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Have paid. Would it shock you? Have
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I told you that your best friend
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scale are. Not Amish.
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they became a about and
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and demanding power about balance
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on September twelfth, Nineteen Ninety
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a crime that shock the
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so unlikely, so unexpected. Former
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high ranking police official heat on
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for share of at one point
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one fortunate personnel were pretty much
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put down the middle over whether
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or not he actually do this
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and to this day Mccain mother
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Paulette still feels that justice was
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get. Your Podcasts. Hello
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everyone and welcome to episode 364 of
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the True Crime All the Time Unsolved podcast.
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I'm Mike Ferguson and with me as always
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episode out right now on True Crime
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All the Time where we're talking about
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Roderick and Mark Newell, two
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brothers who became suspects
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when their parents disappeared.
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There's a financial component, but
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it's a different type
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of case. There's a
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lot of nuances to
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it. First of all, it took the police
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many years to figure the story
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out. And then even after
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they did, there are a lot
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of questions about how much involvement
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each brother had in
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what ultimately happened to their
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parents. Yeah, and you're asked that
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question to the end. Yeah, absolutely. All
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right, buddy. Are you ready to get
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into this episode of True Crime All
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the Time on the Salt? I am.
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We're talking about the murder of Henry
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McCabe. Henry McCabe was
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a loving husband, father, and
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a hardworking employee of the
3:55
Minnesota Department of Revenue after
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a night out with friends celebrating.
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operating Labor Day weekend, Henry was dropped
4:02
off at a gas station. He
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went missing for nearly two months.
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Then his body was found in a
4:09
lake seven miles from where he was
4:12
dropped off. Investigators said
4:14
there was really no evidence of
4:16
foul play. But in the early
4:18
morning hours on the day of his
4:20
disappearance, Henry left his wife and
4:23
brother a disturbing voicemail that
4:26
suggested something was
4:28
wrong and that
4:30
possibly he was attacked and shot.
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His family and friends believe Henry's
4:36
death was not accidental. They
4:38
believe he was murdered. You ever been to
4:40
Minnesota? I don't believe
4:42
I have. And
4:44
if I go, I'm not going to talk like that.
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Why? That's how they're going to talk when you're there. They're
4:50
like, welcome to Minnesota. Because I'm
4:52
going to do it wrong and somebody's going to punch me in
4:54
my face. I've been there once.
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Have you? Yeah. To
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the Twin Cities, was it St. Paul, Minnesota? Minneapolis.
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Is that the Twin Cities? I think so.
5:04
Yeah. Yeah. Used to
5:06
be the home of, what's it, Northwest
5:09
Mortgage or something like that. Is that
5:11
why you were there? I can't
5:13
remember why I was there, to be honest. But I
5:15
did end up going to the Mall of America. Yeah.
5:18
Because there, they were shooting a Mary Kate
5:21
and Ashley movie. I was like, hey, Mary Kate
5:23
and Ashley, how you doing? They didn't take kind of
5:25
that. And they didn't offer you a
5:27
part or anything? No,
5:29
they did not. Is that how you got the restraining order?
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Yeah, maybe. Okay. Yeah.
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All right. So. Henry Toby McCate
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was born on September 16th, 1983. He
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was only 32 years old when
5:43
he died. Henry was originally
5:46
from Liberia. According to
5:48
his profile on Find a Grave, Henry
5:50
moved to Ghana. As a
5:52
teenager and graduated high school there,
5:54
he was elected senior class president.
5:57
Just like you. I
6:01
was not senior class president. That
6:03
would have been responsibility Something
6:06
that I was not a fan of in
6:08
high school took you a very long time to learn that didn't
6:10
it? Yeah Not
6:12
long at all Henry's cousin told
6:15
the Minnesota spokesman recorder that they
6:17
spent years in a refugee camp
6:20
in Ghana Henry was
6:22
seen as a father figure He helped
6:24
people manage money sent in by their
6:26
relatives and advised them not to spend
6:29
excessively Sounds like a
6:31
good guy. Yeah, and you know, that's good
6:33
advice I could not imagine
6:35
what it would be like to live in
6:37
a refugee camp. Well, it's not gonna
6:39
be the four seasons That's for sure. Henry
6:42
moved to the United States in early 2003
6:46
He and his cousin traveled to California
6:48
where Henry lived for several years Henry
6:51
met his future wife Kareen
6:53
Wade in February Kareen
6:57
recalled meeting Henry at a party
6:59
where numerous librarian people were
7:01
in attendance Henry approached
7:04
her and asked for her number
7:06
Kareen said spur per the spokesman
7:09
recorder I would normally give out
7:11
a fake phone number when a
7:13
guy asks, but before I
7:15
knew it I had given him my real
7:17
number and I know that's Something
7:20
that some women have
7:22
to do because they're constantly
7:25
Harassed I know you've
7:27
have so many fake phone numbers
7:30
in your phone that you don't even know
7:32
what's real anymore Eight six
7:34
seven five three. Oh nine. I don't
7:36
know why so many but I got that but
7:38
I understand Why that
7:41
would happen, you know imagine Being
7:45
a woman at a bar and
7:47
you're just being constantly harassed People
7:50
are trying to come up to you. They're trying to talk
7:52
to you You know, that would be
7:54
a nightmare situation for me because I don't
7:56
like to be bothered. Yeah Now
7:58
I would never happen. To me, But
8:00
if I was a woman, Donated.
8:03
I would I would hate it and
8:05
I'm sure a lot of women he
8:07
did as well. and. This. Probably
8:09
so many people coming up to
8:12
them they're not interested in. Know
8:14
they're not interested. You're either going
8:16
to say. No. Can
8:19
have my phone number or here's my phone
8:21
number and it's a. Fake if
8:23
the. Leave me alone. Henry.
8:25
And Corinne gotten married on August
8:28
Six two thousand and forth. They
8:30
were married for eleven years and
8:32
had to.named even I'd. He
8:35
was ten and Id was just
8:37
one. When. Their father.
8:40
Corinne. Said that Henry Toder
8:42
how to cook African food. She.
8:44
Joked that. She. Made him
8:47
skinnier when she practiced cook.
8:50
Prime member The days of teaching your daughter out
8:52
of cook as I know at abuse I totter.
8:54
My. Youngest? Yes, Yes, my oldest never
8:57
was into a but my my
8:59
youngest loves to cook. But.
9:01
When I want to talk about. His.
9:04
Her making him skinnier.
9:07
When. She practiced er cook.
9:09
Something. That I experienced after
9:11
first being married. yeah to
9:13
my wife who could not
9:15
cook a lick when we
9:17
first got married in really
9:19
still can't authorities and snow
9:21
the settings. That
9:24
Nc is in would admit to
9:26
any ones who hates the kurds
9:28
is not as she can't She
9:30
does dislikes it so much and
9:32
to really. Prepare. A
9:34
good does he got a poor little.
9:36
Levin. To do would you like to
9:39
cook? It's it's hard to do that. According
9:42
to the spokesman er quarter she
9:44
said about her husband, he just
9:46
cares about people's needs. Pushing.
