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Britney gargle's death was one that
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shocked the town of Saskatoon for all of
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the wrong reasons but after 2 years of
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not knowing who the killer was this case
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would be solved by a single selfie and
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her as salant was much closer than you
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would believe so who was Britany gargal
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who was her killer and how did this
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selfie solve her
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case welcome or welcome back to Coffee
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today we're looking at a case that
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developed over in Saskatoon now as with
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all murder cases there were rumors and
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theories on who potentially murdered
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Britney it just took investigators 2
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years to find out in the end though the
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killer would reveal themselves in the
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most stupid of ways so get ready for
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this is the case of Britney gargal
Saskatchewan, Brittney Gargol
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welcome back to Canada folks our case
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today pulls us to the southern province
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of saset chaan now allow me to cover the
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basics here known as the land of living
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Skies sasketchewan is a beautiful
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Province known for its active Dunes
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rolling farmlands jaw-dropping national
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parks and almost infinite chain of legs
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it is considered to have an excellent
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quality of life is the birthplace of
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Medicare has a vibrant art and culture
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scene and is filled to the brim with
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outdoor activities now you would assume
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that sasketchewan is a peaceful place to
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be but actually the provon homicide rate
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is more than double the national average
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here but even still our story today
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would leave the nation of Canada in
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disbelief moving into our story today we
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are honing in on sasketchewan City of
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Saskatoon and it's here that we could
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find the Beautiful Life of Britney
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gargal born on August the 31st 1996
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Britney was a blessing to her parents
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Susan gargal and Everett hillbom she was
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known to be fiercely independent from a
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very young age and was constantly
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competing with her three stepsisters
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cotney Tristan and Victoria now
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Britney's family were not as picture
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perfect as you may have expected her
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parents would often battle and as a
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young girl her father was absent for
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most of her life her mother had her own
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demons to fight too and sadly was known
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to struggle with addiction but even from
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a very young age Britney was outspoken
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and well known to be a go-getter within
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a household of four young girls it made
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sense that she felt the need to be
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expressive and strong willed to stand
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out from the others despite her
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outspoken nature she was also known to
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be quite sweet and caring and sure she
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may have been the blunt type but she was
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never too harsh or negative living in
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Saskatoon Britney and a stepsi took
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great advantage of the snowy Winters and
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mountains Britany was an excellent
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snowboarder and even as a teen was often
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seen carving up the slopes with style
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and grace during the summer those same
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mountains offered spectacular hiking
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trails and Britney was no stranger to
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those either she loved to hike and would
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often camp overnight with her family
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enjoying the many forests that she was
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lucky enough to live nearby whenever
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Britney wasn't enjoying the outdoors she
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was either either excelling in school or
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working hard outside of the classroom
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from the age of 16 she juggled two jobs
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alongside her schoolwork one being at
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the local Verns Pizzeria and the other
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at the German Concordia Club Britney was
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social charming and had a smile that
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could win almost anyone over and was
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praised by colleagues and customers
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alike for her NeverEnding positive
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attitude now this may come is no
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surprise whatsoever but Britney was also
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very popular in the classroom and
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despite being the outdoorsy type she
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also loved clothing and fashion
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and I know I say this quite often but I
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genuinely mean it when I say that
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Britney was the perfect daughter she
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loved her friends and her family alike
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and was deeply involved in her community
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now unfortunately you likely know where
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this story is going and so on that note
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I need to introduce you to one of her
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friends Cheyenne Rose
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Antoine now in comparison to Britney
Cheyenne Antoine
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Cheyenne was not cut from the same cloth
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while Britney's family loved and
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accepted her Cheyenne's parents were
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tragically abusive they grew up
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attending Canadian residential schools
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institutions created to take indigenous
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children away from their families and
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enroll them in Christian boarding
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schools to help them assimilate into
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Canadian culture many reports highlight
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significant abuse that went on at these
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schools with some reporting thousands of
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deaths across the schools over a multi-
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deade period naturally the students
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there much like Cheyenne's parents were
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subjected to massive mive amounts of
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trauma as a result of the trauma they
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endured as children Cheyenne's parents
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turned to drug usage to cope with the
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horrors they experienced and by the time
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Cheyenne's mother gave birth to her she
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was sadly hooked and unable to stop
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using at the age of 2 years old Cheyenne
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was taken into foster care where she
