1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: A vibrant twenty three year old woman from Detroit is 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: known for radiating positivity and joy. While she thrives on 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: fun and social connections, her dedication to her career and 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: passion for education truly set her apart. Gifted with incredible 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: hairstyling skills, she is a force to be reckoned with. However, 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: when she suddenly goes missing, shock waves ripple through her community. 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Her family and friends rally together in search of the truth, 8 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: while the police are on the hunt to learn what 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: happened that evening and what happens when love becomes fatal. 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast with Holding On to Hope. 11 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: August fifteenth, twenty fifteen. It's Saturday night in Detroit, Michigan, 12 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: and industrial city which has undergone dramatic revitalization in recent years. 13 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 3: Detroit is basically a blue collar town, a lot of 14 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: hard working people. 15 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 4: In past years, I'll say from the two thousands of 16 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 4: has been on a rebirth. 17 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 5: They're trying to bring it back and rebuild downtown Detroit. 18 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,919 Speaker 2: Yet, despite its progress, the city still has its share 19 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: of criminal activity. 20 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 6: He tried to steal. Gritty dangers are there. 21 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: And for one family, the danger may be lurking closer 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: to home. 23 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 6: Cynthia may your up early. 24 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 7: Cynthia Worthy was living with her sister in Detroit, and 25 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 7: that Saturday morning, her sister realized she hadn't come home 26 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 7: the night before, which was unlike her swear. 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 8: She caused Cynthia, and she also texts her with no response. 28 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 9: I can't come to the phone right now, but if 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 9: you leave me a brief message, I'll give you a 30 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 9: call at my earliest convenience. 31 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 3: It was quite out of character, and right away you 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 3: wonder if something could be wrong. 33 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: Growing more concerned by the minute. She reaches out to 34 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: her other sister or Shauna Huh. 35 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 5: She called me and was like, hey, Cynthia didn't come 36 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 5: home last night. Have you talked to her? And I 37 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 5: was like, well, no, I didn't talk to her. 38 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 6: Cynthia was young. She liked to go out, she liked 39 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 6: to have fun. 40 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 10: So initially they thought that maybe she spent the night 41 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 10: with a friend. 42 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 5: And I was like, okay, just give it a couple 43 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 5: of hours. She probably sleeps somewhere. I had to work 44 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 5: from twelve to nine a day and she was taking me. 45 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 5: She's not gonna just not come take me to work. 46 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: The sister's wait, but Cynthia never shows up. 47 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 5: I had called sister back, like she's still not there, 48 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 5: and she was like, no, her phone is going to voicemail. 49 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: She's like, Shana, I'm scared. I said, maybe her phone did. 50 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 5: She's gonna call, like we'll hear from. 51 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 2: Her or Shauna is able to take a car service 52 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 2: to work. But by the end of the day, the 53 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: sister's still han't gotten through to Cynthia. 54 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 11: Have you heard anything. No, I've been trying to reach 55 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 11: her all day. 56 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 5: When I got off of work, nobody had heard from her. 57 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 5: So I call her mom. 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 4: When I got the call, I didn't want to worry 59 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: at first. 60 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 6: We keep calling her and texting her. She's not responding. 61 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 6: No one knows what she is. 62 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: As night settles in the family's worry turns to panic. 63 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 6: Please respond. I'm texting her, texting her like what's going on? 64 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 6: What's going on? And no response. 65 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 5: Her phone is going to voicemail when we call, so 66 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: it's not like her. 67 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 6: So I'm like, something is really, really really wrong. 68 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: Twenty three year old Cynthia Worthy always put forth a 69 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: joyful spirit. 70 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 4: Cynthia was a ball of fun. She always showed her 71 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: heart with everything. Cynthia just all around was a breath 72 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 4: of fresh air for all of us. 73 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 6: She was just genuinely happy always. She always found the 74 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 6: light at the end of the tunnel. 75 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: To Cynthia family, what's everything? 76 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 5: She was rab a die for her family, like we 77 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 5: were really really close. 78 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 6: She was always a family person. 79 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 4: Her father and I weren't together, but he has such 80 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 4: a great extended family. 81 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 5: Her mom, my dad. They had their issues, but we 82 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 5: all were really close growing up. 83 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 2: When she wasn't spending time with family, Cynthia was out 84 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: with her friends. 85 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 6: She was really popular. Everybody liked her. 86 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 4: She was the funny, very talkative, outgoing girl to he 87 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 4: is great. 88 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 2: Some much and as she got older she had her 89 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: choice of men. 90 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 12: She had a lot of attention everywhere she went. She 91 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 12: was really beautiful. 92 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 11: She was just one of the people that just wanted 93 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 11: to enjoy her. 94 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: So but Cynthia never let her personal life distract her 95 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: from her goals. 