Brooke Clapson and the violence that followed her |4

Crime Beat

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Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, News

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🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story of Brooke Clapson and the violence that followed her. As a child, Brooke was a ray of sunshine in her mother’s life. But there was a dark shadow of domestic abuse that loomed over their home that left scars on the young girl that she could never erase. As a teen, the expression “you live what you learn” played out in her life after she started dating Jerime Mallette. Mallette was two years older than Brooke. She fell victim to the same abuse she witnessed as a child. Every time she was close to leaving the relationship, her boyfriend promised he would change. If only she would give him another chance, things would be different. Three years into the on-again-off-again relationship, Brooke finally decided that it was time for a change. She made a plan with one of her girlfriends to go to Europe. It was to be an adventure of a lifetime. Brooke moved away, got a new job and saved up for the trip overseas. That’s when the violence she escaped tragically caught up to her. Hear details of the story that continue to haunt her family, police and the prosecutor on this episode of the Global News podcast. Contact: Twitter: @nancyhixt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to
0:05.7	Crime Beat early and add free on Amazon Music included with Prime.
0:11.3	A listener's note, the following episode contains course language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
0:20.0	And may not be suitable for everyone.
0:22.0	listener discretion is advised.
0:27.0	In the fall of 2000, in the scenic town of Rocky Mountain House, a road crew was hard at work. They were doing paving in the area, about a
0:36.3	two hours drive northwest of Calgary. That September was particularly busy as they tried to complete the job before the first
0:45.0	inevitable snowfall. The work was hard and the days were long but it was
0:51.3	customary for the crew to go out for dinner and a few drinks to cap off each
0:55.8	night together. But following one of those gatherings, tragedy struck. He had fallen there and said he had been attacked and people from the 7-Eleven said this guy was all bloody.
1:07.0	That call led police to a horrific scene.
1:11.0	He was an extremely angry person and he was driven by anger.
1:15.8	Well we did take her to a doctor and the first thing the doctor said to her was let me guess. Someone that's supposed to love you did
1:26.1	this to you. I'm Nancy Hicks, a crime reporter for global news. Today on Crime Beat, a case that stayed with me for more than 20 years.
1:38.8	This is the story of Brooke Clapsen and the violence that followed her.
1:44.0	This story begins in Calgary in 1979, when Donna Eaton first became a mom.
1:56.0	I was, I was terrified to have my first child at 21.
2:02.0	She was born by an emergency C section and so I was absolutely terrified that something
2:12.2	was going to happen to her or something was going to happen to me.
2:15.9	So when they woke me up after surgery and told me I had a daughter, I wouldn't believe them. She always told me. You just never believed I was really here.
2:28.0	From that moment on, Brooke Clapsin was a ray of sunshine in her mother's life.
2:34.0	Oh, Brooke was, she was an absolute angel.
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