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Savannah Spurlock, 22 years old and mother to four boys, went missing after a night out at the bar with friends in Lexington, Kentucky in January 2019. On a Facetime call with her mother around 3AM, Savannah was intoxicated but not distressed. She said she was with friends and would be home in the morning. But when Ellen Spurlock awoke that morning, she found that her daughter had not made it home. The search for Savannah was a massive effort that brought national attention. For six months the local community and out-of-state organisations scoured across Garrard County and further afield, hoping for any clue that could lead to the young mother's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the investigation focused on three men that had been spotted with Savannah at the bar on the night she disappeared. All three were questioned by police, but they said only one of these men left investigators feeling unsettled, and very suspicious. David Sparks, a self-professed "psychopath", told investigators that he hoped Savannah was "alright". Disturbingly, he was the one person who knew for certain that was not the case. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/Ju2acLJs Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

Thomas Clayton played forward for the Elmira Jackals for four seasons in the early 2000s. While an ‘enforcer’ on the ice, he was a husband and father at home. He married the beautiful cocktail waitress, Kelley, and the couple had two children; Charlie and Cullen. In September 2015, Tom was retired from his professional hockey career and had become successful in a franchise business doing fire and water restoration work in and around New York State. One night after his regular poker game, Tom arrived home after midnight to find the house in disarray, his children frightened and his wife, Kelley, unresponsive in the kitchen. It was a ‘robber’, Charlie said. Responders to the scene immediately suspected Tom. His own daughter suggested that might be the case. Through body cam footage, interview audio and crime scene photos, JTL tracks the course of the investigation, which takes a few odd turns before piecing together all the parts of this puzzle. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/i0ir4vHQ Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

Seth and Lisa Techel were newlyweds and expectant parents in May 2011. They lived in rural Agency, Iowa, and both had ambitions for careers in law enforcement. In the early morning hours of 26 May, 2011, Seth made a frantic call to 911 claiming to have discovered Lisa dead in their bed of a gunshot wound to the chest. Seth was the only other person known to be in the house at the time of the murder but he claimed to have been having his morning shower when the shot rang out. What appeared on the surface as a cut-and-dry case based on these facts turned out to be far more ambiguous. There was much more going on under the surface of the Techel marriage than anyone knew and more controversy in small-town Agency that could potentially lead to murder. Fingers would be pointed at multiple suspects over several years before Lisa’s killer was finally convicted. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/tRgrxK8D Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

Novelist Nancy Brophy's romance novels are known as the "Wrong Series". They carry the tagline, "wrong never felt so right." As compelling as these sound, Nancy will almost certainly be remembered most for an article she published years before her husband's death, entitled, "How to Murder Your Husband"... By June 2018, Daniel and Nancy Brophy had been happily married for 25 years. At age 63, Daniel was a chef and culinary instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute (OCI). He loved good food, gardens, chickens, his students and his wife. Nancy Brophy, 68 years old in 2018, had held a range of occupations over the years, from insurance agent, caterer and, most notably, romance writer. Nancy’s series of romance novels were not a great source of income. By 2016, the couple were reported to be having financial issues; pouring a significant amount of their income every month into a collection of about half a dozen insurance policies that Nancy had arranged. This particular “savings plan” as Nancy characterised it, was to become a great source of suspicion, when, on June 2, 2018, Daniel was found by his students, collapsed in the back kitchen of the culinary institute. When EMTs arrived on the scene they determined Dan had died of two gunshots; one to the back and one into his chest. As police and investigators empathised with Nancy, the grieving widow, they also began to look closer at the writer’s movements that morning. Security cameras from neighbouring buildings captured a minivan remarkably similar to the one that Nancy drove, making its way to the OCI and then leaving, right around the time of the murder. When Nancy follow's the advice she offers in her article, and moves to collect the large sum of life insurance within days of losing her husband, she becomes the prime suspect in Dan's murder. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/eFawhKCd Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