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stayed there until the age of 18 during
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this time frame she was reportedly
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physically and sexually abused on
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multiple occasions unable to escape from
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the system that was designed to help her
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when no other place would so naturally
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by the time that she was 15 years old
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Cheyenne was unable to cope healthily
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with her trauma and then moving forward
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came even more bad news tragically after
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years of drug abuse her mother would
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overdose sending Cheyenne further into a
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downward spiral of depression and Trauma
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her coping method of choice was
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methamphetamine among an assortment of
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other dangerous drugs and by the time
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she and Britney started started hanging
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out she was very clearly in a very dark
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place saying that it was reported that
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with Britney's naturally bright demeanor
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Cheyenne did seem to be improving
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herself in her company the pair of them
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were often seen hanging out together at
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the local mall laughing joking and
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smiling with friends there was a real
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possibility that Cheyenne's life could
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March 25th 2015
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25th Britney and Cheyenne had plans to
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go out together for a night of fun with
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with the intention of hanging out
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together over a few drinks before
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possibly meeting friends in town at
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midnight and just before heading out
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Britney posed with Cheyenne for a photo
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to post on her Facebook page within this
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image they showed off their outfits and
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excitement for the evening to come
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tragically little did anyone know at the
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time that this would be the last photo
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of Britney alive according to Cheyenne
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after taking this photo the two girls
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then headed out to town first traveling
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to the Manchester Brew Pub on the corner
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of 33rd Street and Idaho drive and then
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after a few drinks heading to a house
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party on Avenue 1 where they met up with
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several of their friends by now both
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Cheyenne and Britney had had several
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drinks together and by shyan's account
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the night had started to get pretty hazy
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for both of them at around 4:00 a.m. the
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girls then left the house party before
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heading to the Colonial Pub on 8th
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Street now according to Cheyenne Britney
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had asked an unknown man if she could
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borrow his lighter the two then quickly
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started chatting and before cheyen knew
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it he had joined them for drinks and
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apparently Britany and that man then
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suddenly disappeared after this Cheyenne
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didn't even get to learn his name let
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alone where the two had gone after
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separating Cheyenne then traveled
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downtown to see her uncle at the local
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supported Living Center named The
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Lighthouse officially ending her night
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while there with her Uncle cheyen posted
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on Britney's Facebook page to say where
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are you Britney I haven't heard from you
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Obi get back home safe I need my phone
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love you yet not even 2 hours later at
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6:00 a.m. it became very evident that
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something terrible had happened to
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Britney in the early hours of March 26th
Discovery
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2015 emergency operators received a 911
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call that would soon shock the town of
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Saskatoon just outside of town and on a
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rural street called Valley Road a young
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woman's body had just been found near
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the cedar Villa Estates over the phone
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the caller said that the woman appeared
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to be completely lifeless and her skin
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was growing cold the woman was found
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wearing no shoes and lying flat on her
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back when police arrived it immediately
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became clear that the cause of her death
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was asphixiation by strangulation and
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judging by the state of her body first
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responding officers determined that it
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must have been placed there only 1 hour
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earlier more specifically between the
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time of 520 and 540 a.m. with no wallet
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or ID officers could not immediately
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determine who the victim was in an
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effort to identify her the authorities
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released an image of a star tattoo
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located on her left hand and a lion
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tattoo which was found on her shoulder
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detectives also found a woman's black
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braided belt next to her body which was
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photographed and then released to the
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public this was a very important item as
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it was soon determined to be the
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instrument used to choke her soon after
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the photos were released to the public
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Saskatoon PD received a phone call with
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potential information related to the
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murder and surprise surprise it was
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Cheyenne fighting through tears Cheyenne
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identified the body to belong to her
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friend Britney and was quick to tell the
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authorities everything she knew in hopes
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of aiding the investigation she ran
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through the entire previous night
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telling them everything that we already
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know so far this including the Facebook
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photo the house party the bar and that
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Unknown man man she was then rather
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persistent to tell the authorities that
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she ended her own night at the
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Lighthouse with her Uncle even
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confirming her Alibi now it became quite
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clear that the police needed to know who
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this Anonymous man was and so they did
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the obvious thing by going down to the
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Colonial Pub to review that surveillance
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footage but when they arrived they did
A "friend"...
