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the aisles. This

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episode may contain content of

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a graphic nature, including descriptions

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of physical and sexual violence

1:06

against adults, children and animals.

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Listener discretion is advised. Hi

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everyone, I'm Tanya. And I'm Talya. And

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we are Crimes and Consequences,

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a true crime podcast. Hey,

1:32

Shannon. Hey,

1:36

Tanya. How are you doing? I am

1:39

doing great. How are you? I

1:42

am doing pretty good. I

1:44

was on YouTube this afternoon.

1:46

Yeah. And going

1:49

over some life choices I've made in these

1:51

54 years. And

1:53

I thought, you know what? I

1:55

may have missed my calling on

1:57

becoming a watercolor artist. I

2:02

fucking love watching those watercolor. I just

2:04

want to pull out my paints. Everything

2:08

else will be damned. I'm painting

2:11

and, you know, so I got to bring myself

2:13

down. Yeah. What do you do?

2:16

How is your day? Oh, it was

2:18

good. Busy at my new job. And,

2:20

you know, I have also been questioning

2:22

every life choice ever made in my

2:24

life. So it's been it's been a

2:26

depressing week, but quite

2:29

heavy, quite a heavy week. And

2:32

as I told you, it's not like I have a bad life

2:34

because I don't. Yeah, exactly.

2:37

You know, choices like sheikah,

2:39

angry fist at the sky

2:41

about, you know. And

2:44

I'm sure some of our listeners can

2:46

relate. So absolutely. You're a good company.

2:49

Yeah, we're a good company. But if

2:51

you want to do a watercolor, I'd

2:53

be happy to buy your first. I'll

2:55

be your first commission. Oh,

2:57

thank you. You're inspiring me. I'll think

3:00

it's not really good. Something

3:02

in the pinks to. Yes. Oh, after you

3:04

got. What

3:06

you got for us today? I

3:08

have the Lulu lemon murders today.

3:11

Have you ever heard of the

3:13

Lulu lemon murders? I

3:15

have not. OK, well, this is

3:17

one you all need to buckle

3:19

up for. So in. So yeah,

3:21

you're in for quite the gruesome

3:23

story. So first I'm going to

3:25

tell you about a woman named

3:27

Jana Trexel Murray. She was born

3:29

in Wichita, Kansas on November 22nd,

3:31

1980. So

3:34

she is a Sagittarius.

3:37

Oh, she is. And she

3:39

was born to her very loving family.

3:41

Soon after her birth, the Murray family

3:44

moved to Houston, Texas. Jana

3:46

had two older brothers named Hugh and

3:48

Dirk. They were both married at the

3:50

time of our story. Hugh was married

3:52

to a woman named Kate and Dirk

3:54

was married to a woman named April

3:56

and they had two

3:58

boys together, Casey and Jay's. So

4:00

she was an. Yeah, the

4:02

Murray parents, Jana's parents, they

4:04

were David and Phyllis. They were

4:07

just unbelievably proud of their

4:09

three children. And

4:11

they loved their grandchildren. I mean, they were

4:14

just a really tight-knit family. Right.

4:17

Yeah. Jana's dad, David, was

4:19

a special operations person who did

4:21

two tours in Vietnam. And

4:24

in the Murray family, there was a strong

4:27

sense of right versus wrong. All

4:29

American values, right? Quote on quote.

4:31

Sure. And the military,

4:33

very black and white. Right.

4:36

Jana being the youngest and the only

4:38

girl, she really was the

4:41

glue that held this family together. Her

4:44

brothers and their wives loved her so much

4:46

as she's growing up and making a life for

4:49

herself. The Murray family is seeing

4:52

her thrive and they're really excited. So

4:54

when Jana started college, she studied

4:57

at St. Louis University in Madrid,

4:59

Spain for two years before

5:01

finishing her bachelor's degree at George

5:03

Washington University in Washington, DC in

5:05

2003. See,

5:08

that's another life choice I didn't

5:10

make was studying abroad. So I

5:13

exactly got to scribble

5:15

that one off for

5:17

the lifetime column. Good

5:21

for you, Jana. I know. Good for

5:23

you. During her undergraduate years, Jana also

5:26

did a semester at C and I

5:29

don't know what that entails, but

5:31

it sounds fun, right? It does. And

5:34

after graduation, Jana started working for

5:36

a company called Halliburton where she

5:38

was a market rep for

5:41

five years. We've all

5:43

heard Halliburton, right? Oh yeah. With

5:46

a love of learning and goals

5:48

to accomplish, Jana decided to continue

5:50

her education at John Hopkins University.

5:52

It's quite prestigious. And

5:54

so impressive with all this

5:56

education. I love that she

5:58

pursued it. time, everywhere

6:00

she went, if she wanted it,

6:03

she went after it. She was

6:05

working toward earning a dual master's

6:07

in communication and a master's in

6:09

business administration. She left

6:12

her job at Halliburton to focus

6:14

on school and decided to take

6:16

a part-time job as a sales

6:18

team leader at a local Lulu

6:20

lemon store. This job really allowed

6:22

her to feed her passions of

6:24

dance, travel, and animals. She

6:27

was also extensively involved

6:29

in volunteering with various

6:31

different groups and organizations

6:34

and working at Lulu lemon gave her

6:36

networking opportunities and just like a positive

6:38

energy around the workplace. You know, I

6:40

guess it was a really good place

6:42

to work. Nice culture, good work

6:46

culture. Yeah, the

6:48

Lulu lemon franchise really spoke to

6:50

her personally and she planned

6:52

to apply to the Lulu lemon corporate

6:55

office in Vancouver, British Columbia. I didn't

6:57

know that were based. Neither. She was

6:59

going to apply there after graduation after

7:01

she got her dual master's

7:04

degree. So while Lulu lemon was

7:06

originally a part-time gig for

7:08

Jana, she fell in love with the company

7:11

and ended up dedicating all her studies toward

7:14

the company and wrote her

7:16

thesis about Lulu lemon. Wow.

