WEBVTT - S05 Episode 3: Endgame (Pt.2 of 3)

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to part two of Unexplained, Season five, episode three,

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<v Speaker 1>End Game. After the second apparent serious assault on Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>in her home, though some in the force were beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to seriously doubt her credibility, attention turned briefly again to

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Roy Makepeace. In the following days, he was pulled

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<v Speaker 1>in for extensive questioning. During an intense six hour interview,

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<v Speaker 1>Makepeace conceded that he had physically hurt Cindy in the past,

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<v Speaker 1>but would never think of doing anything remotely like what

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<v Speaker 1>appeared to have been done to her. It was then

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<v Speaker 1>suggested by Makepeace that maybe someone connected to Cindy's line

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<v Speaker 1>of work, being as she was a care of for

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<v Speaker 1>troubled children, had been responsible an angry relative of one

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<v Speaker 1>of the children. Perhaps his theory wasn't pursued. In June

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty three, Cindy's private investigator, Ozzi Kaban, was alerted

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<v Speaker 1>to another break in at Cindy's home. After racing to

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<v Speaker 1>her apartment, he found a deeply upset Cindy poring over

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<v Speaker 1>yet another distressing note that she'd apparently received. As she

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<v Speaker 1>explained she'd returned home after work earlier that day to

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<v Speaker 1>find the back door left open again. Hearing her dog, Heidi,

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<v Speaker 1>whimpering in pain from inside, she rushed in to find

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<v Speaker 1>her badly beaten and tied up to the kitchen table.

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<v Speaker 1>She found the note next to Heidi. It read last

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<v Speaker 1>day's warning death Happy Birthday, Cindy. Cindy's birthday was June fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>It was more evidence to Kaban that her attacker was

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<v Speaker 1>someone she knew. Then, late one evening in July, a

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<v Speaker 1>resident of West thirty third Avenue in Vancouver, some two

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<v Speaker 1>miles away from Cindy's apartment, heard what sounded like someone

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get in through their front door, keeping the

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<v Speaker 1>chain on the latch. He pulled the door open and

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<v Speaker 1>was startled to find a distressed and disorientated woman stumbling

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<v Speaker 1>about on his doorstep, clawing at something tied tightly around

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<v Speaker 1>her neck. It was Cindy. When police received the calls

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<v Speaker 1>that Cindy had been attacked again, Detective David Bowyer Smythe

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<v Speaker 1>was swiftly dispatched to investigate Ozzi. Kaban was also quick

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<v Speaker 1>to arrive on the scene. Cindy had told Kaban earlier

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<v Speaker 1>that night that she was heading out to Dunbar Park,

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<v Speaker 1>located between west thirty first and thirty third Avenue, just

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<v Speaker 1>a few blocks from where she was found to take

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<v Speaker 1>Heidi for a walk. They'd been there roughly thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>before she decided to head home. It was while walking

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<v Speaker 1>westwards on thirty third Avenue that a dark green van

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<v Speaker 1>with a blurred out window apparently pulled up alongside her.

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<v Speaker 1>Though she couldn't be sure, she believed there were two

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<v Speaker 1>figures in the front, one she described as a white,

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<v Speaker 1>bearded male and the other a female, also white, with

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<v Speaker 1>long blonde hair. The driver had asked for directions, and

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<v Speaker 1>the next thing she knew, she was being dragged somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>before later coming too in some bushes by the side

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<v Speaker 1>of the road. When Caban and Bowyer Smythe first arrived

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<v Speaker 1>to speak with Cindy, she appeared unusually drowsy, as if

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<v Speaker 1>she had been drugged, and had twigs and leaves wedged

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<v Speaker 1>inside her trousers. Her dog, Hidi was nowhere to be seen.

