1 00:00:15,356 --> 00:00:22,596 Speaker 1: Pushkin. Hey, it's Jake. I hope you enjoyed our season 2 00:00:22,796 --> 00:00:26,356 Speaker 1: The Truth about Sarah. We'll be having a live event 3 00:00:26,596 --> 00:00:29,876 Speaker 1: later this year. It's going to be a conversation between 4 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:33,876 Speaker 1: me and my co host Jess McHugh, and we want 5 00:00:33,916 --> 00:00:37,396 Speaker 1: to hear from you too. What questions do you have 6 00:00:37,556 --> 00:00:41,516 Speaker 1: for us about this season? Send your questions to deep 7 00:00:41,636 --> 00:00:45,636 Speaker 1: Cover at pushkin dot fm. That's deep Cover All one 8 00:00:45,716 --> 00:00:49,836 Speaker 1: word at pushkin dot fm and stay tuned for more 9 00:00:49,876 --> 00:00:54,476 Speaker 1: details on this event. Just a heads up. In this episode, 10 00:00:54,916 --> 00:00:57,476 Speaker 1: there's a reference to suicidal ideation. 11 00:01:00,676 --> 00:01:02,676 Speaker 2: Previously on deep Cover. 12 00:01:03,956 --> 00:01:07,116 Speaker 3: Veterans look out for each other, and I'm not going 13 00:01:07,196 --> 00:01:09,796 Speaker 3: to sit here and let all of what I thought 14 00:01:09,796 --> 00:01:12,956 Speaker 3: at the time was a fellow veteran die from lack 15 00:01:12,996 --> 00:01:13,556 Speaker 3: of treatment. 16 00:01:14,676 --> 00:01:19,116 Speaker 4: I was like, oh my god, you basically stole money. 17 00:01:19,636 --> 00:01:21,196 Speaker 4: And I said to I, go, you're going to go 18 00:01:21,196 --> 00:01:23,956 Speaker 4: to jail Sarah, And she's like you think. 19 00:01:24,596 --> 00:01:28,876 Speaker 3: Dave told me like, hey, she's fake, she's not a veteran, 20 00:01:29,236 --> 00:01:31,396 Speaker 3: and I was just in shock and trying to just 21 00:01:31,436 --> 00:01:32,756 Speaker 3: like wrap my brain around it. 22 00:01:34,036 --> 00:01:35,636 Speaker 5: I don't think it's ever going to be easy to 23 00:01:35,716 --> 00:01:40,516 Speaker 5: think about the people I hurt, and because these are 24 00:01:40,596 --> 00:01:45,876 Speaker 5: people that even before they knew I heard them right, 25 00:01:46,636 --> 00:01:52,636 Speaker 5: I was hurting them right because I was lying to them. 26 00:01:52,796 --> 00:01:56,076 Speaker 2: If there was one single person who really puts Sarah 27 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:59,996 Speaker 2: on the map in a very public way, well it'd 28 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:01,196 Speaker 2: be this woman right here. 29 00:02:02,396 --> 00:02:06,036 Speaker 6: So my name is Kate Manion, and I am a 30 00:02:06,076 --> 00:02:09,076 Speaker 6: co host of a podcast at Barstool Sports called zero 31 00:02:09,316 --> 00:02:13,236 Speaker 6: Blog thirty Barstool Sports where I work. We're a media company, 32 00:02:14,436 --> 00:02:17,436 Speaker 6: and I say this with love. We're probably the lowest 33 00:02:17,476 --> 00:02:20,876 Speaker 6: brow media company. If you're coming to us for your 34 00:02:21,396 --> 00:02:25,796 Speaker 6: exact factoids and opinions on stuff, you might be wrong. 35 00:02:26,836 --> 00:02:28,956 Speaker 1: Kate is one of the very first people we reached 36 00:02:28,996 --> 00:02:32,556 Speaker 1: out to when we started reporting this season. I sent 37 00:02:32,636 --> 00:02:36,076 Speaker 1: her a message using my work email from the university 38 00:02:36,076 --> 00:02:36,796 Speaker 1: where I teach. 39 00:02:37,836 --> 00:02:41,316 Speaker 6: I'm like, oh, a Yale email address. What could my 40 00:02:41,436 --> 00:02:43,596 Speaker 6: mind was blog like, what could this possibly be about? 41 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:45,316 Speaker 6: For me? It's got to be something to do with 42 00:02:45,316 --> 00:02:48,236 Speaker 6: like butts or something. I because that's more the beat 43 00:02:48,276 --> 00:02:49,716 Speaker 6: I cover asking. 44 00:02:49,556 --> 00:02:50,156 Speaker 4: The deep question. 45 00:02:52,556 --> 00:02:55,796 Speaker 1: That's amazing, that's your beat is like the buttocks beat. 46 00:02:58,836 --> 00:03:01,716 Speaker 2: But way before she got busy on the buttocks beat, 47 00:03:02,236 --> 00:03:03,796 Speaker 2: Kate had served in the military. 48 00:03:05,036 --> 00:03:07,156 Speaker 6: I was a senior in college with a one point 49 00:03:07,156 --> 00:03:12,156 Speaker 6: eight GPA going into winter break just didn't show up 50 00:03:12,156 --> 00:03:15,236 Speaker 6: for any of my finals. The school was like, you're done. 51 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:16,676 Speaker 6: You got to get out of here. And I was like, 52 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:20,196 Speaker 6: oh crap, my parents are going to be pissed and 53 00:03:20,276 --> 00:03:23,716 Speaker 6: I needed a plan b I was like a recruiter's dream. 54 00:03:24,076 --> 00:03:26,196 Speaker 6: I walked into the recruiting office and I knew I 55 00:03:26,236 --> 00:03:27,956 Speaker 6: wanted the hardest branch. I was like, I need the 56 00:03:27,956 --> 00:03:30,716 Speaker 6: biggest kick in the ass ever. Walked into the Marine 57 00:03:30,756 --> 00:03:33,876 Speaker 6: Corps was like one ticket to Marine Corps, please all told. 58 00:03:34,556 --> 00:03:38,236 Speaker 2: Kate's served about five years, including two tours in Afghanistan. 59 00:03:39,036 --> 00:03:42,876 Speaker 2: After getting out, she found her way into podcasting at 60 00:03:42,876 --> 00:03:46,996 Speaker 2: Barstool Sports. She hosted that show called Zero Blog thirty, 61 00:03:47,556 --> 00:03:49,036 Speaker 2: all about life in the military. 