7:19

Yeah. Probably for her business

7:21

administration degree. Yeah. Although Jana had finished

7:23

her thesis, she continued to work at

7:25

the store because she loved it. And

7:27

by the end of it, she went

7:30

from part-time to truly part of the

7:32

Lulu lemon family. Right. All

7:34

while juggling her master's program and working

7:36

at the Lulu. I don't

7:39

know if that's stupid or not,

7:41

but yeah. Jana was

7:43

also in a long distance relationship

7:45

with her boyfriend. His name was

7:47

Frasier Bosel, who was also

7:50

a student at Washington state. Jana

7:52

and Frasier had been together for a

7:54

long time and they were starting to

7:56

plan a future together. Frasier had actually

7:59

asked David and Phyllis. if he could

8:01

have Jana's hand in marriage after they

8:03

both graduated. Wow. I

8:06

know. Her relationship with Frasier was

8:08

also part of the reason she wanted

8:10

to work in Vancouver. Frasier was living

8:13

in Washington at the time, the state,

8:15

Washington state, not Washington DC. So she

8:17

would be in the corporate

8:19

office was close and Frasier's living in

8:21

Washington. So, you know, it's kind of

8:24

ideal, right? Right. Jana

8:26

was described as the girl who was

8:28

incredibly ambitious and willing to approach change

8:30

head on. What she didn't

8:33

know was that her life, unfortunately,

8:35

was about to tragically change and

8:38

all of her goals and dreams would come crashing

8:40

down. Oh, boy. So on

8:42

March 11, 2011,

8:44

Jana was working the closing shift

8:47

at the Lulu Lemon Store in

8:49

Bethesda, Maryland with her coworker,

8:51

28 year old Brittany

8:53

Norwood. Jana was a very

8:56

trusted store employee and

8:58

was the only person working that night

9:00

who had a key to the store.

9:02

Themingly, the night ended normally and both

9:05

women went home safely. However, the next

9:07

morning, March 12, store

9:09

manager Rachel arrived at 8 a.m. to

9:11

reopen the store for the day. And

9:14

when she arrived, she noticed the front

9:16

door of the store was unlocked, which

9:19

was very unusual. And

9:21

Rachel figured, well, maybe Jana just forgot

9:24

to lock it the night before. So

9:26

Rachel goes into the store and she

9:28

notices that something's wrong. There

9:30

was a mannequin that was laying

9:32

on the floor. Clothes had been

9:34

thrown about and some clothing racks

9:36

had been tipped over. So Rachel

9:38

immediately thought the store had been

9:40

robbed and she quickly exited the

9:42

building. You know, she was planning

9:44

to run to the nearby Apple store. It was

9:46

right next door to the Lulu Lemon in the

9:48

strip mall. And that's where she was going to

9:50

call the police from. But

9:53

that day, Apple was releasing the iPad 2.

9:55

Oh, my

9:57

goodness. iPad 2. And

10:00

the line was already growing long outside

10:02

of the store. People lined up on

10:06

that new iPad. That's right. And

10:09

one of the people in the line noticed

10:11

Rachel cause she was frantic and that person

10:13

jumped out of line to check on her.

10:16

And after explaining what she had seen in the store,

10:19

the person from the line, his name

10:21

was Ryan. He offered to walk her

10:23

back into the store and check things

10:25

out for her so that she would

10:27

feel comfortable to start her day in

10:29

the store and

10:32

see how the police arrived. After

10:35

all, if it's just a robbery, there's nobody,

10:37

it's just merchandise that's being stolen or

10:39

any from the cash register. Like there

10:42

shouldn't be anybody, like

10:44

a criminal still there. Hopefully

10:46

not, right? Yeah. And

10:48

in fact, if you go to

10:50

Lulu Bemin, they have a policy

10:52

that if someone comes in and

10:55

steals, they just let the person

10:57

walk with whatever and they report

10:59

it to the corporation and police

11:01

only if necessary. Oh my

11:03

gosh. I'm not encouraging anybody

11:05

to steal anything. Exactly what.

11:09

Where are we going to Lulu Lemon,

11:12

Tanya? Yeah. I don't know

11:14

if they still have this policy, but back

11:16

then. At the time, sure. Yes. Rachel

11:18

agreed with Ryan. And so the

11:20

two of them headed back into

11:22

the Lulu Lemon store. The further

11:24

they went into the store, the

11:26

more damage though they noticed. The

11:29

cash register had been opened and emptied

11:31

along with the safe that was inside

11:33

the store. At this point,

11:35

Ryan and Rachel, they're convinced that

11:37

this is just a robbery. It

11:39

just has all the telltale signs.

11:41

Yes. Yeah. Rachel

11:44

headed to the back room where

11:46

she found shattered glass and a

11:48

total disaster of merchandise. But

11:51

what really alarmed her was that she found

11:53

blood and a lot of it. Looking

11:55

further, there was a trail of blood

11:57

that looked like someone had been dragged.

12:00

across the floor and there

12:02

were two sets of bloody footprints of different

12:04

sizes. Upon this discovery,

12:06

Rachel and Ryan literally ran back

12:08

to the front of the store

12:11

and immediately called the police. Yeah.