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<v Speaker 1>Caban would find her later wandering around aimlessly a few

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<v Speaker 1>blocks away. As perplexed as ever detected. Bowyer Smythe headed

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<v Speaker 1>straight out to Dunbar Community Center car park and promptly

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<v Speaker 1>located Cindy's car where she said it would be. Next

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<v Speaker 1>he made his way to the spot where she claimed

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<v Speaker 1>she was momentarily abducted. The detective flicked on his flashlight

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<v Speaker 1>and shot it toward the ground, moving it about in

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<v Speaker 1>the dark as the occasional car drove by on the

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<v Speaker 1>road behind him. He suddenly came to a stop. There

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<v Speaker 1>under the light of the torch, he saw what appeared

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<v Speaker 1>to be recently made drag marks in the dirt, as

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<v Speaker 1>if a body had been suddenly dragged off the pavement

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<v Speaker 1>at that precise spot. It was enough to convince Detective

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<v Speaker 1>Bowyer Smythe to have Cindy's case passed up to the

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<v Speaker 1>RCMP made a crime's unit for Cindy's family and friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It seemed like the police were now beginning to take

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<v Speaker 1>her claims more seriously, giving them reason to hope that

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<v Speaker 1>they might finally start to get some solid answers. But

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<v Speaker 1>things were only about to get even more peculiar. Gray

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<v Speaker 1>clouds hang low in the sky. She is standing by

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<v Speaker 1>the water's edge on a mild summer's day as a

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<v Speaker 1>light rain begins to fall. Roy is with her. They

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<v Speaker 1>are getting into a boat and pushing off from Thormonby Island,

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<v Speaker 1>a small island located just off the mainland about forty

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<v Speaker 1>miles west of Vancouver. Now they are dropping anchor somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneer Bay. She thinks a small cove on the northwest

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<v Speaker 1>shore of South Thormonby. At least that's where they stayed

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<v Speaker 1>on the first night of the trip. It was January

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty five, and Cindy is sitting with her eyes

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<v Speaker 1>closed in the office of hypnotherapist Carl Booker, recounting a

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<v Speaker 1>trip she'd taken with her husband back in July of

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty one. The sessions had been Ozzikaban's idea and

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<v Speaker 1>had begun in August, three weeks after the last apparent

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<v Speaker 1>attack on Cindy. Frustrated by the police's inability to make

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<v Speaker 1>any inroads into identifying a perpetrator, Kaban had suggested visiting

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<v Speaker 1>a hypnotherapist to see if it might jog her memory

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<v Speaker 1>and help provide more information about her assailants. At the

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<v Speaker 1>first session, Cindy added that she had in fact been

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<v Speaker 1>dragged into the van and injected in the arm by

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<v Speaker 1>the man, who, on reflection, she thought might have been

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a mask. At the time. She also described how

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<v Speaker 1>her blouse had been ripped in the assault, and how

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<v Speaker 1>she'd heard one of the attackers use the word hembagosh,

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<v Speaker 1>an Afrikan's word which translates to be careful in English,

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<v Speaker 1>something Cindy had heard her estranged husband's Roy use on

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<v Speaker 1>many occasions. In the second session, Cindy provided a more

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<v Speaker 1>detailed description of the van, but little else, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>how things would have ended had Cindy not got in

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<v Speaker 1>touch with Kaban a few weeks later, claiming to be

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<v Speaker 1>suffering from apparent nightmares and flashbacks that she thought might

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<v Speaker 1>relate to something horrific she'd experienced but had since suppressed.

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<v Speaker 1>In January eighty five, Kaban took Cindy to see cal

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<v Speaker 1>Booker again to find out what the flashbacks might relate to.

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<v Speaker 1>Detective BOYA. Smythe and Staff Sergeant Crisp Jornerude from the

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<v Speaker 1>Royal Canadian Mounted Police accompanied them. It is fair to

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<v Speaker 1>say that nobody was quite prepared for what happened next.

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<v Speaker 1>Cindy's regression continued. The day after arriving on Thornmonby Island

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<v Speaker 1>had been a sunny one, so she and Roy decided

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<v Speaker 1>to have a barbecue and just spend the day relaxing outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Their friend Old Joe even stops by to join them.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good, said Booker. Now what happened on the Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 1>Cindy seemed to hesitate for a moment. Go on, Booker

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<v Speaker 1>urged again. They set off early, she says, with Roy

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<v Speaker 1>rowing the boat again. There is fishing gear with them now.

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<v Speaker 1>She doesn't know where they're going, something about a property

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<v Speaker 1>that Roy wants to take a look at, but she

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't want to go. Doesn't know what they need another

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<v Speaker 1>property for, but Roy insists. They turn left out of

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<v Speaker 1>the bay when she'd expected them to go right. She

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been this way before. Cindy shifted in the chair

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<v Speaker 1>and seemed to grow more and more uncomfortable. They're approaching

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<v Speaker 1>a different island now, she says, not one she recognizes,

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<v Speaker 1>and draw up to a log jetty of some sort.

