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I didn't choose this your mom chose this these Home Videos may show your typical loving American family but unknown to
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the rest of the world this broken home was under serious threat from their unstable father a paranoid man who
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forged a double life and cared more about his hair than his wife's impending death but what precisely caused Trent to
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snap and what was he so upset about today we explore the life of the Pascal
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family the YouTube videos posted years before their downfall Trent's own video taken just seconds before his most
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lethal moment and the double life that he secretly played after welcome or
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welcome back to Coffee House crime folks my name is Adrien and today we're looking at a case like no other now I've
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said this time and time again but you should never take someone's Social Media at face value and Trent well let's just
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say he's the perfect example of how rotten an apple can be behind its shiny facade before you begin please do
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consider subscribing if you want to see more True Crimes strange and chilling stories and now with that said please
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grab yourself a coffee and let's caffeinate while we investigate this is the case of Trent
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Pascal hey there folks and like always We Begin our story today with the one who matters the most that being Savannah
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kinchin born on August the 22nd 1990 Savannah was raised by her mother Shirley and father Michael growing up in
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Pasadena Texas she was no stranger to hot weather southern hospitality and strawberries of course with Pasadena
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being the old strawberry capital Savannah enjoyed many activities as a child including gymnastics dance
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swimming ice skating bowling karate and of course her favorite horseback riding
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which was her all-time favorite hobby with her father it is noted that even from an early age Savannah's
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compassionate nature seemed to shine through she had a deep love for animals and a knack for finding those in need
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whether it being a stray puppy or an injured bird she always made it a mission to care for and rescue Every
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Creature she encountered Summers were a special place for Savannah which were always spent at church camp which she
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lovingly nicknamed Gonzo starting in second grade and continuing throughout High School Gonzo became her summer
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Haven it was there that she grew in her faith and served as a leader for several years she was an outgoing and a popular
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teenager one who took her friends and the Bible very seriously even as an adult Savannah's connection to Gonzo
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remained strong she cherished the friendships that she built there and would continue to attend Retreats and
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Gatherings keeping the spirit of those Summers always alive in her heart but moving forward Savannah graduated from
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CLE Creek High School in the year 2008 she was a proud member of the marching band and the bowling team and in her
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senior year she would help those teams reach the state finals now up until this point in life everything seemed to be
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going rather well for Savannah but after graduating from high school she undertook work experience at a local vet
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clinic she still wanted to become a veterinarian but After experiencing the pain and the hardship of being one she
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decided to Pivot her aspirations and Stat it was here that she made the rather surprising switch towards
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becoming a chef swapping out surgeries for kitchen knives at the culinary school of Alvin College but once again
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her life would take an unexpected turn when she found found herself to be accidentally pregnant to complicate the
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situation the father was not someone she was in a committed relationship with and since he had no intention of sticking
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around either Savannah found herself becoming a single mother at the age of 19 and still a teenager herself she
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found her situation to be quite difficult but saying that she loved her son William with all of her heart and
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claimed that she would have it no other way fast forward 3 years and this is where our next character joins the story
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story it was at the age of 22 that Savannah accidentally bumped into her next partner at a grocery store and from
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the moment that she met him she was apparently smitten now at almost twice her age Trent Pascal was a 40-year-old
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business owner who seemed to have his life together he was confident successful charming and Tall so at least
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from that perspective you can see why Savannah fell for him she was a mother who had a child and she did not want to
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be messing around and Trent well he looked like like a father figure so moving on to the man himself Trent was
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originally from Northshore in Texas and although he was dubbed to be the cool uncle in his family he was also known to
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have a fiery side that would often come out in times of unhappiness with an age gap of almost two decades some of
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Savannah's friends watched on in the distance with concern not that they had much time to intervene anyway because
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only a few months after dating the two would then decide to go on and get married and only one year later they
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then welcomed their first child together named McKenzie from here on out the pascals seemed like your typical happy
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American Family an already successful father a loving mother and two children with all the love and support they
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required and Savannah was well on her way to become her own success story too known for her kind sweet and caring
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demeanor she decided to enter the world of Mory service and help breathed families in need however unfortunately
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behind closed doors the relationship between Savannah and Trent slowly began to Fray like I've said before he was
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known to be the cool Uncle of the family but that doesn't mean he was perfect in fact he was well known for having
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extreme anger issues and he was more than happy to cut his own family out of his life and believe me after reading
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the stories about him he would do that without warning neighbors also recalled the two often arguing either in the