12:14

Rachel didn't feel comfortable going back into

12:16

the store, but Ryan was concerned that

12:18

maybe someone was there that needed help.

12:21

Right. So he went back inside on

12:23

his own to investigate further. He

12:26

went over to where the trail of blood was

12:28

and he followed it further to the

12:30

back of the store and that's where he

12:32

found a battered woman laying face down in

12:34

a pool of blood with a rope tied

12:37

around her neck. He knew

12:39

right away that this woman was dead. Yeah.

12:42

Of course he was probably panicked

12:44

a little flustered or whatever. And

12:47

in shock when he heard a

12:49

faint moaning sound coming from the

12:52

employee bathroom. After what

12:54

he just saw, Ryan wasn't completely sure

12:56

he wanted to follow the sound, but

12:59

he did, he braved it. And in

13:01

the bathroom, he found Brittany bound

13:03

at the ankles and wrists, arms

13:05

above her head, covered in blood

13:07

and barely breathing. This

13:10

sent him running again to the

13:12

sidewalk out front to tell Rachel

13:14

what he found and say she

13:16

needed to call 911 again and

13:19

immediate medical attention, not just

13:21

the police. Right. So

13:24

on the phone with 911 the second

13:26

time, Rachel frantically said that one person

13:28

seemed dead, but the other was breathing

13:30

and you know, someone had tied up

13:32

this woman. Right. So Brittany

13:34

was covered in cuts all

13:37

along her arms and legs. She had

13:39

a large wound on her forehead and

13:42

there was a Lulu lemon shirt wrapped around her neck.

13:44

The crotch of her leggings had a

13:47

huge hole torn in them, leading police

13:49

to believe that she'd been sexually assaulted.

13:52

At the time, Brittany wasn't responding to like

13:54

questions and stuff. She seemed to go in

13:56

and out of consciousness. Dana, however,

13:58

was the one that did. survive and

14:01

her body was just absolutely battered.

14:04

An autopsy would later reveal that

14:06

Jana had been stabbed at least.

14:09

Get this 331 times. That

14:13

is fucking diabolical. Right. That is unnecessary.

14:15

Right. You know how long, I mean,

14:17

not that I've done it, but do

14:19

you know how long it must have

14:21

taken to staff or 331 times? I

14:25

mean, that is something that usually

14:27

I hear goes with crimes of

14:30

passion. You got to hate that

14:32

motherfucker and go blind and rage.

14:34

Right. If that's not

14:36

this, then it's. This is

14:38

overtook. Yeah. So sick.

14:41

So it was clear that her death wasn't

14:43

quick and that it was a slow and

14:46

brutal attack. Police found various

14:48

items around the store that were most

14:50

likely used in the attack. They found

14:52

a bloody hanger, a rock. Wrenches,

14:56

a hammer, a knife,

15:00

and they found a peg that was

15:02

normally used to stand the mannequins, like

15:04

maybe like in the back of them

15:06

or something. The police believe

15:08

that these items were used to attack the women

15:10

with Brittany being alive. She

15:12

was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.

15:15

She only ended up needing a few stitches

15:17

and they did do a rape kit at

15:19

the hospital. Police were grateful

15:22

that most of her wounds were

15:24

superficial because we're Jana, they now

15:26

have this brutal murderer, whoever did

15:28

this to her on the

15:30

loose. And you know, they need to

15:32

apprehend this person as soon as possible.

15:35

And maybe he can help them identify

15:37

who did this. As soon

15:39

as she was able, Brittany told police what

15:41

happened that night. She said it was like

15:44

any other closing shift. She had only been

15:46

hired six months prior. So she was relatively

15:48

new to the store. Right. After

15:50

the final customer left around 9 PM,

15:52

she and Jana locked up the store

15:55

and they started their closing duties. They

15:57

counted the cash drawer. They straightened things

15:59

up. And they got everything ready for

16:01

the next morning. Lots

16:03

of women left together and Brittany

16:05

watched Jana get into her car

16:08

before Brittany walked over to the

16:10

train station. When Brittany

16:12

got to the train station, she realized

16:14

she forgot her Metro pass in the

16:17

store and she wouldn't be able

16:19

to get home. Since Jana was the only one

16:21

with the key and Brittany's

16:23

new, she had to call

16:25

the few contacts she had of other coworkers

16:27

to see if they had Jana's number. She's

16:30

called, you know, she gets it and she

16:32

calls Jana to ask if she could meet

16:34

her back in the store so that she

16:36

could get her Metro pass. Being

16:39

the awesome human being that she was,

16:41

Jana said of course, you know, that

16:43

she was going to meet her. It'd

16:45

just be a few minutes and then

16:47

they met back at the store. Brittany

16:49

recalled that Jana told her she had actually

16:52

left her laptop at the store. So she

16:54

really didn't mind turning around because she was

16:56

gonna grab that instead of having to go

16:58

to the store the next day. When

17:00

Jana arrived back at the store, Brittany said

17:02

that she unlocked the door and the two

17:04

women went inside, closing the door behind them,

17:07

but not locking it. Brittany

17:09

told the police that while Jana grabbed

17:11

her laptop right away, she

17:13

couldn't find her Metro pass where she thought

17:15

it was and Jana started to help her

17:17

search for it. During their

17:19

search, Brittany and Jana were ambushed by

17:21

two men in black ski masks. Brittany

17:25

recalled that a bigger man grabbed Jana

17:27

and hit her over the head, knocking

17:29

her to the floor. A smaller man

17:31

grabbed her and dragged her by her

17:33

hair to the employee bathroom. And Brittany

17:35

told police that this is the last

17:37

time she actually saw Jana. The

17:40

smaller man eventually brought her to the registers

17:42

and the safe and forced her to open

17:44

them and put all

17:46

the cash into a black backpack that he had.