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<v Speaker 1>A wooden cabin lies just off the water. There are

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<v Speaker 1>some other houses dotted about, but not much else. Roy

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<v Speaker 1>tells her to stay in the boat as he steps

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<v Speaker 1>onto the jetty and heads toward the cabin closest to them.

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<v Speaker 1>It has a log roof and a small front porch.

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<v Speaker 1>She feels anxious. Left alone in the boat, She calls

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<v Speaker 1>out to Roy, but he doesn't reply, and now she

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<v Speaker 1>is stepping off the boat and making her way toward

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<v Speaker 1>the cabin. She knocks on the door, suddenly feeling a

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<v Speaker 1>little silly. Roy is nowhere to be seen. She tries

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<v Speaker 1>the handle and finds the door unlocked. She pushes it

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<v Speaker 1>open and said Booker, what did you see inside kaban?

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<v Speaker 1>And the two officers inch forward in anticipation. No, I can't,

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<v Speaker 1>said Cindy, her face screwing up in horror. But you must,

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<v Speaker 1>said Booker. Cindy, her eyes still tightly closed, continued, there

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<v Speaker 1>are two bodies on the floor, a man and a

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<v Speaker 1>woman I don't recognize, and blood everywhere. Roy is standing

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<v Speaker 1>over the bodies. He has a knife in his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>He is angry, as Cindy then went on to detail.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point, she ran out of the cabin, grabbed

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<v Speaker 1>the porch rail, and vomited over the side. The next

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<v Speaker 1>thing she knew, she was running to the boat, with

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<v Speaker 1>Roy chasing after her, demanding that she listened to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he hit her across the face, she said, telling

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<v Speaker 1>her to calm down. She then claimed to see more

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<v Speaker 1>blood and an axe swinging down imbedding into something she

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't see, and Roy telling her that her mother and

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<v Speaker 1>sisters would be next if she ever told any one.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they were back on the water, pauling two

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<v Speaker 1>large bags from out of the boat and throwing them overboard.

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<v Speaker 1>Booker brought the session to an end, Kaban and the

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<v Speaker 1>detectives sat back in astonishment. By the end of that

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon session, Cindy had effectively implicated her estranged husband Roy

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<v Speaker 1>in the murder and dismemberment of two unknown individuals. This

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<v Speaker 1>startling and unexpected revelation seemed to provide investigators with two

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<v Speaker 1>possible insights into Cindy's situation. On the one hand, if

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<v Speaker 1>Makepeace had indeed committed a murder, it stood to reason

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<v Speaker 1>that he could also be Cindy's mysterious attacker. On the

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<v Speaker 1>other hand, if Cindy had been doing it all to herself,

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<v Speaker 1>the revelation of this trauma was at the very least

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<v Speaker 1>a potential explanation for such bizarre behavior. There remained, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>the possibility that Cindy's recollection of her trip to Thormonby

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<v Speaker 1>Island was deliberately fabricated. But perhaps most complicated of all,

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<v Speaker 1>there was also the possibility that Cindy's story was in

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<v Speaker 1>fact just a symbolic and metaphorical expression of her feelings

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<v Speaker 1>toward her estranged husband, as opposed to a literal account

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<v Speaker 1>of a horrific event. Either way, having given her account

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<v Speaker 1>of the trip, the Royal Canadian Mountain Police investigators had

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<v Speaker 1>little choice but to look into it further. As it transpired,

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<v Speaker 1>Cindy had indeed gone on a trip to Thormonby Island

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<v Speaker 1>with her husband around the time in question. However, as

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<v Speaker 1>investigators soon discovered, they had also been joined by her

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<v Speaker 1>sister Melanie, who had no memory of anything unto ward

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<v Speaker 1>taking place. A few days later, Cindy was back on

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<v Speaker 1>a boat in Buccaneer Bay, this time accompanied by Ozzi

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<v Speaker 1>Caban and a Sergeant Ferguson, as they searched for the

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<v Speaker 1>cabin on the small island that she had depicted under hypnosis.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite spending the best part of the day searching for it, however,

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<v Speaker 1>it remained elusive. Roy make Peace was once again brought

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<v Speaker 1>in for questioning. Outraged that they would take Cindy's story

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<v Speaker 1>seriously enough to quiz him about it again, police find

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<v Speaker 1>nothing incriminating Afterwards, make Peace makes the decision to cut

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<v Speaker 1>all ties with Cindy for good, and the police are

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<v Speaker 1>In the months following Cindy's shocking hypnotherapy sessions, her mental

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<v Speaker 1>health deteriorated significantly. Though it's important to state that there

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<v Speaker 1>was absolutely zero physical evidence link Roy make Peace to

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<v Speaker 1>any murder or any of the attacks that Cindy supposedly endured.

