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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"times herald" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"Games would go, my goodness. Oh my God, so much the way. Yeah, and then would you even want to be on the field? That's not a question that we've considered before too. No. Yeah. Just to remind people, no. You would not. I would not, you would not. You'd think you do. And then you'd get out there and you'd be like, well, I haven't made it terrible mistake. Right, yes. But I do like the idea of the Fielder just being placed into some sort of penalty box right in being forced to just cool his heels for a while. Well, the fan who usurped him just gets to be out in the fields instead. But yeah, just play this out in your mind and after a few minutes, it becomes, well, there's a reason why it's called fit interference. It is interference. It does interfere with the game. And would I watch this once? Sure, would we want just an anarchy pro wrestling sort of style game XFL meets baseball this would be a great rule for that brand of baseball, I think, for Major League Baseball, probably not so much. We need a day. You know, in school, you'd have spirit week. Did you ever have spirit week? Can we talk about this before? I'm seeing a thing on the pod where I'm like, this is rolling around and then the memory banks in a way that makes me think we've talked about it before. Have we? You've mentioned it. I did not have it. You did not have spirit weeks. But you know how people have had spirit. We need like a spirit day where all of the nonsense rules can find purchase somewhere. And then we'll have gotten it out of our systems, and we can be like, yeah, we did it. That was a bad idea. Let's never do it again, but we have a lot of fun. And you know, if you have different rules in different games, we could probably fit all of them. Like the purge, but for baseball, basically. And hopefully with far fewer casualties. Yes. All right. They're like ten of those movies now. Yeah. They're so many. People getting killed enough? Clearly not. Clearly not, apparently. All right, let's meet some major leaguers. Yeah. Meet a major leaguer I am very eager to meet this nation major league girl it's the thrilling debut of somebody new. Let's meet this mysterious major league. Okay, give me your major leaker that we're meeting as this is our recurring bit, our segment where we meet a major leaguer who has recently made it to the major leagues and has thus deserved and earned the honor of being recognized as one of the few in the grand scheme of things ever to make it there. Yes, and will we admit that this particular major leaguer was interesting to us primarily not because just because of the great story, but also because of the name, I mean, yeah, Ben. We're not above that. Clearly. We're going to meet Josh walker. He was a pitcher. Nervous. So Josh walker from New York he attended high school in slate hill, New York, where he played football baseball and also swam, huh? There we go. And then after high school played college baseball first at the university of South Florida where things didn't seem to go well and then transferred to the university of New Haven in 2016, 2017, which was his senior season. He had a three in one record and a two four ERA over 30 innings. And was taken in the 37th round of the draft by the New York mets. And things I will say were kind of rough for him after that. So this is per a cell inter Donato article in the times Herald record my apology self, I'm saying her last name incorrectly. Walker was ready to make his first start for the class a saint Lucy Metz of the Florida state league when his vehicle was broadsided by a driver making an illegal turn less than a mile from the team's facility in April of 2019. Walker's pitching arm took the brunt of the collision, though there were no fractures or breaks, walker experienced study pain, test revealed a nerve popping over walker's bone and shooting pain to his forearm and I would just like to say, and he was limited to just 6 innings in 2019. I think of the rehab variety and then of course lost the 2020 season as all minor leaguers said, I think worked primarily on his own that year, in 2021, he logged a 115.2 innings across three levels posting a three 7 three ERA and 98 strikeouts. And then this past off season and here I'm quoting from a piece by Jim fuller, special to New Haven chargers dot com, which is the university of New Haven's website. Walker worked to improve his velocity after having previously emphasized improvements in command and control and prior off seasons. One of the big points of emphasis I had in this off season was kind of to gain some velocity walker said. I think I worked on my control and command in the zone in the past where I had issues with that, a sharpen that up last season, and that was a big reason that allowed me to jump through the system. I always lived around the low 90s and couldn't really break that barrier even though I had tried different things mechanically, tried tinkering with stuff, and I couldn't make a decent below jump, so that's why I invested some time to come down to Crecy and work with my trainer former MLB pitcher Willie Frazier. Between those two things, I'm trying to figure out what I had to do mechanically to be able to move better and quicker. I have thrown a couple bullpens and live batting practices and usually in bull pens all last season. I would sit anywhere from 80 6 to 88 in the bullpen and come game time with the adrenaline going. I was usually 90 to 92 so far the bull pens. I've been on the raider my bullpens have been 90 to 92, and in one life simulated game I was 92 to 94. I'm hoping to live anywhere from 93 to 95 for the season. So he started the year in Syracuse. He made 9 appearances in Syracuse all out of the bullpen with 18 strikeouts and 6 walks in 13 and a third innings. He had allowed 6 runs, but only one of them was earned good for an O 6 8 ERA and a two three four 5th. He was called up and debuted on May 16th, he threw one inning facing 5 and walking to. He didn't strike anyone else, but he didn't allow any runs either his fastball averaged 94.5 mph. He relies mostly on a four seamer, but also through a curveball and a change up. And he's still on the mets. So that is Josh walker. Yeah, not a great walker, really. He's walked about three per 9 in his manually career, so not terrible control. And he said, big guys. 6, 6, 6, two, 25. And looks it very much. He's a big imposing dude and obviously when you think about someone who was a 37th round pick around that does not exist anymore. When you think about someone who had what sounds like a very scary and damaging car accident like these constellation of things often combine to someone just not playing Major League Baseball, but not Josh walker. Yep. Congrats to Josh walker and he replaced David Peterson, I believe, on the mets roster. They were both drafted by the mets in 2017,
Game of Crimes
"times herald" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Does this sound like any comic book you've ever heard? And he came back and he was like, no, it doesn't. But you know what? This guy sounds like he wrote for fanzines. And fanzines were, I mean, the way that I describe it in the book to really sort of condense it is the Internet before the Internet. People had cheap reproduction. Devices eventually it's Xerox machines, but before that, it's mimeograph machines. It's all these other things, which allowed people to make their own magazines. And these things really started in the science fiction community. But by the time the Internet itself became mass adoption of the Internet, it expanded to everything. People did were doing wrestling scenes, people were doing DIYs in, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And these magazines, these little magazines would have print runs of anywhere from 15 to 300, to a thousand copies. And people mostly wrote them themselves, but if you had a successful fans in your readers would send in letters, your readers would send in pieces. And because you were desperate for content, much like the Internet, you would run them. The letters look like comments on an article on the daily mail or something. The pieces look like blog posts, or whatever. The analogy is not exactly right, but it's right enough. And so my friend sent me this text message. And I was like, well, can't hurt it. I typed in valet Ho fanzines into Google, Vallejo being the site of the first two zodiac attacks and where the zodiacs and one of the first three letters you sent it to the Vallejo times Herald, I think at this point, everyone has accepted based on what we know about geographical profiling, et cetera, et cetera, zodiac had some connection to Vallejo.