17:49

Brittany was then taken to the back room

17:51

where she was zip tied and tortured by

17:53

the smaller man. Brittany recalled

17:55

the man holding her by the hair

17:57

with a knife to her throat, threatening

17:59

to. slit her throat. Brittany told the

18:01

police that the man raped her and

18:04

was very careful to not inflict any

18:06

wounds that would kill her, but

18:08

have her begging for him to stop. So he,

18:10

you know, he's probably like

18:12

slicing her and stuff like that. Oh, right.

18:15

Brittany then said when he was done with

18:17

her, he left her alone in the back

18:19

room for a while. And when he came

18:22

back, Brittany recalled that he sexually assaulted her

18:24

again with a wooden store hanger. Yeah.

18:28

Brittany then told the police that during

18:30

her attack, she heard violent

18:32

and horrible screams coming from Jana in

18:34

the other room. Eventually

18:36

the screams went silent and both

18:38

men carried Brittany to the other

18:41

room where Jana was at

18:43

this point, Brittany was unsure if Jana was alive.

18:46

And she told police that the two men told

18:48

her she was lucky that she got the better

18:50

version of the attack because she

18:52

was more fun to fuck is what she

18:54

said. Oh

18:56

my gosh. Yeah. It's

18:58

disgusting. Pigs. Right.

19:00

During her recount of the night to police,

19:03

Brittany was absolutely distraught and she felt like

19:05

this was all her fault because she was

19:07

the one to call Jana and ask her

19:09

to, you know, come back to the store

19:11

so she could get her Metro pass. Right.

19:14

After hearing Brittany's story, the police

19:16

were immediately getting to work to

19:18

try and gather any information they

19:20

could about these two masked men.

19:22

Lucky for them. The Apple store

19:24

that was located just next door

19:27

had CCTV cameras that pointed at

19:29

the Lululemon storefront. Apple

19:31

was the only store on the

19:33

strip that had cameras pointed there.

19:35

So they were lucky. Yeah. On

19:37

the security footage from Apple, they

19:39

did find two white men who

19:41

were dressed in all black with

19:43

beanies on that walk past the

19:45

store around the time Brittany claimed

19:47

they were attacked. Not

19:49

only did Apple provide the CCTV footage,

19:51

but four employees that were working that

19:53

night basically heard the entire thing at

19:55

the Apple store. Oh my

19:57

gosh. The three employees and one

19:59

security guard stated that they started

20:01

hearing screaming coming from the store.

20:03

Like two women were fighting. They

20:05

heard one woman saying, please talk

20:07

to me. Don't do this. Talk

20:09

to me. What's going on? The

20:12

arguing was followed by whales screaming

20:14

and crying until they heard a

20:16

woman say, God help me. Please

20:19

help me. Unfortunately, the Apple employees

20:21

didn't call the police that night.

20:23

A choice that could have changed.

20:25

Jane. Oh my gosh. I don't

20:27

even under. I was just thinking,

20:29

how do you fucking hear someone

20:31

begging? Yeah. Hi, I'm over

20:33

here at the Apple store and I'm

20:36

hearing that next door. Someone's

20:38

screaming. Right. Right. Easy peasy

20:40

lemon squeezy. I can't tell

20:42

you how many stories we've

20:44

done where people see

20:46

something, hear something and don't

20:48

call the police. And I always think I

20:51

would call the police, right? Like I think

20:53

I would, I would hope I think I would

20:55

when I hear if I was screaming for her

20:57

life. I think if I was in the next

21:00

store next to it and I was

21:02

at the time, fuck you, I'm calling

21:04

the police, right? Exactly. I

21:07

don't know. Oh, one store

21:09

employee actually said the screaming was so loud.

21:11

It sounded like whoever was screaming was actually

21:13

in the Apple store and not next door.

21:16

And still no call. It's still no call. No.

21:20

After all that noise, the store employees

21:22

reported that then they heard some grunting

21:24

sounds and it sounded like something big

21:27

was being dragged or moved across the

21:29

store. The Apple store manager

21:31

told police that they felt like it was

21:33

just some drama and it was none of

21:35

their business. Maybe I don't

21:38

know. Cowards will say

21:40

something of that. Oh,

21:43

I thought they were play acting. I thought

21:45

it was some Shakespeare in the park. My

21:48

bad. Yeah. At the fucking Lulu lemon. Yeah.

21:50

At 9 PM. Yeah,

21:53

exactly. Not

21:55

one of them who was working at

21:58

Apple that night felt like they needed

22:00

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22:02

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just unbelievable. Police were

23:09

also able to use the store security

23:11

system records to know when the alarm

23:13

had been armed and disarmed. It was

23:15

armed at 9 45

23:17

when the women first left the store and then disarmed at 10

23:19

0 5 p.m. assuming

23:21

that this is when Brittany and Jana

23:24

returned to the store to get the

23:26

metro pass and laptop. With a timeline

23:28

coming into place police were now starting

23:30

to focus on Jana's car. Brittany

23:33

recalled that Jana parked in front of the

23:35

store but the next morning Jana's car was

23:37

nowhere to be found. Police

23:39

were now thinking that the two masked men

23:41

must have likely stolen Jana's

23:43

car after the attack. Luckily

23:46

for police Jana had Texas plates and being

23:48

in DC it was most likely going to

23:50

be you know maybe easy to spot her.

