This is part one of a two-part interview I did with Haley Gray, researcher for the series on Crime Weekly about my dad, John Cornelius McGee.

This was such an incredible deep dive to help Derek and Stephanie understand the nuances and details of my dad's case before they recorded the episodes.

Even if you've been listening to Ice Cold Case, this is a unique look inside what an interview looks like that I do

often for different shows that decide to cover my dad's case. It can be emotional, the questions

are intense, but it's part of the task I have to do to share J.C. McGee's story with the world.

And now, here's the first part of the interview I did with Haley Gray. I thought just to start off, you could talk about your relationship with your dad.

It's tough because I was so young when my dad was murdered.

So my memories are really faint, but also in a good way, I guess.

I only really remember the good stuff.

I don't really have a lot of memories of the mundane days because it was so long ago.

But I remember him being really funny and really musical.

He loved to sing in the car.

And at the time, the Nelly album, Hot in Here,

had just come out. So I remember being literally five listening to that album from start to finish,

which is wildly inappropriate, but also very funny. And my sister was 16 at the time. So they had a different

dynamic. I was like the baby. So I was able to be cute and get away with a lot, whereas my sister

was getting in trouble for like, you know, sneaking out and talking to boys. And so I got to see him be

sort of a strict dad, which I remember, but it wasn't happening

to me. So it was funny to watch them bicker because I was not involved in the drama. And I remember

him being really helpful. He had a lot of friends. So I remember him always being there for people.

Of course, at the time, I didn't know the context that

like he's meeting these people in AA or NA and helping them through a little bit more serious

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