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I am April Stone and I'm Heidi Martin's sister.

When you contacted me several months prior wanting to interview me, I sort of had already decided, like, in my mind,

fine, I'm going to do the standard interview. I'm going to answer the standard questions,

but I'm not going to go, I'm not going to go in depth with her. I'm not going to share any of the secrets, quote unquote, that I have uncovered over the years,

the evidence that I've gathered, because I'm not ready.

For some reason, when I saw you, within 20 seconds in my head, I just went polar opposite. And in my head, I just went polar opposite.

And in my head, I was like, I'm doing this now.

I'm telling her everything.

Okay, I'm going to ask you point blank, April.

Who do you believe killed your sister, Heidi Martin?

I believe that my sister was murdered by my father.

I believe that I know why my sister's case has been different.

Circumstantially, all the evidence points to him being the person that did this.

From Audio Check, this is Dark Valley, an investigation into the Connecticut River Valley Killer.

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