Mia Zapata: The Walk Home

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[SPEAKER_00]: Warning check the locks podcast is a true crime podcast and may contain graphic descriptions of violence, murder, sexual assault, and more.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In 1993, a young musician is brutally assaulted and murdered while walking home on the streets of Seattle, Washington.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Over the years, her case would grow cold, but nearly a decade later, her killer was finally brought to justice.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Join me, John Connor, as I discussed the murder of Mia Zapata.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This is Check-The-Lawx Podcast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Hello, and thank you for joining me as I dive into yet another truly terrifying true prime case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Before we get started, I hope you're doing well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Hope it's been a wonderful week.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I apologize for being off the week of Memorial Day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure a lot of parents out there know that, you know, we're getting close to summer if your kids are not out yet.

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[SPEAKER_01]: the week of Memorial Day was Millie's last week of school.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And with that, she was home all weekend home with us on Monday.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And doing a true crime podcast, sometimes can get a little tricky when you're trying to research, you know, these horrific details of a case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And you've got

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[SPEAKER_01]: little prying eyes looking over your shoulders and things like that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I had to hold off for last week.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I definitely apologize, but we are back this week and I've already put something out there on our Facebook group about holiday schedule.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It looks like we'll be off the week of July 4th.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, just lots of family time and stuff like that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then most likely we'll be off the week of Labor Day, but other than that, we are back and rocking it out like normal.

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[SPEAKER_01]: uh but again I hope it was a wonderful holiday for you and if you are a parent who's kids have officially hit summer I hope you were keeping your sanity uh this is my one of my favorite times of the year we've already been in the splash pad and then hanging out the water and already got a little sun tan going so I'm uh I'm enjoying it I'm looking forward to the summer but I know sometimes the kids be in home

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[SPEAKER_01]: You can drive you a little crazy and we all need little breaks.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So hopefully, when listening to the spotcast, that is what you were getting is a little break to yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And as always, I just want to say thank you for letting me hang out with you while you're sitting in your car and join your coffee or on your way to work, whatever it is you're doing, I really appreciate you letting me be a part of your day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: With that being said, we're going to go ahead and talk a little bit about this week's case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I have to tell you, when I stumbled upon this case, it was one that I was unfamiliar with, like all of them that I typically bring to this podcast, but this case specifically blends two of the things I'm most passionate about, music and true crime.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I was,

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[SPEAKER_01]: really riveted by this case, found myself really getting into the research and I've been very excited to get on here, record this episode and put it out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So as always, I'm going to be very interested to hear what you think, what our listeners are, locksmiths, what your feedback on this case is.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But with that being said, we'll quit the Gabby Gabby, we'll get to the stabby stabby.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Let's go ahead and jump into this week's case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In the early 1990s, a new generation of musicians was busting onto the scene, playing a sub-genre of alternative rock known as Grunge, blending the raw tones and emotion of punk rock with the riffs of 1970s heavy metal.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Born in Seattle, Washington, the sound was hard and edgy, and defined by bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, just to name a few.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Grunge music was exploding with flocks of musicians moving to the Seattle area, hoping to be the next breakout band.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The rent was low, but the crime rate was rising, and not even the pioneers of the music scene itself were immune to the dangers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On July 7, 1993, at around 3.20am, a pedestrian was walking along the street when they

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[SPEAKER_01]: There lying in the middle of a deserted street was the body of a young woman.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The police were contacted and went examining the scene they immediately noticed something they thought was strange.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The woman appeared to have been strangled with the string from her own sweatshirt, and it would later be determined that she had been beaten and raped before being murdered.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It also appeared that the dumping of the body had been done in what seemed like a very specific and purposeful way.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The victim was found in a crucifixion-like pose, lying in the road between two different religious buildings, on one side a Catholic church, and a Catholic services building on the other, suggesting a potential religious element to the brutal attack.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Unfortunately, the police had no idea who the woman was as she had no idea on her when she was discovered, but all that would change when the body was taken in for an autopsy.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Like many residents of Seattle, the medical examiner was a fan of the music scene, spending time and clubs watching local acts play.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And he immediately recognized the woman as the lead singer of one of Seattle's most popular bands, The Gits, 27-year-old Mia Zapata.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Mia was born on August 25, 1965, growing up in an upper-class suburb of Lexington, Kentucky, where her parents worked as media executives.