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<v Speaker 1>What can't be ascertained is to what degree she really

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<v Speaker 1>believed it had happened. In June nineteen eighty five, Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>was rushed to hospital having overdosed on pills in an

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<v Speaker 1>apparent suicide attempt. She was subsequently diagnosed with depression and

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<v Speaker 1>moved to Vancouver's Lionsgate Hospital for her own protection and

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<v Speaker 1>put on a course of antidepressants. With police yet to

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<v Speaker 1>rule make Peace out entirely as a suspect to a

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<v Speaker 1>possible murder, they arranged to have Cindy called him up

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<v Speaker 1>so they could listen in while she asked him about

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<v Speaker 1>what exactly took place on their nineteen eighty one trip

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<v Speaker 1>to Thormanby Island. When she did, make Peace accused Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>of being insane and denied everything. Both Cindy and make

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<v Speaker 1>Peace were then placed under twenty four hour police surveillance

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<v Speaker 1>for the next seven days, during which Cindy claimed her

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<v Speaker 1>phone line were cut again. The police, however, saw nothing incriminating.

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<v Speaker 1>The next few months were relatively incident free, though Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>continued to report a number of threatening calls and yet

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<v Speaker 1>another sinister note, this time in the form of a

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<v Speaker 1>book with a nylon stocking placed inside it. Though Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>continued to confide in her friends about it all, there

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<v Speaker 1>were hopes that the worst might now be behind her.

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<v Speaker 1>On a freezing cold day in early December, a resident

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<v Speaker 1>cycling through the University Endowment Lands, some six miles west

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<v Speaker 1>of Cindy's house, spotted a woman lying unconscious in a ditch.

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<v Speaker 1>Rushing to help, the cyclist was horrified to find a

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<v Speaker 1>black nylon stocking tied tightly around the woman's neck. One

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<v Speaker 1>of her feet was exposed, while on the other she

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<v Speaker 1>wore a large work boot while on her hands, she

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<v Speaker 1>wore only one glove. When the woman eventually came round

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<v Speaker 1>confirmed she was Cindy makepeace. She claimed not to remember

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<v Speaker 1>anything of the attack. Following what was by then a

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<v Speaker 1>fourth apparent violent attack, Cindy was sent for a consultation

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<v Speaker 1>with doctor Anthony Marcus, a forensic psychiatrist with the University

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<v Speaker 1>of British Columbia. After a couple of meetings, Marcus came

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<v Speaker 1>to the devastating conclusion that Cindy was indeed her own stalker,

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<v Speaker 1>as many in the police force had come to suspect. However,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't simply that she was deliberately faking the attacks

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<v Speaker 1>or lying about the phone calls. He suggested. Instead, it

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<v Speaker 1>was his belief that Cindy was intermittently falling in and

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<v Speaker 1>out of a psychogenic fugue state. If this were the case,

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<v Speaker 1>she would have no recollection of what she was doing

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<v Speaker 1>to herself, and as a result, have every reason to

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<v Speaker 1>believe that she really was being attacked. According to doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Marcus's diagnosis, this could well have been brought on as

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<v Speaker 1>a consequence of a severe trauma that Cindy had previously suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>Though close friends and family as well as her private

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<v Speaker 1>investigator Ozzy Caban, remained convinced that Cindy truly was being attacked.

