Cold and Missing: Joshua Davis

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discretion is advised. I'm your host, Ali McLaughlin

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-Sulkowski. And I'm your co -host, Eli Sulkowski.

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And this is Cold and Missing, where we cover

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cold cases and missing person cases. Hello and

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welcome back to Cold and Missing. I'm your host,

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thank you. But with that, I think we should just

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go ahead and get into this week's case. We are

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on episode 129 this week and we are covering

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a cold case. Yep, cold case. And just as a quick

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content warning at the top, this case does involve

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a young person. Today, we are talking about the

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cold case of Joshua Matthew Davis. And this takes

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place in January of 2004 in Garner, North Carolina.

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But first, a little bit about Joshua. Joshua

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had just turned 16. His 16th birthday was a week

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before in December of 2003. He was a student

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at Gardner High School and was a popular kid

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there. Josh lived with his dad, but his mom is

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only a few blocks away, so he was able to walk

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back and forth between the two homes to see them.

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He spends a lot of time with his dad. They would

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ride dirt bikes and work out together. His dad

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admittedly spoiled him. As I mentioned before,

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Josh was well -liked at school. He was popular,

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especially amongst the girls. His family painted

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a picture that Josh was like a peacock. He was

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particular about his appearance and knew that

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he was popular. Our relatives of Joshua said,

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quote, a ladies' man, a legend in his own mind,

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end quote. For a period, he had a new girlfriend

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every month, and then he started dating somebody

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steady for around six months. Right before our

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timeline picks up, he had just broken up with

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his long -term girlfriend and had started dating

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a new girl. Also in the months leading up to

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the timeline, Josh and his friends would experience

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altercations with other people when they were

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out together. Him and his friends had been assaulted

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by people in a sport utility vehicle, and then

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there was another altercation at a Garner movie

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theater and they were chased by people in a car.

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And now a timeline of events. Tuesday, January

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6th, 2004. It's unclear exactly what Josh was

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up to during that day. Our timeline, however,

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picks up that evening of Tuesday, January 6th.

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Joshua and his 17 -year -old cousin Michael wanted

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to go play basketball at Joshua's dad's house.

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The house was close by, only a 10 -minute walk

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from where they were, so they set out around

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6 .45 p .m. Just a few minutes after leaving

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the house, Josh's cousin Michael realizes that

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he forgot a CD that he wanted to bring with him.

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He tells Josh to wait for him there and he'll

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run back to the house and grab it. They were

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still close to the house. They weren't even at

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the end of the road yet. Michael turns around

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and runs back to the house and leaves Josh standing

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there. When he returns just a few minutes later,

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he finds Josh laying on the ground, unconscious,

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on a bed of pine needles and bleeding from his

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head. Michael immediately runs to the house of

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the Andrews and bangs on their front door. When

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Daphne Andrews answers the door, She says, quote,

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he said, please call 911. I think my cousin has

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been hit by a car, end quote. And then Michael

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takes off running for the family home to get

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others. Josh's dad is also quickly alerted, and

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he walks over from his house. When his dad, David

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Davis, gets there, he sees Josh with a large

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wound above his ear. His dad says, quote, looked

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like he got hit upside the head, end quote. Josh

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is rushed to the hospital, where he will die

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from his injuries. Back at the scene, police

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are investigating it. Because Josh was found

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on the side of the road, they start working the

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case as a hit -and -run. But after taking a closer

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look at the evidence, or lack of evidence at

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the scene, police announce that it's a homicide

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investigation. Police say, quote, Everything

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was in an area that led us to believe something

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other than that occurred, end quote. So police

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believe, based on the evidence, that something

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else happened to Josh, not just a hit and run

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with a car. However, they also point out that

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there were no signs of a struggle at the scene.

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Police spend the rest of the evening combing

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the area. They bring in dogs to search to try

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to find any other evidence or even a murder weapon,

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but they're not able to find anything in the

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sweep. The next day, Wednesday, January 7th,

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police start talking to friends and family of

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Josh to learn more about him. It's here that

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police first start hearing rumors about boyfriend

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-girlfriend drama that Josh was involved in.

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In fact, police find a first round of suspects

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but quickly are able to eliminate them when they

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all have strong alibis. It's also during these

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interviews that a friend of Joshua's comes forward

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and says that he had a cell phone message on

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his phone from Josh's cell phone. There was no

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talking, but the friend heard what sounded like

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a struggle, footsteps, and moaning. However,

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the friend accidentally deleted the message before

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police are able to listen to it. On Thursday,

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January 8th, Josh was killed on Tuesday. Police

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still do not have any possible suspects at this

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point and are asking anyone that knew of any

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conflict that Joshua was involved in to please

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come forward. Police say, quote, we know about

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the boyfriend -girlfriend situation and we're

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looking into that, end quote. Police also reaffirm

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to the media that they believe it's a homicide.

