1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: A young, loving, ambitious mother is filled with excitement as 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: she anticipates new opportunities in a different city with her partner. However, 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: this fresh start turns daunting when neighbors inner community notice 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: her abandoned car. Could a complicated love triangle be at 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the heart of this bewildering situation? What happens when love 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: becomes fatal? This is a Fatal Attraction podcast with an 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: unthinkable end. 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: May ninth, twenty seventeen. It's Tuesday evening in Mobile, Alabama, 9 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: a city of two hundred thousand, two hours east of 10 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: New Orleans. 11 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 3: Mobil is small compared to some of your major cities, 12 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: like your Atlanta's, Houston's, Dallas. But is it a really 13 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 3: big city? Right here on the water. 14 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 4: We have Mobile Bay on one's and then we have 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 4: the golf of Mexico on the other side. 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 3: We'll consider it city. 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 5: Most people think country, but for the most parties nice 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 5: being quiet. 19 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: Even the nine to one one call that comes into 20 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: Mobile Police at six thirty pm that evening seems to 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: be no emergency. 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 6: The caller said the house across the street had been 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 6: vacant for some time, but now there was a car 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 6: parked behind it. 25 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: Yes, there's been a car that's been sitting out there 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 2: all day long. 27 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 7: We're really big on community. We look out for each other. 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: If you can have an officer come and check it. 29 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 8: Out for me. 30 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 9: They know there's normally not a car behind that house. 31 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 7: So the police came out to canvass the area. 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 2: But when they arrive, officers find more than just an 33 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: abandoned car. 34 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 4: When the officers approached the vehicle, there were appeared to 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: be a person in the car, a. 36 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,279 Speaker 2: Young woman reclimbing in the passenger seat. 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 6: So the officer it looked as if she may have 38 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 6: been asleep. 39 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: Ma'am, But the old woman isn't sleeping, ma'am. 40 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 4: Important they saw that the female had a gunshot wound 41 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 4: to her head. 42 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 3: Her purse is still there with all of her belongings. 43 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 6: Based on the ID officers found in her purse, the 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 6: woman was twenty seven year old Chanie Sumter. 45 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: Sheanie Sumter was a fun, loving young woman with a 46 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: magnetic personality. 47 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 5: She was just a delight. We would laugh all the time. 48 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 5: It was never a dull moment with her. She loved 49 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 5: to sing, she loved to dance, she loved to party. 50 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 5: Our favorite thing that it was probably just get in 51 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 5: the car and just ride and maybe go to Louisiana 52 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 5: just to go on Bourbon Street, just to have fun. 53 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: But behind the singing and left her, there were plenty 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: of tears. 55 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 3: Her mother passed when she was ten years old. 56 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 10: It's something very. 57 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 11: Hard, especially when they're a young age, when they don't 58 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 11: quite understand why it's my mom not gonna be here anymore. 59 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: Not that Shenis had much time to grieve. 60 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 5: Our mom passed when I was two years old, so 61 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 5: she basically raised me. 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 11: She was the big sister, but she was also the 63 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 11: mom too, especially when it came to Miracle. It was 64 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 11: like Miraca was her baby. 65 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 10: I could come to her for anything. She was always 66 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 10: there for. 67 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: Me, even after Shenise had a child of her own. 68 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: She had a son when she was eighteen. 69 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 10: She loved him. That was her world, That was her heart. 70 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: Anything she could get for him, she would do that 71 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 5: anytime she could spend with them. 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 10: You know, she was a good mom. 73 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: But she was always a single mom. 74 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 5: She was a beautiful girl, so it was not uncommon 75 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 5: for her to have guy friends. But I don't think 76 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 5: it was a saint where she really want a serious relationship. 77 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 5: She never really spoke about marriage. She has a son, 78 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 5: so she just wanted to be able to take care 79 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 5: of her and her son. She was very focused on 80 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 5: that more than she was focused on dating and a man. 81 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 12: Right, have a good day, hug? 82 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 3: What about my hug? 83 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 2: Maybe she was just waiting for the right man. 84 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 13: Being a single mother, it would definitely be something to 85 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 13: look forward to to have a partner, to have someone 86 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 13: she could depend on. 87 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 5: When she meet that man that just makes her want 88 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 5: to settle down, then that would have been the one. 89 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: Or maybe that man had been there all along. 90 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 5: Shenissa and Peter Gale had known each other for a while, 91 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,559 Speaker 5: and after about five years, that's when a relationship started 92 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 5: between the. 93 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 12: Peter was charming. 94 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 13: He made her feel like her world was the only 95 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 13: thing that mattered. 