47: Brothers Who Kill Together - June 16 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder Daily True Crime
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🗓️ 16 June 2019
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| 0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
| 0:02.6 | We have a lot of... |
| 0:04.0 | We have a weird... |
| 0:06.0 | ...it's not described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
| 0:09.0 | ...calf a murder. |
| 0:10.9 | It's a common saying that your sibling is your partner in crime. |
| 0:14.6 | For some, that means pulling one over on mom |
| 0:16.7 | or sneaking extra cookies for each other when dad isn't looking. |
| 0:20.4 | But on June 16, 1999, |
| 0:23.4 | one half of a sibling crime duo |
| 0:25.3 | would be executed for a murder he committed with his brother. |
| 0:29.8 | So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, |
| 0:33.8 | sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
| 0:39.1 | On May 24, 1977, two purillator guards, Russell Dempsey and Cecil Newkirk, left Phoenix in an armored van on their bank run. |
| 0:50.7 | They were stopped along the route by two highway patrolmen driving a car fitted with emergency lights. |
| 0:57.0 | When the guards approached it, became clear that they were not actually highway patrolmen, but criminals in disguise. |
| 1:04.0 | The men, who was later determined to be the Poland brothers, took the guards captive and removed close to $300,000 in cash. |
| 1:13.9 | The next day, authorities found the abandoned van, but no sign of the guards. |
| 1:19.3 | That's because Michael Poland, one of the brothers, rented a boat at the Lake Mead Marina |
| 1:24.2 | and took the guards who were in a custom-made canvas bag that were weighted down |
| 1:28.9 | with rocks and dumped them into the water. About three weeks later, the body surfaced in Nevada. |
| 1:36.0 | The Poland brothers, who were on a spending spree in their hometown, were found after investigators |
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