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Hi, I'm Haley Butler and I'm to New Thomas.

For over a year, we've kept sensitivity in mind when working on this story.

However, what you're about to hear contains strong language,

drug and alcohol abuse, and descriptions of physical violence that are gruesome in nature.

Some listeners might find this distressing.

If that's you, please take caution as we navigate the story about the life and death of Jennifer Cave.

Previously on The Orange Tree.

On Monday, Austin Police released Colton Patoniac's arrest warrant and they're charging him with intentional murder.

During the early morning hours of August 17th, Colton calls Lord to come over and hang out.

He's hungover and stumbles to the bathroom.

And that's where he finds the body of Jennifer Cave.

He calls Lord back, urging her not to come over.

She goes over anyway.

I remember her trying to sober me up and saying, you know,

we've got to figure this out, figure this out.

You know, and I think at that point I knew it was like, there's no figuring this out.

You know, this isn't something you just, it just happens and you just run off into the sunset with some love story and disappear in Mexico.

It's January 23rd, 2007.

At the Travis County Courthouse, a full courtroom watches as a new witness prepares to testify at Colton Patoniac's trial.

She's a UT student and the story she's about to tell takes place at the Orange Tree condos around 3 a.m.

After Jennifer and Colton left 6th Street.

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