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not find what they were hoping or even
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expecting it turns out that neither of
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the girls were there that night and
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furthermore no surveillance footage or
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Witnesses could confirm Cheyenne's story
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so Cheyenne was lying and if she was
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lying what else could she be
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hiding back at the Lighthouse officers
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were quick to check the surveillance
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footage to see if Cheyenne ever made it
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back as she claimed well they were
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rather shocked to discover that this too
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was a lie and she had never arrived
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there as she previously stated now
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instead of confronting cheyen about
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their Discovery the authorities went to
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speak to her uncle instead and after
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informing him that his story did not
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align with the surveillance footage he
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was relatively quick to change his tune
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he now claimed that Cheyenne had told
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him about two black men who were smoking
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weed in a motel apparently she and
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Britney had actually spent time with
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them instead of going to the Colonial
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Pub and that is when a fight between the
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four suddenly broke out all over cocaine
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Cheyenne fled to the bathroom when
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things heated up once the commotion died
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down and she felt safe enough to look
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outside of the room she was greeted with
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the horrible sight of Britney's lifeless
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body face down on the bed allegedly the
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men then pointed a gun at her and forced
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her to help them take care of the body
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after letting her go they threatened to
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kill her if she ever told anyone soon
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after this she fled to her uncle for
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help now despite her confession to her
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uncle Cheyenne was unable to tell him
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where this Motel was or the names of the
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people who had killed her friend after
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all she was apparently just lucky enough
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to have escaped with her
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life while investigators knew that this
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story was quite bluntly full of
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they decided to keep quiet as they
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resumed their investigations because
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thankfully they didn't have to worry
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about Cheyenne and that's because she
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was newly arrested and put into custody
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over a separate charge related to drugs
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and shoplifting now this wasn't unusual
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behavior for her either because at the
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age of 21 she had already racked up more
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than 50 separ charges throughout a
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lifetime and this didn't bode well for
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her story with Britney investigators
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would take the opportunity to speak to
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Cheyenne every single time she landed
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herself in custody but over the months
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she was becoming extraordinarily
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uncooperative over Britney's death fast
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forward half a year and Britney's killer
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still hadn't been found yet they knew
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that there was more to uncover with
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Cheyenne but unfortunately they had no
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solid evidence to go by but what if I
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told you that the clue they so
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desperately needed had been staring at
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them right in the face ever since the
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very beginning and even worse they
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wouldn't realize for quite a while
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longer on the half-year anniversary of
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her friend's death Cheyenne commented on
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their final photo together in this
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comment she said I miss you so much but
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I wish Heaven had visiting hours so I
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could come to see you but I'm so glad
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you came and visited me in my dream last
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night I am blessed to have met you and
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have you be part of my life I will
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cherish and hold all of our good
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memories we've had over the years
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looking forward to the day that I see
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you again Rest in paradise my
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angel now I've skipped past the Dil
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because that is not important in this
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photo but rather it is this belt found
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right here you see Cheyenne clearly
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wanted people to see how upset she was
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however only a few days after this
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Britney's family would call the
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authorities with information that blew
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the entire case wide open Cheyenne's
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aunt had recently contacted them with
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new information on the day that Britney
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was murdered according to Cheyenne's
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aunt in the early hours of that fateful
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morning Cheyenne had run up to her house
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drunk hysterical and crying for help she
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told her aunt that she and Britney had
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gotten into an argument that had sadly
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escalated Beyond her control she then
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admitted to having hit Britney over the
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face with an object before choking her
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until she was unresponsive Cheyenne's
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Aunt then looked out past the open door
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and noticed Britney inside the car that
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Cheyenne had arrived in Britney appeared
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to be badly beaten slumped over in her
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seat bleeding and completely
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unresponsive while visiting her aunt
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Cheyenne never mentioned a motel or
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anyone else that evening furthermore she
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made it quite clear that she was the one
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to assault Britney she then took off
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drunkenly running towards the car before
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speeding off into the darkness taking
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Britney in the passenger seat beside her
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now deep down Cheyenne's Aunt knew that
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her niece was guilty but initially was
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too scared to go to the authorities I
