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Harold was a respectful man in his local
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community or so everyone thought but
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when word broke out of his terrible
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Behavior towards 18-year-old Sarah mclin
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the news was sure to turn heads
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unfortunately for Harold it was already
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too late he had manipulated a vulnerable
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woman who unbeknownst to him at the time
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would eventually snap back in the most
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violent of ways and all of a sudden our
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Predator had become the prey so who
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precisely is Harold sasco what did he do
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to Sarah Gonzalez mclin how would she
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react to his unbearable pressure and
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what would her punishment ultimately
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be welcome back to Coffee House crime
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folks my name is Adrien and today we're
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looking at a case that explores the
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moral complexities of a victim turned
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killer now AR as salent today is not
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your typical run-of thee Mill murderer
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in fact many argue that they shouldn't
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be in prison to this day and so let's
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let's explore this quite frankly wild
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story and see which side of the fence
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now with that said please grab yourself
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a coffee and let's caffeinate while we
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investigate this is the case of Sarah
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Gonzalez
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mlin welcome back to Kansas folks also
Harold Sasko's disappearance
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known as the Sunflower State home home
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to almost 3 million residents Kansas is
1:32
one of the less populated states in
1:34
America but let me tell you behind all
1:36
of that corn there is plenty of mystery
1:39
and wonder if you go looking for it due
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to its extensive Rural and flat land it
1:44
has become an agricultural Powerhouse in
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recent Decades of course being
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responsible for producing large
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quantities of wheat corn sunflowers and
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soybeans for the world to enjoy it is
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also rather famous for its beef which no
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surprise eyes makes it well known for
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its American barbecues today we're
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focusing on the Eastern City of Lawrence
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near Kansas City and here lived a
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52-year-old man named Harold sasco
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better known for the rest of this video
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as Hal born on September the 11th 1961
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in Titusville Florida he was one of 12
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siblings consisting of eight boys and
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four girls his brothers and sisters
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described him as the type to take charge
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in almost any situation often delegating
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chores to his parents and other siblings
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around the house and just in general
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being very organizational and so it was
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no surprise that after studying at
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College in Oklahoma how would go on to
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start his own pizza restaurant and even
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open a second one just 2 years later
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naming both of them as Cece's Pizza this
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led him to move to Lawrence in the late
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1990s where alongside his then wife Anna
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and their three-year-old daughter Amanda
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he opened a third restaurant nearby in
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the town town named toeka now Hal became
3:02
addicted to his business and his work
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hard and only work hard lifestyle was
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not one that his wife was comfortable
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pursuing I mean there has to be a
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healthy balance in everything that we do
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right Hal was not just a business owner
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but a husband and father too and his
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wife and child deserved his presence
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eventually this caused a massive Rift
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between both parents and when his wife
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could no longer bear living as a lonely
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mother anymore the two decided to
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divorce Hal wasn't Avid churchgoer and
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he prided himself on not just being a
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man of the Lord but also a
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well-respected member of the community
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he was known by others to be kind caring
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and above all else a very organizational
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manager so it would come as a real shock
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to the community when on January the
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17th 2014 their so-called kind and
