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One day in the spring of 2006, a detective stood next to a refrigerator inside of her police

station holding a little container full of evidence. She knew that what she was about to do

represented a breach of protocol, but that was not

going to stop her.

Because she was working her first murder case ever, and she was afraid that she wasn't

going to be able to catch the killer.

So she had decided that she was going to run her case her way, no matter what.

She knew she was supposed to send this container to the state crime lab for analysis,

but she wasn't going to do that.

Instead, she placed the container inside of the refrigerator and then shut the door.

But before we get into that story,

if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format,

then you come to the right podcast because that's all we do

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Okay, let's get into today's story.

Thank you. Okay, let's get into today's story. On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 12, 2006, Dr. John Yelnik finished up his final exam of the day at his dental practice in the rural community of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. He handed his patient a toothbrush, told her to come back

in six months, and then headed into his back office to wrap up. He turned off his computer and

made sure he had everything he needed. The next day was his day off and he didn't want to have

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