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[Music] crime [Music] this is a very tragic case that we have to examine today I know in all of these true crime
stories there are always questions left unanswered Parts where we are often left
to examine some information and draw our own conclusions but this case may have more
of those types of moments than other cases but more than that in this case when you look at some of the
information instead you find yourself asking time and time again why certain questions were not asked by others
previously questions that should have been asked and alarms that should have been raised by those in
power people with authority at the local level people that were elected appointed
and paid handsome salaries and given local community privileges these are people who were
elected and appointed to be true leaders in their communities persons with the power to
lead by example persons handed the responsibility and power to protect fellow members of their
Community most importantly the power and the responsibility to protect the Youth of
their Community the children our children officials with the ability to make a change and make a difference in
their community and if you are one of those officials who have been granted power
privilege and responsibility I we and so many others are asking you to make a change and to
make a difference in this very diff difficult and tragic situation who will be the one to lead by
example so where we are often looking for answers in these real life and very true crime
stories this week we are also looking for questions we are looking for those who
are decent enough to ask those questions we are looking for someone brave enough
to stand up and say this is not right we are looking for a champion this is true crime garage and
this is the suspicious death investigation of 18-year-old Grant [Music] Sol celebr elting an 18th birthday is
universally regarded as one of life's major Milestones with good reason it is the age at which a person is first
considered to have formally attained adulthood now one can finally legally vote marry and serve in the military so
there is a lot of reasons to look forward to turning 18 to finally becoming an adult but one of those
reasons should not be to now have the ability to finally have the ability to petition the courts for custody of your
little sister and unfortunately captain that is what we have here this was the case for a young Grant Solomon who
turned 18 years old on June 13th 2020 Grant Solomon legally became an adult and Grant was
hoping to convince the courts that he should have custody of his 14-year-old sister Gracie and why should this be
Grant and Gracie had been in the custody of their father Aaron Solomon for the past few years now it is alleged that
Gracie again only 14 was being abused and had been being abused by her father for some time now Grant feeling like he
was his sister's last line of defense was eager to man up literally now that he had legally become an adult he was
hoping to testify in court as an adult against his father and more importantly get custody of his little sister granted
to either his mother Angie or to himself definitely there has to be a lot going wrong if a 18-year-old wants to take
responsibility for their younger sister the situation seems to be this captain that the kids Grant his younger sister
wanted to go live with their mother their father was preventing that from happening the courts were giving custody
of the children to Aaron Solomon and because the courts would not Grant custody to Angie Solomon his
ex-wife it is stated and reported that it was Grant's goal to now that he's finally an adult potentially take over
the custody rights of his sister and in fact more importantly testify in court that his father was abusing his little
sister well not just physically abusing her but sexually abusing her as well it's according to to the reports out
there this is alleged abuse on all fronts and it goes without saying but this is an incredibly serious situation
one that should not be the concern of a young man one who should be focused on his new adult life school college and
things of that nature so 18th birthday cause for celebration in this case yes and no but that is not the only alleged
crime in this week's story no because many have stated and very publicly at that what the captain's talking about
that at the center of this week's case at the center of this entire story is years of alleged abuse in all forms ver
verbal mental emotional physical and sexual all leading to Grant's death that some are saying was a murder and many
many saying that at least this should be investigated in a thorough proper investigation Grant died in a suspicious
and unlikely event that was termed an accident an accident that may have only been witnessed by one person Grant's
father Aaron Solomon and air quote accident of which the details of that supposed accident are provided to the
World by the only I witness present the allegedly abusive father we'll get into the details of that day in question
after we set this up a little bit more for you right because many people are saying that these details of this
situation do not match the photographic evidence available details that are again suspicious and
