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The Opportunist

GAYLE PALMER Part 3 of 7: Damage Control

The Opportunist

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True Crime

4.710.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Sutton family continues to search for answers as an investigation is opened into Michelle’s death. Gayle Palmer tries to convince the Suttons, the police, and the media that Summit Quest is not at fault, even as evidence to the contrary begins to emerge.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, what's up? My name is Jake Brennan. I'm from the podcast Discretsland.

0:04.2

The award-winning music and true crime podcast that's about musicians getting away with

0:07.8

murder and behaving very badly.

0:10.3

Did Jerry Lee Lewis get away with murdering his fifth wife? How did Sid Vicious and Sam

0:14.5

Cook really die? We're TK-47's 100 million downloads aided and embedded by a murder charge

0:20.6

in a nationwide man-hunt in real time. I tell stories about rock stars, real rock stars,

0:25.7

and these real rock stars are more like feral narcissistic animals than functioned members

0:30.2

of society. And that is precisely what makes them so damn interesting.

0:36.2

This year marks the five-year anniversary of the Discretsland podcast and to celebrate,

0:40.4

we are releasing a ton of previously exclusive content. And we just launched season 11

0:44.8

of the podcast. New episodes you can listen to right now on 50 Cent, ACDC, Mac Miller,

0:49.7

Leonard Skinner, and more. You can listen to Discretsland right now wherever you get your

0:54.1

podcast.

0:59.6

This episode contains disturbing content, including discussions of child abuse. Please take care

1:05.2

while listening.

1:13.5

On May 1st, 1990, Michelle Sutton left Pleasanton, California for St. George, Utah in order to

1:19.5

attend some request. Nine days later, on May 10th, the Sutton's were informed that Michelle

1:25.2

had died. In shock, they prepared for her funeral. This is Michelle's older sister, Christina.

1:31.9

My mom, she is the strongest person I know, and she led me to help dress my sister for

1:40.7

burial, putting Birkenstocks on my sister's feet, and dressing her hair and putting clothes

1:48.2

on, you know. The Sutton's had two funerals for Michelle, one in Pleasanton on May 14th,

1:55.2

1990, and a second funeral in Calusa on May 16th. Michelle was buried in the peach dress

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