96 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 3: I don't want to take you up, just the two of us, really, yeah, 97 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 3: we really want to get to know you, Okay, assume it. 98 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 11: When I first met Peter, I was like, this is 99 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 11: not she needs tight Where did he come from? 100 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 9: But she was happy. 101 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 13: She wanted to have someone she could share her life 102 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 13: with who would be there and stay there. 103 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 6: Soon. 104 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 2: It looked as if Shenise was finally settling down. 105 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 13: As far as connections, Sheanie and Peter had something completely different. 106 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 7: Our friends can only give us so much. We need 107 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 7: that companionship in our personal life. 108 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 13: A new relationship gives you the feeling of hope, and 109 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 13: she felt that he would be a great component to 110 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 13: the life She was still deep. 111 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: But a promising relationship wasn't the only thing giving Shenie 112 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: new hope. 113 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 5: Shenie mentioned to us that she may be moving to Jacksonville, Florida, 114 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 5: for a job as an insurance suggester. 115 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 10: I'm so in earthless. I was supposed to hear something 116 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 10: about six I. 117 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 8: Want to shake an email. 118 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 3: I won't hurt the ship, okay. 119 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 10: If you say so. Oh my gosh, I got it. 120 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 5: I was happy for her because I knew that insurance 121 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 5: suggesting was very lucrative, and that was Sheeny's goal to 122 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 5: create a lot of income so she can do different 123 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 5: things for her and her family. 124 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 3: Sheanie is thinking everything is lining up at this point. 125 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 3: She got our man, got our family getting ready to 126 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 3: start this new job. So it was an exciting time for. 127 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: And on Monday May eighth, twenty seventeen, the only thing 128 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: she needed to make that future reality was a quick 129 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 2: trip across the state line. 130 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 10: In order to work in Jacksonville. 131 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 5: She had to go and get some fingerprints done or 132 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 5: Florida adjuster's license. 133 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 2: But now, just hours later, police had found her car 134 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: parked behind a vacant house on the outskirts of Mobile. 135 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 13: Inside of the car was Shenis's body. 136 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 2: She had a fatal gunshot wound to the head. 137 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 13: There was the smell of gunpowder. There was blood everywhere 138 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 13: in the vehicicule. 139 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 9: There was a gun found at her feet. 140 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 13: Looks like it fell right after the gun was triggered. 141 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 3: It appears to be a suicide. 142 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: Stay with us as we learn more about what happened 143 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: to Shie something. This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 144 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: Janice Sumter had just received a promising job offer that 145 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: would take the single mom far from her hometown of Mobile, Alabama. 146 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: I got it. 147 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 5: Nie was a go getter, she was a hustler, So 148 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 5: when she got the offer to go work in Jacksonville, Florida, 149 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: she was ready. 150 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 10: It was a ver opportunity for her. 151 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 11: Had fun, so, she was very heavy. 152 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 13: She had a boyfriend, she had her son, she had 153 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 13: a job, and life was moving forward for her. 154 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: Instead, her life has come to a sudden end behind 155 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: a vacant house on the outskirts of mobile. 156 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 4: When the officers got there, it was observed that Shenise 157 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 4: was from the passenger seat of the car with a 158 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 4: gunshot wound to her head. 159 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 13: There was a revolver found on the floor of the 160 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 13: passenger seat in front of Sheanice's by. It just seemed 161 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 13: as if she had done this to herself. 162 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 6: Her purse, phone, and wallet were all in the car. 163 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 7: The keys were still. 164 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 2: In the ignition. But was her death a suicide? Some 165 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: details about the scene trouble detectives. 166 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 4: Most people that have killed themselves in cars don't take 167 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 4: the time to remove themselves from the driver's seat, go 168 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 4: to the passenger side and then shoot themselves. 169 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 9: They're just gonna go ahead and do it. 170 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 8: And she's left handed. 171 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 3: Could be if. 172 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 7: You're going to hold the gun, you would hold it 173 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 7: and shoot with your dominante hand. 174 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 6: Which would be awkward to do in the driver's seat. 175 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 6: If you were left handed. 176 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 3: Her arm would have been cramped against the door of 177 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: the window. 178 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: Or is there another more obvious explanation? 179 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 6: Someone could have driven Chinese out to the scene, shot 180 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 6: her and then walked away. 181 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 4: It doesn't really change anything, because we still follow through 182 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 4: on every case as if it is a homicide until 183 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 4: we get to that fact. But it was unclear whether 184 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 4: or not this was a suicide or the homicide. 185 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 2: All detectives know for sure is that whoever pulled the trigger, 186 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: the shooting occurred in the car. 187 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 9: There was blood splatter on the door. 188 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 13: There was the aroma of gunpowdered in the car. 189 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 2: While the coroner's crew prepared Sniza's body for transport, detectives 190 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 2: talked to the neighbor who initially called nine to one one. 191 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 8: So we're just gonna ask you a couple questions. Can 192 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 8: you tell me a little bit about what she saw? 193 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 10: She said the car was there when she woke up 194 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 10: that morning. 