1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: In Franklin Township, New Jersey, a worried grandmother has reached 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: out to her local police department after her repeated calls 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: who her eighteen year old granddaughter went unanswered. This lack 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: of communication is unusual for their close knit family, which 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: deepens her concerns. The granddaughter, a focus, confident and loving teenager, 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: was raised well and has big dreams of becoming a 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: mechanical while also pursuing her passion for music. With a 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: promising future ahead, her sudden disappearance alarms her. 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: Family and community. 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: Now, a determined grandmother, loved ones, and detectives are all 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: on the hunt to find her. 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: What happens when love becomes fatter. 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast with Alter Ego. 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: March sixteenth, nineteen ninety nine. It's Tuesday in Franklin Township, 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 3: New Jersey, a bedroom community about forty miles southwest of Manhattan. 16 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 4: The Franklin Township area is basically a suburb of New 17 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 4: York City. 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 5: We have direct train access to New York, but a 19 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 5: quiet town, nothing like the big city at all. 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 4: It's a great place to raise your children. You don't 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 4: have so much of the hustle and the bustle. There 22 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 4: wasn't as much of the crime that you find in 23 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 4: the city, but. 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 3: As any place entirely safe. At nine o'clock that morning, 25 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 3: one Franklin resident makes a worried call to the local police. 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 6: The call of one is to file a missing person 27 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 6: report for her granddaughter, eighteen year old Sekira Stokes. 28 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 7: When was the last time you seen your granddaughter, ma'am? 29 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 4: Yesterday afternoon. She left her around five o'clock. 30 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 8: She told police that Sekira had told her that she 31 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 8: would be home by ten. 32 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 3: But when her grandmother went to bed a little left 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 3: of eleven, Secura still hadn't come home. 34 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: Her grandmother thought, well, maybe she's just hanging out a 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 4: little later than usual. 36 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 5: She's eighteen years old, so her grandparents are giving her 37 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 5: some leadway, So not coming home by ten o'clock at 38 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 5: night it's. 39 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 9: Not a big deal. 40 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 4: But when her grandmother awoke in the next morning and 41 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 4: realized that Shkira was not there, that really gave her 42 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 4: a reason to be worried. 43 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 10: She wasn't here this morning when I got out, and 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 10: when I checked her bed was still made. 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 4: The fact that she did not come home and she 46 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 4: hadn't called it was out of character for her. 47 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 10: Sekia would usually contact her grandma to let her know 48 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 10: what was going on. She was really concerned. 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 3: Sekurra's grandmother had attempted to track the teenager down herself, 50 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 3: but it wasn't easy. 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 6: This was nineteen ninety nine, back when most people did 52 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 6: not have cell phones. 53 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 7: They started reaching out to people that they thought that 54 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 7: she might have been with. 55 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 8: Mostly they were just leaving messages on people's answering machines. 56 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: Unable to shake the feeling that something terrible had happened, 57 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 3: Sekurra's grandmother decided to call the police. 58 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 10: Her family was very upset by this point. 59 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 11: They couldn't find her. She essentially disappeared. 60 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 7: Where could she be? 61 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: Sekurra Stokes grew up in a loving home with her grandparents. 62 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 7: It's a special relationship. She had a close relationship with them. 63 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 7: It's not like it's your mom and dad, but it's 64 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 7: pop pop or yah ya. They had little tipbits of 65 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 7: wisdom you would never get from anyone else. 66 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 9: They braced her and instilled great values in her. 67 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 3: A confident young woman, Sekurra never cared what others thought. 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 12: Sekira was mature. She was already focused, knew what she wanted. 69 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 4: She had a very, very forthcoming personality. 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: And from a young age she knew what she wanted 71 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: to be. 72 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 7: Hey, I go work on the car. 73 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 9: Yes, absolutely, muskrat. 74 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 8: She wanted to be a mechanic. 75 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 6: Her grandfather was a really good mechanic, and even from 76 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 6: a young age, she was by his side learning how 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 6: to fix things. 78 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 3: She was good with her hands. After graduating high school 79 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 3: in nineteen ninety eight, she'd set out to achieve her goal. 80 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 10: She found a job at a local auto shop and 81 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 10: she was planning on going to technical school. 82 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 3: But cars weren't her only passion. Whether working on a 83 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: vehicle or writing in one, Sekire almost always had the 84 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 3: stereo going. 85 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 7: She found music as this kind of outlet. 86 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 5: For a lot of young people. Music is a way 87 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 5: of self expression, especially when you're writing in your car. 88 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 5: You put down your windows, you blast your music. 89 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,679 Speaker 7: So even with the love that she had for fixing things, 90 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 7: she developed a love for music. 91 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 12: Music is in the fiber of the community, so there 92 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 12: were always little clubs that you could go. 93 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 3: To, and after one show, Sekira met a man who 94 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 3: could change her life forever. Twenty one year old Dane Ellis. 