62 00:03:50,156 --> 00:03:53,596 Speaker 6: Basically, we go over what's happening in the military, spill 63 00:03:53,636 --> 00:03:56,876 Speaker 6: the tea, a little bit about some gossip, and try 64 00:03:56,916 --> 00:03:57,756 Speaker 6: to support each other. 65 00:03:58,876 --> 00:04:01,356 Speaker 1: If you've listened to her show, you've heard Kate and 66 00:04:01,396 --> 00:04:04,476 Speaker 1: her co hosts trying to help other veterans. However, they 67 00:04:04,516 --> 00:04:09,796 Speaker 1: can often plugging veteran charities. Kate's a big support of 68 00:04:09,836 --> 00:04:11,396 Speaker 1: a charity called Hunter seven. 69 00:04:12,676 --> 00:04:16,276 Speaker 2: You might remember Sarah's friend Dex had actually submitted Sarah 70 00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:19,716 Speaker 2: to Hunter seven to get help paying her medical bills. 71 00:04:20,436 --> 00:04:23,476 Speaker 2: This Hunter seven connection, this is how Kate first learns 72 00:04:23,516 --> 00:04:24,516 Speaker 2: about Sarah's story. 73 00:04:25,836 --> 00:04:29,756 Speaker 6: I am scrolling through the Hunter seven social media and 74 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:35,196 Speaker 6: I see them post about this marine veteran, Sarah Cavanaugh. 75 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:40,836 Speaker 1: Hunter seven has something called an Immediate Needs program. It's 76 00:04:40,876 --> 00:04:43,996 Speaker 1: for veterans who struggle to pay medical bills and have 77 00:04:44,116 --> 00:04:48,636 Speaker 1: illnesses connected to their service. They or someone on their 78 00:04:48,636 --> 00:04:52,636 Speaker 1: behalf can submit a request. And that's what Decks had 79 00:04:52,676 --> 00:04:57,436 Speaker 1: done for Sarah. Submitted her application, and now Hunter seven 80 00:04:57,476 --> 00:05:00,796 Speaker 1: was publicizing Sarah's tragic story online. 81 00:05:02,196 --> 00:05:05,956 Speaker 6: They were sharing her story of her diagnosis, and I 82 00:05:06,076 --> 00:05:09,636 Speaker 6: remember like sobbing as I read her story. I was 83 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:13,356 Speaker 6: so blown away by it. It was like eight pages 84 00:05:13,436 --> 00:05:17,836 Speaker 6: long on their Instagram story, and she gave them details 85 00:05:17,836 --> 00:05:21,476 Speaker 6: like there was a five centimeter long nodule, it's in 86 00:05:21,516 --> 00:05:24,556 Speaker 6: her femur, her rips, her scapula, thoracic spine, and now 87 00:05:24,596 --> 00:05:27,756 Speaker 6: there's lesions on her brain. Like the medical lingo that 88 00:05:27,836 --> 00:05:30,276 Speaker 6: went into this was so detailed. 89 00:05:31,476 --> 00:05:35,476 Speaker 2: The post also mentioned that Sarah's CT scan showed metallic 90 00:05:35,556 --> 00:05:40,276 Speaker 2: particles in her lungs, something often linked to ied blasts. 91 00:05:41,396 --> 00:05:43,636 Speaker 6: I was like, oh my god, this cancer is related 92 00:05:43,716 --> 00:05:47,076 Speaker 6: directly to her time in service to so many things 93 00:05:47,076 --> 00:05:49,636 Speaker 6: that myself and my friends were exposed to things like this, 94 00:05:49,876 --> 00:05:52,996 Speaker 6: And so I guess you see yourself mirrored in somebody 95 00:05:53,236 --> 00:05:56,156 Speaker 6: and you see them going through a nightmare scenario and 96 00:05:56,196 --> 00:05:58,676 Speaker 6: you're like, holy shit, that could be me. How can 97 00:05:58,716 --> 00:05:59,076 Speaker 6: I help? 98 00:06:00,716 --> 00:06:03,716 Speaker 1: Kate does everything she can to spread the word. She 99 00:06:03,996 --> 00:06:07,196 Speaker 1: donates herself, but she also posts on her social media 100 00:06:07,236 --> 00:06:10,276 Speaker 1: account trying to rally as many people as she can 101 00:06:10,396 --> 00:06:14,756 Speaker 1: to help Sarah. And then at some point she gets 102 00:06:14,756 --> 00:06:17,876 Speaker 1: a call from the woman who's the director of Hunter seven. 103 00:06:18,556 --> 00:06:19,876 Speaker 6: When she reached out to me, it was like, I 104 00:06:19,916 --> 00:06:21,596 Speaker 6: have some crazy news for you. 105 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:26,116 Speaker 2: That's when Kate learned that all of those details about 106 00:06:26,156 --> 00:06:30,276 Speaker 2: Sarah's medical condition, like the five centimeter long nodule in 107 00:06:30,316 --> 00:06:34,796 Speaker 2: her lungs, appeared to be made up or stolen, and 108 00:06:34,836 --> 00:06:37,556 Speaker 2: that Sarah wasn't who she claimed to be. 109 00:06:38,436 --> 00:06:41,876 Speaker 6: I remember the heartbreak I felt, and I just like 110 00:06:42,476 --> 00:06:45,156 Speaker 6: my heart dropped into my butt. It was like I 111 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:49,876 Speaker 6: couldn't to put it eloquently, I could not believe it, 112 00:06:50,316 --> 00:06:51,596 Speaker 6: and I didn't want it to be true. 113 00:06:52,636 --> 00:06:56,716 Speaker 1: Shortly after this, Kate goes public on her podcast. Here's 114 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:59,556 Speaker 1: a clip from that episode where she's talking to her 115 00:06:59,596 --> 00:07:01,316 Speaker 1: co hosts about what happened. 116 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:04,156 Speaker 6: The feeling was so gross, Like I didn't donate a 117 00:07:04,156 --> 00:07:05,636 Speaker 6: ton of money, but I donated it was like a 118 00:07:05,716 --> 00:07:08,996 Speaker 6: hundred bucks. But I like my emotions, my time, like 119 00:07:09,156 --> 00:07:12,236 Speaker 6: hosting all this stuff. I was genuinely moved by her story. 120 00:07:14,156 --> 00:07:18,156 Speaker 2: Kate goes on like this, venting about the mess Sarah's caused. 