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But they do leave open the possibility that perhaps

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a car with something sticking out of it hit Joshua.

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though they say that this scenario seems very

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unlikely. A memorial springs up in the area where

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Josh had been found. Notes left by friends, stuffed

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animals, and around 50 candles all mark the spot.

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Garner High School students leave notes for him,

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some reading, quote, I'm going to miss you always,

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and remember, you'll always be my husband, end

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quote. And another said, Heather, your hot mama,

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P .S., we'll make that picture of us together

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when we meet in heaven. The next day on Friday,

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just three days after his murder, and just a

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little over two weeks since his 16th birthday,

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Joshua is laid to rest. Police are still talking

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to his friends, and they also mention that they're

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looking into the incidents that happened prior

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to this, where Josh and his friends were chased

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by someone in a car and then assaulted by some

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people in a sports utility vehicle. On Wednesday,

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January 14th, So it's been over a week since

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Josh was found on the side of the road, and police,

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for the first time, go through his room and computer

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for evidence. His family is frustrated that it's

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taken police this long to look through his room.

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Lots of Josh's friends had come over to his dad's

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house after his funeral and had spent a lot of

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time in his room. His dad says, quote, any incriminating

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evidence that was in that room that would have

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incriminated anyone in that group is probably

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gone now. On Friday, January 16th, the medical

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examiner says that Joshua was likely killed by

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a moving vehicle. The medical examiner said that

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Joshua's hit at an angle above the right ear

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with, quote, a great deal of force, end quote.

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The hit peeled back tissue and fractured his

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skull in a radiating pattern. The medical examiner

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says, quote, To cause a fracture like that, it

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usually has to be a direct blow or something

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that is moving at a high rate of speed, end quote.

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The medical examiner believes that the impact

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resembles injuries with a car or, quote, possibly

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a side mirror or something hanging off or onto

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the vehicle, end quote. The medical examiner

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said that he spoke with others who agreed with

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his opinion, but he also acknowledges that he

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can't rule out that something else caused the

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blow. like a bat or something else rigid, and

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that the scene itself was not consistent with

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a car accident. The medical examiner says that

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police were left with, quote, with absolutely

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no evidence at the scene, end quote, which is

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unusual for a car accident. Normally there would

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be debris of some kind, paint transfer happening,

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but that was not found to be the case here. Police

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don't comment on the medical examiner's opinion.

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They just say that they have a very difficult

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case and they're still interviewing people in

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Josh's life. In the middle of February, so it's

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been over a month now since Josh was killed,

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and police arrest an 18 -year -old for lying

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to police about Joshua's case. The 18 -year -old

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is charged with one count of obstructing justice.

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Police say that the teen told police that he

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knew who killed Josh because he was there when

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it happened. He gave a written and oral statement

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to police that police were able to determine

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was a lie. The person that he accused of murdering

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Josh had no connection to him or the crime. Police

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are frustrated that they have gotten false information

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in this case. They say, quote, This kind of behavior,

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for whatever reason, is counterproductive and

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can result in criminal charges of persons willing

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to provide false or misleading information, end

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quote. In March of 2004, so it's been over two

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months since Josh's murder, and police release

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a composite sketch of a person who was seen close

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to where Joshua was found. The person was seen

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by several witnesses, quote, tripping over himself,

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end quote, as he ran away from the scene right

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about the time that Josh's body was discovered.

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Police would like to talk to the person. They

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describe him as being in his mid -teens to mid

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-twenties, broad in the shoulders, and had an

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athletic build. The suspect was wearing a white

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hooded sweatshirt, Carolina blue athletic pants

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with white stripes down both sides, and white

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tennis shoes. There are also rumors that a rival

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of Josh's at school rode by in a car and hit

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him with a baseball bat. That boy lawyered up

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and never spoke to police, according to Josh's

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dad. Despite the initial coverage and leads in

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the case, Joshua's case quickly falls out of

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the media and appears to go cold, though police

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are working on it in the background. Because

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in January of 2007, so it's been over three years

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since Josh was killed, and police say that they

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now believe that Josh was hit by a car. They

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say they hired a private firm to recreate the

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accident and the scenario was that most likely

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he was hit by a car. However, years later, when

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police and his family talk about the case, like

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in 2014 and 2018, there is no mention of it being

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a hit and run. There's no mention of a car being

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involved at all. Police say, in later years of

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2014 and 2018, that they're still trying to figure

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out what happened and list his cause of death

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as something hitting him in the head. The case

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today on the state police website lists his cause

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of death as a blow to the head. However, I think

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his mother sums it up perfectly. His mother says,

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quote, So with that, if you know anything about

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the murder of Joshua Davis in January of 2004,

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please call the Garner Police Department at 919

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-773 -6070. So that is the cold case of Joshua

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Davis. This is one of those cases where I immediately

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upon listening experience quite a bit of anxiety.