96 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 7: Cynthia had started taking classes to become a teacher. 97 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 2: However, paying for tuition, books and supplies wasn't easy. 98 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 4: She was independent and she was always trying to have 99 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 4: and keep money. 100 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 5: She liked the ideal of never asking anybody for anything. 101 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 2: So Cynthia put her education on hold to focus on 102 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: something she loved that would also pay the bills. 103 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 6: She was doing here. 104 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: So I was like, Okay, you know, that's a good 105 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 4: way to get money in your pocket. Because she was 106 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 4: really good at it. 107 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 9: I think that was going to go a long way 108 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 9: for her. 109 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 2: Before long, Cynthia was making enough money to afford a 110 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: new apartment across town with her sister Mariah. 111 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 5: He says, what you're doing, hey, But even with. 112 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 2: A stable job and a new apartment, something was missing. 113 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 9: She was being young, but she loved love six one. 114 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 8: He likes to work. 115 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 11: Oh, he loves to cook. I love to eat. 116 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 8: Around twenty fifteen, online dating was really starting to pick 117 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 8: up for Cynthia. 118 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 6: The whole concept of online dating fit her style perfectly. 119 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 8: You meet them, you hope it works, but if it 120 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 8: doesn't work, now you're on to the next person. 121 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: But one man in particular quickly stood out from the rest, 122 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: twenty five year old Terence Jones. 123 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 7: She could tell he was charming and he was showing 124 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 7: a real interest in her. 125 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 8: She's excited about this. 126 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 10: She couldn't wait to meet him in person. She felt 127 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 10: like she could really see herself falling for him. 128 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 8: She's looking forward. 129 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: To love, but now nobody has heard from Cynthia in 130 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: nearly twenty four hours. 131 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 6: It just didn't make sense. 132 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 5: Something not right, So we just went to the police station. 133 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 11: Me and my sister want to follow mist in person's report. 134 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: Cynthia's sisters tell police they have reason to believe she 135 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: could be in grave danger. 136 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 11: She went on a date with a guy she met 137 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 11: on that dating site. 138 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 4: With internet dating, you don't know what you're going to 139 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: run into. 140 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 5: It is dangerous because you have crazy people. 141 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 8: You don't know what's on the other side of that profile. 142 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 143 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: Twenty three year old Cynthia Worthy had everything going for her. 144 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 2: A new apartment with her sister, a great group of friends, 145 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 2: and a promising career. 146 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 8: She's a happy and an ambitious young lady who has 147 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 8: her life ahead of her. 148 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: But now Cynthia has disappeared after a date with a 149 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: man she met online. 150 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 11: Me and my sister want to follow miss and person's report. 151 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 6: She's not answering. Nobody calls tags that it wasn't like her. 152 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 8: They were concerned that this could have been a stranger 153 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 8: who had other ideas about the date. 154 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, Cynthia's sisters aren't able to provide police with much 155 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: information about the man she was seeing that night. 156 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 11: Do you know who she's with? 157 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 13: No? 158 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 11: I mean she was talking to a lot of different guys. 159 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 10: This was a brand new relationship, so she hadn't filled 160 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 10: her family in on all the details. 161 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 2: While police are eager to track down Cynthia's mystery date, 162 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 2: they also have other possibilities to consider. 163 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 3: When there's a missing person reported, the police have certain 164 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: guidelines that are followed. You asked them about. Is that 165 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: person stayed in mind the last time you talked to them? 166 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,599 Speaker 3: Were they in a good mood where they depressed? 167 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 8: Did Cynthia not want to be found? 168 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 13: Is that unusual for her to just take. 169 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 11: Off like this? 170 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, she never leave without telling anyone. 171 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 11: That's not like Cynthia. Are you sure about that positive. 172 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 2: To bolster their claims, yes, Cynthia's family points to some 173 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: exciting plan she had coming up. 174 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 6: She was due to go to a concert that evening. 175 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 12: I was supposed to go to the Chris Brown concert 176 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 12: with her. Cynthia actually walked the sickest freest. 177 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 10: I was trying to buy cheap seats, and Cynthia was saying, no, 178 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 10: we got to go and sit in a great seat, 179 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 10: so she paid the extra. 180 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 13: There was no way she would miss that show unless 181 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 13: something really serious happened. 182 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 8: The family's pretty adamant. This is not something she would 183 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 8: have done or chosen to do. As far as disappearing, we. 184 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 6: Just knew something was really wrong. 185 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: Police agree it seems likely that foul play is involved 186 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 2: in Cynthia's disappearance. They just hope they can locate her 187 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: before it's too late. 188 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 8: They get a description of her, and they also get 189 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 8: a description of her vehicle, which is very important. 