121 00:07:18,596 --> 00:07:21,916 Speaker 2: She says that this whole scandal will only scare people 122 00:07:21,956 --> 00:07:26,396 Speaker 2: away from donating to veterans' charities, leaving less help for 123 00:07:26,436 --> 00:07:29,476 Speaker 2: those who really need it. She told her co hosts 124 00:07:30,156 --> 00:07:32,876 Speaker 2: this would just make it way harder for real women 125 00:07:32,996 --> 00:07:36,716 Speaker 2: combat vets to get the respect they deserve, which really 126 00:07:36,756 --> 00:07:37,596 Speaker 2: pissed Kate off. 127 00:07:38,116 --> 00:07:40,996 Speaker 6: Holy shit, this story is. Yeah, I'm sure more is 128 00:07:41,036 --> 00:07:42,836 Speaker 6: going to come out about it. I'm interested to see. 129 00:07:42,836 --> 00:07:47,676 Speaker 6: But anyway, ncis, FBI, via like all these different organizations 130 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:49,116 Speaker 6: now are coming after her. 131 00:07:49,996 --> 00:07:53,876 Speaker 1: Kate was more right than she knew. Law enforcement officials 132 00:07:54,196 --> 00:07:58,396 Speaker 1: had already started investigating Sarah Kavanaugh on the down low, 133 00:07:58,836 --> 00:08:02,916 Speaker 1: trying to keep it quiet, and now Kate's podcast would 134 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:09,036 Speaker 1: put pressure on investigators to go into overdrive. Over many years, 135 00:08:09,476 --> 00:08:12,516 Speaker 1: Sarah had built a house of lies. The people she 136 00:08:12,636 --> 00:08:16,836 Speaker 1: deceived lived in separate, shuttered rooms, hidden from one another. 137 00:08:17,716 --> 00:08:21,796 Speaker 1: But now the foundation was cracking, as were the walls, 138 00:08:22,436 --> 00:08:26,036 Speaker 1: and the truth was seeping in, piercing in its brightness, 139 00:08:26,636 --> 00:08:47,356 Speaker 1: as her carefully built world came undone. I'm Jay Colburn 140 00:08:47,796 --> 00:08:52,236 Speaker 1: and I'm Jess McHugh And this is Deep Cover Season six, 141 00:08:52,876 --> 00:09:24,996 Speaker 1: The Truth About Sarah, Episode four, The Suspect. 142 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:38,716 Speaker 2: We have to talk about this Instagram post for a second, 143 00:09:39,356 --> 00:09:42,716 Speaker 2: the one that Hunter seven shared about Sarah Kavanaugh. This 144 00:09:42,836 --> 00:09:45,356 Speaker 2: is the post that Kate saw, the one that brought 145 00:09:45,356 --> 00:09:49,316 Speaker 2: her to tears. This post had all the details of 146 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:54,636 Speaker 2: Sarah's supposed injuries and a photo of her in her uniform. Well, 147 00:09:55,036 --> 00:09:58,956 Speaker 2: a lot of people saw and shared this post, and 148 00:09:59,076 --> 00:10:03,596 Speaker 2: as it made the rounds, people started commenting saying something 149 00:10:03,636 --> 00:10:08,396 Speaker 2: looked off about her uniform. For one thing, she was 150 00:10:08,436 --> 00:10:13,676 Speaker 2: wearing a of regulation earrings, and also, upon closer inspection, 151 00:10:14,476 --> 00:10:18,796 Speaker 2: it looked like her eagle globe and anchor insignia were backwards. 152 00:10:20,316 --> 00:10:23,716 Speaker 2: The folks at hundred seven started getting suspicious, so they 153 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:27,556 Speaker 2: called the VA to verify Sarah's service record. Folks at 154 00:10:27,556 --> 00:10:30,676 Speaker 2: the VA do a quick check in their database. Sarah's 155 00:10:30,676 --> 00:10:35,116 Speaker 2: not in it, at least not as a veteran, and 156 00:10:35,196 --> 00:10:38,116 Speaker 2: this hot mess. It all lands on the desk of 157 00:10:38,156 --> 00:10:40,076 Speaker 2: a guy named Tom Donnelly. 158 00:10:41,316 --> 00:10:44,836 Speaker 7: The chief of VA Police in Rhode Island, called me 159 00:10:46,516 --> 00:10:49,596 Speaker 7: and said, Hey, you know, I think we might have 160 00:10:49,636 --> 00:10:51,676 Speaker 7: a problem with an employee. 161 00:10:53,036 --> 00:10:58,756 Speaker 2: That's Donnelly. He's an investigator with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Basically, 162 00:10:59,356 --> 00:11:02,676 Speaker 2: he's an in house detective for the VA's Office of 163 00:11:02,716 --> 00:11:08,196 Speaker 2: Inspector General looking into fraud and other sketchy business, which 164 00:11:08,196 --> 00:11:11,036 Speaker 2: is why he was the one to get this call 165 00:11:11,156 --> 00:11:15,676 Speaker 2: about Sarah Kavanaugh, a VIA social worker who had apparently 166 00:11:16,156 --> 00:11:18,316 Speaker 2: gone rogue. 167 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:21,796 Speaker 1: Now Donnelly is looking at more than just a scammer. 168 00:11:22,556 --> 00:11:26,116 Speaker 1: He's got someone working the system from the inside, like 169 00:11:26,196 --> 00:11:30,876 Speaker 1: a mole in his own ranks. So he opens an investigation, 170 00:11:31,716 --> 00:11:34,516 Speaker 1: and he's just a few days into it when Kate's 171 00:11:34,556 --> 00:11:36,676 Speaker 1: podcast comes out on Barstool. 172 00:11:37,996 --> 00:11:43,556 Speaker 7: So our concern is that we don't know the extent 173 00:11:43,596 --> 00:11:45,476 Speaker 7: of it yet, like we don't know all the evidence 174 00:11:45,516 --> 00:11:49,196 Speaker 7: that there is, which opens the avenue for her to 175 00:11:49,356 --> 00:11:54,156 Speaker 7: potentially destroy evidence or covert tracks a little bit, or 176 00:11:54,236 --> 00:11:56,476 Speaker 7: try to talk to witnesses and get them to not cooperate. 