June 8, 2025

Death at Fentenyal Fitness: Heather Bradford Charged in Boyfriends Overdose!

Death at Fentenyal Fitness: Heather Bradford Charged in Boyfriends Overdose!
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Season 1

When a gym-goer noticed a foul odor coming from a locked tanning room at Planet Fitness, no one expected to discover 39-year-old Derek Sink, who had been dead for three days. Despite wearing an ankle monitor that repeatedly pinged his location and multiple visits from his monitoring officer, Sink's body remained undiscovered in plain sight.

The investigation unearthed a heartbreaking web of addiction, negligence, and accountability. Text messages recovered from Sink's phone revealed a devastating timeline—his girlfriend Heather Bradford had supplied him with what would become his fatal dose, a deadly mixture of amphetamine, clonazepam, and fentanyl. Their messages painted a clear picture of desperation and dependency, with Bradford later admitting she had previously revived Sink from overdoses 23-25 times throughout their relationship.

We walk through the investigation step by step, from the initial discovery to the damning evidence that led to Bradford's arrest. Most disturbing was the revelation that despite contributing to her boyfriend's death, Bradford was later arrested with additional fentanyl in her possession, highlighting the powerful grip of addiction that persisted even after witnessing its deadly consequences.

This episode explores both sides of this tragedy—the institutional failures that allowed a deceased person to remain undiscovered in a public business for days, and the complex moral questions surrounding addiction and responsibility. Was Bradford a victim of her own addiction or criminally responsible for Sink's death? How could multiple systems fail so completely? And what can we learn from this heartbreaking case?

Have you ever wondered how thoroughly businesses check their facilities? Or how effective monitoring systems really are? Listen now to understand how small oversights can lead to devastating consequences.

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00:39 - Planet Fitness Death Introduction

05:08 - Derek Sink's Discovery After Three Days

10:44 - Timeline of Derek's Final Hours

25:31 - Text Messages Reveal Drug Exchange

33:27 - Family's Search and Investigation

47:42 - Bradford's Interview and Contradictions

55:58 - Incriminating Text Messages Exposed

58:55 - Discussing Addiction and Responsibility

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Take me home.

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It's the only place I can rest in peace, drink with the stars.

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Get thrown in the mix and tossed out of bars.

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Nobody ever thinks you're going to go to a gym on a Monday morning and you know potentially be the same building as a dead body.

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Elizabeth Lynn says her Monday morning workout started like any other day until she noticed a foul smell.

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And I was kind of like sniffing, trying not to look crazy, but I was like something smells really awful here.

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That smell coming from one of the tanning bedrooms where 39-year-old Derek Sink was found dead.

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The first thing that kind of went off in my head was, you know, lack of attention from the staff members at Planet Fitness, which is pretty disappointing because maybe it could have been prevented.

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Sink's family tells 13 News he went into a tanning bed at the gym on Friday but wasn't found until Monday morning.

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They say he struggled with drugs and a needle was found in the room.

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With him.

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At the plant a fitness male unconscious in the tanning room.

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He is not breathing.

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His aunt says they reported him missing Friday and he was wearing an ankle monitor which helped police find him.

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During the three-day sink was considered missing.

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The gym remained open.

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Welcome back everybody to 69 South.

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We're glad you're back with us.

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We're glad to be back with you.

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I'm Chop, your host, and with me always is my beautiful, lovely co-host, julie.

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How are you doing today, baby?

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I'm amazing and I hope everyone else is having a good day.

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We have a crazy story today.

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I'm sure you heard it on the news.

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There was a man that was dead inside a Planet Fitness for over three days and he was also on house arrest, like GPS monitoring, which makes it even crazy.

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Yes, and his girlfriend, heather Bradford, just got arrested for causing his death by giving him a controlled substance.

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This is a really sad, hard story to tell, but we're going to get into this probable cause affidavit and let everybody know.

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And we're unbiased people, as we usually are, and so we're going to tell it verbatim.

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We're just going to report on the exact news and that's how it's going to go.

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This story brings a lot of tragedy and it also opens up some conversation about the opioid epidemic and how bad it's got, especially with in the early 2000s, and we're going to get a discussion on all of that, because there's both sides to every story, so we want to make sure we cover both sides, so we're going to get right into it on november 11th 2024 at approximately 8.50 am, impd Officer Puente and Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, medic 26, were dispatched to the Planet Fitness located at 8707 Hardigan Street in Indianapolis, indiana, on a report of a DOA.

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Upon arrival, officer Puente and Medic 26 came into contact with Planet Fitness General Manager.

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They stated there was an alarm coming from a tanning room, number 8.

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Hazlett stated there was also a foul odor coming from the tanning room and the door was locked.

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I wonder what that alarm was Like.

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What kind of alarm was going off?

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Well, it might have been a wake-up alarm or something for a Monday morning.

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Right, but if he'd been in there for three days, how long had the alarm been going off?

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Right, you never know, on those iPhones you can set the alarm to certain days, certain times.

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Oh, you think it was an alarm from his phone?

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He might have had an appointment.

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He might have had an appointment.

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It was an alarm from his phone is what you're saying Right Now.

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So there was an alarm and a foul odor coming from the tanning room and the door was locked.

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An alarm and a foul odor coming from the tanning room and the door was locked.

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Haslett had another employee open the door where they found an unresponsive male inside the tanning room.

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The decedent, who would later be identified as Derek Sink, was found kneeling on the floor in the tanning room with his head resting on the table Due to obvious signs of death, including the lack of pulse, a moderate state of decomposition, rigor mortis and liver mortis.

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No resurrection or resuscitation efforts were initiated and Narcan was found on the table near sink.

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Impd evidence technician T Clark took photos and collected the syringe which transport, which was transported to the MPD property room, narcotics vault, sinks, keys, wallet and cell phone, was collected by the deputy coroner Kelly and transported to the Marin County coroner's office.

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I bet that was a harsh scene, man.

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What they're saying is, folks is, the dude was so dead at the time and passed away.

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There was no trying to give him Narcan, no trying to give him any type of life-saving features, man.

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Obviously the dude was dead and it had been dead for a long while a long while.

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Apparently he had narcan, though, because it said there was narcan sitting there on the table, so maybe it was his.

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And just in case he felt that he overdid it, it was there, just in case you know what I mean.

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Yeah, you never know you never know, and I've heard a lot of people these days.

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Uh, we know some people, we've interviewed some people who've been on this fentanyl trip, a lot of these kids.

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Nowadays I say kids, but they're kids to me, Grown adults, people.

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They try to get as high as they can with buddies sitting around them, narcan them to bring them out, because they know they're going to get saved and that's some fucked up shit.

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But they're doing it.

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Folks, man, be aware of that shit, but they're doing it folks, man, be aware of that shit.

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The Marion County Coroner's Office was contacted and Deputy Coroner Kelly and Training Deputy Coroner Parker responded to the scene.

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Sink was wearing an ankle monitor and Field Officer Griffin from TRAC Group, who services Marion County ankle monitors, was also on the scene and spoke with Deputy Coroner Parker.