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<v Speaker 1>For many in the police, Marcus's assessment was effectively the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the matter. Doctor Marcus also suggested to Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>that they begin regular therapy sessions to treat the condition,

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<v Speaker 1>but she declined the offer because she was already visiting

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<v Speaker 1>a therapist at the time. Doctor Connolly, her regular therapist,

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<v Speaker 1>was more sympathetic to the idea that Cindy was genuinely

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<v Speaker 1>under attack from an unknown assailant. In April nineteen eighty six,

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<v Speaker 1>feeling somewhat abandoned by the police and more fearful for

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<v Speaker 1>her life than ever, Cindy invited her good friends Agnes

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<v Speaker 1>and Tom Woodcock to stay the night with her. They

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<v Speaker 1>were just settling down to sleep when Cindy burst into

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<v Speaker 1>their room in a panic. Together, they ran downstairs to

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<v Speaker 1>find with horror that the basement was on fire. As

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<v Speaker 1>Cindy yelled for some one to call the fire service,

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<v Speaker 1>Agnes ran to the phone, but when she tried to

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<v Speaker 1>use it, the line was completely dead. When Tom then

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<v Speaker 1>ran out to alert the neighbors, he spotted a figure

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<v Speaker 1>in the shadows seemingly watching the house from across the street,

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<v Speaker 1>but when Tom called out to them for help, the

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<v Speaker 1>figure simply turned and ran off into the darkness. Later

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<v Speaker 1>that evening, with the fire safely extinguished, ARCMP investigators found

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<v Speaker 1>a possible point of entry for an intruder, a bathroom

0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:52.879
<v Speaker 1>window that looked to have been forced open. On closer inspection, however,

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<v Speaker 1>it was determined to have been forced open from the inside. That,

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<v Speaker 1>coupled with the discovery of liquid celerant all over the

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<v Speaker 1>basement carpet, led them to conclude that Cindy was the culprit.

0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:10.159
<v Speaker 1>A check on doctor Roy Matepiece's whereabouts was made just

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<v Speaker 1>in case, but he was found to be in South

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<v Speaker 1>Africa at the time. Only two weeks previously, Agnes and

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<v Speaker 1>Tom had been staying at Cindy's home when her burglar

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<v Speaker 1>alarm was triggered. Cindy was sat playing cards with them

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<v Speaker 1>at the time. When they went to investigate, they found

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<v Speaker 1>that part of the basement doors glass window had been

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<v Speaker 1>completely removed after the fire. Cindy's misery was compounded when

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<v Speaker 1>her insurance company refused to pay up for the damages,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was served in a fiction notice from her property.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite everything. Throughout it all, Cindy had continued her work

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<v Speaker 1>at Blenheim House, which many believe was one of the

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<v Speaker 1>few positives that Cindy had to hold on to. However,

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<v Speaker 1>on the advice of her therapist, doctor Connolly, Cindy took

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<v Speaker 1>a six month leave of absence from work and was

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<v Speaker 1>committed to Saint Paul's Psychiatric Hospital in Vancouver. While at

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Paul's, Cindy was assessed by a number of psychologists who,

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<v Speaker 1>although on sure of the correct diagnosis, all came to

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<v Speaker 1>a similar conclusion to doctor Anthony Marcus that Cindy had

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<v Speaker 1>effectively manufactured her own stalker. After two months, Cindy was

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<v Speaker 1>deemed well enough to be released, and in September nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven, she moved to her property on Claysmith Road

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<v Speaker 1>in Richmond. With her divorce from Roy now finalized, Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>changed her name from make Peace to James. With Cindy's

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<v Speaker 1>life appearing to have stabilized, she was dealt a huge

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<v Speaker 1>blow when she was asked to resign from her job

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<v Speaker 1>at Blenheim House. Some claimed it was due to poor performance,

0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:02.040
<v Speaker 1>while others believed she was unfairly maligned. After details about

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<v Speaker 1>her medical history were leaked to her superiors. Though distraught

0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:10.000
<v Speaker 1>at having to leave the job she loved, Cindy confided

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<v Speaker 1>in friends that at the very least, perhaps now she'd

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<v Speaker 1>finally hit rock bottom, her stalker might leave her alone

0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:21.200
<v Speaker 1>rather than wallow in it all. Incredibly, Cindy fought hard

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<v Speaker 1>to turn her life around, and after enrolling again in

0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:27.240
<v Speaker 1>a series of nursing courses, she managed to secure a

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<v Speaker 1>new job the following year at Richmond General Hospital, and

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<v Speaker 1>by the summer of nineteen eighty eight, over a year

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<v Speaker 1>had gone by without a sinister incident. As a refreshed

0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:40.959
<v Speaker 1>and hopeful Cindy reveled in the freedom of her new life.

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<v Speaker 1>For a moment, it seemed the distresses of the past

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<v Speaker 1>were finally behind her, but all that was about to change.

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