177 00:11:59,156 --> 00:12:02,036 Speaker 1: But here is the good news for Donnelley. Right from 178 00:12:02,036 --> 00:12:06,196 Speaker 1: the start, he had some incriminating evidence, an important set 179 00:12:06,196 --> 00:12:10,836 Speaker 1: of documents. These documents, they all came from Hunter seven 180 00:12:11,036 --> 00:12:15,036 Speaker 1: to charity. They were actually documents that Sarah herself had 181 00:12:15,036 --> 00:12:18,916 Speaker 1: submitted to bolster her lies to support her false claims 182 00:12:18,916 --> 00:12:23,196 Speaker 1: of being a veteran and a cancer patient. These records 183 00:12:23,236 --> 00:12:27,556 Speaker 1: would help Donnelly do two really important things. First, they'd 184 00:12:27,556 --> 00:12:31,516 Speaker 1: help him get a warrant to search Sarah's house. Second, 185 00:12:32,236 --> 00:12:35,876 Speaker 1: like a trail of breadcrumbs, they'd lead him right to 186 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:40,396 Speaker 1: the doorstep of several people Sarah had deceived, and this, 187 00:12:40,916 --> 00:13:00,916 Speaker 1: in turn would spark some pretty tough conversations. We'll get 188 00:13:00,916 --> 00:13:04,196 Speaker 1: to the search warrant in a bit, but first I 189 00:13:04,236 --> 00:13:08,996 Speaker 1: want to tell you about those conversations. Donnelly contacted Justin, 190 00:13:09,596 --> 00:13:13,316 Speaker 1: Sarah's friend from the VFW. He was the one battling 191 00:13:13,356 --> 00:13:17,556 Speaker 1: stage four lung cancer. At this point. Justin had heard 192 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:21,076 Speaker 1: the rumors about Sarah being a fraud, but there was 193 00:13:21,076 --> 00:13:24,836 Speaker 1: still so much that he didn't know. Donnelly arranged for 194 00:13:24,876 --> 00:13:28,876 Speaker 1: them to meet at the naval base in Newport, Rhode Island. 195 00:13:28,956 --> 00:13:32,116 Speaker 1: Justin recalls that they gathered in an old conference room, 196 00:13:32,636 --> 00:13:38,196 Speaker 1: a forgotten rundown, beat up place. Old furniture was stacked haphazardly, 197 00:13:38,636 --> 00:13:41,196 Speaker 1: like it had been cleared out for some event and 198 00:13:41,276 --> 00:13:46,116 Speaker 1: never put back. Looking around the room, Justin saw agents 199 00:13:46,156 --> 00:13:47,676 Speaker 1: from a number of federal. 200 00:13:47,356 --> 00:13:54,636 Speaker 3: Agencies NCIS, I think, FBI, and VA investigators all all. 201 00:13:54,676 --> 00:13:56,196 Speaker 3: I sat down with them all at the same time. 202 00:13:57,196 --> 00:14:00,876 Speaker 3: They were extremely sympathetic. First of all, I mean they 203 00:14:00,876 --> 00:14:08,076 Speaker 3: were visibly upset, but they just kind of laid it 204 00:14:08,076 --> 00:14:09,796 Speaker 3: out and they said, look, you know, like this is 205 00:14:09,796 --> 00:14:10,676 Speaker 3: what we think she did. 206 00:14:11,796 --> 00:14:15,636 Speaker 1: They explained how they'd put together the pieces. One of 207 00:14:15,716 --> 00:14:20,556 Speaker 1: Donnelly's colleagues had noticed something interesting about Sarah's medical records 208 00:14:20,596 --> 00:14:21,476 Speaker 1: from Hunter seven. 209 00:14:22,276 --> 00:14:28,356 Speaker 7: There's this rare procedure in the medical notes. It's got 210 00:14:28,396 --> 00:14:30,876 Speaker 7: a date on it. The providence via only did that 211 00:14:31,156 --> 00:14:33,116 Speaker 7: procedure to one person on that day. 212 00:14:34,716 --> 00:14:39,876 Speaker 1: And that person was Justin. When investigators compared the two 213 00:14:39,916 --> 00:14:44,516 Speaker 1: sets of medical records, Sarah's and Justin's looked pretty much identical. 214 00:14:45,756 --> 00:14:48,636 Speaker 1: Justin's doctor had even made a few typos, and those 215 00:14:48,716 --> 00:14:52,756 Speaker 1: exact same typos were in Sarah's records. It was a 216 00:14:52,796 --> 00:14:53,796 Speaker 1: cut and pace job. 217 00:14:55,116 --> 00:14:58,356 Speaker 3: What immediately occurred to me was that as soon as 218 00:14:58,356 --> 00:15:01,876 Speaker 3: I told her I'd cancer, even though she was telling 219 00:15:01,916 --> 00:15:03,356 Speaker 3: me it was okay, in the back of her mind 220 00:15:03,396 --> 00:15:05,396 Speaker 3: she was thinking, I can take advantage of this. 221 00:15:06,796 --> 00:15:10,036 Speaker 1: You might recall from our last episode, Justin had given 222 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:13,396 Speaker 1: Sarah money, supposedly so she could pay for her own 223 00:15:13,476 --> 00:15:18,396 Speaker 1: cancer treatment. Sarah had taken this money under false pretenses, 224 00:15:19,916 --> 00:15:24,316 Speaker 1: but as Donnelly had discovered, she'd also done something far 225 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:28,396 Speaker 1: more devious. Using her privileges as a social worker at 226 00:15:28,396 --> 00:15:33,676 Speaker 1: the Providence VA, Sarah had accessed Justin's medical records. She 227 00:15:33,756 --> 00:15:37,756 Speaker 1: had stolen them, doctored them, and passed them off as 228 00:15:37,756 --> 00:15:38,116 Speaker 1: her own. 229 00:15:39,436 --> 00:15:41,716 Speaker 3: I just couldn't brop my head around what kind of 230 00:15:41,716 --> 00:15:46,396 Speaker 3: person would do that to another person that was especially 231 00:15:46,396 --> 00:15:53,396 Speaker 3: that was you knew was sick, that was getting treatment, 232 00:15:53,476 --> 00:15:57,076 Speaker 3: that was, you know, dying, and you're going to take 233 00:15:57,076 --> 00:16:05,116 Speaker 3: advantage of that person with no no reservations whatsoever. I 234 00:16:05,156 --> 00:16:07,756 Speaker 3: thought about it for a very long time after that, 235 00:16:07,916 --> 00:16:10,676 Speaker 3: just like it just I couldn't stop thinking about how 236 00:16:11,716 --> 00:16:13,196 Speaker 3: how much I was violated by that. 237 00:16:21,836 --> 00:16:24,836 Speaker 1: Justin laid out his side of the story for investigators 238 00:16:25,316 --> 00:16:28,316 Speaker 1: how he'd given Sarah thousands of dollars for her treatment. 