WEBVTT - Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brooke Allensworth (Archive Episode)

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<v Speaker 1>School of Humans. Helen Got Murder Line actively investigates cold

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<v Speaker 2>On July twelfth, twenty eighteen, somewhere around the tiny town

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<v Speaker 2>of Oltrough, Arkansas, a thirty seven year old mother of

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<v Speaker 2>three named Brooke Allensworth disappeared. Oltrough is in eastern Arkansas,

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<v Speaker 2>in the flat As soon as you drive out of

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<v Speaker 2>the Ozark Mountains and cross over the White River, you

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<v Speaker 2>can see for miles nothing but flat, delta and farmland.

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<v Speaker 2>French hunters were in the area in the early eighteen hundreds.

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<v Speaker 2>They extracted oil from the bears who lived in limestone

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<v Speaker 2>caves around there, so According to my dad and a

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<v Speaker 2>local legend, the name of the town Oltrough came from

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<v Speaker 2>the wooden troughs that these hunters would store their barre

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<v Speaker 2>oil in. These days, it's a quiet town, not the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of place where a young mother could vanish in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the afternoon. But that's exactly what happened

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<v Speaker 2>to Brooke Allensworth. She disappeared without a trace, and her family,

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<v Speaker 2>including her three children and a father and sister, who

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<v Speaker 2>were still searching for answers, never saw her alive again.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Catherine Townsend. This is Helling Gone Murder Line. Over

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<v Speaker 2>the past five years of making my true crime podcast, Helling,

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<v Speaker 2>I've learned that there is no such thing as a

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<v Speaker 2>small town where murder never happens. I have received hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>of messages from people all around the country asking for

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<v Speaker 2>help with an unsolved murder that's affected them, their families,

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<v Speaker 2>and their communities. If you have a case you'd like

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<v Speaker 2>me and my team to look into, you can reach

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<v Speaker 2>out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder line

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<v Speaker 2>at six seven eight seven four four six one four five.

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<v Speaker 2>That's six seven eight seven four four six one four

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<v Speaker 2>or five. I first heard about Brook's case back in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen. Back then, she had only been missing for

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<v Speaker 2>a few months, but her family already had questions about

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<v Speaker 2>how the case was being handled and why there was

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<v Speaker 2>so little information made public about the search for her.

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<v Speaker 2>The last known sighting of Brooke Allensworth was on July twelfth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen. Just over two weeks later, on July twenty seventh,

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<v Speaker 2>the police found Brooks car, a black two thousand and

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<v Speaker 2>seven Toyota Camry. The car had been abandoned just off

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<v Speaker 2>Arkansas Highway one twenty two at the White River access

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<v Speaker 2>point in ultrough The bottom of the car was muddy,

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<v Speaker 2>like Brook might have been driving through some rough road,

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<v Speaker 2>which is not by the way, uncommon for that area.

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<v Speaker 2>The front right tire of the car was completely flat.

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<v Speaker 2>The car looked like it had been left there for

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<v Speaker 2>days or possibly weeks. It was parked near a boat ramp.

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<v Speaker 2>Brook's family said that Brooke had been having multiple unexplained

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<v Speaker 2>flat tires in the days and weeks before she went missing.

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<v Speaker 2>The doors of the car were locked, the keys were missing.

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<v Speaker 2>The sheriff at the time, Sean Stevens, told reporters quote

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<v Speaker 2>someone called in about a vehicle sitting under a bridge.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like it was just parked there and walked

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<v Speaker 2>away from The keys were not in the car, and

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<v Speaker 2>we have no information on who put it there end quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Inside the car, police found Brook's personal effects, her wallet

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<v Speaker 2>with money still inside, her cell phone, a can of

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<v Speaker 2>fix a flat, and a pack of cigarettes, but there

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<v Speaker 2>was no sign of Brook now from what they've said,

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<v Speaker 2>although police haven't revealed much information, they seemed to believe

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<v Speaker 2>that Brooke was planning to meet someone at that location

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<v Speaker 2>and that after she got out of her car, she

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<v Speaker 2>took her keys, locked it and went with that person.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, although this is technically an open case, which

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<v Speaker 2>means that the information in the case file has not

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<v Speaker 2>been made public, so I have no access to it.

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<v Speaker 2>From what I know of Brooke, I find it very

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<v Speaker 2>hard to believe that she would have just locked up

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<v Speaker 2>and left all of her personal items behind. At the

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<v Speaker 2>time when she went missing, Brooke had a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>look forward to. In twenty twelve, she graduated from the

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<v Speaker 2>University of Arkansas Community College with an Associate of Applied

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<v Speaker 2>Science degree in nursing. She worked as an LPN or

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<v Speaker 2>a licensed practical nurse. Brooke was divorced from her ex husband, Dustin.

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<v Speaker 2>She had three children, two from her first marriage and

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<v Speaker 2>one with her current partner, Brad. At the time of

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<v Speaker 2>her disappearance, her two older children were in their teens.

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<v Speaker 2>She and Brad had a son who was four years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Brooke was living in Sarce and working as a nurse

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<v Speaker 2>at Newark Medical Clinic, so that route from Circe to Oltrough,

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<v Speaker 2>which Brooke drove right before she disappeared, was one that

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<v Speaker 2>she knew very well. I've been in contact with Brooke's sister,

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly Avensalindsworth for a couple of years now, and I

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<v Speaker 2>followed everything that Kelly has done. She has never stopped

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<v Speaker 2>fighting to get answers about what really happened to Brook. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people have suggested that Brooke, like a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people in the region, had used some drugs in the past,

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<v Speaker 2>including methamphetamines. But as I've said many times in this podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>drug use or actually anything in a person's life does

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<v Speaker 2>not define them and it should never affect how diligently

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<v Speaker 2>someone's case is pursued. Everyone deserves justice. In my opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>From what the police said when Brooke first went missing,

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<v Speaker 2>it appeared that they did not treat this incident as

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<v Speaker 2>possibly involving I'll play some of that is understandable. Police

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<v Speaker 2>pointed out there was no sign of foul play in

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<v Speaker 2>or around Brook's card, no sign of a struggle, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not illegal for someone over eighteen to voluntarily go missing. However,

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<v Speaker 2>Brook's family was adamant she never would have dropped out

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<v Speaker 2>of sight and left her children for this long. Leaving

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<v Speaker 2>all of her personal belongings behind, including her cell phone

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<v Speaker 2>and her money, does not make sense. Brook's family insists

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<v Speaker 2>it was completely out of character for her to go

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<v Speaker 2>off somewhere without contacting her father or staying in touch

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<v Speaker 2>with her children. A while back, Brook's father, Aubrey Allensworth,

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<v Speaker 2>said she always stayed in touch with him and with

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<v Speaker 2>her kids. He said, quote, She's a kind, gentle, wonderful,

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<v Speaker 2>loving person. She's the type of person who, if she

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<v Speaker 2>saw a straight dog running by the highway, would stop

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<v Speaker 2>and pick it up and take care of it. End quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Though Brooke had faced demons in the past, she adored

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<v Speaker 2>her children. At the time of Brook's disappearance, things were

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<v Speaker 2>complicated for her at home. Friends and family say she

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<v Speaker 2>was worried about arguments she had been having lately, with

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<v Speaker 2>the father of her four year old son, Brad. Brooke

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<v Speaker 2>was worried about getting custody of her young son. Before

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<v Speaker 2>she disappeared. Brooke also had other suspicions. She believed that

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<v Speaker 2>she was being followed. Now some people seem to have

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<v Speaker 2>written this off as possibly being paranoid, but from what

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<v Speaker 2>I have learned about Brook's life from her family and

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<v Speaker 2>people who knew her, she had valid reasons to be worried.

