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This is 10-minute murder.

Welcome to the brief and bingeable true crime podcast, 10-minute murder.

I'm Joe, and thanks for being here.

And happy spooky month to you.

And because it is spooky month, most of the episode is going to be spookier than normal.

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Today, we're going to be talking about a University of Texas at Austin student, Mark Kilroy.

He was kidnapped while spring breaking in Mexico with a group of friends.

And obviously he wouldn't be on the show if things turned out positive for him.

But the unusual circumstances of his death

gonna make you think the next time

you're out wandering around with friends.

This is the human sacrifice of Mark Kilroy.

Mark Kilroy was born in March of 1968 in Chicago, Illinois.

He excelled in both academics and athletics, playing baseball, basketball, and golf,

and he ranked 14th overall in a class with over 200 students.

When he graduated high school, he attended Southwest Texas State University,

before transferring to Tarleton State

University on a basketball scholarship. He eventually gave up on his basketball dreams and

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