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name one thing more turbulent than a
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hurricane or a bad relationship while
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Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf of
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Mexico and ripped New Orleans apart two
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starcross lovers found their place
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together in the heart of a healing
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Community but as the floods disappeared
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and Society went back to its normal
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routine so did their troubled behaviors
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and habits and soon enough Zach and ddy
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found themselves back into very heated
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arguments as their lifestyle and habits
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spiraled so did their Rel relationship
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and despite trying to repair what they
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once had by moving in together one of
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them was about to erupt in the most
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violent way possible so who were Zach
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Bowen and Addy Hall what caused the two
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of them to battle almost daily and how
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would all of this
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end welcome or welcome back to Coffee
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for the faint of heart that's okay with
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you then let's proceed so with all of
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that out the way please grab yourself a
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coffee and let's caffeinate while we
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investigate this is the case of Zack
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Bowen and ddy Hall
Hurricane Katrina
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so who here remembers Katrina as many of
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you know in August of 2005 Hurricane
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Katrina devastated the Southern
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Coastline of the United States of
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America but for those of you outside of
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the United States more than 1,800 people
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died throughout our destruction with an
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estimated $186 billion worth of damage
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no city was more destroyed and
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devastated by Kina than New Orleans in
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fact its economy still suffers to this
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very day before Katrina New Orleans had
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a population of 480,000 residents one
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year later it was
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230,000 and even by the year 2020 which
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was 15 years after her destruction it
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had only partially recovered to 390,000
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the devastation was honestly cataclysmic
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entire neighborhoods were submerged
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underwater buildings ripped away from
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their found found ations and Parks
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turned into war zones it is impossible
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to express how badly the city was
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annihilated however one supposedly sweet
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thing that emerged from this tragedy was
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a beautiful relationship between two
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young adults you know how it goes it is
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that classic Trope a phoenix
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relationship two damaged lovers Rise
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From the Ashes to fly into a
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relationship that burns heavy and bright
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healthy and safe forever more except it
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doesn't take a rocket scientist to know
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that this rarely lasts and this case is
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no
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different at 8:30 p.m. on October the
October 17th 2006...
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17th 2006 New Orleans police received a
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distressing phone call from a member of
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staff at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel
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they were calling to report a
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self-inflicted death one of their guests
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had jumped from the hotel's Rooftop Bar
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dropping more than seven floors onto the
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garage below and as you can likely
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imagine the the prognosis for this guest
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was not good he had died shortly after
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impact detectives quickly determined who
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this man was that is because before
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jumping he had placed a small plastic
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bag in his front pocket within this
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plastic bag was a key a note and his dog
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tags indicating that he likely used to
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be part of the army now the details
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behind his death were already seemingly
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ominous but when officers opened the
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letter to look at what was written
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inside they realized IED that this was
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only the beginning of a terrible and
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tragic story so the big question that
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all of you have here is what was written
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in that note well after unfolding the
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paper officers realized that the note
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said this is not accidental I had to
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take my own life to pay for the one I
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took you need to visit my apartment
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found at 826 North ramford Street
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detectives knew that they' be in very
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gruesome Discovery after reading that
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letter but who the victim was or
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whereabouts in the apartment they could
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be found was not yet clear however they
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did have a name and an address to work
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with so with that in mind they prepared
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themselves for whatever awaited at North
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ramford Street dog tags retrieved from
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the man's body named him as 28-year-old
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Zack Bowen and soon enough it was