95 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 11: Dane was a rapper that was up and coming. 96 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 7: His stage name was Drama. 97 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 11: She fell in love with the way he performed. 98 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 13: You killed it up there, Oh you think so absolutely? 99 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: She hadn't seen Drama on stage that she said in 100 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: her mind, I'm going to get him. He saw the 101 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 4: spark in her eye. 102 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 11: He was very you know, charming, handsome. 103 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 3: And the rest, as they say, is history, and the 104 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 3: young couple was officially an item. 105 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 7: Sakura's eighteen years old, so this is love struck young love. 106 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:08,559 Speaker 7: Everything is good. 107 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 3: She even introduced him to her grandparents. 108 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 10: This is Dane. 109 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 5: Dane comes from a loving family. He worked with his 110 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 5: dad and his family's business. He was very mannerable, very likable. 111 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 7: They accepted the fact that he was a few years 112 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 7: older than her, and they said, let's give this guy 113 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 7: a chance, because he seems to become from a good foundation. 114 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 3: Sekurra provided Dane with the same sort of foundation. 115 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 7: This young woman becomes his you know, number one cheer. Later. 116 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 7: She wanted the best for him. She wanted him to 117 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 7: take his wrap into another level. 118 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 12: She's helped him find his way, helped him find his boys. 119 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 3: And toward the end of nineteen ninety eight, Sekira helped 120 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: Deane take the next big step. 121 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 4: She took Dane down to Virginia to meet some of 122 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 4: her family members who were also involved in music. 123 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 14: He went in the studio, he did his thing, He 124 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 14: came out with a contract. 125 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 11: He was able to score a record deal. 126 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: From that point on, it appeared that Drama was on 127 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 3: the road to start them. 128 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 4: She thought, he's going to make it big, and I'm 129 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 4: going to be right beside him. We're going to do 130 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 4: this together. 131 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 3: Instead, just months after Dean signed his record deal, Sakira 132 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 3: has disappeared. 133 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 4: Her family realized that she did not return home from 134 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 4: going out the evening before, which was very alarming. Sakia 135 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 4: usually will contact her grandma or let her grandma know 136 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 4: what's going on. 137 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 3: But now, after failed attempts to find her on their own, 138 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 3: Sekira's grandparents have contacted the police. I don't know where 139 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: she could be. Police take the report, but also try 140 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 3: to Reassurera's worried grandmother. 141 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 4: And you think she went into the city, you could 142 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 4: actually board the train and within thirty to forty minutes 143 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: you're in Manhattan. 144 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: Securra's grandmother doesn't think so. 145 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 8: She said, securre I really didn't go into the city 146 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 8: very much, and when she did, she always made sure 147 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 8: to say something beforehand. 148 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 10: She had proven to be relatively responsible and so there 149 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 10: was no reason to think that she would lie about 150 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 10: her plans. 151 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: But could there be another explanation for her disappearance? 152 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 7: Is their boyfriend somebody she stayed overnight with. 153 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: She's seen someone. 154 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 6: Sekurra's grandmother was not entirely sure that this was still 155 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 6: the case. 156 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: The relationship was not as solid as it had been. 157 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 7: She was talking about breaking up with Daan. 158 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 13: Hey, Dane, we need to talk. 159 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: Stay tuned as detectives get closer to uncovering hidden truth. 160 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: You won't want to miss what's ahead. 161 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 2: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 162 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 3: With the loving support of his girlfriend, Sekira Stokes. Aspiring 163 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 3: rapper Dane Ellis was on the verge of greatness. 164 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 11: She saw some man she felt as though he was gifted. 165 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 4: He's getting ready to drop his first album and she 166 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 4: was right there by his side. 167 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 3: But now Sekura's family is desperate to find her. 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 8: Sekura did not come home the night before, and no 169 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 8: one had heard from her. 170 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 11: Sense that wasn't like her. For her to just disappear 171 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 11: and not, you know, say anything. 172 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 3: After reporting her missing, police ask Sekira's grandparents to come 173 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 3: down to the station to meet with detectives. 174 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 7: It's very crucial that everybody hits the ground in the 175 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 7: beginning and try to document every that they can. 176 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 3: Detectives are especially interested in something Secura's grandmother mentioned in 177 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 3: her phone call. 178 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 10: She said that her granddaughter was thinking about breaking up 179 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 10: with her boyfriend Dane. 180 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 4: And your granddaughter told you this not exactly. 