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The First Degree

Episode 214: The Lanz Brothers

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.510K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On August 3, 2021, 27-year-old Austin Lanz boards a bus to Arlington, Virginia. He exits onto a bus station platform that is mere steps away from the US military headquarters known as the Pentagon. Without any warning or provocation, Austin immediately ambushes and kills a Pentagon police officer, 37-year-old George Gonzalez. Then, Austin kills himself. Two weeks prior, Austin had been charged with breaking into his neighbor’s home after terrorizing and stalking the residents for years. A few months later, Austin's 22-year-old brother Matthew Lanz snaps from the pressure of his emotional turmoil. On November 18th, 2021, Matthew kills the man and woman he believes his older brother was obsessed with, only to discover that this is a tragic case of mistaken identity. In episode 214, Jac and Alexis reveal the wild twists and turns of the Lanz brothers’ crimes and explain how their unwarranted violence affected so many.

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First degree.

0:02.0

First degree.

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First degree.

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First degree.

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First degree.

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Get on the grid.

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Get on the grid.

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You think they're supposed to happen in movies, not real life?

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I think they were like very close with each other.

0:26.0

They were like best friends.

0:28.0

I think they must have been super upset about Austin.

0:32.0

Austin probably told him his side and maybe sounded like it wasn't his fault.

0:38.0

I think Matthew got super pissed off going over there and did it out of revenge.

0:46.0

Welcome to the first degree.

0:48.0

The True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.

0:50.0

My name is Jack Fiannick.

0:52.0

I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter.

0:54.0

I cannot believe we're at the end of September.

0:56.0

October, where the hell has this year gone?

0:58.0

What the hell?

1:00.0

I don't know. I feel like I did nothing all summer.

1:02.0

I just like hid from the heat.

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