Episode 258: Blaine Whitworth

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On September 1, 2012, a 25-year-old man is gunned down in the driveway of his home in Warrensburg, Missouri. The college town is in a state of disbelief. The successful and beloved small business owner leaves behind devastated family, friends, and the wider college community in a senseless and seemingly random attack. When it’s revealed that more than one person is behind the slaying, and the perpetrators' identities are uncovered, the shockwaves continue, as the motive behind the killing emerges. But even after arrests are made, it’s far from over, with one of the accused managing to evade justice to this day. In episode 258, Jac and Alexis detail the brutal murder of Blaine Whitworth at the hands of his friends Ziyad Abid and Reginald Singletary, and how the people you have around you can sometimes be more dangerous than strangers. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree ❤️ The Heavy Metal Project: theheavymetalproject.com 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree ⚖️ On the Stand: (818) 446-6889 💩 Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done: (818) 446-6889 🤝 Advice: hello@thefirstdegreepodcast.com 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, the first degree.
0:09.0	Get on the news, get on the K-grade and see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:24.0	I actually had got up early in the morning that I found out.
0:28.0	I was kind of just like scrolling through Facebook and social media.
0:31.0	And I started seeing posts where people had tagged Blaine.
0:35.0	And they're like, oh my god, I can't believe this.
0:37.0	What did this have to happen?
0:39.0	What's going on?
0:41.0	What's happening?
0:42.0	I don't understand what's happening.
0:44.0	And I remember just like that.
0:45.0	There's no way, there's no way, this is to be a mistake.
0:48.0	You go through those quick stages of denial.
0:50.0	You know, where you're just like, there's no way, this is not true, this is not real.
0:53.0	It was so gut-wrenching.
0:55.0	I just don't even have words.
0:57.0	I would say it very much became more clear to me that you literally cannot take any day on this earth for granted.
1:06.0	And you cannot take any time that you have with family and people that you care about,
1:11.0	whether that's your friends or your coworkers or whoever it may be.
1:14.0	You can't take that time for granted.
1:16.0	And that you literally do have to make the time you have with people count and matter.
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