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kitchen or the back garden and this would be quite a regular occurrence and if Savannah ever decided to shout or
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argue back well Trent would just up the ante unfortunately those were not the
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only warning signs either Trent was paranoid about many external factors in society for one he didn't believe in
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Banks controlling people's finances so in response he would keep all of his money hidden inside his own home now we
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will never actually know if this really was a matter of trust in the banks or if maybe he simply wished to evade paying
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taxes but either way this sort of behavior extended to his wife making it even more concerning Savannah's mother
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would also learned through her own investigation that Trent in fact had a criminal history which included theft
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charges having a criminal history was a big red flag to her family but
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unfortunately Savannah had the wool pulled over her eyes and she insisted that he was a changed man but for those
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looking in from the outside they were none the wiser to what exactly was going on to dive into the world of YouTube
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here but Trent created a channel years earlier posting videos of his wife and his children it was on March the 24th
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2014 that he posted a video called cute baby laughing at Mommy blowing bubbles
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in this video you can see McKenzie and Savannah enjoying some mum child time together which no surprise seemed to win
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over Trent's audience from here on out Trent started creating family Vlogs where his family and friends were seen
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on various holidays and trips around America he would also post videos of exploding bottles and how to make good
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GoPro grips thanks I guess Trent in most of the these videos Trent did appear to
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be both calm and complacent he became more narrated during his time online ultimately amassing more than 200,000
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views across the platform during this time frame he would then go on to create another YouTube channel named big money
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t which unfortunately has since been terminated but what many people don't know or realize is that Savannah herself
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actually had a couple YouTube channels which is something that other documentaries covering Trend Pascal seem
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to have missed one of these channels which posted a video in the year 2017 show Savannah giving a makeup tutorial
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which has been viewed almost 4,000 times her other YouTube channel which dates back to the year 2013 eily records
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tren's childhood the video itself was recorded in the year 1987 which allows
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us to take a glimpse at the yellow shirted Trent when he was only 14 years old and by the way it's kind of strange
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and I don't know how but as a teenager he already looks like an old man from the years 2014 through to 2017 and while
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these videos were being uploaded to YouTube the Pascal family home trundled on with insecurities and red flags by
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now Savannah was working in a Mory home while simultaneously studying for a degree at the Commonwealth School of
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Mory science this meant that naturally her finances were rather restricted over
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this period accepting a short-term sacrifice and wealth to increase her rods after graduation however rather
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than have control of her own money Trent would then force her to hand over all her earnings to him where quite
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despicably he would then provide her with a weekly allowance and once again all of their money was being physically
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stored inside of their property with Savannah spending a lot of time between work and studying and their combined
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efforts to raise two children it is unfortunately no surprise that their exclusive time together as a married
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couple began to dwindle but rather than fix the problem Trent would instead become paranoid that wife was actually
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having an affair with him being much older and let's face it not in the best of shape he feared that she might leave
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him for a younger and a more sporty man now I get it we don't get to choose our
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insecurities nor do we get to decide if other people's insecurities are valid or not but Trent should have hit the gym
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and shown Savannah what a great man he could be and not tear her down with his winging instead red flags and control
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aside the arguments between Trent and saan seemed to worse in over the years and eventually his aggression became so
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bad that Savannah would often call her mom for support when Trent learned that she was doing this he would then try to
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create distance between the two of them and not only this but he would then often call her mom to share his own side
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of the story by the year 2019 Savannah had flourished into her own self through
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2020 her job at the funeral home seemed to be in higher demand meaning that she was working longer hours and receiving
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higher pay the the pandemic saw a pivot in their finances where Trent was the
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usual bread winner he was now stuck at home with no contracts but inversely
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Savannah was asked to do over time it was quite clear that this shift in power was extraordinarily uncomfortable for
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him and that is when he started to see Savannah's time away from the home as a problem it was in this moment that his
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paranoia seemed to really get out of control he began to tell Savannah's friends and family that he suspected she
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was having an affair and despite her promising that she was not interested in any other man and despite him having no
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evidence his suspicions would continue to creep on throughout the year of 2020 Trent mental health or you could say his
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trental health continued to spiral quite drastically it all began with security and things that are otherwise quite
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understandable for example installing security cameras all across the property but then things started to become a
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little bit more obsessive and he would demand that Savannah shared her location via her phone at all times and then out
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of nowhere and all of a sudden the police were at the Pascal family's front door because Trent had stolen a vehicle
