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Speaker 1: Hello, one can remain new her pies high school. I

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Speaker 1: mean the girl's bathroom by back exit. We need help, please, Harry,

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Speaker 1: you'n it on the way. What's your name here? Mean Amy?

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Speaker 1: Are you an immediate care? No, it's my best friend, Hazel.

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Speaker 1: She's a black black round Yeah, the sheriff's daughter. She

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Speaker 1: needs help, please, She's helped now to be an I

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Speaker 1: called to the high school and for Hair black world daughter. Okay, honey,

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Speaker 1: help it on the way. Can you tell me what

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Speaker 1: happened to Hair? I don't know. Her dad's must pick

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Speaker 1: her up and something must have happened, and she she's bleeding.

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Speaker 1: It's she's not pretathing shed. Welcome to Solve, the interactive

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Speaker 1: mystery podcast where you don't just hear about crimes, you

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Speaker 1: solve them. Each episode will present you with a different

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Speaker 1: case inspired by a true crime. You'll interrogate suspects, piece

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Speaker 1: together evidence, and investigate the crime scene. You're the detective.

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Speaker 1: This is your case. Can you solve it? Solve presents admission.

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Speaker 1: I'm here in front of you today not as the sheriff,

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Speaker 1: but as a father. Inside my worst nightmare, my daughter

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Speaker 1: Hazel was the light of my life. Seventeen years, and

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Speaker 1: not a day went by when she did not make

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Speaker 1: me proud of her character, moral compass, and her kind heart.

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Speaker 1: I thought the hardest thing my wife and I would

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Speaker 1: have to do this year is sent her off to college.

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Speaker 1: She had just been admitted to ul A, her top choice.

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Speaker 1: Hazel had so much to look forward to. We all did.

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Speaker 1: Murder is a path I've walked many times in my

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Speaker 1: third year career. I never liked this. Today my work

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Speaker 1: takes on a new meaning. While I won't be handling

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Speaker 1: my daughter's case personally, my wife, my son, and I

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Speaker 1: couldn't have more trust in this department and their ability

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Speaker 1: to conduct an investigation that will get justice for my girl.

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Speaker 1: For Hazel, Hazel was my best friend for twelve years.

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Speaker 1: We were inseparable since the very first day of kindergarten

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Speaker 1: and I was crying, scaredually my parents, but not Hazel.

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Speaker 1: She marshed over to me, grabbed my hand, and brought

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Speaker 1: me over to play. From that moment on, Hazel was

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Speaker 1: my smarter, braver, better half. We did everything together. The

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Speaker 1: first time with sleepaway camp, our first crushes, our first

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Speaker 1: time sneaking out, thanks was supposed to be college. We

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Speaker 1: were planning on going to ul A together, sharing a dorm.

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Speaker 1: That's all I ever wanted. Oh my gosh, As, I

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Speaker 1: can't believe it's our last first day of high school tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: What are you gonna wear? I don't know. Maybe that

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Speaker 1: crop top. I can't decide. Yep, I'm thinking the Fleetwood

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Speaker 1: Don't be ridiculous. You're obviously going to get in. You're

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Speaker 1: the one who's a legacy while according to Mr Briggs

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Speaker 1: up for my g p A. Mr Briggs told Lucas

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Speaker 1: then you'll definitely get into l A. I hope you're right.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't know what my parents are gonna do.