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Griffin stated Sink's ankle monitor was idle for several hours on track group at approximately 2 17 am on november 9 2024.

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The ankle monitor gave a location somewhere on the property of planet fitness at 8707 hardigan street.

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Griffin received a second idle ankle monitor notification on November 9th 2024.

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And so he went to the area and was unable to locate Sink or the ankle monitor.

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So the next day, on November 10th 2024, griffin received a third idle notification for Sink's ankle monitor.

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Griffin went to Planet Fitness again and he searched the inside of the business, including the tanning area.

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Griffin even stated that he smelled a foul odor and notified Planet Fitness staff immediately.

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Planet Fitness staff told Griffin that all rooms had been checked and there was no concern, as the staff checks each room nightly.

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Griffin received another idle notification from the same location on november 11 2024.

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So he had come to the scene so obviously there's a lot of bullshit in that right there, because for one, they checked every room, which is a lie, because he was in one of them.

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All rooms are cleaned every night, which is bullshit, because he was in a room.

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Yeah.

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I mean you'd think a dude would be on house arrest or GPS monitoring and they get four, a total four idle alerts at this time.

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I mean, why didn't they do a sweep of every single freaking room of this planet fitness?

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Because they said they did.

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Were they bullshitting?

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how precise are those ankle monitor things?

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Does it like go down to the feet?

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Does it go down or does it just give like like your GPS does on your phone?

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Does it give like an approximate location?

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How does that work?

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Well, I would think that it give a pretty precise location deal, because if people is on house arrest and they're like they live in an apartment or something, I would think that it would notify them if they were like 100 feet or 200 feet outside of their home or not in their apartment, Right or not in their apartment.

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It just gets me that they got four of those idle alerts and they still couldn't find the poor dude until he was.

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Yeah, even his officer went there.

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What three times?

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The third time is when they had found him.

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Well, he got four alerts.

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But he didn't go down there the third time because it was the alert.

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They had already found him because he had an alarm going off in that room and they couldn't get in that room.

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Planet Fitness general manager has let informed Deputy Coroner Parker that there was security footage of Sink walking into Planet Fitness at 4.44 pm on November 8, 2024, to start a membership.

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Sink then left and returned approximately 5.47 and entered the tanning bedroom at 5.48.

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And entered the tanning bedroom at 5.48.

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Deputy Coroner Parker was able to observe and record the surveillance video shown to her at the scene confirming the times given in which Sink came into the Planet Fitness initially and when he returned and went into tanning roommate.

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So they had coverage.

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They had video of him going in to.

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Planet Fitness leaving, coming back and going into the tanning bedroom.

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Yeah, so he went in, signed up, got him a membership, then he had to leave for about an hour for something, and then he came back and decided he was going to go tan.

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So don't you think that's weird?

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Though All these people are looking for him, they have the alert saying his GPS is there.

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Why don't they look on the camera?

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They looked on the.

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They did that.

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They looked on the camera, saw him going in there.

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Why the hell was all these searches and all these people?

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Why couldn't they find him in the room that they last saw him on the camera going in?

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That doesn't make sense to me.

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Why they wouldn't have pulled the camera first to look.

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Absolutely.

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Now, on November 14, 2024, I took custody of SYNC's Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from the Marion County Coroner's Office and transported it back to the Overdose Task Force.

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I was unable to access the iPhone with password provided by family members.

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I took the phone to the United States Secret Service Network Intrusion Forensic Analysis Service to attempt to access Sync's phone.

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On November 26, 2024, I received Sync's iPhone back from NIFA Carter along with a drive containing the data retrieved from Sync's iPhone for review.

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On December 2, 2024, I began reviewing the data recovered from Sync's Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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I discovered a text message thread between Sync's phone and number 463-266-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, and the number which was labeled in Sync's contacts as Heather, labeled in Sink's contacts as Heather.

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I was able to determine the phone number is serviced by T-Mobile and the subscriber is Heather Bradford.

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For the research, I was able to find that Heather Bradford in multiple local police reports with a date of birth of 11-22-83, including reports Derek Sink, who was also listed in the text message chain between Sink and Bradford began on October 28th 2024, and concluded on November 10th 2024.

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The following is an expert of messages between Sink and Bradford that took place on November 8th 2024, and are transcribed verbatim I will be reading Derek's and Julie will be reading Heather Bradford's.

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So go ahead, babe.

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Okay, these messages start about 4-18 on November 8th, and it starts with Heather, Bradford, and she says send me an address 8707 Hartigan Street, Greenwood Shops.

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I thought I had it on me, but my makeup bag either fell out somewhere, aka Walgreens or Burger King bathroom, or it's at home.

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So you don't have any on you.

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Or the car if I can find my bag.

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If not, I've lost 1.25 of dope and like eight rigs and a cooker.

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I hope it's in the car because I really need it.

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I need a little and I have some bread for you.

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Do you need my help?

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I'm going to go out to the car so I don't look like a weirdo just sitting here.

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I can't get it right here with her.

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Right here I can bring it to you.

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Can you stop at a restaurant and just give me a little out?

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Please, real quick.

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I don't need a rig, I just need a little something.

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Derek, if I can, I don't need a rig.

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I just need a little something.

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Derek, if I can, I will.

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That's why I wanted you to take her into a store over in the shopping center to buy her something, and I can.

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Okay, I'll give her some money right now.

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Babe, I don't feel good.

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Call her and ask if she wants to run to TJ Max max, and while you guys are in there, I'll get it for you so basically, folks, man, this is, this is, um, this is her boyfriend.

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Man, you could tell he's dope sick, um, he's bagging her for a little bit.

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Um, if she has a little bit, man, when you're, when your significant other is begging you for it, you want them to make.

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You want to make them feel better.

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I mean, I get that.

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I can see their state of minds at this point and she's gonna do whatever she has to do in her mind.

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She's making him better.

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She's making him feel better.

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They when you have two addicts together and they, it's beyond enabling each other in her mind.

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She's trying to.

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She's just trying to help him to feel better, to not feel, because they say when you ain't got this dope or this fentanyl or heroin or whatever the dope is, it makes you sicker than fuck, like the flu.

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Now.

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The following text messages were sent from Bradford to Sink on November 9th 2024, with no response from Sink.

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The messages are transcribed verbatim, so these start at around 1230 am.

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Now Heather says Derek, please text me and let me know you're okay.

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I'm scared shitless Now.

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Grandma just called me at 3.01 am, so I know you are on some dumb shit, derek.

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Why do you lie to me, the one who always has your back, unless you're with some dumb bitch?

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If you are smart, you will call me so I can update you on what's going on.

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I spoke to Grandma.

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And then she's getting desperate.

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And then she's starting to really trip out.

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About 15 minutes after that, heather says please call me D.

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I just left grandma's.

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I went and let the dogs out for her and put them in the cage.

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So I know you aren't at home, not sure where you are or who you are with.

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I'm just hoping and praying you're so right there.

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She knows that she gave him enough dope to kill him.