Crime Junkie
"times herald" Discussed on Crime Junkie
"It's late at night on Saturday, June 27th, 1987, when Middletown police are summoned to a condo. The complex is like a 5 minute walk from where Shawn's family lives. But this call has nothing to do with Sean's unsolved murder. This is about a robbery. A woman in her adult son were home when the doorbell rang at around 11 p.m.. She answered and was flung backwards as two men rushed in. Only one of them wore a mask of some kind and he attacked her son. The man who came after her didn't bother to hide his face. According to court records, her attacker hit her in the head and then dragged her up the stairs by her hair, where he made her walk around on all fours. He had a gun to her head and told her that he was going to kill her. But then he and his partner just ransacked the house. The men were looking for money, jewelry, anything they could get. They must have known that she and her husband, who was out at a race track that night, owned a successful local business. After they stole whatever they could, they put her and her son in the basement, traumatized beyond belief and injured, but alive, and then they fled. It only took a few days for police to track down one of the men. The guy who wore a mask, and sure enough, not only did he know about the victim's business, he used to work for them. Once he's in custody, he tells investigators that it was his partner's idea. And that partner is none other than Joey salgado. He agrees to testify against Joey. He also tells police, the guns that they brought into the condo were cap guns that they had stolen from a department store right before the robbery. Joey is 18 by this time and police have had their eye on him as a possible suspect in Sean's homicide since pretty much day one. When the cops bust him, Joey says that he didn't rob anyone, but he knows who did. He claims that he saw two guys who he met through a man named Nelson. And he said they were on a bus heading to Manhattan and those two had all the stolen jewelry with them. Now remember, Nelson is the Colombian drug dealer who was rumored to be behind Sean's murder. But listen, no one buys Joey's story about the guys on the bus. And on July 7th, he and his friend are indicted on multiple counts of assault robbery and burglary. They're facing more than two decades in prison, so over the next few months, while he's in jail awaiting trial, Joey tries to make a deal. He tells the DA's office that he'll give them an eyewitness account of Sean's murder if he can have immunity from the robbery charges. According to an article in the times Herald record by John scibelli and John Milgram, Joey claims that he saw a middle town drug dealer stab Sean in the stomach. The drug dealer isn't named in any news coverage that we could find, but investigators told all reporter Nina that he's referring to Nelson. In fact, Joey agrees to wear a wire and go to Nelson's apartment. He tells police that he'll try to get him to confess, but it doesn't go as planned. Investigators say that Nelson doesn't admit to anything, and during their conversation, Joey starts yelling that Nelson has a knife or a gun or some sort of weapon, and he runs out of the apartment. Ultimately, the DA won't cut a deal with Joey. It sounds like he doesn't think his information is credible. But police are still interested in him, especially after they hear that he occasionally wore steel toed boots, which some investigators think might have been used as a weapon in Sean's murder. In October of that year, they find out that the boots have actually been sitting in a shoe repair shop for a while. Please think it's their lucky day until they pick up the boots. They're not steel toed after all. They're just work boots. Detectives still send them to the FBI for lab testing, along with some of Joey's clothes, but they don't learn anything from the results. We'll then they hear another rumor that Joey has been telling a cellmate that police will never find the steel toed boots because he left them at a relative's place in Georgia. So detectives actually head down to Georgia to check this out. But all they find is another guy from Middletown who knows Joey. It doesn't look that they can verify that he went to Georgia, let alone left these mysterious boots behind. And so they come back empty handed. Joey, meanwhile, gets in more trouble when he's indicted on another charge. Witness tampering. According to court records, a man who heard him planning the robbery and I deed him to police said that Joey told him that he should kill him for picking him out of a lineup. In the end, Joey pleads guilty to robbery and burglary. His friend also takes a plea. And Sean is mentioned during at least one court appearance. A defense attorney for the friend indicates that Joey was the ringleader in the home invasion, and to bolster his argument, the lawyer references newspaper articles about Joey being somehow involved in Sean's murder and says, quote, there have been allegations with regard to running a homosexual drug ring. Now, unfortunately, we couldn't find those articles in the microfilm archives. But that quote unquote, homosexual drug ring probably refers to Nelson, who investigators say is gay. There are rumors that Nelson used to use drugs to lure younger guys or even teenage boys into his web. One cop referred to him as the pied piper. Now, even if that's what Nelson was doing, there's no indication that Sean was one of those boys. But Nelson always seemed to be somewhere in the mix when it comes to rumors about his homicide. As for Joey, while he's in the county jail waiting to be transferred to prison, he runs into an old friend. Eddie Devlin. That's the other guy that police thought could have been involved in Sean's murder. According to times Harold record reporter Julie Campbell, Eddie is in there for robbing a local motel. And it's not just Eddie and Joey. Police bust Nelson on a drug possession charge. He sent to prison in 1988. John figg Lucy, or as detectives call him mister figg, is sent back to prison on a parole violation around this time as well. Even mister figg's wife pleads guilty to drug charges. Court records show she admitted she sold cocaine to an undercover officer, but says she was only involved in that through her quote male partners. Now Cynthia Edwards, Shawn's mom thinks that police used her son's case to go after people that they wanted for other crimes. Like rather than focusing on Sean, they used his murder to justify targeting drug dealers in the community. But investigators say that it's common for there to be overlap in these sorts of cases. And the big time dealers are more likely to be involved in homicides because they have a lot to lose. Either way, the 1980s end on a quiet note, with a bunch of early suspects behind bars, but no justice for Sean. And while there are still some rumors flying around, the leads have dried up again and the case is cold. And that's how it stays until October of 1992, when
Crime Junkie
"times herald" Discussed on Crime Junkie
"To report that someone is laying on the ground by a lower level entranceway. And the person might be drunk. Now these quote unquote down and out calls are pretty common and not usually urgent. But it is 8 below zero, and in weather like this, a person could freeze to death. So officer mish in a rookie he's training head right over. When they pull up to the school a few minutes later, they see the custodian waving them over to a side door off a building that houses the pool in gin. And they can just make out someone a man flat on his back in the doorway. But it's still dark out and according to times Herald record reporters Billy house and Lance Oliver, vandals had smashed out the light over the gym doorways ages ago. So officer misch doesn't get a good look at him until he's standing over the man with his flashlight, and that's when he realizes the victim is a lot younger than he first thought. He's a teenager and only about 5 one maybe a 110 pounds. And this kid is not dressed for the weather at all. No gloves, no heavy coat just sweat pants, a hoodie, and a light windbreaker football jacket. But despite the cold, he's still warm, an officer misch thinks he feels a faint pulse. He immediately radios for an ambulance, but he sees a lot of blood around the teenager's stomach. So he lifts up his shirt to get a better look. And right away, it is clear. This is no simple down and out call. The young man on the ground had been stabbed many times to the point that his stomach was actually opened up. The officer can also see what looks like a big gash on the victim's head, even though he's wearing a do rag. And he notices something interesting. Next to the boy is a pile of what looks like spit. I mean, it's not even frozen, so all signs point to this like just happening. The ambulance gets there a couple of minutes later, but it's too late. Whoever their victim is, he's gone, and police have a homicide to investigate. Officer misch radios for detectives and in the meantime, state police investigators who heard the broadcast start showing up. They do this because they have more resources than smaller departments like Middletown, so they process major crime scenes in the area. And there's plenty to work with here because the entrance way is littered with potential clues. I mean, there's blood everywhere on the wall behind the victim on a big rock near his body in a little trail further down the side of the school. There's also chewed gum and cigarette butts. Though remember, it is 1986, so lots of schools at this time let students smoke on campus, so it's not a weird thing to find. But police collect all of it anyway. And as the sun comes up, they realize the crime scene is larger than they thought, with blood and evidence spread across the lower level school grounds, and this loop of road, which kind of like is a circular driveway that's next to the gym. And in the center of that loop is a grassy island with a railing around it. And on one side of the island, the railing is spotted with blood. And near the other side, police find a knife handle. Even though newspaper articles back then say it was a knife, everyone Nina interviewed today says it was just the handle. And another thing to note is that throughout the grass there is blood and pieces of broken glass. So it's obvious to police, this horrific attack didn't happen all at once, or even in one place, and probably not even at the hands of one perpetrator, considering the brutality. It seems like there was a fight that drifted over some distance, and even a chase, too. In fact, they find blood more than 200 feet away from the victim's body. A small pool of it on a path near another side door that leads to a music room. Detectives wonder if the victim may be stopped there for a minute and bled out. Maybe he was trying to hide or thought he had outpaced whoever was chasing him. And listen, I know this is hard to picture without seeing it, so we actually put together a Google Earth map of the school