1 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,961 Speaker 1: School of Humans. Helen Got Murder Line actively investigates cold 2 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,361 Speaker 1: case murders in an effort to raise public awareness invite 3 00:00:55,401 --> 00:00:58,761 Speaker 1: witnesses to come forward and present evidence that could potentially 4 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,961 Speaker 1: be further investigated by law enforcement. While we value insights 5 00:01:03,001 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: from family and community members, their statements should not be 6 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,961 Speaker 1: considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts 7 00:01:10,041 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: inherent in cold cases. We remind listeners that everyone has 8 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 9 00:01:17,961 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply 10 00:01:21,041 --> 00:01:23,601 Speaker 1: that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime 11 00:01:24,121 --> 00:01:27,121 Speaker 1: is guilty of any wrongdoing. Thanks for listening. 12 00:01:30,161 --> 00:01:34,481 Speaker 2: On July twelfth, twenty eighteen, somewhere around the tiny town 13 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,961 Speaker 2: of Oltrough, Arkansas, a thirty seven year old mother of 14 00:01:38,001 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: three named Brooke Allensworth disappeared. Oltrough is in eastern Arkansas, 15 00:01:43,281 --> 00:01:45,881 Speaker 2: in the flat As soon as you drive out of 16 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,081 Speaker 2: the Ozark Mountains and cross over the White River, you 17 00:01:49,161 --> 00:01:53,401 Speaker 2: can see for miles nothing but flat, delta and farmland. 18 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,601 Speaker 2: French hunters were in the area in the early eighteen hundreds. 19 00:01:58,121 --> 00:02:01,521 Speaker 2: They extracted oil from the bears who lived in limestone 20 00:02:01,561 --> 00:02:04,681 Speaker 2: caves around there, so According to my dad and a 21 00:02:04,721 --> 00:02:07,921 Speaker 2: local legend, the name of the town Oltrough came from 22 00:02:07,921 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: the wooden troughs that these hunters would store their barre 23 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,401 Speaker 2: oil in. These days, it's a quiet town, not the 24 00:02:14,481 --> 00:02:16,961 Speaker 2: kind of place where a young mother could vanish in 25 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: the middle of the afternoon. But that's exactly what happened 26 00:02:20,041 --> 00:02:24,441 Speaker 2: to Brooke Allensworth. She disappeared without a trace, and her family, 27 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:28,601 Speaker 2: including her three children and a father and sister, who 28 00:02:28,601 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: were still searching for answers, never saw her alive again. 29 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,321 Speaker 2: I'm Catherine Townsend. This is Helling Gone Murder Line. Over 30 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: the past five years of making my true crime podcast, Helling, 31 00:02:44,561 --> 00:02:46,761 Speaker 2: I've learned that there is no such thing as a 32 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,161 Speaker 2: small town where murder never happens. I have received hundreds 33 00:02:51,201 --> 00:02:54,281 Speaker 2: of messages from people all around the country asking for 34 00:02:54,321 --> 00:02:57,361 Speaker 2: help with an unsolved murder that's affected them, their families, 35 00:02:57,441 --> 00:03:00,441 Speaker 2: and their communities. If you have a case you'd like 36 00:03:00,521 --> 00:03:02,881 Speaker 2: me and my team to look into, you can reach 37 00:03:02,921 --> 00:03:04,921 Speaker 2: out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder line 38 00:03:05,161 --> 00:03:08,681 Speaker 2: at six seven eight seven four four six one four five. 39 00:03:09,361 --> 00:03:13,321 Speaker 2: That's six seven eight seven four four six one four 40 00:03:13,401 --> 00:04:03,041 Speaker 2: or five. I first heard about Brook's case back in 41 00:04:03,081 --> 00:04:06,841 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. Back then, she had only been missing for 42 00:04:06,881 --> 00:04:10,081 Speaker 2: a few months, but her family already had questions about 43 00:04:10,121 --> 00:04:12,841 Speaker 2: how the case was being handled and why there was 44 00:04:12,881 --> 00:04:15,641 Speaker 2: so little information made public about the search for her. 45 00:04:16,841 --> 00:04:20,121 Speaker 2: The last known sighting of Brooke Allensworth was on July twelfth, 46 00:04:20,121 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. Just over two weeks later, on July twenty seventh, 47 00:04:25,721 --> 00:04:28,481 Speaker 2: the police found Brooks car, a black two thousand and 48 00:04:28,521 --> 00:04:32,041 Speaker 2: seven Toyota Camry. The car had been abandoned just off 49 00:04:32,121 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: Arkansas Highway one twenty two at the White River access 50 00:04:35,081 --> 00:04:39,721 Speaker 2: point in ultrough The bottom of the car was muddy, 51 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,521 Speaker 2: like Brook might have been driving through some rough road, 52 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 2: which is not by the way, uncommon for that area. 53 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 2: The front right tire of the car was completely flat. 54 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,121 Speaker 2: The car looked like it had been left there for 55 00:04:52,241 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: days or possibly weeks. It was parked near a boat ramp. 56 00:04:58,281 --> 00:05:02,921 Speaker 2: Brook's family said that Brooke had been having multiple unexplained 57 00:05:02,961 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: flat tires in the days and weeks before she went missing. 58 00:05:07,401 --> 00:05:10,201 Speaker 2: The doors of the car were locked, the keys were missing. 59 00:05:10,961 --> 00:05:14,201 Speaker 2: The sheriff at the time, Sean Stevens, told reporters quote 60 00:05:14,721 --> 00:05:17,121 Speaker 2: someone called in about a vehicle sitting under a bridge. 61 00:05:17,481 --> 00:05:19,361 Speaker 2: It was like it was just parked there and walked 62 00:05:19,401 --> 00:05:21,841 Speaker 2: away from The keys were not in the car, and 63 00:05:21,881 --> 00:05:26,121 Speaker 2: we have no information on who put it there end quote. 64 00:05:26,281 --> 00:05:30,281 Speaker 2: Inside the car, police found Brook's personal effects, her wallet 65 00:05:30,321 --> 00:05:33,961 Speaker 2: with money still inside, her cell phone, a can of 66 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,521 Speaker 2: fix a flat, and a pack of cigarettes, but there 67 00:05:36,561 --> 00:05:40,481 Speaker 2: was no sign of Brook now from what they've said, 68 00:05:40,601 --> 00:05:44,521 Speaker 2: although police haven't revealed much information, they seemed to believe 69 00:05:44,601 --> 00:05:47,361 Speaker 2: that Brooke was planning to meet someone at that location 70 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:50,041 Speaker 2: and that after she got out of her car, she 71 00:05:50,241 --> 00:05:52,841 Speaker 2: took her keys, locked it and went with that person. 72 00:05:53,601 --> 00:05:56,481 Speaker 2: And again, although this is technically an open case, which 73 00:05:56,601 --> 00:05:59,081 Speaker 2: means that the information in the case file has not 74 00:05:59,121 --> 00:06:01,481 Speaker 2: been made public, so I have no access to it. 75 00:06:02,281 --> 00:06:04,921 Speaker 2: From what I know of Brooke, I find it very 76 00:06:04,921 --> 00:06:07,081 Speaker 2: hard to believe that she would have just locked up 77 00:06:07,121 --> 00:06:10,401 Speaker 2: and left all of her personal items behind. At the 78 00:06:10,441 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: time when she went missing, Brooke had a lot to 79 00:06:12,921 --> 00:06:16,801 Speaker 2: look forward to. In twenty twelve, she graduated from the 80 00:06:16,881 --> 00:06:20,361 Speaker 2: University of Arkansas Community College with an Associate of Applied 81 00:06:20,401 --> 00:06:24,001 Speaker 2: Science degree in nursing. She worked as an LPN or 82 00:06:24,001 --> 00:06:29,361 Speaker 2: a licensed practical nurse. Brooke was divorced from her ex husband, Dustin. 