9:49
For paid parental leave Cheering
9:51
for those that are oppressed
9:53
and in need material things
9:55
were not Sit. Down.
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With. Think about where he came from. what went
10:00
through to get to the spot
10:02
he's at now. I mean, he saw some things
10:05
and, uh, you know, to, to grow up in a, and
10:08
to live in a refugee camp for awhile, you're
10:10
going without a lot of the things
10:12
that we take for granted. And I
10:14
don't know if that helped shape
10:17
his views. I'm sure it did
10:19
in some part. Maybe he already
10:21
had some of that even
10:23
before that, but you can
10:25
tell by the way
10:27
that Kareem talks about
10:29
Henry. This was a guy who really
10:32
cared about others. Henry
10:35
was determined to build the successful
10:37
life for himself and his family.
10:40
He earned a bachelor of science
10:42
degree in both
10:44
economics and accounting from
10:46
California state university. Henry
10:49
worked in finance. He
10:51
completed an internship and then accounting firm
10:53
in the Bay area in 2009 from
10:55
2010 to 2011. He
11:00
was an independent contractor and
11:03
did insurance premium audits in
11:05
2011. He was
11:07
hired as a financial analyst for
11:09
target. And this is really kind of a, a
11:12
feel good part of the
11:15
story. You know, here's a guy who,
11:17
like you mentioned, living in
11:20
a refugee camp, eventually made
11:22
it to the United States,
11:25
ends up getting two degrees and
11:28
is really making a life for himself.
11:30
He's thriving. Yeah, he's doing very well.
11:33
Henry and his family moved
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from California to Mounds View,
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Minnesota. In early 2012, he
11:39
was hired as a corporate
11:42
auditor for the Minnesota department
11:44
of revenue. Henry enjoyed
11:46
his job and was described as
11:48
friendly and outgoing in the workplace.
11:51
His coworkers remembered him as a loving
11:53
father and someone who was always willing
11:56
to help others. Henry
11:58
liked to socialize during. and
12:00
was known for sharing his food with
12:03
his coworkers. You know who didn't share
12:05
their food with coworkers? You. I
12:08
was gonna say, no one would
12:10
ever say that I was known
12:12
for sharing my food with
12:14
coworkers. I don't like to share
12:16
my food with anyone. I'm a very
12:19
giving person, except for
12:21
when it comes to food and
12:23
beverages. You didn't
12:25
even want people in your office while you ate.
12:28
You would close your door to make
12:30
sure that, you know. That had
12:32
nothing to do with the food. That was
12:34
just because I didn't wanna talk to anybody. Oh.
12:37
Henry enjoyed discussing politics with
12:39
other people. It was said
12:41
that he had an open
12:43
mind and was interested in
12:45
local and international issues. You
12:48
really get the feeling that Henry
12:51
was a good guy. He
12:53
was a caring, individual, open-minded,
12:58
willing to help people in need.
13:01
He sounds like a great dude. Yeah,
13:03
well-rounded. Brian Church, Deputy
13:06
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of
13:08
Revenue said about Henry, "'It
13:10
is really striking in that short
13:13
time "'the impact Henry had.
13:15
"'If you're greeted by Henry in the morning,
13:18
"'you're greeted by an unforgettable
13:20
smile. "'He would cook and share
13:22
with people around him. "'People just
13:25
like to hang out with Henry.' "'It
13:27
was Henry's magnetism that
13:29
makes him a natural leader." And
13:32
I know I've said this before, maybe not exactly
13:34
in this way. But when you're
13:37
in, let's say, an
13:39
office environment, there are some
13:41
people with whom you
13:43
want to socialize, and
13:45
there are others, and I'll say
13:47
it delicately, that you
13:49
don't, and maybe go
13:51
out of your way to avoid. Yeah,
13:55
because maybe they're negative all
13:57
the time. You know they're not gonna have it.
14:00
anything nice to say. They're just
14:02
not fun to be around.
14:04
So why be around them, right? Yeah,
14:07
people are drawn to magnetic
14:10
people with good
14:12
personalities who share and help
14:14
others. That's just a fact.
14:17
Now to be fair, I will say, back
14:19
in the days when you were in the office, people
14:21
were drawn to you. I have
14:24
a very magnetic personality. You had
14:26
something. That's all I can say. In
14:29
early 2015, Henry participated
14:32
in the search for
14:34
10-year-old Barway Collins, a
14:36
boy who went missing in the nearby city
14:38
of Crystal, Minnesota. Collins disappeared
14:41
on March 18,
14:44
2015. His family reported that he went missing after
14:47
the bus dropped him off at his home,
14:49
where he lived with his father. Collins's
14:51
body was found in the Mississippi
14:53
River. On April 11, his
14:56
feet and torso were wrapped in duct
14:58
tape. His father, Pierre Collins,
15:01
was charged with the murder and
15:03
pleaded guilty in August 2015. He
15:06
was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
15:08
Henry McKay disappeared a month
15:11
later. And I think, you
15:13
know, Gibbs, as we walk
15:15
through this case, we're
15:17
going to have to see if that could
15:20
possibly mean anything. Could
15:22
there be a possible connection there, or
15:25
is it just a coincidence that
15:27
he was helping with the search of
15:30
this missing boy and then he
15:32
himself went missing just a month
15:35
later? He's also found in the water. Henry
15:38
went missing on Labor Day, September
15:40
7, 2015.
15:43
After a night out with the Queenses, his
15:45
wife, Corinne, took the girls
15:47
to California to visit their grandmother.
15:49
So Henry was home alone that
15:52
weekend. And every now and then,
15:54
I get a weekend like that. And
15:57
sometimes those are nice. Very
16:00
quickly, I miss my wife, I miss
16:02
my girls, but it's nice to
16:04
have the house to yourself every now and then.
16:07
Well, you tell me all
16:09
the time when that happens. The pizza
16:11
guy starts showing up, you
16:13
have more of like a continuous
16:15
cycle where they're bringing the pizza.
16:17
Just bring me a pizza every four hours.
16:19
Yeah. Henry was out
16:21
with an acquaintance named William Kennedy
16:24
and another unnamed individual. According
16:26
to Kennedy, they rode to
16:29
the club together. They left
16:31
a club called Pavliski's on
16:33
Highway 65 in
16:35
Spring Lake Park early on September 7th.
16:39
Kennedy said that at around 2.15 a.m.
16:42
he dropped Henry off
16:44
in nearby Fridley, Minnesota
16:47
at a Super America gas station on
16:49
73rd Avenue. Minutes
16:52
later at 2.23 a.m., Henry
16:55
called his wife and left a
16:57
disturbing voicemail. He also called his
16:59
brother, Tim Borbor, who received
17:02
a similar voicemail. While
17:04
it's difficult to understand what's going
17:06
on, his wife and brother
17:08
believe Henry was in distress. When he
17:10
called them, it seemed like it
17:12
was possible it could have been a pocket
17:15
doll. So we're going to
17:18
play the voicemail now and
17:20
then we'll discuss it. All
17:23
right, girls. Prettyong
17:25
bad news, Mr. Administrative Chief?