195 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 2: When I woke up early in the morning, I noticed 196 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 2: a car sitting outside of the abandoned house across the street. 197 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 6: After it had sat there all day. She decided to 198 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 6: call the police. 199 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 4: The person called and said, there's an abandoned vehicle part 200 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 4: behind an abandoned house. 201 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: If you can have an officer come and check. 202 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 8: It out for me. 203 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 7: She didn't note there was a body in the car. 204 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 8: You didn't hear a gunshot, not at all? Okay, Well, 205 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 8: thank you. 206 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: For your time. 207 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: After talking to the neighbor, it's time for detectives to 208 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: contact Shenise's family. 209 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 4: Now's our time to start building up any kind of 210 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 4: background information we can on her. 211 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: One of the first things detectives learned is that the 212 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 2: family reported Shechanise missing just a few hours earlier. 213 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: They had not heard from her or been able to 214 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 4: make contact with her for over a day. 215 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 6: She had been traveling out of town for a work appointment, 216 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 6: but was supposed to be back by now. 217 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 10: I was at work and my nephew takes me, Hey, miracle, 218 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 10: have you heard from my mom? And that was odd. 219 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 5: I immediately called her and I taxt her no response. 220 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 2: After reporting her missing, Nissa's family gathered at her grandmother's house. 221 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 11: We didn't really know what was going on booth. Nobody 222 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 11: had talked to her, and it was unusual. 223 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 10: We're all sitting in the living room. What are we 224 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 10: gonna do? Where have you looked? Who have you called? 225 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 2: The family is still considering their next move. When there's 226 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 2: a knock at the door. 227 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 10: My sister, she answered the door very shakenly. 228 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 8: Can we come in? 229 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 5: The knock is from two detectives and it was surreal. 230 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 10: It was like, what are they. 231 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 9: About to say? 232 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 8: So, I'm sorry to tell you, but we found Nice today. 233 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 8: We found her body. 234 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 11: God, you never had that feeling that something's happening, but 235 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 11: you can't believe it's happening. 236 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 10: The entire house was just flipped upside down. 237 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 11: Was crying and hollering and screaming, no, no, no, this 238 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 11: can't be true. 239 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: Despite the family's overwhelming grief, the detectives ask Sheanie's sisters 240 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 2: if they can come down to the station for a 241 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: brief statement. 242 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 4: We asked them we could come back with us to 243 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 4: headquarters so we could just sit down and try to 244 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 4: gain as much information as we could about Shenie. 245 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 5: I was able to just muster myself up enough to 246 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 5: talk to the detective. 247 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 2: Once at police headquarters, they tell detectives that Shechanie had 248 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 2: driven to Pensacola, Florida, on Monday. 249 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 8: It was for her new job. They need her fingerprints. 250 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 8: Sounds like a background check. Yeah, that's what she said. 251 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 6: Pensacola was only an hour from Mobile, but Nice had 252 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 6: left her son with her grandmother while she was gone. 253 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 9: Was she planning on staying to night. 254 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 8: I'm not sure. 255 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: All her sisters knew is that after heading to Pensacola, 256 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: Shenie had gone silent. 257 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 5: My sister called Peter and said, hey, where Peter said, 258 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 5: I don't know, Miracle. 259 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 9: Who's Peter? 260 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 6: Her boyfriend, Peter Gills. 261 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 8: Did he go to Pensacola with her? 262 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 10: Probably, I'm not one hundred percent you were. But he 263 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 10: had the car more than her. 264 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 2: But Sheanie's sisters say they are sure of one thing. 265 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 5: My sister would have never, ever, ever done this to herself. 266 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 8: That's not who she was. 267 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 5: She had sisters, they loved her in her own song, 268 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 5: So I just don't think she would have done it. 269 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 10: She wouldn't do that to her son. I knew that 270 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 10: it was a murder. 271 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 8: We are right there with it. 272 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: The unexpected twist and the unexpected turns stay with us 273 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: as we draw closer to the truth. This is a 274 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: Fatal Attraction podcast. 275 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: Sheanice Sumter's family is convinced that the gunshot wound that 276 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,479 Speaker 2: killed the twenty seven year old single mom wasn't self inflicted. 277 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 2: But I would not believe that. 278 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 5: She was not the type of person that would have 279 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 5: a reason to commit suicide. 280 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 10: She would never take her life. 281 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 5: It was a homicide, and it was not a suicide. 282 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 2: Did Shenice have a secret she'd kept from her family? 