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<v Speaker 2>I've put together a timeline of Brook's last movements. There

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<v Speaker 2>are a lot of things I'm going to mention here

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<v Speaker 2>that you will not see on the news. I did

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<v Speaker 2>this with help from Brook's sister, Kelly, who has never

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<v Speaker 2>given up on trying to get answers and justice for

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<v Speaker 2>her sister and to find out what really happened to Brook.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep looking back at Brook's face book page, the

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<v Speaker 2>one whose cover quote reads, speak the truth even if

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<v Speaker 2>your voice shakes, all of Brook's photos or Brooke smiling

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<v Speaker 2>with her children. I also notice we have two mutual friends,

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<v Speaker 2>which confirms my long held belief that in many ways,

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<v Speaker 2>the state of Arkansas is one big small town. As

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in this podcast, we try to focus on

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<v Speaker 2>victimology what Brooke was doing, what her state of mind

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<v Speaker 2>was at the time of her disappearance, and what was

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<v Speaker 2>going on in her life. So let's go back to

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<v Speaker 2>July tenth, two days before Brooke disappeared. That day, she

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<v Speaker 2>sent her sister Kelly a message saying, hey girl, what's up.

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly said it was a while before she responded because

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<v Speaker 2>it seemed like a completely normal message. When she did

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<v Speaker 2>get back to Brook, Brooke wrote back saying don't worry.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got it taken care of. Much later, when she

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<v Speaker 2>reflected back on that message, Kelly thought maybe her sister

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<v Speaker 2>needed something, maybe she was trying to tell her something,

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<v Speaker 2>But again time it didn't seem like a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>On that day, on July tenth, Kelly said that Brooke

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<v Speaker 2>was with Brad, her partner and the father of her

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<v Speaker 2>four year old child. They were together at Brad's home

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<v Speaker 2>in Sarcy, Arkansas, which again is about forty four miles away.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes a little less than an hour to make

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<v Speaker 2>that trip by car. Brooke and Brad went to Newport

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<v Speaker 2>for the day, then back to his place in Sarce

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<v Speaker 2>that night. Kelly said she believes on that day Brook

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<v Speaker 2>and Brad did have some kind of argument.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make absolutely clear here I am not

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<v Speaker 2>in any way suggesting that Brad or anyone else had

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<v Speaker 2>any part in Brook's disappearance. I don't know what happened,

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<v Speaker 2>but because there is no information out there and it's

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<v Speaker 2>been so many years, I want to go through all

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<v Speaker 2>the known facts and hopefully, working together, we can close

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<v Speaker 2>any of these gaps in time. I have reached out

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<v Speaker 2>both to Brad and to Dustin in the past, I

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<v Speaker 2>have not heard back. I would love to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>both of them. As we all know, the tiniest detail

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<v Speaker 2>can sometimes be the missing piece that helps break a case. Now, apparently,

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<v Speaker 2>while Brad was in the shower, Brooke left the residence

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<v Speaker 2>with a couple's son. After Brooke made the decision to

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<v Speaker 2>leave home, she went to stay with a female friend,

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<v Speaker 2>a person who lived in Newport, and then she stayed

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<v Speaker 2>with that female friend overnight. Again. All of this information

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<v Speaker 2>is according to Brook's sister Kelly. Just to clarify some

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<v Speaker 2>geography here, we talk about Newark, Newport, and Oltrough. Those

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<v Speaker 2>three towns are all very close together. Newark is right

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<v Speaker 2>across the bridge from Oltrough across the White River. Newport

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<v Speaker 2>is about ten miles from Oltrough up Arkansas Highway fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these places were locations where Brook frequented. So

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<v Speaker 2>now we go to the next day, July eleventh. Brooke

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<v Speaker 2>called her two older children, who I believe were in

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<v Speaker 2>their teens at least one of them must have been

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<v Speaker 2>old enough to drive. She arranged for them to come

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<v Speaker 2>pick up her little son, her youngest son, in Oiltrop.

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<v Speaker 2>She told her kids she had a hair appointment in Newport,

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<v Speaker 2>so they did. They took Brook's son with them. She

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<v Speaker 2>went on to her hair appointment. Brooke went into the

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<v Speaker 2>Allure beauty salon. When she went in, she was a brunette.

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<v Speaker 2>She came out a platinum blonde. On that same day,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe she also had her nails done at a different,

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<v Speaker 2>separate appointment. That night, Brook stayed with the same female

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<v Speaker 2>friend she'd stayed with the previous night. And this was

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<v Speaker 2>around the time when Brooke had been telling people she

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<v Speaker 2>was having these car issues. She said she had been

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<v Speaker 2>getting a lot of unexplained flat tires. On the morning

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<v Speaker 2>of July twelfth, Brooke left her friend's residence pretty early

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning. Her sister, Kelly, said that Brook's plan

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<v Speaker 2>was to go back to Sercy and talk to Brad

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<v Speaker 2>to see if they could work things out. She told

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<v Speaker 2>friend she was going to base the music to work

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<v Speaker 2>out her issues with him. Kelly said Brooke did seem

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<v Speaker 2>to be worried about the arguing with Brad, but Brooke

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<v Speaker 2>appeared to have other things on her mind, things that

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<v Speaker 2>were bothering her even more. Kelly said, quote, she was scared.

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<v Speaker 2>She said that a brown truck was following her. End quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Now at some point it seems like Brooke got another flat.

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<v Speaker 2>There a report she was seen on the side of

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<v Speaker 2>the road and that she was using fix a flat,

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<v Speaker 2>which if any of you've never seen fix a flat,

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<v Speaker 2>it's basically compressed air in a can. She was using

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<v Speaker 2>it to put air into her tires. But fix a

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<v Speaker 2>flat is really just a quick fix. If you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a leak, you still have to go get it fixed somewhere,

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<v Speaker 2>which Brooke apparently decided to do. At eight thirty am,

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<v Speaker 2>after leaving her friend's house, Brooke stopped in at Grady's

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<v Speaker 2>Auto Repair in Newport. The mechanic there, a local guy

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<v Speaker 2>named Grady Henson, put oil in her car. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>exactly sure what else he did to her car. He

0:14:37.241 --> 0:14:39.481
<v Speaker 2>may or may not have done something about the flat tire.

0:14:39.561 --> 0:14:43.441
<v Speaker 2>It's unclear. In all the reports I've seen, it has

0:14:43.481 --> 0:14:47.361
<v Speaker 2>been reported police did ping Brook's cell phone. They figured

0:14:47.401 --> 0:14:49.641
<v Speaker 2>out that at some point during her drive to Circe,

0:14:50.201 --> 0:14:53.521
<v Speaker 2>she made a fateful decision. She chose to turn around

0:14:53.561 --> 0:14:57.041
<v Speaker 2>and drive back toward Olstrough. We do know once she

0:14:57.121 --> 0:14:59.761
<v Speaker 2>got there, she went to the residence of her first husband,

0:14:59.961 --> 0:15:04.201
<v Speaker 2>Dustin and his wife. Brook's family has said they don't

0:15:04.241 --> 0:15:07.841
<v Speaker 2>really know why Brooks stopped there. They have a theory

0:15:08.001 --> 0:15:10.761
<v Speaker 2>that Brooke may have gone there in order to get

0:15:10.841 --> 0:15:15.521
<v Speaker 2>Dustin and his wife to help her with a potential

0:15:15.601 --> 0:15:18.721
<v Speaker 2>custody issue with her four year old son, maybe even

0:15:18.761 --> 0:15:21.681
<v Speaker 2>to ask Dustin and his wife if they could take

0:15:21.761 --> 0:15:25.201
<v Speaker 2>custody of her son. Now, this is all pure speculation.