181 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 3: I heard her from her friend, Felicia, her grandmother says. 182 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 3: Felicia was who Seqira had gone to see when she 183 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 3: left the previous afternoon, and you. 184 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: Sure she went to Felicia's. 185 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: Yes, Felicia was the first person I called this morning 186 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 3: when Sekira didn't come home. 187 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 6: Felicia told her that Sekira had specifically come over to 188 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 6: talk about her troubles with Dane. 189 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 13: Did Felicia tell you why Sekira wanted up break up 190 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 13: with them? 191 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 3: She didn't get into details, hoping Securra's friend can tell 192 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: the more. Detectives immediately ask her to come in for 193 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 3: an interview. 194 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: Felicia did confirm to the detectives that Shakia came to 195 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 4: her house that afternoon. 196 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 7: So what'd you guys talk about? 197 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 13: Mostly Dane. 198 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 4: They had a discussion about how she was feeling and 199 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 4: that things just was not panning out with Dane. 200 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,719 Speaker 3: Felicia tells Detectives that things between Sekira and Dane had 201 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: changed after he signed his record deal. 202 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: Even though she and Dane started off with this very, 203 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 4: very loving relationship, she really felt as though Dane was 204 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 4: kind of putting her on the back burner. 205 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 11: She said he made a couple of trips down to 206 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 11: Virginia alone, so they needed him to cut some new vocals. 207 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 8: There were trips into New York City, supposedly to meet 208 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 8: with producers and other industry people. 209 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 3: According to Felicia, Sekira didn't have a problem with that. 210 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 4: Being the type of person that she was, she did 211 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 4: not mind being very supportive of her mate. 212 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 3: But it turned out that Dane wasn't spending all that 213 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 3: time on his career. 214 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 7: What she found out is that he had somebody in 215 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 7: different area codes. 216 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 11: When she was supporting Dane and was there for him, 217 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 11: was dealing with multiple women, and that really hurt her. 218 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 3: Felicia says that when Secura confronted Dane about his infidelity. 219 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 3: He shrugged the whole thing off. 220 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 5: The only explanation he has is, this is a part 221 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 5: of the life. This is who I am, this is 222 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 5: what you signed up for. You knew I was forever. 223 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 4: He even said, do you think you're the only person 224 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 4: that came to see me after I was on stage 225 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 4: get a life? There was plenty of women after me. 226 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 11: He was feeling like he can have his cake and 227 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 11: eat it too, and that wasn't what Sekira wanted. 228 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 3: According to Felicia, Securra hadn't broken things off immediately. 229 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 11: She was a bit conflicted about what she should. 230 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 3: Do, but Felicia says that Sekira had eventually decided that 231 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 3: Dane's new lifestyle just wasn't for her. 232 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 4: She began to realize the Dane she fell in love 233 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 4: with was transitioning into drama, not just drama for a name, 234 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 4: but drama in life, and she just didn't want to 235 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 4: deal with it anymore. 236 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 7: She was bike, I'm not going to be one of 237 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 7: these other checks. She made a conscious decision that I'm 238 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 7: not going to be involved in that whole type of situation. 239 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 6: Sekira told Felicia that she was ready to break things 240 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 6: off with Dane. 241 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 3: According to Felicia, Sekira had decided to do it that night, 242 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 3: face to face. 243 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 4: She felt as though she owed it to him to 244 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 4: go and meet with him in person to finally break 245 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 4: everything off. 246 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 7: When she left your house, she went to see Dane. 247 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 4: That's what she said, thank you for your time. 248 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 3: After hearing Felicia's story, detectives asked Jane Ellis to come 249 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 3: in for an interview. 250 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 12: When Dane Ellis is brought in for questioning, he says, 251 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 12: Felicia's right, she did stop by. 252 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 3: He says that Secura picked him up at his parents' 253 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 3: house and they drove to a nearby shopping center. 254 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 11: According to Dane, they had smoked marijuana and was hanging 255 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 11: out in the car. 256 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 7: So was that all you did? 257 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 9: Well, no, Dane, we need to talk. 258 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, he probably should. 259 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 7: He did admit that they were breaking up, and the 260 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 7: way he came across was like it wasn't a big deal. 261 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 4: Things were changing for him. He was getting ready to 262 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: go on the road with his new album. 263 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 10: Dane felt like he was about to be on top 264 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 10: of the world and he didn't want to be weighed 265 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 10: down by anyone. 266 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 13: See here, what just okay with it? 267 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 10: To be honest, I. 268 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 4: Was relieved, He said he actually was going to break 269 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 4: up with her. 270 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 7: It was like, ooh good, that weight is off of 271 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 7: me because now I don't have to do it. She 272 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 7: did it. 273 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 6: He said that they partied on such good terms that 274 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 6: Sekira had even driven him home. 275 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 2: What time did she drop you off? 276 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: About nine thirty? 277 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 13: Anybody else see you? Come on my parents? 278 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 3: Although according to Dane, he wasn't home for the long. 279 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 12: He says, but after she left, I called his other honey. 280 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 8: According to Dane, he didn't just call her. 281 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 12: What he says is I spent the night with her. 282 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: The saga deepens with the web of deceit Stay with 283 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: Us has the chilling story unfolds. 