Swim said, you give me the video because I know they got video. You give me the video, let me see that. They're actually in the wrong and I'll be on the first flight. Guess what? Never got the video. You know why? Because they were full. So. And you never heard dick about the case. But Ben Crump's in town and he ain't free. But he's there because he's on the camera. So we're going to the press conference. And now this lady says, I asked, I asked the principal what was proper procedure when picking up the walkers when it was raining. And he explained to me the procedures. I then went to pick up my daughter. What happened after that was uncalled for. And it's not fair. I'm pretty sure you shouldn't let your shit everything that I stated. Now Ben Crump, the famous civil rights attorney, is calling for all charges against McGriff to be dropped and says that the officer used excessive force. Says we don't want to have to keep coming back to have black people being brutalized and killed. Crump said, oh, y', all, I'm not going to play the long ass video of the press conference because I know what they do. They stand up there and they try to get as much camera time as they can, right? It's better than paying for a commercial, but so JCSO Share TK Waters defended holds actions. He says, it's shocking to me that you square up to fight a police officer. Maybe then you're gonna get a citation and go to jail because it's a third degree felony. He claimed that the officer followed proper procedure and that McGriff resisted arrest. Hey, it's a whole camera. Two bystanders, Jasmine Jefferson and Anito Gibson. Anito Gibson were also arrested under Florida's halo law, which requires a 25 foot buffer around first responders during active duty. And Crump called Ben Crump. Right. Called their charges bogus. Added that they were only trying to help McGriff. All right, back in my day, I think Louisiana instigated some type of law. I've read about that in the last 20 years. That because everybody has cameras now and that the colors are just to hate the police. And I get that there are shithead police and I go against them every day. I'm going against them in Burning Parish. Whatever the. I call a dirty one. A dirty one doesn't matter what the race is, the color of your skin or what have you. But the. The Louisiana, I think, implemented something to where like some people are going to fight. That's the way it is. And nowadays they fight more often than ever because they. No one has any respect for the cops because all this, the bad stuff is what's published, not the good. And. But you broke the law and then you swung on me. I am going to fight you. I'm going to use the amount of force necessary to bring the situation under control. If that is me guiding you to the cement, AKA body slamming and putting you in a chokehold because you're still fighting. I mean, let me tell you something. It's hard to put handcuffs on somebody by yourself when they're fighting. It's hard. I've had five guys and on one woman trying to put the handcuffs on the motherfucker when they're fighting and they're high or whatever and mean, it's still hard, right? But I'm going to do whatever I have to do to bring the situation under control. And get your ass handcuffed. Well, now what you got? The every. I'm sure everybody. You don't hear Ben Crump saying, well, they all had their phones out. We're videoing. You know they were. And thank God this officer had body camera footage. But the him having to put her in chokehold, I understand that's controversial as fuck. I get it. The. But also, it's called defensive tactics. I know that every time I've been in a fight on the job, all that bullshit they taught me, I go straight. Go straight out the window and I'm fight you punch me in the face. I'm going to punch you in the face. You fight me, I'm. If I got a wrestle with you on the ground, my arm ends up around your neck. Well, it does. We're not talking about George Floyd shit. Where those assholes need on the guy's neck and for however long and he knew he couldn't breathe. That's totally fucking wrong. This chick down Florida, she's fucking wrong. Ben Crump knows she's wrong. He's getting his free commercial. Whatever. Is the school district going to settle with them? I hope not, but they probably will get a few bucks and change to do whatever. And maybe she can use that money to get her driverless license unrevoked. Or hire someone, maybe get an Uber to go pick her kid up from school, whatever. All right, I love y'. All. 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I've had just about enough the and we'll get Ms. Barbara Johnson that and explain things. We're waiting on a meeting with a district attorney and she reached out last week after we got some not so good news and they promised her a sooner than later There were sooner than later meeting where they were going to explain everything. I want that meeting so we could tell you what they said. Right. And it's bullshit. I'll just tell you that it's not going to. It's not going to be good. But we're going to wait on that meeting and I don't want to lose that meeting. I don't want them to to not say what they I want them to go in there and to say why Brooks Cleary is not being tried for murder. Why they haven't taken him out of jail and indicted him with a grand jury yet. And I've been patient. I've been very, very patient. I believed in them the telfall and I was like the longer it takes the I know that's the better for an investigation. Okay. That means they're getting more unless you never work the at all. But stay tuned for that. Maybe next week we'll bring it we want that meeting. We want Ms. Barbara to get her answers from the D A one way or the other. All right, so I'm Woody Overton and I don't have else I don't have to ask Cindy today. I don't have shit else today. And I love and appreciate each and every one of y' all Patreon convicts. Thank you so much. National sponsors, thank you so much and I love and appreciate each and every lifer. Thank you for liking and listening, sharing and all that good podcast or and I will holler at you later. Peace. Sam.
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A gritty, candid roundup of current true crime stories from Texas and Florida, with Woody Overton’s signature raw storytelling, law enforcement perspective, and personal commentary. Woody discusses a Texas child neglect case, a cocaine trafficking bust in Florida, and the wider climate of police scrutiny, tackling each story with emotion, dark humor, and uncompromising honesty.
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Woody closes by reiterating his dedication to justice for the victims discussed, expressing his usual mix of compassion, frustration, and resilience in the face of difficult true crime realities. He thanks his Patreon supporters and listeners, encourages everyone to subscribe and share, and promises more updates, particularly on cold cases, in coming episodes.
For anyone new or catching up: This episode is a raw, eye-opening journey through current true crime—unafraid to challenge listeners emotionally and intellectually, and fully representative of Woody Overton’s bold, sometimes confrontational style.