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mostly because of the way it almost seems he

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was blinked out of reality because of how quickly

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it happened. You know, his cousin stepped away.

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It was just a handful of minutes and he was hit

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and then he was gone. And with cases like these,

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I just, the questions can't come out of me fast

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enough the timeline and what was happening in

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that moment. So I'm very eager to cover and discuss

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this case. And just hearing about Josh in general,

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I don't know, most of us, I assume, listening

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have been to high school or in a high school

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environment, and there's always a boy like Josh.

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He sounded very sweet and like a lover boy. I

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liked hearing about him. I liked hearing that

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he had a good relationship with both of his parents,

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even though they weren't together anymore, that

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he had a strong relationship with his dad. I

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wish so more for him. Yeah. You know, I loved

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the description that Josh's family and friends

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gave of him. And it quite honestly reminded me

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a lot of my brother in high school. The way that

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Josh was described is exactly how I would have

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described my brother in high school, like a peacock

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walking around. And I, like you, when I came

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across Josh's case, the timeline of it brought

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up a lot of questions for me, which is really

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why I wanted to dig into the case and start researching

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it, because I just had so many questions myself.

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Because like you said, it's a very quick amount

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of time. I think his mother sums it up really

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great. I'm not quoting her exactly, but she says

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something along the lines of he left at 645 and

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he was dead by 705. Like that is really how quickly

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the time was in all of that. Yeah. So just jumping

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in here, this doesn't immediately correlate with

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his timeline. But to start at the top, I wanted

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to know what you made of the attacks slash chases

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by other school rivals. Yeah, that was an interesting

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piece that. didn't come up as much as I thought

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it would in my research, but I'm not sure if

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it is rivals from other schools or rivals within

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the schools. The people in these altercations,

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it's never clear if it's like other students

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or like adults or what exactly it was. But one

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question that I had around that was, did Josh

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like give the impression that these two incidents

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were the same people or did they seem to be caused

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by two different people? Separate groups. That's

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something that I question because to me, if they're

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the same people that I mean, that gives me a

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direction to like look at and investigate for

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sure. Yeah, I think it's absolutely something

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worth paying attention to. I'm glad that police

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did because in other cases we've covered before,

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they tend to not really listen to the kids or

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just chalk it up to regular teenage drama. And

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the fact that. He was someone who did have experience

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like pointed attacks on him or maybe his group

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:05.059
of friends. I think it's worth paying attention

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to, especially in this case. Yeah, for sure.

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I'd love to know if anything came out of that,

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if they were able to pinpoint who the people

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were involved in those altercations or if they

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were ever able to get more information. Just

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getting back into the timeline a little bit,

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I'm curious to know what the terrain and road.

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looked like. I'm blanking on where you said this

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happened, so I couldn't even fill it in in my

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mind. So this happened in Garner, North Carolina.

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So in this area, tall, tall pine trees everywhere.

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The particular road where this happened. There

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are no sidewalks. So I thought that was something

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important to note when I was looking at Google

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Maps. No sidewalks in this area. So you would

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be walking next to the road kind of like in a

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ditch if you were walking along the road. But

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it does appear to be like more of a rural country

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road, but something with heavy traffic. Like

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even when I was looking at Google Maps, like

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there was constantly traffic and like even...

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I saw somebody like out walking a dog in Google

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Maps. So it's like it is a walkable area, it

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seems, but lots of traffic still. Thank you.

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And that makes sense to me. I mean, even if the

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city that you are living in itself isn't a rural

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area, there are lots of roads in big city spaces

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that appear that way just within a short space

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of time. I'm thinking of even roads in Chicago

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where we are that. Sometimes you'll round a corner

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and it is just a large stretch of tall trees

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where lots of cars are turning that corner. But

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that's really all there is happening. So really

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what I was trying to nail down was, is this a

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space where it wouldn't be visible to anyone

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else as the crime was happening? And I think

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that kind of answers my question that, yes. For

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this small moment of time, someone driving by,

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walking by, whatever it is that happened, they

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could get away with not being seen while doing

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it. Yeah, there are houses, you know, all along

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the street where Josh was found. But like you

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said, if somebody wasn't looking out the window

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or walking by or a car passing by, it would be

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easy to go unnoticed. And just to continue in

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the timeline as my questions were bubbling up,

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one of the first things I wrote down was, Was

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something thrown at him? And obviously you've

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covered that in tying the timeline together that

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there is probability there, but there's probability

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in a lot of different scenarios. So I'm glad

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that my mind is naturally asking the questions

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that law enforcement did to just pinpoint the

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area of where and or how this could have happened.

