The Gone Cole Podcasts may contain violent or graphic subject matter.

Listener discretion is advised. Oh, The guy that I always suspect and still do, he did tell my mom that my stepmom lived longer than my dad did

because the killer could hear gurgling noises. The You're going to do. Gary and Stephanie Gillette had many friends. No one that they came across could resist the genuine charm, charisma, and good nature that both exuded.

The nature of Gary's business providing and maintaining drilling mud to the seemingly countless oil rigs surrounding the Corpus Christi area and beyond had the couple always on the go.

Gary was often called away at a moment's notice to manage problems or sales associated with the business, aquavirt drilling fluids, and Stephanie often accompanied him.

All the couple's friends were aware of this fact. Stephanie often accompanied him.

All the couple's friends were aware of this fact and weren't surprised when plans were broken.

It was simply the nature of the business.

Of all the people who cared about Gary and Stephanie, and there were plenty, a couple of whom were to see the couple the day before their bodies were found, only one presented himself as worried about their whereabouts, enough to call police on Sunday, December 15th, 1985.

Oddly, though, he never attempted to first locate the couple through family members or other friends of the couple, many of which he knew well.

Gary had been friends with this individual for many years, since both were in high school in fact, where they met

at the Padre Stapels Mall in Corpus Christi, where they both worked.

He worked full-time as a Neweches County Deputy Constable in Port-O-Ransis, between the months of March and September,

and since the remaining months only provided him with reserve status as a deputy constable.

He supplemented his income with private investigation,

mostly helping local attorneys with initial or light legwork.

We'll refer to this individual as the constable from this point forward.

Another close friend of Stephanie and Gary, CP Coker, said that he also shared in the friendship with Gary and the Constable.

The men often celebrated holidays together and, in fact, had just spent the previous Thanksgiving

together while Stephanie was out of town.

The constable knew the oil filled too.

He'd worked off and on for refineries and occasionally accompanied Gary on business trips,

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