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Perjos sutra baju, redueron

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sousoras, presentes sousolestitute, oimismo,

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de departmento, de pluotis,

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and servicios, interpretation of

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ponivales. Yame, al one

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ochosiete, tres quattro, tresquattro,

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ocho quattro. of ponivales.

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Yameh, al one

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ochosiete, tres, ceter,

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tres quattro, tres

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quattro, sqatro, quattro,

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per d'erosoros, and

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the service of

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the interpretation is

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tandisponibles. Present our

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solicitues facile, yamel,

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one o'ocho sietu,

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three quattro, one

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o'ocho siete, three

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quattro, three quattro

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siete, three quattro,

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three quattro, three quattro,

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to receive a year due

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in quackness, which we covered

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back in 2023. However, before

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we get into that, I just wanted to

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let you all know that the main show

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is undergoing a little bit of a break

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due to some happy news for the first

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time in a while. My family welcomed a

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new member earlier this month, a baby boy,

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so things have been pretty hectic around the

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Whelan household. Thank you all for your

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patience as I adjust to this even

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more sleep-deprived reality. But I should get

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back into the swing of things before long.

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I just wanted to let you all know. However,

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on to today's update. On

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March 2nd, 1996, Ronald Clungness returned

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home from work to his family's

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mobile home in Bonny Lake, Washington,

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expecting to find his wife, Susan,

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and their 14-year-old son, Jeffrey. Instead,

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he found the front door unlocked,

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the TV on, and the house

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empty. Thinking nothing of it, he ate

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some dinner, fell asleep in his chair, and

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woke up a couple of hours later to

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find that Susan still had not come home.

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When he checked their bedroom, he

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struggled to open the door.

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only to discover Susan's lifeless

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body behind it. Their son, Jeffrey,

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and Susan's car were missing.

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Susan, 53 years old at the time,

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had been beaten to death in the

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home's living room and then moved or

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had crawled to the bedroom, where she

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was later found. Police never publicly

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disclosed the murder weapon, but

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confirmed it was found at

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the scene. The house was not

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ransacked, but a few items,

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including Ronald's engraved Sako watch

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and approximately $700 in cash,

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were missing. Suspicion quickly fell

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upon Martin Marty Malcolm. a 41-year-old

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handyman and family friend who had

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a violent past, including a prior

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conviction for stabbing and killing his

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estranged wife in 1980. He had

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become close to the Clungeness family,

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regularly visiting their home, running errands,

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and even driving Jeffrey to school.

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However, by early 1996, Ronald and

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Susan Clungeness had grown weary of

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Marty's frequent presence, and a friend

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had recently advised him to give

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the family some space. On the morning

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of Susan's murder, Marty was last

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seen with Jeffrey. They left in

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Susan's car at around 1130 a.m. for

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a haircut. That afternoon, Marty was

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caught on ATM surveillance withdrawing

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$300 from Susan's account, without Jeffrey

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in the front seat next to

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him. Though a witness would later claim

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that they saw a younger person in the

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back of the car. Marty later said that

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he had dropped Jeffrey off at home

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at around 1230 p. Returning at around

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2 to find no one there. He

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then claims he discovered Susan's

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body in the bedroom. Instead of

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calling 911, he fled in her

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car, driving around aimlessly, gambling away

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Susan's muddy at a casino, and

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later abandoning the vehicle near a taco

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bell in Auburn. Marty turned himself

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into police the following evening,

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but stopped cooperating after initially

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speaking to investigators. He was later

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arrested for auto theft, but authorities

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never charged him in Susan's murder

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or Jeffrey's disappearance due to a

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lack of evidence. After serving a

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short sentence for unauthorized vehicle use,

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he was released. Jeffrey, meanwhile, was

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not seen alive after his

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initial... disappearance. Some theories suggested

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he had run away following his

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mother's murder, but almost everyone, loved

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ones as well as police, believed

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that he had been a victim

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himself, with the circumstances surrounding his

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disappearance, making it unlikely that he

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had survived on his own afterward. In

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the years since, this story has faded

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into obscurity. But just recently,

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this week in fact, news broke

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that this story may have been resolved.

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and that resolution was tied to a

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discovery made all the way back in

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October of 2017. In October 2017,

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a small group of mushroom

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pickers discovered a human skull in

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a wooded area off of green water

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in rural Pierce County Washington.

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As described by Fox13 reporters,

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the skull was covered in

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a wooded area off of

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green water in rural Pierce

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County Washington. As described by Fox

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13 reporters, the skull was covered

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in moss. and per Pierce County

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Sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer appeared to

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have been there for a long period

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of time. In the months that

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followed this discovery, forensic analysis was able

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to determine that the school belonged to

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a juvenile male who had suffered

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a violent death, evidence showing signs of

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blunt force trauma. Additional searches of

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the region uncovered even more human remains

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belonging to the same individual, as well

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as pieces of clothing. In 2020, a

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DNA match was able to determine

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a link to Jeffrey Clungness

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through a relative of his,

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and subsequent DNA testing confirmed

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that the remains were indeed

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his. Unfortunately, by the time

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this match was confirmed, Jeffrey's

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father, Ronald, had passed away.

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Coincidentally, he was admitted to a

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hospital at the height of the

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COVID-19 pandemic the same night that

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authorities learned the skull had been

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Jeffrey's. They were never able to tell him.

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And in an even more bitter

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case of coincidence, the main suspect

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in the case, Martin Malcolm, died

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of natural causes in 2022 before

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charges could be filed against him.

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Just this month, however, March 2025. The

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Pierce County The Pierce County stated

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stated that they would have

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filed charges against had he he

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still been alive. But the the

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conclusion of the Sheriff's investigation,

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which determined that Jeffrey had

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been a victim of homicide of

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homicide, with likely perpetrator, likely consider

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the case the case, closed.

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Thank you all for listening. We

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will be back with episode episode

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but before then then, dropping be

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update. The trial against against

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Toye accused killer is currently playing

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out over in Australia, over in so the

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next time you hear from me, I

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will likely be catching us will that. be

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catching then, on I hope you all stay

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healthy, I active, all and safe. and Take

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care. care. Perjos sutra

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baju, redueron sousoras, presentes

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sousolestitute, oimismo, de departmento,

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de pluotis, and servicios,

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interpretation of ponivales. Yame,

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al one ochosiete, tres

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quattro, tresquattro, ocho quattro.

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