239 00:16:29,316 --> 00:16:34,476 Speaker 1: Justin was able to provide them with very specific evidence, dates, amounts, 240 00:16:34,636 --> 00:16:39,516 Speaker 1: and transaction records for every electronic transfer, all of which 241 00:16:39,596 --> 00:16:41,796 Speaker 1: would be helpful to Donnelly's investigation. 242 00:16:49,396 --> 00:16:52,436 Speaker 2: One of the other documents that Donnelly had gotten from 243 00:16:52,556 --> 00:16:56,796 Speaker 2: Hunter seven was a set of medical bills. These bills 244 00:16:57,196 --> 00:17:01,676 Speaker 2: were from Dana Farber, a cancer hospital in Boston. The 245 00:17:01,756 --> 00:17:09,036 Speaker 2: bills looked real, so if they weren't Sarah's, whose were they. 246 00:17:09,276 --> 00:17:13,076 Speaker 2: Donnelly and his colleagues slowly pieced together where the bills 247 00:17:13,076 --> 00:17:17,276 Speaker 2: had come from, and this trail of clues would eventually 248 00:17:17,356 --> 00:17:21,036 Speaker 2: lead them to a physical therapy clinic outside of Providence, 249 00:17:21,956 --> 00:17:27,316 Speaker 2: and that clinic it belonged to Sam. Sam was Sarah's 250 00:17:27,316 --> 00:17:32,196 Speaker 2: physical therapist. They become friends, and then much more than that. 251 00:17:33,036 --> 00:17:36,836 Speaker 2: Sarah had become a fixture in Sam's life. She'd even 252 00:17:36,876 --> 00:17:41,236 Speaker 2: helped out when Sam's mom was ill. Donnelly, along with 253 00:17:41,316 --> 00:17:44,716 Speaker 2: a few other federal agents, just showed up at Sam's 254 00:17:44,716 --> 00:17:49,276 Speaker 2: PT clinic one day with a subpoena and some questions. 255 00:17:50,196 --> 00:17:51,356 Speaker 4: And I was like, well, where do you want to 256 00:17:51,916 --> 00:17:55,036 Speaker 4: have this meeting. I will not have it in my 257 00:17:55,116 --> 00:17:58,556 Speaker 4: practice because I had no private room. I said, I 258 00:17:58,596 --> 00:18:00,436 Speaker 4: will not have it at my home, and they'll go 259 00:18:00,476 --> 00:18:01,996 Speaker 4: what about a cafe? I said, no, I was not 260 00:18:02,036 --> 00:18:04,436 Speaker 4: going to cafe. I was like, everyone knows me in 261 00:18:04,476 --> 00:18:07,436 Speaker 4: this town. Absolutely not. So we basically had the interview 262 00:18:07,476 --> 00:18:10,076 Speaker 4: in their car. I was sitting in the front turn 263 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:11,876 Speaker 4: like this the entire time, and there was another woman 264 00:18:11,876 --> 00:18:13,636 Speaker 4: who was in the driver's seat saying thank herring looking 265 00:18:13,636 --> 00:18:14,636 Speaker 4: at me the entire time. 266 00:18:15,996 --> 00:18:19,276 Speaker 2: The fence started talking about Sam's mom asked if she 267 00:18:19,316 --> 00:18:21,716 Speaker 2: was in treatment for cancer and I. 268 00:18:21,716 --> 00:18:24,356 Speaker 4: Said yeah, And I went into this whole story that 269 00:18:25,516 --> 00:18:27,956 Speaker 4: she was going to Rhode Island, wasn't getting really the 270 00:18:27,956 --> 00:18:29,996 Speaker 4: care that she needed, so she went to Dana Farber. 271 00:18:31,396 --> 00:18:34,956 Speaker 2: So there's Sam in the car in the parking lot 272 00:18:34,996 --> 00:18:38,556 Speaker 2: at her work, cramped between a bunch of federal agents, 273 00:18:39,436 --> 00:18:42,516 Speaker 2: wondering what all this could possibly have to do with 274 00:18:42,556 --> 00:18:48,076 Speaker 2: her mom. That's when investigators asked her. 275 00:18:47,596 --> 00:18:54,436 Speaker 4: Do you realize that Sarah used a bill, one of 276 00:18:54,436 --> 00:18:58,356 Speaker 4: your mother's bills from Dana Farber? And I said no, 277 00:18:58,436 --> 00:19:02,196 Speaker 4: I didn't realize that. I didn't know that. And I said, 278 00:19:02,596 --> 00:19:05,636 Speaker 4: that's really disappointing, and that's when I got upset and 279 00:19:05,636 --> 00:19:06,316 Speaker 4: I started crying. 280 00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:13,156 Speaker 2: Just a few weeks earlier, Sam had learned that Sarah 281 00:19:13,196 --> 00:19:17,356 Speaker 2: had been lying to her for years about nearly everything. 282 00:19:18,476 --> 00:19:27,516 Speaker 2: But this was different. These documents from Hunter seven. They 283 00:19:27,556 --> 00:19:32,436 Speaker 2: would be key to Donnelly's investigation because even before he 284 00:19:32,476 --> 00:19:36,516 Speaker 2: sat down with Justin and Sam, they gave him ample 285 00:19:36,636 --> 00:19:42,276 Speaker 2: evidence of a crime. Those documents would allow him to 286 00:19:42,276 --> 00:19:47,356 Speaker 2: do something really crucial yet, a warrant search Sarah's house. 287 00:19:50,796 --> 00:20:09,636 Speaker 2: We'll be right back. Early on the morning of February 288 00:20:09,716 --> 00:20:15,236 Speaker 2: third two, search warrant in hand, Donnelly set out for 289 00:20:15,356 --> 00:20:16,076 Speaker 2: Sarah's house. 290 00:20:17,436 --> 00:20:20,596 Speaker 7: So we got the got the paperwork signed, figure out 291 00:20:20,596 --> 00:20:22,236 Speaker 7: how we're going to approach the house. We all pile 292 00:20:22,276 --> 00:20:25,476 Speaker 7: into our cars and we drive down Rhode Island. 