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Yeah, that's an admission of guilt right there.

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I just don't understand.

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If you had no intentions on going back to grandma's after meeting me tonight, I would have taken there's a child's name to my mom, dropped her off and came back to you and could went and hung out at my house or got in a room somewhere.

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Grandma was really worried about you and her vehicle.

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She is thinking the worst Jail impound lot and lots of money to get it out.

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So I'm asking for you to let me know your girlfriend know that you and the vehicle are safe and you are not in the hospital or you are not in jail and the car is not impounded.

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So far home detention hasn't noticed You're not at grandma's, so let's get you back there before they realize it D and possibly violate you.

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Babe, I'm trying to help you, not make things worse for you.

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I love you, d, and unless you're in, or was in, the hospital, or even marion county, I'm not sure that I can be okay with your decision tonight.

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Once again, I get my hopes up for us to be together.

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And look what you have done to us already.

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All week you've been acting weird towards me, all standoffish, only call me when you want me to get stuff and bring it, but once you had it, you no longer, I no longer existed here's the thing about addicts, man when they get on one and they're just looking for their dope, sometimes they will.

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They'll stop communicating with their family.

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So family doesn't know if they're okay, if they're on another bender, if they're just ghosting everybody right now.

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So keep that in mind, man.

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If you're in that position, man, always stay in touch with your family, because you never know what the fuck's going to be happening to you or anybody else.

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Let your loved ones know what's going on, because shit like this happens.

00:20:02.018 --> 00:20:13.871
There's a lot of situations where, if addicts would have kept in touch of their loved ones instead of you know reclusing, their lives might have been saved.

00:20:15.236 --> 00:20:24.824
So about one o'clock the next day she sends him another message D I wish you would please answer me.

00:20:24.824 --> 00:20:27.982
And then he's still not answering.

00:20:27.982 --> 00:20:29.214
He's still not responding.

00:20:29.214 --> 00:20:33.365
So she texts him again about 4.45 that same day.

00:20:33.365 --> 00:20:38.226
Derek, please call grandma and let her know you are alive.

00:20:38.226 --> 00:20:42.826
You have that woman so worried, it isn't even funny.

00:20:42.826 --> 00:20:47.183
I'm not mad at you, babe, I'm just not understanding.

00:20:47.183 --> 00:20:55.823
As much as I want you to be okay, I kinda am hoping you overdosed and are in the hospital somewhere and will surface in a day or two.

00:20:55.823 --> 00:21:00.423
I love you dearly, D, and there isn't anything you can change.

00:21:00.423 --> 00:21:02.407
That can change that.

00:21:02.407 --> 00:21:07.007
I'm begging you to please call me and let me know something.

00:21:07.007 --> 00:21:11.507
And if you are on the run, let's take off and go somewhere together.

00:21:11.507 --> 00:21:13.803
Fuck my job, Indiana.

00:21:13.803 --> 00:21:16.845
Let's take your car and go south somewhere warm.

00:21:16.845 --> 00:21:19.034
Sounds like she was down.

00:21:19.034 --> 00:21:20.741
She just wanted him to be okay.

00:21:20.741 --> 00:21:22.843
I mean, I know that message was harsh.

00:21:22.843 --> 00:21:27.724
I'm kind of hoping you overdosed and are in the hospital somewhere.

00:21:27.826 --> 00:21:37.928
But what she meant was, even if he did overdose, she was still praying he was in the hospital somewhere because he would have been alive and he would have been okay.

00:21:37.928 --> 00:21:40.095
Maybe at that point.

00:21:40.477 --> 00:21:40.798
Right.

00:21:40.798 --> 00:21:43.654
She wasn't saying I hope you overdosed and died.

00:21:43.654 --> 00:21:47.425
She was hoping I kind of hope you overdosed.

00:21:47.425 --> 00:21:50.462
So that's the reason that you're not contacting me.

00:21:50.462 --> 00:21:53.941
Not that you run off, Not that you don't love me, Not that you don't give a fuck.

00:21:53.941 --> 00:21:58.726
Hopefully you overdosed and you're going to be okay in a couple days.

00:21:58.726 --> 00:22:01.643
People are not addicts, man.

00:22:01.643 --> 00:22:03.121
They don't understand that shit.

00:22:03.121 --> 00:22:06.038
That's why we're trying to explain it to you.

00:22:06.941 --> 00:22:28.695
Right, because it's important to understand both sides of the coin, because a non-addict has no perception of what an addict's life is truly, truly like life is truly, truly like.

00:22:28.715 --> 00:22:37.093
On January 24th 2025, the detectives received a copy of the Marin County Coroner's Office Autopsy Report and Toxology Report for Derek Sink under Case MC 243493.

00:22:37.093 --> 00:22:44.008
The exam was preformed on November 12th 2024 by Gregory Schmunk MD.

00:22:44.008 --> 00:22:50.954
The report was completed and signed by Dr Schmunk on December 12th 2024.

00:22:50.954 --> 00:23:01.490
The autopsy report lists Derek Sink's cause of death as acute combined amphetamine and fentanyl toxicity and fentanyl toxicity.

00:23:01.490 --> 00:23:30.974
The toxicology report included with the autopsy report indicated zinc had 253 nanograms slash milliliters of amphetamine, 34.4 nanograms slash milliliters of Colazepam Colazepam, which is basically colonopin 7.6 nanograms slash milligrams of fentanyl and 8.7 nanograms of norfentanyl in his system.

00:23:30.974 --> 00:23:33.663
So it was two kinds of fentanyl basically.

00:23:36.295 --> 00:23:39.116
Yeah, I've never heard of that, but it was.

00:23:39.116 --> 00:23:49.262
He had a lot of methamphetamine mixed with clodopin, mixed with fentanyl, which became a deadly dose for him.

00:23:49.442 --> 00:23:50.023
Absolutely.

00:23:51.003 --> 00:24:04.292
Now, on January 24, 2025, the detective applied for a search warrant to obtain the call records for Bradford's phone Between the dates of November 8, 2024 and November 11, 2024.

00:24:04.292 --> 00:24:15.694
The search warrant was granted by Marion County Judge Shields on January 24, 2025.

00:24:23.102 --> 00:24:24.684
The search warrant was then served on T-Mobile.

00:24:24.684 --> 00:24:33.443
The detective conducted an interview with who we're going to call KS and GS regarding the overdose of Derek Sink.

00:24:33.443 --> 00:24:39.337
He also conducted a separate interview with AS later on that same day.

00:24:39.337 --> 00:24:50.010
During the course of the interviews with GS, ks and AS, the detective learned the following information in non-Verdam summary.

00:24:50.010 --> 00:24:57.286
First bullet point Derek Sink was living with his grandmother, gs, at the address.

00:24:57.286 --> 00:25:06.949
On Friday November 8th Derek Sink left around 1 pm and told GS he had a pass out from his probation officer until 9pm.

00:25:06.949 --> 00:25:15.017
Gs received a phone call after 9pm from the monitoring service about Derek Sink and advised he was not there.