190 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 7: The officer issues a BOLO so all other officers in 191 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 7: the area will know to be on the lookout for 192 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 7: Cynthia and her vehicle. 193 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: Next, the missing person's report is handed over to detectives. 194 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 8: The detective think of a missing person's report. 195 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 4: The worry is starting to come in, but you still 196 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 4: try to hold on to that hope that. 197 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 6: She's just doing her own things. They're going to find her. 198 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 11: Thank you. We'll take it from here, okay. 199 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: First, subpoenas Cynthia's phone and internet records. 200 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 10: They're hoping that something in those records would help them 201 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 10: identify who her date was, but it takes time to 202 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 10: get that kind of information. 203 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: In the meantime, they investigate the case from square one. 204 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 8: As an investigator, the first thing you want to do 205 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 8: is contact hospitals in case there was a car accident 206 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 8: or an injury that may have occurred and this person 207 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 8: is in an hospital. As a Jane Doe. 208 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: And Cynthia's family jumps in to help the search where 209 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: they can. 210 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 4: We wanted to find out what was going on, and 211 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 4: I'm asking her friends. I'm searching through Facebook, like, somebody 212 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 4: give me a clue. 213 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 5: I called literally every hospital in the city. I called 214 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: different precincts. I was just checking everywhere, and nobody. 215 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: Had her heading only dead ends. Detectives dig into Cynthia's 216 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: social circle. 217 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 8: They decided to speak to friends as well, not just family. 218 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 13: They're hoping and maybe she's told one of them about 219 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 13: the man she was meeting up with that night. 220 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: Fortunately, detectives make contact with Cynthia's friend, Cora Weaver, who 221 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 2: seems to know more about her dating life. 222 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 10: Cora and Cynthia had known each other since they were kids, 223 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 10: and they still got together a couple of times a month. 224 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 8: Did she ever mention anything about meaning a man online. 225 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 5: Which one she was always going out with somebody knew. 226 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: Cora did not know exactly how many people Cynthia was dating, 227 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 3: but Cora didn't know that Cynthia had issues with a 228 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: guy named Terence Jones. 229 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 8: She says. 230 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: Cynthia told her all about Terrence. 231 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 6: She didn't know. 232 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 7: If he was who she was out with that night, 233 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 7: but she did confirm that they met each other online. 234 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 2: After messaging back and forth for a while, Coorra says 235 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 2: that Cynthia finally decided to meet Terrence in person. 236 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 5: He told her that he would make her dinner. 237 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: The date went smoothly at first. 238 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 13: I just want to appreciate you for coming out. 239 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 10: He was attractive and they obviously had chemistry. She was 240 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 10: having a good time. 241 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: Get this glass way, but it didn't take long for 242 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: the mood to change. 243 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 3: Cynthia noticed some red flags. He was rather. 244 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: Aggressive, especially when she refused to have sex with him. 245 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 7: Terrence seemed to have an idea of where the state 246 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 7: was going in his head, but Cynthia was not willing 247 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 7: to go there. 248 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 3: He wanted to force himself on her. He didn't want 249 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 3: to accept no for an answer. 250 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 11: An agree on it we did. 251 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 13: Cynthia was used to running into where that was online, 252 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 13: but Terrence actually made her feel unsafe. 253 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 8: Terrence chases her out out into the road and he 254 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 8: makes remarks towards her. He curses at her. 255 00:13:58,440 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 11: Hey, come back here. 256 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 3: He was making threats coming for you him. 257 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 8: Cynthia was spearing for her life, coming for you. 258 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 259 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: In speaking with her friend Cora Weaver, detectives investigating cynthia 260 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: Worthy sudden disappearance have just learned that a man she 261 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: met online named Terence Jones could have motive to harm her. 262 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 8: She's very fearful of Terrence because he makes threats against her, 263 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 8: even threatening to come after her and do harm. And 264 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 8: he just kept harassing her after that date, harassing her 265 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 8: in what way. He continues to call her. He sends 266 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 8: her text messages. 267 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 9: If you leave me a brief message, I'll give you 268 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,359 Speaker 9: a call at my earliest convenience. 269 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 13: She blocked his calls, but he started contact in her 270 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 13: from anonymous numbers. 271 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 8: This was someone who was stalking her. Cora tells Cynthia 272 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 8: that she should contact the police, but Cynthia is reluctant. 273 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 8: She's hoping that this is something that would go away. 274 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: Considering her fear of Terrence, Cora says it's unlikely that 275 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 2: he's the person Cynthia met up with on the night 276 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: she went missing, but she still believes he has something 277 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: to do with her disappearance. 278 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 8: Coorra was very concerned. 279 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 10: She said she had never seen Cynthia stare at the 280 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 10: way she was when she talked about this guy. 281 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 11: Yes, I'll walk about will you help me last night? 