83 00:06:30,241 --> 00:06:33,601 Speaker 2: She had three children, two from her first marriage and 84 00:06:33,641 --> 00:06:37,601 Speaker 2: one with her current partner, Brad. At the time of 85 00:06:37,641 --> 00:06:41,001 Speaker 2: her disappearance, her two older children were in their teens. 86 00:06:41,681 --> 00:06:43,921 Speaker 2: She and Brad had a son who was four years old. 87 00:06:44,921 --> 00:06:47,521 Speaker 2: Brooke was living in Sarce and working as a nurse 88 00:06:47,561 --> 00:06:52,321 Speaker 2: at Newark Medical Clinic, so that route from Circe to Oltrough, 89 00:06:52,521 --> 00:06:55,641 Speaker 2: which Brooke drove right before she disappeared, was one that 90 00:06:55,721 --> 00:07:00,601 Speaker 2: she knew very well. I've been in contact with Brooke's sister, 91 00:07:00,961 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: Kelly Avensalindsworth for a couple of years now, and I 92 00:07:04,201 --> 00:07:07,801 Speaker 2: followed everything that Kelly has done. She has never stopped 93 00:07:07,801 --> 00:07:12,961 Speaker 2: fighting to get answers about what really happened to Brook. Now. 94 00:07:13,161 --> 00:07:15,881 Speaker 2: Some people have suggested that Brooke, like a lot of 95 00:07:15,881 --> 00:07:19,041 Speaker 2: people in the region, had used some drugs in the past, 96 00:07:19,281 --> 00:07:23,601 Speaker 2: including methamphetamines. But as I've said many times in this podcast, 97 00:07:23,721 --> 00:07:27,081 Speaker 2: drug use or actually anything in a person's life does 98 00:07:27,121 --> 00:07:30,361 Speaker 2: not define them and it should never affect how diligently 99 00:07:30,401 --> 00:07:35,881 Speaker 2: someone's case is pursued. Everyone deserves justice. In my opinion. 100 00:07:36,161 --> 00:07:39,041 Speaker 2: From what the police said when Brooke first went missing, 101 00:07:39,681 --> 00:07:42,721 Speaker 2: it appeared that they did not treat this incident as 102 00:07:42,761 --> 00:07:47,481 Speaker 2: possibly involving I'll play some of that is understandable. Police 103 00:07:47,521 --> 00:07:50,841 Speaker 2: pointed out there was no sign of foul play in 104 00:07:51,121 --> 00:07:53,561 Speaker 2: or around Brook's card, no sign of a struggle, and 105 00:07:54,161 --> 00:07:59,841 Speaker 2: it's not illegal for someone over eighteen to voluntarily go missing. However, 106 00:08:00,641 --> 00:08:04,081 Speaker 2: Brook's family was adamant she never would have dropped out 107 00:08:04,081 --> 00:08:07,041 Speaker 2: of sight and left her children for this long. Leaving 108 00:08:07,121 --> 00:08:10,001 Speaker 2: all of her personal belongings behind, including her cell phone 109 00:08:10,201 --> 00:08:14,201 Speaker 2: and her money, does not make sense. Brook's family insists 110 00:08:14,481 --> 00:08:16,841 Speaker 2: it was completely out of character for her to go 111 00:08:16,881 --> 00:08:19,961 Speaker 2: off somewhere without contacting her father or staying in touch 112 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:24,121 Speaker 2: with her children. A while back, Brook's father, Aubrey Allensworth, 113 00:08:24,601 --> 00:08:27,041 Speaker 2: said she always stayed in touch with him and with 114 00:08:27,121 --> 00:08:32,481 Speaker 2: her kids. He said, quote, She's a kind, gentle, wonderful, 115 00:08:32,521 --> 00:08:35,721 Speaker 2: loving person. She's the type of person who, if she 116 00:08:35,841 --> 00:08:38,841 Speaker 2: saw a straight dog running by the highway, would stop 117 00:08:38,881 --> 00:08:42,001 Speaker 2: and pick it up and take care of it. End quote. 118 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:46,361 Speaker 2: Though Brooke had faced demons in the past, she adored 119 00:08:46,401 --> 00:08:50,441 Speaker 2: her children. At the time of Brook's disappearance, things were 120 00:08:50,481 --> 00:08:54,121 Speaker 2: complicated for her at home. Friends and family say she 121 00:08:54,241 --> 00:08:56,801 Speaker 2: was worried about arguments she had been having lately, with 122 00:08:56,841 --> 00:09:00,241 Speaker 2: the father of her four year old son, Brad. Brooke 123 00:09:00,361 --> 00:09:04,001 Speaker 2: was worried about getting custody of her young son. Before 124 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,601 Speaker 2: she disappeared. Brooke also had other suspicions. She believed that 125 00:09:08,641 --> 00:09:12,761 Speaker 2: she was being followed. Now some people seem to have 126 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,721 Speaker 2: written this off as possibly being paranoid, but from what 127 00:09:16,801 --> 00:09:19,601 Speaker 2: I have learned about Brook's life from her family and 128 00:09:19,641 --> 00:09:23,321 Speaker 2: people who knew her, she had valid reasons to be worried. 129 00:09:24,681 --> 00:09:28,721 Speaker 2: I've put together a timeline of Brook's last movements. There 130 00:09:28,721 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 2: are a lot of things I'm going to mention here 131 00:09:30,481 --> 00:09:33,161 Speaker 2: that you will not see on the news. I did 132 00:09:33,161 --> 00:09:35,761 Speaker 2: this with help from Brook's sister, Kelly, who has never 133 00:09:35,801 --> 00:09:37,961 Speaker 2: given up on trying to get answers and justice for 134 00:09:38,041 --> 00:09:40,961 Speaker 2: her sister and to find out what really happened to Brook. 135 00:09:42,041 --> 00:09:44,401 Speaker 2: I keep looking back at Brook's face book page, the 136 00:09:44,441 --> 00:09:47,881 Speaker 2: one whose cover quote reads, speak the truth even if 137 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:52,201 Speaker 2: your voice shakes, all of Brook's photos or Brooke smiling 138 00:09:52,321 --> 00:09:56,641 Speaker 2: with her children. I also notice we have two mutual friends, 139 00:09:57,201 --> 00:10:00,481 Speaker 2: which confirms my long held belief that in many ways, 140 00:10:00,601 --> 00:10:04,441 Speaker 2: the state of Arkansas is one big small town. As 141 00:10:04,481 --> 00:10:06,601 Speaker 2: you know, in this podcast, we try to focus on 142 00:10:06,721 --> 00:10:10,401 Speaker 2: victimology what Brooke was doing, what her state of mind 143 00:10:10,841 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: was at the time of her disappearance, and what was 144 00:10:12,961 --> 00:10:16,241 Speaker 2: going on in her life. So let's go back to 145 00:10:16,321 --> 00:10:20,201 Speaker 2: July tenth, two days before Brooke disappeared. That day, she 146 00:10:20,321 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 2: sent her sister Kelly a message saying, hey girl, what's up. 147 00:10:25,001 --> 00:10:27,641 Speaker 2: Kelly said it was a while before she responded because 148 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 2: it seemed like a completely normal message. When she did 149 00:10:31,601 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 2: get back to Brook, Brooke wrote back saying don't worry. 150 00:10:34,081 --> 00:10:36,761 Speaker 2: I've got it taken care of. Much later, when she 151 00:10:36,841 --> 00:10:40,241 Speaker 2: reflected back on that message, Kelly thought maybe her sister 152 00:10:40,321 --> 00:10:42,521 Speaker 2: needed something, maybe she was trying to tell her something, 153 00:10:43,081 --> 00:10:45,641 Speaker 2: But again time it didn't seem like a big deal. 154 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,921 Speaker 2: On that day, on July tenth, Kelly said that Brooke 155 00:10:50,041 --> 00:10:51,881 Speaker 2: was with Brad, her partner and the father of her 156 00:10:51,881 --> 00:10:54,841 Speaker 2: four year old child. They were together at Brad's home 157 00:10:54,881 --> 00:10:58,001 Speaker 2: in Sarcy, Arkansas, which again is about forty four miles away. 158 00:10:58,641 --> 00:11:00,601 Speaker 2: It takes a little less than an hour to make 159 00:11:00,601 --> 00:11:04,121 Speaker 2: that trip by car. Brooke and Brad went to Newport 160 00:11:04,161 --> 00:11:06,441 Speaker 2: for the day, then back to his place in Sarce 161 00:11:06,601 --> 00:11:10,681 Speaker 2: that night. Kelly said she believes on that day Brook 162 00:11:10,721 --> 00:11:12,481 Speaker 2: and Brad did have some kind of argument. 