17:27
Unbelievable! The
17:31
Galileo program,
17:33
the five-year
17:43
program there- summarize
17:46
it. Aghh! So
19:27
that voicemail is about two minutes long.
19:30
It's very hard to figure
19:32
out what is happening.
19:35
The sound quality is not great, but
19:37
that could be because maybe the
19:39
phone is in his pocket or
19:42
something like that. It
19:44
does sound like there's growling
19:47
sounds. I
19:50
mean, some of that is something
19:52
that you might hear
19:54
in a scary movie where somebody's
19:56
possessed. That's what it almost sounded
19:58
like to me. And then
20:00
at a certain point, it does
20:02
sound as though maybe somebody
20:05
is moaning in pain. There's
20:07
pained sounds. And
20:09
then at a certain point, I
20:12
heard somebody say, stop it. In
20:15
her account to the spokesman recorder,
20:18
Karen said she heard her husband
20:20
screaming. She thought she
20:22
heard Henry say someone shot him.
20:25
I thought maybe there was something like that, but it
20:27
was a little hard to make out. And
20:29
then she said she heard him
20:31
shout, stop it before the call ended. Karen
20:34
said he was walking and
20:36
his cell phone called me and he
20:38
made a noise as if he was
20:40
hurt and his cell phone went off. And
20:43
that was the last time I heard
20:45
of him. I think it's hard to figure
20:47
out what is going on. I mean, one
20:50
point I thought, well, is he just intoxicated? And
20:52
I thought, okay,
20:54
sounds like maybe he's possessed.
20:58
And then I thought, okay, now it kind
21:00
of sounds like he's struggling or
21:03
something's going on and that
21:05
you hear that growl and
21:08
that other noises that were coming
21:10
out of him. Some of
21:12
it didn't even sound human. No, it
21:14
didn't. Natural. No. And
21:17
I think that's what made it
21:19
really tough. True
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Corinne told the local outlet KSTP
22:21
that she tried to picture where
22:23
Henry was and what circumstances would
22:25
have caused such distress. Corinne
22:28
called Henry's brother, Tim, to tell
22:30
him what happened when Tim
22:32
listened to the voicemail on his phone.
22:35
He thought he heard Henry crying. Tim
22:38
reported Henry missing to the Mounds View
22:40
Police Department. I will say, you
22:42
know, his wife heard this. His
22:45
brother heard it. The two people that know him
22:47
the best, right? Know what he
22:49
sounds like. Know what
22:52
he would sound like if he was hurt more
22:54
so than anybody else. Yeah.
22:57
I mean, you kind of, kind of taken
22:59
a little bit of consideration on how they
23:01
interpret it. Now, what we
23:03
listened to, I believe was the voicemail that
23:06
his wife got. Yeah. I
23:09
couldn't actually find the voicemail that his
23:12
brother got. But I think
23:14
if you're either Corinne or
23:17
Tim, you're very concerned.
23:19
I mean, I think anyone who
23:21
would get something like that or
23:24
hear something like that and believe
23:26
it's from their loved one, there's
23:28
no possible way you couldn't be concerned.
23:31
That either that person is going through
23:34
something or something really bad
23:36
has happened to them. Yeah.
23:39
Henry didn't show up to work. On
23:41
September 8th, 2015, after
23:44
the police launched their investigation, the
23:46
Minnesota Community Policing Services
23:49
or MCPS got involved and
23:52
started working with the family. The
23:54
MCPS is a nonprofit that
23:56
acts as a mediator between
23:58
families and law. enforcement.
24:01
Sounds like a good service to have. Yeah,
24:03
because sometimes you do
24:05
need someone to
24:08
facilitate or you know
24:10
mediate between the two
24:12
parties. Henry's two acquaintances who
24:15
were with him at the club
24:17
had no knowledge of his current
24:19
whereabouts. However, according to
24:21
the spokesman recorder, William
24:23
Kennedy had Henry's key and
24:25
the unnamed friend had Henry's
24:28
wallet. Okay, if that is
24:30
true and the spokesman
24:32
recorder said that, that
24:35
is strange. Yeah,
24:37
I find it bizarre too that somebody has his
24:39
keys and somebody has his wallet. Well,
24:41
you could make the argument that you
24:44
know if Henry had driven
24:46
to the club, well maybe
24:48
his friend took his keys
24:50
because he wanted to make sure he didn't
24:53
drive. But in the reporting
24:55
it said they all rode to the
24:57
club together. So I don't know
24:59
that that was the case. Maybe
25:02
the other friend took the wallet because
25:04
he didn't want Henry to buy any more drinks.
25:06
Yeah, I mean you can make
25:09
some arguments but then you have to look
25:11
at the flip side. You're going
25:13
to turn somebody loose at
25:15
the Super America with
25:18
no wallet. Okay, you're limiting
25:20
their options of what
25:23
they can do. Also, how's he
25:25
planning to get home from the Super
25:27
America? Exactly. Karen told investigators
25:29
she was contacted by one of
25:31
Henry's friends who said he was
25:33
at a club in Spring Lake
25:35
Park on September 6th and
25:37
was dropped off at a gas station
25:40
after 2 a.m. on September 7th. In
25:43
his police interview, William Kennedy
25:45
said he and the unnamed friend
25:48
took Henry's wallet to try
25:50
to stop him from buying more drinks because
25:53
he was very intoxicated. According
25:56
to a search warrant, after
25:58
they left the club, William and Henry
26:00
got into Williams car. He
26:02
was going to take Henry home, but
26:05
Henry asked to be dropped off at
26:07
the Super America gas station and freely
26:09
instead. So,
26:11
you know, that does kind of
26:13
go along with your theory. Hey,
26:15
we got to figure out how to keep this
26:17
guy from buying more drinks. If
26:20
that story is to be believed,
26:23
and it also answers the question, at
26:25
least on the part of William Kennedy, well, why didn't
26:27
you take the guy home? Yeah,
26:31
why stop there. And according
26:34
to William, it's because that's where
26:36
Henry wanted to go. But why
26:38
would he want to go there? He's not going to be
26:40
able to do anything. He's not
26:42
going to be able to buy anything.
26:44
Maybe because he drank so much, he
26:47
didn't realize that they had taken his
26:49
wallet. Yeah. I mean, look, it's
26:51
fun to hang around. I'll Frank the tank for a
26:53
little bit, but oh,
26:55
it can get old real quick. Yeah. I've
26:57
been on both sides of it. Oh, I know.
27:01
The local police volunteers in
27:03
the Minnesota community policing services
27:05
initiated search efforts. There were
27:07
multiple searches, but none of them
27:10
proved fruitful. Based
27:12
on statements, the Mounds View police believed
27:14
Henry was given a ride and dropped
27:16
off at the Super America on
27:19
73rd Avenue north of Fridley.
27:23
Officers requested surveillance video
27:25
to try to determine Henry's whereabouts.
27:28
They were also waiting information from Henry's
27:30
cell phone provider to track his
27:32
phone on the night of his disappearance.
