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in the world of Music where passion
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harmonizes with rivalry two musicians
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found themselves entangled in a
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discordant Symphony of hatred Raymond
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Henry Miller had recently lost it all
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his wife had left him his children were
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gone and his stability was non-existent
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so when the young Cedric gyong joined
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his band with better skills and multiple
0:20
women at his fingertips Raymond could
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not stand the jealousy and sadly all of
0:25
this would end in a bitter
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tragedy good morning good afternoon or
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crime today we're looking at the Twisted
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case of Raymond Müller we're getting
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malah
Canada, Pirates!
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hey there folks today we're returning to
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the vast and wild country of Canada now
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if you're a regular here to Coffee House
1:08
crime you already know that I've covered
1:10
many cases in this country although
1:12
Canadians are often known to be polite
1:14
and forgiven let me tell you some of
1:16
your true crime stories here are quite
1:19
literally insane and our case today is
1:21
no different so here's the country's
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rundown the nation boasts remarkable
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Wilderness expansive Plains and Majestic
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mountains all of which that are
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complemented by a captivating history
1:32
that attracts many visitors every year
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Canada I'm looking forward to seeing you
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in Spring 2024 speaking of does anyone
1:39
know where to grab a good cup of coffee
1:41
in Toronto I'm kind of lost here anyway
1:44
today's case pulls us to the beautiful
1:46
city of Montreal it's the second largest
1:48
city in the country and while Ottawa may
1:51
be the actual capital of Canada Montreal
1:53
is known to be the country's Prime spot
1:55
for culture the city hosts various
1:58
festivals yearly comprising ing Dance
2:00
Theater art and most importantly to this
2:03
story music speaking of Music our case
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today focuses on the complicated
2:08
relationship of two rather unique
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bandmates that being Raymond Henry
2:13
Miller and Cedric ganong first off the
2:16
band they were in was quite unique to
2:18
say the least well they didn't really
2:20
call it a band actually but more of a
2:22
creative Collective and even more
2:24
unusual was that the collective was a
2:26
pirate themed group creatively named
2:29
Pirates that's with an exclamation point
2:31
at the End by the way but unless I
2:33
shouted and I don't want to upset Nero I
2:36
don't think you'd have known that so as
2:38
you can probably tell they were not in
2:40
the same league as One Direction Taylor
2:42
Swift or Led Zeppelin in fact they were
2:45
merely just a group of friends who got
2:47
gigs wherever they could so let's begin
2:49
with Raymond Raymond was a 51-year-old
Raymond Muller's downfall
2:52
bass player who before moving to
2:54
Montreal toured Canada out of an old
2:56
school bus surprisingly he did this with
2:58
his wife and four children children they
3:00
traveled around the country for several
3:02
years typically parking up in the city
3:04
for multiple months at a time during one
3:07
of their Journeys The Strain on the
3:09
couple sadly reached a Breaking Point
3:11
which was exacerbated by the challenging
3:13
circumstances of raising a family of six
3:16
on a school bus the situation was
3:18
further Complicated by Raymond's bounce
3:20
of heavy drinking and consequently his
3:23
wife reached a Breaking Point and would
3:25
decide to relocate with their four
3:27
children to Ottawa soon after this in
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2016 Raymond found himself in trouble
3:32
when he was arrested for dangerously
3:34
operating a motor vehicle and before you
3:36
ask yes that was with his old tattered
3:39
School Bus this incident would actually
3:41
lead to a dramatic police chase during
3:44
which he skillfully maneuvered his
3:45
rundown bus through studded carpets
3:48
several dramatic moments later the bus
3:50
ultimately came to a halt only when
3:53
confronted by a police barricade Raymond
3:56
