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Every story has a beginning, but not everyone has an ending.
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In the shadows of headlines and buried police reports lay
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the voices of the missing, the murdered, and the forgotten,
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waiting to be heard and have their stories told. This
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is the Book of the Dead, a true crime podcast
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where we remember forgotten victims of heinous crimes, reopen cold cases,
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re visit haunting disappearances, and uncover the truths buried beneath
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the years of silence. I'm your host, Courtney Liso, and
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every week we turn to another chapter, one victim, one mystery,
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one step closer to justice. Brought to you by Darkast
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watching the sunrise paint the world in shades of gold.
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That feeling pure magic, the kind that makes every grueling
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step worth it. But what happens when that adventure takes
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a turn for the worse, when the trail isn't what
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you expected, and the great outdoors shows just how wild
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it can be. That's where Tragedy with a View comes in.
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I'm your host, Kayla, and in this podcast I tell
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the stories of adventures gone wrong in some of the
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most beautiful and unpredictable places on earth, from natural disasters
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that catch even the most seasoned explorers off guard, to
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true crime trails that unfold where tranquility meets terror. We
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dive into these close calls with disaster that reminds us
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just how small we really are. But don't worry, it's
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not all doom and gloom. Every story comes with a perspective,
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a chance to reflect on the fragility and wonder of life.
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After all, what is life without close calls with disaster.
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So if you're the kind of person who loves a
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good adventure and doesn't shy away from a little chaos
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along the way, tune into tragedy with a view. You
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can find us wherever you listen to podcasts. Grab your
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hiking boots, your sense of wonder, and maybe a little caution,
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the world, one story at a time.
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Hello, Hello, Welcome to the next chapter in the Book
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of the Dead. There are countless cases that I have
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come across that infuriate me. They live renfree in my mind,
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and I think about them constantly. Sometimes it's due to
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the sheer brutality of the details of the case, like
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the Kope child killer or the murders of Junko Faruda
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and Susanne Kapper. Other cases are because I know in
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my heart of hearts that someone has more information and
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they aren't saying anything, whether due to self preservation or
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a misplaced sense of duty to a family member, like
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the disappearances of Dewan Simms and Kiplin Davies. However, the
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cases that induce rage in me like no other are
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the ones where due to the actions of law enforcement officers,
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it either contributes to a person's death or they completely
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botch an investigation. Crystal McCrory Jones and Leandre Yechils are
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two cases I covered within the last year that are
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prime samples of this. But I've come across one where
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a police officer's blatant bias and misconduct not only hindered
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an investigation, but likely prevented a woman from being found alive.
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The very same sergeant who then went on to be
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involved in the wrongful death of another man who had
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called the police for help. This is the martyr of
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Delisa Kelly. In Dealisa Kelly's case, I have very little
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information about who she was as a person. What I
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can tell you is that she was born on July
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twenty fourth, nineteen eighty nine, in Dallas, Texas, to a
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woman named Lessandra Kelly, and she had two sisters, Lashawn
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and Jasmine. Delisa, who went by Lisa to her family members,
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had an infectious laugh that would quote grab you from
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across the street. By March of twenty fourteen, when this
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case begins, Delisa was twenty four years old and a
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mother to a two year old little boy. This child
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was her whole world from the very moment he was born.
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According to Cassandra. She told NBC five quote her son
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is her number one priority. She had never been away
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from her son twenty four hours. In early March of
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twenty fourteen, Delisa was two months pregnant with their second child,
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and she had just been through a terrible loss. Her
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best friend had died in a car accident and the
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wake was to be held on March seventh. At around
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four thirty pm on the day of the week, Dealisa
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got ready and left her grandmother's house to go to
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the service, and for the next couple of hours everything
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is fine. Then at six forty five, a phone call
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comes through that changes everything. Delisa's sister, Jasmine, receives a
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call and it's believed to be a pocketile. Lisa can
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be heard screaming saying stop, stop, get off me, and
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an unknown mail can be heard saying shut up, stop
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screaming you want to be hard headed. This call lasted
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approximately one minute and eleven seconds before it's disconnected and
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Jasmine is panicked trying to get a hold of her sister.