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but even still he would actually blame his wife for his own criminal mistakes claiming that he felt pressured to find
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more money because she wanted nice things for Savannah that was enough and she decided that she no longer wanted to
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raise two kids in such a destructive environment and although Trent was the one to actually suggest the divorce he
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was absolutely Furious when she took it to make matters even worse Trent had actually already installed several
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recorders around the property so he could secretly listen in to her conversations and when he overheard her
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plans to discreetly leave him oh boy was he mythed however saying that nothing
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could prepare her or anyone else in fact for his upcoming explosive behavior which would happen on his own birthday
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of all days October 2st 2020 with it being
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Trent's Birthday Savannah woke up to immediately celebrate on Facebook unfortunately she had already been
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burned before the year prior when Trent grew mad at her for not doing it early enough but she really was trying and had
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planned to host a surprise party for him later that evening with it being a weekday Savannah got up and made her way
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to work with Trent dropping the kids off at school but then all of a sudden at 10:00 a.m. she received a disturbing
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phone call Trent was on the other end of the line and he was Furious he accused
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her yet again of having an affair and claimed that he had a gun and a bullet with her name on it Savannah rushed home
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in a panic with her mother Shirley close behind an explosive argument erupted with neighbors then calling the police
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in response Trent was absolutely unhinged and it was clear that he was having a trental breakdown he was
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intensely adamant that he was being cheated on and he was not willing to let it go with no grounds or evidence the
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police told him to take a step back and make himself scarce for 24 hours and so forced to listen to the law he then
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drove away with Savannah and Shirley traveling to the school to make sure that their children were okay and
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although he promised to leave them alone Trent unfortunately had other plans
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returning to the property he then sat on the sofa and waited for Savannah to come home and addressed to his daughter that
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is when he recorded this Infamous video I'm recording this because I want
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my daughter to know that I love you McKenzie Pascal
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I'm so sorry that I've done this I want you to know that you mean
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everything to me and William I love you too I love you so much I love you like
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you're my own I didn't choose this your mom chose this she's been cheating on me for a
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long time I have audio of her talking to other guys I didn't do nothing wrong to
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her when we first got together I told her you're too young for
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me there's 18 year- old difference in her age
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and I knew she was kind of too young but I didn't she's been playing me for full
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I told her not to mess with me not to mess with my emotions don't play with me
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she I got an audio where she was calling a guy yesterday on her way to get her
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eyelash lashes done and she she said hey baby and I and he goes hey and I was
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like that's not my voice why is she calling someone else baby then she started talking about a dream and everything and and and she had with them
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too about sex and everything and I put everything into
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this relationship I have done nothing to your mom I've never hit her I've never hurt her I've never called her
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names a couple of times when I got really mad I would I would say a bad word or
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something but I've done everything I can I haven't done anything
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wrong I'm like why me my hair's a mess and I look horrible oh sorry take these
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off I love you McKenzie I love you so
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much please do something good with your life please do something really good
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because you deserve a good life
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and I don't know what else to say I I I'm I'm so sorry I don't have better
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words right now I'm hurting so
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bad I'm I don't know what else to do anymore I didn't do nothing wrong to her
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I provided what I could I've done what I could for her I've done nothing but good for her and I've treated y'all good I've
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done good things for y'all and I
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just I don't know what else to say I love you McKenzie I love you so much do
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something good with your life make me proud make me very
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proud and Mom I love you you've been the angel through my whole life taking care of me
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you're there when I need you you've always answered the phone for me you've done everything sorry I keep looking at the
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cameras I don't know how much time I have but I've never done
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anything like I don't know I'm so I was going
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back my mind is everywhere I can't concentrate right now
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I didn't anyways Mom I love you so much you're my angel I love you you mean
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everything to me and Dad you've done a lot for me too and and you've taken care
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of me you raised me good um you done whatever you could thank you I appreciate that I love you so much you
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you love me like your own
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as you can see Trent Pascal recorded this video before then abruptly ending it he spent most of his time talking
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about his feelings and failing to address anyone else's it is worth noting here that his tears appeared to be fake
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and he even spoke of his appearance as if anyone would find him attractive with or without those glasses towards the end
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of the video he realized that Savannah had just returned home in response he then made a break for the bathroom in