On Monday 24 October, 2005 in Ocilla Georgia, Tara Grinstead, a local beauty queen and high school history teacher did not show up to work in the morning. Concerned colleagues, unable to reach her, promptly called the local authorities. When local law enforcement arrived at her home, they initially found few indications that anything was amiss. However, a closer look suggested foul play. Tara’s car was in the drive and her cell phone was left on her bedside table, but her purse and keys were missing. There were possible signs of a struggle in her bedroom but certainly nothing to suggest a fatal attack. However, a single latex glove was spotted on her front yard, only about 15 feet from Tara’s front door. And the 30-year-old teacher was no where to be found. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation joined the Ocilla and County police departments in launching a missing person’s investigation, turned murder investigation, that would last over 16 years. Thousands of tips were received and tracked down, so many in fact, that more than one very useful piece of information that would have led to Tara’s killer went ignored for years. Two individuals would eventually be the focus of the murder investigation; Bo Dukes and Ryan Duke. Local men who were best friends but were unrelated. Each of these men would offer confessions to the police relating to Tara’s death, however, stories would change, and at least one of these men were almost certainly lying. Two trials relating to Tara Grinstead’s case have been held by the date of publication. The latest, that of Ryan Duke, ended on 23 May 2022. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/tJbECpuJ Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

In 2011, Shelley Mook was a 24 year old mom and teacher living in Shelbyville, TN. On the 28 February at about 3PM, Shelley was seen with her six year old daughter, Lilli, outside of her ex-husband’s house. But by 4:30PM that same afternoon she failed to meet with a handyman at her apartment as she had arranged. No one has heard from Shelley since. The next day, with Lilli left in his care, Shelley’s ex-husband, Tyler Mook, reported her missing. A massive search effort was undertaken but yielded very little. Shelley could not be found. The only clue may be Shelley’s abandoned car, found the day following in field a half an hour away from Shelbyville. It had been intentionally set on fire. In a deposition related to Lilli’s custody, Tyler utilised his 5th amendment right not to incriminate himself in response to over 150 questions. He was also caught in conversation about Shelley’s disappearance on a recorded phone call that he accidentally placed to 911. But with no crime scene, no witnesses and no Shelley, the investigation stalled. Tyler moved to Florida. There he began a new relationship with young mother, Robin Doneth. Robin is concerned when she learns of Tyler's suspicious past, but he manages to talk his way out of it. Unfortunately for Robin, she would learn the hard way that the suspicions placed on Tyler back in Tennessee may have been justified after all. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/Z2R4bh7z Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music

Suzanne Pilley vanished on her way to work on 4 May, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A massive investigation ensued that tracked her movements through the city that day via hundreds of CCTV cameras. The footage follows Suzanne from her flat, across two buses, into a shop for some breakfast and then around the corner towards her office. But there is a void in the CCTV coverage in front of her office door. And the footage that shows Suzanne walking down the street towards her office is of extremely poor quality. Is it possible that this is not Suzanne at all? A colleague and former boyfriend, David Gilroy, is immediately the prime suspect. David was in the same office that morning but away from his desk at the same time Suzanne is tracked to the door. The two had just been through a break-up after a very tumultuous affair. Investigators manage to piece together a theory of how David committed the murder and then disposed of Suzanne Pilley’s body in the Argyll Forest the following day. It is a compelling case and one that pieces together many intricate details - but there are a few problems… Suzanne has never been found. There is no forensic evidence at the alleged crime scene or David’s vehicle. There are no eye witnesses and David Gilroy continues to insist that he is innocent. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Pastebin (sources): https://pastebin.com/TXdXYiQW Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Sorrow by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Michelle Young was a 29 year old mother, daughter, sister, wife, friend, well-liked colleague and accomplished accountant. Michelle was also 4.5 months pregnant with her next child. In November 2006, she was found dead in her North Carolina home by her sister, Meredith Fisher, who had stopped by the house by request of Michelle's husband, Jason Young. Jason had left the night before on a business trip. The couple's two-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was found by her aunt hiding under the covers in her parent's master bedroom. The little girl was unharmed. In fact, Cassidy was remarkably - suspiciously - clean. It was clear from the state of the crime scene and mess left by Cassidy herself, that whoever had committed the murder had cared enough to clean-up and care for the toddler before fleeing the scene. There were some indications that could point towards a burglary but the nature of the attack suggested something more personal was at work. Suspicions immediately landed on Jason Young, the cheating husband in what was an openly unhappy marriage. When some curious occurrences were found to have taken place at his hotel on the night of the murder, investigators become convinced that Jason's seemingly solid alibi was false - and he was covering his tracks. There is some ambiguity in the evidence in this case. At the scene were unidentified fingerprints and footwear impressions which suggested more than one person was present. There is also contradicting witness testimony that confuses the proposed timeline, though no time of death was ever confirmed. A civil case brought against Jason Young by Michelle's family concluded that he was the "Slayer" and responsible for her death. The criminal proceedings played out in later years, and were far more complicated. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Pastebin (for sources): https://pastebin.com/YRcqexYj