00:25:15.017 --> 00:25:21.648
Gs called Heather Bradford asking her if she knew where Derek Sink was.

00:25:21.648 --> 00:25:27.240
Heather Bradford told her she left him at Planet Fitness and said she would go look for him.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:35.006
Heather Bradford called GS back and told her the car Derek Sink took to Planet Fitness was still there.

00:25:35.006 --> 00:25:47.741
Heather Bradford and an unknown female friend picked up GS and they went to Planet Fitness to get the car at approximately 2 am on the morning of November 9th.

00:25:48.845 --> 00:25:59.348
Heather Bradford told GS that Derek had given her $50 and Heather had given him back $30 because Derek had bought something for Heather's daughter.

00:25:59.348 --> 00:26:10.806
Heather Bradford told AS that her and her daughter went to the TJ Maxx next to Planet Fitness and when they came out Derek had left in his car.

00:26:10.806 --> 00:26:17.448
Ks was out of town but was notified by AS that Derek was missing.

00:26:17.448 --> 00:26:21.015
Ks came back to town to help look for Derek.

00:26:21.015 --> 00:26:22.778
Ks came back to town to help look for Derek.

00:26:22.778 --> 00:26:30.628
Gs said Heather Bradford came to her house to look through Derek's room to see if she could figure out where he might have gone.

00:26:30.628 --> 00:26:50.651
Heather Bradford came out of Derek's room, withford about it and went to her residence in Mooresville to get them back from her.

00:26:50.651 --> 00:26:56.867
As said Bradford brought the pill bottles out to her and KS and they left.

00:26:56.867 --> 00:27:03.428
Ks showed me five prescription pill bottles that Derek Sink had in his room.

00:27:03.428 --> 00:27:15.916
She then said that three that Heather Bradford had taken were prescription bottles for Suboxone, adderall and Colazepam, ks stated.

00:27:15.916 --> 00:27:21.568
When she retrieved the bottles from Bradford, she counted them based on the dosing and filling date.

00:27:21.568 --> 00:27:25.517
They were each missing approximately 15 pills.

00:27:26.499 --> 00:27:32.088
Ks filed a missing person police report for Derek on Sunday November 10th.

00:27:32.088 --> 00:27:37.003
That same day KS and AS looked all around Planet Fitness.

00:27:37.003 --> 00:27:50.008
Field Officer Griffin from TRAC Group also arrived at Planet Fitness on Sunday morning and requested Planet Fitness open a locked tanning door, which is when Derek Sink was found deceased.

00:27:50.008 --> 00:28:03.241
As shared several text messages between her and Heather, one of which Bradford told her the following Honey, I was the last one that saw him on Friday around 5.30.

00:28:03.241 --> 00:28:08.467
Me, him and the child met at Planet Fitness and got a membership.

00:28:08.467 --> 00:28:11.769
He said he wasn't feeling well and was going home.

00:28:11.769 --> 00:28:13.271
He left.

00:28:13.271 --> 00:28:18.239
I ran into TJ Maxx to get some gray sweatpants really quickly.

00:28:18.239 --> 00:28:21.165
I didn't see anything and my boss called and I had to go to work.

00:28:22.877 --> 00:28:27.297
Now, this was Derek Sink's GPS monitor location data.

00:28:27.297 --> 00:28:30.261
On January 30th 2025,.

00:28:30.261 --> 00:28:38.637
I received a report of Derek Sink's GPS monitor locations on November 8th 2024 from the Joy Range.

00:28:38.637 --> 00:28:44.303
The Marion County Account and Operations for Track Group arrange the Marion County account and operations for track group On this report.

00:28:44.303 --> 00:29:03.626
It shows Derek sink leave his area of residence in Indianapolis, indiana, at approximately 1245 PM and arrives at the Marion County community center 675 justice way in Indianapolis, indiana, at approximately one oh eight PMink.

00:29:03.626 --> 00:29:07.336
Remains at the CIC until approximately 1.45.

00:29:07.336 --> 00:29:17.224
Sink appears to travel down Indianapolis, downtown Indianapolis, in the vicinity of the Circle Center Mall, then appears to travel towards the south side of Indianapolis.

00:29:17.224 --> 00:29:25.249
Sink arrives at 8707 Hartigan Street, indianapolis, in the Planet Fitness at approximately 4.41.

00:29:25.249 --> 00:29:34.058
Based on GPS data from SYNC's GPS ankle monitor, sync never appears to leave the general area of the Planet's fitness after that.

00:29:34.941 --> 00:29:44.026
On February 4, 2025, t-mobile responded with digital information as requested in the judicially authorized order.

00:29:44.026 --> 00:29:52.674
The affiant conducted a preliminary analysis of the historical cell site location information for Bradford's phone.

00:29:52.674 --> 00:30:12.548
The analysis showed on November 8, 2024, bradford's phone used a cell site consistent with the device being located in the area of Planet Fitness on Hadigan Street during the time frame consistent with the text messaging conversation between Sink and Bradford.

00:30:12.548 --> 00:30:23.740
On May 1, 2025, the client applied for and was granted a search warrant to seize Target's phone and then it has a phone number.

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:38.330
The warrant was granted by Marion County Superior Court judge on May 1st under the cause number of 49D31-2505-MC-013783.

00:30:39.135 --> 00:30:46.890
On May 2nd 2025 at 10 0 1 am, I called the Target phone and it was answered by Heather Bradford.

00:30:46.890 --> 00:30:53.848
Heather said she was at an appointment at the doctor's office and would call me back.

00:30:53.848 --> 00:30:57.203
Bradford then called me back from the Target phone.

00:30:57.203 --> 00:31:01.445
I asked Bradford if she would meet for an interview later that same day.

00:31:01.445 --> 00:31:03.938
Bradford said she would have for an interview later that same day.

00:31:03.938 --> 00:31:05.462
Bradford said she would have to try and find a ride.

00:31:05.462 --> 00:31:14.343
Bradford then called me again from the Target phone and agreed to meet me at the IMPD South District roll call for an interview.

00:31:15.576 --> 00:31:16.421
Boy at this time.

00:31:16.421 --> 00:31:20.720
I bet she knew that the shit was getting deep and they was on to her.

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:30.907
I wonder if she ever thought that they would catch on to these text messages and put two and two together and realize that she's the one that gave him the dope that did that.

00:31:31.236 --> 00:31:39.086
I wonder if she even knew that they had sent his phone off to the Secret Service and wherever they sent it and got into it.

00:31:39.086 --> 00:31:40.779
You think she ever knew that?

00:31:41.301 --> 00:31:41.703
I don't know.

00:31:41.703 --> 00:31:44.584
I mean, they confiscated his phone and they have this.

00:31:44.954 --> 00:31:46.721
Did they confiscate her phone too?

00:31:48.756 --> 00:31:51.846
I don't think at this point in the story they confiscated it.

00:31:52.015 --> 00:31:52.919
But then she's got a.

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:55.990
Why are they calling it a target phone?

00:31:56.255 --> 00:32:04.567
The target phone is because that's when they went through his phone they saw the Messages, the messages.

