WEBVTT - "My God, There's Six of Them"

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about how Jenn and Sarah Hart met each

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<v Speaker 1>other and how they quickly adopted six kids. We've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about how Jen curated an identity for the family on

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<v Speaker 1>social media and at music festivals. And we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>how the Hearts lived. Now we're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>how they died. This is hard stuff, obviously, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>spent a lot of time thinking about it. What happened

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<v Speaker 1>in the week leading up to the hearts five and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty one mile trip from Washington to California, and when

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<v Speaker 1>Jen arrived at the edge of the cliff, what made

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<v Speaker 1>her keep her foot on the gas From Glamour and

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<v Speaker 1>how stuff works. This is Broken Hearts. I'm Liz Egan

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm Justine Harmony. We're going to check back in

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<v Speaker 1>with Bruce and Danna decalb who were the Hearts neighbors

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<v Speaker 1>in Woodland, Washington. You'll remember they're the ones who were

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<v Speaker 1>woken up in the middle of the night by Hannah

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<v Speaker 1>Heart shortly after the handa incident. They bought blinds and

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<v Speaker 1>never ever opened up, never closed. You couldn't see in

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<v Speaker 1>the house, you couldn't see in their car. They would

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<v Speaker 1>go from the house to the car and from the

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<v Speaker 1>car to the house literally single file, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>like kind of at a fast clip, almost like running.

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer would get out and open the doors. Then they

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<v Speaker 1>would get out and single fowl to the house. I

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<v Speaker 1>was hoping to see Anna again because I was hoping

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<v Speaker 1>to get it to her that you are always welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to my home, that no matter what, feel free to

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<v Speaker 1>come here, or have her give me a signal all

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<v Speaker 1>you know that she needs help. I wanted to let

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<v Speaker 1>any of the kids know that, you know, if they

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<v Speaker 1>need help, just give me the not because I just

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<v Speaker 1>never felt comfortable about what I was observing. That's Dana

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<v Speaker 1>who still teared up when talking about the hearts nearly

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<v Speaker 1>two months after they died. Even though the sheriff's deputy

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<v Speaker 1>had told Dana it wasn't illegal to not let kids

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<v Speaker 1>play outside, she still had a bad gut feeling about

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<v Speaker 1>the family. In fact, she vowed to keep watch on

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<v Speaker 1>the comings and goings of their cars on anything she

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<v Speaker 1>could decipher from the house. With the blinds drawn tightly shut.

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<v Speaker 1>She made sure to take notes of each new visit

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<v Speaker 1>Davante would make to their house. For months, Dana had

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<v Speaker 1>only gotten tiny tidbits Davante's clipped greetings when she tried

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<v Speaker 1>to intersect him in the driveway on garbage runs. But

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<v Speaker 1>now finally, little by little, Davante was opening up. We

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<v Speaker 1>have to take our garbage cans to the street, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a long ways, and so I would watch for

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<v Speaker 1>the kids because I wanted to try to have a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation with any of them, you know, But I could

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<v Speaker 1>never get him to talk to me, and I never

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<v Speaker 1>saw Hannah. One time, Davante and I kind of waited

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<v Speaker 1>for him and caught up with him, and I talked

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<v Speaker 1>to him, but he wouldn't answer me. Finally, right when

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<v Speaker 1>we went to split and I said, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I have a good day, and he goes, yes, ma'am,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was all I got from the whole way

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<v Speaker 1>up the driveway. He got back up to the house

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw Jennifer scolding him. She went inside and

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<v Speaker 1>left him standing out the rain. And my first reaction,

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<v Speaker 1>my gut was he just got in trouble for talking

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<v Speaker 1>to me. And then from that day on we never

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<v Speaker 1>saw him take the garbage. They did it in the night.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, Okay, obviously there's something going on that they've

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<v Speaker 1>been instructed not to speak with us from that day forward. DeVante,

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<v Speaker 1>he was the only kid of the six of them

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<v Speaker 1>that was ever outside doing work. He was raking leaves

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<v Speaker 1>or puling things. One day, I sat watched he carried

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<v Speaker 1>ten bags of soil from the front of the back,

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<v Speaker 1>and I kept thinking, my god, there's six of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if Hannah's too tiny, there's three boys, and Marcus

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<v Speaker 1>was way bigger than Dante, and so it blew my

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<v Speaker 1>mind and I sat and watched that, thinking, eventually, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to see another kid. But it only was DeVante.