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According to ABC, after fifteen minutes of trying to call
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Delsa with no answer, Jasmine gets a text from her
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sister saying she would call her in a minute, but
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de Lisa never does. Jasmine texts back asking if someone
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was hitting her, and Delsa responds that quote he thought
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she was with someone else. Now the he that Delsa
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referenced did lease sounds like she could be referring to
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a boyfriend, but I don't think so, and we'll come
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back to that soon. But by eight thirty pm, no
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one is able to get into contact with her. Jasmine
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calls their grandmother, Marjorita, and explains the disturbing call she
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had received and she's scared for her sister's well being.
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Marjorita starts calling around to friends and family looking for
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her granddaughter, but none of them have heard from her either,
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and according to ABC, the family also learns that de
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Lisa had never made it to the wake. At eight
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thirty eight pm, according to NBC, Marjorita calls the police
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and she explains to the dispatcher about the call Jasmine
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had received and how they couldn't reach the Lisa. Marjorita
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begs them to send someone out to look for her
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granddaughter as she is clearly in danger. Now. I've listened
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to the nine one one recording, and it's clear that
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Marjorita is terrified. She's so upset. The dispatcher takes the
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information down and then calls Sergeant Kevin Mansell of the
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Dallas PD to ask about making a missing person's report,
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as ordinarily they would have to wait some seventy two hours.
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Many departments have this policy about waiting seventy two hours
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to file a missing person's report, but this call was
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concerning enough that the dispatcher felt that a report being
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made immediately was likely necessary. This call to Sergeant Mansell
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was also recorded, and in the call, the dispatcher explains
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what is going on and asks if she should make
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the report. Sergeant Mansell proceeds to tell the dispatcher not yet.
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He asked how old she was and if they had
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gotten a phone number for de Lisa to trace the call,
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which the dispatcher hadn't, and the dispatcher explains that De
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Lisa had never been missing before. Mancell asked who made
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the call, and the conversation goes as follows. Quote it's
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her granddaughter, but she never goes out missing, and there's
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one more thing, she's pregnant. Mansell then says, quote, well
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sounds like she's been missing before. That's how she got
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in that situation. The dispatcher says, quote, but she's twenty four,
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come on, and Sergeant Mansell laughs. Not only was his
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reaction disgusting, but because of Mansell's dismissal, very little was
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done in response to Marjorita's call that first day. The
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dispatcher did call back and get to Lisa's number from
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the family, forwarding it to Mansell, who called her self
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home Provider to have triangulated. A Provider representative calls back
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a few minutes later, saying that they were unable to
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triangulate de Lisa's location, so Mansell faxed over a request
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to have them keep trying. Then reportedly the call for
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Delisa is put to the side and forgotten about. Delisa's sister,
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Lashawn said of the response from the police that first
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day quote, they basically told us that because she didn't
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say she was being hit, she didn't say stop hitting me,
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but she was saying get off of me. That they
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couldn't do anything, that it wasn't evidence that she was
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in any danger. The next day, Saturday the eighth, one
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of Delisa's sisters makes a second phone call to nine
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one one to inform them that Dealisa has still not
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returned home and is not answering her phone. An officer
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does respond to this call and makes a want to
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locate report, which is another name for a bolo be
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on the lookout. This type of report does fall under
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a missing person's report, but based on what I've seen
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in Dallas, it could be a separate thing, as an
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official report was not made and an officer was not
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assigned to her case until forty eight hours after Delisa
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had been gone. I had mentioned that the text Delisa
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had sent to Jasmine about a man, thinking she had
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been with another guy, could imply that she was referring
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to a boyfriend. The reason I don't believe this to
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be the case is because Delisa's boyfriend called the police
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himself at around ten fifteen pm on the eighth and
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spoke to a detective in Missing Persons about her case,
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and he left them his contact information to be updated
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on what was going on. As far as anyone can tell,
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the man that could be heard on the phone call
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two Jasmine and Dealisa's boyfriend are two different people. On
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the ninth, Delisa's case is assigned, as I said, to
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a detective in the Youth Operations a Missing Persons unit,
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and her family arrives later that day to speak to
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the detective about their concerns and let the police know
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that De Lisa's phone has been turned off the entire
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time she has been missing. At five PM, an endangered
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person bulletin went out and a call log from De
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Lisa's phone was sent to detectives, but according to NBC,
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her last known recorded location was on the seventh time
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stamped before she was reported to have last been seen.