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Another question I had was, was he initially

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responding at all or was he after being hit,

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was he unconscious or just incapacitated? And

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I don't know if you know, but I'm just curious

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to know that information. So from my understanding

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and from everything I've read, it does seem like

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by the time his cousin gets back, he is unconscious

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and not. talking to anybody um or responding

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vocally in any way but there is that mention

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of like a phone call or like a voicemail left

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where that person said that he heard like moaning

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that was literally my next question and i don't

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really know what to make of it but what i wrote

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down was what do you make of that phone call

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i'm so sad that it doesn't exist anymore yeah

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i um It's one of those things I wonder. I have

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to think that the technology existed to retrieve

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deleted messages even in 2004, but maybe it didn't.

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But yeah, that voicemail. You know, did Josh

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have a cell phone on him when he was found? I

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think that's like a question that I have. It

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:29.859
seems like there might have been one at the scene.

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It's mentioned a little bit in the beginning,

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but kind of falls out of the details throughout

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the years. Yeah, it's a hard case because we

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know that a lot of people came forward trying

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to be helpful or whatever, but gave false information.

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I would think in this case, you know, his friend

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wouldn't lie about hearing this thing. You know,

00:21:55.210 --> 00:21:56.970
the other case where we have somebody lying,

00:21:57.089 --> 00:21:58.630
it seems like they were trying to point the finger

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and get somebody in trouble. But there's no reason

00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:05.430
to lie about this message. So I am very curious

00:22:05.430 --> 00:22:08.730
about it. And I'd be interested if Josh did have

00:22:08.730 --> 00:22:11.910
a cell phone. So did that number dial this friend?

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I think it's easy to see. tell if this did happen.

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So I would just be curious what came of that

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because it's never mentioned again. Do you think

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:24.519
that, and go with me here because I, again, I

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:30.500
think this is speculation, but as if we're kind

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:33.619
of navigating this case as if it was a hit and

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:37.740
run or that it was a hit and run and or someone

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passing by him and causing a great impact to

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:46.859
his head. Do you think that the timing of their

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:50.380
walk was somehow coordinated? And by that, I

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mean, did someone know that they were going to

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:58.059
be walking that section of the road? Did they

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know that his cousin was going to step away momentarily?

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:07.039
Or if not, were they watching? That's kind of

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.519
how I have filled in the details in my head.

00:23:12.109 --> 00:23:14.390
to make it possible for this crime to happen

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so quickly without anyone being there the moment

00:23:17.829 --> 00:23:21.849
his cousin walks back up to him. So I know there's

00:23:21.849 --> 00:23:23.630
a lot to expand on there, but I'm just curious

00:23:23.630 --> 00:23:26.690
to know what your thoughts are. The timing of

00:23:26.690 --> 00:23:32.029
it does feel really important. You know, if there

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was, like you said, somebody watching, waiting,

00:23:35.269 --> 00:23:37.769
and then saw the moment when the cousin turned

00:23:37.769 --> 00:23:41.250
around to grab the CD. And then took the opportunity

00:23:41.250 --> 00:23:46.210
to confront Josh when he was by himself. Or,

00:23:46.430 --> 00:23:49.769
you know, the other idea of him being hit by

00:23:49.769 --> 00:23:52.329
a car. It's like, okay, then a car just passes

00:23:52.329 --> 00:23:55.390
by momentarily in that moment and hits him on

00:23:55.390 --> 00:23:58.150
accident and doesn't stop. The timing of it is

00:23:58.150 --> 00:24:03.089
so, like, it's so small when his cousin is not

00:24:03.089 --> 00:24:05.549
there. And nobody heard anything. You know, the

00:24:05.549 --> 00:24:10.250
Andrews. house is right there from my understanding

00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:13.910
it seems like Joshua was in the Andrews yard