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<v Speaker 1>When you tell me that the kids chose to live

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<v Speaker 1>out in the country, you want to become self sufficient,

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<v Speaker 1>then I would expect to see kids out in the

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<v Speaker 1>yard planting or enjoying the property. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to live like this, you enjoy it. And so

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't adding up my gut instinct still at me

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<v Speaker 1>on alert. She talked about it, for I was obsessed

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<v Speaker 1>with She was obsessed with it. I watched their comings

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<v Speaker 1>and goings. I mean, I knew when Sarah had a

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<v Speaker 1>day off. Um I stopped him essentially because I just

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't let it go. Aside from a few brief conversations

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<v Speaker 1>in the driveway, the decalbs felt the Hearts were avoiding them,

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<v Speaker 1>but that changed on Thursday, March two, eighteen, when Davante

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<v Speaker 1>approached Bruce, who was working on his truck, and asked

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<v Speaker 1>for tortillas. It was a simple request, like asking for

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<v Speaker 1>a cup of sugar or a stick of butter, and

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce was happy to help. That same day, over on Facebook,

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<v Speaker 1>Jen was celebrating the ninth anniversary of Davante, Sierra and

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremiah's official adoption date. She posted six black and white

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<v Speaker 1>pictures of the kids grinning and wearing cute hats. We

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<v Speaker 1>won't read the whole status update, it's a long one too,

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<v Speaker 1>but the lions are about to hear are pretty poignant.

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<v Speaker 1>Considering what was about to happen, and considering that DeVante

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<v Speaker 1>might have been asking Bruce for food at the very moment,

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<v Speaker 1>Jen type these words, I am a better human in

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<v Speaker 1>every possible way for knowing these children. They have been

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<v Speaker 1>my greatest teachers. Contrary to the common notion that we

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<v Speaker 1>can't choose our family, we absolutely can. We choose by loving,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's worth celebrating every damn day. Dana and Bruce

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<v Speaker 1>weren't friends with jan on Facebook. In fact, they had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea she was active on social media until after

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<v Speaker 1>she died. On Friday, March six eighteen, around nine am,

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<v Speaker 1>they answered a knock on their door. There was Davante

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<v Speaker 1>again asking for bread. This time Dana was the one

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<v Speaker 1>who gave him the food. She didn't have bread, so

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<v Speaker 1>she gave him tortillas instead. The first night, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think anything when he came back, I was like, m

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<v Speaker 1>that's weird, okay. He would kind of watch down the road,

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<v Speaker 1>watch down the road, and you know, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>the only here as long as he needed to be.

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<v Speaker 1>He would never come in the house, never came in

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<v Speaker 1>that not in the rain, no, no, never came in

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<v Speaker 1>the house. Would not step but I'd say come in

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<v Speaker 1>and it's raining, Nope, And he'd be like he was

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<v Speaker 1>always really in a hurt. But then when he came

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<v Speaker 1>back Friday night, It's like, wait a minute, I just

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<v Speaker 1>gave you like thirty tortillas A specifically put I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>take a step back and just you know, size him up.

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<v Speaker 1>He was always dressed in baggy or clothes, rubber boots

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<v Speaker 1>and longer sleeves, you know, I mean in March when

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<v Speaker 1>he started coming over here, it's still wet and cold.

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<v Speaker 1>His shoulders were super small and comparison to his head,

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<v Speaker 1>I have little shoulders. He was smaller than me. He

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<v Speaker 1>was really thin, you know, like his arms rose because

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<v Speaker 1>of my wrists. That's all? Are you? By four? Was

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<v Speaker 1>he taller than you? Around my height? The next day,

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<v Speaker 1>around five pm, Davante was back. He wanted more food.

