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Slack.com slash DHQ. Hey fam, we are so excited to tell you that today we're launching our

brand new Obsessed Network podcast Murder in Alliance. The podcast is produced and hosted

by our friend, investigative journalist Maggie Freeling. Murder in Alliance is a real-time

investigation of the 1999 murder of Avan Lane in Alliance Ohio. Though Avan's ex-boyfriend,

David Thorn was convicted of the murder, evidence points to his innocence. Now, 20 years

later, Maggie and a team of investigators, including Jason Baldwin of the West Memphis 3, traveled

to Ohio to track down witnesses, find new leads, and try to figure out who really killed Avan

Lane. We're playing Episode 1 for you right here, and

episodes 2 and 3 of Murder in Alliance are available right now wherever you get your podcasts.

Today's date is July 14, 1999. Wednesday is 13.09 hours. My name is Detective Bud Simpson,

we're in the Reven up Police Department interview room. Along with me is Detective William

Muppell and Detective John Lach of the Alliance Police Department. Also in the room is Joseph

Isaac Brooks. Can we're going to investigate the homicide of Avan Lane? Can you tell us

your part in this? The tape you're listening to is Joe Wilkes, a 19 year old boy confessing

to murder. She was like, hey, what are you doing here? She was like, I haven't seen you

in a long time. I was like, oh, David, just wanted me to stop on and see how things

are going. And then we're certainly talking for about three to five minutes and then I did

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