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[Music] [Music] % [Music] on April 23rd 2021 19-year-old Durante Martin left his
home in the company of some of his friends from high school and what ends up happening Captain is in the morning
hours in the we hours of the night a 911 call explaining that this young man has
shot himself killed himself in someone's attic and that is the home of James Wade
and we brought up all the questions and a lot of the rumors concerning this case
and a lot of those questions are from the general public we were able to present some of our own and may have
some more as we continue to go through this investigation Durante Martin's Family commissioned a private autopsy
this is a second autopsy because they're not happy with the findings from the first that somehow included without
providing any information or details that the young man killed himself they took it upon themselves to
commission a private autopsy this would be conducted by Dr Jane Turner who is a seasoned noons forensic pathologist who
spent years with the St Louis medical examiner office she has more than 21 years experience conducting these types
of autopsies her autopsy found that Durante was shot in the left temple now this alone does not indicate suicide
some have pointed out that Dante was right-handed and that it would be more likely that he would be shot in the
right Temple if he shot himself but he broke his right wrist just weeks before his death and had to have surgery to
repair this injury at the time of his death his right arm was in a cast so it makes sense that he would
more easily hold a gun to his left temple if in fact that's what happened and pull the trigger rather than his
right Temple but Dr Turner's report said quote there are no findings on my examination of a contact gunshot wound
or a near contact gunshot wound or a near gunshot wound or close or even intermediate okay that's a lot of jargon
there a lot of words to basically say that her findings are that he was not shot at close range and if one was going
to shoot themselves they have to do so at Short at close range unless you have those really stretchy arms and legs like
that guy in the comic Stretch Armstrong this entrance wound is what would be called in forensic pathology a distant
entrance wound the end of the gun would have had to have been this is per the doctor would have had to have been 2 or
3 ft or more away from Durante she explained that with a contact gunshot wound you'll see an imprint of the
muzzle on the skin and here she did not see that and apparently there was no evidence on durante's skin that the gun
was fired at close range either now per KSDK we're going to dive into this a little bit more so we all have a great
understanding of why the first autopsy could be wrong and this could also mean that witness
statements provided to the police are wrong as well again we don't have those to review we don't know if anybody was
saying they were in the room with this young man when the gun went off but per KSDK a self-inflicted gunshot wound
leaves behind several key indicators an imprint of the muzzle of the gun if it's
held directly against against the skin held slightly further away soot from the muzzle flash of a gun will land on the
skin held slightly further than that and stippling or the deposition of the gun to the skin where the powder abids or
scrapes the surface of the skin leaves little punctures or red marks Dante Martin had none of those things present
on his person one thing that Dr Turner did not mention in the news report about the second
autopsy was whether she found any GSR any gunshot residue on durante's left hand or either hand for that matter if
the gun was really fired from as far away as Dr Turner postulates then he could not have shot himself but GSR on
his hands might call that finding into question when we got to point out something here about GSR gunshot residue
it doesn't always mean that the person that if you find gunshot residue on someone it does not always mean that
they fired a gun it just means they were in the presence of a gun being fired they're in the proximity but again
inside of the hand or outside of the hand to me would make a big difference yes of course and it should it would
back up what the Sheriff's Department's findings were or at least what they concluded so it's kind of kind of sad
that we don't have the information right and of course if he didn't have any gunshot residue on either hand then that
backs up what the family believes right so it it gets it gets a little dicey when it comes to gunshot residue but
what does not seem to be dicey to me is we have two quote unquote experts in their field and they're reaching two
different determinations two they two different conclusions unless this other person that performed
the original autopsy believes that somehow Dante held the gun three feet from him and was able to shoot
himself which I don't know how that works again we know nothing about the gun too why not know if what kind of gun
it is because if if this were shotgun or a rifle that puts into question a whole
lot of different things rather than if it's a small easily you know a small handgun armed with the second autopsy
report Captain Dante's mother Erica raised some of her questions to Deputy Adams the one that she was told to speak
with and again we have some of the transcripts from their conversation here we have Deputy Adams who says the