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confirmed that he did in fact serve in
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the military and as for his victim well
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things were not looking good for his
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partner no one had heard from her in
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over 12 days and so logic would tell you
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it was she he was referring to but
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saying that before we get into what
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officers found in Zach's apartment let's
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first look at who he and his partner
Zack Bowen and Addie Hall
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were beginning with Zack Bowen he was
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born on May the 15th 1978 in Bakersfield
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California from the beginning his
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childhood seemed to be riddled with
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depression unfortunately Zach struggled
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to deal with his low self-esteem and
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mood throughout the years and this would
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also follow him into teenagerhood when
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he was 12 years old Zach moved to New
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Orleans to live with his father swi ing
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high schools in the process
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unfortunately his grades were nothing
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special but he didn't seem to mind so
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much about that and so at the age of 18
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that is when Zach began to work as a
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bartender he felt comfortable in this
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environment and although the pay wasn't
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too great it was a relatively easy and
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socialable job it was during this time
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that he would eventually meet another
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woman named Lana Lana was considerably
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older than he was but the two would
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eventually marry and then even have
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children as as a result he joined the
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military to better support his growing
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family touring Iraq and Kosovo in the
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process it was noted that during his
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service he was even awarded several
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medals for his actions sadly though Zach
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would see some very heavy stuff during
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this time it is even claimed that while
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on tour he had witnessed the deaths of
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many Iraqis both military and civilian
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and in fact one of his most violent
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memories included watching an entire
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family get bombed to make matters even
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worse he had even befriended that family
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in the weeks prior as many of you know
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this can lead to extreme cases of PTSD
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more forly known as post-traumatic
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stress disorder in veterans I'm going to
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park this part of the story here for now
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but we'll get back to this later now
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instead of leaving with an honorable
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discharge Zach would ultimately leave
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with a general discharge which he viewed
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as a personal failure he really did seem
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to take this to heart and others
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commented about how often he felt
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ashamed and as a direct consequence of
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this discharge he did not qualify for
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any compensation afterwards concerningly
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that was not the only observation made
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by friends and family Zach seemed like a
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completely different person after
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returning from Iraq his personality
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Behavior patterns and general mood all
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seemed to take quite the negative turn
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and unfortunately this would lead to him
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and Lana divorcing the divorce naturally
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left him heartbroken until one day day
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he would unexpectedly bump into the next
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and final love of his
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life it was in July of 2005 and during a
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bartending shift in the French Quarter
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of New Orleans that Zach would meet a
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woman named Adrianne Hall the two of
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them hit it off almost immediately and
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before they knew it they were Newfound
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lovers now Adrianne or Addy for short
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was a feisty lady more than 2 years his
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senior she too was a bartender and she
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too had some baggage it is reported that
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Addie suffered from bipolar disorder and
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she would often abuse her medication
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causing rather severe fluctuations in
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her mood but that aside she was an
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extraordinarily creative person Addy
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loved to dance make art write poetry and
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spend most of her time in the French
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Quarters in fact she would often call
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herself a quto Rican much like Zack Addy
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routinely abused alcohol and sometimes
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even drugs and so you can imagine
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exactly what kind of relationship that
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these two were getting into both of them
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were damaged and in addition to this
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neither of them knew how to regulate
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themselves at a healthy level as a
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result their excitement and so-called
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love for each other was beyond explosive
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many of their mutual friends remember
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the two getting into very tumultuous
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arguments their relationship was
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absolutely turbulent and that was before