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the master bedroom before then hiding behind the shower curtain and what he did next was truly Unthinkable Savannah
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and her mother Shirley had just returned home from school with an argument between the two erupting earlier that
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day she wanted to check on their children to make sure that they were doing fine however once the two got
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inside the property the one to enter the master bedroom's bathroom was not Savannah herself but her mother that is
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when Trent jumped out from behind the curtains before giving a bone chilling declaration I'm going to kill you and
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then I'll kill your daughter Shirley shut the bathroom door on Trent before then running out of the bedroom towards
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the front door in a panic she tripped and then fell multiple times hurting herself in the process while she
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screamed for her daughter Savannah to get out and although Trent did intend to kill Savannah's mother he thankfully
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missed with every shot but tragically Savannah would not be so lucky with her being the primary target Trent managed
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to find her and then take multiple shots at his wife and sadly she would receive
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two bullet wounds to the middle abdomen as a result if Trent's horrible actions were not enough already he then decided
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to take things one step further no later than a few seconds after murdering Savannah he then stepped outside of the
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house to call her Aunt Sharon she picked up the phone to hear him say Sharon this is Trent I just killed Savannah I
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remember picking the gun up and then shooting her however it would be her children who would face the harshest of
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realities because in an instant Not only would they lose their mother but also their father in a different way but as
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to where Trent actually went nobody knew at the time for he was now on the Run
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police officers immediately responded to the scene after hearing reports of a shooting Savannah was noted to have bled
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confusedly while paramedics rushed to save her life and sadly despite being hurried to the mainland Medical Center
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she was then later pronounced dead and of course that is when officers found his video online visible for the entire
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world to see meanwhile Trent traveled to Houston to try to evade the police and although he had told a friend that he
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needed to lay low for a while he didn't precisely say why however after the police found Trent's vehicle in a car
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park they decided to lay low and wait for him instead and once he returned to his vehicle of course they intercepted
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him and then tried to arrest him but Trent he was not willing to go down quietly and so of course after realizing
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that the police were on to him he pulled out his firearm to try to initiate a shootout and that is precisely what he
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got as a result he was shot once in the stomach where he would then fortunately or unfortunately depending on which way
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you see it make a full recovery but that was not actually his plan in fact while he was underground and still bleeding he
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would even tell the officers that they did attack terrible job and that furthermore he wished that he was killed
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but sadly this is not where our story ends today in fact it gets far more frustrating you see despite facing
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charges of murder assault evasion and possession Trent was then bailed out of prison by his own parents and of course
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this meant that at least until his upcoming trial he could continue to live life as a relatively free man now all of
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this money would come out of his own family's bank account which cost them a whopping $550,000
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but they would get that money back as long as he went to trial and sadly here comes a myriad of
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legal screw-ups and massive mistakes due to his ankle being swollen when it was fitted Trent could then take this ankle
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monitor off as and when he pleased and believe me this would allegedly happen
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very often in fact data later revealed that his ankle monitor would remain at home on its charger for more than 90% of
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the time this meant that he was no longer confined to his his parents' home and unknown to the police he would often
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slip out undetected and even post about his trips on social media now the police
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were actually often made aware of this as Savannah's family were left gobsmacked that his daughter's killer
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was out in the sun while he was supposed to be behind bars or at least confined to the walls of his family home so here
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we have a callous murderer who is not only breaking the rules but also being arrogant and smug enough to post about
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it all across social social media I would like to say I'm surprised but unfortunately I don't think any of us
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are on April the 21st 2020 which was 6 months after murdering his wife Trent
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would once again do the unthinkable after slipping his ankle monitor off he then traveled down town to a local car
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dealership without being asked for any ID he then convinced the salesman to help him take a test drive and once the
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two were out on the road together well it was in that moment that Trent then brandished a knife and told the salesman
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to get out of the car then he made a run for it and just like that he
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disappeared now you may have expected a high-speed car chase after this but that's not what Trent actually received
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in fact he kind of hit the jackpot for a while deep in the countryside of Missouri he decided to become a nomad
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living in his RV with a new partner he and his girlfriend Katherine Johnson lived lived the slow life drinking beers
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counting stars and exploring caves and waterfalls under the name of Trevor Stevenson he completely fooled everyone
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he met posing as a loving but divorced father who found his true calling as a nomad this facad and double life would
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last him eight long months eight months of freedom and happiness that his wife
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would never receive again it is also worth mentioning here that Trent had betrayed his family they spent every
