The Paths That Choose Us | 18

Crime Beat

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Global News podcast Crime Beat, crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story of a man who became the victim of a senseless crime and the unfortunate hands life dealt him throughout his life. This case began, in the spring of 2014, when the co-manager of a Calgary Walmart was closing up shop and getting ready to head home. As he walked out to the parking lot with several coworkers, they spotted a man on a nearby bench who looked to be in medical distress. A closer look revealed the man was unconscious and lying in a pool of blood. The store manager called 911. Police and EMS arrived within minutes. The man was badly beaten and had been stabbed twice. He was rushed to hospital in serious, life-threatening condition but later died. An autopsy revealed he died from a loss of blood caused by the stab wounds. The victim was Gabriel Okeynan, 45, a father of four and his death became a homicide investigation. The question was, who did this to him, and why? This is a case that highlights what the detective in charge of this case refers to as “good old fashioned police work.” Follow along as police investigated a trail of evidence and unravelled a complicated series of events to solve this case. It’s the story about the paths we choose...and the paths that choose us--and how every decision we make impacts our lives. Contact: Twitter: @nancyhixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to
0:05.7	Crime Beat early and add free on Amazon Music included with Prime.
0:11.3	A listener's note, the following episode contains course language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature,
0:20.0	and may not be suitable for everyone.
0:22.0	listener discretion is advised.
0:23.7	Every day of our lives,
0:29.7	every day of our lives,
0:31.4	we're faced with choices. Some are big, some are small, some are life-changing.
0:37.7	Each one of those decisions comes from a fork in the road. I've seen the impact of some of those choices, not only in my own life, but in the cases I cover.
0:49.1	There's always a critical moment where a person has a choice to do good to be good or to do or be evil
1:01.7	Yeah because there is no discipline.
1:04.0	There's no discipline whatsoever.
1:07.0	I pity them, okay, because they don't get a life, you know, something to intervene for them.
1:17.0	You have to try to let go all these things,
1:21.0	because if you don't let go, it's still going to linger in you and it's got a lot of time
1:27.3	that your decisions are based on how you feel you you know, and sometimes are not right.
1:35.0	But if you can just let go and just heal, start healing, then you have a chance, know to better your life.
1:47.0	I'm Nancy Hicks, a crime reporter for Global News.
1:55.0	Today on Crime Beat, I want to tell you about a person who faced difficulty in his life
2:02.2	and struggled to find a way out.
2:05.0	In the end, he was preyed upon by people who clearly chose the wrong direction.
2:12.0	This is the story of the paths we choose and the paths that
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