163 00:11:13,161 --> 00:11:13,321 Speaker 1: Now. 164 00:11:13,321 --> 00:11:15,681 Speaker 2: I want to make absolutely clear here I am not 165 00:11:15,881 --> 00:11:19,161 Speaker 2: in any way suggesting that Brad or anyone else had 166 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,241 Speaker 2: any part in Brook's disappearance. I don't know what happened, 167 00:11:22,801 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: but because there is no information out there and it's 168 00:11:26,081 --> 00:11:28,521 Speaker 2: been so many years, I want to go through all 169 00:11:28,561 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: the known facts and hopefully, working together, we can close 170 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:35,681 Speaker 2: any of these gaps in time. I have reached out 171 00:11:36,081 --> 00:11:39,041 Speaker 2: both to Brad and to Dustin in the past, I 172 00:11:39,041 --> 00:11:41,441 Speaker 2: have not heard back. I would love to talk to 173 00:11:41,481 --> 00:11:45,801 Speaker 2: both of them. As we all know, the tiniest detail 174 00:11:45,921 --> 00:11:50,441 Speaker 2: can sometimes be the missing piece that helps break a case. Now, apparently, 175 00:11:50,481 --> 00:11:53,121 Speaker 2: while Brad was in the shower, Brooke left the residence 176 00:11:53,161 --> 00:11:56,361 Speaker 2: with a couple's son. After Brooke made the decision to 177 00:11:56,441 --> 00:11:58,601 Speaker 2: leave home, she went to stay with a female friend, 178 00:11:59,041 --> 00:12:01,601 Speaker 2: a person who lived in Newport, and then she stayed 179 00:12:01,641 --> 00:12:05,521 Speaker 2: with that female friend overnight. Again. All of this information 180 00:12:05,641 --> 00:12:09,521 Speaker 2: is according to Brook's sister Kelly. Just to clarify some 181 00:12:09,601 --> 00:12:14,961 Speaker 2: geography here, we talk about Newark, Newport, and Oltrough. Those 182 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:18,921 Speaker 2: three towns are all very close together. Newark is right 183 00:12:18,961 --> 00:12:23,201 Speaker 2: across the bridge from Oltrough across the White River. Newport 184 00:12:23,361 --> 00:12:26,521 Speaker 2: is about ten miles from Oltrough up Arkansas Highway fourteen. 185 00:12:27,241 --> 00:12:32,241 Speaker 2: All of these places were locations where Brook frequented. So 186 00:12:32,321 --> 00:12:35,361 Speaker 2: now we go to the next day, July eleventh. Brooke 187 00:12:35,481 --> 00:12:38,721 Speaker 2: called her two older children, who I believe were in 188 00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:40,721 Speaker 2: their teens at least one of them must have been 189 00:12:40,721 --> 00:12:43,521 Speaker 2: old enough to drive. She arranged for them to come 190 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 2: pick up her little son, her youngest son, in Oiltrop. 191 00:12:47,121 --> 00:12:49,961 Speaker 2: She told her kids she had a hair appointment in Newport, 192 00:12:50,241 --> 00:12:52,881 Speaker 2: so they did. They took Brook's son with them. She 193 00:12:52,961 --> 00:12:56,201 Speaker 2: went on to her hair appointment. Brooke went into the 194 00:12:56,201 --> 00:12:59,761 Speaker 2: Allure beauty salon. When she went in, she was a brunette. 195 00:13:00,081 --> 00:13:03,641 Speaker 2: She came out a platinum blonde. On that same day, 196 00:13:03,641 --> 00:13:06,561 Speaker 2: I believe she also had her nails done at a different, 197 00:13:06,641 --> 00:13:11,241 Speaker 2: separate appointment. That night, Brook stayed with the same female 198 00:13:11,321 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: friend she'd stayed with the previous night. And this was 199 00:13:14,361 --> 00:13:16,761 Speaker 2: around the time when Brooke had been telling people she 200 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:19,841 Speaker 2: was having these car issues. She said she had been 201 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: getting a lot of unexplained flat tires. On the morning 202 00:13:23,841 --> 00:13:26,881 Speaker 2: of July twelfth, Brooke left her friend's residence pretty early 203 00:13:26,921 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 2: in the morning. Her sister, Kelly, said that Brook's plan 204 00:13:31,481 --> 00:13:33,681 Speaker 2: was to go back to Sercy and talk to Brad 205 00:13:33,881 --> 00:13:36,401 Speaker 2: to see if they could work things out. She told 206 00:13:36,561 --> 00:13:39,721 Speaker 2: friend she was going to base the music to work 207 00:13:39,761 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 2: out her issues with him. Kelly said Brooke did seem 208 00:13:43,321 --> 00:13:46,321 Speaker 2: to be worried about the arguing with Brad, but Brooke 209 00:13:46,361 --> 00:13:48,601 Speaker 2: appeared to have other things on her mind, things that 210 00:13:48,641 --> 00:13:53,441 Speaker 2: were bothering her even more. Kelly said, quote, she was scared. 211 00:13:54,041 --> 00:13:57,201 Speaker 2: She said that a brown truck was following her. End quote. 212 00:13:58,241 --> 00:14:01,041 Speaker 2: Now at some point it seems like Brooke got another flat. 213 00:14:01,561 --> 00:14:03,601 Speaker 2: There a report she was seen on the side of 214 00:14:03,641 --> 00:14:06,041 Speaker 2: the road and that she was using fix a flat, 215 00:14:06,201 --> 00:14:08,721 Speaker 2: which if any of you've never seen fix a flat, 216 00:14:08,761 --> 00:14:12,481 Speaker 2: it's basically compressed air in a can. She was using 217 00:14:12,521 --> 00:14:15,081 Speaker 2: it to put air into her tires. But fix a 218 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:18,201 Speaker 2: flat is really just a quick fix. If you've got 219 00:14:18,201 --> 00:14:20,401 Speaker 2: a leak, you still have to go get it fixed somewhere, 220 00:14:20,601 --> 00:14:24,481 Speaker 2: which Brooke apparently decided to do. At eight thirty am, 221 00:14:24,601 --> 00:14:27,881 Speaker 2: after leaving her friend's house, Brooke stopped in at Grady's 222 00:14:27,961 --> 00:14:31,361 Speaker 2: Auto Repair in Newport. The mechanic there, a local guy 223 00:14:31,441 --> 00:14:34,881 Speaker 2: named Grady Henson, put oil in her car. I'm not 224 00:14:34,961 --> 00:14:37,201 Speaker 2: exactly sure what else he did to her car. He 225 00:14:37,241 --> 00:14:39,481 Speaker 2: may or may not have done something about the flat tire. 226 00:14:39,561 --> 00:14:43,441 Speaker 2: It's unclear. In all the reports I've seen, it has 227 00:14:43,481 --> 00:14:47,361 Speaker 2: been reported police did ping Brook's cell phone. They figured 228 00:14:47,401 --> 00:14:49,641 Speaker 2: out that at some point during her drive to Circe, 229 00:14:50,201 --> 00:14:53,521 Speaker 2: she made a fateful decision. She chose to turn around 230 00:14:53,561 --> 00:14:57,041 Speaker 2: and drive back toward Olstrough. We do know once she 231 00:14:57,121 --> 00:14:59,761 Speaker 2: got there, she went to the residence of her first husband, 232 00:14:59,961 --> 00:15:04,201 Speaker 2: Dustin and his wife. Brook's family has said they don't 233 00:15:04,241 --> 00:15:07,841 Speaker 2: really know why Brooks stopped there. They have a theory 234 00:15:08,001 --> 00:15:10,761 Speaker 2: that Brooke may have gone there in order to get 235 00:15:10,841 --> 00:15:15,521 Speaker 2: Dustin and his wife to help her with a potential 236 00:15:15,601 --> 00:15:18,721 Speaker 2: custody issue with her four year old son, maybe even 237 00:15:18,761 --> 00:15:21,681 Speaker 2: to ask Dustin and his wife if they could take 238 00:15:21,761 --> 00:15:25,201 Speaker 2: custody of her son. Now, this is all pure speculation. 