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Speaker 1: Hunting for Answers is a production of the Black Effect

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Speaker 1: Podcast Network and iHeartRadio. Welcome to Hunting for Answers, a

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Speaker 1: true crime podcast. I'm your host Hunter, and Today's episode

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Speaker 1: marks the beginning of our three part series about a

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Speaker 1: Tennessee woman's life that was tragically cut short in the

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Speaker 1: fall of twenty fourteen. It's a case with extremely haunting

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Speaker 1: circumstances that remains unsolved till this day and left a

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Speaker 1: family desperately searching for answers a decade later. In this series,

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Speaker 1: I spoke to some of those who knew her best,

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Speaker 1: her three siblings. Their memories paint a picture of a

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Speaker 1: behind its sudden end. This is the story of Nina Cook.

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Speaker 1: In October twenty fourteen, a woman's remains were discovered in

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Speaker 1: an abandoned church building in Whitehaven, a town nestled in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: Through dental records and a recognizable surgical rod in her leg,

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Speaker 1: the remains were identified as twenty eight year old Nina Cook,

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Speaker 1: a vibrant young woman with budding dreams and ambitions. She

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Speaker 1: did pageants, obtained her real estate license, even began her

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Speaker 1: own trucking company. A dedicated, loving sister, the type to

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Speaker 1: to her younger siblings, was suddenly gone, her whereabouts unknown

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Speaker 1: for months. But before we dive into the timeline and

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Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding nine as untimely death, must first understand who

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Speaker 1: she was and the profound impact she had on those

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Speaker 1: While each had different relationships with her, they all shared

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Speaker 1: one common thread, Nina's deep love for her family. Her

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Speaker 2: So I would say that my relationship with my sister

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Speaker 2: times were when my dad would come and get both

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Speaker 2: of us and we would travel together, so riding in

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Speaker 1: The bond between these sisters was evident to anyone who

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Speaker 2: I loved how affectionate she was. She was always holding

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Speaker 1: One memory Lydia shared with Nina took place at a

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Speaker 2: One of the funniest moments we had was we were

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Speaker 2: We get on the paddle boat and Dad's like, you know,

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Speaker 3: Kenya says having her is an older sister was great.

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Speaker 1: For Chris, who was much younger, Nina was everything. Christmas

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Speaker 4: So what was my relationship like with my big sister.

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Speaker 4: In a word, I can just describe her as Santa Claus.

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Speaker 4: That was my Santa Claus. Pretty much anything that I

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Speaker 1: Nina didn't just provide material things. She was invested in

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Speaker 4: I remember in her apartments she kept a room specifically

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Speaker 4: for me, so you know, I had real prench treatment

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Speaker 4: even in summertime, where I think I'm supposed to be chilling,

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Speaker 4: I'm eight of nine. I want to play video games.

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Speaker 1: July, Nina understood and explained some of the realities her

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Speaker 4: One of the things that she would always preach to

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Speaker 4: continue to push my good grades. My sister was an inspiration,

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Speaker 4: much like Kenya in the sense that a lot of

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Speaker 4: She didn't make nothing lower than a three point eight GPA.

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Speaker 4: I spent a lot of time with her. There wasn't

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Speaker 1: The consistent theme in her loved one's memories is Nina's

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Speaker 1: unwavering presence, love and dedication, and despite having her own

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Speaker 1: young woman with big dreams and passions. Panya describes her

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Speaker 3: Very confident, I would say, very much knew who she was.

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Speaker 3: Very much a hustler in a good way, very much driven,

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Speaker 3: go oriented. Just she just was very very charismatic. She

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Speaker 3: just confident. She was just a good person overall, good personality.

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Speaker 3: I would say probably her sense of humor at times,

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Speaker 3: definitely very opinionated and would give you her opinion unsolicited,

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Speaker 3: I miss just her sastiness, how outspoken she was. Just

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Speaker 3: if the delivery wasn't the sweetest, softest. She was very,

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Speaker 1: Lydia recalls Nina's creativity and how she always made room

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Speaker 2: I admired her generosity, her capacity to love and forgive.

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Speaker 2: She was very forgiving. She had a really big heart,

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Speaker 2: but also her her tenacity and her drive. She was

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Speaker 2: like she loved us. Sometimes she would try to act

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Speaker 2: to Chris and Kenya. Sometimes she would try to tell me,

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Speaker 2: needed to live my life, and how you're gonna raise

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Speaker 2: And uh, she was. You know, she's very fierce for

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Speaker 1: Something Tanya believes many people might have overlooked about Nina.

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Speaker 3: Just her good intentions. She wanted to do a lot now.

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Speaker 3: She had a lot of goals and ideas and dreams.

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Speaker 3: Wanted to own her own trucking company. I don't think

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Speaker 3: many people know that she had started to develop a

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Speaker 3: a freight broker. I think a lot of people probably

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Speaker 3: don't know how smart and intelligent she was because she's

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Speaker 1: Nina's interests weren't only limited to business, however. Chris reveals

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Speaker 4: The love of basketball. I don't think many people realize

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Speaker 4: known guy named Michael Jordan. Uh So, he played for

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Speaker 4: She was like, man, Chris, like you know bedtime stories.

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Speaker 4: Jordan used to fly through the air and I'm talking

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Speaker 4: about what you mean says fly? It's like, no, he

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Speaker 4: I don't know, y'all can look it up on YouTube,

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Speaker 4: where the Jordan logo was formed. She loved that memory

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Speaker 1: This picture painted by Nina's siblings reveals a multifaceted woman,

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Speaker 1: nurturing yet ambitious, beautiful yet intelligent, strict yet loving, and

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Speaker 1: impossible not to imagine Nina's future. She had ambition, drive,

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Speaker 1: and her desire to build something substantial. Like most, she

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Speaker 1: had a vision for her future, but what happened to

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Speaker 1: derail that future, and most importantly, who is responsible for

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Speaker 1: her death and why?

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Speaker 2: For her capacity to forgive and love and her generosity's

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Speaker 2: probably what sticks out the most.

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Speaker 1: The qualities that made Nina special, her generosity, her forgiveness,

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Speaker 1: her trust may have also made her vulnerable. But we're

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Speaker 1: getting ahead of ourselves.

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Speaker 4: For now.

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Speaker 1: We need to understand that Nina Cook wasn't just another statistic.

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Speaker 1: She was a woman who left an impact on everyone

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Speaker 4: You know, she would give you the shirt off her back.

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Speaker 4: You know, she was such a giving and caring person.

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Speaker 4: You know there would be times randomly where she would

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Speaker 4: just come check in on me, can you my grandmother?

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Speaker 4: You know, just dropping money off, dropping so much money

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Speaker 4: off in fact, you know that. You know she would

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Speaker 4: thank giving, caring person about her family. Her family was

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Speaker 1: In Part two of this series, we'll dive into the

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Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding Nina's initial disappearance, those last conversations with loved ones,

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Speaker 1: and a horrifying discovery that led to a year's long

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Speaker 1: investigation anyone with information regarding Nina Cook's case to contact

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Speaker 1: the Memphis Police Department. Their number can be found in

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