"We just started from day one again"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Investigators in East Texas made an arrest earlier this month connected to the murder of a 19-year-old woman in May of 2007. KYTX Reporter Mara Lopez tells us how the Wood County Sheriff's Office tracked down a suspect in the 15-year-old case. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.0	We started going through everything that was there, tracking down every lead.
0:04.5	We just started from day one again, just like it had just happened.
0:08.2	I just never kind of thought I would see this day, honestly.
0:11.0	I mean, 15 years is a long time, and after a while, you just kind of start losing hope.
0:16.0	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:18.0	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:20.0	Brittany McLone I'm Will Johnson. You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:29.1	Brittany McLone was 19 years old when she was murdered in East Texas in May of 2007.
0:32.4	Since that day, her family has been looking for answers.
0:38.6	I never give up hope completely, but yeah, I mean, there's times that it just seems like we're just getting nowhere, but thank God that the new sheriff and all, he's persistent and hold it true
0:46.2	to his word. On September 1st, the Wood County Sheriff's Office finally made an arrest in the case.
0:51.9	And finally got to a point where we sat down and looked at everything.
0:55.0	So, okay, well, we're here.
0:56.0	We're at a point to make an arrest.
0:58.0	And so that's what we did.
0:59.0	I know she knew we'd never quit.
1:02.0	She knew we loved her enough that we wouldn't quit.
1:05.0	We weren't gonna just let this person get away with it,
1:09.0	one way or the other. You know, she's still with us.
1:17.5	I'm joined now by Mara Lopez, an anchor and reporter at CBS 19 in East Texas, KYTX.
1:28.3	Mara, thanks for being here with us.
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