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ποΈ 2 October 2018
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Camile Hamilton is starting to remember what happened to her that brutal night in August 2009. A tiny piece of evidence and a series of breaks leads the Encino Street triple murder investigation to a homeless man with a criminal history named Kevin Pratt. But our investigative reporter finds inconsistencies in Camile's recollections that lead to questions about how reliable they are. And there's one more major disappointment for investigators.
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0:00.0 | Camille Hamilton has propped up in her hospital bed, scanning through page after page of small mug shots. |
0:12.0 | There are hundreds of them. |
0:15.0 | She's using the photos to help develop a sketch of her attacker. |
0:20.0 | It's been five days since she was found outside the front door of a house on Encino Street, |
0:27.0 | after she was shot in the face. |
0:30.0 | Inside, her teenage daughter, Nikita and two others were dead. |
0:35.0 | She survived one of the worst homicides the city of Miramar, Florida, has seen in recent memory. |
0:41.0 | She's a bit groggy and her jaw is wired shut. Her memory of that night isn't complete. |
0:48.0 | But with very few leads, police are leaning on Camille as their best chance for a break. |
0:54.0 | They have no suspect, no motive. |
0:59.0 | Camille is a direct witness to the horrifying crime and they need her to remember. |
1:05.0 | She scans photo after photo, looking for facial features, head shapes, anything that will jog her memory of the man who shot her. |
1:14.0 | It takes time, but with the help of an artist from the Sheriff's Office, Camille comes up with the sketch. |
1:20.0 | He's a black young man, maybe in his 20s. |
1:23.0 | Short hair and a thin mustache, his only facial hair. |
1:28.0 | Detectives have their first look at the killer. |
1:33.0 | But in the weeks and months after they attack, Camille's descriptions of what happened varied, along with details of the attacker. |
1:41.0 | Her memory may be the only key to solving the case. |
1:46.0 | But would it be reliable enough to catch the killer? |
1:55.0 | You're listening Add Free on Wondery Plus. |
2:01.0 | From the South Florida Sunset Nolen Association with Wondery, this is Fologna's Florida, the podcast that leads you into the dark side of the Sunshine State. |
2:20.0 | I'm your host, Emma Kate Austin, along with investigative reporter Stephen Hobs. |
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