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caring manager suddenly
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disappeared the day began like any other
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Friday with the weekend right around the
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corner many people traveled to work to
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begin their daily routine and of course
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that would be no different for the
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employees at CC's Pizzeria the problem
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is that after making their way to work
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Hal's employees would be met with a
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silent and empty restaurant Hal was
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usually there to unlock and open the
4:17
kitchen but this time he was nowhere to
4:21
be found even stranger it had been
4:23
multiple days since anyone had heard
4:26
from him and so concerned for his
4:28
well-being his employees called the
4:30
police and requested a welfare check at
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his home on West 26th Street an officer
Dark Discovery
4:36
was dispatched to his property later on
4:38
that day and after knocking at the front
4:41
door he too was met with silence
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knocking on the front window of the
4:45
property he then peered inside to see if
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anyone was home and that is when he saw
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the shape of a man lying face down on
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the floor calling for backup authorities
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forced the way inside the man on the
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floor was confirmed to be how and
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furthermore he was lying in a pool of
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his own blood it became evident from the
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outset that he had already passed away
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and from the state of his body it looked
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like he'd been dead for multiple days
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and that furthermore this was no
5:16
accident his hands were restrained
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behind his back with zip ties used to
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keep him under control in addition to
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this his feet had also been bound and
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there was one other alarming detail
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Hal's neck had had been cut so deep that
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the bone within had been shattered and
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with a cut so Grievous and bloody he had
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no chance of surviving all of this was a
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very violent scene for officers to deal
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with to add to the commotion officers
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would also find several beer bottles
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across the room alongside a phone and
5:48
laptop that did not belong to Hal they
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would also observe that Hal's car was
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absent from the driveway yet the
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strangest evidence Left Behind was the
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word Freedom which had had been
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haphazardly painted on the wall no
6:02
surprise it had been written using Hal's
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blood
Sarah Gonzales Mclinn
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classic now obviously a sudden influx of
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officers in the area caused quite the
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attention from nosy neighbors and so
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officers decided to use this to
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Advantage and ask plenty of questions
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and this is how they learned that
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apparently Harold did not actually live
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alone his neighbors claimed that he
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lived with who he called his teenage
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stepdaughter this of course was very
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Vital Information for officers learning
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this that there was now someone who
6:36
didn't just know how very well but was
6:38
also in regular contact with him and the
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crime scene anyway this so-called
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teenage stepdaughter was eventually
6:44
identified to be 18-year-old Sarah
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Gonzalez mclin and apparently she had
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lived with him for the last 2 years of
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his life but the thing is Sarah was not
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actually anywhere to be found and of
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course this was deeply concerning to the
6:58
officers I mean they had no idea where
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she was to begin with could she possibly
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have been kidnapped if the answer was
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yes then was she at risk of being harmed
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or maybe was she the one to be
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responsible for his murder finding Sarah
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was now the authorities number one
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priority as they had no idea what
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exactly happened to her she could have
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been kidnapped a victim a witness a
7:23
suspect or maybe even none of the above
7:26
either way finding her was now
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absolutely necessary family members and
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friends were notified of the absolutely
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horrific crime and a vigil for their
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lost member of the community was planned
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to be held 3 weeks later on February the
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8th the public was urged to contact
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Douglas County crimes Stoppers with any
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information regarding Sarah's