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Delisa's boyfriend is also interviewed and hospitals and medical examiner's
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offices recalled, but no one matching her description had turned
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up at any of these places. Seventy two hours after
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Delesa's disappearance, a detective went to her grandmother's home with
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some patrol officers and they canvass the area looking for
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leads or any signs of her, but they didn't find
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anything to assist in their investigation. They also checked with
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the Dark Police Department, which is the Dallas area Rapid
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Transit police, to see if Delsa had possibly gotten on
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a bus at any point, and they checked with the
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guest book at the funeral home used for her friend's wake,
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but no helpful information came from this either. Over the
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next couple of days, the police continue reaching out to hospitals,
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medical examiners, and fire departments, but they are continuously told
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that no one has come in that could be Delisa.
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Her family is interviewed a few more times as well,
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but they have no new information to add, and a
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press conference is held as well as the social media
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post going out asking the public to come forward with tips.
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This does cause some potential witnesses to come forward claiming
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to have seen Delisa in the area, and one woman
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came in saying that on the eleventh, Dealisa was seen
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in her business. While the police did go out and
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canvass the area she was alleged to have been spotted,
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as well as trying to get surveillance footage, they were
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unable to locate her. On the thirteenth, an anonymous call
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is made to the police and the person on the
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phone claimed that Delisa had entered a Stop and Safe
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convenience store on March seventh at around six thirty pm,
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fifteen minutes before she made the call to her sister.
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Police had tried to get the surveillance footage and were
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originally unsuccessful, but they did end up obtaining the footage,
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which we'll come back to as I don't believe they
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had this until after the fourteenth. On March fourteenth, one
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week after de Lisa's grandmother called the police to try
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and report her missing, the Youth Operations a Missing persons unit,
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receives a call from a South Central Police officer that
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a body had been found on the porch of an
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abandoned house at twelve fifteen Presidio Avenue in Oakliffe. The
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body was that of a young black woman, who had
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suffered greatly before her death. She had been savagely beaten,
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with her jaw and hand being crushed. There were wounds
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all over her body, and she had been strangled. The
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body was positively identified as twenty four year old Delisa Kelly,
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and it was determined at her autopsy that she had
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been killed three days after she had last contact to Jasmine.
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At the news, her family is not only devastated but furious,
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with Sergeant Mansell and the Dallas Police rightfully believing that
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had he taken Margorita's initial call seriously, Delisa's death might
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have been prevented. After Delisa's body is found, police do
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obtain the surveillance footage from the Stop and Say on
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the corner of Sunny Vale in Overton Road. In the footage,
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Delisa can be seen exiting the store at six thirteen
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pm and then getting into a nineteen eighty six Mercury
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Grand Marquis. The owner of this car was found and
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interviewed by police, but he was never publicly identified, nor
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was he ever publicly named as a suspect in Delisa's murder,
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due to what the police alleges a lack of evidence.
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Dealisa's case when cold. Within weeks of her body being found,
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the Dallas Police claimed that they exhausted every lead and
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had nothing else to go on to find her killer.
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By the end of March, the Dallas Police opened an
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internal investigation into the handling of De Lisa's case after
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pressure from her family for a lack of initiative in
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investigating her disappearance immediately after they were alerted to what
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was clearly a dangerous situation. Reverend Ronald Wright, the leader
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of an organization, Justice Seekers, told NBC quote, all they
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had to do was send a patrolman in that area,
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and that may have prevented the death. I can say
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it would have, but it may have prevented the death.
