Our card this week is John Phillips, the Jack of Diamonds from Rhode Island.

At 19 years old, John's positive energy was so contagious that those around him nicknamed him,

Sunshine. He spent his free time fishing with his dad, playing baseball, and helping neighbors with their yard work.

And in the grand scheme of life, it felt like his story was just beginning.

But in reality, his story would come to a tragic end on an October night in 1986 when John was found dead,

killed by a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled as

suicide, and for about 15 years, the case was considered closed. But in 2001, everything everyone

thought they knew about this case changed. And they realized, perhaps it wasn't so open and shut after all. I'm Ashley Flowers,

and this is the deck.

Thank you. You know, I'm going to I'm a I'm

a It was 6.30 a.m. on October 28, 1986, when two police officers sat down for breakfast at their usual spot in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The morning was unfolding like any other until a man walked into the diner and rushed toward

the officer's table. He told them that he was driving with his wife in the parking lot

across the street when he noticed something strange out of his window. And when he got closer

and realized that it was a body lying on the concrete,

he went over to the diner because he noticed the officer's police cars parked in the lot.

Abandoning their breakfast, the cops followed this witness across the street

to where the fully clothed body of a man was lying slightly curled up on his side, almost in the fetal position.

I mean, the scene itself, you know, it's just, there's a wow factor to it. You know, I mean,

there was definitely a dramatic flare to it. That was Captain John McCoy with the North

Kingstown Police Department. The victim in the parking lot had suffered a gunshot wound to the

right temple. And strangely, there was also this arsenal of weapons all around the body. I mean,

rifles, handguns, hunting knives, and ammunition. Newspapers at the time reported anywhere from

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