initial report was an apparent suicide that is not the final conclusion what you posted it on your Facebook page
doesn't that seem a little irresponsible as an irresponsible person myself I can
easily site other people who are irresponsible are they ever going to give the final conclusion well we're
going to get into that and this is a even more Bizarro answer uh Erica then says to Deputy Adams because if that's
the case you shouldn't have even said it was suicide because you know why because
you didn't even have the information she's basically saying what you and I are saying captain if you're telling us
now that's not the final conclusion why did you even bother to say it in the first place yeah everybody wants to seem
so smart right we need to teach humans that it's okay to question things it's okay to not have all the answers it's
that is that is the smarter approach it's better to come out and say we don't have all the evidence so we can't make a
comment instead of just going well well well we think it's suicide and now you have to backpedal on everything that you
have said CSN said teach the children well and I think that's just what you said my friend Erica that boy is good
then called the sheriff's back Sheri the sheriff office back and demanded to know
why she wrote that Durante died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the April 29th press release and here's from
the transcript Sheriff McCutchen I didn't put that it was a suicide I put that preliminary evidence and then she's cut
off by Erica who says What preliminary evidence right we we're not presented with what that is in her statement and
the sheriff replies the evidence that we got at the scene ma'am again this keeps
this keeps leading me to believe that this must be eyewitness statements right or earwitness statements people that
were in the home at the time that this went down people that were still there let's let's
talk about that people that were still there after Emergency Services were called how many people ducked out of
that place before someone agreed okay now it's okay to call 911 because from the 911 call
itself it sounds to me when he's asked James Wade now maybe he doesn't know because it sounds like he may not know
or he's putting it on for the call but maybe he doesn't know maybe it is as he said he just went upstairs after hearing
it and doesn't know if the the person on the ground is on the floor is breathing
or not because he asked someone in the background but the response later is the the operator is being told no he's not
breathing is there a chance that whatever happened happened went down and somebody
decided to wait until he was not breathing to make that call right people get the opportunity to duck out of that
place before and anyone with a badge can show up Erica questions the sheriff what was
the preliminary evidence and of course the sheriff says I can't give you that ma'am it's still under investigation
well again your office You released you made the press release stating that this
was a self-inflicted gunshot wound yet behind the scenes you were telling the family of
Dante that it's a still it's still an open investigation which is it that doesn't make any sense so round and
round in circles we go as for the official Coroner's report on duron's manner of death coroner fallis told the
local NBC channel that he was waiting for the talks the toxicology report before
deciding whether it was a suicide or a homicide it's not really clear to us how the toxicology report would clear things
up unless it shows that Dante was drugged somehow an article on KSDK website made reference to their being
alcohol at the party as we saw earlier Carrie Wade denied that there was alcohol others say that there was but
she did not deny that drugs were involved one of the more persistent rumors on Facebook is that Durante was
given meth at the party perhaps by someone on the inner circle of The Wades or someone in the Wade Clan themselves
and and he freaked out so let me make sure I'm following this correctly they're at this party or gathering or
whatever the hell you want to call it cuz nobody knows nobody's coming forward and like you said there's some people
online saying hey I was there but they need to start naming names we need to know everybody that was there and and so
he takes some drugs or was given some drugs that's one of the rumors that maybe in fact it was a self-inflicted
gunshot wound that was the result of him being given drugs right meth and going into some kind of psychosis from one of
the Ws they don't specifically say James Wade there there are some rumors that specifically say James Wade but most of
them say one of The Wades and but then how did he get the gun did he freak again that's a a good
question here here bring a good question we're going to feed this guy a bunch of
drugs enough to send him into cois and hand him a gun and then tell him to go play in the
addict I mean if that is the case you're still responsible for the death for the
sake of for the sake of his mother can't you as as the sheriff at least say you're asked directly by her about the
gun can you at least just say who owned the gun or even you know what I would be
I would prefer an honest answer of I don't know we don't know who owned the gun other than we can't tell you that
ma'am it's still an open investigation uh well then why the F did you post on your Facebook page that my
son shot himself when every time I ask you a question I'm being told you don't have an answer for me or you do know the
