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CPO John Keith Bemis

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Crimelines True Crime

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4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In August of 2012, Tony and Sue Bemis received the news no parent wants to hear. Their son, Chief Petty Officer John Keith Bemis had died by suicide. As they struggled to make sense of their loss, things didn’t add up. Seven years later, they still have questions about what exactly did happen to their son. The National Suicide Prevention hotline number: 1-800-273-8255 https://www.glaad.org/resourcelist For more info on the case (warning: graphic images): cpojohnkeithbemis.com To sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/reopen-death-investigation-of-chief-petty-officer-john-keith-bemis

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0:30.1

In August of 2012, Tony and Sue Beamas received the news no parent wants to hear.

0:49.6

Their son, Chief Petty Officer John Keith Beamas, died by suicide.

0:56.4

As they grappled to make sense of their loss, things didn't add up.

1:01.2

Seven years later, they still have questions about what exactly happened to their son.

1:07.2

I'm Charlie and welcome to Crime Lines.

1:17.0

Welcome back to Crime Lines. Like I said last week, this was one of my holiday weeks off,

1:23.4

but I wanted to get the story out there. I spoke with Tony and Sue Beamas for this,

1:28.6

and they had to wait for a bit. My schedule is a little bit much sometimes, and I hate,

1:35.5

hate, hate, hate, putting families off when I work with them to get their cases out there,

1:41.5

because I know how important it is to them. So I definitely wanted to get this one in there

1:46.4

before I took a break for the holiday. Next week will not be a regular episode,

1:52.5

but I am going to release an episode about the show. A look back at this year

1:58.9

and announcing some changes for next year. To make it worth your time to listen,

2:05.2

I will be taking questions that I'll answer in the episode. They can be about the show,

2:10.9

about cases I've covered, or about me, if you're interested in that.

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