Celia Sweeney // 281

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Dark West Productions

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In February of 2020, a 28-year-old woman went missing in South Carolina after trying to get away from a man at a bar. When police searched her apartment, they found an alarming amount of blood, but no body- and her car was missing. When police searched the property of their first suspect, they found even more disturbing evidence. This is the murder of Celia Sweeney. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2020/03/05/celia-sweeney-murder/ 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207636791/celia-sweeney 3. Buddy's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/spartanburg/name/buddy-carr-obituary?id=8895243 4. Fox News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX4AFNA_pvE 5. IBT: https://www.ibtimes.com/missing-womans-body-found-south-carolina-person-interest-found-dead-2933051 6. Celia's Obituary: https://lowcountryfuneral.com/tribute/details/24619/Celia-Sweeney/obituary.html 7. Heavy: https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/buddy-carr-celia-sweeney/ 8. Charleston County Sheriff's Records: https://inmatesearch.charlestoncounty.org/PrintInmateDetails.aspx?BookingID=20002699&Status=CURRENT&InmateNumber=&BookingStatus=CURRENT 9. NBC: https://www.counton2.com/news/crime/charges-upgraded-to-murder-in-celia-sweeney-investigation/ 10. The Post and Courier: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/mans-charge-upgraded-to-murder-during-investigation-into-slain-charleston-woman/article_d5584a52-7ff1-11ea-a1bc-bf7bf1ec8680.html 11. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/mark-walton-murdered-celia-sweeney-investigators-allege 12. Memorial page: https://lowcountryfuneral.com/tribute/details/24619/Celia-Sweeney/condolences.html 13. Celia's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celia-sweeney-889b78a6/ 14. MyDeathSpace blog: http://mydeathspace.com/vb/showthread.php?40407-Celia-Sweeney-(28)-was-found-dead-due-to-blunt-force-trauma-and-her-death-has-been-ruled-a-homicide 15. Buddy's arrest record: https://southcarolina.arrests.org/Arrests/Buddy_Carr_40392984/ 16. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/644048401/?terms=%22celia%20sweeney%22&match=1 17. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/fd44ix/missing_mass_native_celia_sweeney_found_dead_in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on, True Crime fans? I'm your host Tee Tha-
0:17.0	And I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.5	And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.7	Hello everybody! Big thanks to Stephanie for recommending today's case.
0:26.0	I really appreciate you sending that in Stephanie and everybody else who sends in recommendations.
0:31.0	If you have a case that you want us to cover here on the show, just shoot us an email at Going West Podcast at gmail.com.
0:39.0	And we have hundreds on our list but we're always, always so happy to get recommendations.
0:44.0	So thank you so much in advance!
0:46.0	Well guys, we are going to get straight into today's episode.
0:50.0	This is episode 281 of Going West. So let's get into it!
1:20.0	In February of 2020, a 28 year old woman went missing in South Carolina after trying to get away from a man at a bar.
1:44.0	When police searched her apartment, they found an alarming amount of blood but nobody and her car was also missing.
1:55.0	When police searched the property of their first suspect, they found even more disturbing evidence.
2:04.0	This is the story of Celia Sweeney.
2:18.0	Celia Marie Sweeney was born on July 5th, 1991 in Newport, Rhode Island to parents Victoria and Sean.
2:27.0	And she had a sister named Kelsey.
2:29.0	But the family relocated out of Rhode Island pretty soon after to situate massive chewsits, which is known to be a very idyllic coastal town, about 45 minutes southeast of Boston.
2:42.0	According to her family, Celia had a larger than life personality. And she was known for her kindness and her devotion to social justice.
2:51.0	And actually her LinkedIn page lists some of her causes and those include animal welfare, environmental education, social services, politics and civil rights.
3:02.0	She was a lifelong fan of the Patriots, even after she moved out of the Northeast, which is another move that we'll get into here in a minute.
3:10.0	Her obituary read that she was a quote, bright light in the storm that is life, calling family and friends away from the rocks and into the safe harbor.
3:21.0	She will be greatly missed by all those that loved her.
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