23:53

Yeah right. It was like millions of people

23:55

but I don't know. Her

23:57

car had actually been spotted the night

23:59

of the murder around midnight a few

24:01

blocks from the store, a police officer

24:03

drove past the parked vehicle and said

24:05

the lights were on inside and there

24:07

was one passenger. Two hours later around

24:09

2 a.m., that same police officer drove

24:11

by Jana's car again. And this time

24:14

there was no light on and no

24:16

passenger inside. Jana's car was still

24:18

parked in that same spot and

24:20

police were able to take it in as

24:22

evidence. Right. While waiting

24:24

for fingerprints, DNA and any other

24:26

evidence they could collect from the

24:28

car, police focused on finding the

24:30

two men from the Apple CCTV

24:32

footage. Although they did

24:35

have them on video, the angle wasn't

24:37

that great. And even though it showed

24:40

them, you really couldn't be thought of

24:42

information from it. Right. A detective decided

24:44

that he was going to do a

24:46

stakeout on the storefront, hoping that the

24:48

two men would return to the scene.

24:50

And they did believe that. When

24:53

he saw two men, he thought may

24:55

have been the attackers. He walked up

24:57

to them, showed them a photo of

24:59

the CCTV footage and asked them if

25:01

he recognized them. Both

25:04

the men immediately told the detective that

25:06

the guys in the picture were them

25:09

and that they worked at a restaurant a

25:11

few blocks away from Lulu Lemon. The

25:13

men often walked together because they lived in

25:16

the same direction. They were

25:18

wearing all black because that was the

25:20

uniform in the restaurant. OK.

25:23

So detectives were able to quickly

25:25

verify their alibi. None of

25:27

the evidence that they had was now adding

25:29

up and detectives were starting to realize that

25:31

maybe some of the details Brittany told them

25:34

wasn't adding up. Right. What

25:36

was really getting at them was that

25:39

Jana's attack was so much more brutal

25:42

than Brittany's. Yes. Like

25:45

stab 331 times and Brittany's not

25:47

stabbed once. Yeah, Brittany has

25:49

a whole bunch of superficial razor

25:51

blade or knife blade cuts that

25:53

maybe Purell will sting the fuck

25:55

out of. But yeah, you still

25:58

get through life. Exactly.

26:00

It was, you know,

26:02

just unusual how different they

26:05

were treated. Right. So let me

26:07

tell you a little bit about Brittany Norwood. Okay.

26:09

Brittany was born and raised in

26:12

Washington State to a huge family.

26:15

She was one of nine children and her

26:17

father ran a small business. The

26:19

Norwood family didn't have much, but all

26:21

of their children had goals and dreams.

26:24

Brittany played soccer growing up and she

26:26

was being recruited all across America to

26:28

play college soccer. She was apparently really

26:31

good. Nice. She

26:33

ended up signing with Stony Brook College

26:35

to play college soccer on a scholarship,

26:37

and this was her big break. She

26:40

was able to move across the country

26:42

and follow her dreams. Her

26:45

college soccer career quickly ended when

26:47

she left Stony Brook in 2003

26:49

after being accused of stealing from

26:52

many different people, including teammates and

26:54

roommates. Oh boy. Yeah.

26:56

Brittany was even accused of stealing

26:58

from random people on campus. While

27:02

charges were never filed, this destroyed

27:04

her soccer career and her educational

27:06

pursuits. She was kicked off the

27:08

team. She lost her

27:10

scholarship and she was thrown out of school.

27:13

Wow. Yeah. That's what

27:15

happens. Fuck around and find out. That's right.

27:18

Yeah. I'll keep you. Don't

27:20

touch other people's things. Yeah. You know, just

27:22

don't, don't steal shit, right? I

27:24

mean, that's not like

27:26

a bitch here. Don't touch

27:29

other people's shit. Right. I mean,

27:32

good God. In the

27:34

attempt to do some soul searching, Brittany moved

27:36

to Washington, DC, where she was able to

27:38

be close to two of her sisters. Upon

27:42

arriving in DC, Brittany got a job

27:44

at the Willard intercontinental hotel and started

27:46

to rebuild her life. She

27:49

was successful at this job. She started at

27:51

the front desk, but was soon promoted

27:54

to VIP guest

27:56

services. Oh, while it

27:58

was a great job, she was feeling

28:00

lost. because this wasn't what she pictured

28:02

for herself. She was probably also questioning

28:05

her life choices. Sure, sure. Brittany

28:07

always had a dream of becoming

28:09

a personal trainer. She was dedicated

28:11

to her own physical fitness and

28:13

the whole world of fitness in

28:15

general. In her spare

28:17

time, she was attending various workout

28:19

classes and hoping to be

28:22

able to immerse herself in that community, in

28:24

her new- Yeah, that culture of- That

28:28

passion was what led Brittany to getting

28:30

a job at Lululemon at the Georgetown

28:33

store in 2010. In

28:35

early 2011, Brittany transferred to

28:37

the Bethesda location of Lululemon

28:40

and she was almost a

28:42

perfect salesperson. She was fit,

28:44

outgoing, and people were drawn to her. She

28:47

really sold the Lululemon brand,

28:50

you know, looks and all. Like she

28:52

was perfect- Walking model of it, for

28:54

sure. At the time

28:56

of her transfer, it was only supposed to

28:58

be temporary. Brittany was looking to expand her

29:01

horizons and wanted to get a new job

29:03

at a fitness center near the store. That

29:06

was all before the night of March 11th, 2011, when

29:10

Brittany seemed to have snapped.