0:15:25.401 --> 0:15:28.561
<v Speaker 2>This is something that Brook's family, knowing the situation she

0:15:28.641 --> 0:15:30.841
<v Speaker 2>was in, believes might have happened. But we don't know

0:15:30.921 --> 0:15:36.121
<v Speaker 2>for sure. And again it's unclear exactly what the relationship

0:15:36.161 --> 0:15:38.881
<v Speaker 2>between Brook and Dustin was because it's all second and

0:15:38.961 --> 0:15:42.121
<v Speaker 2>third hand. Some people say there had been friction in

0:15:42.161 --> 0:15:44.921
<v Speaker 2>the past between Brook and Dustin and that they had

0:15:45.041 --> 0:15:48.441
<v Speaker 2>argued over child support payments, then again, for whatever reason,

0:15:48.561 --> 0:15:51.241
<v Speaker 2>on that day, she felt comfortable enough to stop at

0:15:51.241 --> 0:15:55.201
<v Speaker 2>his house. Dustin told police that Brooke did stop by,

0:15:55.481 --> 0:15:57.521
<v Speaker 2>they spoke for a while, and then she left his

0:15:57.601 --> 0:16:01.601
<v Speaker 2>house that morning. He said that after Brooke left the house,

0:16:01.841 --> 0:16:06.681
<v Speaker 2>he never saw her again. Brook's father said that apparently

0:16:06.761 --> 0:16:09.201
<v Speaker 2>Dustin had a step son who was in the house

0:16:09.721 --> 0:16:12.601
<v Speaker 2>who saw a digital clock right when Brooke left, and

0:16:12.641 --> 0:16:17.161
<v Speaker 2>apparently that clock read ten thirty eight am. It's my

0:16:17.441 --> 0:16:21.361
<v Speaker 2>understanding from Brook's family and the limited information I've read

0:16:21.401 --> 0:16:24.361
<v Speaker 2>so far, that Dustin and the people in his home

0:16:24.401 --> 0:16:29.921
<v Speaker 2>were the last known people to have seen Brooke. After

0:16:29.961 --> 0:16:33.961
<v Speaker 2>Brooke disappeared, her family began to get seriously worried for her.

0:16:34.641 --> 0:16:36.601
<v Speaker 2>At first, they might have thought maybe she was just

0:16:36.681 --> 0:16:39.921
<v Speaker 2>with a friend, but as the days went on with

0:16:40.081 --> 0:16:43.401
<v Speaker 2>zero contact, they knew that something must be seriously wrong.

0:16:44.961 --> 0:16:48.121
<v Speaker 2>On July twenty sixth, her dad, Aubrey, filed a missing

0:16:48.121 --> 0:16:51.201
<v Speaker 2>persons report in White County because that was where Brook lived.

0:16:52.081 --> 0:16:56.001
<v Speaker 2>They gave police photos and went through her identifying characteristics.

0:16:56.841 --> 0:16:59.801
<v Speaker 2>She was five foot eight, weighing one hundred and eight pounds.

0:17:00.241 --> 0:17:03.041
<v Speaker 2>She had brown hair that had recently been dyed blonde,

0:17:03.161 --> 0:17:06.720
<v Speaker 2>and Brook also had a very distinctive tattoo on the

0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.521
<v Speaker 2>left side of her stomach. She has a tattoo that

0:17:09.561 --> 0:17:14.681
<v Speaker 2>has GPS coordinates for a specific location in Newport. Now,

0:17:14.801 --> 0:17:17.721
<v Speaker 2>Brook's father apparently felt that the police were kind of

0:17:17.721 --> 0:17:20.761
<v Speaker 2>giving him the run around. At this point, White County

0:17:20.801 --> 0:17:23.120
<v Speaker 2>put out a bolo or be on the lookout, but

0:17:23.161 --> 0:17:25.241
<v Speaker 2>then apparently they told him he had to talk to

0:17:25.281 --> 0:17:27.960
<v Speaker 2>police in Independence County, where she was last seen, So

0:17:28.001 --> 0:17:30.281
<v Speaker 2>there was a little bit of a delay before the

0:17:30.321 --> 0:17:34.721
<v Speaker 2>bolo actually went to Independence County. Then, on July twenty seventh,

0:17:34.801 --> 0:17:38.160
<v Speaker 2>the day after Brook's dad reported her missing, police found

0:17:38.201 --> 0:17:41.761
<v Speaker 2>her car. As we mentioned before, the black two thousand

0:17:41.801 --> 0:17:45.880
<v Speaker 2>and seven Toyota Camry was under that bridge in Altrop. Again,

0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.881
<v Speaker 2>the tire was flat, and actually looking at the pictures,

0:17:48.921 --> 0:17:50.920
<v Speaker 2>it looks like more than one of the tires was

0:17:50.921 --> 0:17:54.641
<v Speaker 2>pretty low, but it's very obvious that the front right

0:17:54.721 --> 0:17:57.921
<v Speaker 2>tire was completely flat. All the doors of the car

0:17:58.001 --> 0:18:00.281
<v Speaker 2>were locked, all of Brooks stuff was inside it, but

0:18:00.281 --> 0:18:03.961
<v Speaker 2>there was no sign of Brook. So here's something else

0:18:04.001 --> 0:18:07.641
<v Speaker 2>about the car that is a little bit strange. Remember,

0:18:07.761 --> 0:18:10.840
<v Speaker 2>Dustin's young step son said the clock read ten thirty

0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:14.361
<v Speaker 2>eight am when Brooke left the house on July twelfth. Now,

0:18:14.401 --> 0:18:17.880
<v Speaker 2>I have multiple media reports that say someone saw brooks

0:18:17.881 --> 0:18:21.561
<v Speaker 2>abandoned car that same day, around forty five minutes later

0:18:21.801 --> 0:18:25.521
<v Speaker 2>under the bridge. Brook's dad said there was a guy

0:18:25.521 --> 0:18:28.921
<v Speaker 2>on his lunch break who saw the car. Unfortunately, though

0:18:28.961 --> 0:18:33.441
<v Speaker 2>that person didn't immediately report it to police. Someone described

0:18:33.481 --> 0:18:36.721
<v Speaker 2>as a family friend of the Allensworth family told the

0:18:36.761 --> 0:18:40.281
<v Speaker 2>news channel Fox sixteen, quote, it sat out here for

0:18:40.321 --> 0:18:42.481
<v Speaker 2>about three weeks with a flat tire before it was

0:18:42.481 --> 0:18:46.160
<v Speaker 2>picked up. End quote. I got more details on the

0:18:46.161 --> 0:18:50.761
<v Speaker 2>timeline when the Independence County Sheriff Stevens did a Monday

0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.161
<v Speaker 2>night mystery program. Now this was in twenty twenty one,

0:18:54.641 --> 0:18:57.681
<v Speaker 2>but in an interview, he said one of his deputies

0:18:57.681 --> 0:18:59.880
<v Speaker 2>had noticed the car under the bridge and logged it,

0:19:00.601 --> 0:19:03.640
<v Speaker 2>but since there was no sign of foul play, the

0:19:03.641 --> 0:19:06.681
<v Speaker 2>deputy didn't connect that car to a missing person because

0:19:06.681 --> 0:19:09.881
<v Speaker 2>the missing person's report, remember, wasn't filed until the twenty sixth,

0:19:10.641 --> 0:19:13.801
<v Speaker 2>so for a couple of weeks. The sheriff actually said

0:19:13.921 --> 0:19:16.801
<v Speaker 2>roughly two weeks they just kept an eye on it.

