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Murder In America

EP. 120 TEXAS - The Kidnapping, Torture, and Murder of 12 Year Old McKay Everett (Pt. 1)

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.88.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Kidnappings with ransoms demanded are very rare crimes. But in 1995, Courtney’s small hometown of Conroe, Texas was forever affected when a 12 year old boy named McKay Everett was abducted and held for ransom, taken right from his home. The ransom caller demanded $500,000 and promised to call back the next morning with more instructions, but that phone call never came. And McKay’s parents would never get to see their son alive again. Paulette Everett Norman, McKay’s mom, agreed to be a guest on this episode, where she walked us through the worst week of her entire life, and how she learned that her sons kidnapper, was someone that her son loved and trusted. You're listening, to MURDER IN AMERICA. - Start your therapy journey today with BETTERHELP! Just head to https://www.betterhelp.com/MIA to get 10% off your first month!! - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:03.8

We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers

0:07.7

even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.

0:11.8

Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses

0:17.0

against children.

0:18.0

This podcast is not for everyone.

0:20.5

You have been warned.

0:30.0

When I was a little girl, I went to a school called A.R. Turner Elementary, which was right outside of Conroe, Texas.

0:42.0

And one day, when my mom was picking me up from my second grade classroom, she pointed to the classroom next to mine and asked if I had ever heard of what happened to Miss Norman's son. I didn't have Miss Norman as a teacher,

0:45.0

but everyone that did had nothing but great things to say about her.

0:49.0

And little did I know,

0:50.0

about ten years prior, she had faced every mother's worst nightmare.

0:56.0

Once we got in the car, my mom told me that Miss Norman's last name used to be Miss Everett.

1:02.2

And back in 1995, her 12-year-old son McKay was home alone

1:07.6

when someone came by their house and abducted him. Later that night, the Everett's got a phone call demanding

1:14.8

five hundred thousand dollars where they would never see McKay alive again.

1:19.9

In that moment Paulette and Carl Everett's lives would never be the same.

1:25.7

Their only child was in the hands of someone evil.

1:30.1

The ransom caller also said to expect another phone call the next morning at 8 a.m.

1:36.0

with directions on how to deliver the money.

1:39.2

But as they anxiously sat by their phones alongside the FBI, that phone call never came. You see, there was

1:46.8

no exchange of money because the kidnapping plan had gone awry and McKay Everett was already dead. His abductor had shoved him into the

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