eventually pleaded guilty to this charge
3:58
but in doing so granted himself an
4:00
absolute discharge allowing him to avoid
4:02
jail narrowly he would also claim that
4:05
the reason he was speeding was because
4:06
his child was sick at the time and he
4:08
was rushing them to the hospital this
4:10
has never been confirmed or denied but
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personally speaking I think it's balone
4:14
you know I always find it kind of funny
4:16
when some people can't take
4:17
accountability for their actions no they
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either have to make themselves out as
4:21
the victim or the hero anyway this
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brings us to the year 2018 when Raymond
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moved into a shared apartment found on
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Bernard East Street located in Montreal
4:30
and the reason he moved here was to be
4:31
with the rest of the band Pirates after
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selling his bus to get by financially
4:36
the band shared this space as a home and
4:38
a studio and while here they
4:40
affectionately named the apartment The
4:42
Rock Hotel as the name might suggest
4:45
this space was not just to live in it
4:47
was frequently used by other band
4:49
members who would crash here when they
4:51
were down on their lck and one of those
4:53
bandmates that was often going through a
4:55
hard patch was 39-year-old Cedric gyon
A battle with Cedric Gagnon
4:59
now Cedric was a more recent addition to
5:01
the group and often found himself
5:03
homeless with nowhere to go as a result
5:06
he would often opt to take advantage of
5:08
the group and crash at the apartment
5:10
rent free now despite his status as a
5:13
freeloader Cedric displayed a remarkable
5:16
music Talent he was proficient in
5:18
various instruments including the guitar
5:20
and bass guitar and rather concerning
5:23
for rayment he seemed to mirror the
5:25
skills of his bandmates as a dedicated
5:27
music enthusiast Cedric life orbited
5:30
around the art when not practicing or
5:33
performing he would immerse himself in
5:34
attending gigs and festivals Nationwide
5:37
that being of course whenever he could
5:39
afford it he was extremely loyal to the
5:42
band too and his friends often described
5:45
him as being pirate to the core and
5:47
really believing in the band's potential
5:49
and although Cedric didn't have much to
5:52
give he was very generous with what he
5:54
physically did have put quite simply he
5:56
would give the shirt off of his back to
5:58
help any of his friends out thankfully
6:01
his friends were very understanding of
6:02
his situation they knew he was a
6:05
complicated person but didn't have the
6:07
means to support himself and so quite
6:09
compassionately his bandmates would let
6:11
him lean on them for support and comfort
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in parallel with the music scene which
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no surprise often centers around
6:18
socializing and partying Cedric also
6:21
experienced periods of rather intense
6:23
drinking in addition to this it is also
6:26
believed that Cedric struggled with drug
6:28
abuse contributing to severe downturns
6:30
in his life alongside
6:33
depression being younger than Raymond
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Cedric seemed to be very popular with
6:37
the women around him and in addition to
6:39
this seemed to perform better when it
6:41
came to music and both of these two
6:43
things seemed to really upset Raymond
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you see while Mr Müller had lost his
6:48
wife and his children and was also
6:49
struggling to hold down any sort of
6:51
romantic relationship Cedric experienced
6:54
no such problems in fact he would
6:56
regularly bring back women to the shared
6:58
department and this would make Raymond
7:00
extremely jealous he was younger more
7:02
talented more successful of the women
7:04
and the band seemed to absolutely adore
7:06
him and as a result tension grew between
7:08
both men their arguments made everyone
7:11
around them increasingly worried and
7:13
over time they all realized that
7:15
something needed to be done for them to
7:16
stop this war where cedra consisted that
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Raymond should be the one to leave the
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band because he was the jealous one
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after all Raymond insisted that Cedric
7:24
should leave because he was the one with
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less experience either way in an act of
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both Pride in stubbornness both men
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refused to back down and so this long
7:33
Cold War continued and tragically
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Raymond's jealousy which continued to
7:38
poison the atmosphere around them would
7:40