0:19:17.481 --> 0:19:20.001
<v Speaker 2>The exact timing here would seem to me to be

0:19:20.121 --> 0:19:23.600
<v Speaker 2>really crucial because if it's true that Brook's car was

0:19:23.681 --> 0:19:26.360
<v Speaker 2>definitely seen by someone on that same day when she

0:19:26.401 --> 0:19:30.441
<v Speaker 2>went missing on July twelfth, and it never moved after that,

0:19:30.441 --> 0:19:32.881
<v Speaker 2>that would mean the window of time when Brooke could

0:19:32.881 --> 0:19:37.321
<v Speaker 2>have disappeared would be considerably shorter. I made a freedom

0:19:37.321 --> 0:19:40.641
<v Speaker 2>of information request for any information pertaining to Brook's car

0:19:41.001 --> 0:19:43.721
<v Speaker 2>from both the Independence County Sheriff's Department and the Arkansas

0:19:43.881 --> 0:19:48.201
<v Speaker 2>State Police. The Independence County Sheriff's Department did get back

0:19:48.241 --> 0:19:53.321
<v Speaker 2>to me. Sheriff Sean Stevens was helpful and release the

0:19:53.401 --> 0:19:56.801
<v Speaker 2>information that they were allowed to release. So I have

0:19:56.961 --> 0:20:00.761
<v Speaker 2>the incident report pertaining to Brook's car. There was some

0:20:00.921 --> 0:20:05.721
<v Speaker 2>information there. Unfortunately, the report did not confirm which day

0:20:05.761 --> 0:20:09.321
<v Speaker 2>the car was first seen. It said that on Friday,

0:20:09.401 --> 0:20:12.481
<v Speaker 2>July twenty seventh, the Sheriff's office was notified of a

0:20:12.561 --> 0:20:14.641
<v Speaker 2>vehicle that had been sitting under the bridge for a

0:20:14.681 --> 0:20:18.201
<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks, but it wasn't any more specific than that.

0:20:18.401 --> 0:20:23.201
<v Speaker 2>It didn't say July twelfth, So I'm still looking for

0:20:23.281 --> 0:20:26.041
<v Speaker 2>a way to narrow down that timeline to know for

0:20:26.161 --> 0:20:29.601
<v Speaker 2>sure what happened to Brook on July twelfth. What happened

0:20:29.601 --> 0:20:33.841
<v Speaker 2>when she was finished at Dusson's house. As you may

0:20:33.881 --> 0:20:37.120
<v Speaker 2>remember from Ebbie Steppek's case. Often when there's an open

0:20:37.201 --> 0:20:40.321
<v Speaker 2>case like this, the police will write back and normally

0:20:40.361 --> 0:20:44.640
<v Speaker 2>they'll say no information is available, But sometimes in a

0:20:44.681 --> 0:20:47.880
<v Speaker 2>case where something occurred, like an abandoned car being logged

0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.321
<v Speaker 2>before it officially became a missing person's case, sometimes we

0:20:52.361 --> 0:20:54.681
<v Speaker 2>can get more information, which is what I'm trying to do.

0:20:56.321 --> 0:21:00.601
<v Speaker 2>After the car was found and linked to brook several

0:21:00.641 --> 0:21:05.881
<v Speaker 2>police agencies got involved, including the Arkansas State Police. According

0:21:05.921 --> 0:21:09.441
<v Speaker 2>to Brooks family, the Arkansas State Police investigators have conducted

0:21:09.481 --> 0:21:12.041
<v Speaker 2>dozens of interviews and they have searched a large area.

0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:15.561
<v Speaker 2>They dragged the White River and did a comprehensive search

0:21:15.601 --> 0:21:19.801
<v Speaker 2>that covered eleven miles. Police did a ground search, They

0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:22.481
<v Speaker 2>had a dive team out there, They used boats, and

0:21:22.601 --> 0:21:24.801
<v Speaker 2>they used cadaver dogs to search the banks around the

0:21:24.801 --> 0:21:29.201
<v Speaker 2>White River, but never found any sign of brook. Of course,

0:21:29.281 --> 0:21:32.640
<v Speaker 2>police did consider the theory because of where Brooks car was,

0:21:32.881 --> 0:21:35.761
<v Speaker 2>that brooks remains could have been in the White River,

0:21:35.921 --> 0:21:39.920
<v Speaker 2>either because perhaps she was in a depressed state of

0:21:39.961 --> 0:21:43.201
<v Speaker 2>mind and decided to wander in herself somehow, or because

0:21:43.241 --> 0:21:47.201
<v Speaker 2>someone she met at that scene, did something to her

0:21:47.281 --> 0:21:50.321
<v Speaker 2>and then put her in the water. I do want

0:21:50.321 --> 0:21:52.681
<v Speaker 2>to back up and say that there's absolutely no indication

0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:55.400
<v Speaker 2>of Brook being suicidal at all. In fact, she was

0:21:55.401 --> 0:21:58.041
<v Speaker 2>making plans for the future. So I think that theory

0:21:58.080 --> 0:22:02.761
<v Speaker 2>should have been eliminated pretty quickly if I were an investigator. However,

0:22:02.801 --> 0:22:06.761
<v Speaker 2>they do have to consider that possibility. According to Brook's family,

0:22:07.281 --> 0:22:11.241
<v Speaker 2>Arkansas State Police investigators explored the idea that maybe Brooke

0:22:11.361 --> 0:22:13.961
<v Speaker 2>left the area with a friend, or that maybe her

0:22:14.001 --> 0:22:17.241
<v Speaker 2>tire was running flat so she drove down the ramp

0:22:17.321 --> 0:22:21.321
<v Speaker 2>to that access point and parked there and again. Over

0:22:21.361 --> 0:22:25.001
<v Speaker 2>the years, the police have shared very little information except

0:22:25.080 --> 0:22:28.441
<v Speaker 2>what the sheriff told reporters back in twenty eighteen, which

0:22:28.481 --> 0:22:31.761
<v Speaker 2>again was quote it looks like she broke down, had

0:22:31.761 --> 0:22:34.680
<v Speaker 2>a flat, left the car, and someone came through and

0:22:34.721 --> 0:22:38.721
<v Speaker 2>she left end quote. Sheriff Smith did clarify on that

0:22:38.801 --> 0:22:42.801
<v Speaker 2>Monday Night Mystery program that the police have taken other steps.

0:22:43.121 --> 0:22:46.241
<v Speaker 2>He said they swab the car for DNA and that

0:22:46.281 --> 0:22:49.241
<v Speaker 2>they had sent the evidence from the car to the

0:22:49.361 --> 0:22:53.401
<v Speaker 2>state crime Lab. And this was pretty shocking to me, actually,

0:22:53.921 --> 0:22:56.481
<v Speaker 2>I know the Arkansas State Crime Lab has some pretty

0:22:56.521 --> 0:23:00.841
<v Speaker 2>long delays. But in twenty twenty one, when this interview

0:23:00.881 --> 0:23:03.761
<v Speaker 2>was done, the samples that were taken from the car

0:23:03.961 --> 0:23:06.001
<v Speaker 2>still had not come back from the crime lab, and

0:23:06.041 --> 0:23:09.681
<v Speaker 2>I find that pretty shocking. Actually, Brook's family had hoped

0:23:09.721 --> 0:23:13.080
<v Speaker 2>that law enforcement would find answers and that they would

0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:15.921
<v Speaker 2>be able to bring her home, but it's been years

0:23:15.961 --> 0:23:20.921
<v Speaker 2>and there's still nothing. In twenty twenty, Brook's case did

0:23:20.961 --> 0:23:25.561
<v Speaker 2>make headlines again after another young woman was viciously murdered

0:23:25.561 --> 0:23:30.440
<v Speaker 2>in Arkansas. In August of twenty twenty, twenty five year

0:23:30.481 --> 0:23:32.561
<v Speaker 2>old Sidney Sutherland was out for a jog near her

0:23:32.601 --> 0:23:36.281
<v Speaker 2>home in Grubs, which is right outside of Newport Lake Brook.