293 00:20:26,356 --> 00:20:28,356 Speaker 2: Donnelly had a couple of his own agents with him, 294 00:20:28,836 --> 00:20:30,156 Speaker 2: a couple of agents from the FBI. 295 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,516 Speaker 7: So we get there and you know, it's snowing, and 296 00:20:34,556 --> 00:20:39,876 Speaker 7: everyone like surrounds the house. Everyone's got their tactical plate 297 00:20:39,916 --> 00:20:42,876 Speaker 7: carrier vests on. Everyone's all dressed up for the occasion, 298 00:20:44,516 --> 00:20:48,356 Speaker 7: and we form, you know, a stack of agents to 299 00:20:48,396 --> 00:20:51,716 Speaker 7: go up and knock on the door. So requirement of 300 00:20:52,036 --> 00:20:55,356 Speaker 7: a normal search warran is that you knock, you announce, 301 00:20:55,596 --> 00:20:57,516 Speaker 7: you know, police search warrant, and then you give a 302 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:02,276 Speaker 7: reasonable amount of time for somebody inside to answer the door. 303 00:21:02,436 --> 00:21:06,316 Speaker 7: So knocking on the door loudly announcing nobody's coming. 304 00:21:07,796 --> 00:21:11,196 Speaker 1: So this crowd of age is standing there in Sarah's 305 00:21:11,196 --> 00:21:14,236 Speaker 1: front yard debating whether they should break in the door. 306 00:21:14,956 --> 00:21:19,276 Speaker 1: And it's snowing, freezing cold. So what does Donnelly do? 307 00:21:20,076 --> 00:21:23,516 Speaker 1: Turns out he's got Sarah's cell phone number. He's never 308 00:21:23,556 --> 00:21:26,916 Speaker 1: actually spoken to her, but he figures, hey, maybe before 309 00:21:26,916 --> 00:21:29,476 Speaker 1: I bust this door down, I should, you know, give 310 00:21:29,476 --> 00:21:32,316 Speaker 1: her a ring very considerate. You never see that in 311 00:21:32,356 --> 00:21:36,436 Speaker 1: the police movies, right, detective gives suspect a courtesy call, 312 00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:41,156 Speaker 1: but that's what he does. He calls her and she 313 00:21:41,236 --> 00:21:42,796 Speaker 1: picks up, and. 314 00:21:42,716 --> 00:21:47,236 Speaker 7: I said like, hey, we are at your house. It's 315 00:21:47,276 --> 00:21:50,476 Speaker 7: the police. Are you in the house. We need you 316 00:21:50,516 --> 00:21:54,396 Speaker 7: to come to the door, and she says no, I 317 00:21:54,756 --> 00:21:55,236 Speaker 7: went out. 318 00:21:57,396 --> 00:22:00,116 Speaker 2: Sarah had slipped out of the house without anyone knowing. 319 00:22:00,956 --> 00:22:02,596 Speaker 2: Donald is not quite sure how. 320 00:22:04,396 --> 00:22:07,076 Speaker 7: Oh she ducked surrounds and it wasn't that she was 321 00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:08,916 Speaker 7: trying to avoid survealans she was trying to avoid the 322 00:22:08,916 --> 00:22:11,316 Speaker 7: new but it had the side effect of avoiding the surveillance. 323 00:22:11,516 --> 00:22:13,276 Speaker 7: I said, all right, you said you're fifteen minutes away, 324 00:22:13,276 --> 00:22:16,276 Speaker 7: You've got exactly fifteen minutes to come back, and if 325 00:22:16,276 --> 00:22:18,996 Speaker 7: you don't come back, then at that point we're going 326 00:22:19,076 --> 00:22:21,196 Speaker 7: to have to force away into your house. 327 00:22:22,276 --> 00:22:25,636 Speaker 1: While they're all waiting on Sarah, an agent notices there's 328 00:22:25,676 --> 00:22:29,516 Speaker 1: a back window that's unlocked, so he shimmeys through it 329 00:22:29,596 --> 00:22:31,996 Speaker 1: and opens the front door for the rest of the agents. 330 00:22:32,756 --> 00:22:35,396 Speaker 1: By the time Sarah pulled up, the search was in 331 00:22:35,476 --> 00:22:38,716 Speaker 1: full swing. The whole street was blocked off. 332 00:22:38,756 --> 00:22:46,316 Speaker 7: There was a dozen cars cars, there's agents everywhere, evidence bags, evidence. 333 00:22:45,996 --> 00:22:50,236 Speaker 1: Tapes, and Donnelly laid eyes on Sarah for the first time. 334 00:22:50,996 --> 00:22:56,316 Speaker 7: So she pulled up. Maybe bewildered is the word I 335 00:22:56,356 --> 00:22:59,116 Speaker 7: would use, just because there's all these people milling about. 336 00:22:59,156 --> 00:23:03,316 Speaker 7: The FBI people are wearing their play carriers that say 337 00:23:03,356 --> 00:23:05,436 Speaker 7: FBI and big letters on them. 338 00:23:05,636 --> 00:23:07,836 Speaker 2: So Donnally tells her, look, you can't be in the 339 00:23:07,836 --> 00:23:10,236 Speaker 2: house while we search. You can go wait at a 340 00:23:10,276 --> 00:23:12,956 Speaker 2: friend's or get a coffee at Duncan, but you can't 341 00:23:12,996 --> 00:23:18,916 Speaker 2: go in the house. Sarah decides to wait outside all right. 342 00:23:18,996 --> 00:23:21,996 Speaker 7: Thursday, February third, three, twenty three pm. 343 00:23:22,476 --> 00:23:24,956 Speaker 3: Video walk through as we leave the residence. 344 00:23:25,836 --> 00:23:28,076 Speaker 2: We got footage of the search through a Freedom of 345 00:23:28,076 --> 00:23:29,796 Speaker 2: Information Act request. 346 00:23:31,196 --> 00:23:34,116 Speaker 1: This video was taken by an officer as he walked 347 00:23:34,116 --> 00:23:37,236 Speaker 1: through the house. They were looking for Sarah's work phone 348 00:23:37,556 --> 00:23:41,996 Speaker 1: and any computers, checks from charities that uniform that she'd 349 00:23:42,036 --> 00:23:47,436 Speaker 1: been photographed in, any evidence that would corroborate their case. Meanwhile, 350 00:23:47,836 --> 00:23:50,676 Speaker 1: Sarah was watching agents come in and out of the house. 351 00:23:51,436 --> 00:23:56,436 Speaker 1: Sarah didn't say much. She just looked dazed. In Donnelly's words. 352 00:23:57,516 --> 00:23:59,836 Speaker 7: Maybe like if you've ever seen someone immediately like after 353 00:23:59,876 --> 00:24:03,356 Speaker 7: a car accident, where they're still trying to process exactly 354 00:24:03,396 --> 00:24:05,436 Speaker 7: what just happened kind of thing. Because it was a 355 00:24:05,436 --> 00:24:06,916 Speaker 7: big turnout. 