unlikely so this is the story a tragic story of the 2020 suspicious death of a young man 18-year-old Grant Solomon who
lived in Franklin Tennessee but the incident will take place in Gallatin Tennessee this is the kind of case
captain that I call a fence Builder case this incident and situation has built many fences over the last 3 years on one
side of the fence you have those that say this is simply a very sad and very unfortunate accident and then you have
those on the other side of that fence that say not so fast this is an intentional homicide we're going to
start off just two guys in a garage walking a tight RPP the tight rope is that fence built by this incident and
separating a community 18-year-old Grant Solomon was a popular and accomplished student athlete known for his
intelligence athletic prowess and kind heart Ed nature Grant was a gifted dual athlete he excelled especially in
baseball and on the basketball court as well in fact he was garnering attention from division one teams as a pitcher
despite allegedly enduring years of abuse from his father Grant remained an optimistic person and he was very
protective he was very protective as a son and as a sibling he had plans to testify against his father once he
reached adulthood and hoped to gain custody of his little sister Gracie whom he also believed was suffering abuse by
his father unfortunately shortly after turning 18 years old Grant met a tragic fate in what was officially ruled an
accident a vehicle accident this is when his 2015 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck rolled
back backwards into a ditch dragging him underneath the vehicle to which Grant suffers a
terrible injury leading to his death as said the sole witness to this incident was his father Aaron Solomon but it's
more complicated than just that of course Aaron says there were three other guys there at the scene trying to help
him and his son but this is after Grant and the truck are already in the ditch and the truck is on top of Grant as we
keep pointing out the story is quite complicated but I think we should start with the morning in question and then
just take it from there right so we are going to go back just three years ago to
what looks to be a very nice place to live work and raise a family this is Gallatin Tennessee Gallatin is a city
located in suer County Tennessee with a population of a little more than 44,000 people this according to the 2020 census
the city was established on the Cumberland River and is the county seat of summmer County Gallatin is northeast
of one of our favorite cities Nashville Tennessee this is a safe City a low crime area with crime rates well below
the US national average the morning in question is July 20th 2020 this is a Monday
the location of the incident is the ward performance Institute at 1357 southwater
Avenue in Gallatin this is a baseball training facility where Grant Solomon was attending this event that that's labeled
as an evaluation of his skills in a practice session now on this morning accompanying him would be his
father we do need to point out that it's well reported that this is going to be the first time in two years that the two
would be alone together somewhere going together just the two of them without sister Gracie or anybody else present
there are plenty of people that are saying Grant was not looking forward to this event some have said it's because
his father would be there some have said it's because his father insisted that he
go to this event these type of events though are important to go to if you are hoping to
get into a division one school or play sports at the next level we should also point out though here and remind
everybody if you've forgotten shame on you but this is co this is the height of CO as well and so if there was going to
be a situation where Grant was hoping to testify against his father in court I don't think that this was going to come
anytime soon soon as the court systems in many areas had shut down right and I'm actually a little surprised that
this event was going on in July but you know every area handled this pandemic differently we don't know the exact
situation this could be could be a very one-on-one type of situation what we do know though is that Grant himself did
get covid and was recovering he's he's over it by this point but he's recovering and some say that he
was not looking forward to going to this event less because of his father and more because he wasn't 100% yet and
ready to perform at what needs to be a high level especially if he's being evaluated by other people yeah it makes
me wonder why his father had to be there or if he even had to be there I'm I'm wondering if this type of event if it
was through the NCAA do they do they make you you have a a a a guardian with you yes that's a good question if you
have to have a parent with you the other thing too is he's 18 so I don't know if
that plays a major role but it looks to me okay let's take the alleged abuse aside right and we we have to we have to
be fair going into this and maintain that it is alleged abuse for now we can examine this but
with my own eyes I've not witnessed any of this or any portions of this true crime story so it's alleged abuse but
the other reports is that of course Aaron Solomon a very controlling father very controlling