0:23:36.401 --> 0:23:39.441
<v Speaker 2>She vanished without a trace. This was in an area

0:23:39.481 --> 0:23:43.281
<v Speaker 2>that Brook regularly passed through. It was very close to

0:23:43.281 --> 0:23:48.120
<v Speaker 2>Brooks's house. Like Brook, Sidney disappeared in broad daylight. But

0:23:48.281 --> 0:23:51.001
<v Speaker 2>unlike Brook, law enforcement found out what happened to Sidney

0:23:51.001 --> 0:23:54.641
<v Speaker 2>Sutherland very quickly. I'm sure that many of you are

0:23:54.641 --> 0:23:57.440
<v Speaker 2>familiar with this story because at the time it was everywhere.

0:23:58.361 --> 0:24:00.761
<v Speaker 2>It turned out that a twenty nine year old named

0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:04.001
<v Speaker 2>Quake Llewellyn, who worked on his family's farm nearby, and

0:24:04.041 --> 0:24:06.801
<v Speaker 2>who actually was one of Sidney's acquaintances from high school

0:24:07.321 --> 0:24:10.640
<v Speaker 2>saw Sydney while driving down the road one afternoon, and,

0:24:10.721 --> 0:24:13.721
<v Speaker 2>as he would later tell investigators, he had what he

0:24:13.801 --> 0:24:17.641
<v Speaker 2>called a sick urge, so he turned around and hit

0:24:17.681 --> 0:24:20.801
<v Speaker 2>Sydney with his truck. Then he loaded her into the back,

0:24:21.281 --> 0:24:25.161
<v Speaker 2>drove her to a secluded area, and viciously sexually assaulted her.

0:24:26.001 --> 0:24:30.961
<v Speaker 2>Then he dumped her body in a shallow grave. Unlike

0:24:31.041 --> 0:24:34.481
<v Speaker 2>in Brooks case, Sydney had a more regular routine. So

0:24:34.761 --> 0:24:37.241
<v Speaker 2>when she didn't get home that afternoon from her run,

0:24:37.721 --> 0:24:41.761
<v Speaker 2>her boyfriend reported her missing. Police immediately went out and

0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:45.401
<v Speaker 2>scoured the area for her. And they did something here

0:24:45.521 --> 0:24:48.080
<v Speaker 2>that has been a huge help to law enforcement, but

0:24:48.161 --> 0:24:51.921
<v Speaker 2>it's rarely discussed and it's a really controversial subject. They

0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:55.361
<v Speaker 2>used a technology called fog Reveal to run Sydney's cell

0:24:55.361 --> 0:24:59.241
<v Speaker 2>phone number. Fog Reveal was created by a company called

0:24:59.321 --> 0:25:03.721
<v Speaker 2>fog Data Science. What fog Data Science and other companies

0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:07.481
<v Speaker 2>like it do is aggregate location data for mobile apps,

0:25:07.801 --> 0:25:10.601
<v Speaker 2>the apps that so many of us use every single day.

0:25:11.121 --> 0:25:13.881
<v Speaker 2>You know that moment when you're using an app, maybe

0:25:13.881 --> 0:25:16.641
<v Speaker 2>you're waiting for a ride share to show up. That

0:25:16.721 --> 0:25:18.640
<v Speaker 2>moment when it says on your phone, do you want

0:25:18.681 --> 0:25:22.840
<v Speaker 2>to share location? And you click yes. Well, programs like

0:25:22.921 --> 0:25:27.201
<v Speaker 2>fog Reveal aggregate that data. They collect the location data

0:25:27.321 --> 0:25:30.281
<v Speaker 2>and they give it to law enforcement and sometimes sell

0:25:30.321 --> 0:25:35.401
<v Speaker 2>it to other entities. Normally, in a case, if law

0:25:35.481 --> 0:25:37.961
<v Speaker 2>enforcement want to get access to someone's cell phone, they

0:25:38.001 --> 0:25:41.201
<v Speaker 2>have to file a search warrant. Then they have to

0:25:41.921 --> 0:25:44.880
<v Speaker 2>wait to get the court order, and often there is

0:25:44.961 --> 0:25:47.201
<v Speaker 2>a delay of at least a couple of days, sometimes

0:25:47.241 --> 0:25:52.001
<v Speaker 2>weeks before it's granted by Google or Apple or whichever

0:25:52.080 --> 0:25:55.361
<v Speaker 2>company they're asking from. The data from This is different.

0:25:55.441 --> 0:25:58.761
<v Speaker 2>This doesn't allow police to read text messages or view

0:25:58.801 --> 0:26:04.041
<v Speaker 2>phone records. What it does, though, is each device has

0:26:04.080 --> 0:26:07.281
<v Speaker 2>an ID number that is linked to it. So what

0:26:07.321 --> 0:26:11.201
<v Speaker 2>these services do is they can track the movements of

0:26:11.241 --> 0:26:16.001
<v Speaker 2>these specific devices. Law enforcement can also draw an area

0:26:16.080 --> 0:26:19.481
<v Speaker 2>on a map and they'll specify a time range. The

0:26:19.561 --> 0:26:23.640
<v Speaker 2>service shows a list of all cell phone location signals,

0:26:23.721 --> 0:26:27.360
<v Speaker 2>including the device ID within that area. So they don't

0:26:27.401 --> 0:26:29.641
<v Speaker 2>provide the same thing as a search warrant. You can't

0:26:29.681 --> 0:26:33.360
<v Speaker 2>read someone's text or get names or phone records, but

0:26:33.441 --> 0:26:36.521
<v Speaker 2>you can follow people's movements. You can track their patterns

0:26:36.521 --> 0:26:40.201
<v Speaker 2>of life. These searches are legal for now because police

0:26:40.201 --> 0:26:43.481
<v Speaker 2>claim they don't actually track the person, instead they track

0:26:43.521 --> 0:26:46.001
<v Speaker 2>the advice. But as we all know, so many of

0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:48.880
<v Speaker 2>us are basically surgically attached to our cell phones, so

0:26:49.161 --> 0:26:53.281
<v Speaker 2>in a sense, following your smartphone is following you. But

0:26:53.401 --> 0:26:57.080
<v Speaker 2>this technology is actually how they caught Sydney's killer because

0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 2>after they issued search warrants, police knew they didn't have

0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:04.281
<v Speaker 2>any time to lose they used this technology, and when

0:27:04.321 --> 0:27:07.401
<v Speaker 2>they did, when they were able to find Sydney's cell

0:27:07.401 --> 0:27:10.481
<v Speaker 2>phone and then to specify a list of other phones

0:27:10.481 --> 0:27:12.721
<v Speaker 2>that were in that area at the time, it took

0:27:12.721 --> 0:27:16.401
<v Speaker 2>them to Quake Llewellen. Meanwhile, Quake's family members were getting