283 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 7: People have their own emotional trauma, and they might not 284 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 7: share because of fear of what family members might think 285 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 7: of them. Family might not have been in tune to 286 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 7: everything that she might have been going through. 287 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 2: Was it possible something had gone wrong with her new job? 288 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 4: The sister had told us that the day before, Shenie 289 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 4: had driven over to Pensacola for a background check for 290 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 4: her adjuster's license. 291 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: Or was it possible Shenie hadn't been alone. 292 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: According to her sister, Shenisa's boyfriend, Peter Giles may have 293 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 6: gone with her to Pensacola. 294 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 4: That was useful to us because we knew once we 295 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 4: find Peter, we can narrow down the timeframes of when 296 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 4: he last saw her and whether or not he was 297 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 4: with her the day before and get him. 298 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 8: Sorry for your loss. My partner will see out. 299 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,479 Speaker 2: The next morning when detectives bring him in for questioning. 300 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: Shenie's boyfriend had already heard the news that she's dead. 301 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 6: That's why we're. 302 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: Here to talk about exactly what happened. Oh said by Rodney. 303 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 3: Of course, he's distraught, the love of his life. 304 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 6: Is gone. 305 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 13: He does inform them that they did go to Florida together. 306 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 5: We got. 307 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 4: Around about eleven. 308 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 12: She was excited about the new job. 309 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: Everything was fine and danny. 310 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 2: But something happened on the way back to Mobile that night. Yeah, 311 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 2: you know, we get. 312 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: Hunger, so we don't get. 313 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 8: There. 314 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: In the drive through and a phone call comes in. 315 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 12: It's another woman calling Peter. 316 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 2: Peter says, in his rush to decline the call, he 317 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: accidentally answered, what the don't. 318 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 10: Trip, It ain't nobody. Who is that star. 319 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 4: These newer cars, your phone can hook up to the stereo. 320 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 3: That phone call is from his Sobbies My girl, Sir. 321 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 13: Peter's been messing around and this is the first time 322 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 13: Shenis is finding this information at all. 323 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 3: That did not go well with Shenise at all. 324 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 2: What you mean on trip she's. 325 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 12: Talking about she needs you? 326 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 8: Is that down? 327 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 3: Tell me not the trip kind of like she can 328 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 3: kill me. I'm like, uh, you should have dropped me out, 329 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 3: get me out of her. 330 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: Peter says he drove to his mother's house, got out 331 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 2: of the car and gave the keys to Nise. 332 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 6: I give her, dropped. 333 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 5: Me out and that's the. 334 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 4: When she droves you up. 335 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 6: You get out of the car. 336 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 4: She drives off. Do you have any idea where she gets? 337 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 13: I have you know? 338 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: Peter does say that he tried to make sure Shenise 339 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 2: was all right. 340 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 7: He started trying to text her, trying to call her 341 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 7: to make ammence with her. 342 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 12: Peter says she wasn't responding. 343 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 4: Did she say anything about hurting herself? 344 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:46,959 Speaker 6: She before? 345 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 9: What did she said before? 346 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 13: Kid? Why? 347 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 10: Why she said out to keep what she was with 348 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 10: mom dad? 349 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 6: Peter said he never thought she was serious about it. 350 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 7: Well, we usually wondering what happened. Did this argument truly 351 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 7: lead to them killing themselves? 352 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 2: Detectives have their doubts. 353 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 4: She didn't go stay with the story said, and he 354 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 4: drops you all over there? 355 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? 356 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,239 Speaker 3: Where do you go from there? 357 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 6: Is said he spent the night at his mother's house. 358 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 6: He didn't go anywhere else. Get high. 359 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 2: Peter says he spent much of the rest of the 360 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 2: night doing damage control. 361 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 12: I would take a high. 362 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 5: And then it takes you back. 363 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 8: Nah, I'll get no repied. 364 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 9: But I'm thinking I'm do not diserve you know. 365 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 4: What I'm saying now at this point was do you mind? 366 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 4: We just want to make a copy of your messages 367 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 4: and download the copy of your phone for the case. 368 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 4: Is that alright with you? And he said, yeah, that's fine. 369 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 2: When detectives look through the data, it matches what he 370 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: told them. 371 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 7: It shall he had been trying to tect Chenese after 372 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 7: the argument happened. 373 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 12: Shenise wasn't respinding. 374 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: Peter's mother also confirms the story when detectives follow up 375 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: with her. 376 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 3: Peter's mom does confirm that he did get dropped off 377 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 3: that evening. 378 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 6: However, she couldn't say with certainty that it was Sheanice 379 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 6: who dropped off Peter. 380 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 7: What she saw were some headlights out of her window. 381 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 7: She didn't see the car. She didn't see Shenis, But 382 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 7: she's like, my son could not have done anything. He's innocent. 