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Hurricane Katrina hit only a few weeks
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later report of a category 5 hurricane
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emerged and with almost no time to spare
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America braced itself with what could
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potentially be one of the worst
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hurricanes in modern day history and oh
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boy if only the feering media knew that
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the deathly claims were right on the
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money on Wednesday the 24th of August a
Love and Disaster
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hurricane warning was announced along
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Florida's Coastline by Thursday talk of
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a category 1 hurricane began that turned
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to Category 2 by Friday and then
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Category 3 on Saturday officials urged
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those in New Orleans to exit with
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traffic jams of up to 18,000 cars an
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hour blocking the highways by Sunday
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those who were left behind were told to
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prepare for a category 5 by Monday
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August the 28th more than 80% of the
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city was now underwater power drinking
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water and essential utilities were all
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destroyed people were stranded on
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rooftops and thousands were feared to be
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dead despite this Zach and Addy remained
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in the city for all of it the two fell
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in love among all of this destruction
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Devastation and chaos and not only did
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they survive but they also decided to
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work together to help other survivors
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with food and booze the two quickly
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created a bonfire in the middle of their
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street and cooked food for all of those
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who came by their local community knew
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them as good humanitarians and all of a
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sudden the two became a glimmering
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Beacon of Hope for the rest of the city
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apparently Addie was known to show her
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breasts to all police officers who came
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by but this could simply be just a dumb
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rumor she and Zach were known for making
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Unforgettable cocktails for the people
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of New Orleans during this storm and
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people came near and far for their
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drinks their charitable efforts even
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appeared in both local and National
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newspapers feeding into their ego as a
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so-called power couple who had recently
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fallen in love and now have a combined
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purpose you could say that things were
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going very good between the two of them
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however that love story did not last for
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very long when New Orleans eventually
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returned to normal sea so did the lives
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of all of its residents except
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conditions and circumstances were now
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even more challenging than before and as
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Zach and Addy were forced back into a
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life that they never wanted to begin
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with they became unhappy yet again their
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altruism became replaced with
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frustration charitable efforts now
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turned into arguments and the Very
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purpose that kept the two together
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slowly started to unravel from here on
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out their relationship became on again
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off again and fights erupted in front of
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friends quite frequently to add to this
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Addy didn't seem to like Zach's children
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getting in the way of her and it seems
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that he didn't
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either now this is where the
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relationship goes from bad to even worse
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apparently their drug and alcohol abuse
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skyrocketed and Friends couldn't even
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tell if the two were ever sober or Not
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by now the two had been together for
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just a little bit over a year and so it
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is safe to say that the honeymoon phase
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was not only over but they were now
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looking at each other in a more
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realistic light in a final effort to
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repair their already dying relationship
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the two decided to move in together to
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826 North ramper Street but even that
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process was riddled with issues so I'm
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going to talk about this house but only
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for a brief moment the main reason being
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is because I'm not superstitious the
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home they moved into used to be a
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spiritual Voodoo Temple which led many
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to believe that maybe there were evil
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and dark Forces playing on both Zach and
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Addie I mean in reality it's just an old
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Creole cottage which was built in 1829
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with its old architecture and carpentry
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it is now a listed building meaning it
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must be kept to its original condition
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when Zach and Addy rented it out the
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building had been separated into an
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upstairs apartment and a downstairs shop
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and funny enough it Survived Hurricane
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Katrina despite being only 1 m above sea
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level so although the two signed the