with some photos, which you can find on our blog post. There have been a lot of renovations since the 1980s with the area is still somewhat recognizable, and you can really get a better sense of what I'm talking about. Anyway, police search nearby storm drains, starting close to the school and working their way into surrounding neighborhoods, hoping to find the blade to go with the knife handle that they found, or really any weapon that might have been used. They also start knocking on doors, asking residents if they saw or heard anything strange. Meanwhile, though, kids have actually started to arrive for school. And I was a little shocked by that, like someone is murdered on the campus and you don't even like close down for the day, but I assume it just all happened so fast. I do know at some point the district did close the school, but I don't know if it was just for a couple of hours or what, because the students were definitely there throughout the day. That article by Lance Oliver and Billy House says that they were actually watching from the windows as police collected evidence early that morning. And mind you, the victim is still laying on the ground. He hasn't even been taken away by the medical examiner yet. And police still don't know who he is. But since he seems to be about high school age and he was found at the high school, a sergeant figures at his best chance at a quick ID is to go inside and look through yearbooks. Now, it's a good idea, but it actually doesn't help. Please then try having a few staff members ID this kid, but they don't recognize him either. So by 9 a.m., still unidentified, he is brought to the hospital morgue. But they don't stay totally in the dark about who he is, because there is a clue about his identity that football jacket he's wearing. It's a blue and white 1984 Middletown junior high school team jacket, with the name Sean embroidered on it. Police have a connection to that football team. Another sergeant is an assistant coach. He's off duty so they call him at home and he tells them yes, there is a Sean on the team. Sean Edwards, who plays running back and linebacker, and he's not a high school student, that's why they've had no luck. He's an 8th grade. Sure enough, a quick check of attendance records at the junior high prove that Shawn never showed up that morning. And the coach slash sergeant officially identifies him around 1115 a.m.. Investigators finished processing the crime scene by lunchtime. The blood is washed away with a fire hose, and students gather by the Jim door searching the nearby grass and snow for any evidence that the cops might have missed. And that's when, over at the warehouse where she works, Cynthia's supervisor calls her into his office and tells her that police need to speak with her right away. Since her sister drove them to work, she borrows a friend's car and rushes home. And that fear that has been building inside of her since the moment she saw that empty couch only grows stronger. Her son is missing and police won't tell her what's going on over the phone. Detectives meet her at home, and they bring her all the way to the station, and that's where they break the news. Her youngest child, her baby, is dead. Not only that, but he's the victim of a cold blooded murder. And during the autopsy that was done that day, investigators find out just how cold blooded it really was. Middletown detective Nicholas derosa told us that he's seen hundreds of autopsies, but never anything like this. Sean had been disemboweled. There were at least 15 stab and slash wounds to his back and stomach. But the stab wounds aren't even the worst of it. He might have actually survived those. It was the blow to the head that killed them. Something the detective describes as beyond blunt force trauma. I mean, his skull is in pieces. Police theorized that the damage could have been done with a baseball bat or a metal pipe, or maybe steel toed boots. There's also a bloody rock that was found at the scene and broken glass, although there were no glass fragments found in Sean's skull. The Orange County coroner estimates that Sean had been dead for maybe an hour when his body was found by the custodian around 6 10 a.m.. Based on officer mischief's recollections, it seems like it could be less time than that, but it's impossible to piece together an accurate timeline of those hours leading up to the murder. Police think that Sean left his house sometime around 11 p.m., but they don't know what he was doing for the 7 or so hours that he was MIA, or where he was doing it. I mean, there were only a handful of spots even open that late in Middletown in the 1980s. A couple of diners, convenience stores, and police can't play Sean at any of them. They also don't know how Sean even got to the school. He didn't ride his bike, which was still at home, and he's 14, so not only does he not have a car, none of his friends do either. But everyone, cops, family, Friends, agree on one thing. He didn't walk. The high school is almost two miles from the Edwards home. It would have been like 45 minutes on foot. Now one thing police knew from just living in the area is that lots of teenagers were taking cabs around Middletown, and they knew that Sean did too. So detectives were questioning drivers from two local companies, but they all say that they don't know anything about him taking a taxi that night. But to cab drivers who asked not to be identified, tell reporters Lance Oliver and Billy house that they heard Sean did take a cab Wednesday to a shopping Plaza near the high school that has a movie theater. And at first, listen, I'm like, okay, well, if the cab driver is lying, maybe he's involved. But this is why I have a podcast and not a badge because it turns out it was actually one of Sean's brothers who called the cab to the shopping Plaza. He picked up some food and came right back to the house. Plus, detective learned something interesting when they speak with one of Sean's neighbors. An elderly woman who lives a couple of houses down. This episode was made possible by sleep number. You guys I officially have it dialed in. Last night, my sleep IQ score was 83, and that was with my sleep number set at 75. Now I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so even 83 isn't perfect to me. I'm using the sleep IQ data that I'm given from my bed to continually dial it in even more. 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So I am always on the lookout for new and unique sequin pieces to mix into my wardrobe, and I have found some of the cutest stuff on Etsy. Like I just got this light sequined duster jacket with fringe on the ends that is adorable. But Etsy isn't just clothing, sellers on Etsy have handmade items in every category, like home decor, kids toys, jewelry, and more. If you're new to Etsy, use code hello ten at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. That's code hello ten. Maximum offer value of $50 ends October 31st, 2022. See terms at Etsy dot com slash terms, extraordinary, handmade, affordable. Etsy has it. Shop Etsy dot com. Her adult son has a medical condition that requires constant care and because of that, she's awake most nights, and she tells police that she definitely would have heard a car pull up outside of Sean's house, but she didn't hear a thing that night. So if he did catch a ride, he must have gone down the block or something to meet up with the driver. But no one knows who that driver might be. Because no one knows who Sean was with that night. He had a few crushes, but there was no girlfriend in the picture, so nothing to pursue on that end, and all his friends say that they weren't with him and they didn't see or hear from him. Sean's family figures that if anyone knows what's going on, it's his friend Billy. But Billy says that he doesn't know what happened or where Sean might have been. He even takes a polygraph which he passes. Through the rumor mill, police hear that there might have been a party, but when they track down people who were there, no one had seen Sean, and most of them don't even know who he is. But here's the thing, I mean, Sean had to have been somewhere, right? The weird thing is, police did a premise check at the high school between four ten and four 20 a.m.. It was part of their regular routine and apparently at that time there was nothing out of the ordinary. Now to be fair, I don't know how thorough that check was like if the officer went around the whole school, maybe just pulled up to the main entrance or what? But it's hard to believe that Sean or anyone would just be hanging around outside the school for hours. Again, in the freezing cold, and by the way, Sean hated the cold. Why would he leave the house in the dead of winter with just a sweatshirt in a lightweight nylon windbreaker? But there is something interesting about that windbreaker. His sister says that Shawn was already wearing it while he was on the couch watching the movie. So even though his mom told him he couldn't go out, something about that makes me think that maybe he was planning to. Although if he was, it doesn't seem like he was planning to be out long. But even why he went out is a mystery to this very day. And the true key to unlocking it could be the phone call that Sean got just before he sneaked out. In my mind, someone lured him out of the house, bind the caller and maybe you've got your guy. And that's what makes something detective derosa told us so heartbreaking. Because investigators discuss getting what's known as a phone dump. But for some reason, it doesn't happen. Detective Derozan told us, quote, for $500, you contact the phone company. And they'll give you the last 24 hours of phone calls that came in and went out of that house. They wanted us to do some more work first, and that would have been fine. We were going to continue working, but in the meantime, you have 24 hours to capture this. After that, it's gone. End quote. But you see, that phone dump for whatever reason never happened. Detective derosa says in his opinion, he thinks it didn't happen for financial reasons. Whoever was in charge of making those decisions didn't want to spend the money. Middletown detective sergeant Jason Jennings confirmed that no phone dump was done back then. But he says he doesn't know why. Again, that guy rob that Cynthia heard Shawn mentioned on the phone might be a dead end. She doesn't remember him hanging out with anyone by that name. So without the phone records to help them narrow their focus, police try to look for someone who may be headed out for Sean. But they can't find anyone. I mean, this kid had no enemies. He was well liked, kind of a class clown friendly and charismatic. No one knows why someone would want to hurt him, let alone kill him. But something was bothering him because several of his friends tell detectives that over the past couple of months, Shawn had started carrying kitchen or hunting knives around with him for protection, and he was saying that his life was in danger. But none of his friends