284 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 3: Secura stokes ex boyfriend Dan Ellis has just told detectives 285 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 3: he had nothing to do with the eighteen year old's disappearance. 286 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 10: He told detectives that he wasn't upset about their recent breakup. 287 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 10: In fact, Dane said that he'd been planting it in 288 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 10: the relationship as well. 289 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 7: He says it was no big deal. 290 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 12: I'm about to go on tour and my life's about 291 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 12: to change, and I don't need to be wayed down 292 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 12: to anybody. 293 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 3: In fact, Dane says he was so unbothered that he 294 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 3: spent the rest of the night with another woman, twenty 295 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: two year old Aubrey McQueen. 296 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 8: Aubrey was one of the women that Dane had been 297 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 8: hooking up with behind Secura's back. 298 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 6: He said that he called her to come pick him 299 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 6: up and they went to the motel together. 300 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: Why motel, are you serious? 301 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 4: He said, Well, he lived at home with his parents. 302 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 4: He couldn't take girls there, so he would often have 303 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 4: hookups at the hotel. 304 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 3: When detectives follow up with Jane's parents, the first part 305 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: of his story appears to check out. 306 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 4: The parents did confirm that Dane came home that night 307 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 4: at around nine point thirty. 308 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 5: He comes home, he tells his parents, yes and shot 309 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 5: me off, but I'm going to run back out. 310 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 4: Dane left out again around ten pm and they didn't 311 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 4: see him again until the next day, which coincides with 312 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 4: what Dane had told the detectives. 313 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 3: Detectives also contact Aubrey, the woman Dane says he'd spent 314 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 3: the night with, at a motel in the nearby town 315 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 3: of North Brunswick. 316 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,719 Speaker 4: She confirmed that she picked Dane up from his parents' 317 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 4: home around ten o'clock and they went and checked into 318 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 4: the hotel. 319 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 3: When detectives asked her if he seemed upset or angry, 320 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 3: she says no. 321 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 4: They asked did he talk about his breakup, and she said, 322 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 4: we didn't do a lot of talking. 323 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 11: It was mostly like a physical interaction. They spent the night, 324 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 11: you know, having sex. 325 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 3: Hotel staff also confirmed that Dane and Aubrey stayed the night. 326 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 4: The front that's at the hotel confirmed that Dane had 327 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 4: checked in a look left at ten pm, and that 328 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 4: he checked out next day. 329 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 5: Dan had a pretty solid alibi. Everyone saw him at 330 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 5: the motel. He was physically there with Aubrey. He checked 331 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: in at the time he said, and he checked out. 332 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 4: It looks as though Dave is telling the truth about 333 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 4: what happened, and that, as he said, the breakup really 334 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 4: didn't bother him. 335 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: But in that case, where is Sekurra. 336 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 8: She didn't have a cell phone, so there really wasn't 337 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 8: any way to track her. 338 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 6: They put out a BOLO on her car, but at 339 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 6: this point they didn't have much else to go on. 340 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 9: Detectives are really working with what they had. 341 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 3: And they don't have any evidence that anything has actually 342 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 3: happened to Sekira. 343 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 7: We've heard nothing, We've seen nothing. 344 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 10: She just broke up with her boyfriend. Maybe she needed 345 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 10: some time alone. 346 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: As for Secura's family, there's certain something terrible has happened 347 00:18:59,560 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: to her. 348 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 4: Her family could not understand why she had not reached 349 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 4: out to anyone. 350 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 8: Sekurra hadn't shown up at work either. 351 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 4: So they knew at this point something had to be wrong. 352 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 7: And so you panic about the only thing that makes sense. 353 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 4: They wouldn't if someone abducted her. That's very possible. She 354 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: young eighteen year old girl. 355 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 5: It's a very emotional time. You want to have this 356 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 5: hope that you'll find her. But the reality is the 357 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 5: family was scared, afraid of the possible reality that she 358 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 5: may have been gone. 359 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 3: By Wednesday morning, thirty six hours after Sekiro went missing, 360 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 3: the family launches their own search effort. 361 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 11: They didn't hear any updated information, so they take matters 362 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 11: into their own hands. 363 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 3: But getting the word out about Sekira's disappearance is a 364 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 3: difficult test. 365 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 4: This is back at the end of the nineties. We 366 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 4: didn't have social media where we could just make a 367 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 4: post and it would go viral. 368 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 12: Without social media, the outreach is in supermarkets. The outreach 369 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 12: is at the clinic. The outreach is the pastor given 370 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 12: the mother five minutes at church to talk to the 371 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 12: people and passed up out. 372 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 5: And they're really on the ground trying to do everything 373 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 5: to find Sekira, com said. 374 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: And as more people become aware that Sekira is missing, 375 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 3: one of her friends calls in with a possible lead. 376 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 4: She was having beef with another girl named Lola. 377 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 10: Lola was another one of Dane's side chicks. 