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Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

138: Michael King - In Broad Daylight - Part 01

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

True Crime, Personal Journals, History, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Robert Salvador and Michael King head to target practice at a local firing range. Upon arriving at the range, King removes a nine-millimeter handgun from under the passenger seat of his Camaro. Salvador and King stay at the range for approximately one hour.

When King and Salvador part ways for the day, Salvador has a feeling in his gut. Something is wrong with the Michael King. Something felt off. Over the course of the next eight to nine hours Michael King would prove how horribly correct Salvador’s instincts were.

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0:00.0

January 17, 2008, Northport, Florida.

0:06.0

Robert Salvador and Michael King are engaged in target practice at a local firing range.

0:13.0

The sign-in sheet for the range reflects times of 11.57 a.m. for Salvador and 11.58 a.m. for King. Upon arriving at the range,

0:25.5

King removes a 9mm handgun from under the passenger seat. Of his Camaro, Salvador and King

0:32.4

stay at the range for approximately one hour, and during that time time King fires at least three weapons

0:38.7

his own 9mm handgun Salvador's 9mm handgun and one of Salvador's 22 caliber handguns

0:47.0

Michael King did not bring any ammunition to the firing range so Salvador allows King to

0:53.6

use his ammunition on the return of. So Salvador allows King to use his ammunition. On the return of their vehicles,

0:57.6

Salvador carries King's pistol in a bag because range rules prohibit the open carrying of firearms.

1:04.5

King's 9mm handgun is returned to its original position under the passenger seat of the Camaro.

1:13.6

Salvador feels uneasy about Michael King. There was an intensity in King's eyes today, and he was quieter than usual.

1:18.6

36-year-old Michael King is described by his friends and family as slow, low IQ, and having a divot in his head from a childhood injury.

1:31.3

When King drives away in his green Camaro, Salvador has a raw feeling in his gut, a feeling

1:38.3

that something is wrong with the man today. But gut feelings amount to what, listener? An instinct?

1:46.0

Over the course of the next eight to nine hours,

1:49.0

Michael King would prove how horribly correct Salvador's instincts truly were.

1:54.0

Welcome, listener.

1:58.0

I'm glad you're here.

2:00.0

Take a seat. next to the fire.

2:03.6

Welcome to Obscira, where we shine a light on the dark. Denise Amber Lee, H-21, age 21, has been working through her house chores.

2:41.2

At present, she's cutting her two-year-old son Noah's hair.

2:45.2

Denise doesn't mind the day-to-day grind of being a young stay-at-home mother of two boys.

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