Episode 242: Nicole Crystal Sinkule

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On October 16th, 2005, the 25-year-old daughter of today's first degree guests had her life taken while she was asleep in her Oceanside, California apartment. The place where she was supposed to feel most safe. Nicole Sinkule's family and friends were beyond horrified upon learning the news... they were gutted, heartbroken and enraged. And while the perpetrator was quickly apprehended - the aftermath, his prosecution and eventual conviction were only the first steps in a long and painful battle to keep a monster behind bars. In episode 242, Alexis and Jac will tell you the story of Nicole Sinkule, how wonderful she was, and how you can help keep her remorseless killer in prison.

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0:00.0	First degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:08.0	First degree.
0:10.0	Get on the grid.
0:12.0	Get on the grid.
0:14.0	You think they're supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:16.0	She did have an empathetic heart.
0:24.0	And that's what got her in trouble.
0:28.0	She wanted to rescue everybody.
0:30.0	And she seen the best in there.
0:32.0	And she seen the little bit of good in here at times.
0:34.0	And that she had this magical thinking that with enough help,
0:38.0	she could be that person.
0:40.0	He wasn't that person before she met him.
0:42.0	He wasn't with her or his parents.
0:44.0	He wasn't that way with anybody.
0:46.0	All I can say is that if he does get out,
0:50.0	what kind of society are we?
0:52.0	Are we that we see brutal mutation of another human being
0:58.0	and we give them a second chance to come out and be good or whatever?
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