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Speaker 1: If I don't, it's like they've been waiting for this

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Speaker 1: Trust me. Mr Briggs was wrong about Lucas and he's

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Speaker 1: wrong about you, dear journal Um. I'll be honest. I

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Speaker 1: did not expect my first senior assignment to be keeping

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Speaker 1: it won't mean much If Amy doesn't too. It won't

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Speaker 1: matter if I can't go with my best friend. Hazel

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Speaker 1: it over email. Whatever you want, inflexible. Hey Hazel, I

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Speaker 1: I didn't know Hazel very well. We've gone to school

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Speaker 1: Did you talk to Mr Briggs? Well? Yeah, but it's

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Speaker 1: There's a lot that goes into choosing a college. Parents

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Speaker 1: and every student is different. That's the whole reason I

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Speaker 1: Mr Briggs being able to guarantee Amy gets in. Kira, Hazel, Amy,

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Speaker 1: Of course, Kira told me that you two wanted to

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Speaker 1: talk about U l A admissions. It's been our top

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Speaker 1: us to football games. You met there. That can certainly help.

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Speaker 1: Now let's start with Hazel. I've got to say your

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Speaker 1: Let's see mm hmm. Well, unfortunately, Amy, you're a bit

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Speaker 1: extracurriculars are lacking. I'd say you're more like Kira. Your

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Speaker 1: application has some strengths, but also some weaknesses that could

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Speaker 1: use a little extra help. Help. Well, you see, Kira's

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Speaker 1: parents and I have come to a bit of an agreement.

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Speaker 1: For a small fee, I will make sure her application

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Speaker 1: I get paid for my time. Clean deal sounds like

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you do. You know this is illegal, right?

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Speaker 1: You're not actually considering this, are you? Look? I want

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Speaker 1: to get in. Don't you want that too? Of course

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Speaker 1: Do we get our money back? You'll get in? How

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Speaker 1: can you promise that? Well, frankly, because I have a

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Speaker 1: to hear you feel that way, Hazel. Why don't you

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Speaker 1: know who my dad is? Yes? But I also know

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Speaker 1: who your brother is. Poor Lucas barely graduated, but your

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Speaker 1: say somewhere that would make your father proud? Now, you

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Speaker 1: not to mention for your best friend? Mm hmm, that's

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Speaker 1: what I thought I drove down yesterday. It still doesn't

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Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone will tell you how special my sister was,

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Speaker 1: But what most people don't know is that Hazel was

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Speaker 1: I always told her it could lead to something like this.

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Speaker 1: they're teenagers. Hello in here? Mm hmm, smells good. What's up?

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Speaker 1: Why are you guys looking at me like that? Received

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Speaker 1: a call from Mr Briggs. Yeah about what he said.

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Speaker 1: You referred to another young girl to him, Amy, Oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: she's Hazel's friend. Figured if Mr Briggs can help me. Hazel, Hazel,

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Speaker 1: Hazel Blackwell, we're pared up for an English project as

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Speaker 1: in Sheriff Blackwell's daughter Kira. Do you understand what kind

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Speaker 1: of risk you've taken by bringing someone like that into this.

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Speaker 1: I'm not bringing Hazel into anything. She doesn't need any help.

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Speaker 1: Mr Briggs says she'll get in all on her own,

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Speaker 1: but she still knows trust me, it won't be a problem.

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Speaker 1: How can you be so sure of that? Because Hazel

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Speaker 1: a brother that Mr Briggs knows very very well, you

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Speaker 1: this deal with Mr Briggs. He's not, but apparently his

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Speaker 1: of felt bad for Amy. I don't know. I guess

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Speaker 1: I understand how it feels to want control over your

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Speaker 1: to be. That's why I set her up with Mr Briggs. Well,

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Speaker 1: that and the ten percent cut he offered what did

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Speaker 1: sounds stupid, but it really didn't seem like that big

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Speaker 1: same thing for Hazel's brother. I figured, even if the

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Speaker 1: It's not like he would have done anything to put

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Speaker 1: his own son's future at risk. What's up? Sorry, we're

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Speaker 1: just finishing up dinner, Lucas. What's going on? Are you okay? Um? Yes, no, honestly,

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Speaker 1: Daisy Laura and the production coordinator was Liz LeMay. Next

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Speaker 1: But how did this underwater expedition turn into a murder

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Speaker 1: I talked to her, Philip. She is a child, damn it,

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