Hi crime junkies, it's me Brit and on this special Thursday episode I'm jumping in because I'm taking you to a place we actually don't go to very often but is very near and dear to my heart. Kansas City, Missouri. And listen, I love me some T-Sift.

I mean, she inspired this whole kind of era's tour idea we're doing with these episodes,

taking you through the rest of the year. but I've loved the Kansas City Chiefs long

before she joined the ranks. I just love them and the city itself even more now.

So today, I'm bringing you a story that only our fan club members have heard up until this point, right out of Kansas City, and buckle up because it's a doozy.

Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Brett and the story I have

for you today is one that asks serious questions about culpability because even

if at the end of this story you believe this was a

tragic case of death by suicide it doesn't necessarily mean nothing more

sinister was at play. This is the story of Bethany Deaton. the So,

the, the next.

The next.

The Shortly after 930 p.m. in Kansas City, Missouri, a call comes into the Jackson County Sheriff's Department about a

body that's been found out at a park near Longview Lake.

Detective Penny Cole, who appears in the 48 hours episode Fall from Grace, is one of the first to arrive on the scene.

According to that episode, as well as court documents for the case, she sees a tan Ford Wind

star, one of those like old classic minivans, and it's parked in a spot facing the

tree line of the park from the northwest corner of the lot.

And when Detective Cole looks inside, she can see a woman dressed in athleisure wear in the very back third row and she's sitting upright

propped against the window on the passenger side of the car with a white trash bag

around her head tied loosely underneath her chin.

And it looks like the trash bag has, I mean she can kind of see an outline of her face like

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