answer but cannot tell me because it's an open investigation well this family shouldn't be reading anything about the
case that they don't already that they already haven't had a conversation with the sheriff
department that called doing your job we're going to contact them we're going to talk to them about our findings then
we're going to take our findings and put them on Facebook here's the other thing
Captain we have the original coroner well the the coroner who performed the original
autopsy saying well we haven't made a final conclusion won't have our final answer until we receive the toxicology
report Dante died in in late April we really should have a toxicology report done by now allowing if the if it really
is necessary allowing the coroner to finalize his report and make a definitive ruling on the cause and
manner of this young man's death well so what's what's taking so long in fairness
to the the sheriff's department they probably already have it they're just trying to find a way to um change it and
alter to fit their narrative I will throw something in favor of the sheriff's department here I don't want
to lay it on too thick one way or the other especially when we do have facts to present that show some due diligence
on their behalf and this is that the Missouri State Highway Patrol was asked to review mad Madison County's
investigation of this case so Dante's family of course was disappointed to learn that on May 21st the Missouri
State Highway Patrol they concurred with the initial findings of suicide so again then show the family
the evidence EXA you're exactly right captain and it's it's and and what you said is is they agreed with their
initial findings which the sheriff is saying well yeah we have some initial findings
but we're not done I can app why are you even bringing somebody to check out your
initial findings wait till the all the findings are out there and then bring somebody into double check I mean it's
it's it's beyond ridiculous and look would this happen if this supposed suicide was one of Mr racist
Wade's kids would there be a thorough investigation if it was one of them well and I can
appreciate the Sheriff's Department allowing another agency to take a look yeah at that I I do and you know I
recommend that in cases that even seem to be open and shut cases there's nothing wrong with if you got everything
right with another agency taking a look at at something and sometimes more eyes on something can only help a situation
racial Justice Advocates have been outraged by what they perceive to be as a hush hush investigation of Dante's
death this has been led by activist Reverend darl gray of St Louis but there was about 100 demonstrators that
recently staged a protest March in Frederick toown Reverend gray told amp. IB times.com that during the protest
counter-protesters hurled two noes at the demonstrators and chanted racal slurs at them so it's easy to see how
tensions could boil over in this this case and then we have to factor in we touched on it a little bit earlier but
to dive into it a little bit more here Captain this area of Missouri Frederick Town it has known KKK activity and
reportedly you know if that's going on then there's there's a portion of the population that's that's racist actively
racist there it also has a big meth trade these things are terrible by themselves let alone put together and on
top of that it's always been rumored that maybe this big meth trade going on in this area is controlled by white
nationalists who do not like Outsiders basically what I'm laying down here is from an outsider looking in this appears
to me to be an area that is dangerous for people of different backgrounds now even in the year 2020 black lives matter
protests were met with white counter protesters carrying no's en chanting KKK beliefs and for anybody in that general
area the or the the the great state of Missouri if you want to challenge me on this you can you're you're from there
you would know better than me but I back up some of my statements with this statement that this area of Missouri was
also home to Frank anona a Missouri coup Klux clan leader shot to death by his wife in
20177 Frank anona proudly held the title of Imperial wizard of the traditionalist
American Knights of the KKK based in Park Hills Missouri so if you want to tell me that this is not a clan
hotbed I'm going to have a hard time believing you back to the Madison County Sheriff's Facebook page sense this
situation we have people on there that are angrily calling for Sheriff McCutchen to resign and demanding
answers in the Durante Martin investigation so far there has been nothing but Silence from the sheriff
since the April 29th post about the shooting in the preliminary determination of
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the back in the middle if you're nastyy cheers to you the billy goat maybe the captain's
back but I'm leaving I'll finish this episode by myself look we try not to be in the
business of spreading rumors about the cases that we cover we always and I think any longtime listener of this show
knows how it goes down here in the garage we 100% prefer to address the known facts of a case and perhaps offer
a little bit of our own thoughts and theories based off of those facts along the way here in this Dante Martin death
investigation we are missing so many of the facts that this has been a very difficult task and there are also so
