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All four men served some time, but eventually the concealment and obstruction charges against T.J.,
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Anthony James Jr., and Rudy, Rodolfo De Leon Jr., Julian Vaez Jr., and Jeremy Carpenter,
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they all end up getting dropped. According to Chief Percy, this was done at least in part to avoid compromising
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any potential future homicide prosecution. Now, we tried reaching out to everyone named in this episode, every
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which way we could think of, >> [music] >> but as of this recording, we haven't heard back.
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Julian Vaez Jr. is currently behind bars on drug charges unrelated to Cole's case. Still, we sent him a message. So
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far, no response. And unfortunately, we will never be able to talk to Jeremy Carpenter. Per an online obituary, he
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passed away in 2024. Now, some people believe that Jeremy may have been in the same boat as Cole, that
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he was just as surprised by the turn that things took, and that everything he did that night, his silence and the
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evolving stories that followed were out of both fear and survival. But it means that we will never be able
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to ask him the one question we have for everyone in this case. Where's Cole? Because when it comes to that detail,
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the part that matters most, everyone conveniently claims they just don't know, that whatever happened next
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happened in secret. [music]