383 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 6: They basically ruled out their only possible suspect. 384 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 2: And when the autopsy report comes in, it will eliminate 385 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 2: another theory. 386 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 3: What it indicates that is no way that the wound 387 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 3: was self inflicted. 388 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 9: This was not a suicide. 389 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 6: Sheanis's sister was right, it was murder. 390 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 391 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 2: Based on the autopsy report, detectives in Mobile, Alabama have 392 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 2: definitively ruled out suicide as the cause of death for 393 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 2: twenty seven year old Sheanie Sumpter. 394 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 13: The Optopsy report provided information that was inconsistent with suicide. 395 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 5: Where the bullet entered, it was impossible for her to 396 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 5: have shot herself in the head in that angle. 397 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 2: The angle of the bullet wound is an all that 398 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 2: rules out suicide. 399 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 13: Either Sheanie's hand didn't have any evidence of gunpowder. If 400 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 13: you use a gun and shoot the gun, there would 401 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 13: be residue on your hand. 402 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: The autopsy findings or a vindication for Shanie's family, who 403 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: never believed her death was the result of suicide. 404 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 5: She would tell you how she felt. She was very verbal, 405 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 5: so I just wouldn't have believed it. 406 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 10: I had no doubt in my mind that it was 407 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 10: a homiciety. 408 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 2: Which leaves detectives with one big question to answer. 409 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 4: If it was staged to look like a suicide, then 410 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 4: who's responsible. 411 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 13: From the information we have, the likely suspect is Peter. 412 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 13: He was the one that was with her, but. 413 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: He's already been ruled out. 414 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 6: Detectives have checked his phone, which showed he was being 415 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 6: honest about the call from his other girlfriend and the 416 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 6: argument that ensued with Shenie. 417 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 13: Peter's mom did verify that Peter did come home the 418 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 13: night of the incident. 419 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 6: There were several follow up texts to Shenie begging for forgiveness. 420 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: However, the admitted argument does give detectives one more. 421 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 12: Had Ashley eliminated her rival. 422 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 2: When detectives bring her in for questioning, Ashley starts by 423 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 2: asking why they want to talk to her or her 424 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 2: she killed herself? 425 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 9: Where'd you hear that? 426 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 10: That's what everybody's saying. 427 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 13: She was rather casual about the fact that Shenise was 428 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 13: no longer alive. She didn't give the impression that she 429 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 13: felt sorry or anything. That is typical for someone who 430 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 13: hears that someone's life has ended. 431 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 4: When you interview a lot of people and you've worked 432 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 4: a lot of cases, you start to pick up on 433 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 4: people's body language. 434 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 8: So no tears for Shenise. 435 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 3: I never met her. 436 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 7: She tells to take this. I don't know that she. 437 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 7: I don't know her. She means nothing to me. I 438 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 7: just had this thing going on with Peter. 439 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 8: Nise was with Peter in the car when you called 440 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 8: one day. 441 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 9: Did that make you mad? 442 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 13: Oh? 443 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 12: I was mad, but not at her. 444 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 13: She's mad about the fact that Peter had flew her off, 445 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 13: but she wasn't upset that he had another girl. Ashley 446 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 13: says that hers and Peter's relationship was just off and all, 447 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 13: and it was nothing serious. 448 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 3: It was almost as if Ashley just knew a role. 449 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 3: She wasn't emotionally attached to the situation, So no revenge. 450 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 10: Oh I got even. 451 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 7: With him, Ashley tells them. I was upset, so I 452 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 7: decided to call up another friend of mine. 453 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 2: According to Ashley, her other friend had stayed the night too. 454 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 13: She wanted to make Peter feel jealous, to show him 455 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 13: that he's not the only option. 456 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 8: Thank you, Ashley. 457 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 2: After talking to Ashley, the investigators check out her alibi 458 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 2: for Monday night. 459 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 3: They reached out to the god she said she was with. 460 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 3: He confirmed that he spent the night with her and 461 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 3: didn't leave until Tuesday. 462 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 12: Ashley couldn't have been the person to do. 463 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 2: This, and detectives are no closer to finding who did. 464 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 4: Nobody witnessed an incident occurred, nobody could tell us a 465 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 4: description of who the person was, and we're talking about 466 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 4: at this point in time, work behind on the investigation 467 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 4: because she's. 468 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 9: Been out there for about a day. By the time 469 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 9: we got. 470 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 2: Called, but soon after talking to Ashley, detectives receive another 471 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 2: call homicide. 472 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 6: The caller told detectives she was a coworker of Sheensis. 473 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 12: She provides some very vital information for this case. 474 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 10: There's something you ought to know about Peter. 475 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 7: She tells them that Peter was controlling. Peter would call 476 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 7: them tectionese all day long. 477 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: But that wasn't the worst of his behavior. 