many rumors look some of this stuff I feel like when there's this many rumors some
of them have to be true or there's some truth in them somewhere along the way mhm so there are so many rumors about
the involvement of James Wade and or a cover up that it's it's hard to know really what's true and what's not true
and we don't have any Authority clearing that up for us in this Durante Martin case but we have seen people's comments
posted on the Madison County Sheriff's Facebook page to the effect that there is indeed some type of coverup going on
there are allegations from more than one person online that when the police showed up at this
scene in James Wade's atct it had already been cleaned we mentioned that possibility
earlier along the way when we were discussing what little known facts are in this case did somebody wait a little
long to call 911 did they make sure that whoever they didn't want talking to the police
couldn't did they make sure whoever was responsible or set this guy up had an opportunity to leave right so they
wouldn't get tripped up they wouldn't get caught in saying statements that contradicted statements of other
individuals at the house that night and Durante was found in a tiny closet that's another rumor again we
don't know about the gun we don't know the specifics about the attic but the one of the strong rumors out there is
that Dante was found in a tiny closet and that lots of people were at this party and no more than what they are
saying of course well it's just so disappointing we're in 2021 and yes we've come a long way but
when is it just going to become it's it is the human race like it is one entity like where losing the race yeah it's
like when when are we going to just come together and just just knock it off it's
like yeah there there are some culture different cultural differences here and there but we're still the human race One
race so we mentioned earlier that there was a possible second suicide that took place on this property um and that's per
James Wade's words uh in response to something so that seems to be somewhat backed up I'm not going to say I I don't
think that would be fair to sit here in our garage and say 100% that that's true
so I throw out this call to action because I spent a lot of time trying to figure out if this could in fact be true
because often where there's smoke there's fire and if you were to tell me that two people committed suicide on
this man's property in recent years well then I would say they smoke and I would want to
know more about it so the information I could find is this is that a u a man named Nick
Lowry died in 2014 and that's about as much as I could find I couldn't find any type of news
coverage or news information on this I'm throwing that name and that year out there as a kind of call to action to
people in the garage joining us in the garage this week that if you are from that area or if you know anything or
could find out anything thing in regards to this other potential incident let us
know fill us in fill in everybody on the blog on our blog on true Crim garage.com and again it's one of those
things where this little piece of information could be something could could be something huge again if there's
smoke often there is fire and I want to know how that investigation went down again if there's being drugs passed
around that are ORS you know could cause psychosis and that is the reason why this other suicide took place again
whoever's dealing out these drugs and whoever's around these people are now responsible for their murders those to
me they're not suicide but it's not self-inflicted if that makes any sense and this is also a big warning to
everyone and a good reminder to everyone don't ingest things that are made by people you don't know right who knows
what the heck's in them don't be buying stuff on the street and putting it into your body because you're not in control
of what happens after you drop that thing MH KSDK who we have referenced multiple times throughout these two
episodes here in the garage has done Gang Busters work on this story on covering this True Crime Story and I
think that they've really done a great job of presenting it in a fair manner now one thing we've said some pretty
negative stuff about James Wade along the way but one thing I will give him credit for where we have a sheriff's
department who is not saying anything at least he doesn't duck the cameras and he
does do interviews and answerers some questions when presented with questions about this case so to give everybody a
little bit of uh taste and feel for what KSDK has done on this case we'll provide
you with the following clip where you will hear Dante's football coach start off the clip and tell us some good
things about this young man but along the way you will also hear suspicions by family and friends and you will hear
from James Wade himself uh he was really good he he you know he played defensive
line for us and Durante Martin loved his team you know he's always happy and good
you know the kids are always putting smiles on the kids' face that's that's what I remember the most about him the
19-year-old graduated last year from Central High School in Park Hills where Friday Night Lights burn bright Cory
schweiss was his coach you know we won a couple conference championships with him
uh anchoring that defensive line and uh he had some really good buddies on the team durante's cousin Isaiah Johnson was
one of them he was great he was aggressive he was very athletic for his size I mean he could do a lot of things