parent especially when it came to Grant and his Athletics and his schooling and therefore it may be a
situation Captain where parent is not required but Aaron insists on being there or Aon paid for this evaluation
practice session right because these things are typically not cheap you'd think that his father would want some
separation from his son that is making allegations against him many of his friends and family this is Grant's
family and friends believe that Grant was murdered on this morning and that his suspicious
death is as some believe an attempt by that father to silence Grant's allegations of
Aaron's sexual abuse against Grant's sister Gracie in an upcoming Court proceedings what I don't have a great
understanding of Captain everybody keeps mentioning this grant is going to testify against his father or Grant was
hoping to go to the courts and get custody of his sister or that maybe after he testifies against his father
custody would finally be granted to his mother Angie what I couldn't sort out was if that court date was actually
scheduled right because we already pointed out that it was covid a lot of the courts has shut down or some of them
were starting to open back up and do Zoom proceedings we can have the reports that
he was going to testify against his father we can have the reports that he was going to seek custody of his little
sister what I don't have reports of is that an actual court date was set for those
proceedings now this is a catastrophic incident as said it takes place at the ward performance Institute at 1357
southwater Avenue in Gallatin this is a baseball training facility where Grant was attending as an evaluation of his
skills and it's a it's also a practice session and he seems to be playing at a higher level so if there were other
young athletes there I'm guessing that they are on his level more so on his level that this might not be something
that just anybody can walk into as said accompanying him was his father and this
would be the first time that the two would be together or alone at any time it's reported that that it's two
years by this time and that that seems crazy to me but that's the report okay so just to be clear Grant is going to
this training facility to get evaluated to possibly play baseball on the next level his father is going to attend this
event with him and do we know if they rode together or if they drove separately what's great about this case
is that a lot of the information that is out there it's it's well documented and
it's well presented to the public and so we have some very official reports to reference in this case which we don't
get that in some of the cases but this case because it's so recent again just three years ago let's start by going
through those official reports so the first one that we're going to review Captain is a written statement by the
father Aaron Solomon after the air quotes accident this is the written statement that he provides to the police
officer on the scene that day and it gives all of your pertinent information that you would expect about the person
giving the statement we don't need to go through that but his statement handwritten says my son Grant and I
pulled into WPI separately parked side by side I was still in my car but noticed my son got
out to get his baseball gear out of the back of his truck remember Grant is driving a pickup truck goes on to say I
look down to check a work email and the next thing I know I hear and see the truck rolling backwards into the ditch I
get out of my car to try to find my son and I saw that he was trapped underneath
the truck and immediately called 911 see this where it makes it a little tricky because it's like well did his father
have to attend or is his father just attending and saying hey I'm going to I'm your father I'm going to attend this
event no matter if you want me to or not but they're at this event they're in the
parking lot I'm guessing there's other individuals parked in this lot according to the statement and according to what
the next statement that we will get to the unfortunate part of this captain of course is the the horrible accident
or the the whole situation in general but the added factor is that according to these reports and according to people
that are trying to put together some form of Investigation on this incident there's not anybody else that seems
to have 100% witnessed the situation themselves other than Grant's father Aaron and by his own statement it seems
like he's missing part of the story too he looks down to check an email on his phone and then next thing he knows he he
he realizes the truck is moving backwards they're parked on an incline and we'll get to accident scene photos
and evaluation and examine those here in a minute but they're parked on an incline right up against the facility
right next to the building itself side by side and according to his statement he looks down to check his email he
knows his son's already out of his truck goes to the rear of the truck to retrieve his baseball bag and other
equipment from from the back of the truck from the bed of the truck and then realizes oh snap the truck is moving
backwards he gets out and does not see his son and then realizing truck in the ditch my kid is underneath the