239 00:15:25,401 --> 00:15:28,561 Speaker 2: This is something that Brook's family, knowing the situation she 240 00:15:28,641 --> 00:15:30,841 Speaker 2: was in, believes might have happened. But we don't know 241 00:15:30,921 --> 00:15:36,121 Speaker 2: for sure. And again it's unclear exactly what the relationship 242 00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:38,881 Speaker 2: between Brook and Dustin was because it's all second and 243 00:15:38,961 --> 00:15:42,121 Speaker 2: third hand. Some people say there had been friction in 244 00:15:42,161 --> 00:15:44,921 Speaker 2: the past between Brook and Dustin and that they had 245 00:15:45,041 --> 00:15:48,441 Speaker 2: argued over child support payments, then again, for whatever reason, 246 00:15:48,561 --> 00:15:51,241 Speaker 2: on that day, she felt comfortable enough to stop at 247 00:15:51,241 --> 00:15:55,201 Speaker 2: his house. Dustin told police that Brooke did stop by, 248 00:15:55,481 --> 00:15:57,521 Speaker 2: they spoke for a while, and then she left his 249 00:15:57,601 --> 00:16:01,601 Speaker 2: house that morning. He said that after Brooke left the house, 250 00:16:01,841 --> 00:16:06,681 Speaker 2: he never saw her again. Brook's father said that apparently 251 00:16:06,761 --> 00:16:09,201 Speaker 2: Dustin had a step son who was in the house 252 00:16:09,721 --> 00:16:12,601 Speaker 2: who saw a digital clock right when Brooke left, and 253 00:16:12,641 --> 00:16:17,161 Speaker 2: apparently that clock read ten thirty eight am. It's my 254 00:16:17,441 --> 00:16:21,361 Speaker 2: understanding from Brook's family and the limited information I've read 255 00:16:21,401 --> 00:16:24,361 Speaker 2: so far, that Dustin and the people in his home 256 00:16:24,401 --> 00:16:29,921 Speaker 2: were the last known people to have seen Brooke. After 257 00:16:29,961 --> 00:16:33,961 Speaker 2: Brooke disappeared, her family began to get seriously worried for her. 258 00:16:34,641 --> 00:16:36,601 Speaker 2: At first, they might have thought maybe she was just 259 00:16:36,681 --> 00:16:39,921 Speaker 2: with a friend, but as the days went on with 260 00:16:40,081 --> 00:16:43,401 Speaker 2: zero contact, they knew that something must be seriously wrong. 261 00:16:44,961 --> 00:16:48,121 Speaker 2: On July twenty sixth, her dad, Aubrey, filed a missing 262 00:16:48,121 --> 00:16:51,201 Speaker 2: persons report in White County because that was where Brook lived. 263 00:16:52,081 --> 00:16:56,001 Speaker 2: They gave police photos and went through her identifying characteristics. 264 00:16:56,841 --> 00:16:59,801 Speaker 2: She was five foot eight, weighing one hundred and eight pounds. 265 00:17:00,241 --> 00:17:03,041 Speaker 2: She had brown hair that had recently been dyed blonde, 266 00:17:03,161 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 2: and Brook also had a very distinctive tattoo on the 267 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,521 Speaker 2: left side of her stomach. She has a tattoo that 268 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:14,681 Speaker 2: has GPS coordinates for a specific location in Newport. Now, 269 00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:17,721 Speaker 2: Brook's father apparently felt that the police were kind of 270 00:17:17,721 --> 00:17:20,761 Speaker 2: giving him the run around. At this point, White County 271 00:17:20,801 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 2: put out a bolo or be on the lookout, but 272 00:17:23,161 --> 00:17:25,241 Speaker 2: then apparently they told him he had to talk to 273 00:17:25,281 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 2: police in Independence County, where she was last seen, So 274 00:17:28,001 --> 00:17:30,281 Speaker 2: there was a little bit of a delay before the 275 00:17:30,321 --> 00:17:34,721 Speaker 2: bolo actually went to Independence County. Then, on July twenty seventh, 276 00:17:34,801 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 2: the day after Brook's dad reported her missing, police found 277 00:17:38,201 --> 00:17:41,761 Speaker 2: her car. As we mentioned before, the black two thousand 278 00:17:41,801 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 2: and seven Toyota Camry was under that bridge in Altrop. Again, 279 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,881 Speaker 2: the tire was flat, and actually looking at the pictures, 280 00:17:48,921 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: it looks like more than one of the tires was 281 00:17:50,921 --> 00:17:54,641 Speaker 2: pretty low, but it's very obvious that the front right 282 00:17:54,721 --> 00:17:57,921 Speaker 2: tire was completely flat. All the doors of the car 283 00:17:58,001 --> 00:18:00,281 Speaker 2: were locked, all of Brooks stuff was inside it, but 284 00:18:00,281 --> 00:18:03,961 Speaker 2: there was no sign of Brook. So here's something else 285 00:18:04,001 --> 00:18:07,641 Speaker 2: about the car that is a little bit strange. Remember, 286 00:18:07,761 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: Dustin's young step son said the clock read ten thirty 287 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,361 Speaker 2: eight am when Brooke left the house on July twelfth. Now, 288 00:18:14,401 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 2: I have multiple media reports that say someone saw brooks 289 00:18:17,881 --> 00:18:21,561 Speaker 2: abandoned car that same day, around forty five minutes later 290 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:25,521 Speaker 2: under the bridge. Brook's dad said there was a guy 291 00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:28,921 Speaker 2: on his lunch break who saw the car. Unfortunately, though 292 00:18:28,961 --> 00:18:33,441 Speaker 2: that person didn't immediately report it to police. Someone described 293 00:18:33,481 --> 00:18:36,721 Speaker 2: as a family friend of the Allensworth family told the 294 00:18:36,761 --> 00:18:40,281 Speaker 2: news channel Fox sixteen, quote, it sat out here for 295 00:18:40,321 --> 00:18:42,481 Speaker 2: about three weeks with a flat tire before it was 296 00:18:42,481 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 2: picked up. End quote. I got more details on the 297 00:18:46,161 --> 00:18:50,761 Speaker 2: timeline when the Independence County Sheriff Stevens did a Monday 298 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,161 Speaker 2: night mystery program. Now this was in twenty twenty one, 299 00:18:54,641 --> 00:18:57,681 Speaker 2: but in an interview, he said one of his deputies 300 00:18:57,681 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 2: had noticed the car under the bridge and logged it, 301 00:19:00,601 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 2: but since there was no sign of foul play, the 302 00:19:03,641 --> 00:19:06,681 Speaker 2: deputy didn't connect that car to a missing person because 303 00:19:06,681 --> 00:19:09,881 Speaker 2: the missing person's report, remember, wasn't filed until the twenty sixth, 304 00:19:10,641 --> 00:19:13,801 Speaker 2: so for a couple of weeks. The sheriff actually said 305 00:19:13,921 --> 00:19:16,801 Speaker 2: roughly two weeks they just kept an eye on it. 306 00:19:17,481 --> 00:19:20,001 Speaker 2: The exact timing here would seem to me to be 307 00:19:20,121 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 2: really crucial because if it's true that Brook's car was 308 00:19:23,681 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 2: definitely seen by someone on that same day when she 309 00:19:26,401 --> 00:19:30,441 Speaker 2: went missing on July twelfth, and it never moved after that, 310 00:19:30,441 --> 00:19:32,881 Speaker 2: that would mean the window of time when Brooke could 311 00:19:32,881 --> 00:19:37,321 Speaker 2: have disappeared would be considerably shorter. I made a freedom 312 00:19:37,321 --> 00:19:40,641 Speaker 2: of information request for any information pertaining to Brook's car 313 00:19:41,001 --> 00:19:43,721 Speaker 2: from both the Independence County Sheriff's Department and the Arkansas 314 00:19:43,881 --> 00:19:48,201 Speaker 2: State Police. The Independence County Sheriff's Department did get back 315 00:19:48,241 --> 00:19:53,321 Speaker 2: to me. Sheriff Sean Stevens was helpful and release the 316 00:19:53,401 --> 00:19:56,801 Speaker 2: information that they were allowed to release. So I have 317 00:19:56,961 --> 00:20:00,761 Speaker 2: the incident report pertaining to Brook's car. There was some 318 00:20:00,921 --> 00:20:05,721 Speaker 2: information there. Unfortunately, the report did not confirm which day 319 00:20:05,761 --> 00:20:09,321 Speaker 2: the car was first seen. It said that on Friday, 320 00:20:09,401 --> 00:20:12,481 Speaker 2: July twenty seventh, the Sheriff's office was notified of a 321 00:20:12,561 --> 00:20:14,641 Speaker 2: vehicle that had been sitting under the bridge for a 322 00:20:14,681 --> 00:20:18,201 Speaker 2: couple of weeks, but it wasn't any more specific than that. 323 00:20:18,401 --> 00:20:23,201 Speaker 2: It didn't say July twelfth, So I'm still looking for 324 