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce and Dana tried to get him to stay and talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Dana was determined to collect information she could share. When

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<v Speaker 1>she called Child Protective Services again. Remember the first time

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<v Speaker 1>she spoke to them after her dad reported the hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>she was told there was nothing they could do to help.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when it was like, okay, we gotta get details.

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<v Speaker 1>So every time he came over, I would ask him

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<v Speaker 1>a little more and a little more. You know. First

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<v Speaker 1>it was just about playing outside, you know where you

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<v Speaker 1>are allowed to play outside at your other house? And

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<v Speaker 1>then it was what about school? Meanwhile, Jen continued to

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<v Speaker 1>post about Davante on Facebook. He was one of her

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<v Speaker 1>favorite subjects. We know that. Already four days after his

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<v Speaker 1>first visit to the Decalbs, she shared a pick sure

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<v Speaker 1>where you can only see his eyes brown and smiling.

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<v Speaker 1>The bottom of his face is obscured by a tray

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<v Speaker 1>full of dirt and seedlings. The post reads, we currently

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<v Speaker 1>have six hundred flowers slash vegetables growing in the living

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<v Speaker 1>room before theyre moved to the little greenhouse. She goes

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<v Speaker 1>on to say that the kids are quote reading their

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<v Speaker 1>environmental biology books out loud to each other and to

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<v Speaker 1>the plants. It sounds like a cozy scene. On Tuesday, March,

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<v Speaker 1>Davante returned to the Decalbs house twice. Although he still

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't come inside, he was at least more forthcoming than

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<v Speaker 1>he'd been on previous visits. I asked him how he

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<v Speaker 1>was able to sneak over here. He told me they

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<v Speaker 1>weren't very observant. Now I've learned that Jennifer was a gamer,

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<v Speaker 1>a video gamer on computers, and so he came over

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<v Speaker 1>when she was probably gaming, or he would come over

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<v Speaker 1>late at night when they were probably asleep. Sarah was

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<v Speaker 1>never home. I don't think when he made his trips

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<v Speaker 1>over here, she was either gone to work or it

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<v Speaker 1>was late enough that she would probably be in bed.

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<v Speaker 1>This made sense while Sarah was working long hours at

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<v Speaker 1>Cole's Jen was running a guild of video game enthusiasts,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes dominating group chats to the point where one dubbed

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<v Speaker 1>her a stone cold narcissist. So it seems like there

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a whole lot of supervision happening in the hearthouse

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<v Speaker 1>and the family life, DeVante described to the Decalbs bore

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<v Speaker 1>little resemblance to the rosy utopia Jen described to her

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<v Speaker 1>fans they were withholding food as punished. He would say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're teenagers and we act out, and so we get

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<v Speaker 1>punished in that way. And Danis said, well, there's nothing

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<v Speaker 1>you could ever do that would warrant someone taking food

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<v Speaker 1>away from you. I don't care what it is. So

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<v Speaker 1>to a degree he did say, we're teenagers and act out,

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<v Speaker 1>like trying to claim there was some sort of cause, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>or that maybe that they thought that there was a cause,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to make it like it was normal somewhat,

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<v Speaker 1>but obviously it wasn't. Just to recap Davante showed up

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<v Speaker 1>at the Decalps on March and one. He showed up

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<v Speaker 1>for the last time on March twenty two. He started

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<v Speaker 1>asking for cured meat and six stars of peanut butter

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<v Speaker 1>and six packages or tortillas and apples, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>he goes and donuts and he kind of looked and

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<v Speaker 1>I said, no, I'm not doing no junk food. He goes, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you know when you say specifically cured meats, and he

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<v Speaker 1>told us non perishables. He even said non perishables. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't have anything that's frozen or needs to be fagerating it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, is he going to run away? Was