know why he felt that way. And this is literally a crime junkie life rule that if, again, you have a secret, something like this, something big that you fear you have to tell someone. And honestly, I have to believe he did. It is unreal for me to think that he was telling this to people and carrying around weapons and nobody had any idea why? I just think people to this day haven't come forward to give information. Meanwhile, without much solid info to go on, rumors begin flying. And lots of these rumors involve allegations that Sean was selling drugs. Carl Dubois, another detective on the case, says drug involvement often comes up as an early theory when a homicide involves young people. Even though in Sean's case, there's really nothing pointing to it besides the rumors. Police didn't find any drug paraphernalia at the scene, and Shawn's name had never come across any officer's deaths because he had never been in trouble with the law. I mean, he had never been in trouble period. His sister says that he was still very much a kid. Even as he was starting to grow up, like one minute, he'd be playing with his toy trucks and the next minute he'd be out in the football field with his teammates. His sister Kimberly told us, quote, he was the best of all 5 of us. He was the most gentlest one. The most happiest one. The one that listened to everything mom said. That was the only night that he disobeyed mom in his life. One time, and that one time cost him his life. According to Lance Oliver's reporting, more than a dozen friends and classmates who spoke with reporters are adamant that Sean did not use or sell drugs. And when his blood tests came back, there were no traces of anything in his system. But one rumor in particular is super persistent. Word around town is that Sean had ripped off a Colombian drug dealer named Nelson, and the rumor was that Nelson killed him in retaliation. Now, investigators say that Nelson is kind of, quote unquote, nerdy. So if Sean did owe him money or stole drugs from him, he'd get others to do his dirty work for him. And from what police are hearing, those others might include two guys who were right down the street from the high school around the time Sean was murdered. 18 year old Eddie Devlin and 17 year old Joseph salgado, who also goes by Jose, but lots of people just call him Joey. Eddie and Joey were at a nearby convenience store with another friend. One of their girlfriends works overnight Sarah's a cashier and apparently they would just go hang out for hours. I'm not sure if Eddie had a criminal history by then, but Joey does. Based on court records, he had gotten in trouble as a juvenile. For something to do with tombstones and burning the American flag. But police say he also has a reputation for being violent. And he and Nelson definitely know one another. Detectives question Eddie and Joey a couple of times, but they can't connect the dots to shine. And the girlfriend who works at the store tells police that Eddie and Joey were there all night. They didn't leave. To Sean's heartbroken family, honestly, all of this drug gossip is just salt in the wound. They don't believe the stories for a minute. And for all the extra grief that the rumors bring, none of them have panned out by the time he's laid to rest on Monday, January 20th. According to Billy house's reporting, a 150 friends and relatives gather to say goodbye on that cold and rainy afternoon. Inside the Middletown's second baptist church, the pastor implores everyone to have faith and tells them that no matter what there's a higher court waiting for whoever killed Sean. Outside of the church, detectives are keeping track of people coming and going. A frustrated lieutenant tells the time Harold record that police haven't ruled out anything, because how can they rule something out if they don't have anything solid to begin with? But behind the scenes, they have started to develop some more plausible theories and suspects, which takes the investigation in drastically different directions. And one of those directions is very close to home. Sean's dad, Melvin. When Cynthia called Melvin that night, he was supposed to drive around looking for Sean. But instead, he apparently went to have coffee at a diner about a half mile from the high school. He stayed there for a while, and then possibly checked a couple of places. Detective derosa says some investigators thought that Melvin did find Sean, and that he was so angry about his son sneaking out. He killed him. Now I don't know how close Melvin is with his kids at this point. Kimberly says Cynthia was really a single mother. To some extent, even before she and Melvin separated in 1983. So it doesn't sound like he was very involved in a day to today sense. But whatever faults he may have had as a parent, his family says that he was never violent, and they don't think that he has anything to do with this. Plus, Melvin is in his mid 40s. He's short and heavy set. Kimberly says that he was also a heavy smoker and Shawn was young and athletic. Everyone says he ran like the wind, so it's hard to picture his father being able to catch up with him, even if he wanted to. He also didn't seem angry that night, and he's honestly grief stricken after Shawn's death. But a state police investigator assigned to work with Middletown PD really latches onto this idea. Melvin's boots are even collected and sent out for lab testing with the rest of the evidence found at the scene. When Melvin is questioned, he insists he had nothing to do with this. And on January 28th, he agrees to take a polygraph. But the results are not great. Even though he doesn't outright fail, the person conducting the polygraph says he doesn't think Melvin is telling the truth when he denies guilty knowledge of the crime. And a woman named Betty who he's been dating tells detectives that she's worried about him, because he's acting really odd. Paranoid and convinced that police are following him everywhere, which like they probably were. I don't think it's unreasonable for him to think that. Although he's hardly the only focus of the investigation. Police are being inundated with tips from the community and playing what seems like an endless, aggravating game of telephone that goes nowhere. Everyone they interview heard something from someone who heard it from someone else and tracking all of these rumors to their source keeps them running in circles. But at the tail end of January, a lead comes in that actually seems legit. 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She admits that she sent it to herself. Police don't have time to even dwell on this red herring. Because another promising lead comes in, from multiple people, a teenage boy in a neighboring school district has been going around bragging to his friends that he was the one who killed Sean. Detectives swoop in to interrogate him, but he says he didn't really kill Shawn. He was just trying to look tough and quote just having a little fun. He passes a polygraph and his parents say that he was home with them all night. So police are pretty confident that he was just bluffing, making some horrible hoax. And it's on to the next lead. This time from a self proclaimed psychic, one of several who have reached out. She says that she was reading the local newspaper when a premonition hit her. Shawn's killer is the man in a photo on page 17. She says, his eyes give him away. And detectives actually check him out. I mean, at this point, why not? But once again, it ends up being nothing. Investigators pull attendance records from the high school. If students are involved, they might not have shown up for class later that day. We're not sure how many kids were there on Thursday, January 16th because of how chaotic it was, but the next day, Friday, January 17th, 311 students were either absent or late, mostly absent. Based on enrollment, that's nearly one in 5. Too many to actually draw any conclusions from. Nothing really happens then until late in February when a new lead emerges. And investigators think this one might have some merit. A tipster says that they saw a 1975 gray Chevrolet Camaro idling in a park about a block and a half from Sean's house between 11 p.m. and midnight on January 15th. Right around the time they think he snuck out. Not only that, apparently the car matches the description of a car seen by another person, hours later between 5 and 6 a.m., parked right near the high school. And this car is easy to spot because it has custom license plates that say mister figg. So on Friday, February 21st, police issue an all points bulletin for this car, along with a press release. But in a bizarre twist, they publicly walk it back a couple of days later. After a 34 year old man named John fig Lucy figures out that they're talking about his car. John tells reporter Lance Oliver that he only learned police were looking for the Camaro when his wife read about the license plate description in the times Harold record. And when he finds out he is livid, he says he doesn't know anything about the murder, that he just went to speak with police after seeing the newspaper and it was the first time that they had talked to him about Sean's case. In fact, he says he didn't even buy the car until a couple of weeks after Sean was killed. Now, there are a couple of conflicting accounts when it comes to this car. According to the times Herald record, a guy named Chris used to own the Camaro, and Chris told reporters that he had recently sold it to a man who offered to pay in cash, but Chris couldn't remember the buyer's name or exactly when he sold it to him. John, meanwhile, told the newspaper that he had gotten the car on January 28th, and the license plates a couple of weeks after that. He also says that police told him that they didn't give reporters the information about the car, and they aren't responsible for what the newspaper prince. We got some different info from sergeant Jennings. Now he says that John told police he bought the car on January 25th. And when detectives interviewed the person who sold it to him, who is apparently a woman, not a guy named Chris, she kind of corroborated the date of sale. Not to the day exactly, but that time period. She also says that the car wasn't running when John bought it, which seems to be backed up by another person, a guy who's been fixing the car for John. That guy told police that the car was up on Jack stands without a transmission until at least January 20th. And that it was at his own house for a couple of weeks before that. And listen, if this mishmash of conflicting dates and stories wasn't confusing enough, after all this crap hits the fan, police tell a local radio station that the mister fig car does not factor into Sean's murder after all, but they're still looking for similar cars. Now, we know that there was some back and forth between local and state police about this. It sounds like the information wasn't supposed to ever even be released. And the local department heads are trying to distance themselves from