00:20:23,281 --> 00:20:26,041 Speaker 2: a way to narrow down that timeline to know for 325 00:20:26,161 --> 00:20:29,601 Speaker 2: sure what happened to Brook on July twelfth. What happened 326 00:20:29,601 --> 00:20:33,841 Speaker 2: when she was finished at Dusson's house. As you may 327 00:20:33,881 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 2: remember from Ebbie Steppek's case. Often when there's an open 328 00:20:37,201 --> 00:20:40,321 Speaker 2: case like this, the police will write back and normally 329 00:20:40,361 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 2: they'll say no information is available, But sometimes in a 330 00:20:44,681 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 2: case where something occurred, like an abandoned car being logged 331 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,321 Speaker 2: before it officially became a missing person's case, sometimes we 332 00:20:52,361 --> 00:20:54,681 Speaker 2: can get more information, which is what I'm trying to do. 333 00:20:56,321 --> 00:21:00,601 Speaker 2: After the car was found and linked to brook several 334 00:21:00,641 --> 00:21:05,881 Speaker 2: police agencies got involved, including the Arkansas State Police. According 335 00:21:05,921 --> 00:21:09,441 Speaker 2: to Brooks family, the Arkansas State Police investigators have conducted 336 00:21:09,481 --> 00:21:12,041 Speaker 2: dozens of interviews and they have searched a large area. 337 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,561 Speaker 2: They dragged the White River and did a comprehensive search 338 00:21:15,601 --> 00:21:19,801 Speaker 2: that covered eleven miles. Police did a ground search, They 339 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,481 Speaker 2: had a dive team out there, They used boats, and 340 00:21:22,601 --> 00:21:24,801 Speaker 2: they used cadaver dogs to search the banks around the 341 00:21:24,801 --> 00:21:29,201 Speaker 2: White River, but never found any sign of brook. Of course, 342 00:21:29,281 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 2: police did consider the theory because of where Brooks car was, 343 00:21:32,881 --> 00:21:35,761 Speaker 2: that brooks remains could have been in the White River, 344 00:21:35,921 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 2: either because perhaps she was in a depressed state of 345 00:21:39,961 --> 00:21:43,201 Speaker 2: mind and decided to wander in herself somehow, or because 346 00:21:43,241 --> 00:21:47,201 Speaker 2: someone she met at that scene, did something to her 347 00:21:47,281 --> 00:21:50,321 Speaker 2: and then put her in the water. I do want 348 00:21:50,321 --> 00:21:52,681 Speaker 2: to back up and say that there's absolutely no indication 349 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 2: of Brook being suicidal at all. In fact, she was 350 00:21:55,401 --> 00:21:58,041 Speaker 2: making plans for the future. So I think that theory 351 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:02,761 Speaker 2: should have been eliminated pretty quickly if I were an investigator. However, 352 00:22:02,801 --> 00:22:06,761 Speaker 2: they do have to consider that possibility. According to Brook's family, 353 00:22:07,281 --> 00:22:11,241 Speaker 2: Arkansas State Police investigators explored the idea that maybe Brooke 354 00:22:11,361 --> 00:22:13,961 Speaker 2: left the area with a friend, or that maybe her 355 00:22:14,001 --> 00:22:17,241 Speaker 2: tire was running flat so she drove down the ramp 356 00:22:17,321 --> 00:22:21,321 Speaker 2: to that access point and parked there and again. Over 357 00:22:21,361 --> 00:22:25,001 Speaker 2: the years, the police have shared very little information except 358 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,441 Speaker 2: what the sheriff told reporters back in twenty eighteen, which 359 00:22:28,481 --> 00:22:31,761 Speaker 2: again was quote it looks like she broke down, had 360 00:22:31,761 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 2: a flat, left the car, and someone came through and 361 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:38,721 Speaker 2: she left end quote. Sheriff Smith did clarify on that 362 00:22:38,801 --> 00:22:42,801 Speaker 2: Monday Night Mystery program that the police have taken other steps. 363 00:22:43,121 --> 00:22:46,241 Speaker 2: He said they swab the car for DNA and that 364 00:22:46,281 --> 00:22:49,241 Speaker 2: they had sent the evidence from the car to the 365 00:22:49,361 --> 00:22:53,401 Speaker 2: state crime Lab. And this was pretty shocking to me, actually, 366 00:22:53,921 --> 00:22:56,481 Speaker 2: I know the Arkansas State Crime Lab has some pretty 367 00:22:56,521 --> 00:23:00,841 Speaker 2: long delays. But in twenty twenty one, when this interview 368 00:23:00,881 --> 00:23:03,761 Speaker 2: was done, the samples that were taken from the car 369 00:23:03,961 --> 00:23:06,001 Speaker 2: still had not come back from the crime lab, and 370 00:23:06,041 --> 00:23:09,681 Speaker 2: I find that pretty shocking. Actually, Brook's family had hoped 371 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: that law enforcement would find answers and that they would 372 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,921 Speaker 2: be able to bring her home, but it's been years 373 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:20,921 Speaker 2: and there's still nothing. In twenty twenty, Brook's case did 374 00:23:20,961 --> 00:23:25,561 Speaker 2: make headlines again after another young woman was viciously murdered 375 00:23:25,561 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 2: in Arkansas. In August of twenty twenty, twenty five year 376 00:23:30,481 --> 00:23:32,561 Speaker 2: old Sidney Sutherland was out for a jog near her 377 00:23:32,601 --> 00:23:36,281 Speaker 2: home in Grubs, which is right outside of Newport Lake Brook. 378 00:23:36,401 --> 00:23:39,441 Speaker 2: She vanished without a trace. This was in an area 379 00:23:39,481 --> 00:23:43,281 Speaker 2: that Brook regularly passed through. It was very close to 380 00:23:43,281 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 2: Brooks's house. Like Brook, Sidney disappeared in broad daylight. But 381 00:23:48,281 --> 00:23:51,001 Speaker 2: unlike Brook, law enforcement found out what happened to Sidney 382 00:23:51,001 --> 00:23:54,641 Speaker 2: Sutherland very quickly. I'm sure that many of you are 383 00:23:54,641 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 2: familiar with this story because at the time it was everywhere. 384 00:23:58,361 --> 00:24:00,761 Speaker 2: It turned out that a twenty nine year old named 385 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,001 Speaker 2: Quake Llewellyn, who worked on his family's farm nearby, and 386 00:24:04,041 --> 00:24:06,801 Speaker 2: who actually was one of Sidney's acquaintances from high school 387 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 2: saw Sydney while driving down the road one afternoon, and, 388 00:24:10,721 --> 00:24:13,721 Speaker 2: as he would later tell investigators, he had what he 389 00:24:13,801 --> 00:24:17,641 Speaker 2: called a sick urge, so he turned around and hit 390 00:24:17,681 --> 00:24:20,801 Speaker 2: Sydney with his truck. Then he loaded her into the back, 391 00:24:21,281 --> 00:24:25,161 Speaker 2: drove her to a secluded area, and viciously sexually assaulted her. 392 00:24:26,001 --> 00:24:30,961 Speaker 2: Then he dumped her body in a shallow grave. Unlike 393 00:24:31,041 --> 00:24:34,481 Speaker 2: in Brooks case, Sydney had a more regular routine. So 394 00:24:34,761 --> 00:24:37,241 Speaker 2: when she didn't get home that afternoon from her run, 395 00:24:37,721 --> 00:24:41,761 Speaker 2: her boyfriend reported her missing. Police immediately went out and 396 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,401 Speaker 2: scoured the area for her. And they did something here 397 00:24:45,521 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: that has been a huge help to law enforcement, but 398 00:24:48,161 --> 00:24:51,921 Speaker 2: it's rarely discussed and it's a really controversial subject. They 399 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,361 Speaker 2: used a technology called fog Reveal to run Sydney's cell 400 00:24:55,361 --> 00:24:59,241 Speaker 2: phone number. Fog Reveal was created by a company called 401 00:24:59,321 --> 00:25:03,721 Speaker 2: fog Data Science. What fog Data