282 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 2: Detectives want to speak with Terrence Jones as soon as possible, 283 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: but tracking him down will be easier said than done. 284 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 13: They don't even know if Terrence is his real name. 285 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 8: Oftentimes, people put up profiles that are fake, false, using 286 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 8: aliases as opposed to their own names. 287 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: However, combing through online profiles, detectives get a breakthrough. 288 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 8: They were able to locate Terrence Jones. 289 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 7: According to his social media Terrence was a local living 290 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 7: and working in Detroit. 291 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 2: When detectives reach out, he reluctantly agrees to come in 292 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 2: for an interview. 293 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 3: Terrence was apprehensive about talking to the police. 294 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 8: Initially, He's not saying anything. He doesn't know why he's there. 295 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: Are you going to tell me what this is about, 296 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: but we're investigating a missing person. 297 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,119 Speaker 8: When police mentioned Cynthia Worthy, you know, he looks confused. 298 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 3: You got the wrong guy. 299 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 11: I don't know anyone named timpy Worthy. 300 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 8: Then they show him a picture of Cynthia. 301 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 2: And what Terrence says next takes detectives by surprise. 302 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 3: I met a once. 303 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 11: Her name was Cynthia. 304 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 8: He realizes they're talking about someone he knew as a lady. 305 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: Terence says he met her through a website called Backpage. 306 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 10: Backpage dot com was like a Craigslist for escort services. 307 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 10: People go on there and post personal ads and people 308 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 10: could contact them for whatever services that they were offering. 309 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 8: If in fact, Cynthia is an escort, that's news to 310 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 8: the police. 311 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 2: Terrence admits that he got angry with Cynthia during their meetup, 312 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 2: but claims he had good reason to be upset. 313 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 11: It's not what you think. 314 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 8: She ripped me all. He says that he paid her 315 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 8: money for sex and that apparently she didn't provide the 316 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 8: services that he paid for and that she ran off. 317 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 13: He said, yes, I called her, I texted her, but 318 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 13: I just wanted to get my money back. 319 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 8: He admits that he was upset, but he says that 320 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 8: he was not looking for revenge. 321 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't happy about what happened, but I wasn't mad 322 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: enough to do something stupid. 323 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 10: His account was very different from Cora's version of events, 324 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 10: So now it's like a case of he. 325 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 2: Said she's a Detectives aren't taking Terrence's story at face value. 326 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: They ask him if he has an alibi for the 327 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 2: night Cynthia went missing Friday night. 328 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 8: May I've been wasting my time, he tells the police. Look, 329 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 8: I was with another escort on that night. 330 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 13: He said, here's her name, here's her phone number. She'll 331 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 13: tell you the same thing. 332 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 2: Detectives have no choice but to let Terence go, and 333 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 2: when they follow up with the escort, she confirms his story. 334 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 8: Police learned that yes, in fact, the alibi is true, 335 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 8: that Terrence was with this other escort that night. He 336 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 8: could not have possibly done this to Cynthia. 337 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 3: Very kind of proud becas Square one will. 338 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 2: The revelation that Cynthia was working as an escort could 339 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 2: provide new leads. It also brings a new set of challenges. 340 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 8: You're dealing with someone who may have had hundreds of contacts. 341 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 7: It could take weeks to sort through that many potential suspects, 342 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 7: and that's time they don't have. 343 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 2: When Cynthia's family hears that she'd been working as an escort, 344 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 2: they're shocked. 345 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 4: She was so much more than that. And all I 346 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 4: could think of was who talked her into this? 347 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 12: I did not know that. She didn't really tell me 348 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 12: about her dating life. 349 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 11: I was told he. 350 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 12: I don't think that's right because. 351 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 4: I believe that that was a temporary way to make 352 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 4: money until she can get the job she wanted or 353 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 4: to settle down and say I want to go back 354 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 4: to school, because it was always a plan going on 355 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 4: with her. That was a way to make money, fast money, 356 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 4: quick money, a lot of money. 357 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 6: That's what the mentality is. 358 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 4: And now I think that's a youth culture now is hustle, hustle, hustle. 359 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 10: I did have a conversation with her about where was 360 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 10: her money coming from, but I never knew that's what 361 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 10: she were doing. 362 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 6: She tried to play it off with doing here. 363 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: Regardless of this revelation, Cynthia's family just wants her home safe. 364 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 4: I can't say that I reconcile with her. She was 365 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 4: in that, but we just want to find her. This 366 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 4: has nothing to do with that. 367 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 6: I was pushing it aside, pushing it aside, pushing it 368 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 6: the side. 369 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 2: And nearly forty eight hours into the search for Cynthia, 370 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 2: her sister or Shauna, comes up with a lead of 371 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 2: her own. 372 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 5: I remember that her car had All Star in it 373 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 5: at the time, and I work at Honestar. 