Episode 45: Kenny Thomas Jr.

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

There's a moment in every child's life when they discover what death is, whether it's through losing a grandparent or flushing a pet fish down the toilet...” In episode 44, Jac, Alexis and Billy speak with special First Degree guest Jared Monaco (lead guitarist for Emo band The Maine). Jared takes us back to when he was force fed the concept of mortality at the age of 9-years-old—when the life of his boyhood friend Kenny Thomas Jr. was stolen under horrific circumstances. They'll delve into the details of the case and investigation, the concept of insanity, and the loss of childhood innocence in the wake of tragedy. 🎟 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	Warning, this episode contains graphic content.
0:04.5	Listener discretion is advised.
0:07.0	First degree.
0:10.0	First degree.
0:13.0	First degree.
0:14.0	The first degree.
0:15.0	Get on the news.
0:16.0	Get on the K-grade.
0:17.0	Get on the space.
0:19.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:23.0	I'm listening to you guys say this and reading it here on the outline.
0:33.0	These quotes are crazy to me.
0:37.0	It's so disconnected between not wanting to hear it fly and killing your own child.
0:45.0	I'm almost immediately having some sort of explanation in your brain for that.
0:52.0	That's the thing to me that is just so scary about whether or not she was sick or not.
0:58.0	I don't know, but it just doesn't make sense.
1:06.0	Hey guys, welcome to the first degree.
1:08.0	The True Crime podcast that you might end up on.
1:10.0	My name is Jack Fanick.
1:11.0	I'm sitting across from Alexis Linkletter.
1:13.0	I'm Billy Jensen and today is a special day because we have our first degree connection in studio with us today.
1:20.0	He might be my favorite person in the entire world.
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