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Dec 2023
1h 18m

Bart Whitaker

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On December 10th, 2003, Bart Whitaker went out with his family for a celebratory dinner. Upon returning home, they were shot by a masked gunman. Bart and his father survived, but his mother and brother were killed. Suspicion soon turned to Bart, but the investigation took months. When the police were finally ready to arrest him, he was nowhere to be found.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Bart Whitaker. What would make a seemingly good kid want to murder his family with whom he apparently had no issues? Friends and family said they were the ideal family. But, it turned out that Bart was keeping secrets from his family, and it's those, along with greed, that started him down a dark path.

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