Episode 338: Love, Chaos & Tragedy

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On July 25, 2015, a man went to check on his neighbors, a married couple living in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. When the 43-year-old husband opens the door, the neighbor outside recoils in horror when he sees the man has a severed arm. Realizing that a much more gruesome scene far beyond anyone’s nightmares lies inside the home, the neighbor calls police. When they arrive they find the man has not only gouged out his eye, but that his 49-year-old wife is dead. As investigators try to piece together the events leading to such incomprehensible violence, even the most seasoned of detectives are shocked at what’s occurred. In episode 338, Jac and Alexis detail the heart breaking murder, and question to what extent such unimaginable incidents are truly preventable, if at all.

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0:00.0	The first degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:03.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:07.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	You see it on the paper.
0:11.0	You see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:16.0	A lot of the people who get released, they're getting medications to treat whatever they have.
0:27.4	And, you know, I think they do their best to make sure when they release them that they stay on those medications.
0:32.7	You know, as best they can, they try to maintain taking their medication.
0:39.1	Unfortunately, when anybody's released, where there's from parole or probation,
0:45.7	you know, it's really up to the person who's being released to take care of themselves.
0:52.5	I've unfortunately been to a lot of bad scenes,
0:56.5	but this
0:56.9	was odd in so many different ways.
1:00.5	I mean, it just
1:02.2	it stuck with me
1:05.5	in my entire career
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