00:32:04.587 --> 00:32:05.849
So that became a target.

00:32:05.849 --> 00:32:07.733
Exactly that became a target phone.

00:32:09.096 --> 00:32:33.277
So on May 2nd 2025, at approximately 2.55, Heather Bradford was interviewed at IMPD Southeast Headquarters, Southeast Headquarters, located at 1150 Shelby Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, by this aviant and Detective S Wolf, Bradford was provided an Advice of Rights form.

00:32:33.277 --> 00:32:38.028
The form was read out loud to Bradford, who stated she understood, initialed and signed the document.

00:32:38.634 --> 00:32:47.047
Bradford provided the following information Bradford first spoke to Derek Sink on November 8th around 9.30, 10 am.

00:32:47.047 --> 00:32:57.710
Derek told her he had a pass out from probation so they could get a Planet Fitness membership so they could start working out and try to stay sober.

00:32:57.710 --> 00:33:06.209
Bradford's daughter wanted to see Derek that day and Bradford was supposed to go to work around 6 pm that evening.

00:33:06.209 --> 00:33:09.984
Bradford picked up her daughter and they went to Taco Bell.

00:33:09.984 --> 00:33:20.880
Bradford and her daughter then met Derek at Planet Fitness around 5 to 5.30 pm and Derek was already inside filling out paperwork for a membership.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:28.203
Bradford said it was getting close to 6 pm and her daughter began not feeling well and threw up.

00:33:28.203 --> 00:33:33.165
Bradford took her daughter into the bathroom at Planet Fitness to help her get cleaned up.

00:33:33.165 --> 00:33:37.587
Once they came out of the bathroom, derek walked them out to the car.

00:33:37.587 --> 00:33:40.890
Bradford said her daughter asked if Derek was okay.

00:33:40.890 --> 00:33:48.432
Bradford described Derek's speech as being slow and when he looked at them it was like he was looking through them.

00:33:48.432 --> 00:34:08.710
Bradford said she was worried about Derek was possibly having some of his seizures, that he had issues in the car and Bradford wanted to go into TJ Maxx store near where the Planet Fitness was to get her some new clothes.

00:34:08.710 --> 00:34:14.547
Derek gave Bradford's daughter a $100 bill and she handed the bill to Bradford.

00:34:14.547 --> 00:34:22.764
Bradford said Derek did not want to go over to TJ Maxx because he was worried about his GPS tracker not showing him at the Planet Fitness.

00:34:23.675 --> 00:34:27.166
Derek followed Bradford over to TJ Maxx in his vehicle.

00:34:27.166 --> 00:34:33.288
Bradford walked over to Derek in his car and she asked him if he was okay.

00:34:33.288 --> 00:34:38.746
Bradford asked Derek if he relapsed and Derek told her that he had not relapsed.

00:34:38.746 --> 00:34:41.103
Bradford walked into TJ Maxx.

00:34:41.103 --> 00:34:47.262
Her daughter stayed in the car and when she came out Derek was in his car and his car were gone.

00:34:47.262 --> 00:34:58.199
She asked her daughter which way he went and her daughter indicated Derek drove off towards County line and US 31 Bradford then took her daughter home and went to work.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:01.067
See, there's some bullshit in that paragraph, right there.

00:35:01.114 --> 00:35:05.557
See, there's some bullshit in that paragraph right there she's acting like so.

00:35:05.557 --> 00:35:13.081
She was at TJ Maxx and she went into TJ Maxx and her daughter was standing outside with him or her and her daughter went into TJ Maxx.

00:35:13.681 --> 00:35:13.922
Right.

00:35:13.922 --> 00:35:23.007
Well, she also said that her daughter was her and her daughter was worried about how Derek was acting like and she asked him have you relapsed?

00:35:23.007 --> 00:35:25.648
Oh, no, no, no, and she didn't know him damn good.

00:35:25.648 --> 00:35:27.250
Well, she just gave him a little.

00:35:27.449 --> 00:35:31.373
Yeah, so you know that statement's a lot of bullshit.

00:35:31.393 --> 00:35:32.052
Yeah, for real.

00:35:34.715 --> 00:35:35.496
And plus they wanted to get a.

00:35:35.496 --> 00:35:41.021
They were trying to set a narrative of him maybe having a seizure or being sick or something of that nature.

00:35:41.161 --> 00:35:49.411
She was trying to set the funky narrative right there, not knowing they already had their text messages between her and Derek Right.

00:35:49.411 --> 00:36:04.376
I mean, come on, man, I got to pass out to go to Planet Fitness so we can start working out and stay sober, like we've been staying sober when really all this was was a rouge to meet her at Planet Fitness so he could get some Fenton on to do some dope because he was feeling sick.

00:36:04.376 --> 00:36:06.601
Not dogging him, I'm just saying the truth.

00:36:07.063 --> 00:36:16.146
Okay, bradford said while she was at work she had a missed call from GS and GS is being the grandmother.

00:36:16.146 --> 00:36:21.762
Bradford called GS back after she got off work around 1130.

00:36:21.762 --> 00:36:24.969
Gss asked if Derek was with Bradford.

00:36:24.969 --> 00:36:27.603
Bradford told her he was not.

00:36:27.603 --> 00:36:35.646
Gs told Bradford that Derek was not home and his home detention officer called asking about Derek.

00:36:35.646 --> 00:36:40.347
And GS told the home detention officer that Derek was not here.

00:36:40.347 --> 00:36:46.688
Gs asked if Bradford knew where he was.

00:36:46.688 --> 00:36:49.199
Bradford told GS she lost.

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:54.228
Last seen him at Planet Fitness around six before she went to work.

00:36:55.114 --> 00:37:06.431
Bradford got home from work, went by GS's house then went to look for Derek at parking lot and gas stations along County Line Road.

00:37:06.431 --> 00:37:15.045
Bradford said she called and left voice messages for Derek telling him to call because they are all worried and wanted to know that he was okay.

00:37:15.045 --> 00:37:20.206
Bradford says she also sent him text messages telling him the same thing.

00:37:20.206 --> 00:37:28.925
Bradford then pulled into a parking lot at Planet Fitness and saw his vehicle parked in front of Planet Fitness.

00:37:28.925 --> 00:37:33.445
Bradford checked for Derek in his car and he was not there.

00:37:33.445 --> 00:37:39.463
Bradford then checked the Planet Fitness doors also, thinking they were still open.

00:37:39.463 --> 00:37:52.400
Bradford said the car was parked in a parking spot right in front of the front doors to Planet Fitness, bradford went back to GS's house to pick up GS.

00:37:53.010 --> 00:37:57.963
They returned to Planet Fitness and GS drove the car back home.

00:37:57.963 --> 00:38:06.617
When they returned to GS's house, bradford said GS asked her to go through Derek's room to see if she can find anything in his room indicating where he might be.

00:38:06.617 --> 00:38:14.882
Bradford said when she was going through Derek's room to see if she can find anything in his room indicating where he might be, bradford said when she was going through Derek's room she found his prescription medication.