356 00:24:07,196 --> 00:24:10,556 Speaker 1: According to Sarah, by the time the FEDS searched her house, 357 00:24:11,356 --> 00:24:15,156 Speaker 1: she was already in rough shape, mentally exhausted by the 358 00:24:15,196 --> 00:24:16,516 Speaker 1: stress of all her lies. 359 00:24:17,476 --> 00:24:20,276 Speaker 5: I lost a ton of weight, I began to drink 360 00:24:20,356 --> 00:24:29,036 Speaker 5: extremely heavily, and I kind of lost interest in most 361 00:24:29,156 --> 00:24:31,196 Speaker 5: other things. I began to just kind of go through 362 00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:35,396 Speaker 5: the motions of these lies. Okay, just keep going, something's 363 00:24:35,396 --> 00:24:36,516 Speaker 5: going to happen. It will end. 364 00:24:38,156 --> 00:24:41,836 Speaker 1: For Sarah. The day of the search was kind of surreal. 365 00:24:42,996 --> 00:24:47,076 Speaker 5: When they came to search my house. I had been 366 00:24:47,116 --> 00:24:49,676 Speaker 5: like taking some pills to sleep or calm down, because 367 00:24:49,676 --> 00:24:51,156 Speaker 5: I would get up during the night and I would 368 00:24:51,556 --> 00:24:54,156 Speaker 5: walk around the house and check the windows. And this 369 00:24:54,316 --> 00:24:56,556 Speaker 5: wasn't because I thought they were coming to search my 370 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,956 Speaker 5: house or anything. I had no idea about the investigation, 371 00:24:59,876 --> 00:25:02,156 Speaker 5: but it was just this sense of like knowing I 372 00:25:02,196 --> 00:25:04,236 Speaker 5: was lying in the paranoia that comes from that. 373 00:25:06,356 --> 00:25:10,276 Speaker 1: Standing in the snow covered driveway, Donally tried to talk 374 00:25:10,316 --> 00:25:11,636 Speaker 1: to Sarah. 375 00:25:12,036 --> 00:25:16,236 Speaker 7: I had just said, Hey, why are we here today, 376 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,876 Speaker 7: and she had started to tell me about who she 377 00:25:20,236 --> 00:25:24,756 Speaker 7: borrowed the Marine Corps uniform from that she had worn. 378 00:25:25,636 --> 00:25:29,036 Speaker 7: And then I think at that point it really sink 379 00:25:29,076 --> 00:25:31,396 Speaker 7: in what was happening, because there's agents coming in and 380 00:25:31,436 --> 00:25:35,676 Speaker 7: out of the house. And then she said she stopped 381 00:25:35,676 --> 00:25:37,356 Speaker 7: her story about the uniform and she just said, I'm 382 00:25:37,396 --> 00:25:38,956 Speaker 7: not I'm not going to talk to you. 383 00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:42,916 Speaker 5: I was so afraid, right, I was so so afraid. 384 00:25:43,476 --> 00:25:45,836 Speaker 5: Not because I thought it was illegal, not because I'm 385 00:25:45,836 --> 00:25:48,116 Speaker 5: thinking I'm going to go to prison, but because I'm like, 386 00:25:49,076 --> 00:25:51,516 Speaker 5: they are not going to be my friends. Anymore. I'm 387 00:25:51,516 --> 00:25:56,356 Speaker 5: not going to have these people in my life. 388 00:26:03,436 --> 00:26:07,036 Speaker 1: The team of agents went through the house methodically placing 389 00:26:07,076 --> 00:26:08,636 Speaker 1: items in evidence bags. 390 00:26:09,756 --> 00:26:14,116 Speaker 7: There were VFW like donation bins in the basement, you know, 391 00:26:14,196 --> 00:26:18,076 Speaker 7: like the five gallon buckets that they put out like 392 00:26:18,116 --> 00:26:20,756 Speaker 7: when you're going to the grocery store or something. There 393 00:26:20,796 --> 00:26:21,636 Speaker 7: was no money in them. 394 00:26:23,116 --> 00:26:27,476 Speaker 1: They also found her VFW membership card and VFW polos 395 00:26:28,036 --> 00:26:31,876 Speaker 1: mail from the Wounded Warrior Project. And inside a closet 396 00:26:31,916 --> 00:26:37,036 Speaker 1: in her home office, Donnalley found something else, something very curious, 397 00:26:37,876 --> 00:26:39,476 Speaker 1: a green colored notebook. 398 00:26:40,476 --> 00:26:44,076 Speaker 7: I used to work in counterintelligence and investigations, and she 399 00:26:44,196 --> 00:26:47,356 Speaker 7: had what, in my opinion, I would call a backstoped 400 00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:49,556 Speaker 7: identity expand what. 401 00:26:49,516 --> 00:26:50,116 Speaker 1: You mean by that. 402 00:26:50,556 --> 00:26:53,076 Speaker 7: Anyone who was ever in the military or worked for 403 00:26:53,116 --> 00:26:59,676 Speaker 7: the government knows the green record book. It's a notebook, 404 00:26:59,676 --> 00:27:03,996 Speaker 7: it's ruled paper inside, it's like this nineteen fifties seafoam green. 405 00:27:04,396 --> 00:27:06,396 Speaker 7: The military has probably used them since World War Two. 406 00:27:06,956 --> 00:27:10,116 Speaker 7: She had one of those, and she wrote a very 407 00:27:10,316 --> 00:27:13,716 Speaker 7: detailed fake war diary. 408 00:27:15,076 --> 00:27:20,676 Speaker 1: That's right. He'd found what looked like a war diary. Sarah, 409 00:27:20,756 --> 00:27:24,396 Speaker 1: by the way, doesn't remember this at all, but Donnelly 410 00:27:24,436 --> 00:27:29,156 Speaker 1: told us it included detailed entries from Afghanistan. 411 00:27:29,676 --> 00:27:32,556 Speaker 2: And Donnelly found other clues for the character. Sarah had 412 00:27:32,556 --> 00:27:37,116 Speaker 2: been playing other props for her double life. Her backstopped 413 00:27:37,196 --> 00:27:43,156 Speaker 2: identity Sarah the Marine, Sarah the Hero like a handmade 414 00:27:43,196 --> 00:27:47,636 Speaker 2: vase with the Marine Corps insignia. He later discovered Sarah 415 00:27:47,676 --> 00:27:50,196 Speaker 2: had made it as part of an art therapy trip 416 00:27:50,436 --> 00:28:05,876 Speaker 2: for veterans. As Sarah waited, her mind went to dark places. 