29:14

With this feeling that Brittany was possibly

29:16

involved in the murder, police decided that

29:18

they needed to look at the case

29:20

from the start again. The

29:22

first thing they noticed was that the

29:24

supposed attackers didn't bring any of their

29:26

own weapons. All

29:29

the weapons used in the attack were things that

29:31

were found in the store. Not only that, but

29:33

if they didn't bring any weapons, how did they

29:35

plan to get into the store? It

29:38

was clear that the suspected robbery was

29:40

supposed to happen after the store was

29:42

closed. Also, you know, I mean, how are

29:44

they going to get in if they didn't bring anything? Right.

29:48

Also, it's typical that after robbers get

29:50

the job done, they leave the scene

29:52

as soon as possible to lessen the

29:54

chances of them getting caught. Right.

29:57

According to Brittany's story, emptying the

29:59

registered in the safe

30:01

was one of the first things they

30:03

did, but then they started this attack

30:06

on both of them. Yeah, this timeline

30:08

is all stinky. Yeah. So

30:10

this really wasn't adding up to police and

30:13

there was more. The bloody footprints in the

30:15

store were a big question mark. There

30:17

were two different sets of footprints found at the

30:20

scene. One men's size 14,

30:22

that was actually a re-back and

30:24

the other footprint was a much

30:27

smaller woman's size. If

30:29

there were really two attackers, there would

30:31

have been three sets of footprints. Right.

30:35

The key men and then Brittany's since she was

30:37

still alive. At the scene,

30:39

one men's size 14 shoe

30:42

was found and police assumed that maybe

30:44

the attacker ditched it at the store

30:46

before leaving, but the store manager, Rachel,

30:48

debunked this theory immediately by telling police

30:50

that the shoe was property of the

30:52

store and they allowed customers to use

30:54

it when trying on clothes to complete

30:57

the look. Oh, okay. I

31:00

guess they got shoes there you can try

31:02

on. That is so crazy. Nice. They have

31:04

men's clothing at Lululemon. Yeah, if you want

31:06

to complete the ensemble. Yeah,

31:08

we got some shoes. See where that

31:10

can't have lies. Yeah. You're gonna

31:12

need a shoe. Right. What

31:15

was even more odd was that it

31:17

appeared that the bigger bloody shoe prints

31:19

were exactly on top of the smaller

31:21

shoe prints. Either the

31:24

attackers were quite literally following the

31:26

exact same path or these larger

31:28

prints were meant to try and

31:30

cover up the smaller ones. Oh.

31:33

Going even further, the gash on

31:35

Brittany's forehead didn't make sense. Why

31:38

would the attacker aim for the middle of her forehead

31:40

and not the side of her head? What

31:42

made more sense with that injury is

31:44

if Brittany was on top of Jana

31:46

stabbing her, that she could have accidentally

31:48

hit herself in the forehead. Right.

31:52

Additionally, Brittany told police that the zip

31:54

ties that were used to tie her

31:56

up came from one of the men's

31:59

backpacks when they actually belonged. to the

32:01

store. Like the, she said the robbers

32:03

brought the, Oh, from their own supplies

32:05

that did that exist.

32:07

Yes. Furthermore, the zip ties on

32:09

her hands had teeth marks indicating

32:12

they were tightened up by teeth and

32:14

not hands, which is something Brittany would

32:16

have to do if she was tying

32:18

herself up. Yes. The

32:20

biggest discrepancy was simply the

32:22

difference between the two attacks.

32:25

All of Brittany's injuries were superficial

32:27

and her rate kit revealed nothing. Brittany

32:29

told police that the attackers had told

32:32

her they knew her address and

32:34

they were using racial slurs against

32:36

her. Brittany painted the picture

32:38

that she was potentially the original target,

32:40

but it was clear the attack on

32:42

Jana was personal, like you said. This

32:45

led police to believe that maybe Brittany was

32:48

involved with the attackers and it was a

32:50

robbery gone wrong. It wasn't until

32:52

later in the investigation that Rachel, the

32:55

store manager, told police that they were

32:57

actually having problems with Brittany in the

32:59

workplace. It seemed that she

33:02

and Jana didn't really get along and

33:04

not only Jana, but other employees had

33:06

problems with. Right. Well, they

33:09

were suspicious that Brittany was stealing from

33:11

the store and

33:14

other coworkers. These suspicions went

33:16

so far as there was actually a

33:18

meeting held with store owners and managers

33:20

to come up with a plan to

33:22

attempt to prevent this. The

33:25

protocol at the store was that whenever an

33:27

employee brought a bag to work and was

33:29

leaving after their shift, the manager at the

33:32

store at the time would check their bag

33:34

to make sure that no unpaid items were

33:36

in their bag. Right. So

33:38

this was not only for Brittany, but

33:41

it was just, you know, regular protocol

33:43

for all employees. So it wasn't all

33:45

common practice. I remember working at some

33:47

shop, same thing. If you're working with

33:49

makeup, little things, big things, things that

33:52

can be hidden, you know, right.

33:54

I don't know. Plushy leggings

33:56

that can easily roll up and

33:58

hide in a. part

34:00

of your purse. Right, right. Yeah,

34:03

they're not bulky at all. No, gosh, not

34:06

at all. The day before the

34:08

murder, March 10th, 2011, Jana

34:10

went to do a routine bag check

34:12

on Brittany before she left and Brittany

34:14

told Jana that another employee had already

34:16

checked her bag. When Jana

34:19

double checked with that employee, they said

34:21

that they didn't actually check her bag.