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[SPEAKER_01]: as a child Mia was shy, with her father describing her as the last person who would ever draw attention to herself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But she loved the arts, and friends describe Mia as always paining, sculpting, or writing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: After high school, she would attend Anniac College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And in the fall of 1986, she would form the Gits, alongside Bates' Matt Dresner, Gitarist Andy Kessel, and drummer Steve Moriarty, all fellow students in Anniac College.

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[SPEAKER_01]: With Mia taking on the role of lead vocalist, seeing it as an opportunity to express herself honestly through her art.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In 1989, the band left yellow springs and settled in Seattle, where they worked to establish a name for themselves.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Eventually playing up and down the west coast and sharing the stage with bands like Nirvana, Sublime, Back, and Green Day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And by 1991, the Gits had booked a European tour, and in November of the following year, they released their first full-length album, 1992's Frenching the Bully, which was a success locally.

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[SPEAKER_01]: By 1993, the band was beginning to gain attention of major labels, while working on their second album and preparing for their first-ever dates on the East Coast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At the time of Mia's murder, the band was home on a few-day break before hitting the road again.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Investigators now knew who their victim was, but had little to go on when it came to potential suspects.

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[SPEAKER_01]: so they worked to retrace Mia steps in the final hours of her life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Friends told detectives that they had been drinking at a local bar, the comet tavern on July 6th, 1993.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At around midnight, Mia left the bar and went to a friend's apartment to hang out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Leaving there at about 2 a.m. Opting to walk home, her body would be discovered only an hour and a half later, less than a half a mile away from that friend's apartment.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Mia's murder sent shock waves through Seattle, and the media covered the story extensively, with everyone wanting to know who and why she was attacked.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But there were no witnesses, and since the body appeared to be dumped on the road, there was very little evidence found at the actual crime scene.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Friends plastered the city with posters asking anyone with information to come forward, which led to an influx of tips coming into the local police.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sadly, most were based on speculation and speculation alone.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Meanwhile, the results of the autopsy came back, and this provided some new and shocking evidence.

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[SPEAKER_01]: A bite mark had been found on Mia's breast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The medical examiner swabbed the area and sent it to the forensics lab for testing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Hoping that they would be able to recover DNA from saliva that was potentially left by the killer.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And when the results came back, it was a double edged sword.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The good news was that forensic scientists were able to determine that humans alive a hadn't fact been left on me as body.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sadly, the sample was too small to test for DNA at the time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So it was placed in a storage freezer.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, it was also around this time that investigators learned that Mia had recently broken up with her boyfriend, Robert.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The breakup was fresh and both seemed pretty upset about it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But when questioned by the police, Robert claimed to be out with friends at the time Mia was murdered.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Investigators were able to verify his alibi and Robert was cooperative.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He was ultimately cleared as a suspect after passing a polygraph test.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Detectives also look closely at Mia's group of friends, which, being in the music scene, was rather large, and because of the lifestyle that's attached to musicians, some of these people had violent acts on their record.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But they too would all be cleared, and like the police, they all wanted to find who killed Mia Zapata.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At this point, the investigation hit a wall.

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[SPEAKER_01]: There seemed to be no one left to interview, no other potential suspects, but the git's drummer Steve Moriarty refused to give up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Teeming up with friends and bandmates to hire a private investigator to look into me as case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Moriarty and the rest of the members of the git hired Lee Heron only months after the murder.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Heron began by re-interviewing everyone that the police had talked to.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She also spoke with sex workers in the area, as well as neighbors who live near the crime scene.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Hoping to find an eyewitness who hadn't yet come forward.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sadly, like the police, Heron would come up with nothing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And with that, Mia's upon his case would go cold.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Years would pass, leaving friends and family of the late singer fearful that her murder

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[SPEAKER_01]: But nine years later, things would change.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Advancements and DNA testing specifically PCR testing had occurred.

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[SPEAKER_01]: PCR or polymurist chain reaction is a technique that allows DNA to essentially be photocopy, allowing laboratories to amplify a tiny specific sample into millions or billions of copies.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, this technique was technically available in 1993, but it was very new and not well-tested.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In forensic experts working on me is case worried that it could potentially damage the sample taken from the bite mark, ruining the only real evidence that they had.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But by 2001, the technique had been tested and virtually mastered, so at that point, the sample was run again, and this time it worked.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The test results in what is called a mixed profile, showing both Mia's DNA along with the profile of an unknown male.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The male sample was then isolated and run through codeus, a nationwide database containing DNA samples collected from convicted offenders, arrestees, and missing persons.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sadly, there was no match.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Investigators wondered, was this the only crime that their suspect had committed, or was you responsible for others, but just never been caught?