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lease together it was only a few days
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later that Addy discreetly approached
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the landlord to ask if Zach could be
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taken off of the contract the reason for
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this is because that Addie suspected
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that Zach was actually cheating on her
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and she was not prepared to live with
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this man if that actually were the case
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but unfortunately her landlord refused
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this request instead he told her to go
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back home and try to reconcile with her
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boyfriend however unknown to the
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landlord at the time this would actually
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be the last time that Addie was ever
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seen alive because after this she
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returned home and then disappeared
Timeline
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on the evening of October the 4th 2006
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and after returning home Addie was never
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heard from again it is believed that she
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confronted Zach about his affair and
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told him to get out you see Addie had
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been abused by multiple men before and
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had finally decided that enough was
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enough but unfortunately Zach had other
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plans at 1:00 a.m. on the morning of
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October the 5th he strangled his
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girlfriend to Death In His drunk State
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he then passed out next to her life less
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body and after coming around he
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allegedly proceeded to do other things
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to her the man then got up and went to
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work as if nothing had happened and
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although he appeared quiet around his
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colleagues nobody thought too much of it
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colleagues and friends would often ask
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him where his girlfriend was but he
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would correct them and say ex-girlfriend
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you see Zack claimed that she had broken
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up with him and had already moved back
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to North Carolina and although some were
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rather skeptical of this story most of
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them accepted it over the course of the
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next few days Zach would continue with
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his nightmarish plan he dismembered
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add's body with a hacka in the bathtub
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placing some of her limbs in the
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refrigerator while placing others in the
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oven and on the stove his sick plan
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initially was to separate bone from the
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rest of her body so she could be
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disposed of more quickly however Zach
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would eventually change his mind after
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realizing that the job was too big
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instead after coming to terms with all
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of the emot emotional pain and
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consequences he decided that he would
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spend all of his money and live out the
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rest of his days with Indulgence in an
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effort to conceal the corpse that he now
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shared a home with he kept the air
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conditioning on 24/7 the house remained
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around 60° F or 15° C for the next
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several days and between October the 5th
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and October the 17th that being almost 2
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full weeks after add's death he blew
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through his entire bank account and
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spent more than $1,500 on good food
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alcohol drugs and sex and when his bank
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balance finally hit zero well he decided
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that he too had to go shortly before his
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death Zach left an entry in Addie's
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diary in it he wrote Today is Monday the
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16th of October 2 a.m. I killed her at
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1:00 a.m. on Thursday the 5th of October
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I very calmly strangled her it was very
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quick halfway through the task I stopped
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and thought about what I was doing the
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decision to Halt the first idea and move
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to Plan B that being the crime scene you
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are now in came after a while I scared
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myself not by the action of calmly
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strangling the woman I loved for 1 and a
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half years and then desecrating her body
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but by my entire lack of remorse I've
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known for forever how horrible of a
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person I am ask anyone and decided to
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quit my jobs and spend the 1500 cash I
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had being happy until I killed myself so
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that's what I did good food good drugs
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good strippers good friends and any
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loose ends I may have had I didn't
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contact any of my family so that'll
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explain the shock and had a fantastic
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time living out my days it's just about
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time now Zach then wrote on the wall
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saying I'm a total failure on one of
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them and look in the oven on another he
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also wrote call Anana Bowen and I love
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her after that Zach then walked just
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over half a mile to the Omni Royal
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Orleans Hotel where he sat down at the
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bar and had one final drink while he
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reflected on his life and by 8:30 p.m.
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he had ended it as we know officers soon
