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this episode contains graphic discussion of murder, rape, domestic abuse, and torture

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Deputy Ron Cole still hated getting these calls, even after so many years in the Monroe County Sheriff's

Department.

Some cases you just never get used to,

no matter how many you see.

For him, it was kids.

On February 2nd, 1986, 17-year-old Lloyd Gamble was murdered in his home.

Somebody shot him twice while he slept in his bed.

When police got there, he was still tucked under the blanket.

As the lead investigator, Ron had been the one to interview Lloyd's family.

He was the one who promised to find justice for their boy.

But as the investigation unfolded... to find justice for their boy.

But as the investigation unfolded, Ron was forced to face some hard truths about his victim

and whether or not he might have even been complicit in his own death.

When Ron searched the gamble's home, he discovered a black robe, a dagger, and a chalice.

More disturbing, he found a small vial of thick red liquid, blood.

Or at least something made to look like blood.

When he talked to Lloyd's friends at school,

Ron realized what the items were for.

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