it. But despite what investigators are telling the public and John, they are absolutely still looking at him. Because police consider him to be a major player in the local drug scene. Detective Barry Bernstein told us, quote, we believed at one time that Sean might have been a dealer for him, that he may have crossed fig and either fig had him killed or killed him himself. But for all these rumors that Sean was selling drugs, police can't find one person, whoever admittedly bought any from him. And while people might be lying to hide their own drug use, we're talking about dozens upon dozens upon dozens of interviews. It's hard to believe that they wouldn't be able to find a single person to confirm this. You can't really be a drug dealer if you know no one knows you're a drug dealer or no one's buying your drugs. And Cynthia can't believe that no one knows what happened to her son. She thinks Sean's Friends seemed scared. But whether they're scared because they know more than they're willing to admit or because their friend had been murdered or both, that isn't clear. People are always telling Kimberly that they've heard rumors that Sean saw something that he wasn't supposed to see, which if true could be why he had been afraid recently. But no one can say what this thing he saw might be. Now all along, Melvin, his dad is still under suspicion. So police decide to set up a second polygraph for him in December of 1986. They know he works a lot, including late hours and taking a polygraph when you're tired can skew the results, so they tell him to stay home the night before and get some sleep. Bright and early on a Saturday morning detectives arrive at Melvin's to bring him to New York City for the test just like planned. But when they arrive, his car is gone, and so is he. Neighbors say that he didn't come home the night before, and when they call his job, he answers the phone. Melvin explains that he had to work a couple of extra hours, but since he wasn't supposed to be there to begin with, the story doesn't add up for police. Now he still takes the polygraph, but it's inconclusive. So police decide to dig deeper, Melvin at the time is dating a woman named Diane, who just happens to be detective derosa's former grade school classmate because why not, right? And Diane says that Melvin calls her pretty frequently. Detective derosa hadn't bought into the Melvin theory in the first place, but the polygraph thing did make him a little suspicious. So he asked Diane if police can record her conversations with Melvin, maybe he'll admit to something. She agrees, but they don't learn anything useful. Melvin tells Diane that police are suspicious of him, but that he didn't do anything to his son. And at the end of the day, most everyone in law enforcement believes him. The general theory is that more than one person was involved in Sean's murder. And whoever did this is probably around Sean's age. Someone fast like him because he's not just going to stand there and let someone stab him. So despite all their work, the first anniversary of Sean's murder comes and goes with no answers. Cynthia spends the day putting reward posters up around town. But as time passes, fewer leads come in, and things quiet down for a while. Until the summer of 1987, when an unrelated and horrific home invasion puts an early suspect back in the hot seat. I'm going to tell you all about that in part two. You can either listen right now in the fan club or I'll be back in your feeds with part two next week. But if you want to listen early again, you can listen right now in the fan club. You can sign up on our website crime junkie podcast dot
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"To report that someone is laying on the ground by a lower level entranceway. And the person might be drunk. Now these quote unquote down and out calls are pretty common and not usually urgent. But it is 8 below zero, and in weather like this, a person could freeze to death. So officer mish in a rookie he's training head right over. When they pull up to the school a few minutes later, they see the custodian waving them over to a side door off a building that houses the pool in gin. And they can just make out someone a man flat on his back in the doorway. But it's still dark out and according to times Herald record reporters Billy house and Lance Oliver, vandals had smashed out the light over the gym doorways ages ago. So officer misch doesn't get a good look at him until he's standing over the man with his flashlight, and that's when he realizes the victim is a lot younger than he first thought. He's a teenager and only about 5 one maybe a 110 pounds. And this kid is not dressed for the weather at all. No gloves, no heavy coat just sweat pants, a hoodie, and a light windbreaker football jacket. But despite the cold, he's still warm, an officer misch thinks he feels a faint pulse. He immediately radios for an ambulance, but he sees a lot of blood around the teenager's stomach. So he lifts up his shirt to get a better look. And right away, it is clear. This is no simple down and out call. The young man on the ground had been stabbed many times to the point that his stomach was actually opened up. The officer can also see what looks like a big gash on the victim's head, even though he's wearing a do rag. And he notices something interesting. Next to the boy is a pile of what looks like spit. I mean, it's not even frozen, so all signs point to this like just happening. The ambulance gets there a couple of minutes later, but it's too late. Whoever their victim is, he's gone, and police have a homicide to investigate. Officer misch radios for detectives and in the meantime, state police investigators who heard the broadcast start showing up. They do this because they have more resources than smaller departments like Middletown, so they process major crime scenes in the area. And there's plenty to work with here because the entrance way is littered with potential clues. I mean, there's blood everywhere on the wall behind the victim on a big rock near his body in a little trail further down the side of the school. There's also chewed gum and cigarette butts. Though remember, it is 1986, so lots of schools at this time let students smoke on campus, so it's not a weird thing to find. But police collect all of it anyway. And as the sun comes up, they realize the crime scene is larger than they thought, with blood and evidence spread across the lower level school grounds, and this loop of road, which kind of like is a circular driveway that's next to the gym. And in the center of that loop is a grassy island with a railing around it. And on one side of the island, the railing is spotted with blood. And near the other side, police find a knife handle. Even though newspaper articles back then say it was a knife, everyone Nina interviewed today says it was just the handle. And another thing to note is that throughout the grass there is blood and pieces of broken glass. So it's obvious to police, this horrific attack didn't happen all at once, or even in one place, and probably not even at the hands of one perpetrator, considering the brutality. It seems like there was a fight that drifted over some distance, and even a chase, too. In fact, they find blood more than 200 feet away from the victim's body. A small pool of it on a path near another side door that leads to a music room. Detectives wonder if the victim may be stopped there for a minute and bled out. Maybe he was trying to hide or thought he had outpaced whoever was chasing him. And listen, I know this is hard to picture without seeing it, so we actually put together a Google Earth map of the school with some photos, which you can find on our blog post. There have been a lot of renovations since the 1980s with the area is still somewhat recognizable, and you can really get a better sense of what I'm talking about. Anyway, police search nearby storm drains, starting close to the school and working their way into surrounding neighborhoods, hoping to find the blade to go with the knife handle that they found, or really any weapon that might have been used. They also start knocking on doors, asking residents if they saw or heard anything strange. Meanwhile, though, kids have actually started to arrive for school. And I was a little shocked by that, like someone is murdered on the campus and you don't even like close down for the day, but I assume it just all happened so fast. I do know at some point the district did close the school, but I don't know if it was just for a couple of hours or what, because the students were definitely there throughout the day. That article by Lance Oliver and Billy House says that they were actually watching from the windows as police collected evidence early that morning. And mind you, the victim is still laying on the ground. He hasn't even been taken away by the medical examiner yet. And police still don't know who he is. But since he seems to be about high school age and he was found at the high school, a sergeant figures at his best chance at a quick ID is to go inside and look through yearbooks. Now, it's a good idea, but it actually doesn't help. Please then try having a few staff members ID this kid, but they don't recognize him either. So by 9 a.m., still unidentified, he is brought to the hospital morgue. But they don't stay totally in the dark about who he is, because there is a clue about his identity that football jacket he's wearing. It's a blue and white 1984 Middletown junior high school team jacket, with the name Sean embroidered on it. Police have a connection to that football team. Another sergeant is an assistant coach. He's off duty so they call him at home and he tells them yes, there is a Sean on the team. Sean Edwards, who plays running back and linebacker, and he's not a high school student, that's why they've had no luck. He's an 8th grade. Sure enough, a quick check of attendance records at the junior high prove that Shawn never showed up that morning. And the coach slash sergeant officially identifies him around 1115 a.m.. Investigators finished processing the crime scene by lunchtime. The blood is washed away with a fire hose, and students gather by the Jim door searching the nearby grass and snow for any evidence that the cops might have missed. And that's when, over at the warehouse where she works, Cynthia's supervisor calls her into his office and tells her that police need to speak with her right away. Since her sister drove them to work, she borrows a friend's car and rushes home. And that fear that has been building inside of her since the moment she saw that empty couch only grows stronger. Her son is missing and police won't tell her what's going on over the phone. Detectives meet her at home, and they bring her all the way to the station, and that's where they break the news. Her youngest child, her baby, is dead. Not only that, but he's the victim of a cold blooded murder. And during the autopsy that was done that day, investigators find out just how cold