378 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 6: Dane had many women in his life, but Lola felt 379 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 6: like she was really his number one girl. 380 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 11: Yo Dan's mind. You understand that, and she felt that 381 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 11: Sekura was standing in her way. 382 00:20:55,400 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 8: I parently she does will be only for the warning you. 383 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: Stay with us for more of the Fatal Wit Fraction podcast. 384 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: According to a friend of Securra Stokes, the missing teen 385 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 3: had a contentious relationship over her boyfriend, Dane Ellis with 386 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: a woman named Lola Barrett. 387 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 10: Lola was another of Dane's side chicks. Although she didn't 388 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 10: see herself that way, she was. 389 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 7: Very possessive and she felt like Dane belonged to her. 390 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 3: Which, according to Securra's friend, had led to friction between 391 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 3: Lola and Sekeira. 392 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 4: She told the detective town Lola felt in her mind 393 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 4: that she was Dane's woman and that so Kia was 394 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 4: an intruder. 395 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 12: And so for Lola, Sekira starts to be this nemesis, 396 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 12: the one unlike these other side chicks with getting favor 397 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 12: with my man. 398 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: You too close, and according to Sekira's friend, Lola felt 399 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 3: so threatened by Sekira that she'd made her claim to 400 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: Dane crystal clear. 401 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 6: Lola actually went and confronted Sekira face to face. 402 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 7: She was really kind of off the chain. Better say 403 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 7: Shane the street yo, Dane's mind. 404 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 11: You understand that. 405 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 4: What she had no problem telling her stay away from 406 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 4: my man. 407 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 9: You're a man, yeah, so my man. 408 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 5: How she presented was as if she would do anything 409 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 5: and stop anyone from getting in her way. 410 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 12: This young woman is like, I'm getting rid of all 411 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 12: the competition. I'm all the way in. 412 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 3: The question for detectives is how far would Lola go 413 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 3: to get rid of her competition. 414 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 5: It really appeared that there was a rivalry between these 415 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 5: two women and that Lola was the aggressor and Sekira 416 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 5: is now missing. 417 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 3: When detectives bring Lola in for questioning. She doesn't deny 418 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 3: having words with Sekira. 419 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, so well she's missing, Okay, Well I don't know 420 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 4: nothing about that. 421 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 7: So she kind of dismissed the whole thing. Well, I 422 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 7: don't I don't know anything about her disappearing. I don't 423 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 7: really care, you know that type of attitude. 424 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 4: She said, I don't pay her any mind. She doesn't 425 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 4: concern me. 426 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 3: It's a clean detectives find hard to swallow. 427 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 7: If you don't pay this girl in no mind, why'd 428 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 7: you threaten her? That was before I found out what 429 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 7: Dane was really up to. 430 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 5: Lola basically says, you know, Dane dates everyone. Takara wasn't 431 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 5: as important. She was just another one of us. 432 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 11: Oftentimes, when when are dating multiple women, it causes a 433 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 11: lot of confusion. The man can be very manipulative and 434 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 11: telling one woman something and another woman something else, and 435 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 11: tension could fly. 436 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 7: The dude cheats and the two women fight. He's sitting there, 437 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 7: go look, women are fighting. 438 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 13: So you had nothing to do with Secura's. 439 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 4: Disappearance over Dane. 440 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 8: He isn't worth it. The way Lola told it, Sekura 441 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 8: wasn't the only one who was beginning to realize how 442 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 8: much she had been played by Dane. 443 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 11: He was dating multiple women, he was lying to multiple women, 444 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 11: and essentially every woman that Dane was with believed that 445 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 11: they were his main women, when in fact they weren't. 446 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 3: Still, they do ask Lola where she was on the 447 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 3: evening Securra disappeared. 448 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 5: She reports that she was in North New Jersey visiting 449 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 5: her family, which is about an hour away. 450 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 7: Do you free to go? 451 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 10: When the detectives followed up her alibi checked. 452 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 5: Out, Lola was actually in Nork the day Sekura went missing. 453 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 11: She was actually telling the truth. 454 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 3: With that, seventy two hours after Secura's disappearance, the tril 455 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 3: goes cold. 456 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 9: There's no more leads on where Sakhira may be. 457 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,719 Speaker 6: No one had come forward with more information, and they 458 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 6: had run out of potential suspects. 459 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 3: And solving a crime in nineteen ninety nine was a 460 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 3: lot harder than it is today. 461 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 14: Back in nineteen ninety nine, it was really no technology 462 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 14: out there to even find people. There was no cameras 463 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 14: on light poles and tracking devices seeing where cars were located. 464 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 12: There was no let's check her Facebook, Let's checker Instagram, 465 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 12: let's see what the last thing she posted on TikTok 466 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 12: and they can't do anything with nothing. 467 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 3: Weeks turning two months with no new progress. 