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Tony Reed Is Ready To Talk! #truecrime #crimejunkie

December 22, 2025 / 01:20

This episode covers the case of Tony and his brother John, focusing on Tony's surrender to authorities and his account of events surrounding a double homicide.

On May 16th, Tony surrenders to Washington authorities after being in Mexico. He claims that his brother John killed Patrick and Mon'nique on April 11th.

Tony states that he did not commit the murders but attempted to help his brother cover up the crime. He describes the incident as self-defense, stating that the victims approached with a gun.

John encouraged Tony to turn himself in, expressing that he would struggle with guilt if something happened to Tony. Tony recounts the details of the crime to detectives.

TLDR

Tony surrenders and claims his brother committed a double homicide in self-defense.

Episode

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So deal gets done and on May 16th, again, same day, day 35 of their case, detectives fly down to the Mexico San
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Diego [music] border and Tony surrenders to Washington authorities. They get him
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back to Washington. And by May 22nd, day 40 of this saga, Tony's ready to talk. Now, he says he didn't kill [music]
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them. His brother did, but he did try to help his brother cover his tracks. He said that uh he shot those people and
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uh he told me it was self-defense. He said that the that they that they came down that they came to
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the gate with a gun and that he started wrestling with one of them and the gun went off.
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>> Tony says that he's been in Mexico this whole time, but John [music] suggested
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that he go home and surrender. He's he's he's the one that talked me into turning myself in because if
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something was to happen to me over this, he would not be able to live with himself.
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>> Detectives asked Tony to walk them through exactly what happened, and he does. Tony says that his brother John
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killed Patrick and Mon'nique on April 11th and that John basically called him to help get rid of the cars and the
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bodies.

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Episode Highlights

  • Tony's Surrender
    On May 22nd, Tony is ready to talk after surrendering to authorities.
    “Tony's ready to talk.”
    @ 00m 15s
    December 22, 2025
  • The Incident
    Tony reveals his brother John killed two people and called him for help.
    “John killed Patrick and Mon'nique.”
    @ 01m 13s
    December 22, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • He said it was self-defense.
    Tony Reed Is Ready To Talk! #truecrime #crimejunkie
  • If something happened to me, he couldn't live with himself.
    Tony Reed Is Ready To Talk! #truecrime #crimejunkie

Key Moments

  • Tony Surrenders00:08
  • Self-Defense Claim00:26
  • Brother's Influence01:00
  • The Incident Revealed01:13