417 00:28:06,636 --> 00:28:09,636 Speaker 5: I had to sit outside on the of the car 418 00:28:09,676 --> 00:28:12,956 Speaker 5: and the garage, and there were two officers standing on 419 00:28:12,996 --> 00:28:17,476 Speaker 5: either side of me, and they were I think, playing 420 00:28:17,516 --> 00:28:20,716 Speaker 5: good cops, so to speak, right, And there was this 421 00:28:20,836 --> 00:28:22,956 Speaker 5: man and he was like an it guy, and he 422 00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:26,516 Speaker 5: was thin, he had glasses, kind of like a boyish haircut, 423 00:28:27,116 --> 00:28:31,396 Speaker 5: and he wasn't like as intense as the other agents. 424 00:28:32,076 --> 00:28:34,556 Speaker 5: And he had a gun on his holster and I 425 00:28:34,636 --> 00:28:38,236 Speaker 5: was like, I I could probably get to him fast 426 00:28:38,356 --> 00:28:40,636 Speaker 5: enough that the other man on the other side will 427 00:28:40,636 --> 00:28:46,436 Speaker 5: shoot me. And I remember, like, even when they were 428 00:28:46,476 --> 00:28:49,036 Speaker 5: in my house, that thought consuming me, not even thinking 429 00:28:49,076 --> 00:28:52,716 Speaker 5: about like that they're searching my house and that this 430 00:28:52,836 --> 00:28:57,196 Speaker 5: is now a criminal investigation, right, just thinking about like 431 00:28:57,276 --> 00:28:59,596 Speaker 5: letting it end, letting it be over. 432 00:29:03,596 --> 00:29:06,396 Speaker 2: Donnally remembers this moment really clearly too. 433 00:29:08,756 --> 00:29:13,756 Speaker 7: She had said, what would happen to me if I 434 00:29:13,756 --> 00:29:16,556 Speaker 7: tried to take your gun from you right now? To 435 00:29:16,956 --> 00:29:19,356 Speaker 7: the agents that were kind of standing there like watching her, 436 00:29:20,596 --> 00:29:22,356 Speaker 7: and they're like, well, like, why would you do that? 437 00:29:23,556 --> 00:29:24,196 Speaker 1: And so at that. 438 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:29,476 Speaker 7: Point we were concerned. So we had the local police 439 00:29:29,796 --> 00:29:33,516 Speaker 7: respond out and said, look, she's saying things that I 440 00:29:33,516 --> 00:29:38,876 Speaker 7: think could be construed as self harm. 441 00:29:39,076 --> 00:29:47,236 Speaker 2: Sarah was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Meanwhile, 442 00:29:47,836 --> 00:29:51,716 Speaker 2: Donnelly dove into the mountain of evidence. The scope of 443 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:55,836 Speaker 2: Sarah Kavanaugh's fraud was beyond what he could have imagined. 444 00:29:56,796 --> 00:30:02,356 Speaker 2: Over six years, Sarah defrauded ten different veterans' charities ten 445 00:30:03,596 --> 00:30:09,396 Speaker 2: She also stole federal benefits, accepted donations from GoFundMe, and 446 00:30:09,476 --> 00:30:16,556 Speaker 2: exploited five individuals, including Justin her Jim Buddy, Michelle, Sam, 447 00:30:17,116 --> 00:30:22,156 Speaker 2: and Sam's mother. All told she stole over a quarter 448 00:30:22,196 --> 00:30:26,756 Speaker 2: of a million dollars of cash and services. And that's 449 00:30:26,836 --> 00:30:30,156 Speaker 2: just the wire fraud total, which doesn't even count the 450 00:30:30,236 --> 00:30:33,076 Speaker 2: donations she took from friends in cash over the years. 451 00:30:34,596 --> 00:30:38,236 Speaker 2: All of this while working as a licensed social worker 452 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:42,116 Speaker 2: at the VA. The FEDS would spend the next few 453 00:30:42,116 --> 00:30:45,596 Speaker 2: months building their case against Sarah Kavanaugh. 454 00:30:51,996 --> 00:30:56,556 Speaker 1: Later that same day, after Sarah's psychiatric evaluation, she was 455 00:30:56,676 --> 00:31:00,756 Speaker 1: cleared and released. Her wife, Nicole, was waiting for her 456 00:31:00,796 --> 00:31:05,676 Speaker 1: at the hospital and drove her home. It's easy to 457 00:31:05,756 --> 00:31:09,076 Speaker 1: forget that Sarah had a wife. This story is so twist, 458 00:31:09,196 --> 00:31:12,716 Speaker 1: did and complicated, but she did. They shared a home 459 00:31:12,916 --> 00:31:16,396 Speaker 1: and a life together and her wife. She thought she 460 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:19,756 Speaker 1: knew who Sarah was until that day when the police 461 00:31:19,796 --> 00:31:24,556 Speaker 1: searched their house for Nicole. That was the moment of truth. 462 00:31:26,116 --> 00:31:29,716 Speaker 1: So that night, when they finally returned home, Nicole had 463 00:31:29,796 --> 00:31:35,996 Speaker 1: questions and there would be a reckoning next time. On 464 00:31:36,076 --> 00:31:36,596 Speaker 1: Deep Cover. 465 00:31:37,316 --> 00:31:40,396 Speaker 5: Picked up the phone just to check my messages, and 466 00:31:41,196 --> 00:31:43,516 Speaker 5: she said, you need to come home. The FBI is here. 467 00:31:43,956 --> 00:31:45,996 Speaker 5: That's when I knew it was that fast. I had 468 00:31:46,076 --> 00:31:50,636 Speaker 5: nothing until I had that. When you lived two separate 469 00:31:50,676 --> 00:31:54,876 Speaker 5: lives for so long, it feels normal, right. I had 470 00:31:54,876 --> 00:31:56,836 Speaker 5: to be someone else in front of other people when 471 00:31:56,836 --> 00:31:58,476 Speaker 5: I was young and when I was a child, and 472 00:31:59,596 --> 00:32:00,316 Speaker 5: that was normal. 473 00:32:17,356 --> 00:32:20,756 Speaker 1: Deep Cover The Truth About Sarah was produced by Amy 474 00:32:20,796 --> 00:32:26,356 Speaker 1: Gaines McQuaid and Tally Emlin. Additional production support by Sonya Gerwood. 475 00:32:26,876 --> 00:32:30,756 Speaker 2: Our show is edited by Karen Chakerjee. 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