126: Gone but not Forgotten - The Murder of Otis Elder (Mekhi Speed)

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🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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17-year-old Mekhi Speed has been charged with the January 10, 2022 shooting death of 38-year-old Otis Elder, a murder which set off a chain of events that left Speed's cousin Amir Locke dead at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota police.

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0:00.0	Just so you know, this show is about scary stuff, so don't say I didn't warn you guys.
0:16.6	Remember, don't be scared.
0:46.6	Episode 126 Gone but not forgotten, the murder of Otis Elder, war baby here with another
1:09.5	episode of murderous minors.
1:13.8	In a juvenile kill someone, the ripple effect through the families, friends, and community
1:19.1	of those involved is immeasurable and incalculable, and this week on murderous minors we look
1:24.9	at the January 2000 and 22 murder of 38-year-old Otis Elder, a case that is quickly ballooned
1:32.3	into a bonafide fiasco, spreading the ripples even farther.
1:37.2	This episode does discuss gun violence, so please be advised.
1:43.3	The second murder of 2022 in St. Paul, Minnesota occurred on January 10th at around 9.30 pm,
1:52.2	as 38-year-old Otis Elder was leaving a recording studio.
1:57.2	It was his four-year-old daughter's birthday.
2:00.0	He was heading directly to meet his family, including a one-year-old son at the birthday
2:05.0	dinner, according to his fiance.
2:07.3	The last words, her dad told her, was he lover, she's so pretty, happy birthday, and
2:16.1	wait to see her.
2:17.1	At about 9.20, he called me and hit on the phone, telling me he was going to be on his way
2:25.3	in the cinnamon pictures of the kid.
2:27.3	I sent pictures at 9.25.
2:30.5	Otis Elder was worried to meet with at 9.28.
2:33.8	Why everything is happening?
2:36.1	He was just thinking about his kids at 9.50, got the worst phone call of my life.
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