34:24

So Jana reported this to Rachel that,

34:26

you know, she was pretty sure Brittany

34:28

stole another pair of leggings. And

34:30

now police are like, is this her

34:32

motive against Jana? By March 18th,

34:35

2011, Brittany was arrested for the murder. When

34:39

police brought her in for interrogation,

34:41

Brittany added more details to her

34:43

story and it just was not

34:45

adding up even more. Police decided

34:47

to take a more personal route

34:49

and bring in Brittany's brother, Chris

34:51

and sister Marissa. When the siblings

34:53

were all inside the interrogation room,

34:55

police ran through all the evidence

34:57

they had against Brittany and Marissa

34:59

completely broke down, having to leave

35:01

the room to attempt to calm

35:03

herself. Yeah. Police left Brittany alone

35:05

in the room with her brother, Chris, and Chris

35:07

asked Brittany to tell them the truth so that

35:10

they could get this worked out, to which Brittany

35:12

replied she didn't want to talk about it there.

35:14

So this personal approach had worked. Nice.

35:17

It was now believed that Brittany became

35:19

aware that her coworkers were onto her

35:21

ceiling and she knew that she was

35:23

going to be fired soon if she

35:25

was caught again. Brittany was

35:27

likely called Jana to meet her back

35:30

at the store so that they could

35:32

discuss the accusations. Jana told Rachel, but

35:34

once the conversation wasn't reaching a resolution,

35:36

it turned violent. Because remember those Apple

35:39

employees said there was women arguing? It

35:41

sounded like two women screaming at each

35:43

other. Yes. So Brittany's defense

35:45

attorney claimed that this was absolutely

35:48

not a premeditated murder, but

35:50

an undiagnosed mental disorder. He

35:53

claimed that it was clear that no

35:55

one in their sound mind could commit

35:57

the atrocities that Brittany did that night.

35:59

Like, okay, but they were committed. Yeah,

36:02

exactly. It committed so much that

36:05

she was able to make herself

36:07

look like she was a victim.

36:09

That sounds like a very clever

36:11

and planned and, and, and survivalistic

36:14

mode of. Warble lying

36:16

and there, there it is. There,

36:18

I don't get like how 331

36:20

stab wounds. I

36:23

get it. That sounds like mental illness.

36:26

Okay. Yeah, for sure. Especially because they're

36:28

not like lovers or something that would

36:30

that crime of passion that

36:32

is, you know, in

36:34

such cases, but this is just

36:37

straight up rage and hate. This

36:39

is, we all know

36:41

it's from her childhood. Yeah. Everything

36:45

stems from your child. Everything

36:47

stems and is her stealing

36:50

and what she was one of nine.

36:52

And I don't have our stories of

36:54

why we do what we do or

36:56

why we think we're justified by circumstance,

36:59

but. Exactly. Right.

37:01

Like, yeah, the

37:03

trial lasted six days and then Brittany

37:05

was quickly sentenced to life in prison

37:07

without the possibility of parole on January

37:10

27th, 2012. Brittany

37:13

has never talked about what exactly

37:15

happened that night between she and

37:17

Jana. Right. This

37:20

trial and the entire situation

37:22

was extremely difficult for Jana's

37:24

family. The Murray's. This

37:26

was especially because they originally felt

37:28

horrible for Brittany thinking that she

37:30

too was a victim of this

37:33

violent attack. After sentencing,

37:35

Brittany gave a public apology to the

37:37

Murray family in front of a packed

37:39

courtroom, Brittany stated that prior to getting

37:42

up there, she was unsure if she

37:44

would even speak. Brittany told

37:46

the courtroom and Jana's family that while she

37:48

knows her statement will never take the pain

37:51

away, she hopes that the family can one

37:53

day find it in their hearts to forgive

37:55

her. Brittany and her

37:57

legal team were hoping that the judge would

37:59

sentence her to. life with the possibility of

38:02

parole to give her some hope, but

38:04

nope. No, no. Yeah.

38:06

No, no, no. Judge Robert

38:09

a Greenberg said that after every single

38:11

one of the 331 plus wounds

38:15

she inflicted on Jana, she

38:17

had an opportunity to think

38:19

twice about what she was

38:21

doing and stop, but she

38:23

didn't. So judge Greenberg told

38:25

Brittany that she was devious

38:28

in control and one hell of

38:30

a liar. I agree.

38:32

I agree. All three devious,

38:35

one hell of a liar. I

38:38

don't even really think I don't believe

38:40

she wants forgiveness. She just wants to

38:42

be known that she said it. Yeah,

38:44

that's what I don't. Yeah. I don't

38:47

really feel any kind of empathy or

38:49

because if she's stealing and she

38:51

doesn't care and so she loses

38:53

jobs, loses her scholarship, loses her

38:56

athleticism, scholarship, everything.

38:59

And so leper doesn't change

39:02

its spots without

39:04

a humongous miracle. And

39:06

not that I don't believe in

39:09

miracles, but it's

39:11

really about the intent of the heart,

39:13

you know, and I think her intent

39:15

was very narcissistic. She suffered

39:17

these consequences of stealing shit from people

39:19

at school, you know, like you said,

39:21

lost her scholarship, lost her chance to

39:23

finish her degree, be on the soccer

39:25

team, do all this. And

39:27

then she gets this job at Lulu lemon

39:29

and she's doing the fucking same shit again.

39:32

And then she is. Yeah.

39:34

So jealous of Jana because she

39:36

is everything. She is knocking everything

39:38

that is lands on her hands

39:40

out of the park. Like she

39:43

is going to school and like

39:45

her life is on the right track and

39:48

the manager girl, she's

39:50

Lulu lemon, but you got someone

39:52

like Brittany who's like, me, me,

39:55

me. It's gotta be about

39:57

me. I'm going to, I mean, how

39:59

do you not get along with someone

40:01

like. Jana, Jana sounds like something that

40:03

would be easy to get along with

40:05

and inspiring to be like. Right. Because

40:07

she, you hear what she gets done.

