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Killer Instinct

Katelin Akens Missing for Four Years, Could Her Texts Provide Clues to Her Whereabouts?

Killer Instinct

Savannah Brymer & Studio71

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On December 5, 2015, Katelin was supposed to be boarding a flight home to her fiancĂ©, but she never made that flight and has not been seen since. After receiving mysterious texts from Katelin's phone, they suspected the last person to see her alive, James Branton, her ex-stepfather. Savannah walks us through Katelin's life leading up to her disappearance and why her final texts don't seem legitimate. If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at [email protected]. Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's been 11 years since Bruce Cachera was shot point blank outside of an apartment complex

0:07.1

in New Orleans East, as he searched for an address that doesn't exist.

0:11.7

When he was first killed, Launforts met quickly chalked it all up to him being in the wrong

0:16.1

place at the wrong time.

0:18.3

But I had to ask, is that really what happened?

0:22.2

I'm Dilea DeAmbra, the host of the investigative series Counter-Clock, and for season 5, I'm

0:27.4

digging deeper into Bruce's case than anyone has ever dug before.

0:31.8

The answers may be right in front of us, if we know where to look, or who to look at.

0:44.7

You can binge all 14 episodes of Counter-Clock, season 5, right now, wherever you listen to

0:50.3

podcasts.

0:58.4

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday.

1:02.2

I hope you all are having a great week so far.

1:05.3

As you guys can tell by the title of today's episode, today we are talking about the

1:10.0

unsolved disappearance of Caitlin Ackins.

1:14.3

Caitlin was 19 years old when she went missing from Springfield, Virginia on December 5, 2015.

1:21.3

As far as a description of Caitlin, she was last seen wearing a dark grey pullover sweatshirt

1:27.2

with a bass pro shop emblem on it, as well as black pants and pink and black fans shoes.

1:34.5

As far as Caitlin's physical description goes, at the time of her disappearance, Caitlin

1:39.7

was standing at about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed about 122 pounds.

1:46.8

She had blonde hair and blue eyes, and she also had a tattoo of 5 butterflies on her

1:52.5

left forearm, as well as another tattoo of 3 red stars bursting on the top of her foot.

1:59.3

Caitlin has 3 piercings.

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