eventually come to a Breaking Point and
7:42
the consequences would be
Missing
7:48
catastrophic it was the beginning of
7:50
July 2018 and the band was gearing up to
7:53
play at a local pirate themed Festival a
7:56
kind of liveaction roleplay event where
7:58
people dress up get into character play
8:01
music and have a few beers or perhaps
8:04
more fittingly some rum despite tension
8:07
Rising between Raymond and Cedric the
8:09
band had actually been rehearsing for
8:11
this event for weeks unfortunately it
8:14
became quite obvious that Cedric was
8:16
letting all of this get to him I mean
8:19
he'd already snapped at the other
8:20
bandmates over this time frame and it
8:22
was also apparent that he was going
8:24
through something internally but when
8:26
July the 6th eventually rolled around
8:28
one of those band members seemed to be
8:30
missing of course that being the young
8:33
Cedric Ganon this confused the other
8:36
band members for one Shawn Jones knew
8:38
that Cedric was very passionate about
8:40
the band and that he would never
8:42
intentionally miss a gig but Shawn also
8:44
knew that Cedric was going through a
8:46
particularly rough patch at the moment
8:48
filled with depression and alcohol so
8:51
with that in mind he chalked it up to
8:53
that what was also bizarre was that
8:56
Raymond's bass guitar seemed to be
8:58
damaged even stranger Raymond didn't
9:00
seem to notice and when asked about what
9:03
happened to his guitar he just Shrugged
9:05
it off regardless their festivities
9:08
carried on as planned but that's not to
9:10
say that during this relatively Carefree
9:12
atmosphere worry for Cedric's wellbeing
9:15
lingered among the bandmates in fact one
9:18
of them even jokingly asked Raymond if
9:20
he had killed Cedric little did they
9:22
know that deep down Raymond was hiding a
9:26
dark secret days slipped by without any
9:29
contact from Cedric because the man had
9:32
seemingly vanished the last person to
9:35
have heard from him was his girlfriend
9:36
on July thei who had received a text
9:39
message from him just 4 days prior the
9:41
man seemed to be okay in these messages
9:44
but then all of a sudden turned radio
9:47
silent as the festival unfolded many
9:49
assumptions were made about Cedric one
9:52
being that he might be dealing with
9:53
personal issues and had possibly gone
9:55
back to Ottawa to see his daughter but
9:58
as the days passed by by turning into
10:00
weeks and then into a month there was
10:02
still no trace of the man his mother
10:05
eventually took the step of filing a
10:06
missing person's report to the police
10:09
however given his homeless status lack
10:11
of address and struggles with depression
10:13
and alcohol the authorities seemed
10:15
rather hesitant with this challenge two
10:18
months passed by without any
10:20
communication whatsoever and although
10:22
concerns did linger among those who knew
10:25
him it didn't seem to trigger any sort
10:27
of Investigation but as with all stories
10:30
folks all of that would change on August
10:32
the 31st
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2018 it was on this day that Raymond was
August 31st, 2018
10:38
planned to step in as the bass guitarist
10:40
in Cedric's absence but after Raymond
10:42
failed to show up Shawn would visit the
10:45
apartment on Bernard East Street to see
10:47
what was wrong sha expected that Raymond
10:50
had likely slept in after a heavy night
10:52
of drinking sadly he would be gravely
10:55
mistaken as he opened the door silence
10:58
enveloped the the apartment with no
11:00
noise coming from the kitchen bedroom or
11:02
living room a hushed for boing lingered
11:04
in the air but upon reaching the
11:06
bathroom that silence broke out into
11:08
Terror the bathroom floor was covered in
11:11
blood and slumped in the bathtub was
11:14
Raymond amongst the Panic Shaw noticed
11:16
that Raymond was actually still alive
11:18
and breathing he spurred into action and
11:20
DED 911 immediately in a desperate bid
11:22
to save his friend's Life Time was still
11:25
on their side but not for long now
11:27
luckily Raymond was stabilized at the
11:29
scene and then he was rushed to hospital
11:31
for further care however he was
11:33
accompanied by the police a mere few
11:35
hours later because as it turns out
11:38
there was more going on behind the
11:42
scenes during their search of the
Dark discoveries
11:45
apartment an unusual Discovery emerged a
11:48
book was found resting on the stove
11:51
harboring a dark note inside the note
11:55
was allegedly supposed to be Raymond's
11:57
final words which which were dated
11:59
August the 30th 2018 just one day before
12:03
his Discovery within this letter Raymond
12:05
expressed profound remorse and guilt and
12:08
admitted to murdering Cedric an excerpt
12:11
from the note R I took my bass guitar
12:13
and bludgeoned him to death I then
12:15
dragged his body into the bedroom put
12:17
him in the bathtub and dismembered him I
12:20
put away what I could in the fridge and
12:22
on the balcony and then spent the day
12:24
cleaning what I stole from the world a
12:27
friend a son a father a lover a musician
12:31