0:27:16.401 --> 0:27:18.600
<v Speaker 2>suspicious because he had dents in his truck and he

0:27:18.641 --> 0:27:21.600
<v Speaker 2>was acting weird. So long story short, it was not

0:27:21.721 --> 0:27:24.241
<v Speaker 2>long before they pulled him in for questioning and he

0:27:24.321 --> 0:27:27.920
<v Speaker 2>confessed to raping and murdering Sidney. He was charged with

0:27:27.961 --> 0:27:30.961
<v Speaker 2>Sydney's rape and murder, in addition to kidnapping and abusive

0:27:31.001 --> 0:27:34.121
<v Speaker 2>a corpse. In the end, before his trial was due

0:27:34.121 --> 0:27:37.761
<v Speaker 2>to start, his attorneys made a deal. The death penalty

0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:40.120
<v Speaker 2>was taken off the table and he was sentenced to

0:27:40.161 --> 0:27:46.840
<v Speaker 2>life in prison without the possibility of parroll. After Quake's arrest,

0:27:46.961 --> 0:27:49.681
<v Speaker 2>Brook's family started to wonder about the things she said

0:27:49.681 --> 0:27:53.801
<v Speaker 2>about being followed by someone in a truck. Especially after

0:27:53.881 --> 0:27:57.081
<v Speaker 2>some of Quake's acquaintances started to come forward and talk

0:27:57.121 --> 0:28:01.321
<v Speaker 2>about his creepy behavior. People started to wonder if he

0:28:01.361 --> 0:28:06.041
<v Speaker 2>could be a serial killer. Today in Fort Smith also

0:28:06.161 --> 0:28:09.001
<v Speaker 2>said they had reached out to someone who said quote,

0:28:09.321 --> 0:28:12.241
<v Speaker 2>he meaning Quake used to follow my friend, stalk her

0:28:12.601 --> 0:28:14.961
<v Speaker 2>and try to get her to acknowledge him. She was

0:28:15.161 --> 0:28:18.921
<v Speaker 2>very uncomfortable around him. End quote. Today in Fort Smith

0:28:18.921 --> 0:28:21.521
<v Speaker 2>didn't name the person who made those allegations, but it

0:28:21.601 --> 0:28:24.761
<v Speaker 2>did make me wonder if Quake Llewellyn could about anything

0:28:24.801 --> 0:28:28.441
<v Speaker 2>to do with Brook's disappearance. During that time, Quake became

0:28:28.481 --> 0:28:31.441
<v Speaker 2>a member of a Facebook group dedicated to finding Sydney.

0:28:31.881 --> 0:28:36.041
<v Speaker 2>He inserted himself into the investigation several times. He even

0:28:36.121 --> 0:28:40.161
<v Speaker 2>helped the volunteer searchers. Quake showed up at Sidney's funeral

0:28:40.761 --> 0:28:45.721
<v Speaker 2>and he hugged her mother, Maggie Sutherland, which I find horrifying. Maggie,

0:28:45.801 --> 0:28:48.481
<v Speaker 2>who said she was her daughter, Sidney's best friend and

0:28:48.521 --> 0:28:51.921
<v Speaker 2>the last person to see her daughter alive, confronted Quake

0:28:51.961 --> 0:28:54.881
<v Speaker 2>at his sentencing hearing as she made a victim impact

0:28:54.881 --> 0:28:58.801
<v Speaker 2>statement for Sidney. Maggie said, quote, the hands you hugged

0:28:58.801 --> 0:29:00.881
<v Speaker 2>me with are the same hands you killed her with.

0:29:01.161 --> 0:29:08.721
<v Speaker 2>End quote. Since Brook's timeline is still vague, it's hard

0:29:08.761 --> 0:29:11.761
<v Speaker 2>to rule anyone out, and we have no idea what

0:29:11.881 --> 0:29:14.281
<v Speaker 2>Quake Lewelle was doing the day that Brook went missing.

0:29:15.001 --> 0:29:18.601
<v Speaker 2>It's been recorded that police did question Quake about Brook's disappearance.

0:29:19.241 --> 0:29:22.001
<v Speaker 2>They said they would continue to question him until they

0:29:22.001 --> 0:29:24.961
<v Speaker 2>were sure they could rule him out. But again, since

0:29:25.001 --> 0:29:29.041
<v Speaker 2>police understandably keep things close to the vest, it's hard

0:29:29.081 --> 0:29:32.281
<v Speaker 2>to see if and when that happened, if they did

0:29:32.441 --> 0:29:35.881
<v Speaker 2>ever completely rule Quake out as Brooks killer, and if

0:29:35.921 --> 0:29:39.721
<v Speaker 2>they did, how they did it. Now I should say

0:29:39.761 --> 0:29:42.961
<v Speaker 2>that this FOG revealed technology is not a magic bullet.

0:29:43.801 --> 0:29:46.761
<v Speaker 2>Talked to a representative from the company FOG Data Science.

0:29:47.521 --> 0:29:51.921
<v Speaker 2>They said that this technology is not perfect. And I

0:29:52.001 --> 0:29:54.561
<v Speaker 2>know from hard personal experience, if there is an area

0:29:54.561 --> 0:29:56.641
<v Speaker 2>of the country that's going to be prone to patche

0:29:56.721 --> 0:30:00.881
<v Speaker 2>cell service and to technology not working, it is rural Arkansas.

0:30:01.521 --> 0:30:04.481
<v Speaker 2>But I have asked myself many times if this same

0:30:04.601 --> 0:30:07.801
<v Speaker 2>technology that helped find answers in Sydney. Sutherland's case could

0:30:07.801 --> 0:30:11.201
<v Speaker 2>have been used in Brooks case. A while back, I

0:30:11.241 --> 0:30:13.921
<v Speaker 2>asked one of my colleagues, Mike, who I've worked with

0:30:14.001 --> 0:30:16.641
<v Speaker 2>on former cases, and you may remember from season four

0:30:16.681 --> 0:30:18.801
<v Speaker 2>of Hell Gone when we went to Little Rock to

0:30:18.841 --> 0:30:23.001
<v Speaker 2>work on Ebbie Steppeck's case. Mike is an expert in

0:30:23.081 --> 0:30:27.041
<v Speaker 2>cell phone data and he's trained in this type of technology.

0:30:27.241 --> 0:30:30.481
<v Speaker 2>What he told me was that, unfortunately Brooks data was

0:30:30.521 --> 0:30:33.761
<v Speaker 2>too far in the past to track. And when I

0:30:33.801 --> 0:30:36.601
<v Speaker 2>talked to the representative from the company, they confirmed that.

0:30:36.641 --> 0:30:39.481
<v Speaker 2>They said now because there is so much data out there,

0:30:39.961 --> 0:30:42.201
<v Speaker 2>they used to have information that was a few years old,

0:30:42.281 --> 0:30:46.481
<v Speaker 2>but now it basically stopped a three years. But Mike

0:30:46.801 --> 0:30:50.001
<v Speaker 2>was able to run a search on Quake Llewellen's phone

0:30:50.041 --> 0:30:53.001
<v Speaker 2>from the time before he was arrested and he found

0:30:53.001 --> 0:30:57.041
<v Speaker 2>some interesting data there. He found that Quake llewellens regular

0:30:57.121 --> 0:31:00.721
<v Speaker 2>route took him near the neighborhood where Brook's father lived

0:31:00.721 --> 0:31:03.801
<v Speaker 2>at the time. Does this mean anything? Could it be

0:31:03.841 --> 0:31:07.921
<v Speaker 2>a coincidence? Possibly? It's a small town. But I keep

0:31:07.961 --> 0:31:10.801
<v Speaker 2>coming back to that because Brook's sister claimed that she

0:31:10.921 --> 0:31:14.121
<v Speaker 2>was being followed and Quake did drive a truck, though

0:31:14.161 --> 0:31:17.521
<v Speaker 2>not a brown truck. I'm still looking for more information

0:31:17.641 --> 0:31:20.521
<v Speaker 2>on Quake Llewellen's activities during the weeks and months before

0:31:20.521 --> 0:31:23.201
<v Speaker 2>brooks disappearance. So if there is a listener out there

0:31:23.241 --> 0:31:26.081
<v Speaker 2>who has any of that information, even if you think

0:31:26.081 --> 0:31:32.201
<v Speaker 2>it's something totally insignificant, please reach out back to Brooks case.