truck so we have a we have a typed statement from the responding officer and for my understanding Captain
once Aaron calls 911 Aaron Aaron is the first and only person to call 911 in this
situation and police are on the scene relatively quickly but keep in mind it it's a Monday morning it's busy rush
hour traffic people driving off to work and that's where the lack of eyewitnesses even
after the truck is in the ditch are few and far far between it's pretty slim here but we do have these air quotes
official reports so this report from the officer says on July 20th 2020 at 8:43 a.m. I was dispatched to the the
location that we've been discussing discussing for an injury crash I arrived on scene and found a male subject that
was trapped under his vehicle in a rocky ditch area suar County EMS and Gallatin
fire department were already on scene attempting to get the male subject out I spoke with the father of the male
subject and he was identified as Mr Aaron Solomon Mr Solomon stated that he was meeting his son Grant at the
facility and that he had arrived there first Mr Solomon stated that he was sitting in his vehicle when Grant pulled
in next to him in his white pickup truck Mr Solomon stated that he observed Grant
get out of the the truck and walked towards the back door area Mr Solomon stated that he then noticed that the
truck was no longer parked beside him and he started to get out and look and heard a loud crash and observed Grant's
truck had rolled down the hill and into the ditch Mr Solomon stated that he went
over to the area of the truck and observed Grant under the vehicle Mr Solomon stated that he called 911 at
that time and attempted to help his son Mr Solomon was able to get me information on his son and he contacted
Grant's mother and notified her of the situation I gathered a written statement from Mr Solomon and he was released from
the scene to go to suar Regional that's the hospital where Grant was transferred
to I was not able to locate any other witnesses to the crash I spoke with the gym employees and asked about camera
footage and they stated that they did not have any cameras on the outside of the building that would have gotten
video of the incident I turned the written statement and all other information over
to mpo Wilson well there's a lot to unpack there and let's unpack that after a quick beer
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going to just play devil's advocate here for a second as we go through this if you're going to attack your son
to shut him up about these allegations of abuse towards him and his sister sexual and physical and other types of
abuse you probably won't do that in a public location also a location that you don't
know if they have security footage and also probably in um location a public location that you
don't know if they have security footage or not and you're not in the vehicle with your son going to the facility so
you don't have any control on where he Parks his vehicle I agree with every one of those
statements the takeaway though would be that one this may have been something that
Aaron is considering in silencing his son but it also could be something that was rather
impromptu it wasn't planned or wasn't planned for this day at this moment they haven't seen each
other in two years or or I shouldn't say that they've seen each other in the past
two years they've not been alone right in the past two years and if Grant is a threat to his father by all these
reports it sounds like he's not legally a threat to his father until he turned 18 which is like
a month and seven days before this incident so where I'm where I'm going with this
Captain is that this could be something that just they arrive they see each other they're in the parking lot having
a conversation that starts to get nasty at some point and maybe one person did something that wasn't
planned maybe wasn't even something that they would do had they been able to keep
their cool but somebody did something and then had to find a way to cover it up right
so I I agree with everything that you're saying this is not like this is not the
ideal place to Ambush somebody yeah and we're going to get into some medical reports as well right yes we have again
we have very official reports here some of the the medical stuff the the report from the police officer that we just
went through but more importantly we have the accident scene photographs before we get to that though
let's play that 911 call where's your emergency it's 1357 southwater street it's off 109 please hurry you said 57
please hurry okay what's going on 57 uh my my son's truck backed over him and he's it's rolled over and drag him
into the ditch and it's on top of him he's trapped under the truck and I I yeah he somehow it drug him underneath it yes
my son is under it I'm trying to no I'm I'm trying to call 911 okay what's your name oh my
God my name is Aaron Solomon and you said 1357 southwater Avenue right yes how old is the
male he's 18 he just turned 18 a couple weeks about a month ago it's my son oh my God oh my God this is not good is he
awaken oh please hurry I don't no I don't think so he's not he's not alert right no he's out and he's trapped I got
three guys here and he's trapped under the truck okay oh my God I understand sir stay on the phone meanwhile we got
