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If I Can’t Have You /// Part 3 /// 537

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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If I Can’t Have You /// Part 3 /// 537 Part 3 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This week’s True Crime story involves several disappearances and murders. It’s a case that has spanned years. 17 Year old Kara Kopetsky of Belton, Missouri went missing in May of 2007. Less than one month later, recent High School graduate Kelsey Smith goes missing after what was to be a quick trip to her local Target store. In 2016, Jessica Runions is reported missing to Kansas City PD after attending a party with friends. Join us in the Garage for an adult beverage or three as Nic & Captain go through all of the details surrounding these cases. Beer of the Week - Golden Monkey Belgian Tripel Ale Garage Grade - Victory Brewing Our show - True Crime Garage “Off the Record” is available only on Stitcher Premium. For a FREE month of listening go to http://stitcherpremium.com/truecrimegarage and use promo code GARAGE Beer Fund: https://truecrimegarage.com/home

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0:30.0

I don't need your love, I don't need your love

0:54.0

Captain, we have reached the point of we are at a trial. Now we're not going to go through

1:11.4

the whole trial, but there were certainly plenty of highlights. It's interesting to note

1:17.6

that Kyler appeared at trial looking clean cut in a dark suit, almost appearing respectable.

1:23.5

In earlier proceedings, he was wearing rady clothing, long hair, and showing off tattoos

1:30.3

and piercings. While this was a part of the defense's strategy.

1:34.0

The prosecution painted Kyler as a vengeful, irrational, jealous young man who became

1:39.5

lethally violent with women who rejected him, saying he killed both Jessica and Cara because

1:46.4

he could not stand to see them moving on to other men. And he confessed to six people

1:53.7

over the years they said. The bodies of the women were found on private property owned

1:59.1

by a family that Kyler was very familiar with. He had been in a band with one of the family

2:04.9

members and had visited their farm often. The prosecution presented Cara's case first.

2:11.7

Ronda was the first witness, talking about Cara and her concerns about Kyler, how he

2:17.5

was abusive and how Cara wrote a poem about being afraid of Kyler, which Ronda had found

2:24.0

in her room after she disappeared. Ronda read it out loud. It said, I want to go back,

2:31.5

but we have seen too much bad. Pressing charges on the one I love, scared of the person

2:38.6

I used to love. I'm through. She also discussed her daughter's protection order against Kyler.

2:46.2

Other witnesses included friends of Cara's, who testified about her volatile relationship

2:51.5

with Kyler, his possessiveness, and the abuse that left visible bruising on Cara and

2:57.7

how they had counseled her to leave him.

3:00.2

Well, in the five years or so that we've been doing the show, we see this so much and

3:04.9

we hear about so much abuse and relationships, especially men towards women. This should

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