00:38:14.882 --> 00:38:22.411
Bradford said if Derek was going to cut his band off he would have taken his prescription medication with him.

00:38:22.411 --> 00:38:35.407
Bradford said that money would be money in Derek's pocket because he would have got money from selling Suboxone, adderall and another prescription.

00:38:35.407 --> 00:38:41.041
Bradford said she told GS she was worried since the medicine was still there.

00:38:41.041 --> 00:38:44.579
Bradford then left GS's house.

00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:50.670
S's house.

00:38:50.670 --> 00:38:55.519
Bradford said she did not actively help look for Derek after that, but she stayed in contact with Derek's family, ksgs and a family friend, as.

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.282
Bradford said.

00:38:57.282 --> 00:39:06.143
She stayed away, though, because KS and AS accused her of getting Derek high and knew he was laying dead somewhere.

00:39:06.143 --> 00:39:12.599
Bradford defended herself then, telling them that she was sober and she was not going to get Derek high.

00:39:13.010 --> 00:39:21.362
Knowing that was a lie, knowing she just sold him that and you know, when she seen his car out there, she knew.

00:39:22.492 --> 00:39:23.856
She didn't know that he was in there.

00:39:23.856 --> 00:39:29.625
Dead Not knew that he was in there dead, but his car was still there.

00:39:29.704 --> 00:39:30.768
She went into his room.

00:39:30.768 --> 00:39:32.572
She took these prescriptions.

00:39:32.572 --> 00:39:37.163
Why would she take his prescriptions if she didn't think he was dead?

00:39:37.471 --> 00:39:43.293
I mean it could be as simple as she's seen them colonopens and them suboxones and the matter also thought she could make a quick.

00:39:43.293 --> 00:39:45.219
But I mean I don't think she thought she he was dead at this point, surely not man.

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:47.003
It seemed like she really give a shit about the dude or she wouldn't give a shit.

00:39:47.003 --> 00:39:48.750
But I mean, I don't think she thought he was dead at this point, surely not man.

00:39:48.750 --> 00:39:52.460
It seemed like she really gave a shit about the dude or she wouldn't have given a shit if he was sick.

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:55.375
She would have been like no baby.

00:39:55.375 --> 00:39:56.976
You need to stay on fucking track.

00:39:56.976 --> 00:40:02.195
Eat your Suboxone and you won't be fentanyl sick folks, because that's what Suboxone does.

00:40:02.195 --> 00:40:05.213
It keeps you from getting sick from these opiates.

00:40:05.494 --> 00:40:05.773
Boy.

00:40:05.773 --> 00:40:07.056
That family was dead.

00:40:07.056 --> 00:40:08.336
Right though, weren't they?

00:40:08.416 --> 00:40:09.157
They were right.

00:40:09.157 --> 00:40:11.820
You got to admit they were right, man.

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.483
And they said once again.

00:40:13.483 --> 00:40:22.610
Bradford said she stayed away, though, because KS and AS accused her of getting Derek high and knew he was laying dead somewhere.

00:40:22.610 --> 00:40:36.844
Bradford defended herself to them, telling her she was sober, which we know is now a lie, and she was not getting Derek high, which we know was which Derek's getting his own self high.

00:40:36.844 --> 00:40:41.961
Because had he not got it from her, he would have definitely got it from somebody else, he would have got it from somewhere else.

00:40:42.030 --> 00:40:45.498
That was just the easiest low plug he could get it from for sure.

00:40:45.498 --> 00:40:47.704
He could get it from for sure.

00:40:47.704 --> 00:41:05.543
Bradford talked about the first four weeks of her and Derek's relationship prior to them both going to jail on warrants, indicating that in that time frame Derek overdosed and she gave him Narcan and put him in a cold shower 23 to 25 times.

00:41:05.543 --> 00:41:07.137
I want you guys to let that sink in.

00:41:07.791 --> 00:41:09.378
That's beyond a problem.

00:41:10.931 --> 00:41:13.414
Five times is beyond freaking insane.

00:41:13.414 --> 00:41:18.003
23 to 25 times, that's just like going back to what I said.

00:41:18.003 --> 00:41:33.800
People, these fentanyl addicts, man, they have people sitting around waiting on them to put them in a tub of ice, waiting on them with narcam, just to see how fucking high they can get before their loved ones or their buddies and shit can bring them out of it.

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:41.422
This shit is fucking insane, but this is what's happening in the society that right now, people now.

00:41:41.483 --> 00:41:49.775
Bradford said derrick normally used heroin and xanax bradford says she normally used heroin in her past.

00:41:49.775 --> 00:41:58.400
So this is the first time they had actual custody and took custody of Bradford's light, blue and black Apple iPhone.

00:42:10.570 --> 00:42:14.840
So this is the first time they had actual custody of Heather's phone.

00:42:15.541 --> 00:42:18.862
Yes, I advised Bradford.

00:42:18.862 --> 00:42:24.340
I had gone through Derek's phone and saw Derek's text message conversation with her.

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I asked Bradford if she wanted to revise anything she previously told me.

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Bradford said she would like to now say she was using at the time and she was aware Derek was using but does not want to revise anything she said happened.

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He began asking Bradford about the contents of the text message conversation between her and Derek.

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:52.197
Bradford stated she wanted a lawyer.

00:42:52.197 --> 00:42:57.219
She fucking lawyered up Smartest thing she could do because at that point she knew she was fucked.

00:42:57.469 --> 00:43:00.769
Yeah, all you could do is lawyer up, and that's everybody's right.

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No matter what crime you commit, it is everybody's right to get a lawyer or representation or anything like that.

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The affiant Affiant Affiant Sorry, baby, I keep getting that shit wrong.

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It just looks like affiant.

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The affiant applied for, and was granted a search warrant to search the contents of Bradford's light blue Apple phone by Marion County Superior Court Judge Terrence Tharp under cause number 49D28-2505.

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:47.853
The search warrant was served and IMPD analyst Kay Harris began a digital extraction of the contents of Bradford's Apple iPhone On May 7th 2025,.

00:43:47.853 --> 00:43:54.344
They begin reviewing the report generated from the digital extraction of Bradford's iPhone.

00:43:54.344 --> 00:44:10.007
They located a text message between Heather Bradford and the unknown individual which was determined through law enforcement database as used by a Michelle a redacted name.

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Basically, there was a text message sent from Bradford on November.

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The text message is as described, verbatim.

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Now this is November 9th 2024.

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Michelle, I need your help finding Derek.

00:44:26.797 --> 00:44:33.221
I gave him some shit and he told me he was going back home and he ain't made it to grandma's house.

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And then it says I located another text message conversation between Bradford and a contact named Brother Jason.

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The contact shows a phone number that was redacted and I was able to determine through law enforcement databases this number is used by a man named Jason.

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The following is an excerpt of the text message conversation that took place on May 2nd 2025 between Bradford and Jason and it's transcribed verbatim and I will read Heather's part and you can read what's known as JJ's part in here, and this is on May 2nd 2025.