blooded it really was. Middletown detective Nicholas derosa told us that he's seen hundreds of autopsies, but never anything like this. Sean had been disemboweled. There were at least 15 stab and slash wounds to his back and stomach. But the stab wounds aren't even the worst of it. He might have actually survived those. It was the blow to the head that killed them. Something the detective describes as beyond blunt force trauma. I mean, his skull is in pieces. Police theorized that the damage could have been done with a baseball bat or a metal pipe, or maybe steel toed boots. There's also a bloody rock that was found at the scene and broken glass, although there were no glass fragments found in Sean's skull. The Orange County coroner estimates that Sean had been dead for maybe an hour when his body was found by the custodian around 6 10 a.m.. Based on officer mischief's recollections, it seems like it could be less time than that, but it's impossible to piece together an accurate timeline of those hours leading up to the murder. Police think that Sean left his house sometime around 11 p.m., but they don't know what he was doing for the 7 or so hours that he was MIA, or where he was doing it. I mean, there were only a handful of spots even open that late in Middletown in the 1980s. A couple of diners, convenience stores, and police can't play Sean at any of them. They also don't know how Sean even got to the school. He didn't ride his bike, which was still at home, and he's 14, so not only does he not have a car, none of his friends do either. But everyone, cops, family, Friends, agree on one thing. He didn't walk. The high school is almost two miles from the Edwards home. It would have been like 45 minutes on foot. Now one thing police knew from just living in the area is that lots of teenagers were taking cabs around Middletown, and they knew that Sean did too. So detectives were questioning drivers from two local companies, but they all say that they don't know anything about him taking a taxi that night. But to cab drivers who asked not to be identified, tell reporters Lance Oliver and Billy house that they heard Sean did take a cab Wednesday to a shopping Plaza near the high school that has a movie theater. And at first, listen, I'm like, okay, well, if the cab driver is lying, maybe he's involved. But this is why I have a podcast and not a badge because it turns out it was actually one of Sean's brothers who called the cab to the shopping Plaza. He picked up some food and came right back to the house. Plus, detective learned something interesting when they speak with one of Sean's neighbors. An elderly woman who lives a couple of houses down. This episode was made possible by sleep number. You guys I officially have it dialed in. Last night, my sleep IQ score was 83, and that was with my sleep number set at 75. Now I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so even 83 isn't perfect to me. I'm using the sleep IQ data that I'm given from my bed to continually dial it in even more. 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So I am always on the lookout for new and unique sequin pieces to mix into my wardrobe, and I have found some of the cutest stuff on Etsy. Like I just got this light sequined duster jacket with fringe on the ends that is adorable. But Etsy isn't just clothing, sellers on Etsy have handmade items in every category, like home decor, kids toys, jewelry, and more. If you're new to Etsy, use code hello ten at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. That's code hello ten. Maximum offer value of $50 ends October 31st, 2022. See terms at Etsy dot com slash terms, extraordinary, handmade, affordable. Etsy has it. Shop Etsy dot com. Her adult son has a medical condition that requires constant care and because of that, she's awake most nights, and she tells police that she definitely would have heard a car pull up outside of Sean's house, but she didn't hear a thing that night. So if he did catch a ride, he must have gone down the block or something to meet up with the driver. But no one knows who that driver might be. Because no one knows who Sean was with that night. He had a few crushes, but there was no girlfriend in the picture, so nothing to pursue on that end, and all his friends say that they weren't with him and they didn't see or hear from him. Sean's family figures that if anyone knows what's going on, it's his friend Billy. But Billy says that he doesn't know what happened or where Sean might have been. He even takes a polygraph which he passes. Through the rumor mill, police hear that there might have been a party, but when they track down people who were there, no one had seen Sean, and most of them don't even know who he is. But here's the thing, I mean, Sean had to have been somewhere, right? The weird thing is, police did a premise check at the high school between four ten and four 20 a.m.. It was part of their regular routine and apparently at that time there was nothing out of the ordinary. Now to be fair, I don't know how thorough that check was like if the officer went around the whole school, maybe just pulled up to the main entrance or what? But it's hard to believe that Sean or anyone would just be hanging around outside the school for hours. Again, in the freezing cold, and by the way, Sean hated the cold.
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"93.1 kfbk. Sunshine today. A high around 98 degrees in the valley tomorrow, the higher on 99 degrees, and then Christine on Wednesday it starts to cool down with a high of about 90 degrees. Okay. Weather report brought to you by service champions. Let's get over to news from your neighborhood and I like this story. I would eat tacos with anyone is anyone I love tacos as well. It's coming out of later. Times Herald to the flight. Vallejo Police Department is hosting tacos with a cop that's happening Saturday, September 25th at service club. Parts of the police and community event will feature canine and drone demonstrations. Resource and recruiting bills and a live SWAT truck viewing. So it is more of a festival because there would be music there as well. And food and raffle giveaways, meets the police officers and enjoy a meal. It's a good idea. Good idea. Reform. California Chairman Carl DeMaio has done an interview. We've got the last day of the recall campaign going on today says Republicans have a shot at winning the recall election. Okay, Quote. We're expecting a David versus Goliath fight. It's always been that way in California Democrats have an overwhelmingly nearly 2 to 1 advantage over Republicans in terms of voter registration. But Gavin Newsom, he says, has really been that bad of a governor that he has put together this coalition of disaffected Californians who want change. I don't Well, they've opened up a double digit lead. Governor Newsom has so if you believe the polling Yes, that's true. That's been wrong before. Yes, it has. We shall see. 16 comes to mind. We saw this last night out of Southern California. So interesting. So a woman goes to, um, to vote the recall election She walks up And the person behind the counter says You have already voted. And she said, no, I'm not sudden. No. And you know what? She's not the only one that that happened to at that place, right? Right. So we've got audio clips on this story that we're going to roll out for you momentarily. All news all the way. Home news, Weather and traffic kfbk Afternoon news with Kitty O'Neil Know what's happened to my city building a better Sacramento when I need to know every.
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"Who was twenty nine picked up the killer unknowingly near union square and drove him to the presidio heights neighborhood which is only about a three mile dried when they arrived the killer shot pollen the head point blank took his wallet his car keys and bloody piece of his shirt and several witnesses saw the attack in some even called the police while it was in progress but there was an unexplained error major side i that the initial bolo issued for a black man so you know this is something that at the time may have seemed unusual or inexplainable. Now we know. Like that's just kind of the go-to when you do a bolo. There's a violent crime city and everybody's looking for a black man so to san francisco. Police department officers drove right past the killer and did not stop him and it's because of this erroneous bolo that was put out. Ultimately though the witnesses were able to give a good description and that is what was used to make the infamous sketch that everyone kind of knows zodiac initially authorities thought. This was a robbery gone wrong but three days later the san francisco chronicle received a letter from zodiac claiming responsibility which included a piece of paul's bloodied shirt. So that is that. Thirty thousand foot view of the canonical zodiac murders. Which is i mean. It's still even like the very high level overview as a lot now. I want to shift over though to the part of this. That really intrigues me. And it's the communications from the killer. And i don't know if this is because i work in communications but i think that the key to the case lies here and i don't just mean that. His name is in encoded in the messages which was hinted at he ended at or i think he actually came out and said in one of his ciphers like or one of his letters. If you solve cypher. you'll have me. And i don't i don't mean that but i mean there's so much evidence here i mean just one of his letters with seven pages long right and so there's just so much information about the person who did this contained in these communications in spite of his limited number of confirmed murderers which i mean i say that with all acknowledgement. That one murderer is too many murders but when we're comparing him to other serial killers in particular he has as you said before. Andrew an outsize notoriety. And i think it comes down to two factors one is. He was never caught right. So the mysteries like engages people. But i think the other thing is. He was downright chatty cathy in his communication strategy and he really terrorized people in doing that. Yeah so by sending letters to the news media the police and even as victims families terrorize northern california for years his first communication was that phone call after the second attack vallejo but after that he went on to call or write to claim responsibility for each subsequent attack. And i think that's kind of an important thing to know then less than a month after the second attack in the third murder on july first he sent his first written communication. It was sent in three parts. One to vallejo times herald one to the san francisco chronicle. And the last to the san francisco examiner the communications each contain the letter and one third of the cipher. The letters were pretty much the same but the three ciphers together comprise four hundred eight character puzzle and became known as the four. Oh eight check out. Our episode notes on.