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[SPEAKER_01]: could me as killer of left the country?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Could he be dead?

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[SPEAKER_01]: It was like having a photo of their suspect, but the face was blurred, leaving investigators with little hope of ever finding me as killer.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But the sample continued to run through Codes, and 12 months later, there was a break in the case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: A match, to a man named Haisus Mesquia, a Cuban man living in Florida and working as a fisherman.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Ms. Kia had come to the United States during the 1980 Mariel Bolt Lift, and reportedly had a long criminal history, including robbery, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And because of this, he was kicked out of Cuba and came to the States.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Ms. Kia's DNA had been uploaded to Codis after he had been found with burglary tools.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When looking into his background, investigators also learned that misquiet had been living in Seattle at the time of Mia's murder, just the re-blocks away from where body was found.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Authorities in Seattle contacted detectives in Marathon, Florida, who offered to keep an eye on misquiet while investigators built their case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But when detectives made the trip down south, misquiet was nowhere to be found.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They were panicked, but luckily he would turn up a few days later, having been working a temporary fishing job on a boat in Miami.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When asked if he would sit for an interview with Seattle detectives, Miss Kia complied, but he denied knowing or ever meeting Mia, and claimed he was not responsible for her murder.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At this point, a fresh DNA sample was taken from the man and run against the sample found during the autopsy, and again, it was a perfect match.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On January 10, 2003, Ms. Kia was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, nearly a decade after Mia Zapata had lost her life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Ms. Kia was extradited to Seattle to stand trial, during which the prosecution would paint a picture for the jury, theorizing that Mia was walking home with her headphones on, listening to her walkman as she made her way and leaving her unaware as Ms. Kia drove up behind her

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[SPEAKER_01]: forcing the woman inside his vehicle before beating, raping, killing, and dumping her body.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On March 25, 2004, after deliberating for only three days, a jury would find him guilty.

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[SPEAKER_01]: With Judge Sharon Armstrong sentencing him to 37 years in prison, exceeding the maximum sentence due to the extremely painful injuries that Mesquia had inflicted on his victim.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In 2005, the sentence would be overturned by an appellate court, but he would later be resents to nearly be exact same number of years.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The Gets would release their final album, enter the conquering chicken in 1994, only reuniting once in 2015 for a cancer benefit.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Today, friends and bandmates hope that Mia is remembered for the music that she made,

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[SPEAKER_01]: Friends also started Home Alive, a Seattle anti-violence organization offering empowerment based self-defense classes for women on the sliding scale.

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[SPEAKER_01]: More information on Home Alive can be found at teachomalive.org.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Today, you can still hear me as voice on the Get's Albums, which are available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's this week's case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And like always, I just wanted to share a few of my final thoughts to close everything out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So again, this case really hit close to home for me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I grew up playing in bands, living in bands, and spending a lot of time with really good friends in close quarters.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so going through the research number one,

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[SPEAKER_01]: when you think about the level of talent that Mia Zapata had in this genre of music and the way that she kind of poured herself into her art and then to see the trajectory that the band was on.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you hear sublime, you hear, you know, they're sharing the stage with Green Day and back.

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[SPEAKER_01]: These are all bands now that just live.

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[SPEAKER_01]: in pop culture that they're huge, you know, you can go anywhere in the world and say green day and sublime and people know who you're talking about.

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[SPEAKER_01]: These are, you know, international

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[SPEAKER_01]: insanely popular bands that are now just part of our lexicon as the society, you know, and to know that there was this young woman who was so talented and was pouring so much of herself into her art and was poised to be one of these people, you know, had she not been murdered in 1993.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We may all know the name that gets.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We all may know the name Mia Zapata.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sadly, because of this horribly violent act, that future was taken away.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's really, really hard to kind of wrap your head around and then go into the research and just seeing how much her friends her bandmates cared about her and how as a community, Seattle really came together to look for answers to help police.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, people were willing to sit down with cops and answer questions and speak to detectives.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And she had such an impact on the community there that

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[SPEAKER_01]: you know, people were more than willing to just say, like, hey, how can I help?

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[SPEAKER_01]: How do we get this case closed?

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[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, it's just, it's so sad.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's so sad to think about this light that could have been that was just extinguished.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then, you know, Haizu's, Makiya, I mean, he he lived for almost a decade.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And who knows, you know, what are the things that he may have done

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I am very thankful, number one, that the forensic scientist, they held on to that DNA to make sure that, you know, if they were going to test it, they were going to test it right and they knew that it may take time to do so, but I'm sure in a lot of cases, especially back then.