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<v Speaker 1>there like a moment that you felt the pitch change

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<v Speaker 1>of just like I'm not gonna be guarded about this anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just telling you we're being abused. Yeah. That was

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday, when he first started telling us a little

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<v Speaker 1>more about abuse. Um and then asking as please don't

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<v Speaker 1>call the cops. Told us that everything Hannah told you

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<v Speaker 1>was true, the things my mom told you were just

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<v Speaker 1>to make you happy, and it was just like, oh god,

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<v Speaker 1>I totally bought into it. And I was just like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh God, yeah, just kill me. I said, okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>why did she run away that night? Because my mom

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<v Speaker 1>was abusing her? It was just like too much had

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<v Speaker 1>started out just as you know, a meal air or there,

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<v Speaker 1>but now it was long periods of time, and then

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<v Speaker 1>he said, Sarah used to not go along with it,

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<v Speaker 1>but she is now. You know. I just felt like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>now I have enough to get somebody's attention. On March two, eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>Jen made her final Facebook post. It was a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>second video of a pair of ducklings, one yellow, one black.

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<v Speaker 1>We see the ducks splashing together in a bowl of water,

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<v Speaker 1>cuddling in someone's arms, someone who is white and wearing

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<v Speaker 1>a gray sweatshirt. Then the ducks are balancing on the

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<v Speaker 1>back of a rabbit and a cat, and finally climbing

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<v Speaker 1>over a bowl filled with geode starfish and shells. In

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<v Speaker 1>the background, we see a woman with long brown hair

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a blazer and a T shirt, probably Sarah, on

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<v Speaker 1>her way to work. It's a peaceful, domestic scene, and

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<v Speaker 1>the last frame says happy Spring in a jaunty font.

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<v Speaker 1>The caption cuteness overload Alert. These spring equinox babies have

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<v Speaker 1>waddled right into our hearts. So much joy in New life.

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<v Speaker 1>Two likes comments, many of which were posted after the

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<v Speaker 1>Hearts died. On Friday morning of March Danna de Cau

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<v Speaker 1>called Child Protective Services to report all of the information

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<v Speaker 1>she had collected about jen and Sarah Hart. Officials showed

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<v Speaker 1>up within a couple hours, but by then Dana thought

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<v Speaker 1>every second counted CPS had been contacted and gone out

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<v Speaker 1>to see them. When she coming back, I'm here, but

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<v Speaker 1>I can't find you. There's wild I'm I'm up where

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<v Speaker 1>there across the street is a bank of mailboxes. I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well turn around and I'll watch for you, you you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'll tell you turn now. So I'm literally

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<v Speaker 1>standing you're watching for her to go by, and I

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<v Speaker 1>see Jennifer coming down the hill and I was thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>a crap, maybe the kids were home, you know alone,

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<v Speaker 1>CPS could have been here by now. So I watched

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer coming up the driveway and I'm like, well, their

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<v Speaker 1>whole So I told the lady turn in when you

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<v Speaker 1>come up the driveway, go to the right. She came

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<v Speaker 1>to my house, so she pulled up. I might, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>given a signal to go back. I just motioned because

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to yelp next door, you need to

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<v Speaker 1>go next door, because I thought, well, I could be

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<v Speaker 1>out in the driveway, and so she got back in

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<v Speaker 1>her car and went next door. She wasn't there very long,

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<v Speaker 1>and I watched her leave and I'm like, crap, nothing

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<v Speaker 1>came of this. But they never asked it to door.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you do answer the door, you can say

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, you didn't have to come back another time.