somebody out there what's your name Aaron Solomon all right Aaron huh what kind of
vehicle is it it's a Toyota Tacoma Tacoma and it the the vehicle has to he's underneath the vehicle okay I've
got and and it's okay I've got that what color is it it's a white truck that's my son he it's somehow back
up yeah yeah I'm I'm on I'm on with 911 right now oh my God oh my God oh my God was your son working on
it no no he was just getting out of it it's the hill it's we're on an incline and I guess he didn't have it in park or
something or it wasn't engaged oh my God oh my God I can't believe still not responding no no and he's still under TR
no one can get from under we saw units and round to you I'm just asking you questions for we can
update them okay can you check and see he's breathing I I somebody's telling me that
he's coming too okay maybe is waking up kind of keeping still so he is he yeah he can't move I
don't think he can move I I don't know okay no he can't move his trap okay we got somebody in round now would he wakes
up he might be somebody down there and talk to him yeah somebody talk to him [ __ ] there's blood is he facing up or
down he's facing up they said he may aspirate when need to hurry oh my God so does he have blood coming out of
his mouth yeah he's yeah there's blood coming out yeah somehow it drug him down I
think I don't know whether it wasn't in park or what or if it didn't Engage The break or it drug him underneath
somehow they said he's facing up okay but he's bleeding from his mouth so Grant turn your face to the side if
you can barely but be careful don't move him okay we can't move him we can't we can't
move [Music] in all right beon they're there I'm Gonna Let You Go okay yeah okay uhuh
byebye I always find the 911 calls to be very fascinating yes I do as well Captain I
think that they're they're often fascinating and but I'm always like pulled to one side of the conversation
where I'm like I get they're asking a whole lot of questions just hurry up and get here you know I know in some areas
they have the ability to Once emergency personnel has been dispatched to then continue on with the call and then play
the call over the radio for the person's responding to the scene which is always very interesting and
very cool because then you know that they're they should be getting firsthand knowledge of what the scene is what it
looks like prior to arriving and so you're able to jump out of your your fire truck or your ambulance and and get
right into action and get right to the scene you know it seems like such a silly question to say well what color is
the truck well you you sit there if if you're an emergency and if that's your son you're you're sitting there thinking
who cares lady like it it could be purple for all for all I care but but no it's you know as you pointed out earlier
Captain this is not a busy parking lot and we only know that based off of the the officer statement and Aaron's
statement as well but had it been a busy parking lot just something as simple as
knowing the color of the truck May save the responders 20 seconds 30 seconds these could be life saving seconds yeah
and I I just want to set up this scenario clear for The Listener we have a son that is going to a Athletic
Facility for some a training session where he's going to be evaluated he he pulls up into that parking
lot his father pulls up beside him he gets out to get his equipment somehow this truck backs up
over him he is now in the ditch this is what what his father is saying he's now in the ditch with the
truck on top of him now the father is saying that there's three other men at the scene trying to help he's
calling 911 it seems as if the father is talking to somebody and you I can't make out what they're saying
but to me it sounds like whoever he's talking to not the dispatcher but whoever's there with him at the scene
that you can actually hear them responding does that make any sense well this to me this is one of the most
difficult parts of this case to examine because there are a lot of people out there that say this is all a farce that
that that these people they weren't really there uh that Aaron made them up he's
acting there are other people too that are saying you know clearly he's making no sense on purpose on the 911 call I
think those people need to take another listen to the call because he's either actually talking to other people that
are there it's not that he's not making sense he's talking to More Than Just Right the 911 or emergency Personnel
that answered the phone and that's clear he's having multiple conversations just the only other conversation that's
being recorded is that with the emergency personel right but I'm just saying my ears I'm I'm asking you a
question my ears when he's talking to somebody quote unquote in real life that I'm hearing
some kind of response from them like I hear somebody there's there there's other
voices on this phone call and I'm glad to sit here and listen to it with you because
you you play the engineer role on the show why because of many reasons but one of those reasons is you have a much
better ear for this sort of thing than than I do in fact you have much better ear than 98% of the the world's
population yeah that's been tested it's we that's been proven time and time I drove with my father to facility those