Science and other companies 402 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,481 Speaker 2: like it do is aggregate location data for mobile apps, 403 00:25:07,801 --> 00:25:10,601 Speaker 2: the apps that so many of us use every single day. 404 00:25:11,121 --> 00:25:13,881 Speaker 2: You know that moment when you're using an app, maybe 405 00:25:13,881 --> 00:25:16,641 Speaker 2: you're waiting for a ride share to show up. That 406 00:25:16,721 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 2: moment when it says on your phone, do you want 407 00:25:18,681 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: to share location? And you click yes. Well, programs like 408 00:25:22,921 --> 00:25:27,201 Speaker 2: fog Reveal aggregate that data. They collect the location data 409 00:25:27,321 --> 00:25:30,281 Speaker 2: and they give it to law enforcement and sometimes sell 410 00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:35,401 Speaker 2: it to other entities. Normally, in a case, if law 411 00:25:35,481 --> 00:25:37,961 Speaker 2: enforcement want to get access to someone's cell phone, they 412 00:25:38,001 --> 00:25:41,201 Speaker 2: have to file a search warrant. Then they have to 413 00:25:41,921 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 2: wait to get the court order, and often there is 414 00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:47,201 Speaker 2: a delay of at least a couple of days, sometimes 415 00:25:47,241 --> 00:25:52,001 Speaker 2: weeks before it's granted by Google or Apple or whichever 416 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,361 Speaker 2: company they're asking from. The data from This is different. 417 00:25:55,441 --> 00:25:58,761 Speaker 2: This doesn't allow police to read text messages or view 418 00:25:58,801 --> 00:26:04,041 Speaker 2: phone records. What it does, though, is each device has 419 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,281 Speaker 2: an ID number that is linked to it. So what 420 00:26:07,321 --> 00:26:11,201 Speaker 2: these services do is they can track the movements of 421 00:26:11,241 --> 00:26:16,001 Speaker 2: these specific devices. Law enforcement can also draw an area 422 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,481 Speaker 2: on a map and they'll specify a time range. The 423 00:26:19,561 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 2: service shows a list of all cell phone location signals, 424 00:26:23,721 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 2: including the device ID within that area. So they don't 425 00:26:27,401 --> 00:26:29,641 Speaker 2: provide the same thing as a search warrant. You can't 426 00:26:29,681 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 2: read someone's text or get names or phone records, but 427 00:26:33,441 --> 00:26:36,521 Speaker 2: you can follow people's movements. You can track their patterns 428 00:26:36,521 --> 00:26:40,201 Speaker 2: of life. These searches are legal for now because police 429 00:26:40,201 --> 00:26:43,481 Speaker 2: claim they don't actually track the person, instead they track 430 00:26:43,521 --> 00:26:46,001 Speaker 2: the advice. But as we all know, so many of 431 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 2: us are basically surgically attached to our cell phones, so 432 00:26:49,161 --> 00:26:53,281 Speaker 2: in a sense, following your smartphone is following you. But 433 00:26:53,401 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: this technology is actually how they caught Sydney's killer because 434 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 2: after they issued search warrants, police knew they didn't have 435 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,281 Speaker 2: any time to lose they used this technology, and when 436 00:27:04,321 --> 00:27:07,401 Speaker 2: they did, when they were able to find Sydney's cell 437 00:27:07,401 --> 00:27:10,481 Speaker 2: phone and then to specify a list of other phones 438 00:27:10,481 --> 00:27:12,721 Speaker 2: that were in that area at the time, it took 439 00:27:12,721 --> 00:27:16,401 Speaker 2: them to Quake Llewellen. Meanwhile, Quake's family members were getting 440 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 2: suspicious because he had dents in his truck and he 441 00:27:18,641 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 2: was acting weird. So long story short, it was not 442 00:27:21,721 --> 00:27:24,241 Speaker 2: long before they pulled him in for questioning and he 443 00:27:24,321 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 2: confessed to raping and murdering Sidney. He was charged with 444 00:27:27,961 --> 00:27:30,961 Speaker 2: Sydney's rape and murder, in addition to kidnapping and abusive 445 00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:34,121 Speaker 2: a corpse. In the end, before his trial was due 446 00:27:34,121 --> 00:27:37,761 Speaker 2: to start, his attorneys made a deal. The death penalty 447 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 2: was taken off the table and he was sentenced to 448 00:27:40,161 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 2: life in prison without the possibility of parroll. After Quake's arrest, 449 00:27:46,961 --> 00:27:49,681 Speaker 2: Brook's family started to wonder about the things she said 450 00:27:49,681 --> 00:27:53,801 Speaker 2: about being followed by someone in a truck. Especially after 451 00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:57,081 Speaker 2: some of Quake's acquaintances started to come forward and talk 452 00:27:57,121 --> 00:28:01,321 Speaker 2: about his creepy behavior. People started to wonder if he 453 00:28:01,361 --> 00:28:06,041 Speaker 2: could be a serial killer. Today in Fort Smith also 454 00:28:06,161 --> 00:28:09,001 Speaker 2: said they had reached out to someone who said quote, 455 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:12,241 Speaker 2: he meaning Quake used to follow my friend, stalk her 456 00:28:12,601 --> 00:28:14,961 Speaker 2: and try to get her to acknowledge him. She was 457 00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:18,921 Speaker 2: very uncomfortable around him. End quote. Today in Fort Smith 458 00:28:18,921 --> 00:28:21,521 Speaker 2: didn't name the person who made those allegations, but it 459 00:28:21,601 --> 00:28:24,761 Speaker 2: did make me wonder if Quake Llewellyn could about anything 460 00:28:24,801 --> 00:28:28,441 Speaker 2: to do with Brook's disappearance. During that time, Quake became 461 00:28:28,481 --> 00:28:31,441 Speaker 2: a member of a Facebook group dedicated to finding Sydney. 462 00:28:31,881 --> 00:28:36,041 Speaker 2: He inserted himself into the investigation several times. He even 463 00:28:36,121 --> 00:28:40,161 Speaker 2: helped the volunteer searchers. Quake showed up at Sidney's funeral 464 00:28:40,761 --> 00:28:45,721 Speaker 2: and he hugged her mother, Maggie Sutherland, which I find horrifying. Maggie, 465 00:28:45,801 --> 00:28:48,481 Speaker 2: who said she was her daughter, Sidney's best friend and 466 00:28:48,521 --> 00:28:51,921 Speaker 2: the last person to see her daughter alive, confronted Quake 467 00:28:51,961 --> 00:28:54,881 Speaker 2: at his sentencing hearing as she made a victim impact 468 00:28:54,881 --> 00:28:58,801 Speaker 2: statement for Sidney. Maggie said, quote, the hands you hugged 469 00:28:58,801 --> 00:29:00,881 Speaker 2: me with are the same hands you killed her with. 470 00:29:01,161 --> 00:29:08,721 Speaker 2: End quote. Since Brook's timeline is still vague, it's hard 471 00:29:08,761 --> 00:29:11,761 Speaker 2: to rule anyone out, and we have no idea what 472 00:29:11,881 --> 00:29:14,281 Speaker 2: Quake Lewelle was doing the day that Brook went missing. 473 00:29:15,001 --> 00:29:18,601 Speaker 2: It's been recorded that police did question Quake about Brook's disappearance. 474 00:29:19,241 --> 00:29:22,001 Speaker 2: They said they would continue to question him until they 475 00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:24,961 Speaker 2: were sure they could rule him out. But again, since 476 00:29:25,001 --> 00:29:29,041 Speaker 2: police understandably keep things close to the vest, it's hard 477 00:29:29,081 --> 00:29:32,281 Speaker 2: to see if and when that happened, if they did 478 00:29:32,441 --> 00:29:35,881 Speaker 2: ever completely rule Quake out as Brooks killer, and if 479 00:29:35,921 --> 00:29:39,721 Speaker 2: they did, how they did it. Now I should say 480 00:29:39,761 --> 00:29:42,961 Speaker 2: that this FOG revealed technology is not a magic bullet. 