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mean this was a lot for her to Grapple
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with and she wasn't even sure of what
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she had seen could be trusted Cheyenne
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was family after all and she didn't want
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to be the one to strike her down in
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court But as time ticked by her inner
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conscience weighed
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in despite this fresh testimony Cheyenne
Selfie
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continued to deny any involvement
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whatsoever unfortunately the authorities
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were was still unable to pin her down
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with any substantial evidence either and
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as time passed by it was looking less
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likely to ever
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materialize however in the year 2017 and
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2 years after Britney's murder that was
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finally about to change so do you
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remember the photo of Britney and
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Cheyenne on the night that she was
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murdered well it was at this moment that
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an investigator reanalyzing the photo
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found something incredibly substantial
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found towards the bottom left of the
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photo and barely in the frame was a
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black braided belt of course that was
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the very same belt that had been found
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lying next to Britney's body and was
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also determined to be responsible for
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her death the belt was taken out of
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storage and carefully analyzed and sure
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enough Cheyenne's DNA was found to be
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all over it and so finally after two
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long years of trying to pin her down
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they had the evidence they finally
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needed against her and only only days
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later Cheyenne was arrested on charges
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of second degree murder Cheyenne knew
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that the game was over and was rather
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quick to give her final version of
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events to officers but this would only
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come after initially remaining stoic and
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Silent for several hours Cheyenne
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confessed everything she admitted that
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shortly after leaving the house party
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with Britney with both of them being
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heavily intoxicated from alcohol and
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drugs the two then made their way to
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McDonald's for a late night bite to eat
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that is when a apparently the two girls
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argued over a mobile phone on the way
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Cheyenne claimed that she blacked out
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shortly after this and was unable to
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recall Britney's final moments but
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apparently when she woke up she knew
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that she had done something horribly
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wrong while it was evident that Cheyenne
Legal Proceedings, Remembering Brittney
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was responsible for Britney's death it
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never became clear what the intention
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behind the murder was the prosecution
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initially gunned for second deegree
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murder but without Criminal Intent these
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charges were dropped to manslaughter her
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in the end the judge accepted a joint
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submission from the prosecution and the
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defense teams sentencing Cheyenne to S
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years behind bars after she pleaded
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guilty to manslaughter which I think is
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a total copout to be honest motive or
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not 7 years is barely anything at the
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end of the day she murdered her best
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friend and she had so much to live for 7
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years is absolutely nothing quite
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understandably Britney's family were not
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happy with the outcome in their minds
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cheyen was off the hook in only 7 years
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they also Al highlighted that Cheyenne
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could have taken Britney to a hospital
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rather than leave her friend die in a
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straights and this just goes to prove
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that for the entire time she was
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thinking about herself rather than her
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friend judge gray responded to criticism
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of the light sentencing by claiming that
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the 7-year sentence does in fact fall
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into the 4 to 12E sentencing range for
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manslaughter in her mind the sentencing
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was balanced because Cheyenne pled
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guilty and showed remorse for her
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actions but what many find frustrating
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about this case is is that Cheyenne
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knowingly misled the investigators for 2
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years after the murder and furthermore
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continuously lied to cover her tracks
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she would even involve her family
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members in her Web of Lies and even
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convinced her uncle to vouch for her
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Alibi although she expressed remorse
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through her lawyer and a written
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statement it cannot be forgotten how
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uncooperative she became to save herself
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and so while Cheyenne Antoine
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temporarily sits behind spars for her
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role in the murder of Britney gargle's
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death her family are still quite clearly
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angry to say the least Britney's family
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will now have to Grapple with the fact
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that someone they loved so dearly is
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gone forever meanwhile her killer will
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be out of prison in no time classmates
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and co-workers alike attest that Britney
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was a light in their lives always
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smiling laughing and working hard she
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was an absolute pleasure to be around
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and now they would never again be able
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to enjoy her presence ever again
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it's a very sad case really and even to
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this day Cheyenne has not established a
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motive as far as we can see Britney's
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death was totally senseless so with that
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in mind what do you think about this
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case and why do you think Cheyenne
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murdered Britney as always let me know
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