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<v Speaker 1>What were your feelings when you actually made the call

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<v Speaker 1>and reported in. I think I was nervous, You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was glad I did it because I got the

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<v Speaker 1>feeling it had to happen. I mean, I knew it

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<v Speaker 1>had to happen. Were you worried that they then they

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<v Speaker 1>would get abused more? I was. That was my biggest

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<v Speaker 1>fair But what actually happened was worse. Dana saw Sarah's

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<v Speaker 1>car speeding into the driveway and then at some point

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<v Speaker 1>during the night, the car disappeared. As far as Dana

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<v Speaker 1>could tell, the house next door was completely empty. You

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<v Speaker 1>just put it together that they had gone on the run.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't see them blaze out. Well, the rock wall

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<v Speaker 1>was knocked on the end of it was clipped left

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<v Speaker 1>so fast that they backed over that rock wall and

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<v Speaker 1>knocked it down. This, you know, that was Saturday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>then Sunday when the car was gone Sunday morning, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when we said they're running they're gone at that moment.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you think would be the outcome of this?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I just figured they were trying to hide

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<v Speaker 1>long enough to sort it out. Yeah, figure out their story.

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<v Speaker 1>They owned the house. Where are they gonna what are

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<v Speaker 1>they gonna do? They gotta come back, even they had

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<v Speaker 1>chicken still here in the animals are all up there,

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<v Speaker 1>and Sarah's cars. I mean, it just didn't occur to

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<v Speaker 1>me that this was going to be the outcome. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really think about I didn't think they killed

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<v Speaker 1>in my wildest imagination. Sarah was scheduled to open coals

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<v Speaker 1>at six am on Saturday morning. At three am, she

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<v Speaker 1>texted co workers, I'm so sorry. I thought I would

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<v Speaker 1>be able to go to work, but I'm too sick

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<v Speaker 1>to come in. Sarah's colleague, Cheryl Hart, had worked with

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<v Speaker 1>her the day before on that Friday. She says she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't notice anything unusual about Sarah, at least not then.

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<v Speaker 1>Her mood that day I felt was fine. I had

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<v Speaker 1>just found out that I was getting promoted, and she

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<v Speaker 1>had actually known before me, so she was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad that now you know. Now I could

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<v Speaker 1>tell you congratulations and everything, and so she was excited

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<v Speaker 1>for me, and so we were um, laughing and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>On Saturday, March, the Hearts phones pinged off cell towers

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<v Speaker 1>along the Oregon coast into California, and as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday, Jen showed up in Fort Bragg on a

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<v Speaker 1>Safeway surveillance video. She was alone and about twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>pounds heavier than friends had ever seen her, wearing a

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<v Speaker 1>gray sweatshirt, possibly the same one we caught a glimpse

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<v Speaker 1>of in the video with the Ducklings. By Monday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl Hert was getting concerned. Sarah hadn't shown up for

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<v Speaker 1>work all weekend and wasn't responding to texts, So Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>decided to call. When she said she was sick, did

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<v Speaker 1>she say what was going on? Or she just said

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<v Speaker 1>that she just is unable to to come out and

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<v Speaker 1>we're being able to go to work and thought she

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna go to the doctor. Um. I've checked the hospitals.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't come any records of her, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>her phone is now dead. We were curious about why

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl made this call. Jessine and I worked pretty closely

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<v Speaker 1>together and we definitely talked about our families and what

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<v Speaker 1>we did over the weekend. But I'm not sure I

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<v Speaker 1>would call if she didn't show up for work for

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<v Speaker 1>a few days. Can talked through just why you made

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<v Speaker 1>the call. Well, so it started because Sarah was stick

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<v Speaker 1>and because Sarah wasn't answering her phone. So they had

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<v Speaker 1>asked me how to pull up the emergency contact list

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<v Speaker 1>because they thought that maybe they could contact Jen. So

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<v Speaker 1>I pulled it up. They called Jen and left a message.

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<v Speaker 1>I sent a text message to the coworker like Sunday night,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, you know, saying by her from Sara

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<v Speaker 1>yet And she said, no, she does. It's really kind

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<v Speaker 1>of weird. And I said, that is really weird. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>she would not miss, you know, two days of work

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<v Speaker 1>without checking in or anything like that. I'm like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so bizarre because everything that was going on, she still

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<v Speaker 1>did her job. She still showed up every day, she

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't late, she still took initiative to get her projects done.