478 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 3: Sometimes she would come to work with ruses. 479 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 10: She said. 480 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 5: The relationship was becoming super, super abusive. 481 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 8: With us. 482 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: As we draw closer to the truth, this is a 483 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 1: Fatal Attraction podcast. 484 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, a co worker of Sheanice Sumter has contacted detectives 485 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 2: with some disturbing information about Sheenice's boyfriend, Peter Gail's. 486 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 13: Sheanie's friend didn't exactly say that Peter was violent, but 487 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 13: it was enough information to allude to the fact that 488 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 13: this was an unhealthy relationship. 489 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 2: Had that unhealthy relationship ended with Sheanice's murder. 490 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 4: At least ten to fifteen percent of the cases that 491 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 4: we work are involved in domestic violence, and there's always 492 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 4: a history there of things that build up to it. 493 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,959 Speaker 9: There's always signs. 494 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,959 Speaker 5: And yes, something wasn't right, she said, Sheanie has been 495 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 5: wearing makeup. Sheanie was so beautiful, gorgeous skin, no flaws, 496 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 5: and for her to just start wearing makeup out of 497 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 5: the blue odd, because what are you covering? 498 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 10: What are you hiding? 499 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 2: Shenie's coworker thinks she knows the answer. 500 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 12: Shenise had shown up to work with bruises on her. 501 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 8: Did she tell you what happened? She says, you fell. 502 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 7: It would seem as if she was making up stories 503 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 7: about what truly happened. 504 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 2: However, according to her coworker, Shenie had finally come to 505 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 2: a decision. 506 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 10: Sheanise didn't want to end the relationship. 507 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 9: She was done with him and was over him. 508 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 2: And she'd found a way out. 509 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 13: Shenie's coworker provides the information that her job in Florida 510 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 13: was actually an opportunity for Shenise to get away from here. 511 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 4: She did take the steps to leave him, but she 512 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 4: couldn't quite completely get away. 513 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 8: All right, thank you? 514 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 13: Right? 515 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: Had Shenie been murdered by her boyfriend because she tried 516 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: to leave him? It seems plausible to detectives. 517 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 6: Peter had used his mother as his alibi, and that 518 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 6: was less than airtight. 519 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 2: In Searching through police records, detectives find proof of Peter's 520 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 2: alleged abuse. 521 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 5: I don't understand what's the issue now. 522 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 4: Four days prior to the homicide, Peter Gale's and she 523 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 4: niece had an. 524 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 3: Argument maybe I don't want you to come. 525 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 4: Up where he busted her lip, and she called the police. 526 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 10: He's over, She's about to put him in jail. 527 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 2: But when the police arrived, Peter was gone and Shenie 528 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 2: had lost her nerve. 529 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 9: She did make a report. 530 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 4: However, in that report, she did try to protect him 531 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 4: by giving some wrong information about him. 532 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 3: Okay, what's his name? 533 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 10: His name is Peter, Peter Smith. Basically let him run fring. 534 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 4: Obviously, she was scared about the situation that she was in, 535 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 4: but at the same time she was scared of him 536 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 4: and didn't want him to get in trouble. 537 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 2: Now, a murder suspect, Peter is in far more trouble, 538 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: and when detectives so poena his phone records, the evidence 539 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 2: against him becomes stronger. 540 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 7: When the officers pulled the phone records, they saw the hey, 541 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 7: there's a phone number on here that's not on this phone. 542 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 4: We could tell Peter had gone through and deleted text 543 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 4: messages out of his phone. 544 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 2: The deleted messages went to a man named Isaiah Stewart. 545 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 13: What was the conversation that Peter and Isaiah had that 546 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 13: he didn't want police to know about? 547 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 2: In an interrogation room, Isaiah admits that Peter had contacted 548 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 2: him on the night of the murder. 549 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,959 Speaker 13: Isaiah said said the conversation was about how mad sheenie 550 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 13: about the call from Ashley. 551 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 10: I told him he should have been more careful with 552 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 10: his phone. 553 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 8: That's funny to you. 554 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 3: I mean, not before I knew what happened. 555 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 13: Isaiah says that he heard that she needs killed herself. 556 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 10: Peter tell you that, nah, I mean that's what everybody 557 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 10: was saying. 558 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 13: The police inform him that knows she needs to not 559 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 13: kill herself. 560 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 10: Wait, really, she was. 561 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 8: Murdered and we have reason to believe Peter was responsible. 562 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 3: No way. 563 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 2: But when detectives keep pressing, Isaiah starts just sweat. 564 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 4: There were definitely a lot of signs when talking to 565 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 4: him that he was not being honest. 566 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 7: Isaiah was like, whoa, I'm getting in way over my 567 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 7: head with this look. 568 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 8: I had no idea about what about what all he did? 569 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 3: He denies that he knows anything about what happened. 