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Oh, and I had an IMPD officer call me and asked if I can meet with him to answer a question regarding Derek's death at Planet Fitness.

00:45:35.824 --> 00:45:36.724
What should I do?

00:45:37.349 --> 00:45:38.556
Damn, that's sketchy.

00:45:38.556 --> 00:45:42.994
You can avoid them.

00:45:42.994 --> 00:45:47.032
If you avoid them, that's only going to look fucking bad.

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I would make sure that I'm in tip-top condition, as far as my mood goes, before I meet with him, though If you gotta win the fucking Academy Award on this one, heather, you have to win the Academy Award on this one, heather.

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I know, I thought the same thing.

00:46:07.137 --> 00:46:08.041
It's sus.

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I haven't heard from them at all, not one time since they found him and I am.

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I'm nervous, lol, but other than that I'm in a great mood.

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I just dosed.

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They called me while I was at the clinic.

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His exact words hello.

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This is.

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This is Officer So-and-So, heather.

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First I want to say I give my condolences to you about Derek.

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However, I was wondering if you would be willing to meet with me and answer some questions regarding Planet Fitness and Derek's passing.

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Just keep this in your mind they don't know nothing.

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They can suspect whatever the fuck they want, but that doesn't mean a fucking thing.

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Right.

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His phone was never found, to my knowledge, and supposedly the police don't have it, according to his ex-wifey.

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If they had that phone, a warrant would have been issued for my arrest already.

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Yeah, that message is sus for sure.

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I would be focused on the part of the message where he said, however, the basically saying condolences.

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However, I'm going to get that ass.

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Right, or I'm thinking an attorney has reached out to do a deposition for the wrongful death suit that a family member has filed and the officer wants more info so he can answer those questions more in depth maybe.

00:47:37.090 --> 00:47:40.681
And as far as that phone goes, yeah, hopefully they don't have that phone.

00:47:40.681 --> 00:47:46.021
Did anyone try to call him for that time that he was missing?

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Well, that day I told him I didn't have anything with me, since I had Ava with me.

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But other days it's clear as a bell that he got his shit from me.

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I did His granny, did his aunt, his PO, his house arrest officer.

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It kept ringing and by Sunday night it was going to voicemail.

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He had a cell phone with him.

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I bet money on it.

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You got to keep your fingers crossed that he lost it or something, because probably it seems to me that it went out and he couldn't answer his phone.

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:32.625
So it was still on, but he obviously didn't answer it.

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That's the worst case scenario, because they're not going to tell you they grabbed the phone from the scene.

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I'm just keeping it real with you.

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Is there anybody in your family that would have threw you under the bus when they found out, or that could throw you under the bus?

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Yes, he had his phone with him after I left because he called me like 10 to 15 minutes after we left each other.

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Because I answered and I heard music in the background and derrick was talking about someone or himself.

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I could vaguely hear what was being said, but couldn't really make it out.

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I just kept saying d hello, d answer me, god damn it, d and like five minutes of that.

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Then I hung up because I was driving and had my daughter attempt to call him off her phone, with no answer.

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His son and grandmother both asked where his phone was at the scene and police told them there was no phone and he had a gold necklace missing off his neck, as well as a gold diamond ring.

00:49:46.090 --> 00:49:51.557
Ashley and Aunt Kim both called me wanting it because they thought I had it for some reason.

00:49:51.557 --> 00:50:00.259
But I proved to them that I left Derek at 6, give or take five minutes, and then I received a call from Derek after I'd left him.

00:50:00.971 --> 00:50:04.896
Well, the fact that he called you and you didn't answer, that's going to play in your favor.

00:50:05.630 --> 00:50:11.552
Yeah, none of my family knows I sold derrick this shit, unless karen has said something to them.

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Shyla knows, though, because she was there when karen stopped by last year and her and I were discussing my heroin usage again and how she gets that I live with the guilt, since I'm the one who's, etc.

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Etc.

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Etc.

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And after karen left, shyla was like oh, I didn't know, you were responsible for his death.

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And I checked her real fucking quick and told her just because I gave him xxx doesn't mean I'm responsible.

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Do I live with guilt?

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Absolutely, but that's because, despite realizing he was fucked up on something else, I still chose to give him shit so he'd shut the fuck up in front of my daughter and not cut his bracelet off and go get shit.

00:50:54.690 --> 00:50:58.782
You think somebody found him in that booth and robbed off his body?

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That's what we think, since there was no phone and no bag of dope.

00:51:04.411 --> 00:51:08.860
Because that's what it sounds like the missing phone, the missing necklace, the missing ring.

00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:24.505
So the person you heard talking on the phone shit they could have been potentially the suspect, and the fact that they didn't find him in fucking Planet Fitness for that long, I don't believe that one of the employees they got his shit.

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They probably could have saved him by calling 911.

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Or somebody met him there and was with him.

00:51:32.909 --> 00:51:42.565
Yes, that's why I think he potentially could have been saved if he ever stole his phone, called 911, unless they didn't find him until the following morning.

00:51:42.565 --> 00:51:48.679
They're setting up this narrative in their head Pipe dreams is what this is called.

00:51:49.090 --> 00:51:53.050
Yeah, they're setting up a narrative between her and this JJ person.

00:51:53.110 --> 00:52:09.286
Somebody cracked open the tanning room, locked a door, stole his dope, stole his necklace, stole his ring and left him there for dead.

00:52:09.286 --> 00:52:10.527
Oh and stole his phone.

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And stole his phone and locked the door behind him.

00:52:12.750 --> 00:52:29.298
See, this right here is why police don't give public all the real fucking shit, because they know now, especially listening to these phone calls, they know now that he had his phone with him and the bullshit about the ring and the.

00:52:29.298 --> 00:52:31.217
I wonder what the real truth about that is.

00:52:31.449 --> 00:52:35.239
The police probably have it in custody and it's it's evidence.

00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:41.117
Right, it doesn't get sent back quick and they're not going to tell them what evidence they have and don't have.

00:52:41.338 --> 00:52:45.795
Right, because that's what police do and that's how they figure out who's telling the fucking truth and who ain't.

00:52:46.036 --> 00:52:47.759
Yeah, that's right.

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:50.463
This is a hard case, though.

00:52:50.463 --> 00:53:00.853
I mean people want to point blame when something like this happens.

00:53:00.853 --> 00:53:09.577
I have had friends and family close to me that, tragically, have overdosed, Some have passed away.

00:53:09.577 --> 00:53:11.344
Some have passed away, Some have not.

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But you instantly get mad and want to blame somebody.

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:23.362
But you don't want to blame the decedent person, even though you know it's really their fault.

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They wouldn't stop doing what they were doing.

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And you want to the person that's alive, that gave it to him.

00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:31.898
You want to point your finger at them and say it's their fault.

00:53:32.619 --> 00:53:34.697
Right, and you know I'm no angel man.

00:53:34.697 --> 00:53:36.313
I've been through this shit.

00:53:36.313 --> 00:53:40.896
Back in the 90s and the 2000s, man, I got fucked up on pain pills.