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When you report there's a disturbance with noise in the background,
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that should give you an immediate response to go out
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and see what's going on. And I think responding to
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the call was the absolute bare minimum that could have
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been done. And the fact that Sergeant Mansell was so
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dismissive and had to blatant bias towards Delisa because she
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was pregnant, it was disgusting. She was twenty four years old,
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more than capable of raising a child had proven she
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was more than capable of raising a child, and regardless
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of if she was or wasn't pregnant, it should have
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had zero bearing on whether or not police should have
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responded appropriately to the call. Now, the family was very
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vocal about their feelings of how the case was handled
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when they called for Sergeant Mantle to be fired from
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the Dallas Police. Additionally, in November of twenty fourteen, when
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the nine one one calls were released, Dalisa's family fought
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to have the Kelly Alert established that would enforce police
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to conduct searches before the mandatory seventy two hour missing
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persons requirement, treating it as an alternative to an Amber
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or Silver alert. The initiative would also charge officers to
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treat calls with urgency if there was danger suspected. In
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June of twenty nineteen, this initiative was signed off on
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by Governor Greg Abbott and would serve as an alert
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system for those missing between the ages of eighteen and
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sixty four, filling a necessary gap that was uncovered by
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other alerts. In March of twenty sixteen, Dealisa's family sued
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the Dallas Police Department for negligence on the part of
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the officer who should have responded to the Sergeant Mansell,
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as well as the operator who took the call. The
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family's attorney, Emmanuel Obi told foxborre quote, there is a
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full internal affairs investigation that determined that the procedures were
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not followed. The procedure is obviously in place to ensure
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timely responses to these types of situations, and you have
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a pregnant lady who is now dead. Unfortunately, I'm not
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sure what the outcome of the suit was as there's
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no reporting on it. But regarding the internal affairs investigation,
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Sergeant Mansell was only reprimanded for his negligence in responding
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to the call about dealsa and while a new detective
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has been assigned to her case, there has never been
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any arrests in her murder and it remains unsolved. However,
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De Lisa's case is not the only one where Sergeant
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Mansell was involved in that ended in someone's death. Now,
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to clarify, Sergeant Mansell was not directly responsible in either deaths,
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but his negligence and failure to act is what needs
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to be addressed. On August tenth, twenty sixteen, thirty two
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year old Tony Tempa called the police in the midst
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of a severe mental health crisis. He was behaving erratically
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and experiencing paranoia, and he told the dispatcher that he
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needed help. He had a mental health disorder and had
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gone off his medication. He also had a substance use
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disorder and had recently used cocaine. Tony was outside of
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his store, and he flagged down security for help, who
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ultimately put him in handcuffs. When police officers Dustin Dillard,
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Raymond Domingaz, Danny Vasquez, and Sergeant Kevin Mansel arrived, Tony
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was on the ground begging for help, and the officers
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initially attempted to calm him. According to body camera footage
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presented in court, when Tony attempted to sit up, he
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was rolled onto his stomach and held down by auber
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officers Vasquez and Dillard, with Dillard using his knee to
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keep Tony still. Tony could repeatedly be heard saying help
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me as he was restrained in this prone position, and
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he had the weight of Dillard on his back for
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fourteen minutes. After eleven minutes, Tony had stopped moving, but
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Dillard maintained the pressure for another three minutes. During this time,
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Sergeant Mansell stood off to the side speaking with Tony's
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stepmother on the phone. Not once did he or Officer
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Dominga's attempt to intervene. In fact, all of the officers,
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when they finally noticed that Tony was unresponsive, made jokes,
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pretending to be a mom trying to wake their child
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for school, and Dillard even says quote, I hope we
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didn't kill him, and Vasquez laughed, telling him that this
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wasn't a wee problem. No one checked Tony's pulse as
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he laid on the ground until paramedics arrived and the
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officers were told that he wasn't breathing. CPR was performed,
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but Tony was unable to be resuscitated. Tony's autopsy was
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performed by doctor Emily Ogden, and she determined in her
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report that quote, based on the case history and autopsy findings,
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it is my opinion that Anthony Allen Tempa, a thirty
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two year old white male, died as a result of
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sudden cardiac death due to the toxic effects of cocaine
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and physiologic stress associated with physical restraint, cardiac hypertrophy, and
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bipolar disorder contributed to his death. The mechanism of death
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in cases such as this is sometimes referred to as
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excited delirium syndrome or EDS. Classically, people affected by EDS
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or witness to exhibit erratic or aggressive behavior and will
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often throw off attempts at restraint, requiring multiple people to
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subdue them. This person will appear to calm down and
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will suddenly bemon responsive. Most cases are associated with drug
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intoxication and or psychiatric illness. In this case, several factors
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likely contributed to the death. Their surveillance in bodycam footage
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and witness reports fit the classic scenario of excited delirium syndrome,
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and cocaine use in psychiatric illness are common predisposing risk
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factors for EDS. Due to his prone position and physical
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restraint by an officer, an element of mechanical or positional
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asphyxia cannot be ruled out, although he was seen to
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be yelling and fighting for the majority of the restraint.