00:24:13.910 --> 00:24:15.890
and they didn't hear anything they were having

00:24:15.890 --> 00:24:19.369
dinner at the time and they didn't hear shouting

00:24:19.369 --> 00:24:23.410
a car screeching to a halt a car hitting you

00:24:23.410 --> 00:24:25.569
know they didn't hear anything until they heard

00:24:25.569 --> 00:24:28.890
the banging on the door so the timing is so slim

00:24:28.890 --> 00:24:31.670
and it makes you wonder if there is intention

00:24:31.670 --> 00:24:36.289
in it or if it's just like the timing was just

00:24:36.289 --> 00:24:39.990
like all and it just happened that way. Yeah,

00:24:40.049 --> 00:24:42.869
I think there's room for deep speculation on

00:24:42.869 --> 00:24:47.970
both ends of that, that because the timing is

00:24:47.970 --> 00:24:51.849
so, it's such a short timeline, it could absolutely

00:24:51.849 --> 00:24:55.509
be an accident or it could be a very pointed,

00:24:55.609 --> 00:24:59.230
coordinated attack on him. I think you summed

00:24:59.230 --> 00:25:02.799
it up kind of perfectly. That's what's so heartbreaking

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:05.640
about this case is that it could so easily be

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:08.720
one or the other or a multitude of different

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:12.980
possibilities. I also just wanted to echo here.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:15.740
It was mentioned a couple times that they were

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:21.099
just in his bedroom after he had passed away.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:24.779
There were a lot of teens or people just moving

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:28.579
in and out of his room. There are a lot of moving

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:34.339
parts. And that there were a lot of people spoken

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:36.539
to about this case. A lot of people came forward

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:39.640
and gave wrong information, whether it was intentional

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:44.940
or not. And I just have to echo here that there's

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:48.660
a lot of congestion for law enforcement to kind

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:52.720
of sift through. And the sifting just becomes

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.279
bigger and bigger and bigger as more time passes.

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.279
I think it makes finding an answer in this case

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:04.799
all that much more difficult. It does, for sure.

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:08.099
The time passing, you know, it takes them a while

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:11.259
to go through his room, which that to me was

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:14.700
surprising that it took over a week for police

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:17.259
to go through his room just to look for evidence

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:20.259
and to take his computer. I think today police

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:22.900
would take, you know, electronics first thing,

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:28.920
but they waited for a week. His family can't

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:31.180
help but think, did something go missing during

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.900
that time that could have helped solve this case?

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.079
Yeah, there's just a lot to move through. And

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:40.519
then there's also the witnesses who saw the composite

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:43.359
sketch that we'll have up on our Instagram, who

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:45.380
saw that man running away from the scene about

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:49.079
the same time that Joshua was found. So it's

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:51.079
like, what came of that? Did they ever find that

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:53.700
person? Did they talk to him? Like, who was that?

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:59.859
That was my very last question. It kind of shocked

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:02.519
me that it came at the end that there was someone

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:06.519
who was possibly a suspect or a witness and in

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:11.420
very bright clothing. I specifically took note

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:13.079
of that because if you were in bright clothing,

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:15.640
to me, it would seem like you were there accidentally

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:21.210
or forced to be there. A lot of speculative motions

00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:24.710
in my head started going once I heard that. And

00:27:24.710 --> 00:27:28.990
his mom summed it up. I mean, it's heartbreaking,

00:27:29.230 --> 00:27:33.410
but beautifully of. I just want to know what

00:27:33.410 --> 00:27:38.029
happened. It's of course, you know, I would imagine

00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:40.210
she wants her son back, but like it seemed like

00:27:40.210 --> 00:27:43.630
even moving past that. I just want to know what

00:27:43.630 --> 00:27:48.380
happened in those final minutes. I could not

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:52.700
echo her more. I think this case is solvable,

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:56.519
especially now with technological advancement.

00:27:56.740 --> 00:28:00.460
I'm hoping that there are records we can comb

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:04.779
through that uncover something here. What his

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:08.359
mom said was perfect. It all ends the same with

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:12.119
Joshua being gone and her and his family just

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:14.859
wanting to know what happened to him. Whether

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:19.480
this is... an intentional act or like an accidental

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:22.779
hit and run whatever the case is it's a crime

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:25.799
still happened here and a 16 year old was still

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:32.059
left for dead and that is a crime and joshua's

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:35.480
family his parents his cousins his sister they

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:38.279
all deserve to know what happened to him and

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:40.539
they they want to know those answers and i agree

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:44.859
i think this case is solvable i hope that Someone

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:47.200
comes forward with information that's been maybe

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:50.599
sitting on them for years. To be able to give

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.519
the family the answers that they are looking

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.279
for, I think would be very healing. But again,

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.640
if you know anything about the murder of Joshua

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:03.079
Davis in January of 2004, please call the Garner

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:10.059
Police Department at 919 -773 -6070. As always,

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:13.720
I will be providing the graphics for Joshua's

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:19.619
case. We will have a picture of him and the suspect

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.500
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00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:26.359
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00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.720
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