468 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 5: Her family is still holding onto hope, still trying to 469 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 5: find Sakira, but the reality is detectives have to move. 470 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 4: On because of manpower and time. They could not continue 471 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 4: on a case where they were not getting any more 472 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 4: leads and no new developments were coming along. They didn't 473 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 4: totally give up on it, but they just kind of 474 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 4: had to put it to the side. 475 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 8: Maybe simply she just didn't want to be found. 476 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 10: There was still no proof of any crime. 477 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 3: Until on May sixteenth, two months after Sekurra's disappearance, there's 478 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 3: a surprising new development. 479 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 5: Sakarra's cousin is visiting a friend in an apartment complex 480 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 5: few towns over. 481 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 4: He just happened to see a car that reminded him 482 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 4: of Sakira's car. 483 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 6: He called their grandmother to ask what Sekira's license plate 484 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 6: number was. 485 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 9: It's like, maybe this will lead to where she is. 486 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: Is okay, you won't want to miss what's ahnd This 487 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 488 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 3: Two months after Secura Stokes disappeared, a relative has made 489 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 3: a possible breakthrough in finding the missing team. 490 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 8: A family member spotted what he thought was Secura's car 491 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 8: parked right outside an apartment complex in nearby town. 492 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 4: He quickly called her grandmother and. 493 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 7: Asked for the plate number. The plates match. It was 494 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 7: Secura's car. 495 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 9: Yeah, it's like, maybe this will lead to where she is. 496 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 3: When detectives respond, that turns out to be true, just 497 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 3: not in the way the family hoped. 498 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 7: When they opened the trunk, they find the body of 499 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 7: a female that was badly decomposed. 500 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: Well too badly decomposed for immediate identification. Detectives assume that 501 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 3: the body is Securra's. 502 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 9: She went missing in March and it is now May. 503 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 5: We have to consider that Securra's body has been in 504 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 5: this trunk for possibly two months. 505 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 4: With the weather chain to springtime, the heat had begun 506 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 4: to really decompose her body. 507 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 3: But one thing is clear. 508 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 5: Her underwear and her pants are gone. 509 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 4: Now they're wondering was that sexual assault? 510 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 7: But she abducted off the street. 511 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 3: As for a house Secura's car ended up there, detectives 512 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 3: have little to go on. 513 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 4: There were no surveillance cameras at the complex to give 514 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 4: any clues As to what might have happened. 515 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 3: A canvas of the neighbors also fails to turn up 516 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:36,959 Speaker 3: any useful information. 517 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 4: Different residents say that they remember seeing the car for 518 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 4: several weeks, but they're not sure exactly when it came. 519 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 4: There was nothing suspicious about it, so they didn't think anything. 520 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 7: When you're in a large apartment complex like that, you 521 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 7: got a lot of cars. Some people don't use their 522 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,959 Speaker 7: car all the time. They might be taking mass transit 523 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 7: to get to work, and they might just use it 524 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 7: car a weekend. So was it like it stuck out? 525 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 3: When detectives receive the results of the autopsy, they confirmed 526 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: that the body is Sekira's. 527 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 14: The only way they could identify her as the dental records. 528 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 4: The family is just torn between relief that they found her, 529 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 4: but devastation that she's no longer with them. 530 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 12: The unknown oh my god where issue what could be 531 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 12: happening to her? Is gone immediately replaced by the oh 532 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 12: my god, what happened to her? 533 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 3: The autopsy does provide some answers. 534 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 5: To Kara died from one single gunshot wing to the head. 535 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 10: Despite her missing clothing, there were no signs of sexual assault. 536 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 4: Detectives begin to think that there perhaps was someone trying 537 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 4: to mass the appearance of what has actually happened by 538 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 4: making it seem she was assaulted and robbed. 539 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 7: Take a panth off, then it's gonna look like somebody. 540 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 3: Did something sexual, but who was trying to throw detectives 541 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 3: off their trail. As news of Sekira's murder spreads, a 542 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 3: young woman comes forward with information that could break the case. 543 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 7: She came forward cause this case was all over the news. 544 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 7: She said, Listen, I had a brief relationship with Dane. 545 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 4: I Scott with Dane before he met Sakira. 546 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: The woman's name is Monique Davies. 547 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 11: According to Monique, who was very abusive to her mentally 548 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 11: and physically. He would beat her. 549 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 3: But Monique says that isn't the most important thing she 550 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 3: has to tell them about Dane. 551 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 4: Dane at one point had actually put a gun to 552 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 4: her head. 553 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,239 Speaker 11: When I saw that her body had been found and 554 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 11: that she had been shot, I knew I had to 555 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 11: say something. 556 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 3: Could the same thing have happened to Sakira? 