2111: The Stalker - New Charges part 21

PRETEND

Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Rick Fernandez—yes, the same Rick who thought he’d escaped six felonies—just got slapped with brand-new criminal charges in Phoenix Municipal Court. I flew in a court-runner to watch the hearing, dug through fresh police files, and pieced together how a self-published book and two midnight phone calls may blow up Rick & Tanya’s “clean-slate” diversion deal. 🎧 New to this saga? Binge the entire 20-part series first: The Stalker — Season 12 playlist on Spotify. Start there, then come right back. 🗂️ Docs & extras PDF of the new criminal complaint Snippet from Layers of Attack All available for Pretend + supporters 🤝 Support the Show Patreon / Apple Pretend + for early drops, bonus tapes, and deep-dive documents. Rate & review PRETEND on your favorite app—helps new listeners find the show! Host / Reporting: Javier LeivaCourt-runner: Tore LynnTheme: TheChicken.net © 2025 Creative Babble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.4	It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the worst of times. Now that's how you kick off a book. But author Rachel Shoya, she's no Charles Dickens. Many families, mine included, are not tech-savvy families.
0:56.7	You're hearing an AI bot reading the opening lines of layers of attack,
1:01.9	a self-published thriller by Rachel Choya.
1:05.3	No back catalog, no author bio, just a brand-new author nobody in the publishing world had ever heard of.
1:13.0	Facebook, Words with Friends, Instagram, Amazon,
1:17.0	playlists and personal study was the extent of our time spent online.
1:21.3	Installing a new printer or any other computer hardware
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1:26.8	So Rachel Shoya is not exactly Neo from the Matrix.
1:30.7	Got it.
1:32.5	Fast forward to 1991.
1:35.1	I met my beautiful wife, and three months later, we were married and heading to a honeymoon
1:40.0	in La Jolla, California.
1:42.4	Children and family responsibility then took priority in my life.
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