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I remember when Paul Harvey used to talk about JB well, used it many times great product and we'll be chatting with the president of JB. Well, That will be at the bottom of the hour. All right. With that being said, Let's get back to the phone calls and we got Charlie Charlie welcome. Hello? Yes, sir. I'm doing fine. Um, really quick. They replaced the roof on my house Rental and I tried to get inflation in there, but they just wouldn't go for that. And I wasn't paying for it. Neither was a landlord. But Is there some kind of coding I can put on that roof. To reflect the heat and the cold. It's kind of like a 3% slope, so it's not really steep. Um, you know, is it a shingled roof? It's that roll paper that role old roofing dirt. Yeah, Yeah, there's some roof coatings out there that the other fellow was talking about. There's Products like cool seal and snow roof and comes in black white silver, and it's a reflective coating. Okay? And help insulate a little bit. How much Has it helped to insulate a little bit well, there's a difference between a reflective coating and insulation. So it is a reflective coating, which minimizes solar heat gain. So good, So it's kind of like, um You know, a 90 degree day in the middle of a baseball field, and then you go and stand underneath the oak tree, right? It's a lot cooler there, and that's kind of what a reflective uh, roof coating would do diminishes that solar heat gain and and keeps you cool. How do you play it? With a brush. Good. Can do that very car, washed it and then apply it. Yes, you Well, yeah. You're going to have to clean the roof for sure. And then again, you would pick uh, you know, Like I said, you can get it in a white. You can get it in a silver. You can get it where it's 10 years warranted. Uh, and applied at that point, and, um it's very much are reflective, radiant barrier type coding for roofs, so it would do a Exactly what it sounds like you wanted to do, Charlie. Already. Thank you much. By the way. Our phone number If you'd like to join us is 800. 8238255 and let's go to Al. I'll welcome. Good morning, Jerry. Thanks for taking my call. You're quite welcome. Something's gotta block foundation. And in the corners about three of the four corners in The blocks. The mortars come out between some of the box. It's not a lot like A couple blocks on the corner, but the gap is, you know the full mortar with the gap. But what should I do The effects and I got a couple of our small Less than eight of an inch cracks to Okay. Um do you have any moisture issues there? It's not an off, Okay, so it's just in just in the house for about a month. Okay, So if we're having missing mortar, and we don't have, uh, water control issue, that means we've got good water control on the outside of the house, and we just want to go ahead and fill that mortar again. Um If it's just a couple of pieces of mortar, you know, small amount. There's there's a really cool little product is called Zip it mortar. And it's really a mortar mix with a concrete additive to it in a little bag, probably like £3, a mortar Ed water. Just kind of mix the water into powder need in the bag and just needing it needing it. And then just applying it with a, um You know a trial. You're kind of tuck pointing your filling that cavity. Um and and that should be all you need. Um, If it's bigger and water was poor Nin, we'd probably be talking about Um, hydrostatic concrete, You know, that could, uh, seal up against water, But I don't think you need any of that. You know, these blocks are all towards it's almost It's about one roll from the top. Yeah, Okay, so that's above grade too, right? Yeah. Okay, So what about the small cracks less than the eighth of an inch? Is that above grade also, wow. Yes, it is Prime area. Can you get a fingernail in there? Oh, maybe okay. I probably wouldn't. Uh, yeah, it's kind of borderline. Whether it even worry about it. To be honest with you. There's a there's a product by Chimney Rx. It's called mortar joint and crack sealant. And unfortunately to buy a gallon of it. You put it on with a brush, and it will is. It's got the it's whitish in color dries clear. It's the viscosity of like water or milk. And you just brush that on that seals that crack But you know, depending on you know, if it's as small as getting your fingernail in it, I probably wouldn't worry about it right now. Okay? But I appreciate the help. Very.
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"He's not traveling. He divides his time between a home on Cape Cod and one on Oahu's North shore, he says, there's just something about being near the ocean. No matter how crowded is on land, you can always escape to the sea. You could swim away. You can paddle away. You can sail away coming up. Paul through tells us about the Hawaii that's behind his novel under the wave at why make and how it keeps them feeling young. Roman Mars likes to view the world with the designers. I, he says. The hidden stories behind what we see can really amplified the meaning of the cities we call home. A city is always a conversation between top down designers and bottom up interventionists. And that conversation is what the city is. Roman suggests what a curious Urbanist can look for around the block in the 99% invisible city. That's all just ahead on today's travel with Rick Steves, stay with us. Live from NPR news. I'm jail. Snyder, President Biden and the lead infrastructure negotiator for Senate Republicans are expected to speak again on Monday, but both sides remain far apart. They entered the weekend with Biden rejecting the GOP's latest offer. The White House says it fell short to the president's objectives to grow the economy. But press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden will keep talking with the European negotiators. Part of negotiation is seeing how you can come close. Served to each other. He's obviously come down quite a bit in what he originally proposed, and hopefully they'll have more they can add to their proposal. Two sides of narrowed the gap between Biden's initial $2.3 trillion proposal in the GOP s $568 billion opening offer, but they remain far apart on the scope of the deal and how to pay for it. Facebook is getting blowback after announcing the former President Donald Trump's suspension will be in effect for two years. At least, NPR's Shannon Bond reports, the Social network is setting stricter limits for all politicians. Facebook says it's giving Donald Trump the maximum penalty under its new rules for how it treats politicians and other public figures in times of civil unrest and violence. And it won't let him back on Facebook and Instagram. Unless quote the risk to public safety has receded, Trump said in a statement. The decision is an insult to the people who voted for him and accused the company of censorship. Civil rights and tech watchdog groups are also unhappy about the two year suspension for different reasons. They say Facebook should ban Trump permanently, as Twitter has done for using the platform to undermine democracy. Facebook is among NPR's financial supporters. Shannon Bond. NPR NEWS California Governor Gavin Newsom is condemning a federal judge's decision to overturned the state's ban on assault weapons and calls the ruling a direct threat to public safety. The judge in San Diego has given the state 30 days to appeal before the order goes into effect. US. Covid 19 numbers continue to show encouraging signs even as vaccinations have stalled down too much of the country. Blake, Farmer of member station WPL in in Nashville. Reports. Hospitalizations from Covid have fallen to numbers not seen since the early weeks of the pandemic. Basically, every state is still seeing covid cases fall. Hospitalizations to the one exception is an uptick in young people needing hospital treatment since mid March. Dr. James Hildreth of Macquarie Medical College, says families should be vigilant if their kids have asthma or are considered obese. The science shows that kids can become really sick if they have an unlined condition. We should still be circumspect about Covid 19 relative to Children. We shouldn't just blow it off. There's hope that the rise in serious illness with young people will be short lived. Now that Children as young as 12 can get the vaccine for NPR news. I'm Blake Farmer in Nashville. And this is NPR news. Scientists.