557 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 4: The fact that Dane previously threatened her with the gun. 558 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 4: This causes the detectives to say, maybe they need to 559 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 4: take another look at. 560 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 7: Day Dane was not a street guy. He didn't have 561 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 7: any prior history of being involved with weapons. But we're 562 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 7: getting that statement from a young lady that he in 563 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 7: fact has had a gun in his possession. He in 564 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 7: fact has streatened me with the gun. 565 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 3: But does that mean Dane killed Sekira. 566 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 7: We don't know if there was any abuse that was 567 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 7: shown before this between the two of them. 568 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 6: However, it had been established that Dane had a pattern 569 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 6: of violent and abusive behavior towards women. 570 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 10: The detectives also knew that Securer wanted to break it 571 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 10: with Dane. 572 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 5: Statistics tell us that that is the most dangerous time 573 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 5: for someone in a domestic violence relationship. 574 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 3: And while Deane's alibi for the night of the murder 575 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 3: mostly checked out, there was one potential hole in his story. 576 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 8: Dane only told his parents that Sekurra dropped him off 577 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 8: that night. 578 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 4: Dane's parents said that they did not see her that night. 579 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 3: There's a possibility that he may have done this. When 580 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 3: detectives asked Dane to come in for a second interview, 581 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 3: he readily agrees, thank you for meeting with us. 582 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 10: Sure anything I can do to help. 583 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 3: Dane seems upset by the news that Sekurra has been 584 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 3: found dead. However, he claims he has little additional information 585 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 3: to give them. 586 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 5: Dane continues to stick to his story that he didn't 587 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 5: know what happened. 588 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 13: You guys just talked and then she dropped you off 589 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 13: at home. 590 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 591 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 3: Dane was adamant that what he told them was correct. 592 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 3: Detectives don't buy it. 593 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 7: I'm gonna tell you what I think happened. I think 594 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 7: you got mad she was breaking up with you. 595 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 4: You shot no way? 596 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 13: Yeah? Are you sure about that? Dan? 597 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 4: The detectives said, well, you put a gun to Monique. 598 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 4: How do we know you didn't put a gun to 599 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 4: some Kara's head Monique? 600 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 13: Yeah, Dane, we know all about that. 601 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 4: Dane looked in disbelief. How did they know about Monique? 602 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 8: Just like that, Dame's story changed. 603 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 10: No, no, no, you guys got her are wrong. That's not 604 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 10: what happened. 605 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 4: He said. Some Kara was shot by accident. 606 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 1: Stay with us as the chilling story unfolds. 607 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 3: Twenty one year old rapper Dan Ellis has just admitted 608 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 3: to Franklin Township detectives that he shot and killed his 609 00:33:55,560 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 3: ex girlfriend Sekurra Stokes, but he claimed it was an accident. 610 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 10: He insisted that the breakup had gone smoothly, just like 611 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 10: he told them. Originally, we were hanging. 612 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 13: Out, smoked a little. 613 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 10: Everything was cool, yeah, until I asked for my gun. 614 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,760 Speaker 13: Back? What gun? 615 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 4: He said. I had given her a gun to protect 616 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 4: herself when I was going back and forth to Virginia. 617 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 11: She told me that it was in a glove compartment 618 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 11: and when he reached for it, Dane claims that she 619 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 11: wanted to see it. 620 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 9: Oh wait, can I see it first? 621 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 14: No? 622 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 13: What for? 623 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,959 Speaker 3: I just want to show you something, he said. 624 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 4: No, this has nothing to play with petos. 625 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,439 Speaker 7: He said. She grabbed for it and he pulled back. 626 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 11: They got into a tussle over the gun, and that 627 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 11: it accidentally went off. 628 00:34:59,040 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 10: Oh my god. 629 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 3: Dane says that once he realized that Kira was dead, 630 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,320 Speaker 3: he panicked. 631 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 4: He didn't think that anyone would believe that it was 632 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,800 Speaker 4: an accident, so he puts Kia's body in the trunk 633 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 4: of the car. 634 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 3: Then he walked home, called Aubrey and spent the night 635 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 3: with her. He said. 636 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 8: He went back the next day and took the car 637 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 8: to that apartment complex and left it there. 638 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 3: Detectives have serious doubts about Dane's story. 639 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 11: If that was the case and it was an accident, 640 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 11: why did you meet up with fat woman at the 641 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,319 Speaker 11: hotel and have sex that night? Why did you not 642 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 11: communicate with her grandma about what happened. Why did you 643 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 11: pretend like everything was okay and that you didn't know 644 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 11: where she was even after you know detectives were looking 645 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,439 Speaker 11: for her and the family was searching for her to detectives. 646 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 3: The reason is clear. This was no accident. 647 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:00,879 Speaker 7: What he did was calculated. 648 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 5: She was stuffed in the trunk, and Dane went and 649 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 5: slept with another woman and showed no remorse for just 650 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 5: seeing someone he cared about die right in front of him. 651 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,839 Speaker 10: He not only tried to cover his tracks, he went 652 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 10: out and celebrated. 