Two men of color vanished after last being seen in the same deputies patrol car.

I knew something was wrong, tell my other nose.

It's the strangest case and most unsettling case.

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This is a podcast about the killing of a mod arbori.

It contains moments of violence, profanity, and uncensored racism.

It may not be suitable for all audiences.

So who was a mod arbori?

And for that, we're going to start with Demetrius Frazier, his cousin, and one of his closest friends.

Frazier is furious about a mod's death.

And he's also grief-stricken.

I would lost somebody very important to me, somebody I love dealing.

Somebody that I would give the heart of my tears for, you know, if they needed one.

And they did a lot of damage with this one.

And then something that's definitely going to stay for the rest of my life.

Demetrius tells me about the sort of leader a mod was when the two were playing high school football.

How a mod never quit, how we inspired teammates not to quit.

How we always made the big play.

A mod excelled at linebacker, not because he was big, not because he was a powerful athlete.

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