that other big boys like him couldn't do durante's family said he was hoping to play college ball now he'll never get
the chance Dante was found dead in this home in Frederick Town last month with a
gunshot wound to his head investigators initially ruled it a suicide those who knew him find it hard to believe we all
right there's no way Dante committed suicide there's just no way I'm just not going to accept that two days before he
died Dante's mother said friends picked him up in St Louis he told her he was going to see his grandmother in park
Hills he never came to my house and that's the last time I heard from him Coach schweiss saw him just weeks ago
and had a conversation that makes his loss that much more of a mystery he was happy he you know the big old smile on
his face so um you know uh asked him how everything was going he said great he was having a good time the IT team has
been looking into the death of Dante Martin for weeks the 911 calls and the shocking results of an independent
autopsy tonight at 10: for the IT team Christine buers five on your side there's a mystery growing in
Madison County Missouri where investigators initially thought Durante Martin took his own life the
19-year-old's family says though it does not add up and now there's new information that supports their claim
tonight the man who called 911 and an expert who believes Dante was shot from a distance are talking only to the my
team's Christine Myers he had the biggest brightest smile you know just a smile that would just
warm you up do what you're memories of her grandson quickly bring tears it hurts my heart to know
that somebody hurt my grandson and possibly because of the color of his skin investigators say
Kimberly Robinson's grandson Durante Martin died by Suicide she's not so sure Dante was found dead in this Frederick
Town Home last month in the weeks that followed social media swirled with theories and accusations that the
homeowner James Wade had something to do with it or knew more than he was letting
on I know I didn't do it and I tried to help him but nobody's talking about that
you know they're just making up all this other stuff they got me being everything
from a racist serial killer to uh big time Med dealer and you know I'm neither Wade said he got home from a
day of fishing about 30 minutes before he heard the shot and I was downstairs and I you know he just shot himself and
I called 911 to try to help him Madison County 911 uh yes I need to apparently a guy just
shot ha this initially this was an open and closed case 4 days after d Mon's death the Madison County Missouri
sheriff's department announced preliminary evidence revealed the male subject died from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound to the Head Weeks Later the IT team asked for an update on the case from Sheriff Katie McCutchen in a
statement she wrote the investigation is still ongoing do you believe this was a
self-inflicted gunshot wound there are no findings on my examination of a contact gunshot wound durante's family
hired forensic pathologist Dr Jane Turner to perform a second autopsy after years with the St Louis medical
examiner's office she's now in private practice the contact uh gunshot wound you'll see an outline of the
muzzle of the gun an imprint of the muzzle of the gun on the skin I didn't see those the end of the gun would have
been 2 or 3 feet or more away this entrance wound is what would be called in forensic pathology as a
entrance it's the only answers Dante's mother has been given since his death I can't stop crying so I try not to
cry so and then like I tell myself don't cry don't cry don't cry if this was you
and this was your kid then we wouldn't be having this discussion cuz it would be it wouldn't be a race thing can you
understand the family's position in this I can understand how they feel I'd be angry too if I was hearing 25 stories
I'm just not involved in it and I was the cops would hurry up and make that clear to people I mean and
as they lay Dante to rest his family and friends have so many questions and so few answers the true meaning of a friend
he was that to many somebody was not a friend to him we tried to speak with the teenagers
who were there the night Dante died so far none of them have gotten back to us to learn more about Dr Turner's autopsy
findings visit this story at ksdk.com for the IT team Christine buers five on your side and again like you said I
mean Mr Wade wants us to uh applaud him for calling 911 we not applaud you for that but at least he is uh
communicating with anybody that's asking him questions it seems like he's at least trying to be an open book about
all of this which makes me more likely to believe his story that he came into the house heard a gunshot and then
called 911 and maybe he doesn't have all the information of what actually went down
exactly that's certainly a possibility here if we do believe him if we are to take what he's saying and say hey we
think he's being truthful here then he was not in the room when this went down and may simply not know or not have all
the answers himself this is really a tricky case and a lot of it is because there is reason to be suspicious but
also there's no real hardcore information to lead us in the right direction so we ourselves can come to
the correct conclusion not a hasty conclusion like what the sheriff's department came up with or at least what
