Episode 292: William Rufus Stephens Jr.

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of January 3, 2009, a 29-year-old man is found shot in his truck outside a bar in College Station, Texas. He’s still alive at this point, so first responders rush him to the hospital, where he sadly passes away. Detectives get to work and quickly identify a suspect - a 36-year-old car salesman with a history of violence. However, detectives struggle to figure out a motive behind the shooting. In fact, the victim and the murderer never even exchanged words. In episode 292, Jac and Alexis delve into the tragic murder of William Rufus Stephens Jr., and his killer’s history of “psycho” behavior.

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0:00.0	It's a degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:07.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	The first degree.
0:09.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	See it on the table and you see it on Facebook.
0:12.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies. See it on a paper, you see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:16.0	The guy himself was very strange.
0:24.8	So it was kind of one of those things where it's like,
0:26.9	I mean you're surprised if anybody does anything like that?
0:29.0	I was like, oh yeah, that guy.
0:31.5	The only thing that really surprised me was like, oh my God, I know him.
0:36.3	Welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on. My name is Jack Fannick.
0:40.4	I'm sitting here with Alexis Lind Linkletter. It's another Wednesday.
0:44.0	Happy Wednesday, our friends.
0:46.0	Happy Wednesday, everyone.
0:48.0	Happy Wednesday, everyone.
0:49.2	I don't know if I've given our little Patreon shout out in a while.
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