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dollar they had to bring out of prison on Bond and now with him on the Run they
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were not guaranteed to get that money back essentially he destroyed his family's wealth overnight however all
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good things must come to an end and on New Year's Eve of the Year 2020 his new partner made a terrifying Discovery
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after stumbling upon his wallet she learned that his name was in fact Trent Pascal and after doing a quick Google of
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this name well I'm surprised the woman didn't have a heart attack fearing for her life she then called the police who
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would then respond by setting up an armed perimeter around him and in the second hour of the new year they were
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finally ready to apprehend him again however as you may have likely guessed already Trent had other plans and before
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police officers could even get a hold of him they would hear one single gunshot proceeding to his location they then
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realized that Trent Pascal had ended his own life he of course keeping control
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right the Bitter End but at least we could say that Trent was now finally
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spent unfortunately with Trent ending his own life Savannah and her family would not receive the Justice they
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deserved through his trial however at least those New Year's fireworks now have some sort of double meaning now
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what I personally found interesting at least in this part of the story was Katherine Johnson's position to begin
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with she lived with Trent for several months after the murder and all she knew him by was a kind sweet and caring man
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who always looked after her in fact she had no idea that he was even capable of being violent it was only after she
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found his ID by accident that she realized he was a coldblooded killer naturally this left her extraordinarily
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confused and she would even go on to feel responsible for his death because he would end his life after she turned
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him in and unfortunately Katherine Johnson would pass away not even one year later and although it is confirmed
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that she is dead nobody actually knows the cause of her death but many do assume that she ended up taking her own
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life through the guilt prent leaves behind a long list of victims from his children to his wife and her family
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right through to his Nomad Lover he has provided a world of sadness and pain to many but of course the primary victim
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here is Savannah Savannah's friends have described her as a kind-hearted compassionate graceful and beautiful
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person inside and out she was hardworking easy to talk to joyful
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inclusive sweet friendly full of love and array of sunshine the pride of her
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life was in her children William and McKenzie who now must grow up without a mother and a father she was active in
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their schoolwork and their extracurricular activities a loving and devoted mother who always put her
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children's needs first it is sad that she began her career in Funeral Service only one year prior a job that she loved
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just as much as the people she worked with she was so excited to be actively building her career and something that
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she had aspired to do for many many years throughout her adult life Savannah used her compassion caring and kind
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heart to help those mourning the loss of their loved ones she truly believed that God had placed her in this profession
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and felt it was her calling but no one believed that only one year later she would be on the other end of that
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Service Savannah enjoyed quality time with her children playing card and board games working jigsa puzzles baking and
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spending time with friends and family at the beach and although she is now gone she continues to serve others even in
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death as an organ and a tissue donor in light of Trent's death Savannah's mother finally spoke out for tighter
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restrictions to ask for a system not only more robust but also more fair to
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the victims did I want him to be held responsible for his actions did I want to look him in the
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eye and for him to face me again with
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what he had done yes am I sorry that he no longer walks on
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this Earth no we will continue to honor our daughter's
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memory by fighting for Bond ref form and bringing light to a justice
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system that not only failed us and her children but so many other victims I
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think there needs to be um stricter monitoring on the ankle monitors once
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the subpoena was done which it was done after he
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committed theft of the vehicle it was found out that his ankle
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monitor had been on the charger at his mother's home almost 90%
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of the time now don't get me wrong this story is absolutely w from the beginning right
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through to the end but I guess the thing that I find the craziest is how Trent was able to get away with his ankle
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monitor so many times I mean this man would go out almost every single day and then post about it on social media and
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yet the police did absolutely nothing I can only imagine how infuriated span's family must have felt and if I were them
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I would have lost all my confidence in the judicial system so those are my thoughts but I do want to add just one
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more thing before I end this video and that's something I said at the very beginning of this story and that's do do
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not trust what people put on social media usually it is just a facade or at least it's the best version of
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themselves because sadly humility and modesty seem to be lacking in society these days anyway folks before I wrap up
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this one I do want to ask what you think about this story so as always please share your thoughts in the comments section down below if you'd like to
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today so on that note thank you so much for watching and I really do appreciate you being here I'll be back again very
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soon but until that moment arrives remember to look after yourself look after each other and of course stay safe
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thank you and goodbye