27:35
And to me, those would be two
27:38
very logical places to
27:40
start. And you think there definitely would be
27:42
some video from the
27:44
gas station. Yes. And
27:47
they should be able to track him using
27:49
his phone. A search warrant
27:52
filed in the Ramsey County District
27:54
Court states that Henry is
27:57
heard yelling, screaming and making
27:59
noises. in the strange voicemail
28:01
from September 7th. And
28:04
I think all of that is true. Making
28:07
noises is a
28:09
pretty broad category because
28:11
those were some very strange,
28:13
some of them strange
28:15
noises. Oh, it is very hard for
28:18
me to decipher what was going on.
28:21
Mounds View Police Chief Tom Kenny
28:23
later said, investigators were
28:25
unable to make any definite
28:28
conclusions about the disturbing voicemail
28:30
per ABC. And I
28:32
don't know how they could. I mean,
28:34
you could listen to that thing a thousand
28:36
times. It's going to be
28:39
hard to make anything out of
28:41
it. Yeah, I don't even know if an
28:43
expert could figure it out. Well,
28:45
the audio was sent to the FBI for
28:48
further analysis and cleaning up. Investigators
28:51
listed other factors in the search
28:53
warrant. The warrant stated that Henry
28:55
didn't have much money and
28:57
bounced a rent check before his
28:59
disappearance. He was reportedly having trouble
29:02
at work and received a bad
29:04
review. None of those are good signs.
29:07
No, not when somebody disappears.
29:10
Now, what do they really mean
29:12
though? Okay, you bounced
29:15
a rent check. Plenty of people
29:17
have done that. Plenty of
29:19
people have run short on money. Plenty
29:22
of people have had trouble at work
29:24
and received a bad review. Yeah,
29:26
and in most cases, they turn
29:28
it around and bounce back. Sure, but
29:31
you probably look at those a
29:33
little differently in the context of
29:36
someone going missing. You're trying
29:38
to figure out, does that
29:40
have anything to do with it?
29:43
Any of that stuff. Yeah, is it a driving
29:45
factor? Yeah. As the days
29:47
passed, Henry didn't access his bank
29:49
account. He also didn't reach out
29:51
to his family, friends, or employer.
29:54
So he didn't have his wallet either. That
29:56
is true, but I think you brought
29:59
it up on this. weeks, true crime all
30:01
the time episode. It
30:03
just never seems to be a
30:06
good sign, right? When
30:08
someone goes missing and
30:11
there's no activity on
30:13
the financial side of things, what
30:16
are you to make of that? People need money
30:19
to subsist. So
30:21
either they have a lot of cash
30:24
in their pocket or something bad happened to
30:26
them. Another search was conducted on
30:28
September 19th, 2015 near the Super
30:32
America gas station in Fridley. Teams
30:35
searched the area between the gas
30:37
station and Henry's home, which is
30:40
approximately a 35 minute walk.
30:43
They were checking potential routes
30:45
Henry might have taken if
30:48
he decided to walk home. And to
30:50
me, that makes it even stranger
30:53
that he would want to be dropped
30:55
off at the Super America, you know,
30:58
you've been out partying,
31:00
you're intoxicated. Who
31:02
wants to take a 2
31:05
a.m. 35
31:07
minute walk home? Yeah, I don't
31:09
think anybody would want to, but maybe he
31:11
was like, drop me off here. I'm
31:14
going to go in and get me a six pack or
31:16
a, you know, a 40 ounce
31:18
or something like that, and I'm going to drink
31:20
it on the way home or have it when
31:23
I get home. Yeah, that could be. Maybe
31:25
he wanted one of those Super America hot dogs, you
31:27
know. Well, let's face it. We
31:30
don't always make the
31:32
best decision when we're
31:35
intoxicated. That is true. Very true.
31:38
And something that would make no sense
31:40
to you if you were stone cold
31:42
sober might make perfect
31:44
sense at 2 a.m.
31:47
When you're pretty drunk. Been
31:49
there a few times. And I know there's people
31:51
listening saying the same thing. Oh
31:54
yeah. Remember that one time. That made sense
31:57
at the time. At the time. But we
31:59
don't know. you know how
32:01
that factors into Henry's case. You
32:03
know, if he was pretty
32:06
intoxicated, it was just
32:08
not thinking as clearly as
32:10
he normally did. And that very well
32:13
could be. Karen told the spokesman
32:15
recorder on the day of the search,
32:17
the children are in California right now with
32:20
my mother and I wanted them to be
32:22
stable. I just tried to stay
32:24
focused. I tried to keep my mind
32:26
focused on finding him and making
32:28
sure he is OK. Hey, I
32:31
think that's a perfect response. Yeah,
32:34
and I was thinking it seemed like a
32:36
pretty smart thing to do, right?
32:38
If you have somebody to watch the
32:41
kids, leave them in California
32:43
because you need to devote
32:45
all of your energy to finding
32:48
your husband. And you can't
32:50
do that if you're going to have to care for your
32:52
children. At the same time, it's
32:54
going to be difficult. Henry's coworker,
32:57
Akia Carrington, told news
32:59
outlet KARE11, this
33:01
is a crisis. Henry
33:04
is not the type of person to not show
33:06
up to work or to
33:08
not show up to his community
33:10
functions or his union functions. He's
33:13
always around, always there. He's
33:15
that friendly face that you would see in
33:18
the crowd, someone who would make you feel
33:20
at home and welcome. And this
33:22
is something that we hear about a
33:24
lot of people. When you
33:26
have someone who is extremely
33:28
dependable, the fact that
33:30
they miss something, they
33:33
don't show up to something, that
33:35
is a huge red flag to
33:37
people who know them because that's just
33:39
not who they are. It's not what they
33:41
do. The one thing I'm wondering
33:44
is, you're hearing all these great things
33:47
about him at work. I just find it
33:49
a little strange that he got a bad review.
33:52
Yeah, I was curious about that as
33:54
well. It could be that his
33:57
coworkers love him, think
33:59
he's great. But maybe
34:01
there was something else going on where his
34:03
performance wasn't as good as it had been
34:06
before I don't know, but
34:08
it did seem strange. Yeah, and
34:10
I think it's a question to ask, you know, how
34:12
does it play into? His
34:15
disappearance if it had anything to do with it at
34:17
all Investigators soon
34:19
learned that William Kennedy statement
34:22
about where he dropped Henry off was
34:24
not accurate When the police
34:26
checked security footage from the Super
34:28
America gas station his car was
34:30
not seen Kennedy said he might
34:32
have dropped Henry off at a different
34:35
gas station. Okay, that's a problem It
34:38
does seem to be a problem and
34:40
and here's why I don't
34:42
know how much this guy had to
34:44
drink Hopefully not much at
34:46
all because he was the one Driving
34:49
I would think that if
34:51
you found out the next day that
34:54
your friend was missing Where
34:56
you dropped him off would be? Set
34:59
pretty concretely in your mind. Yeah, you
35:01
would hope right? This is the time
35:03
that I dropped him off This is
35:05
where I dropped him off now the
35:07
time I see, you know that as
35:09
maybe fluctuating a little
35:11
bit but the location
35:14
that Seems like it
35:16
would be something pretty easy to
35:18
recall and we're not talking six years
35:21
later, right? That would be
35:23
different according to Fox 9 Surveillance
35:27
video showed that Henry was dropped
35:29
off at a holiday gas station
35:31
off Central Avenue and Hackman Avenue
35:33
in Fridley early on
35:36
September 7th however According
35:38
to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press
35:41
and the Minnesota spokesman recorder when
35:44
authorities reviewed the security footage From
35:47
various gas stations in the area. None
35:49
of them captured Kennedy's vehicle.
