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🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In Episode 1 of The Vanishing Blonde, a two-part series on Foul Play, we delve into the chilling and perplexing case of Inna Budnystska. Discovered in a Floridian construction site, Inna, a 21-year-old Russian woman, is found beaten, bloodied, and with no memory of the traumatic events that led to her state. As she regains consciousness in a hospital, her fragmented recollections and the severe injuries she sustained paint a horrifying picture of assault and abandonment. The episode unravels the complexities of Inna's life, her work on a cruise ship, and her stay at the Airport Regency Hotel, where she alleges the attack took place.
The investigation intensifies as detectives explore Inna's claims and the hotel's security footage, uncovering a web of unanswered questions and suspicious details. Private investigator Ken Brennan's involvement adds a new dimension to the case, challenging conventional theories and prompting a deeper analysis of the evidence. The episode navigates through the intricate maze of the investigation, exploring potential motives, suspects, and the elusive truth behind Inna's harrowing experience.
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0:00.0 | And the Hello. Hello friend. Welcome to File Play. Thank you for joining us on this two-part series. |
0:32.0 | Early Winter 2005 part series. |
0:33.0 | Early winter 2005. |
0:36.1 | The weather was pleasant enough that a local power company worker was taking his sweet time driving by the empty lots of an up-and-coming cul-de-sac of Florida. |
0:47.0 | That was when he saw her. |
0:51.0 | Ina Bunitska, a 21-year-old Ukrainian woman, faced down in the mud among bushes, beaten and bloodied. Upon waking her up, he quickly learned she had absolutely no memory of what happened. |
1:09.0 | That was before she passed out again, |
1:12.0 | and he called an ambulance. |
1:15.0 | Soon after, Eno was taken to the Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was stabilized and regained consciousness. |
1:26.0 | As she came to in the Trauma Ward, her memories were hazy, but the evidence on her body spoke volumes. |
1:36.0 | She had been brutally assaulted, raped, and abandoned to die. |
1:42.4 | Her head sustained major trauma from forceful blows, and the bones |
1:47.8 | surrounding her right eye were crushed, overcome with fear and disorientation, she struggled to even speak in her native tongue. |
2:00.0 | And her speech pattern was difficult to decipher, but she managed to communicate one thing clearly. |
2:08.6 | She wanted a lawyer. This was an odd request to make, and even more so, when you consider that this is the very first thing she asked for after regaining consciousness. |
2:22.0 | This peculiar detail would raise |
2:24.3 | suspicions amongst detectives, who wondered if the Ukraine woman had become |
2:29.3 | entwined in something suspicious. While not suspicious, |
2:33.7 | Ena certainly was entangled in a messy situation. |
2:37.3 | Let's go back a few days. When Ena severely injured her finger while on duty, she worked for a cruise ship line and her |
2:46.7 | employers put her up in a room in the airport Regency Hotel to heal and recover. The hotel was a sleek and efficient establishment |
2:55.2 | located near major airports, catering to travellers in need of rest during lengthy |
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