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He's probably six inches from my face and then he aimed at my head,

emptied out the three or four more bullets.

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He said, here's what we're gonna do.

You're going to pick A or B,

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And these sharks are around here and they circle around the boat that whole day.

What's going to have?

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He repeatedly told me that if I told anybody that he would kill me and my family members.

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If I didn't say something nobody was going to.

And the first thing he said is I've been waiting for you guys for 17 years.

I understand you'd like to talk to us about Walter Brown.

Yes, sir.

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