374 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 11: That was my job. 375 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 3: A lot of vehicles now have GPS systems. If something's wrong, 376 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 3: there's a way you can locate it by a GPS. 377 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 7: Usually it will take police a while to get access 378 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 7: to that sort of private information. They have to go 379 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 7: through the proper channels, especially when they don't have proof 380 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 7: that a crime has been committed. 381 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 2: But our Shauna is able to move quickly. 382 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 5: I got the police report and I was able to 383 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 5: call my job and say, hey, you know my sister's missing. 384 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 6: They plug the information into their database and they get 385 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 6: a hit. 386 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 5: They couldn't give me the information. They had to give 387 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 5: it to an officer. So a detective called my job 388 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 5: and they gave him the ocation. 389 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 13: They have a map leading him straight to Cynthia's car. 390 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast 391 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: as detectives inch closer to underraveling the truth. 392 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 2: Thanks to some help from her sister, Orshanna, Detroit detectives 393 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 2: have just made a game changing discovery in the disappearance 394 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 2: of Cynthia Worthy. 395 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 8: They get a break, a pretty big break, which is 396 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 8: the GPS from Cynthia's vehicle. 397 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: The GPS coordinates lead detectives to a suburb on the 398 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 2: outskirts of Detroit. 399 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 8: What's interesting is that her vehicle is in Oak Park, Michigan, 400 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 8: just north of the city. 401 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 3: Oak Park would be considered a more affluent suburb of Detroit. 402 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 8: Here's her vehicle in another community. Why is it here? 403 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 2: And her Shauna is determined to be there for the search. 404 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 11: They found Cynthia's car, come get me. 405 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 10: Detectives wanted family to come and positively I d her 406 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 10: car and see if anything was missing or out of place. 407 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 2: When Cynthia's sisters arrive at the scene, they immediately fear 408 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 2: the worst. 409 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 5: When we first put up to the car, I was 410 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: really scared to look because I thought she was going 411 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 5: to be in the car. But she's not here. 412 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 3: There was no sign of Cynthia, but police. 413 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 2: Do find signs that Cynthia is in danger. 414 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 8: When they get to the vehicle, they learn a lot. 415 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 5: They just look like it was sounds of struggle. She 416 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 5: had like a CD car of her on her somebodies, 417 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 5: and that had a lot of CDs in it. That 418 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 5: was like throw in the back, and then everything that 419 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 5: was in her trunk was through in the middle section. 420 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 8: It's not quite obvious, right, but some type of fight 421 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 8: or altercation may have occurred. 422 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 5: For even how it was parked, you can kind of 423 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 5: tell like someone just kind of parked it there. 424 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 2: Although there's no indication of what exactly happened. One possibility 425 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 2: is quickly ruled down. 426 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 3: Her waller was in the glove box. 427 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 8: That says a lot this was not a robbery attempt 428 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 8: or a carjacking, And so now they begin to ask 429 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 8: the questions. If this was not a carjacking, then what 430 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 8: could have happened. 431 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 5: At this point, she's been missing for two days, so 432 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 5: we knew like something happened, but we didn't know what 433 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 5: to expect. 434 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 8: You don't find someone in forty eight hours, you then 435 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 8: begin to grow highly concerned that this person may have 436 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 8: been injured or possibly even worse. 437 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 2: As a cs SIET processes Cynthia's car, her heartbroken family 438 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 2: heads back to the city. 439 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 5: I was really upset I was crying. I didn't know 440 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 5: what to think at that point. 441 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 2: The next day, the investigation becomes even more grim. 442 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 8: They get a call about a body being found on 443 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 8: the west side of the city of Detroit. 444 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 11: We got a body. 445 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 2: Detectives immediately race to the scene. 446 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 11: We founda's body in the alleyway here. 447 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 2: When they arrive, it's clear they found Cynthia Worthy. 448 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 8: All the physical characteristics off this body matches the description 449 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 8: of Cynthia. 450 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 4: Somebody saw something and found her in an alley and 451 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 4: they were able to call the police ride away, so 452 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 4: they were able to find her. 453 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 8: It's immediately obvious to investigators that she had been murdered, 454 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 8: and what's also obvious to them is how she was murdered. 455 00:24:58,520 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 6: She's got a wound to a chest over here. 456 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 7: There was a massive knife wound on her upper left 457 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 7: chest and defensive wounds on her face, arms, and. 458 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 6: Corso she fought whatever happened, she was fighting for her life. 459 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 8: It takes a lot to stab someone to death. It's 460 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 8: a crime of passion, which typically means you either know 461 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 8: the person or there was a lot of anger involved. 462 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 2: But the lack of evidence that the scene suggests this 463 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 2: wasn't where she was killed. 