are facts yes and we tested now the thing here is I don't know if I had to lean one way or the
other I'm with you that I believe that I hear some kind of response or there's something in the background when he's
talking clearly talking to somebody that's not being recorded okay but if I had to lean one way that's the way I go
but I don't feel so strong or confident about that statement okay but what we do
hear on the 911 cause we hear the ambulance come yes yes sir or or some people would call it ambulance ambulance
or the fire truck we know that the according to the officer statement the EMS and Fire Department Personnel were
already on the scene when the police arrived right so they would be able to tell us if there was other individuals
at the scene here's the problem all right here's the here's the problem with the ambulance well there's
going to be there there's a lot of problems when trying to investigate this case
because we have one side telling us this is what happened it's a cover up it's it's a stage scene this is a murder we
have the other side saying this is an accident and these other people are these allegations are are
crazy the situation as I understand it Captain is this according to the officer what he said I could find no other
eyewitnesses the officer per his statement couldn't find the three people that were there when he arrives on the
scene now anybody that's been trying to assist in an accident or witnessed an accident uh or or even a
crime we all know that typically what happens is people rush to try to help and then once the the appropriate people
are there the people that are that know what they're doing the First Responders right the experts once they're there the
people that showed up to help they kind of leave at that time or but also or the
officer or EMT or somebody will say you know we need you to kind of clear out of
this area we you know let us do our thing yeah and we also know that there are people there there's probably a time
frame that you have to be there at this Athletic Facility to perform and to be evaluated so these people that might
have stopped to help they might have an appointment to go inside so when they go
hey the the ambulance came and the firefighters here and they got this under control we're going inside yeah
the the other thing too to keep in mind though with it being the the covid year they may be doing these evaluations and
the practices more oneon-one well that's yeah but that's what I'm saying but everybody would have like a appointment
time and staggering these throughout the day and we do have the officer statement
that he received receives the call at 8:37 a.m. so there's a chance that that um Grant's appointment would have been
the first of the day which would make sense when you see the the accident scene photos where there just appears to
be no other vehicles in the parking lot other than emergency personnel and the thing here is too like
so this this is why I'm I'm trying I have to stay water in this situation this a very fluid situation stay water
examine each situation as we go through it the evidence as we go through it and not to lean one side or the
other prior to to looking at any of this information that we have to review so the thing is yes I'm with you if I had
to pick a side I believe that he is talking to somebody so that would imply yes there were these three other people
or two other people he references three in the 911 one call he being Aaron the father right we at least know that
there's look I I can lean towards the idea there as at least one other individual there the problem then
becomes this those persons just because they're there during the 911 call does not mean
that they witnessed any portion of this accident right it only means that they stop to help after they see a big white
truck in a ditch right next to a busy road we don't per the officer statement have
any other eyewitnesses well the other problem too with without having these eyewitness statements we don't know if
the father tried to flag down individuals to get help right and here becomes the
problem later when the people are saying the side that says this is intentional homicide when they are asking for these
three people to come forward that were there that we say that we believe we can hear them responding to Aaron
Solomon it's my understanding Captain those people have never come forward they got they have no dog in the
fight why wouldn't they come forward and say this is what I witnessed this was my
experience while I was there I saw a father that was panicking and wanting to try to get his son to safety or or the
reverse I saw a guy that didn't seem to care about what was going On and nobody you know other other than me and these
other two guys that were trying to help this guy was kind of just hanging out the the the thing that I want to sort
out here is why is what is clear that I can tell from him talking to the emergency Personnel the father yeah and
to the supposed three guys that are there he's not down in the ditch if those other three guys are there he's
not down in the ditch you can what again the the interaction between the father and the three guys that are there to
help it seems to be that they are relaying information to him that he is then in turn telling