40:09

Yeah. And don't tell me

40:11

you didn't fucking plan it either. I don't

40:14

know for one second, because she had the

40:16

whole fucking ruse about the Metro pass. She

40:18

could have attacked Jana when they locked the

40:20

door initially. Yeah. Oh,

40:22

exactly. Exactly. And,

40:24

and, you know, instead of like making

40:27

this story about, you know, having to

40:29

go back and, oh, can you come

40:31

in the store and you know, all

40:33

of this. So I'm thinking like it

40:35

had to be planned. What I was just

40:37

dying to know, like what she's never with

40:39

what was there, but I mean, I could

40:41

say weird shit, but yeah, like if you're

40:44

using all the shit in the store and

40:46

it's at a point where, you know,

40:49

you can attack Jana and Jana can't

40:51

run away. I think you've probably like

40:53

looked at the shit in the store,

40:55

maybe briefly. Right. Yeah. Oh,

40:58

you know where to find stuff. Right. You

41:00

know, and fuck those Apple, I mean, God

41:02

bless them, but those Apple employees listening

41:05

to that shit. I have heard stuff and

41:07

I know when I, I mean, nothing to

41:09

where I've needed to call the police, but

41:11

I am an X 911 operator.

41:16

So I kind of know I got

41:18

a little edge and as a human being,

41:20

the edge of, I think someone's

41:22

fucking going to get hurt. Right. The

41:25

screaming is obviously get like

41:28

the screaming would have me something

41:30

like that might happen. Yeah.

41:33

And somebody's God, no, please no. I mean,

41:35

yeah, God, no, please no.

41:37

And then dead silence. That would make me

41:40

super suspicious. Like maybe them fighting, you know,

41:42

the screaming, like maybe that wouldn't necessarily like

41:44

like you said, like, I don't know if

41:46

I would feel like they were in danger.

41:49

Like, but then when the screaming

41:51

turned to somebody sounding like they're

41:53

begging for their life or

41:56

begging for something to stop, that would really

41:58

give me pause. right? Just be like, yeah,

42:01

you know, just do even a window check.

42:03

Like, just come out and take a look

42:05

because something is fucking a mess. Yeah. And

42:07

you know, they were all scared to leave.

42:10

Oh yeah, for sure. Or knock on the

42:12

wall. Hey, is everybody okay in there? If

42:14

you don't want to scared the shit out

42:16

of Brittany, right? I would have been like,

42:19

Hey guys. Yeah. I think

42:21

all the blood would have drained out of my

42:23

body. I know. Right. Oh, I

42:25

would just, wouldn't that bring you to out

42:28

of your mental, but God

42:31

bless Gina and her family, Brittany

42:33

and hers. I mean, her life

42:36

is gone. Her family sounds very

42:38

supportive as a big family. Right

42:40

now. I know everyone has these

42:42

stories. It's not just the victims.

42:45

Like it's just no lateral damage

42:47

of their families. And exactly, you

42:49

know, I think about, we did

42:51

that story about Jacob Wetterling a

42:54

few weeks ago. Yeah. About like

42:56

his parents actually stayed together. And

42:58

they, even though I think

43:00

they probably had a time where their marriage

43:02

hit like a rough patch, I can

43:05

only imagine the pain and suffering that they

43:07

went through and let alone every other family

43:09

who's had, you know, somebody, it

43:12

can be generational damage. Yes.

43:14

I just think about some of them, you

43:17

know, some of these people had chill, have

43:19

children and then their children grow up without

43:21

a parent or maybe like mom kills dad

43:23

or dad kills mom. And so now you

43:26

have no parents and it's just, it's terrible.

43:28

You're known as the, you know, all my

43:30

mom killed my dad or my vice versa

43:32

that. Oh yeah.

43:35

I know. It's just sad that,

43:37

you know, heavy as fuck too.

43:40

Just so how do you get

43:42

out from under there? But that's

43:44

like the riddle of life, you

43:46

know, exactly. Well, thank you Shannon

43:48

for the, thank you for bringing

43:50

this story. I'd never heard of

43:52

it. Yeah. This was a brutal

43:54

one. Like Jana really went through

43:56

it. I feel bad. I feel

43:58

really, yeah. I didn't

44:00

even see, how do you think in that

44:02

culture of Lululemon, you do not see that

44:04

kind of behavior coming? No, thanks, Sherri. You

44:06

know, it's quite upon you. Like

44:08

to just remind everyone to hit subscribe,

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follow, whatever app you're listening to. Yes.

44:14

I forgot to mention that at the

44:16

beginning, but that's okay. And if you

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44:45

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44:47

helping to get that caught up. Yes,

44:49

we are asking. I'm on it. Yeah,

44:51

you're on it. So bless your little

44:53

heart. I would just like to thank

44:55

everyone again and everyone seems

44:57

very welcoming to Shannon. Yes, guys, I

44:59

love you. And I love just spending

45:02

time with you. And I love spending

45:04

time with Tanya. So you guys always

45:06

give me an opportunity to do both.

45:09

I love it. I know we get

45:12

to catch up before. I love it.

45:14

And bring Taro to the table and

45:16

some, I just love knowing like the

45:18

little bits of the story. What was

45:20

his sign? Oh, yeah. He's a Libra.

45:22

Whoa. We

45:24

love you, Libra. So, but until

45:26

next time, Tanya, you take care.

45:30

And I love you. You too. You

45:33

too. I'll see you next time. Bye.