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"Celtics last night. 1 16 1 11,000 the game King's heir now 10 and 11 of the season. That's that's looking up. Got a little winning streak going. It's kind of exciting championship here with him. Here we go. This is coming out The Vallejo Times Herald. So, the community cleanup trailer where we returning to filet O un Saturday, individuals or groups are encouraged to show up to, uh, the Solano Association of Realtors office before heading out to pick up litter around the city. Okay, Very nice little City beautification. Our friends at the network did a very nice job covering Marjorie Taylor Green. That's right. They did. She was in talks yesterday, chatting with the Republicans who were probably telling her and let's get it in line. Get in line, and she apologized. And maybe she's getting in line on the other side of the aisle. Others Alexander Acosta Cortez, and We just thought for balance. We would bring this. Okay, you know she had claimed on January 6 during the capital Riot. That you know she was about. She thought that she could die. She's afraid for her life. Turns out she wasn't even in the capital. She was in a building that was like a tunnel away. Just getting called out for it Now. I mean, at least a Republican legislator for from South Carolina saying, You know you were right down the hall from me in my office is in the same building and we were nowhere near the action. I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of the day alive. And as you mentioned someone who works right down the hall, So there was there. There's no danger. We have the impeachment starting next week. And you know, by all accounts, articles that I've read, have said Look, it's going to be emotional. They're going to try to bring out the emotion to make their case, right. But the point is this. Whether it's a O C or any other Congress person making these outlandish statements. I mean, it's just ridiculous. It's a come on them the stuff that she said about Senator Ted Cruz that he wanted her murdered. Yeah. Jerry Taylor Green on one side of the car drive you see on the else of them. It's like on folks dial it back. All right, one local doctor says. Now is the time to talk to our kids about getting the vaccine, even though it's going to be months before we have a vaccine ready for kids. He's even written a Children's book about it. We're going to get his advice and more on his new book Coming up in about three minutes. Breaking news, local news coronavirus. Whatever.
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"Jeff healey band from their album. Feel this with evil in here to stay and before that this week's baccio fact from the super fun. Yeah rocketship you're listening to wrestling with van. Wermer cronies ring rust of ipod medic. And you know podcast distribution stuff insert name of whatever you used five on podcast here. They're not afraid to start off the new year with a bang and exte- new year's evil had all the markings of an nfc takeover including multiple intense grudge matches and several important title ashes. Along the way presented without commercial interruption fin. Baylor would fight carlo. Raleigh one more time for the nfc championship the last time. These two fought. The prince was put under shell for months with a broken jaw butts one. This time o'reilly might do need to do even more to capture the gold. Two men could be considered a number one contenders for the nfc championship over. The after new year's evil with deeming priests having put himself in the crosshairs of carrying cross doomsday has returned to wd but the archer infamy planned to stop him before he could do any damage. Rare ripley raquel. Gonzalez were once friends. Now they have become bitter rivals in last woman standing match. The two fought to prove who was truly the biggest judgment in the women's division and san jose escobar has ruined the chances of so many young stars and cruiserweight champion but grand metallic has not was not afraid of him or llegado. Del fantasma the monday night were all star was happy for his opportunity and finally gad gold to his legacy and wwe finally zay and boa where set to return to the ring molded by an absolutely barbaric training regimen from mysterious teacher and even more mysterious woman behind him. No one knew what to expect this. Returning group of change performers hosted by dexter lewis new year's evil promised to be a special night tap talent stepped into the ring for the first time or for the last time heralding new year with some early potential match of the year contenders. And one of those matches saw damian priests smiling in face of the early destruction of carrying bras he rocked the doomsday deviant with a series of right hands and kicks however the rise of the Infamy load him to not keep control of this fight cross trapped priests industry of whoa and targeted the reds with dumps and an unpatented knee strike. He tried to turn into a saito soup. Superplex but airtran for me escaped the plant and planted to doomsday deviant with a razor's edge suffering through each move priest still managed to hit a running springboard somersault plunge into a spinning heel kick. There it is again. A heel kick by won't be considered a baby face. I really gotta wonder about that. And to south of heaven for all cross responded with a release german suplex empower rom for a near fall outside a two fought through the pain across finally took. The unstoppable edge. He slammed nurture and from his ribs into the steel stage. Then his back into the steel steps a psycho suplex in a running forearm to the back of the neck. Nail it with cross standing triumphant. So we'll carrying crosses an established star in other companies moso. Was you know. So was dana priest as punishment in ring runner so and carrying cross was Killer in wanna have someone named killer. I guess in wbz. So i haven't seen this yet. So see how it turns out and i assume while i'm watching it. I'm not going to be dead silent.
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"Kfbk as the sun rises on this Wednesday morning. We're looking at the warm forecast high of 65 in the Valley today tomorrow sunny skies in the afternoon high of 66. Friday much the same sunny skies napping in higher with 65 degrees. Okay, news from your neighborhood is on deck. Would he have? Yes, that's coming out of The Vallejo Times Herald for the city of Vallejo, seeking volunteers for their upcoming point in time count is the count of all the people living in town who are sheltered who are unsheltered or sheltered but homeless as in living a vehicle, transitional housing or a shelter. As required by is a prior in order for the label to receive assistance. Writing from the counting their money from the government. Thank you, sir. Appreciate that. I really am looking forward to this all just a variety of perspectives, which was what we try to do here on the case became morning news. This one off of Twitter this morning we've heard from viewers and so forth and officials This one is from Alex Barron Sonal. You might recognize that name. He's a fairly controversial figure in the world of Cove it former New York Times reporter author of a couple of books. He's been talking a lot about co vid on gay people have been kind of argue with him online. But today he's saying Well, he's weighing in today on what's happening at the Capitol and what's happening in society in general, and here's a sweet Hard to overstate what a Titanic shift. We're seeing One party and much of the media engaged in an increasingly organized effort to use private companies, not just tech companies. All private companies to punish people for their political views. And it is it is, um ah perspective that we're hearing in the phone calls that were getting hurt kpk from other people as well, saying people are being targeted for their views and and those that are targeting them are using private companies to do it. And it's not just the big tech. It's the media working in concert with political parties. I ead the Democrat Party well and pressuring companies to take a stand on something like, you know, Cut off call for people's century ouster. Cutting off campaign contributions of political contributions. All of that this is consistent. We talked about this within the last five days on this program, what is taking place in this country We have never witnessed before. It is a major shift. Social media has never been so much a part of our lives, and it's never political lives is it has been in the past 10 years, and it's never been so obvious as it is today. I mean, it's just right in your face. Here's what we're doing. We if we don't agree with what you're saying, we are going to silence you. We are going to censor you. It's a cancel cold, and that's it. That's how it's gonna roll guys. And we're seeing it. And this is again one person's perspective. But someone who has kind of been canceled. Very interesting. Private health care Some of the health care workers in the private industry, apparently having a little bit more difficult time getting vaccinations as opposed to the public hospital. Right. Hospitals have a lot of power. When it comes to those vaccinations. We'll have that coming up. Be ready. Events.
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Official resigns after throwing cat during online meeting
"A planning commissioner NBA California has resigned after throwing his cat and apparently drinking a beer during a zoom meeting according to a newspaper report in the zoo meeting you can hear Charles Platt's wrist cat media out where he addresses other commissioners introduce my calf class hold up what looks like a striped tabby cat on soon then throws it off camera it lands with the thumb the plots of just keeps talking and the cat keeps me Alan at the end of the meeting and soon was still rolling on plants or was the only one left he's heard calling B. S. in an email to the times Herald Platzer said he has resigned I'm Julie Walker
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Official resigns after throwing cat during online meeting
"A planning commissioner NBA California has resigned after throwing his cat and apparently drinking a beer during a zoom meeting according to a newspaper report in the zoo meeting you can hear Charles plasters cat meow for he addresses other commissioners my cast plaster hold up what looks like a striped tabby cat on soon then throws it off camera it lands with the thumb the plots of just keeps talking and the cat keeps me Alan at the end of the meeting and soon was still rolling on plants or was the only one left he's heard calling B. S. in an email to the times Herald Platzer said he has resigned I'm Julie Walker
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Official resigns after throwing cat during online meeting
"A city official in the bay area has apologized for what went down on a zoom call Vallejo planning commissioner Chris Platzer has resigned after city officials said he threw his pet cat and drink a beer during a teleconference meeting that was available to the public witnesses say plots are announced I'd like to introduce my cat and then picked up the pet before suddenly tossing the animal off screen city officials say he was also heard making derogatory remarks after the online meeting had ended according to the times Herald plots or send an email to the newspaper announcing he's stepping down and apologizing for his behavior his resignation comes just days before the city council was set to consider a resolution removing him