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🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Sharon Cave knows something is wrong the second she gets a call from her daughter Jennifer’s boss saying Jennifer didn’t show up for her first day at work. When no one can give her an answer as to where Jennifer was the night before, Sharon and her family set out on their own investigation. They find themselves in front of the door of Jennifer’s friend Colton Pitonyak just a few blocks from the University of Texas at Austin. They can’t get in, but what’s behind that orange door changes their lives forever.

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0:00.0	You're listening to, the drag.
0:07.0	What you're about to hear contains strong language, drug and alcohol abuse, and descriptions of physical violence that are gruesome in nature.
0:18.0	Some listeners might find this distressing.
0:21.0	If that's you, please take caution as we navigate the story
0:24.7	about the life and death of Jennifer Cave.
0:28.9	It's Thursday, August 18, 2005.
0:33.4	A sweltering day in sunny Austin, Texas.
0:36.6	Almost 100 degrees, but that's normal here.
0:40.3	Close to 50,000 students are pouring onto campus to start the school year at the University of Texas.
0:46.0	And oh yeah, football season is right around the corner.
0:51.0	Texas Star quarterback Vince Young is gearing up to lead the team on a national
0:55.4	championship run. Just a few blocks from UT, an SUV rolls into the student neighborhood west campus.
1:05.0	It parks in front of the orange tree condos and two adults step out.
1:09.0	The narrow treeline streets are filled with U-Halls and many vans.
1:14.0	Parents and students are everywhere, unloading boxes and moving furniture into apartments.
1:18.8	At the stately Greek houses around the neighborhood, members of UT's sororities and fraternities are starting their yearly rituals.
1:25.1	But the two parents who step out of the SUV don't have any boxes and they're not moving anyone in. Sharon Cave and her boyfriend Jim Sedwick have just driven up to Austin from
1:48.0	their home in Corpus Christi, a coastal town about three hours away.
1:52.0	Sharon and Jim are here because Sharon's daughter, coastal town about three hours away.
1:52.6	Sharon and Jim are here because Sharon's daughter Jennifer lives in Austin,
1:57.1	and she hasn't returned any of their calls.
2:00.9	And the day before, Sharon got a call from Jennifer's new boss at a law firm, saying she didn't show up for her first day at work.
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