35:52
Okay, this is kind of Shifting a
35:54
little bit. Yeah, so Investigators
35:57
Decided to look into will You?
36:00
Kennedy's story Further, would you know
36:02
they have to do So far
36:04
it hasn't checked that yen to
36:06
you can verify what he's saying
36:08
actually occurred. Course. You get to
36:10
keep checking it out because otherwise it looks very
36:12
suspicious. Well. Looks suspicious
36:14
because. The biggest party
36:17
your story. Is where you
36:19
dropped him off. And now
36:21
they're saying that can't be
36:23
true. In Mountain. You
36:25
Police Chief Tom Kenny told the
36:28
Twin Cities Pioneer Press bad piece
36:30
of information. Isn't. So
36:32
one hundred percent that we
36:34
can discount his verse. There.
36:36
Are technical thing. For. Example:
36:39
if there's a problem with the surveillance
36:41
system or if the car just isn't
36:43
captured on camera. Does. That
36:45
mean they were never there. says.
36:47
He is one of others associated
36:50
with Mr. Mccabe that we need
36:52
to establish their past that night.
36:55
And a D C is making a good.
36:57
Point. You. The absence
36:59
of something. Doesn't. Always
37:02
mean. The. Same as
37:04
the presence of something. It's
37:07
and make sense says. If.
37:09
You saw his vehicle. Vote
37:12
for. Sure he was there. But.
37:14
Not seeing the vehicle on camera.
37:17
Does. It one hundred percent.
37:20
Mean that he couldn't have been
37:22
there that night. Know could he
37:24
have pulled? then. To. A
37:26
spot that. He a wasn't covered
37:28
by it's him. Again, not knowing
37:30
the camera lay out in the coverage
37:33
than and all that. But
37:35
it's. Possible there and boozer.
37:37
Can. He did say that's William Kennedy
37:39
was not a person of interest in
37:41
his statement was one of many being
37:44
investigated. At. One point, he went
37:46
with investigators to show them where
37:48
he dropped Henry off. So it's
37:50
not like this guy was not
37:52
being cooperatives. He. Was. While.
37:55
The police body just wasn't being honest.
37:57
The. i do believe they they thought that Now
38:00
you have Chief Kenny coming out and
38:02
saying he's not 100% on that.
38:06
But you would have to say it doesn't look great. Henry's
38:10
phone data confirmed that he was
38:12
in Spring Lake Park and Fiddly.
38:15
However, the last ping, which occurred
38:17
around the time he left the
38:19
mysterious voicemail, indicated he
38:21
may have been near Creekview Park
38:24
in New Brighton, Minnesota. New
38:26
Brighton is about 7 miles from
38:29
Fiddly, where Kennedy said he
38:31
dropped Henry off. Well,
38:33
7 miles is a pretty good distance
38:35
to walk on foot. Yeah, it's a
38:37
lot farther than I'm comfortable walking,
38:41
totally sober. It's definitely not
38:43
something I would want to do at 2, 3
38:46
o'clock in the morning after I've
38:49
been drinking. And I would think it
38:51
would take a couple hours to walk that? Yeah,
38:54
I don't know exactly. That sounds pretty
38:57
reasonable, but I would also think
38:59
it might take even longer if you were
39:01
drunk. You might be stumbling a
39:04
little bit. You might go
39:06
the wrong way at a certain point in time.
39:08
Or you're not walking a straight line. You're not
39:10
walking a straight line, that's for sure. Phone
39:14
records showed Henry's phone made three
39:16
calls after he was last seen
39:18
per the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
39:21
The press noted that William Kennedy
39:23
could not be reached for comment.
39:26
And you can make of that what
39:28
you will. You know, a lot of
39:30
times you see that in a documentary where
39:34
there are less than flattering things said
39:36
about an individual. And at the end
39:38
it says this person would
39:40
not return our phone calls or could not be
39:42
reached for comment. Yeah, I'm sure those
39:45
individuals just want this to go away. Whatever
39:48
it's around, right? In this case, William
39:52
probably just, can this just go away?
39:54
All I did was give a guy a drive to a
39:57
gas station. Well, if that's what he
39:59
did. Yeah, or it could just
40:01
be that he didn't feel like talking to the paper But
40:04
there are some people who
40:06
would look at that and say well, this
40:09
guy has something to hide True
40:11
if not, then why would
40:13
you not talk to the press and
40:16
another angle on that is maybe his attorney said?
40:18
Hey, don't say nothing to
40:20
anybody. It's not in your best interest According
40:24
to the spokesman recorder Henry's phone
40:26
was never turned back on after
40:28
it disconnected on September
40:30
7th 2015
40:33
and I think you know just like the not
40:36
accessing His bank account
40:39
that's not a good sign either There
40:41
were two searches in late September
40:44
one search team checked the area around Pavlitzky's
40:47
Club on highway 65 one
40:50
of the locations where Henry was last seen
40:53
Volunteers also searched around the
40:55
New Brighton neighborhood park in
40:57
New Brighton Where a pair
41:00
of black gloves was found during an
41:02
earlier search? David Singleton
41:04
the chief executive officer of
41:06
Minnesota Community Policing Services said
41:09
the search would continue around Silver
41:12
Lake Road and Mississippi Street
41:14
near the park where Henry's
41:16
phone picked but another
41:18
month passed with no answers
41:21
on November 2nd 2015
41:24
Henry McCabe's body was found in
41:26
Rush Lake in New Brighton,
41:28
Minnesota a person kayaking
41:30
in the lake found the body and called
41:32
the police at 4 30 p.m the
41:35
body was found about four minutes from
41:38
a previous search area and minutes
41:41
from Henry's home in
41:43
Mounds View again, it
41:45
was about seven miles from where he
41:47
was Allegedly dropped
41:49
off in Fridley and
41:51
here's yet another example of
41:53
you know someone out Having
41:56
fun going about their day Doing
41:59
a little comedy I'm kayaking and they
42:02
stumble upon a dead body. I
42:05
just cannot imagine what
42:07
that does to a person. You
42:09
didn't have anything to do with it. You didn't
42:11
do anything wrong. Still going to
42:13
shake you up. It has to. I just wonder
42:15
how long it stays with you. It
42:18
haunts you and I'm sure it varies
42:21
person to person. What
42:23
I don't think is someone sees that and goes, oh, there's
42:26
another body. Yeah, it's
42:28
going to be an event that
42:30
you'll never forget. Earlier
42:33
that day before Henry's body
42:35
was found, David Singleton
42:37
from the MCPS said they
42:40
cut ties with Kareen McCabe.
42:42
They'd had a shaky relationship for the
42:45
past few weeks. Singleton
42:47
alleged there were inconsistencies
42:50
regarding Henry's disappearance.