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whereabouts with a reward of $1,000 if
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any helpful information came through but
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before we find out what happened to
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Sarah who exactly was she how would she
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come to live with her supposed
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stepfather at 16 and how could someone
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so young be linked to the violent murder
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of Harold
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sasco starting from the beginning Sarah
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Gonzalez mclin was born on July the 9th
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1994 in toeka Kansas she completed a
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loving family of five alongside her
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brother and her sister throughout her
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childhood Sarah was known as a timid yet
8:26
kind child after being homeschooled for
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many years she didn't have many friends
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outside of her neighborhood however
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that's not to say that she didn't have a
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good upbringing her parents were lovely
8:38
people and she was always close to her
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sister unfortunately when she was only a
8:43
pre-teen her parents would eventually
8:46
decide to get divorced which at such an
8:49
impressionable age was sure to leave a
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substantial impact on her following her
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parents divorce her late childhood to
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teenage years would sadly only spiral
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downward W Sarah was rather naive after
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being sheltered by her parents and as
9:04
many of you know with naivity often
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comes vulnerability people who are
9:09
willing to take advantage of that are
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sadly never far away after the divorce
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Sarah was inappropriately approached by
9:16
a neighbor and tragically was eventually
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molested in the process this event had a
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significant impact on Sarah's nature and
9:25
her behavior she began acting out in
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ways very much unlike a former self
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almost certainly as if the child within
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her had disappeared very much to her
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mother's dismay Sarah began to sneak out
9:38
at night and hang out with the wrong
9:40
crowd to make matters worse this would
9:43
also lead to her often taking drugs and
9:45
alcohol to drown her sorrows it seemed
9:48
that after her parents' divorce Sarah no
9:51
longer wanted to be within the family
9:53
home and so as a result and at the age
9:56
of 14 she secured a job to try and
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strike out and live on her own and as
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you may have guessed already this is
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when Cece's Pizzeria employed her at the
10:06
time of meeting Harold he was 50 years
10:09
old and almost four times her age now at
10:12
first he may have seemed like your
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average manager but let's just say that
10:17
his reputation amongst staff was vastly
10:20
different from the facade he thought he
10:22
showed the world for example how told
10:25
all the restaurant managers that they
10:27
could only hire young attractive of
10:29
women I mean that enough is one giant
10:32
red flag while working at the pizzeria
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Sarah would wake up go to her job clock
10:38
out and eventually return to her family
10:40
home saying that she would often spend
10:42
her nights out drinking before stumbling
10:45
back According to some the only time
10:47
that she was sober was when she was at
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work or at least as sober as she could
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be that's because if you've ever gone to
10:55
work in the morning after a night out
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you'll know exactly what I
11:00
mean despite often turning up drunk and
11:03
almost being fired several times over
11:05
the months she somehow miraculously kept
11:07
her job and that's because how seemed to
11:10
take pity on her he knew that she was
11:12
vulnerable and needed some extra support
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but moving into her 15th year she
11:17
tragically experienced yet another
11:19
traumatic event it was on one of those
11:21
nights out that another man forced
11:23
himself on her to make things even worse
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the scumbag even burned her with
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cigarette butts I mean what kind of sick
11:30
person does that Sarah's already fragile
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mental health entirely collapsed after
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this she stopped going to work lost her
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job lost her friends and slipped into a
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very dark place and then less than one
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year later at the tender age of 16 she
11:46
then tragically tried to take her own
11:48
life now thankfully Sarah's family found
11:50
her in just enough time to call an
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ambulance she would goone on to make a
11:54
full recovery but that was only after
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spending 5 months in hospital for
11:58
recover recovery the nice thing is after
12:01
being released from the hospital Sarah
12:03
would receive support from friends close
12:05
and far however one of those messages in
12:08
particular stood out and that was from
12:10
her old boss Hal following her tragic
Hal's and Sarah's Relationship...
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ordeal Hal offered to be her personal
12:15
life coach or even guardian of sorts he
12:18
would do things like pick her up take
12:20
her out for food and even allow himself
12:23
to be a sounding board for whatever was
12:25
on her mind with no one else to turn to
12:28
Sarah would eventually lean into his
12:30
support it was during one of their
12:33
outings at Taco Bell that she confided
12:35
her entire story to him that including
12:38
her tragic encounters with the other men
12:40
the drinking and all of the rest now Hal
12:44
knew that she wanted out of her family
12:46
home and after learning about the trauma
12:48
that she had been through he then
12:50
offered her a place to stay in his own
12:52