0:31:32.921 --> 0:31:36.001
<v Speaker 2>In December twenty twenty one, there was a new controversy

0:31:36.721 --> 0:31:40.361
<v Speaker 2>involving a YouTube channel called Adventures with Purpose or AWP.

0:31:41.441 --> 0:31:44.841
<v Speaker 2>AWP is run by a dive team. It's a really

0:31:44.881 --> 0:31:47.841
<v Speaker 2>long story and I feel that it's kind of a

0:31:47.881 --> 0:31:50.201
<v Speaker 2>distraction from the investigation at this point, but I'm just

0:31:50.241 --> 0:31:54.041
<v Speaker 2>going to give a brief synopsis. The guys from AWP

0:31:54.361 --> 0:31:57.241
<v Speaker 2>came down and offered to search the area for free

0:31:57.281 --> 0:31:59.281
<v Speaker 2>to dive into the White River and some other bodies

0:31:59.281 --> 0:32:02.721
<v Speaker 2>of water. According to Kelly, there had been some rumors

0:32:03.081 --> 0:32:05.641
<v Speaker 2>that Brook's body had been dumped into a barrel and

0:32:05.761 --> 0:32:09.761
<v Speaker 2>left in what's called Before Ponds area. Now I don't

0:32:09.761 --> 0:32:12.001
<v Speaker 2>know where this rumor started. I've tried to verify it

0:32:12.041 --> 0:32:15.441
<v Speaker 2>and I cannot figure it out. But since it's not

0:32:15.561 --> 0:32:18.521
<v Speaker 2>totally implausible that Brook's body might be in a body

0:32:18.521 --> 0:32:20.521
<v Speaker 2>of water. I can see why her family would want

0:32:20.521 --> 0:32:24.161
<v Speaker 2>to investigate every possibility. Again, I think the idea that

0:32:24.201 --> 0:32:26.681
<v Speaker 2>she would have wandered in the river herself is ridiculous.

0:32:27.441 --> 0:32:29.441
<v Speaker 2>This was a woman who was making plans to get

0:32:29.441 --> 0:32:32.201
<v Speaker 2>custody of her son. She had just seen her children,

0:32:32.481 --> 0:32:35.321
<v Speaker 2>she was talking about the future, and had literally just

0:32:35.401 --> 0:32:38.961
<v Speaker 2>gotten her hair and nails done. A family friend of

0:32:38.961 --> 0:32:42.681
<v Speaker 2>Brooks said that while the Arkansas A Police had searched

0:32:42.721 --> 0:32:46.161
<v Speaker 2>the White River, they weren't sure if any other bodies

0:32:46.161 --> 0:32:49.681
<v Speaker 2>of water had been searched, so the divers from AWP

0:32:49.881 --> 0:32:53.601
<v Speaker 2>came down. They dove the Four Ponds area and also

0:32:53.721 --> 0:32:57.081
<v Speaker 2>another nearby lake called Bergen Lake. They made a video

0:32:57.401 --> 0:33:01.001
<v Speaker 2>and released it in late twenty twenty one. At the time,

0:33:01.041 --> 0:33:03.401
<v Speaker 2>the dive teams said they had not found anything of

0:33:03.441 --> 0:33:07.881
<v Speaker 2>significance during their dive, but some people who saw the

0:33:07.961 --> 0:33:10.761
<v Speaker 2>video and saw the sonar review that they had taken

0:33:10.801 --> 0:33:13.281
<v Speaker 2>apparently saw what they believed to be a barrel with

0:33:13.281 --> 0:33:16.161
<v Speaker 2>a skeleton in it. Now, there's some other controversy here.

0:33:16.561 --> 0:33:20.201
<v Speaker 2>One of the divers, Jared, made a video a follow

0:33:20.281 --> 0:33:23.441
<v Speaker 2>up video where and this is just from what people

0:33:23.441 --> 0:33:25.281
<v Speaker 2>have told me because I have not seen this video.

0:33:26.401 --> 0:33:28.801
<v Speaker 2>In the end, it seems like Kelly and some other

0:33:28.841 --> 0:33:32.401
<v Speaker 2>members of Brook's family felt that the whole incident really

0:33:32.441 --> 0:33:36.921
<v Speaker 2>just distracted from the investigation and stirred up a lot

0:33:36.921 --> 0:33:41.321
<v Speaker 2>of rumors, but ultimately gave them no answers in terms

0:33:41.321 --> 0:33:44.241
<v Speaker 2>of what actually happened to Brook. I felt for the

0:33:44.281 --> 0:33:48.161
<v Speaker 2>family because it just seemed like something else that got

0:33:48.201 --> 0:33:50.681
<v Speaker 2>their hopes up and in the end turned out to

0:33:50.881 --> 0:33:54.801
<v Speaker 2>provide no answers. Now, I do want to make it

0:33:54.841 --> 0:33:58.761
<v Speaker 2>clear that Adventures with Purpose has helped on other cases.

0:33:59.681 --> 0:34:02.921
<v Speaker 2>In fact, in twenty twenty two, the team went down

0:34:03.001 --> 0:34:06.521
<v Speaker 2>to Marianna, Arkansas to look for Annie Hampton, a sixty

0:34:06.561 --> 0:34:09.440
<v Speaker 2>six year old woman who'd been missing since twenty nineteen,

0:34:10.201 --> 0:34:13.321
<v Speaker 2>and they did find her car in Bear Creek Reservoir,

0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:16.881
<v Speaker 2>and there were human remains inside the car that turned

0:34:16.921 --> 0:34:20.721
<v Speaker 2>out to be hers. So it does appear that Adventures

0:34:20.761 --> 0:34:24.841
<v Speaker 2>with Purpose has helped in the past, unfortunately just not

0:34:25.000 --> 0:34:28.600
<v Speaker 2>in Brooks case. I have no idea if what we're

0:34:28.601 --> 0:34:32.841
<v Speaker 2>doing here will help or provide answers, but I believe

0:34:33.000 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 2>that we need to shut out all the rumors and

0:34:36.080 --> 0:34:39.320
<v Speaker 2>we need to go again back to basics who had

0:34:39.361 --> 0:34:42.401
<v Speaker 2>contact with Brooke last. We need to talk to them

0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:44.160
<v Speaker 2>again and we need to find out what happened to

0:34:44.161 --> 0:34:47.440
<v Speaker 2>her and to people out there. He would say, just

0:34:47.520 --> 0:34:50.600
<v Speaker 2>let the police do their job. I understand that, and

0:34:50.641 --> 0:34:53.401
<v Speaker 2>I will be passing everything that I find onto law

0:34:53.481 --> 0:34:56.201
<v Speaker 2>enforcement if we get tips. But I just want to

0:34:56.241 --> 0:35:01.040
<v Speaker 2>point out that in twenty twenty one, when journalist Mitch

0:35:01.121 --> 0:35:03.841
<v Speaker 2>McCoy did the Monday Night Mysteries program and talked to

0:35:03.841 --> 0:35:07.761
<v Speaker 2>Sheriff Sean Stevens, the sheriff talked about brook cell phone.