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[SPEAKER_01]: they may have just tried to rush that through and a sample gets contaminated or destroyed and you can't use it anymore.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's almost like they had the foresight to say, like, no, we got to wait until things are better until we know for sure.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, it took a whole lot of time, but me as family and her friends and her bandmates finally got that closure.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So again, this one really

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[SPEAKER_01]: really resonated with me as I mentioned growing up and playing in bands.

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[SPEAKER_01]: there was a scene and I don't think now the way that the internet has kind of siloed things off.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if that thing really exists anymore.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I was having a conversation with a friend about this and it was almost like we don't know if it exists or maybe it does exist but now I'm just in my forties and being in your forties, you're not invited to be part of that scene the way you were when you were 17, 18, 19,

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[SPEAKER_01]: At that time, especially when I was growing up playing music, you could play a show anywhere and kids came to see that show.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And that continued, you know, into my 20s, it just people would come out to see your band and support you in a mental lot to that community.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So going through this case and hearing me as story, there was just something so incredibly

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[SPEAKER_01]: relatable to it for me that just kind of hit home.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And that was one of the reasons I really wanted to share it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So for me, I would probably put this case.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If we're talking deadbolt test, this case would probably fall at about a seven for me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And not I say that because the case is truly tragic.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And like I said, it really did kind of break my heart as I was going through and thinking about what could have been, but

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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I'm not worried about this necessarily happening to me, right?

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[SPEAKER_01]: With that being said, again, I do think it's absolutely heartbreaking.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And finally, I guess I will close on this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: There is something truly awesome that despite this tragedy, something like home alive was born.

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[SPEAKER_01]: and is allowed to number one, keep me as memory alive, but number two, to give a skill set to women, to help prevent this type of thing from happening in the future.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, I think it's really awesome that they work on a sliding scale when I was going through the research, they were talking a lot about how,

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[SPEAKER_01]: women at the time, and especially in the area, wanted to take these self-defense classes, but they were very expensive, or, you know, maybe they didn't have the access that they felt like they should.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so this was created specifically for that, where it's like, hey, whether or not you've got money or not, you should still be able to get the skills to defend yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, whenever something beautiful comes out of a tragedy, I always like to make sure that we're highlighting that, because

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[SPEAKER_01]: So many times these stories are just so sad and you don't get that something good came from it aspect.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And in this case you do.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So if you haven't listened to the gets, it's GITS.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is worth a listen.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Especially if you're a grunge fan, if you're like an old school punk rock fan, check them out, Apple Music Spotify, you can give them a listen.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I would definitely like to hear what you think of the band if that is your cup of tea.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And as always, I want to hear from you, the listeners, the locksmiths, where does the murder of me as a pot of fall on your devil test?

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[SPEAKER_01]: You can let me know, reach out on Instagram, check a locks pod, find me on Twitter, check the locks, and if you're not in our Facebook group, what the hell are you doing?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Come hang out with us.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We would love to have the opportunity to get to know you, spend a little time with you and invite you into an amazing community.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We had some new members join this week, so super, super happy to have you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, if true crime is your thing, if you like this

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[SPEAKER_01]: podcast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I've said it in a million times.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think our Facebook group is the best place on the internet.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is just good people lifting each other up and sharing things that we think are funny and uh, there's like no negativity allowed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So very few places like that exist anymore, uh, as

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[SPEAKER_01]: Scott, one of our Facebook group members always says it is a chill place with good people.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We would love to have you as part of that community.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If you're interested in joining the Facebook group, there is a link in the description of the episode that you're listening to.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, click that link, answer a few questions.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And if you can't find the answer to more of the show, I definitely understand.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I say it every week, but just listen in and hang it out with me, share in this show with your friends and family that people who are important to you means just as much if not more.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, shows like check the locks do not grow without grass roots help.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And when you are sharing this show, that is exactly what you are giving it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So if you're letting anybody know that we exist, just know from the bottom of my heart that I appreciate you more than I could ever tell you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That's all that I've got for you for this week's case, but please make sure that you're subscribed to check the locks in the favorite podcast app so that you never miss an episode.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I will see you again next week with another truly terrifying true crime case, but until then remember, monsters are real, so stay safe, stay ready, and don't forget to check the locks.

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[SPEAKER_01]: See you next week.