home with him which does strike me as
12:55
rather odd by the way despite having a
12:57
family home he here was this 50-year-old
13:00
man offering her a place to stay
13:03
supposedly out of the goodness of his
13:05
own heart this all felt just a little
13:07
bit iffy the problem is Sarah was
13:10
vulnerable lost and hurt hell's
13:12
suggestion offered her a way out of all
13:15
of that and so at the age of 17 she
13:21
accepted after moving in with Hal things
13:23
seemed to stabilize for a short while
13:25
after she found a new job away from the
13:28
pizzeria how took great care of her her
13:30
dog moved in with her and she was even
13:32
thinking about college but Sarah's
13:35
mother was quite understandably not
13:37
comfortable with the entire situation
13:39
she found Hal to be quite strange and
13:42
the whole thing just seemed to be very
13:43
bizarre in general I mean quite honestly
13:46
I'm not surprised she felt that way the
13:48
problem is whenever she brought this up
13:50
with Sarah it would always end in a
13:52
massive fight which of course further
13:54
pushed her daughter away Michelle didn't
13:56
believe that hell's intentions were
13:58
always as innocent as he made them out
14:00
to be even worse she believed that her
14:03
daughter was likely too naive and
14:05
delusional to realize I mean it all made
14:08
sense after all after the divorce her
14:10
father had broken all contact and now
14:12
Sarah was trying to fill that void Left
14:15
Behind to make things even more creepy
14:17
Hal would eventually ask Sarah to start
14:19
calling him dad or daddy and then of
14:22
course he would tell all the neighbors
14:24
that she was his stepdaughter no
14:26
surprise but Sarah's co-workers would
14:27
eventually catch on to all of this and
14:29
then ask her what her relationship was
14:31
with how I mean it made all of them feel
14:34
very uncomfortable now whenever asked
14:37
about it Sarah insisted that he was
14:40
merely her stepfather and nothing more
14:42
but from an outsider's perspective a
14:45
50-year-old man had taken an attractive
14:47
yet troubled 18-year-old girl into his
14:50
home and just maybe her peers were on to
14:53
something as once Sarah settled and
14:56
became more comfortable in the house
14:58
Hal's boundary and attitudes began to
15:00
shift especially when she reached 18
15:03
years old the change was quite alarming
15:06
by the way hell began to buy her drugs
15:09
and alcohol started to joke about them
15:11
dating and even touched upon sexual
15:14
conversations with Sarah to add to these
15:16
changes he openly kept a tab on
15:19
everything that he bought her including
15:21
alcohol drugs cosmetics and rent he
15:24
wanted her to feel indebted to him and
15:27
also told her that she could only leave
15:29
once she had paid him off as her debt
15:32
grew so did H's advancements Sarah felt
15:36
absolutely trapped she felt so trapped
15:39
in fact that after she turned 18 she
15:42
gave into to his advances and the
15:44
relationship with the man that she once
15:46
called Dad had now become sexual this
15:49
diabolical situation carried on for 10
15:52
long months and according to Sarah they
15:55
would get physical multiple times a week
15:58
the the only way that she was able to
16:00
cope was to drink and take drugs until
16:03
she no longer felt present in the
16:05
situation this of course further
16:07
spiraling her debt towards the man who
16:10
was now taking sexual advantage of her
16:13
to add to this Hal berated her just as
16:16
often as he complimented her he would do
16:18
things like criticize her nose and then
16:20
offer to pay for her to get a nose job
16:23
which in her insecurity she would
16:25
eventually accept it was clear that Hal
16:28
saw for her as his own personal
16:31
possession rather than of course being
16:33
another human being with feelings he
16:36
also paid her to have butt implants with
16:38
his next Target to buy her breast
16:40
implants both of these surgeries totaled
16:44
$116,000 which of course was added to
16:47
the tab and she would have to pay him
16:49
back when she could afford it she was
16:51
trapped and with no way out to add to
16:54
that how also threatened her by saying
16:57
that he had connections if she ever
16:59
tried to run away her mental health
17:01
declined even further from this point in
17:04
response she was given anti-depressant
17:07
to cope which once again she would have
17:09
to pay back for eventually and this is
17:12
where a poisonous heart was born in the
17:15
dark trapped in the depths of trauma
17:18
Despair and depression Sarah's mind
17:21
turned for the worse she had been pushed
17:24
to the brink on numerous occasions and
17:27
now after supposed ly finding someone
17:30
that she could rely on he too had become
17:33
an abuser Sarah's mind had absolutely
17:36
had enough and so she began to act out
17:39
in ways that would eventually transform
17:42
a victim into a
17:46
killer after traveling to a pet shop she
Spiralling signs
17:49
purchased a rabbit and signed a waiver
17:51
of care before taking it home on that
17:53
very same evening Hal had a guest at the
17:55
home it was one of the managers from CCE
17:58
who had stopped by to have dinner and
17:59
share a few drinks and so you can
18:02
probably imagine this manager's shock
18:04
when he opened the fridge door and
18:06
instead of finding beer he found a fully
18:08
skinned carcass of a rabbit not only did
18:11
Sarah admit that she was responsible for
18:13
killing this domestic rabbit and not a
18:15
wild one but she further claimed that
18:18
apparently it wasn't her first quite
18:20
uncomfortable with the situation the
18:22
manager politely stayed for dinner but
18:24
then quietly made his way home
18:26
afterwards I mean I'm not surprised I
18:28
think I have done the same thing now
18:30
this was one giant red flag and an
18:32
indication of what Sarah was potentially
18:34
capable of doing and sadly this sign was
18:37
ignored but the real question was was
18:40
Sarah really capable of murdering
18:42
another human being well on January the
18:44
17th 2014 the world would find out that
18:47
answer although Sarah was initially
On the run
18:50
treated as a missing person it was soon
18:52
determined that she was actually the
18:54
prime suspect and sadly detectives were
18:57
not wrong in their newly established
19:00
assumptions little did they know that
19:02
she had packed all of her stuff
19:04
collected her dog stole Harold's car and
19:07
then fled to Texas however while on the
19:10
way she changed her plans to Florida it
19:12
was warmer and the idea of an ocean view
19:14
sounded nice and she wanted a tattoo by
19:18
the way that tattoo in mind was from a
19:20
quote from her favorite True Crime novel
19:22
named I is for innocent the quote read
19:25
beware the dark pool at the bottom of
19:28
our heart
19:29
in its ice black depths dwell strange
19:32
and twisted creatures it'd be best not
19:34
to disturb with this newly established
19:37
information in mind a massive Manhunt
19:39
for her was officially underway Not only
19:42
was Sarah wanted on suspicion of
19:44
murdering Hal but she was also assumed
19:47
to be mentally unwell and possibly
19:49
dangerous to others her name was on the
19:51
minds of many officers across the
19:54
country and it would remain that way for
19:56
11 long days but on January the 25th
20:00
2014 after being on the run for just
20:03
over a week and a half Sarah mclin was
20:05
finally found and arrested at Everglades
20:08
National Park no surprise an officer
20:11
found her in how stolen vehicle sleeping
20:14
next to a loaded gun they would also
20:16
find $2,400 in cash two more guns an Axe
20:21
and a pair of knives one of which was
20:24