464 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 10: Despite her wounds, there was no blood around her body, 465 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 10: so the detectives thought that more than likely she was 466 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 10: murdered somewhere else and then dumped into the alley. 467 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 2: I think we need to call her mother now, Detective's face. 468 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 2: The difficult test of neuifying Cynthia's family of the tragic news. 469 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 6: I got a phone call and I just lost it. 470 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 6: I was in denial. 471 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 5: It was like no, like we was looking for her. 472 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 5: It just didn't seem real to me. 473 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 6: That was the first heartbreak I ever felt. 474 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: As her family mourns, detectives make finding Cynthia's killer their 475 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: top priority. 476 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 7: The fact that this case was now a homicide meant 477 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 7: the police force could now dedicate a lot more resources 478 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 7: to it. 479 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 6: They were able to pull strings that they couldn't before. 480 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 13: They started going through her internet history, which was a 481 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 13: massive undertaking. 482 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 8: And in Cynthia's case, she was escorting on multiple dating sites. 483 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 8: Escort sites. 484 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 10: She talked to hundreds of people online over the month 485 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 10: that she'd been on the site, and they knew that 486 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 10: nine to nine percent of those were going to be 487 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 10: bad ends. 488 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 2: However, Cynthia's phone records proved more helpful. 489 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 8: Fortunately for them. There's a major break in the case 490 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 8: because there wasn't hundreds of names, there was only one. 491 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 3: She talked to, a guy named Jerome More. 492 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: You won't want to miss the thrilling twists that are 493 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: about to unfold. Stay tuned for more of the Fatal 494 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: Attraction podcast. 495 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 2: Detectives investigating Cynthia Worthy's murder have just uncovered a new 496 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 2: person of interest using her phone records, a man named 497 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 2: Jerome Moore. 498 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 8: They were able to determine that Jerome More was the 499 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 8: person who contacted her on that Friday night. 500 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 2: But who is Jerome Moore? 501 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 13: They knew from Cynthia's text that Jerome had met her 502 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 13: through the escort site, so they looked there first. 503 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 10: His profile didn't reveal much, so they decided that they 504 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 10: were going to run a background check on him to 505 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 10: see what they could pull up. 506 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 2: The results are alarming. 507 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 3: He had couragejackie and assault on his record. Not the 508 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 3: best individual that you may want to associate with. 509 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 7: He was actually out on parole after serving time in prison. 510 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 4: You find out that this person had been set free 511 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 4: after he carjacked a woman to saw to her and 512 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 4: was just out that supsetting. 513 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 2: His record also reveals that Jerom lives in Oak Park, 514 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 2: not far from where Cynthia's carr was found. 515 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: Have seen. 516 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 8: They immediately reach out to Jerome Wore and call him 517 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 8: in for questioning. 518 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 13: That Jerome had agreed to sit down for an interview 519 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 13: and he seemed pretty open with the detectives. 520 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 11: Do you know a girl named Cynthia Worthy? 521 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, we texted a little bit, but we never met you. 522 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 11: In text it with her on. 523 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 2: Friday night, Jerome says they were supposed to meet up 524 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 2: that night, but Cynthia bailed on him. 525 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 3: He stays that she was supposed to come by in 526 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 3: his place, but she never showed up. 527 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 8: He says, I sent the text, I called her, but 528 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 8: she never responded. 529 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 11: I tried calling Aaron texting her, but she never hit 530 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 11: me back. 531 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 2: But is Jerome telling the truth? 532 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 3: Jerome states said he didn't know what could have happened 533 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 3: or why she didn't come by. Look, I ain't never 534 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 3: meet her. I don't know anything about this. 535 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 6: He's adamant that he had nothing to do with this 536 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 6: and that he's told the police all he knows. 537 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 2: His statement leaves detectives with limited options. 538 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 8: Police don't have a whole lot to counter that. They 539 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 8: challenge him, but he sticks with his story. 540 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 11: You free to go. 541 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 8: Ultimately, they release Jerome because there's nothing more to go on. 542 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 2: But after he leaves the station, investigators can't shake the 543 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 2: feeling that they're missing something. 544 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 7: When you've been a detective for so many years, you 545 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 7: develop an intuition for these kinds of things, and the 546 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 7: detective's intuition was telling them that Jerome Moore was their man. 547 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 2: So they keep digging. First, they pulled Jerome's cell records. 548 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 13: The location data shows that Jerome was home all night, 549 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 13: which appears to line up with his story, but. 550 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 2: When detectives look back over his messages with Cynthia, they 551 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: noticed an inconsistency. 552 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 10: Jerome told detectives that he kept calling and texting Cynthia 553 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 10: after she didn't show up on Friday night. 554 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 2: His phone records tell a different story. 