570 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 2: All Isaiah can confirmed is that he gave Peter a ride. 571 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 6: He said Peter texted him, told him where to meet. 572 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 3: He picked him up on the side of the road, 573 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 3: not too far from the crime scene. 574 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 13: He then takes him to his mother's house and drops 575 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 13: him off. 576 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 2: That's not what Peter told detectives. 577 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 13: The story that Peter gave the police to us that 578 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 13: Shaniz dropped him off at his mom's house. 579 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 8: Here you go. 580 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 2: Now that detectives can place Peter near the crime scene, 581 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 2: they asked him to come in for another interview. 582 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 6: Say, we're not accusing. 583 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 9: You of vini him. You know, obviously at. 584 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 4: This point we're just playing along like he's a victim 585 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 4: that his girlfriend was killed by somebody or killed herself. 586 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 2: But it isn't long before the gloves come off. 587 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 4: We shifted the interview and them confronting him on everything 588 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 4: that he told us. 589 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 8: Everything that's coming out is not what you're saying, okay, and. 590 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 4: We already know that, and this is what happens. 591 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,719 Speaker 9: We already know, okay. 592 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 7: They tell him, Isaiah, let us know that he picked 593 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 7: you up from near the crime scene and dropped you 594 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 7: off at your mother's house. 595 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,239 Speaker 8: I want you to be honest with you and just 596 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 8: tell me what happened. 597 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 2: Faced with what Isaiah told the investigators, Peter starts to 598 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 2: break but it's what he tells them the truth. 599 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 6: She tried to jump on men. He claimed that during 600 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 6: their argument over the phone call, she grabbed the gun 601 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 6: and attacked him. 602 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 12: He tried to take it away. 603 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 3: They struggle with the weapon. 604 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 2: She was trying to. 605 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 7: Jump over about like Chilo fighting the gun accidentally goes off. 606 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 607 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 2: Peter Gales has just admitted to police and Mobile Alabama 608 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 2: that he was with his girlfriend, Shechanie Sumter when she 609 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: was shunned. He insists her death wasn't murder. 610 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 13: Peter says that Shanie's death was an accident. 611 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 3: He indicates that after the call came in from Ashley, 612 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 3: him and Chanice getting into the sentence argument, and during 613 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 3: the argument, Chanice opens the glove box and pulls out 614 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 3: the thirty eight revolver, rather just having. 615 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 13: Peter begins to push her away, shoving her off, trying 616 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 13: to keep himself safe. 617 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 5: He said that they were struggling over the murder webbon 618 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 5: and it accidentally went off. 619 00:33:54,200 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 8: I love, oh my, this whole right here. 620 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 13: Peter admits that once the incident occurred, he was shocked. 621 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 10: He was confused. 622 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 3: Because all like everybody, oh, thank God's children. 623 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 2: So he tried to make it go away. 624 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 9: He drove her all the way down to the abandoned 625 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 9: house and parked the card. 626 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 3: What'd you do from there? 627 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 2: How'd you leave? 628 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 11: And be honest with me? 629 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,280 Speaker 3: Name is a right. 630 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 12: Peter admits that he made a call to Isaiah to 631 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 12: pick him up. 632 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, no, cluse give me that. 633 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 11: No colourse. 634 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 2: Detective suspect that may be the case, but they have 635 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 2: no doubt that Peter is lying about the shooting. 636 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 4: We believe that he intentionally shot her in the head 637 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:55,919 Speaker 4: and killed her. 638 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 2: Once the interview is over, detectives placed Peter under arrest 639 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 2: for murder. 640 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:03,439 Speaker 8: Yeah. 641 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 4: When he was taken into custom he didn't have any 642 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 4: remorse for the only remorse he had was that he 643 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 4: got caught. 644 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,760 Speaker 5: Now we just need complete justice and get him sentence 645 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 5: for what he did to my sister. 646 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 2: When Peter goes on trial on May twenty fourth, twenty 647 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 2: twenty one, the prosecutor begins by explaining what triggered the 648 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 2: argument that led to Shenie's death. 649 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 10: Peter was driving and his phone was beneath it to 650 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 10: the bluetooth. A call came through. It was from a woman. 651 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 12: Who the hell is that? 652 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 8: Who? Who is that? 653 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 6: Stars imagining Shenese in that moment listening to another woman 654 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 6: booty call her man, It had to be pretty gallic, but. 655 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 2: It was also an opportunity. 656 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 12: You know what, get me out of here. 657 00:35:59,000 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 5: I'm done. 658 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 6: Shenise had been looking to get out of the relationship, 659 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 6: and this must have looked like the perfect excuse to 660 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 6: end things. 661 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 12: Pull over right now, let me out. 662 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,479 Speaker 10: I'm not playing with you, Peter. 663 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 3: If she really needs you, then maybe you shouldn't come 664 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 3: to floor. 