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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 we

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Speaker 1: discussed a chill and case surrounding a potential witness to

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Speaker 1: a crime whose remains turned up just days before she

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Speaker 1: had to appear in court. It all begins to unravel

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Speaker 1: with a very gruesome discovery in the Missouri River. This

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Speaker 1: is the story of Janie Crossdale. Janey, affectionately known as Jaybird,

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Speaker 1: was thirty six years old and a kind hearted soul

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Speaker 1: who saw the good in everyone. But sometimes trust can

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Speaker 1: be dangerous, and for Jane it led to an unthinkable faith.

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Speaker 1: The town of Excelsior Springs, Missouri would soon learn that

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Speaker 1: her disappearance was not just a tragic loss. It was

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Speaker 1: a key piece and a web of woven terror by

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Speaker 1: a monster lurking in the community. The first horrifying clue

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Speaker 1: surfaced in the unlikely of places, the Missouri River. Kayakers

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Speaker 1: stumbled upon a blue barrel, and when authorities opened it,

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Speaker 1: they found the remains of Jannie Crosdale. But her death

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Speaker 1: wasn't just another cold case. It was a warning. Janie

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Speaker 1: had been inside the home of Timothy Haslett Junior, a

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Speaker 1: man now facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, and unspeakable cruelty.

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Speaker 1: She was a potential witness to his dark and twisted crime,

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Speaker 1: and now she was dead. For months, authorities had been

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Speaker 1: searching for Janie, hoping she held the key to cracking

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Speaker 1: Hazlet's case wide open, but when Haslet was arrested, Jane

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Speaker 1: was nowhere to be found. Now, with her body discovered,

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Speaker 1: the truth became more horrifying than anyone could have feared.

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Speaker 1: Haslet wasn't just a predator, he was an alleged killer too.

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Speaker 1: The terror traces back to October twenty twenty two, when

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Speaker 1: a woman his captive made a daring escape. She was battered, broken,

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Speaker 1: wearing a metal dog collar and bound and duct tape,

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Speaker 1: but she ran barefoot an in lingerie through the neighborhood,

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Speaker 1: desperate for help. A neighbor heard her faint plea. She

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Speaker 1: opened the door and locked eyes with a woman barely

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Speaker 1: clinging to life. That call to nine one one would

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Speaker 1: then unearthed unthinkable horrors. The victim, referred to as TJ

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Speaker 1: in court documents, described a daily existence of torment, chained, abused,

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Speaker 1: and dehumanized inside Hazlet's basement, and she wasn't the only one.

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Speaker 1: Instigators soon made a chilling discovery photos images of Janie

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Speaker 1: Crosdale in that same basement. Then came the final piece

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Speaker 1: of damning evidence, the blue barrel that held Janie's remains.

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Speaker 1: It was identical to barrels found at Haslet's home. The

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Speaker 1: message was clear, she had been inside that house and

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Speaker 1: she never made it out alive. Some evidence suggested the

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Speaker 1: possibility of an accomplice, either working alongside Hazlet or acting alone. Regardless,

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Speaker 1: the findings pointed to a far greater threat than authorities

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Speaker 1: initially admitted. At first, they dismissed concerns over missing black

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Speaker 1: women as quote unfounded rumors, despite failing to conduct a

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Speaker 1: proper investigation. Meanwhile, shot and grief rippled through Excelsior Springs.

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Speaker 1: Janie Crosdell's death wasn't an accident. It was cold and calculated.

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Speaker 1: Authorities believe she was murdered sometime between June and October

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, the very months Haslet's other victim was

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Speaker 1: allegedly being held captive. Haslet now faces an additional charge

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Speaker 1: of first degree murder for Janie's death, stacked on top

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Speaker 1: of his multiple counts of other various crimes, including sexual

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Speaker 1: assault and kidnapping. If convicted, he won't just serve time,

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Speaker 1: he'll spend the rest of his life locked up the

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Speaker 1: same way he once trapped his victims. He's currently being

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Speaker 1: held on a three million dollar bond. My thoughts and

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Speaker 1: prayers go out to Jane's family and friends as they

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Speaker 1: continue to navigate this tragedy and secure justice. As we

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Speaker 1: and others like it. Thank you so much for joining

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Speaker 1: us on another episode until next time. Hunting for Answers

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