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The First Degree

Episode 75: Melissa Duran

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.510.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Aurora Duran was busy getting her children ready for school when she heard a commotion at her front door. When she went to investigate, she saw two men dragging her 17-year-old daughter out of the house and into a waiting car. It was the stuff of nightmares for any parent. On episode 75, Jac, Alexis and Billy delve into one of the most unique cases—and speak with one of the most unique guests— in First Degree history. 🎟 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, the first degree.

0:13.5

These things are supposed to happen in movies not in real life.

0:20.6

All of a sudden I start hearing screaming around the corner and I see a mother and her son

0:24.8

running down the street trying to chase a car.

0:26.8

I just see her, someone screaming and I just looked out the window and her mom was just

0:31.5

chasing a car and telling like, hell, hell, they killed my daughter.

0:35.7

I'm Friday at 7.30 in the morning.

0:38.8

A parent's worst nightmare occurred.

0:41.2

A young girl was abducted from her home.

0:43.8

Officers also say the parents' drain didn't put up a fight during her adopted.

0:48.4

Hey guys, welcome to the first degree, the True Crime podcast that you might end up on.

0:54.8

My name is Jack Vannick.

0:55.8

I'm sitting across from a Lexus link letter and next to Billy Jensen, who's wearing glasses.

1:00.4

Do those have lenses like prescription lenses in them?

1:03.6

Yes, I'm not Maris.

1:04.6

You served 1986 with a hearing aid in glasses.

1:08.5

You know what?

1:09.5

So fucked up is I was looking at pictures of me from high school when I was obviously

1:13.3

super emo and I wore the glasses with no lenses.

1:18.3

However, I have terrible eyesight and need the lenses in my glasses but was still wearing

1:24.0

lenses, lensless glasses.

1:26.5

That's ironic.

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