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His enlarged heart size also put him at risk for
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sudden cardiac death. Although the decedent only had superficial injuries,
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The manner of death will be ruled a homicide as
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the stress of being restrained and extreme physical exertion contributed
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to his demise. Tony's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit
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against the Dallas ped alleging quote Dallas Police officer Dustin
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Dillard violated tempest fourth Amendment right by using excessive force
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that led to his death, and officers Raymond Domingez, Danny Basquez,
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and Sergeant Kevin Mansell failed to intervene. According to Karen News,
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all four men were indicted in twenty seventeen for misdemeanor
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deadly conduct in Tony's death. Though the charges were originally dismissed.
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The lawsuit was also dismissed in twenty twenty, but upon appeal,
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this decision was reversed and the trial began that September.
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Dillard testified that he was not responsible for Tony's death,
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and Vasquez and Domingas apologized to the family, but stated
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they were only trying to get a reaction from Tony
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by making the offensive jokes because they thought he was
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quote sleeping. While the defense tried to argue that Tony's
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death was a result of his health problems and substance use.
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Pullminologist doctor Martin Tobin, who also testified in the case
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against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd testified
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that he had determined the force used by the officers
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deprived of oxygen and caused compression asphyxiation. Law enforcement expert
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Michael D. Lyman also testified that the force used against
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Tony was quote improper, unnecessary, and unreasonable, and his research
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showed that quote prone restrain violates various policing standards, and
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the other three officers could have reasonably intervened. Senior Corporal
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Sam Hansen, who trains Dallas police officers, testified for the defense,
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stating Dillard forcibly restraining Tony was reasonable given the circumstances
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of Tony being in crisis, and there was quote no
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good options in this scenario. At the conclusion of the trial,
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which was attended by Delice's mother in support of the
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Tempa family, a federal judge found all of the officers
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except for Sergeant Mansell, liable for Tony's death, and a
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ward did one million dollars to his fifteen year old son. However,
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Dillard and Basquez were given qualified immunity, determining that while
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their actions may have been unlawful, a quote reasonable officer
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couldn't have been expected to know as much as for
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what happened after the trial, none of the officers had
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any sort of penalty or consequences given to them, and
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all four men returned to active duty. As I said before,
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Sergeant Mansell is not necessarily responsible for the deaths of
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Delisa Kelly and Tony Timpa. However, his blatant negligence in
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doing anything to help them when it was so clearly
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evident that they were both in dire need of help
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is a problem. For him to not face any sort
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of consequences, and for the other officers to not face
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any consequences is an injustice to both families and the victims.
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It has been twelve years since Delesea's murder, and it
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seems as if an arrest is still not likely to
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be made, even with new eyes on the case. If
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you have any information about the murder de Lisa Kelly,
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you can call the North Texas Crime Commission at eight
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seven seven three seven three eight four seven seven, or
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you can visit their website to submit a tip at
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www dot NTCC dot crimestoppers web dot com. As always,
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I thank you so much for listening and I hope
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you have a wonderful week and I will see you
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in the next chapter of the Book of the Dead. Bye, guys,
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Another page closed. But the story isn't over for the
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families left behind, the pain doesn't end when the headline's fade.
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And for the victims, we owe them more than silence
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for our on solvet cases. If you have any information,
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please reach out to local authorities or visit our show
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notes for links and resources. Someone out there knows something,
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maybe it's you. Thank you for listening to the Book
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of the Dead. If this story moved or spoke to
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you in some way, talk about it, share it, keep
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their names alive. Until next time. I'm Courtney Liso. Stay safe,
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stay curious, and stay vigilant, and remember the dead may
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be gone, but their stories will not be forgotten.
