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Morning Cup of Murder

The Sex Cult Murder of Bethany Deaton - October 15 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

October 15th: Bethany Deaton Born (1985) There is a fine line between belief and manipulation. On October 15th 1985 a woman was born who would place all of her belief in the words of one man. A man who used that power against others in ways that were irrevocably damaging. https://unresolved.me/bethany-deaton, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164489810/bethany-ann-deaton, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-the-mysterious-death-of-bethany-deaton/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-watching-a-friend-succumb-to-abuse-2/, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310164/Bethany-Deaton-Teacher-suspended-Googling-students-discover-sex-cult-leader-tied-investigation-wifes-murder.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/us/twists-in-bethany-deaton-murder-case-put-spotlight-on-charismatic-sect.html, https://www.kmbc.com/article/murder-charge-dismissed-in-bethany-deaton-case-1/3685210 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

There is a fine line between belief and manipulation.

0:18.3

On October 15, 1985, a woman was born who would place all of her belief in the

0:24.1

words of one man, a man who used that power against others in ways that were irrevocably damaging.

0:32.4

So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:39.8

On October 30, 2012, Detective Penny Cole of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office received a call,

0:47.1

sending her to a potential crime scene near Longview Lake in Kansas. As she approached the wooded

0:53.4

and somewhat isolated location, she saw exactly what the

0:57.5

911 call was talking about. Sat there in the parking lot was a tan Ford Windstar, that, though

1:04.6

seemingly innocuous at first glance, held the body of a young woman. Lying curled up in the third row of seats,

1:13.3

the woman was wearing a light blue flee sweater,

1:16.5

black sweatpants, running shoes,

1:18.7

and a diamond ring on her left ring finger.

1:22.1

She also had a white plastic trash bag

1:24.8

pulled tightly over her head

1:26.4

with the red ties tethered underneath her chin.

1:30.0

From the looks of things, whoever this woman was, her cause of death seemed to be suicide.

1:36.9

Continuing to search the scene, police found a plastic Walmart bag with only a cell phone inside,

1:42.5

and lying nearby were unfinished thank you notes for a wedding

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