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The First Degree

Episode 240: Jessica Berry

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.510K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On July 18th, 2016, 32-year-old Jessica Loraine Berry gets into a red car with a friend. She is never seen again. Six days later, Jessica’s family reports her missing to the local police. Jessica’s family points them to a local veteran: 47-year-old Richard Allen Hurt. The detectives interview Richard briefly, but their investigation slows down quickly because Jessica is a known drug addict. Investigators suspect Jessica is not missing, and is keeping a low-profile during a drug binge. But on July 29th, Jessica’s remains are discovered. Her body was dismembered, stored in black trash bags, and hidden under a home improvement construction site. The homeowners found Jessica’s remains right before their handyman, Richard, was scheduled to pour concrete on the area. Richard admits to dismembering and hiding Jessica’s body, but refutes any involvement in her death. In episode 240, Jac and Alexis explore how Richard may have successfully evaded justice for Jessica’s murder.

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First degree.

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First degree.

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First degree.

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First degree.

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The first degree.

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Get on the news.

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Get on the K-3.

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Get on the Facebook.

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These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.

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The officers had their minds made up that she had dressed, you know, disappeared.

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She was probably looking for drugs.

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I hanging out with someone at someone's house and she didn't want to be found.

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You know, the same old story.

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She's an addict. She's just somewhere laying low.

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I was 100% worried.

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Like, at this point, I felt that the rumors, the girls we're hearing were more truthful than what the officers were saying.

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Like, they were just really chill about it.

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They didn't really care.

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They weren't too worried about it.

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They had better things to do.

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They told the family that it was typical addict behavior for her to go missing.

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Welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.

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