Thomas Wales was a federal prosecutor in Washington State for nearly 20 years. In October 2001, while working late in his home office in Queen Anne, he was struck with gunshots fired through the basement window from his own backyard. Tom died at hospital several hours later. At the scene of the crime, local authorities immediately proclaimed the murder an assassination. The murder had been quick and there were very few clues. Only shell casings were left at the scene. In the wake of 9-11, state and federal resources were scarce and the investigation into his murder made a rocky start. Eventually the FBI took charge and began tracking down every possible lead based on potential motives. Tom was an outspoken activist on a number of issues, primarily gun control. Through his unapologetic political positions, he had a name for himself state-wide as well as some enemies. Additionally, 18 years as a prosecutor meant a long history of convictions which could serve as a potential motive. After a development and related indictment 2019, the FBI finally leaked to the public a theory of the crime; one that involves a suspect first identified in the initial weeks of the investigation in 2001, a hired hitman and a Mexican drug cartel. The reward for information in this case has risen from $25,000 in October 2001 to $2,500,000 in October 2021 The case remains open, and active. Tips: walestips@fbi.gov Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Pastebin (for sources): https://pastebin.com/Zaqbyist

On the night of September 6th, 2018, Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer was returning home to her apartment at the South Side Flats apartment complex. Her shift that day had run over 13 hours; one of many overtime shifts that she had taken on that week. Exhausted and distracted by text messages, she arrived at the apartment door to hear shuffling noises inside. Frightened by what she assumed to be an intruder in her home, she pulled her gun and entered the unit. There were no lights turned on inside. She sees only the silhouette of what she perceived was a threatening figure in her home. Instinctively, and claiming a fear for her own life, the police officer fired two shots. Botham Jean, a 26 year-old accountant was shot in the chest from one of Amber's shots and would not survive. When the young police officer turned on the lights inside the apartment, she was met with a horrible realisation. Amber was not in her apartment, but rather one of an identical layout exactly one floor above her own. And she had just shot an innocent man inside his own home. The subsequent arrest and trial would capture the attention of the nation while the jury considered if this was an act of malice or a tragic accident. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/mtyuSseU

In May 1991, Michelle Lodzinski was a 23 year old single mother to 5 year old Timothy Wiltsey. In only a few quick minutes whilst purchasing a soda at a Memorial Day carnival, Timothy disappeared from Michelle's sight. A highly publicised, massive search effort ensued. Law enforcement interviewed the young mother multiple times over the following months only to find that her story kept changing. Timothy's remains were located 11 months later in a suspicious location as focus began to narrow on Michelle as the prime suspect. Despite much speculation, there was no hard evidence so no charges were filed. The case was re-opened 20 years later and Michelle, now a mother to two boys and a working professional, was put on trial for the murder of her five year old son. But there were a few problems with the State's case against her - it was based on circumstantial evidence and decades-old witness statements. She was nonetheless convicted and sentenced to a 30 year term. Michelle's conviction was eventually overturned and she was released from custody in late 2021, leaving us no closer to knowing the truth of what happened to Timmy Wiltsey. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/mtyuSseU

Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub were a happy couple in their early 20s working and studying near Toledo, Ohio. One night in late January 2011, Johnny's friend Tiffany called Johnny's cellphone to check up on their plans for the evening - and what she hears on the other end of the line scares her... Concerned that someone is threatening her friends in their own home, she calls both Johnny and Lisa repeatedly but she receives no answer. Frantic calls to 911 from Johnny's mother finally lead to a horrible discovery. Multiple interviews with police of friends and acquaintances of the young couple begin to suggest possible motives for the killings. Ultimately, it is one cigarette butt, with DNA from two individuals, that will convince investigators that they have caught their killer - Samuel Williams. But questions remain about Sam's guilt - and whether he has a credible alibi that could prove his innocence ... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/justthoughtlounge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthoughtlounge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoungeThought Theme music by Audio Hertz, Luck Witch via YouTube music Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/MKDQXswt