in such a horrible way deserves Eternal
12:34
punishment I'd like to say sorry but
12:37
what good would that do I went to find
12:39
Cedric in my own way in the note Raymond
12:41
detailed how he attacked Cedric while he
12:44
was asleep on the sofa rendering him
12:46
utterly defenseless in the assault quite
12:49
bluntly the young man never stood a
12:51
chance the story that Draymond portrayed
12:54
would reveal that he had attempted to
12:56
take his own life in the same bathtub he
12:59
had dismembered his friend in therefore
13:01
making the so-called Rock Hotel an
13:03
active crime scene as a result the
13:05
apartment underwent a thorough research
13:08
revealing traces of Cedric's blood in
13:10
chilling locations this including the
13:12
bathtub the sofa where he had slept and
13:15
shockingly in the refrigerator and the
13:18
freezer disturbingly it unfolded that
13:21
Raymond had dismembered his friend and
13:23
bandmate using a grinder and a saw
13:26
storing The Remains both in the kitchen
13:28
and on The Frigid balcony but all of
13:30
this would lead to one final question
13:33
where were Cedric's remains now the
13:35
unsettling truth emerged when Raymond
13:38
claimed that he had disposed of the
13:40
dismembered body parts in various trash
13:43
cans throughout the apartment given the
13:45
two months since Cedric's disappearance
13:47
the collected trash had long been sent
13:50
to the landfill and regrettably Cedric's
13:53
remains were now entwined with layers of
13:55
debris and garbage lost in the vastness
13:57
of a landfill forever beyond the reach
14:00
of his grieving family and loved ones
14:03
now it's safe to say that Raymond's
14:05
attempt at taking his own life was an
14:07
obvious sign of guilt and remorse for
14:09
his actions just one day after being
14:12
discovered in critical condition in the
14:14
bathtub authorities interrogated him
14:16
from his hospital bed during his
14:18
questioning he once again confessed to
14:21
his guilt recounting fresh Grizzly
14:23
details of that fateful day and would
14:25
you believe it that all of this was
14:28
publicly recorded for the world to say
14:30
so you took the bass guitar and you hit
Interrogation
14:33
Cedric with the bass guitar yeah okay
14:36
was he still on the couch at that time
14:38
yeah was he awake at that time no did
14:41
you did you try to awake him no nope do
14:47
you recall on what part of the guitar
14:49
you hit
14:53
c a side of it
14:56
side do you recall how many how many how
14:58
many times you hit
15:03
him
15:06
no was it more than one yeah I think
15:09
twice or three times twice or three
15:12
times yeah and on what part of his body
15:15
did you hit him on his head on his head
15:19
yeah can you be more specific again was
15:22
it a the forehead around the eyes the
15:25
nose the mouth forehead the forehead
15:30
okay Was he alive before I don't
15:35
know
15:38
why was he snoring
15:50
breathing L there just lying
15:55
there now let's just State the obvious
Problems...
15:58
here Raymond did in fact murder Cedric
16:01
it is quite clear to see that his
16:02
jealousy and blind rage allowed him to
16:04
murder a friend without much thought but
16:07
despite this he never actually gave a
16:09
motive nobody could believe the news
16:11
here I mean Shan he knew that the two
16:13
were not on the best of terms but he
16:15
didn't believe that Raymond had it in
16:17
him sure he was a little bit strange but
16:20
definitely not violent with both a
16:22
written and a taped confession you would
16:24
think that this case would be a slam
16:25
dunk in court right well my friend you
16:29
would be forgiven for thinking so it
16:31
turns out though that without a body it
16:33
is extremely hard to convict someone for
16:35
murder I mean we have seen it before
16:38
with the case of mumi Watanabe but that
16:40
really was a rare case and by the time
16:42
his trial began Raymond consulted a
16:44
lawyer and made up an entirely new story
16:47
one that would hold for quite some time
16:50
another problem was how his confession
16:52
was extracted confessions not made in an
16:55
official interrogation room or a
16:56
courtroom are quite difficult to be made
16:59
admissible in court it was also apparent
17:02
that Raymond was not in a strong state
17:04
of mind after trying to take his own
17:07
life you can see in this video that his
17:09
speech patterns and motor functions
17:11
seemed quite sluggish and weak at best
17:14
following this Raymond also claimed that
17:16
the written confession found on the
17:18
stove was actually nothing more than
17:20
writings and thoughts for a song that he
17:22
was creating he further claimed that he
17:25
was merely expressing his severe remorse
17:27
for driving his bandm away friends had
17:30
also noticed that Cedric was going
17:31
through another downward spiral around
17:34
the time that he had vanished a call to
17:36
a friend a month before his
17:37
disappearance was especially troubling
17:39
in fact she was actually quite taken
17:42
back to see him alive just a few days
17:44
later conveniently for Raymond it is not
17:47
uncommon for individuals with Suicidal
17:49
Tendencies especially those susceptible