555 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: They found nothing that indicated that Jerome had either called 556 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 3: or text Cynthia, which was contrary to the statement that 557 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 3: Jerome had made. 558 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 8: In fact, the last message came from Cynthia to Jerome, 559 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 8: saying that she was on her way to his home. 560 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 7: At that point, they knew Jerome was lying. It wasn't 561 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 7: enough to close the case, but it was enough to 562 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 7: move forward in pursuing him. 563 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 8: They're able to use that line. They immediately secure the 564 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 8: search warrant. 565 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 2: Five days after Cynthia's disappearance, law enforcement officers descend on 566 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 2: Jerome Moore's home. 567 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 3: Jerome, we have a search warrant for your home. Please 568 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 3: step outside. 569 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 13: If the detectives started looking around, and frankly they're disappointed. 570 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 8: They go to his home, They search his vehicle, and 571 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 8: there's no signs of an altercation or a fight or anything. 572 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 2: At first glance, there's no evidence to suggest that this 573 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 2: is where Cynthia was killed, but detectives aren't giving up. 574 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 8: Police are convinced that Jerome Moore is the person who 575 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 8: murdered Cynthia Worth, so they call in reinforcements. 576 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 5: Dispatch can go ahead and start me a crime lab 577 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 5: and a. 578 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 10: Canine CSI moves in a hole forensic unit and they 579 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 10: also bring in a cadaver dog. And what they're looking 580 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 10: for is evidence that's invisible to the naked eye. 581 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 3: The cadaverra dog specializes in sense of human beings, especially 582 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 3: human beings that have inspired. 583 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 2: Before long, it's clear investigators are on the right track. 584 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 8: This dog makes a hit immediately. 585 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 13: This was a crime scene. 586 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast as 587 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: detectives inch closer to unraveling the truth. 588 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 2: Detectives investigating Cynthia these murder have identified a twenty six 589 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 2: year old man named Jerome Moore as their prime suspect. 590 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 7: Jerome admitted to contacting Cynthia to hire her as an escort. 591 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 8: He says, look, yes, I reached out to her. I 592 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 8: had contact with her, but we never met. 593 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 2: Now, however, a cadaver dog has picked up Cynthia sent 594 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 2: in Jerome's house. 595 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 8: They found Cynthia's sent in his bedroom, they founded in 596 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 8: the basement. Ultimately, they also heard sent in Jerome's vehicle. 597 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 2: As CSI is finished processing the scene, they uncover even 598 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 2: more evidence that Cynthia was killed. 599 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 13: There. 600 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 10: They were able to recover trace amounts of blood which 601 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 10: was a DNA match for Cynthia Worthy. 602 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 2: The police are now confident they found her killer. 603 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 8: Ultimately, they bring them in for further questioning. 604 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 3: I don't know what I'm here for. 605 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 8: Here for house, that's your hear, But. 606 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 2: Instead of confessing, Jerome sticks to his guns. 607 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 8: He sticks with his original story he never saw her. 608 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 13: When the detectives press him on physical evidence. Jerome totally 609 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 13: clams up. 610 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, so when I'm gonna get my lawyers. 611 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 8: At that point they have to stop questioning. But that's 612 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 8: not the end of the case. 613 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 2: Even without a confession, the investigators are able to piece 614 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 2: together a picture of what happened that night. 615 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 8: Ultimately, their story is this that Cynthia had a date 616 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 8: with Jerome as an escort. She goes to his home. 617 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 7: They believe he may have tried to force her to 618 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 7: do more. 619 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 3: Where do you think you're going? Oh, come on, what 620 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 3: you mean going home? 621 00:34:59,040 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 11: You got what you're right? 622 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 8: Or some type of fight or altercation occurs right there 623 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 8: in the hall. 624 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 6: It quickly turned physical. 625 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 2: What I paid for that we dumped Cynthia had no 626 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 2: idea what Droom was capable of. 627 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 13: This was someone with a long history of violence. It 628 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 13: didn't take much to set him off. 629 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 8: He grabs a knife and he stabs her in the bedroom. 630 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 2: Once she was dead, investigators believed your Room hits Cynthia's 631 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 2: body in his basement while he figured out what to 632 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 2: do next. 633 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,720 Speaker 8: He ultimately comes to the conclusion that he would drive 634 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 8: and dump her body somewhere. 635 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 3: Jerome put the body in the trunk of the car 636 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,360 Speaker 3: and taken it to the alley and dumped it, and 637 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 3: then dumped the car at a different location. 638 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 12: He took her card, he kidnapped him, and he killed you. 639 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:13,879 Speaker 2: To Jerome, Cynthia's life didn't matter, but he had made 640 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 2: one grave miscalculation. 641 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 3: Jerome underestimated the kind of love that was felt for Cynthia. 642 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,959 Speaker 8: He probably figured that police won't care if they find 643 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 8: the body of an escort, that no one's gonna possibly 644 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,800 Speaker 8: learn or tie this to him. But he was wrong, 645 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 8: because Cynthia had a family who loved her, spent up. 646 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 11: Hands buying you back. 647 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 7: Investigators were determined to hold Jerome accountable for all the 648 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 7: suffering he had caused. 