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Jan 2025
57m 50s

Shawn Gant-Benalcazar

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Austin, Texas experienced three similar murders in December 2014. The killer left behind no DNA evidence, and the police worried they were dealing with a serial killer. A neighbor testing out his new thermal imaging scope recorded evidence that would help identify the killer. 

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Shawn Gant-Benalcazar. Shawn didn't have a long history of criminal activity but was linked to several murders through an associate named Tim Parlin. The murders were ruthless, and the police knew they had to catch this killer before more innocent people were killed. The investigation led them down a winding path and, ultimately, multiple juries to make sense of what happened.

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