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“Nobody’ll ever change my mind about it.”

S-Town - Chapter V

On a Sunday evening in 2015, with Christmas less than a week away, I log into Facebook

at home and notice I have an urgent seeming message from Tyler's mother, Maya.

FYI, she writes, Tyler will probably be in jail Monday.

There's a warrant out for him, theft in the first, grand jury.

I think he's giving up, she tells me of Tyler, with a frowned emoji.

And she writes, he won't last a day in prison.

I quickly call Maya for my cell phone, hence the lower quality recording.

But her mother, Tyler's grandmother, Miss Irene Hicks, picks up and says Maya is not feeling

So instead, Miss Hicks explains to me what's happening with Tyler.

There got nine felony charges against him right now.

Yes, he's saying, create, help me some stuff, because I might not get none but jail food

Tyler's grandmother, Miss Hicks, says she doesn't know all the details of the charges against

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0:00.0	Chapter 5
0:03.0	On a Sunday evening in 2015, with Christmas less than a week away, I log into Facebook
0:07.9	at home and notice I have an urgent seeming message from Tyler's mother, Maya.
0:12.6	FYI, she writes, Tyler will probably be in jail Monday.
0:17.3	There's a warrant out for him, theft in the first, grand jury.
0:20.8	John's still haunting us.
0:23.3	I think he's giving up, she tells me of Tyler, with a frowned emoji.
0:27.0	And she writes, he won't last a day in prison.
0:29.9	I think he'll pull a John.
0:31.9	Hello.
0:32.9	Hi, it's Miss Hicks.
0:34.3	This is Brian Reed, the radio reporter.
0:37.2	I quickly call Maya for my cell phone, hence the lower quality recording.
0:41.1	But her mother, Tyler's grandmother, Miss Irene Hicks, picks up and says Maya is not feeling
0:46.1	up to talking.
0:47.6	So instead, Miss Hicks explains to me what's happening with Tyler.
0:51.0	There got nine felony charges against him right now.
0:55.4	Nine felony charges?
0:57.4	Yes, he's saying, create, help me some stuff, because I might not get none but jail food
1:03.4	for the next couple of months.
1:06.2	Tyler's grandmother, Miss Hicks, says she doesn't know all the details of the charges against
1:09.9	her grandson.
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S-Town - Chapter V

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