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But once police put an APB out on it, they get a hit almost immediately. Around 5:00 a.m., an officer working the
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night shift stops for coffee at a restaurant about 20 minutes away from the Markley House, and he finds John and
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Shel's 1990 red Chevy Silverado sitting in this parking lot. Now, it might not have stood out if not for that APB
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because it's not like broken into or anything. The doors are locked. Nothing about it is strange, but he notifies
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other authorities. And when police arrive, they see tarps like the ones used to cover John's Corvette laying in
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the truck's bed. And when they get inside without the keys, by the way, cuz the keys aren't there, they search the
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cab and they find a cell phone. A family advocate who spoke to us on behalf of one of the Markley's children told us
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that the phone actually was Shel's phone. And this hasn't been reported on as far as I know, but the advocate said
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that police also found used cigarette butts and potentially other physical evidence, though he couldn't speak to
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exactly what, but it was all found something was found in the truck. And are the cigarettes the brand that
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Shel smoked? That is a great question. I would love to know, but I actually don't. So, we
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did try and like check this, right? Right. I mean, we couldn't get files or like interviews with people actively
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working this, but we did get in touch with a former sheriff, a guy named Tom Alier, and we actually got a completely
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different story from 10.