42:53
And I thought this was
42:55
a very interesting statement. Remember,
42:57
this guy works for this
42:59
agency that's supposed to be
43:03
kind of the mediator between
43:05
the family and the police. And
43:08
he is saying we've
43:11
cut ties with the
43:13
wife. And he's alleging
43:15
that there were inconsistencies. Now
43:18
he doesn't come right out and say
43:20
that the inconsistencies are on her part,
43:22
but you kind of have to
43:24
put it together that way, don't you? I
43:27
would think so. Or else, why
43:29
cut ties? So does that
43:31
make either her or the police look bad? Or
43:33
is it just one of those
43:36
situations where no one's going
43:38
to be able to help smooth things over? So
43:40
there's no reason for them to be involved. What
43:43
the time, you know, he didn't
43:45
come out and say what the
43:47
inconsistencies were. So it's a little
43:50
hard to figure out. Are
43:52
these inconsistencies on
43:55
the part of Kareem and
43:58
the statements that she's made? It
44:01
makes it seem that way or
44:03
else why cut ties. The
44:05
other question I have is, are
44:07
these inconsistencies that would then
44:09
possibly put her on police
44:12
radar? The police weren't sure how
44:14
long Henry's body had been in the lake,
44:16
but it appeared that it had been there
44:18
for a while based on
44:21
decomposition. Henry's body
44:23
was officially identified on November 3rd.
44:26
The Mounds View Police Department issued a
44:28
statement. At this time, the
44:30
death does not appear to be suspicious,
44:33
but the cause of death
44:35
is still undetermined pending toxicology
44:37
results. The police department
44:39
wishes to thank the numerous volunteers
44:41
involved during search efforts the last
44:43
several weeks. Kind of a
44:46
generic statement, right? It is. Now,
44:48
depending on the decomposition,
44:51
could they tell that
44:54
there was no gunshot wound, there
44:56
was no knife wound? There was
44:58
nothing on the outside
45:00
of the body that would make it
45:03
seem as though he was
45:05
murdered. And therefore, what
45:07
they are waiting on are the
45:10
toxicology reports to see what's in
45:12
his system. But I don't
45:14
know that for sure. It's the way
45:16
it makes it sound. David Singleton
45:18
from the MCPS said, as
45:20
quoted by the spokesman recorder,
45:23
he doesn't appear that
45:25
he will come here to Rush
45:27
Lake on his own. It appears
45:29
that someone has brought him to this location.
45:33
Individuals probably would have been aware of this
45:35
location or tracked it some type of
45:37
way. It's not a
45:39
location that you can get to easily just
45:41
off the main street. Based on
45:43
the evidence we have, we believe
45:45
he was not brought here on
45:48
his own free will. And isn't that
45:50
a little bit different than what
45:52
the police are saying? Well, I think
45:54
it's different from the
45:56
standpoint of the police say
45:59
the death doesn't appear to be
46:01
suspicious, this guy saying he
46:04
wasn't brought there of his own
46:07
free will, then that
46:09
leads you to believe that there
46:11
was something suspicious about his death.
46:14
Now, I think from the police
46:16
viewpoint, they're looking more
46:18
at maybe the body
46:22
than they are the location. Yeah, I
46:24
think that's a fair assessment. And
46:26
maybe at the time, they didn't
46:29
want to say more because the
46:31
toxicology results were still pending.
46:34
But let's really break down what this guy is
46:36
saying, right? This is not a
46:39
place or an area, at
46:41
least to him, that he thought
46:44
Henry McCabe would have walked
46:46
to voluntarily. Maybe
46:48
somebody gave him a
46:50
ride as he was walking that
46:53
direction and tried to
46:55
mug him, rob him. Were they
46:57
going to rob? Well, they didn't know though,
46:59
right? Oh, that he didn't have his wallet? Yeah, I
47:01
mean, I'm sure we'll get
47:03
into theories, but that's
47:05
possible. The problem with a case
47:08
like this is there's a lot of things that
47:10
are possible. Over 100
47:12
people attended a vigil for Henry
47:14
later that month. His
47:16
mother, who lives in Liberia, spoke to
47:19
the spokesman recorder over the phone. She
47:21
wanted to know what happened to Henry and
47:24
stated, someone killed my son.
47:27
And we've actually had this in a number of episodes
47:31
recently. And the same
47:33
thing in the Rebecca Correa case
47:35
where people were notified
47:37
that their loved one was killed, but
47:40
they're in a completely different country. That's
47:43
got to be so difficult. Yeah, it must be a
47:45
very, very helpless feeling. But she's
47:47
also not mincing words. She
47:49
firmly believes someone killed
47:52
her son. Pastor Marie Van
47:54
said at the vigil, per the
47:56
spokesman recorder, Henry was
47:58
not an isolated In
48:00
the middle of the dark Henry had
48:02
a life Henry had a family He
48:04
had children and he had a mother
48:07
Henry had brothers Henry had
48:09
friends before Henry died He
48:12
was pleading to someone who dropped him in
48:14
the dark Henry paid for
48:16
you to learn the lesson when
48:19
he got off from that car and
48:21
that morning He had no idea that
48:23
he was going to die. I want you
48:25
to go and tell Henry's friends We're
48:28
not accusing them, but we're
48:30
disappointed in them. Well,
48:32
I hate when people are disappointed with me Yeah,
48:35
I do too. I'd almost rather
48:37
somebody be upset or mad at me. Yeah
48:40
Disappointed is a tough
48:42
emotion. It was when I was a kid.
48:45
Nobody wants your parents to be disappointed
48:47
with you No, no, not at
48:49
all. Just go ahead and get the
48:51
switch and get it over with but
48:53
don't be disappointed But I
48:55
really want to go back to you know
48:58
what this pastor said we're
49:00
disappointed in Henry's friends but
49:03
we're not accusing them disappointed
49:05
why because they Dropped
49:08
him off at some gas station That
49:11
can't be proven and
49:13
allowed him to Walk
49:16
home instead of just driving
49:18
him home, you know Forcing
49:20
the issue. No, we're gonna drive you
49:22
home We're gonna take you where you can
49:25
just walk up to your door You know, you're
49:27
safe and I think it's a
49:29
good point, you know, I get it This
49:32
guy comes out and says Henry wanted
49:34
to go to super America Hey,
49:36
I've had friends who wanted to do a lot of
49:39
things that Didn't make sense
49:42
and I think you can Make
49:44
an argument that if
49:46
this person is your friend It's
49:49
kind of incumbent on you in that
49:51
situation When
49:53
you know that they're intoxicated to
49:56
help them out in making the
49:58
right decision and like You said maybe
50:00
even forcing the issue if you have to.
50:03
I know you wanted to go to super America, bud,
50:05
but that's not what we're
50:07
doing. I'm driving you home and I'm
50:10
going to watch you walk in the front
50:12
door so that I know you're safe. Yeah.
50:15
I mean, if they're that intoxicated, I mean,
50:17
just roll right past the gas station.
