Dear Lord, today has been the worst day that I've experienced since Pearl Harbor.

Our nation has been attacked by terrorists.

They have taken control of the former community.

For NBI Studios, this is Truth and Justice, a crowdsourced investigation in real time.

I'm Bob Ruff.

Dear Lord was listed in the Computer Forensic Analysis Report as a file of interest on the Courtney's computer.

Earlier this week, I found a file located inside of a subfolder within the police case file.

That file was titled Dear Lord.

And what it represents is the best, most thorough look into the victimology of Smitty and Agnes Courtney.

It's a journal of sorts.

The document is a 38-page prayer journal.

Inside, every time Agnes has thoughts or concerns that she feels she needs to take to God in prayer,

she documented them in this file.

The entries begin in May and continue on until the morning just before the murders.

So for today's episode, my wife is going to be playing the part of Agnes in reading to you the first half of the Dear Lord document.

Texas Ranger James Holland is a legendary interrogator. They call him the serial killer Whisperer.

You can't hide those indications.

And that's why yesterday I knew that you did it.

Now, shocking interrogation tapes reveal how the Super Cup really operates.

And that's why they asked me to come in because I'm special.

From something else, the Marshall Project and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Smoke Screen. Just say you're sorry.

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