they announced on their Facebook page and with the press release one thing that really stood out
to me in that news clip there was was interesting one to hear James Wade hear his voice other than the 911 call and
hear him answer some of the tough questions you know because in the 911 call there is no there are no tough
questions if he's innocent and doesn't know what happened then there are no tough questions he's simply observing
and telling and passing along what he's observed in in maybe truly trying to get
this young man Durante some help but one thing that I found interesting beyond that in the news clip there is the
little tidbit about the news team seems to know the persons that were at that home that night and saying that hey
we've reached out to these people and they've not responded to us none of them have provided statements to us none of
them have taken our questions none of them have done interviews and what's very interesting about that Captain that
which of course we were suspicious of to begin with you know we believe I don't I
shouldn't speak for both of us but I believe that there was some type of party or gathering there that night yeah
and so to me that tells me that more than just Durante Martin and one of James Wade's daughters or his daughter
there at the home that night that there were other people there and I'm basing this off of that little nugget provided
to us by KSDK news that says hey we've contacted these people and they've not responded to us well we clearly hear
them talking to James Wade so he's not on that list of people that haven't responded to them there are other people
and Wade could be the quote unquote spokesperson for the Wade household and I would be fine with that but this is an
indicator to me that there were several other people there that night it's basically a confirmation that that is in
fact what was going on but these people remain silent now is that at the request of law enforcement
or is this at the suggestion of legal counsel that any of these people may have that would be interesting to know
and further it seems like no one has a problem and this is much with what we see in any Community or so in our
society these days where people don't have a problem posting things online making accusations spreading rumors
online but when someone wants to get them on record they're not willing to do so yeah
this one is very tough because I I don't see the motivation for him to commit suicide again unless he was on some kind
of drug that would cause some psychosis if he ingested that drug uh willingly then then he we have to we're
all responsible for our own actions now if somebody gave him that you know put that in a drink or uh told him it was
something else I'll smoke this uh weed and it was you know amphetamine or something like that and a suicide then
took place to me um that's not a suicide it's assisted suicide and and there needs to be people responsible for that
and the big piece of evidence is where you have a COR nurse coming forward and saying look I think he was shot at a
distance two to three uh feet maybe further away mhm it doesn't look like if you look at his house it looks like a
one-story house that they say the attic I think uh the reason why they say that is because
if the majority of your walls are slanted on your upstairs then it's not considered a
twostory so my house for example is considered one in a half story cuz my upstairs is most of the walls are
slanted so yes it looks like there was a a room upstairs now two pieces of evidence one
he was sh at a distance but two we find him in a closet that that that we should
clear up is rumor right that's not anybody's we don't know that for that to be a fact but I think it's very possible
especially at the age of these individuals that it could have been an accident somebody was playing with Mr
Wade's gun or had a gun themselves that they were playing with he he ends up getting shot they then move move him or
leave him wherever and uh place the gun in his hand and and walk away and now everybody same story he committed
suicide I think that's very likely um and again with the cops I would love to just throw them under the
bus completely and say they're giant piles of [ __ ] but I think their major mistake was
coming out and having initial findings just keep your mouth shut until you have more evidence because now
they're backpedaling and they might come to a different a way different conclusion
after more investigation but you already stuck your foot in your mouth with your
initial findings the other thing too when we call people out for being irresponsible or organizations for being
irresponsible I would like I would like a clear explanation on why we don't have
this young man's personal belongings if in fact his family wanted them that should that's their right they should
get his wallet his shoes his clothes anything he had with him when he was found at the Wade house that night you
know usually there's a a chain of custody on these items there should be paperwork on taking this body in and um
housing it and then releasing it to the mortuary somebody dropped the ball I don't know why when protocols and things
are set up where there are supposed to be a paper trail that all of a sudden the paper trail disappears when when
people and actions are called into question so I that seems incredibly irresponsible I know it's something
really small and very kind of generic amongst this larger story but it's always disappointing when you hear