stained with Harold's blood within hours
Recalling Hal's fate
20:26
of her being arrested a three hour
20:29
interrogation began where Sarah admitted
20:31
to Harold's murder and according to her
20:33
version of events the story unfolded
20:36
like
20:38
this on January the 14th 2014 Harold
20:42
returned home from a long day of work
20:44
the speaker system had recently stopped
20:46
working so he decided to make an evening
20:49
out of repairing it he asked Sarah to
20:51
grab him a beer and then another one and
20:54
then another one a few hours later his
20:56
tiredness had gotten the better of of
20:58
him and then all of a sudden Hal passed
21:01
out on the floor little did he know that
21:03
Sarah had actually laced one of his
21:05
recent bottles with copious amounts of
21:08
ambian at this point in time she had
21:10
already made her mind up Hal had to die
21:13
she bound him with zip ties and
21:15
collected a hunting knife and then
21:18
moments later she hacked away at his
21:20
neck Harold died in his sleep shortly
21:23
after this Sarah then showered listening
21:26
to her favorite music while she washed
21:28
his blood away after this she called
21:30
into work to tell them that she wouldn't
21:32
be in for a few days as sadly a relative
21:36
of hers had passed away she then packed
21:39
her bags including a photo of her sister
21:42
collected her dog and vanished into the
21:44
night in how's stolen Nissan Altima and
21:47
in an effort to not be found she left
21:49
her cell phone and laptop behind during
21:52
her interrogation Sarah was not shy in
21:55
sharing her motives she was trapped in a
21:58
house and in debt to a man who clearly
22:00
wanted to own her she had been targeted
22:03
abused and then molded into his
22:05
possession her anger had blinded her to
22:08
revenge and consequences or not revenge
22:12
is exactly what she got Sarah also
22:15
expressed a strong desire for violence
22:18
she confessed that she had killed the
22:20
rabbits out of sheer curiosity and
22:22
further claimed that she wanted to
22:24
inflict pain outwardly but had no idea
22:27
how to do this in conspicu ously she
22:29
would also State I had violent thoughts
22:31
for 2 years and they progressed I guess
22:34
they just became really intense I've not
22:37
been in a good place it's like really
22:40
hard to explain little things make me
22:43
turn and see red
22:46
almost obviously Sarah's confession
Psychology / Legal
22:49
landed her in very hot water not only
22:52
had she admitted to murdering Hal but
22:54
also that she loved violence and so with
22:57
both of these terrible facts underneath
22:58
her it became quite clear that she would
23:01
potentially stand trial however it was
23:03
also clear that Sarah definitely was not
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mentally well and so she would have to
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receive psychological evaluation first a
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newly emerging love for violence aside
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she also claimed to have gaps in her
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memory and also that she felt like she
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was often a spectator in her mind no
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surprise but ultimately Sarah would be
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diagnosed with diso of Personality
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Disorder also known as D for short in
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Sarah's mind she was not just Sarah she
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was also Vanessa Alysa Mila and no name
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for people who experien did these extra
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personalities are often referred to as
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altars now Alysa was Sarah's tearful and
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vulnerable side whereas Vanessa was the
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strong combative fighter within Mila was
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feminine polite and liked to please
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people but of course the saddest version
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of them all was no name Who Bore all the
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consequences of trauma and depression
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and and of course Harold fit into that
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category when it came to Sarah's trial
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her dissociative personality disorder
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was her main line of defense she claimed
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that a childish alter named Alysa wanted
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to take her own life but was convinced
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not to by her other altars after careful
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discussion between themselves they
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decided that the only way out of this
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was by murdering Harold in a more lucid
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and serer World Sarah's defense team
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claimed that she was clinically
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dissociated ating when carrying out her
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crime with Alyssa apparently taking over
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all function on that day alarmingly the
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abuse that Sarah enured while living
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with Harold was ultimately deemed to be
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irrelevant as sadly it was passed off as
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consensual and therefore not strong
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enough evidence self-defense itself was
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also out of the question as the murder
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had clearly been premeditated
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unfortunately for Sarah although her
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mental disorder was deemed to be genuine
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her defense did not stand up in court
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and ultimately she was found guilty of
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the murder of Harold sasco as a result
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she was sentenced to life in prison with
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a minimum of 50 years to be served
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before the possibility of parole this
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greatly shocked both Sarah and her
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family it became evident that the abuse
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she had endured throughout her life and
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her mental state at the time of the
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murder had not been taken into account
