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When a 92-year-old with dementia disappears, all clues point to her granddaughter and her granddaughter's husband. Without a body though, the case grows cold. Until, that is, an unlikely detective waddles by...

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1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler,_North_Carolina
2) https://disability-memorial.org/nellie-sullivan
3) https://people.com/crime/pet-duck-helps-police-find-body-woman-vanished-two-charged/
4) https://katv.com/news/nation-world/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-north-carolina-investigation-disappearance
5) https://wlos.com/news/local/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-candler-nellie-sullivan-angela-wamsley-mark-barnes-concealing-death-
6) https://www.facebook.com/buncombesheriff/posts/358810132957797?ref=embed_post
7) https://abc7ny.com/post/cold-case-solved-duck-as-a-pet-nellie-sullivan-dead-body-found/11809214/
8) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/28/duck-locates-missing-grandmother-north-carolina/9568080002/
9) https://wlos.com/news/local/i-just-hope-this-is-her-woman-hopeful-human-remains-confirmed-to-be-her-missing-friend-neighbor-nellie-sullivan-mark-barnes-angela-wamsley-candler-concealing-death

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When one man bullies an entire town into turning a blind eye to his numerous crimes over several decades, what else can a town do but finally enact some good old vigilante justice?

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1) https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/us/16bully.html
2) https://www.nwmissourinews.com/news/article_ff2ddc1c-b317-11ef-ac2c-d706c09832af.html
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy
4) https://www.shortform.com/podcast/episode/stuff-you-should-know-2024-01-24-episode-summary-the-strange-unsolved-murder-of-ken-mcelroy-stuff-you-should-know
5) https://medium.com/@darkvibestruecrime/the-ultimate-who-dun-it-who-killed-ken-mcelroy-83c1b78f8f68
6) https://allthatsinteresting.com/ken-mcelroy

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Today we are traveling to Tennessee, specifically to the unincorporated community of Drummonds, Tennessee. Here, the brutal murder of 36-year-old Starr Harris shook the small, tight-knit community.

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1) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/spr-crt-ten-at-jac/1748758.html
2) https://www.actionnews5.com/story/17296068/jury-deliberating-in-starr-harris-murder-trial/
3) https://scotblog.org/2015/11/in-controversial-3-2-decision-tennessee-supreme-court-affirms-death-penalty-conviction-that-is-virtually-certain-to-be-subsequently-overturned/
Nightmare Next Door, Season 8, Episode 10: Fallen Starr
4) https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN/Delta/Drummonds-Demographics.html#:~:text=FAQs%20about%20Drummonds%20demographics,Drummonds%20are%20U.S.%2Dborn%20citizens?
5) https://www.actionnews5.com/story/13720983/frinds-of-starr-harris-remember-her-as-christmas-approaches/

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