to emergency services and I want to know why is he not down in that ditch is is it as
simple as he couldn't get a signal down there or maybe his phone was in his vehicle so when they said hey call 911
he had to get out of the ditch go back up to his vehicle and maybe he's not thinking clearly
because this is a panic situation yeah but we all know the Simplicity of it is if you can
be there with the person that needs help that is the quickest way to get information to the people that can offer
help is to be right next to that person and unless you cannot communicate with emergency
personnel and be next to the person that that's the only explanation of why this
man wouldn't be down in the ditch with the truck and with his son but I also think these quote unquote eyewitnesses
that have never come forward one maybe it's because they're coming from a far away land to go to these uh this triy
out this evaluation it could be a a regional try out these guys could be from you know a couple hours away right
and it's difficult to say who these people are without them coming forward but I I want to make something clear
before we go too far down this road it if these people do exist it's my understanding that they are they are
passer buers that stopped because they they saw yeah these are people that should have been just driving to and
from work it's 8:30 in the morning right these weren't individuals no cuz they would have stuck around and the police
officer who was there within minutes would have interviewed them like yeah cuz they could have went went into the
facility and said hey right the only person that the officer says he was able to speak with are two guys that were
working in the gym they're working in the the facility that that Grant was supposed to go to to attend this this
session now I'm going to I'm going to go to the other side like I said I was playing Devil's Advocate now I got to
come back to this other side a big uh question for me is I'm the father I pull into a parking
spot I check my phone I look up my son's car has now backed up I get out of my vehicle I see that
the vehicle has somehow dragged and trapped my son under the under the car right then I'm making the phone
call if I'm making a 911 call right away right when there is an emergency there is nobody at the scene
at that time there's no eyewitnesses because they wouldn't have had time to get there and to be in that ditch
helping my son when I made that call does that make sense no what I'm saying is if if the way he's
telling the story if it happened the way he told the story that instantly when he
looked back once he gets out of that vehicle and he sees his son underneath that car that's the moment you're
calling 911 correct and all I'm saying is I don't think that would have gave enough time for on like a a passer by a
passer Byer to see that there was an emergency and to drive their vehicle around get out of their vehicle and get
into a ditch by the time I made that call exactly and that's why I asked the question question earlier of I want to
know why he's not down in the ditch with his son because if if he goes down there
as he says in his statement I got out of my vehicle only to go and find the the truck in the ditch and my son
underneath is he trying to call 911 and he can't he he can't get a signal for whatever reason and so he runs back if
anybody bothers to so if you go to Freedom forg gra.com you can see the accident photos that
were taken that day there on this website and you will see very clearly why it makes sense that the
truck would go and roll down the hill I when when I first started looking at this case I made the assumption that we
were probably talking about a 5-speed manual transmission and that maybe he just didn't put it into park now it I
later learned that this was was an automatic transmission but that still could be the case according to several
people and unfortunately Grant is not here for us to ask him but according to several people Grant was nervous about
going to Gallatin that day possibly nervous about being alone with his father even if it's just for
minutes and maybe in his nervousness he failed to put the vehicle into park and left it in
neutral does not set the parking brake he's parked on an incline goes around to the back of the truck the
truck starts to move backwards topples over top of him dragging him down into the ditch that is not an improp
situation that is not a highly unlikely situation but what people will point out
is some of the other evidence when you get into the details does not line up with him with with the
truck causing his death yeah so sticking with the 911 call I I don't know if I hear much
acting I mean there's a couple times where he's going you know you know please hurry or like oh my God or so so
maybe there's a little bit of that going on but uh for the most part it's like I
don't I don't know if this his I don't know if his response to the dispatcher leans one way or the other uh a
situation where he's trying to cover up a situation where the father is trying to covered up or is it just a
situation that it was a horrible accident yeah it's often I find it rather difficult and I know that a lot
of people think oh man you can hear it in that person's voice I I don't want to sit here and pretend that for for one