0:35:08.041 --> 0:35:11.241
<v Speaker 2>He talked about what steps law enforcement had taken. He

0:35:11.440 --> 0:35:14.480
<v Speaker 2>said that the department did not have the technology to

0:35:14.801 --> 0:35:17.561
<v Speaker 2>dump cell phones, but he said they'd gotten search warrants.

0:35:17.881 --> 0:35:20.721
<v Speaker 2>He said they were in the process of executing those.

0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:24.881
<v Speaker 2>Why did that take three years? If I understood the

0:35:24.921 --> 0:35:28.161
<v Speaker 2>Sheriff's statement correctly, that means in twenty twenty one, Brook's

0:35:28.161 --> 0:35:32.281
<v Speaker 2>cell phone had still not been processed. And there was

0:35:32.321 --> 0:35:35.600
<v Speaker 2>also no mention of things like fog data services, which

0:35:35.641 --> 0:35:40.361
<v Speaker 2>we know were around in twenty eighteen, even in twenty

0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:44.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty after Sidney Sutherland's case, because the technology she goes

0:35:44.121 --> 0:35:48.520
<v Speaker 2>back three years. The Independence County Sheriff's office probably could

0:35:48.561 --> 0:35:50.161
<v Speaker 2>have asked for it at that time. So if that

0:35:50.241 --> 0:35:52.960
<v Speaker 2>didn't happen, If I were Brook's family, I would be

0:35:53.001 --> 0:35:55.761
<v Speaker 2>asking why that didn't happen. Why that same technology that

0:35:55.881 --> 0:35:58.281
<v Speaker 2>was used to find Sydney Southernland was not used to

0:35:58.281 --> 0:36:01.761
<v Speaker 2>find Brook. I also want to know what happened to

0:36:01.801 --> 0:36:04.721
<v Speaker 2>those DNA swabs in twenty twenty one they were still

0:36:04.721 --> 0:36:08.521
<v Speaker 2>being processed. Were they ever process where they ever tested?

0:36:08.641 --> 0:36:12.040
<v Speaker 2>Was it Brooks DNA? Was there foreign DNA? There's so

0:36:12.201 --> 0:36:16.801
<v Speaker 2>many unanswered questions about this case, including did Brook drive

0:36:16.841 --> 0:36:21.080
<v Speaker 2>her car to that location herself or was someone else

0:36:21.161 --> 0:36:24.601
<v Speaker 2>driving it? Could the fresh mud on the car indicate

0:36:24.681 --> 0:36:27.761
<v Speaker 2>that she had been driving through a different area. And

0:36:27.881 --> 0:36:31.440
<v Speaker 2>again I keep mentioning if Brooke was meeting someone there,

0:36:31.761 --> 0:36:34.761
<v Speaker 2>like the police seemed to believe, why would she get

0:36:34.801 --> 0:36:37.841
<v Speaker 2>out of her car and leave her money, her wallet,

0:36:38.201 --> 0:36:41.960
<v Speaker 2>all of her credit cards, and her cell phone inside.

0:36:42.081 --> 0:36:44.761
<v Speaker 2>Kelly has always said this is not make sense to her.

0:36:45.481 --> 0:36:48.761
<v Speaker 2>She said, quote, I never thought she was in the area,

0:36:49.321 --> 0:36:51.960
<v Speaker 2>meaning the area where the car was abandoned. Either she

0:36:52.041 --> 0:36:54.921
<v Speaker 2>was meeting someone there or her car was put there

0:36:55.241 --> 0:37:00.041
<v Speaker 2>end quote. Brook's family and friends continue to search for answers.

0:37:00.401 --> 0:37:03.481
<v Speaker 2>They've held candlelight vigils on that same boat ramp several

0:37:03.521 --> 0:37:07.520
<v Speaker 2>times since she disappeared. Whatever happens, they just want to

0:37:07.561 --> 0:37:09.281
<v Speaker 2>know what happened to Brook, and they want to be

0:37:09.321 --> 0:37:12.921
<v Speaker 2>able to bring her home. They posted a statement that

0:37:13.081 --> 0:37:16.761
<v Speaker 2>was published on White River Now. It reads, in part quote,

0:37:17.081 --> 0:37:19.841
<v Speaker 2>we continue to search for Brook and search for answers.

0:37:20.401 --> 0:37:22.881
<v Speaker 2>There are no words that can express the sorrow and

0:37:23.001 --> 0:37:26.321
<v Speaker 2>chaos that clouds our hearts and minds. The day to

0:37:26.361 --> 0:37:28.401
<v Speaker 2>day routine of our lives will never be the same.

0:37:28.960 --> 0:37:32.721
<v Speaker 2>From this day forward, we are committed to finding this beautiful, vivacious,

0:37:32.841 --> 0:37:36.921
<v Speaker 2>compassionate mother. We are committed to never allowing Brook's voice

0:37:36.960 --> 0:37:39.921
<v Speaker 2>and contagious spirit to be lost beneath the weight of

0:37:40.001 --> 0:37:43.600
<v Speaker 2>time or hidden from view as old news. We ask

0:37:43.761 --> 0:37:46.241
<v Speaker 2>that you will continue to help us search, continue to

0:37:46.241 --> 0:37:48.721
<v Speaker 2>help us cling to hope, continue to help us love

0:37:48.761 --> 0:37:52.721
<v Speaker 2>our daughter, mother's sister and friend. Above all, our prayer

0:37:52.761 --> 0:37:55.761
<v Speaker 2>is that wherever Brook finds herself, that she's overwhelmed by

0:37:55.801 --> 0:37:59.000
<v Speaker 2>the assurance that she is so loved, so completely and

0:37:59.041 --> 0:38:03.601
<v Speaker 2>deeply loved by so many. If you're out there and

0:38:03.641 --> 0:38:07.201
<v Speaker 2>you had any contact with Brooke Allensworth. If you have

0:38:07.401 --> 0:38:11.841
<v Speaker 2>any piece of information, no matter how insignificant, please please

0:38:12.001 --> 0:38:16.000
<v Speaker 2>reach out. Police have asked anyone with information about Brooks

0:38:16.041 --> 0:38:19.801
<v Speaker 2>whereabouts to contact the Arkansas State Police at eight seven

0:38:19.921 --> 0:38:23.841
<v Speaker 2>zero nine three five seven three o two, and you

0:38:23.881 --> 0:38:26.600
<v Speaker 2>can also contact us anytime at the Hell and Gone

0:38:26.681 --> 0:38:31.401
<v Speaker 2>Murder Line. I know when we hear about these cases

0:38:31.401 --> 0:38:34.881
<v Speaker 2>in the news, it can be easy to depersonalize them,

0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:38.520
<v Speaker 2>to think of it as just another mystery. But this

0:38:38.601 --> 0:38:44.761
<v Speaker 2>is someone's mother, sister, daughter, friend. She was just gone

0:38:44.801 --> 0:38:46.841
<v Speaker 2>and they have no idea what happened to her. Just

0:38:46.881 --> 0:38:50.921
<v Speaker 2>imagine if someone in your family disappeared. Imagine how much

0:38:50.960 --> 0:38:54.161
<v Speaker 2>that would torture you. Please, we are asking anyone with

0:38:54.201 --> 0:38:59.241
<v Speaker 2>any information to reach out. I'm Catherine Townsend. This is

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