Episode 132

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4 • 61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On July 17th, 2016, Cara Beckerle went up to the bedroom of her 19-year-old daughter, Aleah, to check on her. When she opened the door, the bed was empty, and Aleah’s wheelchair was sitting next to it.

Aleah could not have left of her own free will, as she was incapable of moving on her own due to physical disabilities, and she was nonverbal due to mental disabilities. She was also prone to seizures and had to take daily medication for them. That medication was also still in her room.

What happened to Aleah Beckerle?

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0:00.0	Sort and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences
0:06.1	Listener discretion is advised
0:08.3	that
0:28.8	Welcome to Season 6, Episode 132 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the Wars
0:42.6	Monsters are real.
1:01.5	Well we're back in full swing here on Season 6, thank you once again for joining us.
1:07.2	This next story is truly a horrifying one.
1:10.2	The victim could not possibly be any more vulnerable and the case is one filled with twists
1:15.1	and turns and sheer madness.
1:17.6	It's the kind of story that really makes you want to get an ADT alarm system and also
1:21.6	one that demonstrates just how real and present the monsters are.
1:51.6	I'm sure we'd all like to live in a world where justice is inevitable, where the most
2:00.8	vulnerable members of our society are protected by the laws and systems we've set up to
2:05.4	hold criminals accountable, where someone pays a price every single time a crime is committed.
2:11.5	But that's just not the world we live in.
2:15.4	Sure, sometimes justice is served, but sometimes it isn't.
2:20.8	In other times, justice, at least as it's defined by the US legal system, is simply not enough.
2:28.4	But whoever the people are responsible person, are people, are responsible for this.
2:36.4	If you have any heart, any heart, and you may even be watching what's going on right
2:42.0	now, you have any heart, please, we are begging you to turn yourself in.
2:50.1	This child needs justice.
2:52.7	In March of 2017, dozens of people gathered on a quiet street in Evansville, Indiana, all
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