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<v Speaker 1>She still had great ideas. I mean, she did everything.

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<v Speaker 1>If you were just to walk in and not know

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<v Speaker 1>her history or her family, or her home life or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>you would never have any idea because done bits showed

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<v Speaker 1>when she was out on that sales floor. She had

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<v Speaker 1>that hatlog, you know, all of her stuff. Aside, she

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<v Speaker 1>did her jobs. So then we went in Monday and

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<v Speaker 1>we waited until about nine o'clock and she still hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>shown up. By this time, the storm manager had come

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<v Speaker 1>in and I had filled him in on everything that

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<v Speaker 1>had happened over the weekend, which was like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>something's going on, you know, what do we do? And

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, well, I don't know. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>we can get involved or anything. And I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of course to me, and she like, I

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<v Speaker 1>think we have to get involved in the stuffing that's

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<v Speaker 1>going on. He had talked to his manager and they

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<v Speaker 1>said we'll like give it another hour or so. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh my gosh, you guys are being men.

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<v Speaker 1>This is ridiculous. Something needs to be done. So then

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<v Speaker 1>I figured out that Jen's emergency contact number was actually

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah's phone number, so we didn't have an emergency contact

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<v Speaker 1>number for Sarah. So I finally got the okay to

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<v Speaker 1>call it in and I made the call and then

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<v Speaker 1>here I sit today. About two hours after Cheryl hung

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<v Speaker 1>up the phone, a German tourist spotted the Hearts Tan

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<v Speaker 1>two thou three Yukon Xcel upside down at the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>of the cliff in Mendocino County. The police report includes

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<v Speaker 1>a photo of the car from above, and it looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's flat to the ground with its brown and

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<v Speaker 1>gray machinery camouflaged by the rocks, sand and water. When

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<v Speaker 1>you look at aerial shots of the scene, the car

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<v Speaker 1>blends in so well it's hard to see. The bodies

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<v Speaker 1>of Marcus, Abigail, and Jeremiah were found nearby. Sierra's body

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<v Speaker 1>washed ashore. About two weeks later. A foot presumed to

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<v Speaker 1>be Hannah's was found nearby as well, but at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of this recording, investigators were still trying to match

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<v Speaker 1>it with DNA from a woman claiming to be Hannah's

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<v Speaker 1>biological mom. Davante's body is still missing. The car's computer

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<v Speaker 1>showed that moments before the crash, Jen had stopped on

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<v Speaker 1>a gravel pull out seventy ft from the edge of

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<v Speaker 1>the cliff and then accelerated. You might wonder if the

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<v Speaker 1>brakes malfunctioned, but according to a Carfax report, the pads

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<v Speaker 1>have been replaced the previous July. Her industry experts The

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<v Speaker 1>average brake pads last for around forty miles, so unless

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<v Speaker 1>the Hearts had driven back and forth across the country

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<v Speaker 1>six times, the brake pads should have been in perfect

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<v Speaker 1>working order. Meanwhile, remember all that lush Greenerygen wrote about.

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<v Speaker 1>When the police showed up to search the Heart's house,

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<v Speaker 1>they found no plants inside. But over on Jen's Facebook,

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<v Speaker 1>the ducklings continue to splash in their bowl of water,

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<v Speaker 1>one yellow, one black. The most recent comment comes from

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<v Speaker 1>a loyal friend wishing Jen a happy birthday months after

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<v Speaker 1>she died. Next time on Broken Hearts, the kids are skinny. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we just thought they were eating organic food. We thought

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<v Speaker 1>they were all the same age. They were small, so

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<v Speaker 1>we thought they had to be in kindergarten. Looking back

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<v Speaker 1>on it, it doesn't look like they were normal kids.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't really have friends. Abigail had bruising on her

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<v Speaker 1>stomach area from her stern um to waistband, and bruising

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<v Speaker 1>on her back from mid back to upper buttocks, reportedly

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<v Speaker 1>caused by Jen Hart. For access to exclusive photos and

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