00:53:40.896 --> 00:53:43.378
I had a motorcycle wreck one day, man, and I understand.

00:53:43.378 --> 00:53:46.092
I can't imagine how this fentanyl shit is.

00:53:46.092 --> 00:53:47.293
But I'm going to be honest with you, man.

00:53:47.293 --> 00:53:55.503
I was on Percocets from the doctor and when they didn't give you enough, you started getting Percocets off the street and I had plenty of people, man.

00:53:55.503 --> 00:53:58.885
If I didn't have Percocets, man, I felt like shit, I'm sick, I need it.

00:53:58.885 --> 00:53:59.447
You know what I mean.

00:53:59.447 --> 00:54:03.074
My buddies would give me Percocet.

00:54:03.074 --> 00:54:05.038
It's just different know what you're going to get.

00:54:05.038 --> 00:54:08.463
You don't know the strength of it, you don't know how much to do.

00:54:08.463 --> 00:54:16.849
They say you could do a match head or the size of a dime, and it could be different a match head or it's deadly all the way around yeah.

00:54:16.929 --> 00:54:19.476
A fucking grain of salt of this shit can kill you.

00:54:19.476 --> 00:54:28.422
And in my heart, in my mind, I kind of feel bad for Heather because all she was doing was trying to help her boyfriend feel better.

00:54:28.422 --> 00:54:32.538
She wasn't trying to kill this dude man you know he didn't.

00:54:32.538 --> 00:54:37.594
Maybe he didn't know the potency of the shit that heather was getting.

00:54:38.114 --> 00:54:43.811
He was just trying to get high but it still doesn't matter when you are dealing in that stuff.

00:54:43.811 --> 00:54:49.963
Yeah them dealers know exactly the consequences of their actions.

00:54:50.284 --> 00:54:54.860
They absolutely do If they're going to deal dope and somebody's going to die.

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They're going to be held liable for it if it comes back to them.

00:54:58.431 --> 00:54:59.896
I agree with you 100%.

00:54:59.896 --> 00:55:01.858
It just I don't know man.

00:55:01.949 --> 00:55:03.215
If it was one of our kids.

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I'd say fucking hang him at the noose.

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You know what I mean.

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Yeah, but I mean there again, I don't know, it's so hard for me to think of it's a double-edged sword.

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Does she deserve to be charged with like a manslaughter crime because she was trying to help her buddy out?

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Yes, she does.

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Listeners, please come at us with your thoughts on this.

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And what you think.

00:55:29.409 --> 00:55:31.217
Yeah, because I can understand both ways.

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I really can.

00:55:31.998 --> 00:55:43.554
We accidentally, actually recently have helped a fentanyl addict actually a couple, and you know.

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Changed their life around.

00:55:46.291 --> 00:55:47.597
Absolutely changed their life.

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But I could actually put myself in positions, change their life around, sick or whatever.

00:56:04.643 --> 00:56:09.632
I probably would have helped him out, but it would have been on him to do the right amount.

00:56:09.632 --> 00:56:10.376
But there you go.

00:56:10.376 --> 00:56:12.384
There's that other aspect that comes up.

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You don't know how fucking much is deadly and how much ain't.

00:56:15.454 --> 00:56:17.197
I don't know, man.

00:56:18.298 --> 00:56:22.753
It's bad all the way around and it needs completely outlawed.

00:56:22.753 --> 00:56:24.376
It doesn't need to be on our streets.

00:56:24.376 --> 00:56:25.898
It's killing our kids.

00:56:25.898 --> 00:56:27.280
It's killing our kids.

00:56:27.300 --> 00:56:35.536
It's killing everybody it is and, like I said, we see both sides of it, man, we feel bad for both sides of it.

00:56:35.898 --> 00:56:46.760
Nobody needs to die, I think, um I think if we dig a little deeper into you know the background of these two.

00:56:46.760 --> 00:56:53.699
I think our eyes are going to be opened a little bit more on on things.

00:56:54.351 --> 00:56:59.972
Apples don't fall far from trees and I think there's some apples that's laying around that we may be able to dig into.

00:56:59.972 --> 00:57:02.940
You know, after all this, you know these stories.

00:57:02.940 --> 00:57:04.514
Hopefully they'll have good endings.

00:57:04.514 --> 00:57:11.423
So, um, ms Bradford, she knew what the fuck she did, obviously through these text messages.

00:57:11.423 --> 00:57:14.097
Uh, she was obviously hooked on dope.

00:57:14.097 --> 00:57:15.596
She'd obviously been in trouble.

00:57:15.596 --> 00:57:18.639
So please tell me there's a happy ending to this.

00:57:18.809 --> 00:57:27.974
Maybe this will get her sober and she'll, you know, get what rest of life that she has left back, cause she's still alive.

00:57:27.974 --> 00:57:30.778
She has the chance to redeem herself.

00:57:31.250 --> 00:57:32.896
So tell me, there's a happy ending.

00:57:32.896 --> 00:57:38.878
She realized that her friend died, so she straightened up after this right.

00:57:40.090 --> 00:57:41.856
No, no, she didn't.

00:57:42.077 --> 00:57:42.780
What happened?

00:57:43.329 --> 00:57:54.733
Because whenever she was arrested for this case, whenever they put out the warrant, they arrested her at BP gas station in Mooresville and she caught another possession of fentanyl charge she had possession of.

00:57:54.733 --> 00:57:58.161
She had fentanyl on her still after this.

00:57:58.670 --> 00:58:00.860
So she was at least doing fentanyl.

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:04.639
Who knows whether she was selling or not, but she was still fucking with the shit.

00:58:05.050 --> 00:58:06.777
Still still messing with it.

00:58:06.929 --> 00:58:08.295
That just blows my mind.

00:58:08.750 --> 00:58:09.670
So you can tell right there, still messing with it.

00:58:09.670 --> 00:58:09.789
That just blows my mind.

00:58:09.789 --> 00:58:15.581
So you can tell right there, nothing's been learned and there's help out there for people who want it.

00:58:15.581 --> 00:58:22.440
If you want to live a straight, happy, healthy, sober life, it can 1 million percent be done.

00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:28.954
I've seen the worst of the worst completely transform their lives around.

00:58:30.916 --> 00:58:33.938
Well, there's another end to another heartbreaking story.

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To Heather Bradford if you hear this, we want nothing but the best for you.

00:58:39.302 --> 00:58:47.355
We hope you can see the light, man, and look at all the trauma this shit has brought to you and your family, to Mr Sink's family.

00:58:47.355 --> 00:58:53.460
We hope you guys can come through this man and hopefully you guys don't follow in Mr Sink's footsteps.

00:58:53.460 --> 00:58:59.101
Man, maybe use him as something, a fresh light for people.

00:58:59.101 --> 00:59:16.518
Let's use this story to make everybody you know come through this and better and see what the fuck it can do to people Because the opioid fentanyl pandemic is real and we're going to lose a lot more before it's over with.

00:59:17.300 --> 00:59:17.842
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