The Murder of Father Patrick Ryan Part 1: Room 126
Gone Cold - Texas True Crime
Vincent Strange
4.4 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
If you have any information about the 1981 murder of Father Patrick Joseph Ryan, please call the Odessa Police Department at (432)335-496 or Odessa Crime Stoppers at (432)333-8477
Please consider donating to the go fund me for Leon Laureles. You can find it at: gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorial
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The Odessa American, The Austin Chronicle article “Who Killed Father Ryan?” by Jordan Smith, Texas Court of Appeals documents, and Scott Lomax’s book “The Case of James Harry Reyos: A Wrongful Conviction Revealed” were used as sources for this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | I've got a few things to talk about before we start this episode. |
| 0:06.8 | First, for a brief period of time, episodes will be coming out irregularly and not on Sunday |
| 0:13.6 | nights as they usually do. |
| 0:16.5 | We've got a lot of irons on the fire, so please bear with us for just a little while |
| 0:21.2 | longer. |
| 0:22.2 | Thanks. |
| 0:24.0 | Next, the GoFundMe our friend Arlene set up to help get answers in the 1996 execution-style |
| 0:31.4 | murder of her uncle, Leon Leralis, recently hit the halfway mark. |
| 0:37.1 | If you are able, please consider making a donation and helping Arlene reach her goal. |
| 0:44.1 | Things are happening and it's more important right now than it ever has been to keep things |
| 0:49.0 | moving. |
| 0:50.6 | We appreciate any donation you can give, and Arlene appreciates it even more. |
| 0:56.5 | Finally, I'm going to hazard a guess and say that a vast majority of you folks love Girl |
| 1:02.4 | Scout Cookies. |
| 1:03.9 | Well, a very special little girl we know is trying to make it to Girl Scout Diva Camp |
| 1:09.7 | this year. |
| 1:11.3 | If you're in the market for some Girl Scout Cookies, please consider clicking on the link |
| 1:15.6 | in the show notes and placing your order from there. |
| 1:19.6 | You can even get the new Raspberry rallies this year's online exclusive cookie. |
| 1:24.8 | And if you get nine boxes or more, shipping is half off. |
| 1:28.8 | If you happen to place an order, send a screenshot of your invoice to GoneColdPodcast at gmail.com |
| 1:35.6 | and we'll send you some GoneCold swag as a thank you. |
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