things of that nature I would expect a mortuary to be a responsible entity I would expect a County coroner's office
to be of the utmost responsible of entities and that did not happen in this case for
and we can see that based off of what we know to be true here that those items were in fact lost somewhere somehow now
well also the lack of communication between the sheriff's department and his family you know you it's
disrespectful yeah and amongst other a whole list of other words but uh it's it's it's very disrespectful yeah to the
deceased and to his family and then here's the other big question you know we can sit here and analyze this and put
everything under the microscope as much as we want I applaud his family for doing the due
diligence that they could with getting this second autopsy I think that was a a a um move
of Genius of Brilliance on their behalf I would like to know more about the phone I'm hoping that they're they're
sending off the phone to get its own autopsy uh so to speak the thing the really big question I have here you know
when we question all these things why was he in the Attic why was he at this home to begin with who did he go with
other than this name Zach we don't really have any other names or information that seem to pop up was this
violent offender present at the party how many people were there what was actually going on that night we can sit
and we can kick through that as much as we want yeah or what kind of drugs were being taken if there were drugs at all
and the the biggest thing that we don't need to kick through that we know to be true that is a huge question mark and it
and points toward something other than what we're being told happened is Dante's cell
phone when it's returned to his mother Erica she says that his calls are gone his text are gone the phone was scrubbed
clean why why if everything that happened that we're being told by the witnesses because again that's that's
the only way that the sheriff's department can get their preliminary evidence right that must be what they're
referring to is preliminary evidence the witness statements so if everything were
being told by the witnesses is in fact true and it was so true that the sheriff's department
bought it and sold it on their Facebook page and if everything The Wades are saying are true and if everything the
coroner the original autopsy findings are true that this young man killed himself then there is no reason at all
that his phone should have been scrubbed I have no I cannot believe for a second
refuse to do so that this young man wiped his phone clean and then killed himself it just doesn't make any sense
no it doesn't pass the sniff test oh the old sniffer because if there weren't drugs at that
party and if there weren't drugs involved in this incident as it pertains to Durante if there
wasn't a setup on this kid whether it be to jump him beat him up or otherwise there's no need to scrub that
phone like you said that's probably the biggest piece of evidence that makes me go suicide doesn't feel right here again
we're not mental health experts and if if you're dealing with any Mental Health issues please contact the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1 1800273 8255 and of course we are all hoping that very soon that we start to get some
answers in this case in Dante Martin's case answers that are long overdue and very
deserving to his family that they can get the answers that they deserve from the sheriff's department and all of the
agencies that have looked into this case Reverend darl gray and Dante Martin's Family met recently with the Madison
County prosecuting attorney who asked the Missouri attorney general's office to investigate durante's death a
spokesman for the Attorney General declined to comment as to whether the office would in fact get involved so now
all we can do is await the final determination of the Madison County Sheriff's Office investigation into
Dante's death which will hopefully shed some light on the tragic passing of this
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19 year old Derontae Martin was found dead from a gunshot in the attic of another families home in the early hours of April 25. Derontae’s family wants answers and so do we. Join us in the Garage for a couple of cold ones and some of the cold hard facts of this very tragic case.

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Brief Summary

The episode examines the suspicious death of Durante Martin, raising questions about the investigation and community response.

Key points

The Mysterious Death of Durante Martin. 19-year-old Durante Martin's death raises questions about suicide and foul play.
Conflicting Autopsy Results. A second autopsy contradicts the initial findings of suicide, sparking further investigation.
Community Outrage. Activists demand answers in the investigation of Durante Martin's death amid racial tensions.
The Mystery of Dante Martin. Dante Martin's death is shrouded in controversy, with family and friends questioning the suicide ruling.
Call to Action for Information. The hosts urge listeners to share any information about a potential second suicide linked to the case.
New Evidence Emerges. A second autopsy raises doubts about the initial suicide ruling, suggesting foul play may be involved.

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There are no findings on my examination of a contact gunshot wound.

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