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And the silver lights, they found the

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cup of murder. Sometimes

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a victim becomes a victim for

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nothing more than circumstance. On

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April 5th, 1984, a young girl

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became the victim of a brutal murder

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because she simply happened to be walking

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on the same path as

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her angered killer. So

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if you like your coffee hot, but your bones

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day with a morning cup of murder. Tina

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Fales at the time of her devastating

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story was a 14 year

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old freshman at Foothill high school

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in Pleasanton, California, described as a

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quiet young girl, but one who

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had a bright future planned out.

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Tina had dreams of going to college

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and then becoming a secretary. It

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was around this time in 1984 that

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she stopped taking the bus to school and decided

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to walk instead, because there had been

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some bullies that were making the rides

3:17

a nightmare, hoping to

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avoid all of that. She began walking

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home and like many students

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in the area, used a

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popular shortcut in order to get there

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faster. This was exactly

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what she did on April 5th, 1984, when she

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was seen for the very last

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time in what

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was later described as an almost perfect

3:39

crime. Someone grabbed the young girl

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that day, took her to a tucked away

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blind spot along the route and stabbed

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her small body 44 times. Leaving

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no witnesses behind and barely a

3:52

shred of evidence, Tina's body

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was later found lying in a drainage

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ditch, a short distance from the

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safety of her home. Though. There

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are multiple persons of interest, all had

4:03

alibis that scratch them off the list.

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And. Was no cameras in the area

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and know digital footprints to the

4:10

time period the case became a cold

4:12

one pretty early on in the

4:14

investigation. Young people and parents

4:17

in the area were absolutely terrified they

4:19

would be next. But. As years

4:21

went on. It. Seems like penis murder

4:23

was a one off. And. Then or

4:26

killer had either spent the next few decades

4:28

lying low. Or. Had left

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the area all together. They.

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Wouldn't get their answers until twenty eleven

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when a Dna recovered from a saw

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a blood found on seen as purse.

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Thankfully. Kept in evidence. Was

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run through a much more mature

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system and landed on a man

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named Steven Carlson. Thieves

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who samples were there to begin with

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Because of his lengthy criminal record and

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time in and out of prison. Was.

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Just sixteen years old at the time.

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A penis murder. He. To

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attend and Foothill High School and

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during the initial investigation had been

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questioned as a person of interest.

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He. Was so into again in Nineteen Eighty Six

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when police got wind of him bragging about

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the murder two people at a party. He

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later claimed that it was all some sort

5:17

of sick joke and the case went cold

5:19

again at the time of his arrest for

5:21

the murder of Seen as sales. See.

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Was already in prison for some

5:26

unrelated find. His. Record included

5:28

things like drug crimes, And.

5:30

A lewd act on a thirteen.

5:32

Year old girl. So. He denied

5:34

his involvement in the murder, claiming the

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police were simply blaming him so they

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could finally closed their case. See.

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Was tried as an adult despite the fact

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that he was under the age of eighteen

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when the crime was committed. During his trial,

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a former friend testified that on the day

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have seen as as. Sees. Himself

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had been bullied and thrown into a dumpster

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a by some other members of the football

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team. Already a drug addicts

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at the time. Though. He had

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little interaction with seen a fire to the murder.

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He. Did live next the crime

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scene. By the end

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of the trial, the jury was certain that Seed

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Carlson was the man responsible for Team Is Murder.

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And. Convicted him of first degree. Murder

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and Twenty Four Team: Sentenced.

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To twenty six years to life of

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a crime and twenty seventeen has charge

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was changed to second degree murder by

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the First District Court of Appeals in

6:25

San Francisco and ten years removed from

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his sentence. The. Reason for the

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chains. They. Claim of the prosecution

6:31

had improved the element of premeditation needed

6:33

for a first. Degree murder conviction.

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Things. Then remains quiet and the

6:38

Tina sales case. And. Thirty years

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and it's funny. When. He is.

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After years of maintaining his

6:45

innocence. Wrote. Three separate

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letters in preparation for as of

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coming for role hearing. When one

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was obtained by the San Francisco

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Chronicle it showed his complete confession

6:56

and acceptance of responsibility for the

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murder. He claimed he sat the

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young girl with a butcher knife.

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And. Express his quote deepest

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apologies to her farmland. In

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one letter he claimed quote. I

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was living in denial for many. Years. Not.

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Being able to believe or take responsibility

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for brutally murdering you on that day

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of April fifth. Nineteen Eighty

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Four. I. Want you

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and your family to know you did

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absolutely nothing to deserve what I did.

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Tier That's what makes this murder so

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callous and for reset. He said

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he did not intend to kill Athena that

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day. But. Was intoxicated and angry

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about what happened to him earlier

7:37

that day. He claims he went

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home, grabbed a butcher knife, And

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last across. The street where he found

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pina making that sort that towards home.

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He claims he did not remember selling

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the young girl but did remember standing

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over her body with a bloody knife

7:52

in his hands. See. Carlson

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was scheduled for parole and a year. Twenty

7:57

Twenty three. But. as of this

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moment It appears that the

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hearing was postponed and he remains behind

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bars. Thank you for joining

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