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Warning, this episode contains graphic details of murder and is not suitable for young listeners.

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Welcome back True Crime Army. I am your host Margot and this is a True Crime Podcast where I focus on crimes committed by military members and veterans.

But don't worry, you don't have to know anything about the military to listen, I promise.

You just have to be a true crime enthusiast and if that's you, welcome home.

In May, I brought you a Mother's Day case that had your jaw on the ground.

And today, I am bringing you a father equally as terrifying as episode 9's John Batalia Jr.

I am a week and some change elite for Father's Day, but listen, at least it's still June, right?

Join me today as I tell you the terrifying tale of a dad going through a bitter divorce who walked into a school to check his kids out early one day.

On the sign-out sheet under reason for early release, he wrote, payback.

No one ever expected what happened next.

Today, I bring you the story of Malin and Carson Thacker.

This episode does contain descriptions of violence against children.

Listener discretion is advised. Now, let's dig in.

My sources for this episode include the Tennessee Court of Appeals decision in Haney versus Board of Education,

in articles from chatanugan.com and together we served.com.

Tracy Wade Thacker was born in 1961, a native of Bristol, Tennessee.

In 1978, he joined the US Marine Corps and spent the next 20 plus years dedicating his life to the Marines.

He was a career recruiter until he finally retired as a gunnery sergeant in 1999.

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