50:20
They probably won't even know. Yeah. They want to know where
50:22
you can say, Oh, shoot, they're close. Even
50:24
though everyone knows that super America is open 24
50:26
hours a day. Well, you know, maybe
50:28
you can get it past them. I don't
50:30
want to put too much on these people. Obviously,
50:33
if they didn't have anything to do with it, if they had something to
50:35
do with it, we'll put everything on
50:37
them. But we don't know that
50:40
to be the case. So I don't
50:42
want to hammer them too
50:44
hard, but I think you can
50:46
make that argument that that would
50:49
have been the better course
50:51
of action. Does it make them
50:53
bad people because they didn't? It's
50:56
hard to argue that. Or
50:58
does that make them responsible for his death?
51:00
It's really hard to argue that. Just
51:02
maybe a bad judgment call. Yeah. You could have
51:04
made a better one. Henry's
51:07
wife, Kareen said, until
51:09
the police walked to my door, I
51:11
was certain he was alive. I want
51:13
him to be. She noted that
51:15
her daughters would have to experience
51:18
Thanksgiving and Christmas without their father.
51:21
Yeah. I think when you hear things
51:23
like that, it really brings it home.
51:25
Number one is heartbreaking for
51:28
a wife, for children
51:30
to lose a husband, father.
51:34
Then you start thinking about, okay,
51:37
the first Thanksgiving, the first
51:39
Christmas, the anniversary, the
51:41
birthday. There's so many
51:43
events in our lives. Sure. Yeah.
51:47
That he's not going to be at any more. The
51:50
first time and then every year after.
51:53
A friend of Henry's pointed out to
51:55
the spokesman recorder that he
51:57
couldn't have driven to the lake where his body
51:59
was. And we talked about it, right?
52:01
He didn't have his keys with him and he
52:04
was driven by his friend that night.
52:07
So my thought was that even if he made it
52:09
home, he couldn't have gotten into his
52:11
car and driven and they would have found
52:13
it anyway. Absolutely. Other
52:15
people at the vigil expressed their belief that
52:18
Henry was put in the water on November
52:21
19th, the new Brighton
52:23
department of public safety announced that
52:25
Henry's cause of death was
52:27
probable drowning in fresh water.
52:30
The Ramsey County medical examiner found
52:33
no signs of trauma or
52:35
foul play. And I understand
52:37
what they're saying. If
52:40
you don't find any signs, you don't find any signs.
52:42
But here's the thing to me
52:45
with drowning. Could you
52:47
drown someone who was extremely
52:50
intoxicated and there
52:52
would virtually probably not be any
52:54
sign of it
52:57
that somebody else made it happen?
52:59
And my thought is, yeah, I agree with you.
53:01
It could occur that way. If
53:04
you held somebody's head under
53:06
the water, what marks would
53:08
you leave? What evidence would
53:10
you leave that would support
53:12
a theory of homicide? Yeah,
53:15
I think you're right there. You
53:17
could apply some pressure to
53:20
someone's head, hold them underneath water and no
53:23
one would know that. Well, and depending
53:25
on how intoxicated a person
53:28
was, they may not be
53:30
able to put up the same type
53:33
of struggle, the same type of fight
53:35
that they would if they were sober. But
53:38
if you're a medical examiner, you have
53:41
to go with the facts. Yeah, just
53:44
the facts, Jack. Yeah, and the facts
53:46
are that there were no
53:48
signs of trauma or foul play. That's
53:50
what they said. It doesn't mean that
53:52
there couldn't have been foul
53:54
play. There's just no signs
53:56
of it. So you can't suppose
53:59
that. there was because
54:01
they deal in fact law
54:03
enforcement told the press that
54:05
the investigation remained open at
54:08
a meeting on November 25th the
54:10
family asked the police chiefs of
54:12
mounds view and knew Brighton about
54:15
Henry's manner of death they were
54:17
told it could have been a
54:20
homicide or suicide but the police didn't
54:22
have an answer but I think they also
54:24
could have said it could have been accidental yeah
54:26
I'm surprised that those
54:28
were the two options now
54:31
are they ruling out accidental
54:34
because they didn't believe
54:36
that Henry would have made it
54:39
to that area on his own
54:41
accidentally and then fallen in
54:43
but how could they say that if
54:45
they're gonna say suicide is an option yeah
54:48
and I think it goes back to if
54:51
you don't know you don't know but you're
54:53
right to limit it to those two
54:56
don't seem a little strange was
54:58
there a reason why they were
55:00
totally discounting and new
55:03
Brighton police chief Bob Jacobson said
55:06
we may not be able to tell you everything
55:09
we're not trying to hide anything we
55:12
still want to know what happened and
55:14
I think that part is true they don't know
55:16
what happened they'd like to know Jacobson
55:19
added we hope that the Liberian
55:21
communities and all communities
55:24
inclusive can understand what happened
55:26
to McCabe and have
55:28
confidence that we're going to investigate
55:30
this fully and I think reading
55:33
between the lines there this
55:35
guy is saying we want
55:37
to make sure that everyone know that
55:40
we're not going to skimp
55:42
on this investigation because
55:44
of the color of this man's skin I
55:47
think that's what he's saying without
55:50
actually coming out and saying yeah
55:52
over 500 people attended Henry's
55:55
funeral on December 19 Henry's
55:58
older brother Tim quoted by
56:00
the spokesman review is saying, my brother
56:02
was found in rush Lake. I
56:05
believe he was murdered. It's his
56:07
brother saying that his mom has already
56:09
said that, you know, just
56:11
to back up for one second, 500 people.
56:15
That tells you a lot about someone's character
56:18
and the effect that they had on
56:21
people because this guy hadn't lived
56:24
here his entire life. No. So
56:26
that means that in the short
56:28
time, relatively short time that he
56:31
was here. He did have
56:33
an effect on people. Henry's 10
56:35
year old daughter also spoke at the
56:37
funeral and said, why did he
56:39
have to die like this? And
56:42
again, that is a heartbreaking
56:45
thought. She described her
56:47
father's death as the
56:49
worst punishment ever before she
56:51
returned to her seat and tears. It's
56:54
tough to listen to that. Yeah. And I
56:56
wish I knew more about what she
56:58
meant about that. I sure
57:01
hope that she
57:03
doesn't believe that her
57:05
father's death was related to anything that
57:07
she did or, you know, some way
57:09
that she acted at some
57:12
certain point. I hope that's not
57:14
what she meant and didn't carry it like that. Kareen
57:17
said at the funeral, I want justice
57:19
for my husband. He didn't deserve
57:21
to die. Someone did this to him.
57:24
There is a guy. And he knows
57:26
what happened and hates an injustice.
57:28
Whoever did this, God will
57:30
deal with you. So as we wrap
57:33
up this episode on Henry
57:35
McCabe, I think one of the
57:38
shocking slash
57:40
disappointing things is
57:43
the lack of recent articles
57:46
about the status of the
57:48
investigation. Couldn't find really
57:51
anything on the
57:53
toxicology results. There just
57:55
really hasn't been much
57:58
out there in the public. about
58:01
the death of Henry McCabe since his
58:03
body was found. That's a shame. It
58:06
definitely is, but it's something that we
58:08
have seen in
58:10
many unsolved cases. You
58:13
know, there can be a flurry
58:15
of media activity, but at a
58:17
certain point, it seems as though it
58:20
trails off. Now maybe that's
58:22
just because the police aren't releasing
58:24
anything, there's nothing really to report
58:26
on, but it
58:28
could also be because people
58:31
have moved on to other stories
58:34
that have more to them. More
58:36
headlines. More headlines, more real
58:39
information. So we talked about
58:41
the fact that there were no physical signs
58:43
of foul play. We
58:46
talked about the way that Henry
58:49
supposedly disappeared, and
58:52
obviously we heard the very strange
58:54
voicemail. And I think all
58:56
of that has led his family
58:58
and friends to believe he was murdered.