second we listen to a lot of these 911 calls we play a lot of the 911 calls when we examine these cases and look the
majority of the time I can't from the sound from the tone to the words that the caller is saying determine if a
person is guilty or innocent there are those rare occasions that it's it's quite obvious right which way to lean
but not knowing Aaron Solomon not not having had conversations with him not not knowing his life
experiences it's very difficult to say is this man acting or is this just a guy who this is how he responds or this is
he's in panic mode and he's not he's not his normal self one thing we should point out though that to people that are
not familiar with this case is Aaron Solomon is he worked professionally at a at a rather high level as a news anchor
for at least 15 years and so where some people may not have taking drama classes or public speaking
courses or any of those things I would assume he's educated in that realm and so if somebody would have the
ability to put on a front to play a part he might possess that that ability to do so well and let me just point this
out though too because like I said I hear somebody in the background I'm going to assume that
there's those are some eyewitnesses or people that are trying to help so with a lot of these other 911
calls when you look at you know the the um when you look at like the Scott Peterson 911 call or you you look at
some of these other 911 calls they call 911 and they are by themselves so it to me it'd be a little
bit easier to go okay I need to call 911 and I need to put on this show that I'm
freaked out right a little bit harder to to do if you have other people at that scene the thing here for me with in
regard to the 911 call into forming a strong opinion about that 9111 call two things two bits of information that are
missing that I think are key players in the situation one why is he not in the ditch
with the sun and he's he's up in the the parking lot and we know this based off of
of several statements that are given but also the his interaction with those people the three guys that are here
helping me and his his conversation with emergency Personnel he's not in the ditch with his son I need to know the
answer to that question is it because he could not get a signal is it because he
was just panicking did not know what to do the other bit of information that is missing here too is what time was
Grant's appointment right because we know that the officer saying I got a call an emergency Call at
8:37 well if Grant's appointment was 8:30 it seems like there might have been enough
time for something to happen to something to go down in that parking lot or or near that facility an argument to
take place between Father and Son an argument that leads to violence between Father and Son there would be
there seems like there would be time for that if the appointment's at 9: they're
arriving early to me that changes the totality of the evidence I th those I think are are bits
of information that are lacking here that that should be included in this story again my humble garage opinion
like you like to say is I I think there's some kind of evidence that shows that this 9th one
call wasn't made immediately exactly that's that's what I'm saying I think that if we had those answers to those
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On July 20, 2020 a 911 call came into Gallatin, Tennessee emergency services. Aaron Solomon was requesting help because as he told the dispatcher his son’s truck had just backed over his son. His son, 18 year old Grant Solomon was trapped under the vehicle. He was in need of rescuing and medical attention. Grant did not survive. This tragedy was quickly called into question because of allegations made against Aaron Solomon. His children have accused him of years of abuse. Supporters of Grant, Gracie and their mother Angie believe that this was no accident and that Grant was forever silenced by his father. To view photos from the scene and to learn more about the Solomon family and Gracie and her mother Angie’s fight for justice for Gracie and Grant go to www.Freedom4Gracie.com (http://www.freedom4gracie.com/)

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Brief Summary

The episode examines the suspicious death of Grant Solomon and allegations of abuse against his father, raising questions about the circumstances of his accident.

Key points

Unanswered Questions. This case may have more unanswered questions than other cases, raising serious concerns.
A Call for Change. The hosts urge officials to take responsibility and protect the youth in their communities.
The Tragic Case of Grant Solomon. A young man’s 18th birthday turns into a nightmare as he seeks to protect his sister.
Unpacking the Incident. Discussion on the complexities surrounding the incident and possible motives.
A Father's Desperate Call. Aaron Solomon calls 911 as his son is trapped under a truck. 'Please hurry!' he pleads.
The Importance of Being Present. Being physically present with someone in need is crucial for effective help.

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This case may have more unanswered questions than other cases.

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