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Dec 2023
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Fade to Black | 8. Occam’s Razor

Sony Music Entertainment
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We retrace Gary Devore’s movements—with new information about his physical state the night before he disappeared—reassess the original DNA tests on his remains, and reveal what a trip back to the original crash site at the California aqueduct can tell us about what may have actually happened out there.


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