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Hey, Witness listeners, it's Josh Dean here, your

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host of the latest season, Fade to Black,

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and one of the founders of Campsite Media,

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the company that brings you all these incredible

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untold mysteries. But today, I

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want to tell you about another show and a whole

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new franchise. It's our first ever

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Campsite Original series, and season one is

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called White Devil. It's the culmination

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of two years of reporting that begins with

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a tragic shooting of a decorated cop on

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a pier in the tiny tropical nation of

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Belize, and takes listeners on a

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twisty roller coaster ride that leads straight

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into the dark underbelly of a tiny

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tropical country few of us ever think

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about. Here's a little sample of episode

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one of White Devil. I hope you dig

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it. Now buckle up. Police

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superintendent Henry Jomant was a father

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of five and a law enforcement veteran.

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His friends and family say they are

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stunned by his sudden death and equally

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shocked that a police officer could die

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this way. Police in this Central American

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country confirmed Jomant did not die

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in the line of duty, but

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instead in what they describe as

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an incident, the details disclosed that

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Jomant and a woman were drinking

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alone on the pier and both

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were fully clothed. Details

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beyond that are scanned. The

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exact truth of what happened in Belize on

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May 28th, 2021, isn't knowable in any objective way. There

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were two people there alone on an isolated

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pier, and only one survived

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to talk about it. There

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were no witnesses, no cameras. And

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as the saying goes, a dead

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man tells no tales. So

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with that in mind, here's what we know. Sometime

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around 1230 a.m., a

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security guard outside of some luxury condos on

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Ambergas Key, the largest island off the coast

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of Belize, heard a gunshot.

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These condos are adjacent to a brand

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new luxury resort called Alaya on

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the outskirts of the town of San Pedro. If

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you've been to Belize... you've probably stayed in San

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Pedro. It's a party town,

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which fronts the region's largest coral reef. So

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it's filled with bachelors and bachelorettes, as

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well as fishermen and scuba divers. It's

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noisy and can be crowded as tourists

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and golf carts buzz around its narrow

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dirt lanes, dodging beleions selling t-shirts and

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coconuts. But on this night,

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it was very quiet. This was

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pandemic times. When

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the guards who heard that gunshot got to the

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pier, they found just one person, a

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woman they knew well, a young blonde

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Canadian who lived in the condos they were protecting.

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She was in a panicked state covered in blood

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and muttering about an accident. Bobbing

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in the sea just off the pier was

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the body of a large black man who

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turned out to be a cop named Henry

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Jamot. And not just any cop either.

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Henry Jamot was a boss, a

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superintendent. At one time, the second

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ranking police officer on the island. And

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there was no doubt about this part. Henry

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Jamot was dead. After

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seven months of being a murder-free

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island, San Pedro town was rocked

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by the news of the death

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of its former police commander. Just

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after one, Superintendent Henry Jamot was

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fatally shot, reportedly with his own

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weapon. Questions are swirling this morning.

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A high ranking police officer dead,

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a woman connected to a billionaire

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family alone on the pier when

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he died. This morning calls for

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justice. Police

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commissioner Chester Williams believes his highest

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ranking police officer spoke to

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the press a half day later, on the afternoon of May

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29, to update the

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country on his initial findings in this incredible

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case of the rich white woman and the

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dead black cop. Upon

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investigating, police

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found the female on

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a pier. She had

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what appeared to be blood on

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her arms and on her

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clothing. A

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firearm was also seen on the pier.

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that firearm has been retrieved and

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we have learned that the firearm

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belonged to the police. And

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inside the waters right

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near the pier, police

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recovered the lifeless body of

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Mr. Jamot with one

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apparent gunshot wound behind

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the right ear. Behind

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the right ear. That's exactly

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where you would put a bullet if you were trying

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to execute a man. But

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the only plausible executioner here was a young

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woman with no criminal record and a very

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high profile around town. Her

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name was Jasmine Harten. Jasmine

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Harten. A socialite accused of killing

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a police superintendent in Central America

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is behind bars tonight. Jasmine

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Harten was arrested and charged in

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connection to this deadly shooting. Jasmine

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Harten was taken into custody and put in a

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cell. It looked bad, but

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the way things worked and believed, everybody figured

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that this rich, well-connected ex-fat would just buy

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her way out of it. In

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this case, everybody

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was wrong. That

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was a little preview of White Devil, my

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new series, and the first ever campsite original.

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To hear more, all 12 episodes of

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this new show I'm really proud of,

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search White Devil wherever you get your

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podcasts and click subscribe. I

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really appreciate your support.