17:52
to drugs to vanish without warning
17:54
anyway Raymond claimed that he had
17:56
harbored a sense of responsibility for
17:58
SE redick's disappearance this
18:00
attributing to his own stress that then
18:02
pushed him over the edge as the trial
18:05
unfolded all of these mitigating factors
18:07
had to be carefully weighed when
18:09
determining Raymond's
18:13
sentencing initially scheduled to begin
Legal Proceedings
18:15
for May of 2021 the prosecution sought
18:18
charges of both murder and causing
18:20
indignity to a body due to dismemberment
18:23
despite this and perhaps no surprise
18:25
Raymond maintained his plea of not
18:27
guilty in his defense Andrew baraki who
18:30
is Raymond's lawyer presented a rather
18:33
compelling case he emphasized the
18:35
fragile mental states of both Cedric and
18:38
Raymond highlighting the link between
18:40
drugs and disappearances and arguing
18:43
that the note found was simply an
18:45
expression of guilt as Andrew would say
18:47
to the courtroom we are swimming in
18:49
darkness two suicidal people who
18:52
consider themselves Brothers is not a
18:54
motive for murder Raymond tried to
18:56
persuade the jury that he was innocent
18:58
and and that his writings and his
18:59
attempts to take his own life were
19:00
driven by Good Intentions in addition to
19:03
this he also claimed that his writings
19:05
Were Meant to bring attention to Cedric
19:07
in hopes that he would eventually be
19:08
found alive but this argument made no
19:11
sense whatsoever I mean why would you
19:13
try to convince people that someone is
19:15
dead and also claim this will help find
19:17
them alive as previously mentioned
19:19
Cedric's body was never actually
19:21
recovered making it impossible to
19:23
establish the cause of his death but
19:25
that doesn't mean that Raymond was
19:27
entirely off the hook the initial trial
19:29
unfolded over the course of 7 days yet
19:32
the jury's inability to reach a
19:34
unanimous verdict led to the trial's
19:36
indefinite suspension due to a lack of
19:38
solid evidence almost a year later
19:40
Raymond would face a second trial but
19:43
this time luck was not on his side
19:46
despite Cedric's body never being found
19:49
a new jury would dismiss Raymond's
19:51
account and reasoning as too implausible
19:53
Raymond's storyline presented in court
19:55
appeared to be quite chaotic and incon
19:58
insistent especially when contrasted
20:00
with his detailed written and videotaped
20:03
confessions which conveyed a more
20:05
logical narrative it would still take
20:07
the jury 9 days to arrive at a unanimous
20:10
decision Raymond Henry Miller would be
20:13
declared as guilty of the murder of
20:15
Cedric ganyon as a result he was given a
20:17
life sentence with a minimum of 25 years
20:21
before becoming eligible for parole in
20:23
addition to this he was given an extra 5
20:26
years for the indignity caused to set
20:28
R's body following the murder the judge
20:30
would go on to say the significance of
20:32
this charge is not the ultimate penalty
20:35
which is overshadowed by the sentence of
20:37
life imprisonment it is significant
20:40
however in ensuring forever that Mr
20:42
Müller will be remembered not only for
20:44
the murder of Cedric Ganon but also for
20:47
his cold and calculated attempt to hide
20:49
his heinous crime by a further heinous
20:52
act one that demonstrates an attitude
20:54
totally opposite to the sensibilities of
20:57
Civilian law and so it turns out that
21:00
Raymond's halfhazard attempt to conceal
21:02
his crime even after confessing not once
21:04
but twice ultimately proved to be
21:07
unsuccessful this exposed the extent of
21:09
his callousness and his reluctance to
21:12
take responsibility for his actions in
21:14
the
21:15
aftermath despite Cedric's tumultuous
Remembering Cedric
21:17
life which is marked by homelessness
21:19
alcoholism and drug abuse at his core he
21:22
was a musician a father and a son his
21:25
bandmates affectionately described him
21:27
as pirate to the core the impact of
21:30
Cedric's loss weighed heavily on his
21:32
friends who despite his struggles still
21:35
recognize him as a genuinely caring
21:37
person despite having little to offer
21:40
Cedric always did his best to support
21:42
those he loved with Cedric's remains
21:44
never being recovered the absence of
21:47
closure in his death adds as an
21:48
additional layer of tragedy for his
21:50
loved ones and the inability to mourn
21:53
his loss compounds the challenges they
21:56
face in coming to terms with this very
21:58
heartbreaking
22:02
situation I always find these cases
22:04
which lack any sense whatsoever to be
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the hardest ones to digest I mean there
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was no real reason to kill Cedric but as
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a result there are two families without
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a father anyway folks I think I'm going
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to wrap this case up here today but
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