665 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 13: That's how you feel. 666 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 4: At that point, she probably had told him something along 667 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 4: the lines of I'm done with you. 668 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 9: What this is over with? And that enraged him. 669 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 2: I'm done. 670 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 8: Oh you're done. 671 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 3: Good, I'm done. 672 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 10: I'm I can't do this anymore. 673 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 5: I'm done. 674 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,720 Speaker 3: In a moment of rage, Peter pulls out the thirty 675 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 3: eight Revolver Peter and then he shot her in the head. 676 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 2: After she was dead, Peter drove south out of town 677 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 2: to dump the car and the body. 678 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 6: He abandoned the car behind an empty house with Shenie 679 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 6: still in the passenger seat, and then he called his 680 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 6: friend Isaiah Stewart to drive him to his mother's house. 681 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 3: He did everything he could to distance himself from it. 682 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 13: He sent her faith text messages to make it seem 683 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 13: like they worked together. 684 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 2: He also sent messages designed to make it appear like 685 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 2: she'd killed herself. 686 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 4: He'd sent text messages basically saying, don't hurt yourself like 687 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 4: you threatened to do, so that it would make us 688 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 4: believe that she was suicide. 689 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 2: The medical examiner had ruled out suicide, so Peter's defense 690 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 2: attorney is forced to fall back on what he'd eventually 691 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 2: admitted to the police. 692 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 3: The defense attempted to use Peter's story of it being accidental. 693 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 7: The defense is trying to spend the case as if 694 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 7: Peter was trying to keep Sanis from shooting him and 695 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 7: so the gun went off. 696 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 2: But in closing, the prosecution says the evidence leaves no 697 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 2: doubt that Peter had intentionally killed Shenice. 698 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 7: All of Peter's actions were very deliberate so that he 699 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 7: wouldn't be seen as the person who committed this crime. 700 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:12,800 Speaker 2: After their deliberations, the jury sees what Peter had tried 701 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,400 Speaker 2: so hard to conceal. 702 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,919 Speaker 9: Peter Gales was found guilty of murders. 703 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 10: That sentence seen me. 704 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 5: I spoke on the stand and said, if he get 705 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 5: out of jail, he's going to do it again, So 706 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 5: please do not let this man out on the streets again. 707 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 10: And the judge ultimately gave him life in prison. 708 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 2: Not that any amount of present time can make up 709 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 2: for what Peter did. 710 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 11: You took her away from us, and she's never coming back, 711 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 11: so it'll never be the same. 712 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 5: It doesn't get easier. Most people say it gets easy. 713 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:56,320 Speaker 5: It really doesn't. I'm still mad, still depressed, still have anxiety, 714 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 5: and these are things that I'm going to have to 715 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,000 Speaker 5: deal with the rest of my life. 716 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 2: But no one has more to deal with than the 717 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:05,760 Speaker 2: person who lost the most. 718 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 7: Her son has to grow up without a mom. 719 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,479 Speaker 11: She can't see her son graduate from college, she can't 720 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 11: see him go to the poem, she can't meet his 721 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 11: first girlfriend. 722 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 2: It's an absence. Those who love Shenis will always feel 723 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 2: I just miss her prisons. I think we take stuff 724 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,160 Speaker 2: for granted. 725 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,680 Speaker 5: The world is missing a sister, a mother, a friend, 726 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,680 Speaker 5: a cousin, just a sweet, kind genuine soul. 727 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: The story of shenieds Someter as a powerful testament to 728 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 1: the harsh realities that can accompanying new beginnings, especially for 729 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:56,799 Speaker 1: those bravely escaping difficult relationships. With her radiant spirits and 730 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 1: infectious positivity, Denise was a beacon of light who faced 731 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 1: unimmagical challenges, ultimately leaving behind those she loved most, especially 732 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: her child, Sinne. Sumpter's loved ones will forever hold her 733 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: memory close, cherishing the profound impact she had on their lives. 734 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 2: Abuse is never okay. If you or someone you love 735 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 2: is in an abusive relationship, there is help available. Call 736 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,399 Speaker 2: the domestic Violence hotline at one eight hundred seventy nine 737 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 2: to nine. 738 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: Safe Coming up on the next episode of the Fatal 739 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: Attraction podcast. 740 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 2: She refused to let her disability define her. 741 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,480 Speaker 7: She wanted to a master American Sign language. 742 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 10: She enrolled in the Rhode Island School for the Death. 743 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:56,320 Speaker 2: She was able to form friendships, and she also found 744 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:57,280 Speaker 2: a new love. 745 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 9: They shared so much in common. 746 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 2: He was quite the gentleman. 747 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 10: She just falls head over heels for him. 748 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,919 Speaker 2: They read a perfect match for each other. But when 749 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,920 Speaker 2: she turns up missing, her family fears the worst. 750 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:17,479 Speaker 1: A mother becomes frantic when her daughter suddenly disappears while 751 00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,200 Speaker 1: living in Harlem, New York. Her instincts tell her something 752 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,880 Speaker 1: is wrong when she confirms that her daughter did not 753 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: make the flight home to visit the Dominican Republic. Could 754 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: her intuition suggest that something terrible has happened. Tune in 755 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: to the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. We 756 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,239 Speaker 1: will see you in the next episode.