481 00:29:43,801 --> 00:29:46,761 Speaker 2: Talked to a representative from the company FOG Data Science. 482 00:29:47,521 --> 00:29:51,921 Speaker 2: They said that this technology is not perfect. And I 483 00:29:52,001 --> 00:29:54,561 Speaker 2: know from hard personal experience, if there is an area 484 00:29:54,561 --> 00:29:56,641 Speaker 2: of the country that's going to be prone to patche 485 00:29:56,721 --> 00:30:00,881 Speaker 2: cell service and to technology not working, it is rural Arkansas. 486 00:30:01,521 --> 00:30:04,481 Speaker 2: But I have asked myself many times if this same 487 00:30:04,601 --> 00:30:07,801 Speaker 2: technology that helped find answers in Sydney. Sutherland's case could 488 00:30:07,801 --> 00:30:11,201 Speaker 2: have been used in Brooks case. A while back, I 489 00:30:11,241 --> 00:30:13,921 Speaker 2: asked one of my colleagues, Mike, who I've worked with 490 00:30:14,001 --> 00:30:16,641 Speaker 2: on former cases, and you may remember from season four 491 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:18,801 Speaker 2: of Hell Gone when we went to Little Rock to 492 00:30:18,841 --> 00:30:23,001 Speaker 2: work on Ebbie Steppeck's case. Mike is an expert in 493 00:30:23,081 --> 00:30:27,041 Speaker 2: cell phone data and he's trained in this type of technology. 494 00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:30,481 Speaker 2: What he told me was that, unfortunately Brooks data was 495 00:30:30,521 --> 00:30:33,761 Speaker 2: too far in the past to track. And when I 496 00:30:33,801 --> 00:30:36,601 Speaker 2: talked to the representative from the company, they confirmed that. 497 00:30:36,641 --> 00:30:39,481 Speaker 2: They said now because there is so much data out there, 498 00:30:39,961 --> 00:30:42,201 Speaker 2: they used to have information that was a few years old, 499 00:30:42,281 --> 00:30:46,481 Speaker 2: but now it basically stopped a three years. But Mike 500 00:30:46,801 --> 00:30:50,001 Speaker 2: was able to run a search on Quake Llewellen's phone 501 00:30:50,041 --> 00:30:53,001 Speaker 2: from the time before he was arrested and he found 502 00:30:53,001 --> 00:30:57,041 Speaker 2: some interesting data there. He found that Quake llewellens regular 503 00:30:57,121 --> 00:31:00,721 Speaker 2: route took him near the neighborhood where Brook's father lived 504 00:31:00,721 --> 00:31:03,801 Speaker 2: at the time. Does this mean anything? Could it be 505 00:31:03,841 --> 00:31:07,921 Speaker 2: a coincidence? Possibly? It's a small town. But I keep 506 00:31:07,961 --> 00:31:10,801 Speaker 2: coming back to that because Brook's sister claimed that she 507 00:31:10,921 --> 00:31:14,121 Speaker 2: was being followed and Quake did drive a truck, though 508 00:31:14,161 --> 00:31:17,521 Speaker 2: not a brown truck. I'm still looking for more information 509 00:31:17,641 --> 00:31:20,521 Speaker 2: on Quake Llewellen's activities during the weeks and months before 510 00:31:20,521 --> 00:31:23,201 Speaker 2: brooks disappearance. So if there is a listener out there 511 00:31:23,241 --> 00:31:26,081 Speaker 2: who has any of that information, even if you think 512 00:31:26,081 --> 00:31:32,201 Speaker 2: it's something totally insignificant, please reach out back to Brooks case. 513 00:31:32,921 --> 00:31:36,001 Speaker 2: In December twenty twenty one, there was a new controversy 514 00:31:36,721 --> 00:31:40,361 Speaker 2: involving a YouTube channel called Adventures with Purpose or AWP. 515 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:44,841 Speaker 2: AWP is run by a dive team. It's a really 516 00:31:44,881 --> 00:31:47,841 Speaker 2: long story and I feel that it's kind of a 517 00:31:47,881 --> 00:31:50,201 Speaker 2: distraction from the investigation at this point, but I'm just 518 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:54,041 Speaker 2: going to give a brief synopsis. The guys from AWP 519 00:31:54,361 --> 00:31:57,241 Speaker 2: came down and offered to search the area for free 520 00:31:57,281 --> 00:31:59,281 Speaker 2: to dive into the White River and some other bodies 521 00:31:59,281 --> 00:32:02,721 Speaker 2: of water. According to Kelly, there had been some rumors 522 00:32:03,081 --> 00:32:05,641 Speaker 2: that Brook's body had been dumped into a barrel and 523 00:32:05,761 --> 00:32:09,761 Speaker 2: left in what's called Before Ponds area. Now I don't 524 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,001 Speaker 2: know where this rumor started. I've tried to verify it 525 00:32:12,041 --> 00:32:15,441 Speaker 2: and I cannot figure it out. But since it's not 526 00:32:15,561 --> 00:32:18,521 Speaker 2: totally implausible that Brook's body might be in a body 527 00:32:18,521 --> 00:32:20,521 Speaker 2: of water. I can see why her family would want 528 00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:24,161 Speaker 2: to investigate every possibility. Again, I think the idea that 529 00:32:24,201 --> 00:32:26,681 Speaker 2: she would have wandered in the river herself is ridiculous. 530 00:32:27,441 --> 00:32:29,441 Speaker 2: This was a woman who was making plans to get 531 00:32:29,441 --> 00:32:32,201 Speaker 2: custody of her son. She had just seen her children, 532 00:32:32,481 --> 00:32:35,321 Speaker 2: she was talking about the future, and had literally just 533 00:32:35,401 --> 00:32:38,961 Speaker 2: gotten her hair and nails done. A family friend of 534 00:32:38,961 --> 00:32:42,681 Speaker 2: Brooks said that while the Arkansas A Police had searched 535 00:32:42,721 --> 00:32:46,161 Speaker 2: the White River, they weren't sure if any other bodies 536 00:32:46,161 --> 00:32:49,681 Speaker 2: of water had been searched, so the divers from AWP 537 00:32:49,881 --> 00:32:53,601 Speaker 2: came down. They dove the Four Ponds area and also 538 00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:57,081 Speaker 2: another nearby lake called Bergen Lake. They made a video 539 00:32:57,401 --> 00:33:01,001 Speaker 2: and released it in late twenty twenty one. At the time, 540 00:33:01,041 --> 00:33:03,401 Speaker 2: the dive teams said they had not found anything of 541 00:33:03,441 --> 00:33:07,881 Speaker 2: significance during their dive, but some people who saw the 542 00:33:07,961 --> 00:33:10,761 Speaker 2: video and saw the sonar review that they had taken 543 00:33:10,801 --> 00:33:13,281 Speaker 2: apparently saw what they believed to be a barrel with 544 00:33:13,281 --> 00:33:16,161 Speaker 2: a skeleton in it. Now, there's some other controversy here. 545 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:20,201 Speaker 2: One of the divers, Jared, made a video a follow 546 00:33:20,281 --> 00:33:23,441 Speaker 2: up video where and this is just from what people 547 00:33:23,441 --> 00:33:25,281 Speaker 2: have told me because I have not seen this video. 548 00:33:26,401 --> 00:33:28,801 Speaker 2: In the end, it seems like Kelly and some other 549 00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:32,401 Speaker 2: members of Brook's family felt that the whole incident really 550 00:33:32,441 --> 00:33:36,921 Speaker 2: just distracted from the investigation and stirred up a lot 551 00:33:36,921 --> 00:33:41,321 Speaker 2: of rumors, but ultimately gave them no answers in terms 552 00:33:41,321 --> 00:33:44,241 Speaker 2: of what actually happened to Brook. I felt for the 553 00:33:44,281 --> 00:33:48,161 Speaker 2: family because it just seemed like something else that got 554 00:33:48,201 --> 00:33:50,681 Speaker 2: their hopes up and in the end turned out to 555 00:33:50,881 --> 00:33:54,801 Speaker 2: provide no answers. Now, I do want to make it 556 00:33:54,841 --> 00:33:58,761 Speaker 2: clear that Adventures with Purpose has helped on other cases. 