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Well, tonight, we're talking about a mysterious

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death that happened April fourteenth

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twenty twenty two in Lynchburg, 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. was thirty eight. This

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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, it looks Virginia

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looks beautiful and that town is

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you know, it's population of

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around eighty thousand. So

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I think it's a quaint town where

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you can still have a small town feel

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and no people around you, people

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help each other out. But

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like any town, there is crime

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and other elements that happen.

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So really this case starts off, Justin,

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because Johnny's mother,

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Kim, She hadn't heard

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from him since that day. So she spoke to

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him on April fourteenth, which was in twenty

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twenty two. But then

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she hadn't heard from him for a few days and

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that worried her because she

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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

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his having depression, that's

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always a fear, right, that maybe

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he's not wanting to talk to anyone

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or we could imagine something

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worse happening. Yeah. And

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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

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just jump in their car and go visit

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him. It's a long

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distance. So they their

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only communication is via phone or

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text. And when they don't hear from

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them, it's a little bothersome.

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That's

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five days later on April nineteenth

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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

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out of the ordinary. Is there any way

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you could check on him? And as

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we all know, that means, if the police

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agree to it, that means they'll conduct

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a welfare check. And at

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five forty five, AM,

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officers go to his apartment and

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they knock, but no one answers

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the door.

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Now, Aaron at five forty five or

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anytime before six AM, I

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don't know if anyone's answering the door. I

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think a lot of us are gonna be asleep, so

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that makes sense. Right.

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Yeah. But credit

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to them, they do conduct this

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welfare check, and then they come back several

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more times knocking and

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trying to get contact made

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with Johnny Cashman. Now

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at eight AM, they get

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a key to the apartment. There is

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some concern here that because he's not answering

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that maybe something has

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happened 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

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been a suicide attempt. We hope not.

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But They gain access

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to his apartment. What

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do they find inside?

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Well, according to the police, they

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find lying on his back.

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on the floor. He's obviously

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dead. They

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see blood. Puddles

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of blood, but they

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determine that there isn't any

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foul play. The

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officers do speak with Johnny's family

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and they say it

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looked like this was an apparent

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medical condition that preceded his

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death. In other words, They

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don't think anyone attacked him or

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murdered him.

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His family is obviously concerned.

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His father is asking

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Was there any signs of

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violence? Was it

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a suicide

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or anything like that?

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And this is John Cashman.

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Yeah.

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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

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if they think he suffered and

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the police will say, no,

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it looks like this was pretty

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instantaneous, which I

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don't know how they would know that, but

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they're saying that he probably

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didn't suffer and this

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was all natural. So

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Johnny's body is obviously removed

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from the home and

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The family is asking about an autopsy if

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an autopsy is gonna be done. And

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what do the police and law

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enforcement say to that? Well,

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their response is know the

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case is closed, meaning they

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don't think one is necessary.

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And that is a thing, Erin. I

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I had to go look that up. because

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I just assumed that autopsies

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were always done, but

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it's not generally necessary

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as the Internet says, if

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the cause

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of death

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is known, meaning if

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somebody's old and has a

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heart attack or somebody, you know,

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obviously, has

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cancer or something to that effect,

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they

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say, well, there's no need for an

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autopsy. We can just take

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the body and go

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ahead and creamate or

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whatever you wanna do. And

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the family

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takes

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law enforcement's word

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that there is no need for an autopsy.

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This was very straightforward. and

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it was obviously a medical

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issue or medical emergency type of

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deal. So

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they make arrangements with a funeral

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home which is located in Lynchburg

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to have Johnny Cashman junior

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cremated so that they can

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bring his remains back to Maine his

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ashes. They're

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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 to be

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done. At no point,

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has anyone stepped foot into

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Johnny Cashman junior's apartment? not

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until April twenty ninth. That's

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when Johnny's ex girlfriend and

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her mother, go to the apartment to

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get a few things. And we

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don't know her name, She

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has requested to remain anonymous,

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but she has spoken to the media, and

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this is what she said. Well, we

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open the door and the first thing you

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see is an abundant amount of

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blood in the bathroom, which is

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not at all what they were expecting to see of

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course. Right? They say that

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the whole floor is just covered

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in blood. There's blood on

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the counters, the sinks, the

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walls, and the toilet. And

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there's even in other parts of the

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apartment, there's blood on door frames,

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floors, walls, window

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sill and even on a chair, and

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there are streaks of blood, including

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some that look like they were left by fingers.

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