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Well, tonight we're talking about a mysterious

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death that happened April 14th, 2022 in Lynchburg,

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Virginia.

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And the mysterious death

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was of a young man named Johnny

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Cashman. I say young man because he's younger

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than me. He was 38.

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This was in Lynchburg, Virginia. I've

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never been there, but looking at photos

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and talking to people, Virginia

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looks beautiful. And that town is, you

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know, it's population of around 80,000.

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So

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I think it's a quaint town where you

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can still have a small town feel and

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know people around you. People

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help each other out.

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But like any town, there is crime

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and other elements that happen. So

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really this case starts off, Justin, because

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Johnny's mother, Kim,

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she hadn't heard from since that day.

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him on April 14th, which was in 2022,

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but then she hadn't heard from him for a few

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days. And that worried her because

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she was used to getting a text from him or a call

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every day, if not more than

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one. Now with his

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having depression, that's

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always a fear, right? That maybe he's

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not wanting to talk to anyone or

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we

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could imagine something worse happening. Yeah.

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And his parents and sister,

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they all live in Maine, which is hundreds

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of miles away. So they can't just

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jump in their car and go visit him.

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It's

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a long distance. So their

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only communication is via phone or

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text. And when they don't hear

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from him, it's a little bothersome.

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Yeah.

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It's five days later on April 19th,

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when Kim called the Lynchburg police

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department and she said, you know,

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I talked to my son five days ago,

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but I haven't heard from him since that is out of

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the ordinary.

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Is there any way you could check on him? And

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as we all know, that means if the police

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agree to it,

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that means they'll conduct a welfare

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check. And

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at 5 45 am

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officers go to his apartment and they

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knock,

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but no one answers the door. Now,

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Aaron, at 5 45 or anytime

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before 6 am, I don't

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know if anyone's answering the door. I think

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a lot of us are going to be asleep. So that

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makes sense.

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Right. Yeah. But credit

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to them, they do conduct this welfare

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check and then they come back several more times

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knocking and trying to get contact

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made with Johnny Cashman. Now at 8

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am,

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they get a key to the apartment. There

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is some concern here that because he's not answering

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that maybe something has

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happened where he can't

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answer. Right. We don't know if he's unconscious

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or if he's not willing

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to answer the door or if there has been

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a suicide attempt. and

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we hope not, but

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they gain access to his apartment.

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What do they find inside?

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Well, according to the police, they find

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Johnny lying on his back on

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the floor. He's obviously dead.

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They see

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blood, puddles of blood, but

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they determine that

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there isn't any foul play. The officers

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do speak with Johnny's family and

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they say it looked

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like this was an apparent medical

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condition that preceded his death. In

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other words,

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they don't think anyone attacked him or murdered

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him. His family's

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obviously concerned. His father

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is asking, was there any

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signs of violence? Was

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it a suicide or anything

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like that? And this is John Cashman.

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And law enforcement saying, no,

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it looks very natural. And

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they go on to ask if

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they think he suffered. And

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the police will say, no, it looks

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like this was pretty instantaneous,

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which I don't know how they

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would know that, but they're saying

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that he probably didn't suffer and

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this was all natural.

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So Johnny's body is obviously

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removed from the home. And

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the family's asking about an autopsy, if

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an autopsy is going to be done. And

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what do the police and law

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enforcement say to that? Well, their response

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is, no, the case is closed,

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meaning

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they don't think one is necessary.

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And that is a thing, Aaron. I

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had to go look that up because I just

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assumed that autopsies were

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always done. But

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it's not generally necessary,

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as the internet says, if the

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cause of death is known, meaning

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if somebody's old and

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has a heart attack or somebody, you know,

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obviously

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has cancer or something to that

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effect,

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they say, well, there's no need

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for an autopsy. We can just

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take the body and go

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ahead and cremate or

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whatever you want to do.

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And the family

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takes law enforcement's

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word that there is no

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need for an autopsy. This was very straightforward

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and it was obviously a medical

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issue or medical emergency type

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of deal.

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So they make arrangements with a funeral

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home, which is located in Lynchburg,

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to have Johnny Cashman Jr. cremated

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so that they can bring his remains back to

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Maine, his ashes.

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They're having to do this all from afar

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because they live in Maine. So

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they're just making phone calls and

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arranging this

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to be done. At no

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point has anyone stepped foot

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into Johnny Cashman Jr.'s apartment.

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Not until April 29th,

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that's when Johnny's ex-girlfriend and

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her mother

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go to the apartment to get a few things.

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And we don't know her name. She has

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requested to remain

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anonymous,

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but she has spoken to the media

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and this is what she said.

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Well, we opened the door and the first

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thing you see is an abundant amount

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of blood in the bathroom,

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which is not at all what they were expecting to see, of

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course, right?

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They say that the whole floor is just covered

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in blood. There's blood on the

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counters, the sinks, the

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walls,

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and the toilet. And there's even

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in other parts of the apartment, there's

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blood on door frames, floors, walls,

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windowsill, and even on a chair. And

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there are streaks of blood,

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including some that look like they were left

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by fingers.

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