557 00:33:59,681 --> 00:34:02,921 Speaker 2: In fact, in twenty twenty two, the team went down 558 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:06,521 Speaker 2: to Marianna, Arkansas to look for Annie Hampton, a sixty 559 00:34:06,561 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 2: six year old woman who'd been missing since twenty nineteen, 560 00:34:10,201 --> 00:34:13,321 Speaker 2: and they did find her car in Bear Creek Reservoir, 561 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,881 Speaker 2: and there were human remains inside the car that turned 562 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:20,721 Speaker 2: out to be hers. So it does appear that Adventures 563 00:34:20,761 --> 00:34:24,841 Speaker 2: with Purpose has helped in the past, unfortunately just not 564 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 2: in Brooks case. I have no idea if what we're 565 00:34:28,601 --> 00:34:32,841 Speaker 2: doing here will help or provide answers, but I believe 566 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 2: that we need to shut out all the rumors and 567 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,320 Speaker 2: we need to go again back to basics who had 568 00:34:39,361 --> 00:34:42,401 Speaker 2: contact with Brooke last. We need to talk to them 569 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 2: again and we need to find out what happened to 570 00:34:44,161 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 2: her and to people out there. He would say, just 571 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 2: let the police do their job. I understand that, and 572 00:34:50,641 --> 00:34:53,401 Speaker 2: I will be passing everything that I find onto law 573 00:34:53,481 --> 00:34:56,201 Speaker 2: enforcement if we get tips. But I just want to 574 00:34:56,241 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 2: point out that in twenty twenty one, when journalist Mitch 575 00:35:01,121 --> 00:35:03,841 Speaker 2: McCoy did the Monday Night Mysteries program and talked to 576 00:35:03,841 --> 00:35:07,761 Speaker 2: Sheriff Sean Stevens, the sheriff talked about brook cell phone. 577 00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:11,241 Speaker 2: He talked about what steps law enforcement had taken. He 578 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 2: said that the department did not have the technology to 579 00:35:14,801 --> 00:35:17,561 Speaker 2: dump cell phones, but he said they'd gotten search warrants. 580 00:35:17,881 --> 00:35:20,721 Speaker 2: He said they were in the process of executing those. 581 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,881 Speaker 2: Why did that take three years? If I understood the 582 00:35:24,921 --> 00:35:28,161 Speaker 2: Sheriff's statement correctly, that means in twenty twenty one, Brook's 583 00:35:28,161 --> 00:35:32,281 Speaker 2: cell phone had still not been processed. And there was 584 00:35:32,321 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 2: also no mention of things like fog data services, which 585 00:35:35,641 --> 00:35:40,361 Speaker 2: we know were around in twenty eighteen, even in twenty 586 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 2: twenty after Sidney Sutherland's case, because the technology she goes 587 00:35:44,121 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 2: back three years. The Independence County Sheriff's office probably could 588 00:35:48,561 --> 00:35:50,161 Speaker 2: have asked for it at that time. So if that 589 00:35:50,241 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 2: didn't happen, If I were Brook's family, I would be 590 00:35:53,001 --> 00:35:55,761 Speaker 2: asking why that didn't happen. Why that same technology that 591 00:35:55,881 --> 00:35:58,281 Speaker 2: was used to find Sydney Southernland was not used to 592 00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,761 Speaker 2: find Brook. I also want to know what happened to 593 00:36:01,801 --> 00:36:04,721 Speaker 2: those DNA swabs in twenty twenty one they were still 594 00:36:04,721 --> 00:36:08,521 Speaker 2: being processed. Were they ever process where they ever tested? 595 00:36:08,641 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 2: Was it Brooks DNA? Was there foreign DNA? There's so 596 00:36:12,201 --> 00:36:16,801 Speaker 2: many unanswered questions about this case, including did Brook drive 597 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 2: her car to that location herself or was someone else 598 00:36:21,161 --> 00:36:24,601 Speaker 2: driving it? Could the fresh mud on the car indicate 599 00:36:24,681 --> 00:36:27,761 Speaker 2: that she had been driving through a different area. And 600 00:36:27,881 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 2: again I keep mentioning if Brooke was meeting someone there, 601 00:36:31,761 --> 00:36:34,761 Speaker 2: like the police seemed to believe, why would she get 602 00:36:34,801 --> 00:36:37,841 Speaker 2: out of her car and leave her money, her wallet, 603 00:36:38,201 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 2: all of her credit cards, and her cell phone inside. 604 00:36:42,081 --> 00:36:44,761 Speaker 2: Kelly has always said this is not make sense to her. 605 00:36:45,481 --> 00:36:48,761 Speaker 2: She said, quote, I never thought she was in the area, 606 00:36:49,321 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 2: meaning the area where the car was abandoned. Either she 607 00:36:52,041 --> 00:36:54,921 Speaker 2: was meeting someone there or her car was put there 608 00:36:55,241 --> 00:37:00,041 Speaker 2: end quote. Brook's family and friends continue to search for answers. 609 00:37:00,401 --> 00:37:03,481 Speaker 2: They've held candlelight vigils on that same boat ramp several 610 00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:07,520 Speaker 2: times since she disappeared. Whatever happens, they just want to 611 00:37:07,561 --> 00:37:09,281 Speaker 2: know what happened to Brook, and they want to be 612 00:37:09,321 --> 00:37:12,921 Speaker 2: able to bring her home. They posted a statement that 613 00:37:13,081 --> 00:37:16,761 Speaker 2: was published on White River Now. It reads, in part quote, 614 00:37:17,081 --> 00:37:19,841 Speaker 2: we continue to search for Brook and search for answers. 615 00:37:20,401 --> 00:37:22,881 Speaker 2: There are no words that can express the sorrow and 616 00:37:23,001 --> 00:37:26,321 Speaker 2: chaos that clouds our hearts and minds. The day to 617 00:37:26,361 --> 00:37:28,401 Speaker 2: day routine of our lives will never be the same. 618 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,721 Speaker 2: From this day forward, we are committed to finding this beautiful, vivacious, 619 00:37:32,841 --> 00:37:36,921 Speaker 2: compassionate mother. We are committed to never allowing Brook's voice 620 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,921 Speaker 2: and contagious spirit to be lost beneath the weight of 621 00:37:40,001 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 2: time or hidden from view as old news. We ask 622 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:46,241 Speaker 2: that you will continue to help us search, continue to 623 00:37:46,241 --> 00:37:48,721 Speaker 2: help us cling to hope, continue to help us love 624 00:37:48,761 --> 00:37:52,721 Speaker 2: our daughter, mother's sister and friend. Above all, our prayer 625 00:37:52,761 --> 00:37:55,761 Speaker 2: is that wherever Brook finds herself, that she's overwhelmed by 626 00:37:55,801 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 2: the assurance that she is so loved, so completely and 627 00:37:59,041 --> 00:38:03,601 Speaker 2: deeply loved by so many. If you're out there and 628 00:38:03,641 --> 00:38:07,201 Speaker 2: you had any contact with Brooke Allensworth. If you have 629 00:38:07,401 --> 00:38:11,841 Speaker 2: any piece of information, no matter how insignificant, please please 630 00:38:12,001 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 2: reach out. Police have asked anyone with information about Brooks 631 00:38:16,041 --> 00:38:19,801 Speaker 2: whereabouts to contact the Arkansas State Police at eight seven 632 00:38:19,921 --> 00:38:23,841 Speaker 2: zero nine three five seven three o two, and you 633 00:38:23,881 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 2: can also contact us anytime at the Hell and Gone 634 00:38:26,681 --> 00:38:31,401 Speaker 2: Murder Line. I know when we hear about these cases 635 00:38:31,401 --> 00:38:34,881 Speaker 2: in the news, it can be easy to depersonalize them, 636 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 2: to think of it as just another mystery. But this 637 00:38:38,601 --> 00:38:44,761 Speaker 2: is someone's mother, sister, daughter, friend. She was just gone 638 00:38:44,801 --> 00:38:46,841 Speaker 2: and they have no idea what happened to her. Just 639 00:38:46,881 --> 00:38:50,921 Speaker 2: imagine if someone in your family disappeared. 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