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found him afterwards where they also
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found a letter and a pair of keys to his
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apartment in full this letter read this
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is not accidental I had to take my own
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life to pay for the one I took if you
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send a patrol car to h26 North Rampart
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Street you will find the dismembered
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corpse of my girlfriend Addie in the
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oven on the stove
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and in the fridge and a full signed
17:31
confession from myself Zack Bowen
PTSD and Sidenotes
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officers soon found add's body parts
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scattered throughout the apartment with
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Zach's chilling words spray painted
17:41
across the walls now obviously with Zach
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dead there are no legal aword
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proceedings however there are several
17:47
interesting side notes that are worth
17:49
talking about in this story so there is
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one giant elephant in the room here that
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we absolutely must address and of course
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that is Zach's more than likely
17:57
diagnosis of PTSD now I know that people
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love to call a murder a monster and then
18:02
simply be done with the story however
18:05
there were some incredibly messed up
18:06
things going on in Zach's head both
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dysfunctional and avoidable and also
18:11
completely unavoidable we all know that
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Zach seems to have a rather difficult
18:16
childhood however it was his time in the
18:18
military that seemed to really shift his
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personality and his behavior
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experiencing multiple gruesome deaths
18:24
especially when some of those are people
18:26
that you loved and cared about must have
18:28
been extreme ordinarily traumatic and I
18:30
can absolutely see how this would
18:31
develop into a severe case of PTSD now
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I'm not going to stand here and pretend
18:36
to know what it's like to be a marine or
18:37
someone who suffers from severe PTSD
18:40
however the proof isn't the pudding many
18:42
soldiers seem to experience
18:44
post-traumatic stress disorder after
18:45
returning from service now these
18:47
symptoms include the obvious ones such
18:49
as flashbacks nightmares and guilt but
18:52
perhaps more specific to Zach's case it
18:54
also includes severe self-hatred and
18:56
extreme anger mixing this in with his
18:58
decision to abuse drugs and alcohol
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which as we know are Behavior alting
19:02
substances and not receiving any support
19:05
from the military after being discharged
19:07
well those two things in combination
19:09
with his PTSD it is quite clear to see
19:12
how he became a dangerous man in the
19:13
Years following his service Addy Hall is
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a victim through and through however
19:18
friends had previously commented on her
19:20
explosive and aggressive energy while
19:22
Under the Influence she had experienced
19:25
a very traumatic life and so it is
19:27
perfectly understandable why she felt
19:29
the need to protect herself so fiercely
19:31
in his vulnerable state of mind it is
19:34
likely that Zach simply couldn't handle
19:36
it and that these things likely
19:37
contributed towards the perfect recipe
19:40
for disaster until finally he snapped in
19:43
the wake of this case Addis and Zach's
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apartment became somewhat of a problem
19:47
for residents the landlord and various
19:49
tenants have all reported Paranormal
19:52
Activity coming from the apartment and
19:54
it is said that both Zach and Addy haunt
19:56
the place to this very day there have
19:59
been dozens of reports not just by
20:01
tenants but also passers by feeling as
20:04
if they are being watched others have
20:06
said they could hear voices through the
20:07
walls and strange sightings of figures
20:10
in the window honestly it depends if
20:12
you're superstitious or not but either
20:14
way this sounds absolutely terrifying to
20:17
make things even worse but on the
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morning of February the 1st 2016 the
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apartment's tenants reported the smell
20:23
of smoke emanating from the voodoo
20:25
Temple beneath them feeling worried they
20:27
decided to call the fire department and
20:30
as it turns out an electrical fire had
20:33
broken out beneath them and although
20:35
everyone was safe the entire Temple and
20:38
some of the apartment went up in Flames
20:40
therefore ending the apartment's long
20:42
string of tenants in the aftermath of
20:44
the fire the entire building was
20:46
refurbished into a museum which to this
20:49
day is known as Bloody Mary's tours the
20:51
haunted Museum and the Voodoo shop now
20:55
perhaps this is a strange result of our
20:57
morbid fascination with death and murder
21:00
but essentially the place has been
21:01
turned into an exact replica of Zach and
21:04
Addie's apartment with the original
21:06
bathtub and appliances used in her
21:08
murder still existing to this day this
21:11
was a rather controversial move by the
21:13
owner who was sure to upset some locals
21:16
and many of Zach's and Addy's families
21:18
but despite everything it still operates
21:21
to this
21:23
day with so much poverty pain death and
21:26
damage to 826 North ramford streets I
21:28
think it's just about time to demolish
21:30
it and start again but then again I
21:32
guess it would be a shame to lose that
21:34
old American architecture if you can
21:36
look past the dinginess now here's a
21:38
bizarre side note but if you've been
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watching me for a while you will likely
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remember the case of jiren lockart who
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tragically was dismembered by a very
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dysfunctional couple well it turns out
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that one of her murderers who was named
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Margaret Sanchez was actually one of
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Addy's friends which is a very eerie
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coincidence the strange thing is that
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add's death was several years before
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jaren's murder meaning that Margaret
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must have experienced the pain confusion
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and turmoil of a friend not only being
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murdered but also dismembered and then
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went to do the exact same thing anyway
Outro
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folks I'm going to wrap this case up
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here today before I go though I just
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want to say thank you so much for being
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here and thank you for watching another
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video by Coffee House crime as always if
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you're want to support me in the channel
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you can check out my patreon here or
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alternatively check out my social media
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here most notedly my Instagram I'll be
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back again next week probably for two
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videos but we'll just see how things go
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anyway thank you so much for watching
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today and as always remember to look
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after yourself look after each other and
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of course stay safe thank you and
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goodbye