Hey, Dark Down Easters, I'm dropping into your feed on a non-release day because I have an

update for you on this week's episode.

On September 18th, 2023, I released an episode about the cases of David

J. Nixon and Stephen Ray Johnson. That episode is titled Murder on Goose Rock's Beach.

If you listen, you know that the story had a few loose ends.

I couldn't find a definitive answer about what happened to the convicted killer, Dean Alton Curtis.

I knew that he passed away in 2001, but details in his obituary led me to believe

he may have been released from prison long before his sentence was up. I couldn't

confirm that either way until now. Within 24 hours of

releasing that episode I received an email from a family member, a family

member of Dean Curtis. She's given me permission to share pieces of the

email that she sent me. It reads, quote, hi Kylie, I listen to your

podcast today about my uncle Dean Curtis.

I heard the ending where you do not know what happened to him.

I just want you to know that he died in prison and was never released.

He died at the medical center due to complications with AIDS. Thank you for doing the research and finding so many answers.

Growing up, just knowing my uncle was in prison, I had always been told he killed two people.

But my family was in denial about his true nature.

That is why they talk about him being a car salesman in his obituary. His father, Reginald Curtis, was a car salesman, and my guess is that he probably worked alongside him for a short time. My heart aches for the victims, and being related to a monster and no less being

shuttled down to Thomastin to visit him in prison, has been surreal and sad. In prison, Dean joined the church and worked to connect prisoners with

outside pen pals. He also did a great deal of woodworking, including creating

incredibly detailed beautiful wooden replicas of sailing

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