59:02
I don't know what the
59:04
police believe. I don't think
59:06
they have enough facts to come out
59:09
and really say much. And it's
59:12
actually smarter than not to say much
59:14
if they don't have anything. It better
59:16
hold it close to them until they're ready
59:19
to release that information. But
59:21
that leads to a lot of frustration for
59:23
friends and family of someone who
59:25
has died in what
59:28
you'd have to call a very mysterious way.
59:31
Where are things at? And there could
59:33
be things happening behind the scenes. The
59:36
police don't come out and say everything.
59:39
You actually heard that guy say it. We're not
59:41
gonna tell you everything. Oh, they need to have
59:43
that just in case down the road, they
59:46
get somebody that could be a potential suspect. They
59:48
wanna be able to see if their
59:50
story matches what they know. And
59:53
they could already have somebody
59:56
in their sight. Yeah. You
59:58
don't wanna let that out. to let
1:00:00
out why it is you have that
1:00:02
person in your size, you don't want
1:00:04
to scare that person. And so
1:00:06
there are a lot of reasons why
1:00:08
police would not want to disclose certain
1:00:11
things. But you know,
1:00:13
I think going back to
1:00:15
this voicemail, I just don't
1:00:17
know what to make of it. You know,
1:00:20
was this Henry being
1:00:22
taken by somebody to this area?
1:00:25
What were all the strange noises,
1:00:28
almost like growls? Was
1:00:31
it a, you know,
1:00:33
fighting, tussling with someone?
1:00:35
You know, they said
1:00:38
that he wasn't shot. Nope.
1:00:41
But it did sound like he was in pain
1:00:44
at a certain point. It sounded like he was
1:00:46
almost like moaning. I think
1:00:48
it's one of the big mysteries in
1:00:50
this case. What really does
1:00:53
that voicemail mean?
1:00:55
What are those sounds? Well,
1:00:57
maybe eventually somebody with the really
1:01:00
good quality audio equipment
1:01:02
will be able to analyze it. Well,
1:01:04
that's the other thing, right? The paper said
1:01:07
that they sent it off to
1:01:09
the FBI, but then there was no reporting
1:01:11
after that. So were they able
1:01:13
to clean it up? Did they hear anything? We
1:01:16
don't know. And if they did, maybe the
1:01:18
police don't want to release it. That could
1:01:20
be as well. That could be as well. According
1:01:23
to the spokesman review, the Minnesota
1:01:25
community policing services is offering a
1:01:27
$5,000 reward for information leading to
1:01:32
the arrest and conviction of those responsible
1:01:35
for the death of Henry McCabe. You
1:01:37
can call 651-485-9211 or
1:01:43
email David Singleton at community
1:01:45
policing services at gmail.com.
1:01:47
You can remain anonymous. Well, that's good.
1:01:49
You know, I mean, somebody could have
1:01:51
seen something that night, you know, they
1:01:54
could have been driving around, walking
1:01:56
around, and maybe
1:01:58
they've been scared to say anything and
1:02:01
just, it's time to say something, help, help this,
1:02:04
uh, investigation out. Yeah. I
1:02:06
still think it's strange that they
1:02:08
never saw William Kennedy's car on
1:02:11
any of the, the surveillance
1:02:13
footage from the gas stations.
1:02:16
Again, does it mean 100% that he wasn't at
1:02:19
any of those? No,
1:02:22
but you would think he'd
1:02:25
have been caught on one
1:02:27
camera at least. Yeah. But that's
1:02:29
it for our episode on Henry
1:02:31
McCabe. We've got some voicemails, Gibbs. You
1:02:33
want to check those out? Let's hear them. Hi
1:02:36
guys. My name is Sarah. I'm calling
1:02:38
from Comanche, Oklahoma. Just love
1:02:40
the show. And I was hoping that
1:02:42
you could feature a case for my
1:02:44
hometown, um, that could really use some
1:02:47
help in gaining attention, um,
1:02:49
and hopefully to, um, push
1:02:51
for some more answers, the
1:02:54
cases for just for Noah
1:02:56
press growth from Comanche, Oklahoma,
1:02:58
he was found dead on
1:03:00
the highway after a labor
1:03:03
date, um, after a labor
1:03:05
day party, um, with a
1:03:07
group of friends, their medical
1:03:10
examiner has just released
1:03:12
the full autopsy report
1:03:14
on May 13th. Um,
1:03:17
there is a Facebook page justice for
1:03:19
Noah press grove. There's lots of information
1:03:21
out there. Uh, but at
1:03:23
this time, the family and the town,
1:03:26
uh, is asking for
1:03:28
answers. It's a very sad case. Um,
1:03:30
lots of small town gossip, uh,
1:03:34
would make great contact, uh,
1:03:37
but really, um, asking for some
1:03:39
additional help and, um,
1:03:41
maybe getting the word out about this case,
1:03:44
love you guys. Love the show. Thanks so much.
1:03:47
All right. It's one that we will definitely check
1:03:49
into. It sounds like it's there's something or
1:03:52
things are happening. Sure does right
1:03:54
now. So we're definitely
1:03:56
checking out this era. I'm
1:04:00
Mindy from Oklahoma and I've
1:04:02
been listening to your podcast
1:04:04
for years and I'm going
1:04:06
back for you the episodes
1:04:09
from 2017-18
1:04:12
where he
1:04:14
got his motorcycle and you went to go
1:04:17
see him for lunch and I'm imagining you'd
1:04:20
be getting on the back of the motorcycle and
1:04:22
he's got himself in the back of the house
1:04:24
and he's cracking me up. Anyway,
1:04:26
keep your own time ticket and
1:04:28
let you guys, I'm definitely Team
1:04:31
Gibby. Thanks. Well,
1:04:34
one thing I can say for sure
1:04:36
is that Gibby never rode on the
1:04:38
back of my motorcycle. Ever?
1:04:41
No. You drove, I rode
1:04:43
the bike, we went separately and met
1:04:46
up at the... I don't
1:04:48
ride that way. Nor should
1:04:50
you? No. I'm not going to put my hands
1:04:52
around your waist. It's not your hands
1:04:54
I'm worried about. I don't want you
1:04:57
pressed up against me in
1:05:00
any form or fashion. That's
1:05:05
a bumpy road, sorry buddy. Not going
1:05:07
to happen. That's funny though.
1:05:10
Alright buddy, that is it for another
1:05:12
episode of True Crime All The Time
1:05:14
Unsolved. So for Mike and Gibby, stay
1:05:16
safe and keep your own time ticking.
1:05:45
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