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during her sentencing meaning that her
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sentence was much more aggressive Rive
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than
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deserved Sarah appealed on the grounds
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that her abuse should have been taken
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into account during her trial and
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thankfully by then more evidence of
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how's terrible Behavior had been
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uncovered after analyzing his computers
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detectives found them to be literally
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riddled with illegal pornography in
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addition to this another mother who
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remains Anonymous came forward to claim
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that apparently Hal had groomed both of
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her daughters both of those girls were
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sent gifts with rather inappropriate
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messages on them and when their mother
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told how to back off he instead offered
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them to move in with him with all of
26:06
this new evidence Sarah's appeal
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resulted in a 50% reduction to 25 years
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however to this day she still remains
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Behind Bars and that's because although
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the judge did conclude that yes hell did
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have abusive control over Sarah it
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doesn't negate the fact that she still
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committed premeditated murder but of
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course the lines here are
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extraordinarily blurred I mean Sarah was
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initially a victim and how he pushed her
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trauma to Newfound
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deaths Harold was a manipulative abusive
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creep towards young women and did a very
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good job of deceiving many in his
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community however some still remember
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him as a very giving man of the Lord but
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there were good aspects to Harold too
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for example he was known to help many
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employees out of financial ruin and
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whenever anyone needed advice he was
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always there to help them Harold's
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family don't deny his perverse actions
27:04
but they do attest to his positive
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nature he clearly needed help and was
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doing wrong but he never deserved to die
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and while Sarah's family agree that she
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should pay for her crimes they also
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believe that a punishment was too harsh
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for a teenager who was trying to escape
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her abuser and yes I think in this
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instance I do have to agree Harold was
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obviously a well-loved man but he was
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also a wolf in sheep's clothing anyway I
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think I'll end this video with a quote
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from Sarah's grandmother in her
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statement to the court she said
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unfortunately for Hal sometimes the
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Predator becomes the victim and
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sometimes the victim becomes the
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Predator nevertheless Sarah owes a debt
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to society which she will
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pay I find it very difficult to know
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which side of the fence I'm on with this
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story I mean it is very clear that Sarah
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was a victim for a very long time and
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how he treated her like [ __ ] but the
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fact of the matter is that Sarah
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murdered Hal when she quite clearly
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didn't need to of course though you then
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have to think about her mental health
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and the state she was in at the time so
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I don't really know where to stop with
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this one because yeah I'm finding it
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very difficult to know where I sit
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saying that I'd love to know what you
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think about this one because yeah the
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lines are extraordinarily blurred do you
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think that Sarah should still be in
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prison to this day or do you think she
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should have been in prison as all as
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always let me know what you think in the
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comments down below and thank you so
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much for making it this far folks I
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really do appreciate you being here
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folks thank you again for watching and
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as always I'll see you again very soon
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arrives though remember to look after
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yourself look after each other and of
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