649 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 2: Finally, one week after Cynthia's death, Jerome is officially charged 650 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 2: with first degree murder. 651 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 8: First the Greek murder means that he faces mandatory life 652 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 8: and prison without the possibility of parole. 653 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 5: When they released his picture, I was just like he 654 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 5: look evial, ill just be feeling like she didn't do 655 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 5: anything to you, so why be so violent? 656 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,120 Speaker 6: Words can't describe it. 657 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 4: It wasn't like it was the relationship that went bad, 658 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 4: and you know, you feel so much animosity towards her, 659 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 4: you kill someone innocent for. 660 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 6: What And that's the part that still bothers me. 661 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:31,760 Speaker 2: Adding insult to injury, Cynthia's family will never see Jerome 662 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 2: stand trial for her murder. 663 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 3: Jerome takes a plea deal. He agrees to plead to 664 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 3: a second degree murder, and he's sentenced to thirty to 665 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 3: forty five years. 666 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 8: What that means now is that he's eligible for parole, 667 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 8: possibly sooner than thirty years. 668 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 2: The verdict is bittersweet for Cynthia's family. 669 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,399 Speaker 4: I didn't want to go through a trial, so when 670 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,879 Speaker 4: they did offer the deal, I was like, Okay, let's 671 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,320 Speaker 4: do that so we won't have to hear all of 672 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 4: these details. 673 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 6: Somewhere you could call it relief, but I was still angry. 674 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,240 Speaker 12: I don't believe in the death penalty, but I wouldn't 675 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 12: mind if that person wasn't walking this earth for you. 676 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 2: However, a few months later, Jerome makes a decision that 677 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 2: will dramatically affect his time behind bars. 678 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 8: Within months of going on to prison, he commits a crime. 679 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 3: He is talking to a lady that's a therapist at 680 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 3: the prison, and Jerome attempts to sexually assault her. 681 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 8: He's now convicted of a second offense and receives an 682 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 8: additional twenty five to fifty years in prison, So that's consecutive, 683 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 8: meaning that's on top of the thirty to forty five 684 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,720 Speaker 8: years that he received before. 685 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 3: Jerome's earliest release day is moved to twenty seventy one, 686 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,280 Speaker 3: and depending on his age, that could be a life sentence. 687 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,240 Speaker 2: The assault also offers new insight into Cynthia's murderer. 688 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 8: It says a lot about him and his character. Right, 689 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,800 Speaker 8: sexual assaults aren't always about the sex, it's about control. 690 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 7: Maybe Cynthia's murder wasn't just an argument that got out 691 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 7: of hand. Maybe it was something more cold and calculated. 692 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,399 Speaker 8: She didn't know what she was walking into. He had 693 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 8: another plan for Cynthia that night. 694 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 12: I don't feel like there's any amount of rehabilitation for 695 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 12: this person. 696 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:48,480 Speaker 2: Even with Jerome locked up, the family's burden doesn't get 697 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:49,400 Speaker 2: any easier. 698 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 6: My faith in God as it used to be is gone. 699 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 4: I had to buck up and realize that life isn't 700 00:39:59,280 --> 00:39:59,959 Speaker 4: a fairy tale. 701 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 9: Bad things happen to good people. It's still hers to 702 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,520 Speaker 9: this day to deal with it. I still think about 703 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 9: it every day. It's not a day that goes by 704 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 9: that I don't think of her. 705 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,000 Speaker 5: I just kind of want the world to know that 706 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,440 Speaker 5: she wasn't just an escort. She was a sister, she 707 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:17,320 Speaker 5: was a friend. 708 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,239 Speaker 6: We never have a birthday. I always feel guilty that 709 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 6: she didn't get one. 710 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 4: But I'm going to continue to hopefully have a lot 711 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,719 Speaker 4: of birthdays and be able to live for her. 712 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:38,040 Speaker 1: Evil often hides and the shadows, but with the unwavering 713 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: support of family and friends, and the help of detectives, 714 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: the truth eventually came to light. Loved and admired, Cynthia 715 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: Worthy was a force to be reckoned with her vibrant 716 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:58,000 Speaker 1: spirit and electric personality left an indelible mark on everyone 717 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:03,160 Speaker 1: who knew her. Will be forever cherished and remembered for 718 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,400 Speaker 1: the love and joy she brought to her family and friends. 719 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:12,279 Speaker 1: Coming up on the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 720 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 2: They were a couple destined to last. 721 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 5: They were in it for the long cost. 722 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 2: Their families became like families to one another. 723 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 6: They were going to key together forever. 724 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 2: Until a tragic crime took one of them away. 725 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 3: They just killed my brother. 726 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 2: We shot multiple times. 727 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 6: He is dead. 728 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,319 Speaker 1: After hearing gunshots, a brother's life is suddenly shattered when 729 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 1: he discovers that his sibling has been shot. Their lives 730 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 1: will never be the same again. What tragic events occurred 731 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,919 Speaker 1: that day in Granite City and who was a mysterious 732 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: figure that's better way in the car, leaving behind questions 733 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:08,360 Speaker 1: and lives changed forever. Tune in to the next episode 734 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:13,239 Speaker 1: of the Fatal Attraction podcast. We will see you in 735 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:14,320 Speaker 1: the next episode.