653 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 3: At the end of the interview. Detectives placed Dane under 654 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:28,760 Speaker 3: arrest for murder, and when his trial begins on January 655 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 3: twenty fifth, two thousand and one, Dane's story about the 656 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 3: supposedly accidental shooting isn't all the prosecutors have against him. 657 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 4: Two other young females came forward and said that Dane 658 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 4: had also pointed a gun at their foreheads. 659 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 6: That was in addition to Monique Davies. The woman who 660 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 6: first came forward. 661 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,800 Speaker 3: According to the prosecution, they were the lucky ones. 662 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 4: Prosecutors leave that when so Kara broke up with Days, 663 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,280 Speaker 4: he was enraged at the fact that this young woman 664 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 4: would break up with him. 665 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 7: He's the man now, I got a record deal, I'm 666 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 7: going on the road, I got women dropping at my feet. 667 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 7: When are you talking about you don't want to be 668 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 7: with me anymore. He felt like he was disrespectful. 669 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:25,720 Speaker 14: His ego dot the best of him. 670 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 7: I don't think she would have thought that anything like 671 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 7: this was going to happen. 672 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 4: He was a good, clean cut young man, but once 673 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 4: he became involved heavily into the music scene, he transitioned 674 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 4: into this persona of being this hardcore rapper drama. 675 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 7: Sometimes people try to take on that persona and it 676 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 7: consumes him. 677 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 3: When it's the defenses turned, they argue that Dane is 678 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 3: still the clean cut young man that secure first knew. 679 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:06,000 Speaker 4: Defense continued to argue that Dane did not murder so Kira, 680 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 4: You're going to see one. 681 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,319 Speaker 5: The defense really wants to stick to the story that 682 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,760 Speaker 5: Sekia possibly reached for the gun, the gun went off, 683 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 5: and she was accidentally shot. 684 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 3: But will the jury believe it. 685 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 4: The jury, after hearing all of the evidence, found Dane guilty. 686 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 11: Dane was sentenced to life plus five years. 687 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,320 Speaker 3: But he'll be eligible for parole in twenty thirty three 688 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 3: after serving only thirty two of those years. 689 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 11: I hope that Sekura's family is able to find peace, 690 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 11: and the fact that Dane has been brought to justice 691 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 11: would be enough for them to be able to sleep 692 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 11: at night and to know that you know, the truth 693 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 11: has come out. 694 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 3: It's a truth securrast. Family hopes will serve as a 695 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:56,840 Speaker 3: warning to others. 696 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,720 Speaker 11: It's very important to pay attention to red flags and relationships. 697 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,759 Speaker 14: You feel as though you're in a situation that you 698 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,880 Speaker 14: can't get out, talk to family members, talk to a friend, 699 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 14: tell someone that you're really close to it, and they 700 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 14: can do what they need to do to get you 701 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:12,440 Speaker 14: out of the situation. 702 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 5: The biggest thing is safety and using all of your resources, 703 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:24,760 Speaker 5: including the authorities, restraining orders, moving if possible, blocking phone numbers, 704 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 5: restricting contact, keeping as much distance from this person as 705 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:33,120 Speaker 5: possible to create a safe space between the abuser and 706 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 5: the one that's being. 707 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 3: Abused, because the alternative could mean losing everything. 708 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 9: Her whole life was snatched from right in front of her. 709 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 4: She had a bright feature ahead of her. She had 710 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 4: a lot to look forward to. 711 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 11: Sekira was a beautiful woman who was young and aspiring, 712 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,480 Speaker 11: and I believe that if she did have the opportunity 713 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,320 Speaker 11: to live, that she'll be doing amazing things. 714 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:13,040 Speaker 1: The end of a relationship can be incredibly challenging, especially 715 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: when trust is shattered. It's even more heart wrenching when 716 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: we experience the loss of someone dear like Sakara Stokes. 717 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 1: The tragic loss of Sekara serves as a poignant reminder 718 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,520 Speaker 1: of the fertility of life. Sakara was remarkable and her 719 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: bright spirit touched. 720 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:32,879 Speaker 7: All who knew her. 721 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,600 Speaker 1: While her loved ones breathe her absence, they will celebrate 722 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: her life and the joy she brought to their lives 723 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:41,880 Speaker 1: and carry her. 724 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,280 Speaker 2: Memory forward in their hearts. 725 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: Coming up on the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 726 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 3: He had a personality that was larger than life. 727 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,840 Speaker 4: He was definitely the center of the party where everywhere 728 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:05,040 Speaker 4: we went, everyone loved him. 729 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 3: And he made a name for himself as one of 730 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,840 Speaker 3: the city's hottest dreada queens. He was really. 731 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,759 Speaker 5: Able to find a community where he could really live 732 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:13,480 Speaker 5: in his truth. 733 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 3: He loved it putting on a show and he became 734 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 3: an icon. But now he's become the victim of a 735 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 3: vicious attack. 736 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:30,920 Speaker 1: In San Antonio, Texas, an unsettling fear arises when a 737 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: vibrant work friend goes silent, leaving calls and text messages unanswered. 738 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: Known for lighting up a room, his absence causes worry 739 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: to spread among his friends, prompting them to take immediate action. 740 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,759 Speaker 1: Tune in to the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 741 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 1: We will see you in the next episode.