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Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night

October 11, 2023 / 52:37

This episode covers the ongoing true crime case of Johnny Clark and Lisa Strob, focusing on events from January 30, 2011, in Holland, Ohio. Key discussions include the timeline of events leading to their disappearance, the involvement of friends and family, and the 911 calls made by concerned relatives.

Johnny Clark, a 21-year-old enrolled in barber school, was living with his girlfriend Lisa Strob, who was 20 and working at TGI Fridays. On the night of January 30, Johnny's mother, M, received a concerning phone call from Tiffany Williams, a friend of the couple, who overheard a commotion during a call with Johnny.

After Tiffany's call, she and another friend, Zach, went to check on Johnny and Lisa at their home on Longacre Lane. They found the house appeared ransacked and were unable to get a response at the door. This prompted Tiffany to contact Johnny's parents, leading to multiple 911 calls.

M's frantic calls to 911 revealed her fears for her son and Lisa's safety, as they had not been heard from since the commotion. The police initially checked the house but found nothing suspicious and left, leading to further concerns from the family.

The episode highlights the confusion and urgency surrounding the case, as well as the relationships between the individuals involved, setting the stage for the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Johnny and Lisa.

TLDR

The episode discusses the disappearance of Johnny Clark and Lisa Strob, focusing on the events of January 30, 2011, in Ohio.

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Longacre Lane is the True Crime Story of a still very much ongoing case crimes it
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took place in Northern Ohio and the story starts with a series of events and horrific crimes that started in early
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2001 now the name of the road Longacre Lane makes it sound like this road is a long Winding Road out somewhere in the
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countryside but it is not Longacre Lane which is the location at the very center
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of this week's case is not a very large Street at all Longacre Lane is in the near center of a really cool looking
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neighborhood it's located in Holland Ohio which is best described as the greater Toledo area a suburb of Toledo
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and for those of you outside of the great state of Ohio Toledo is in the northern part of our state right up
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there by the old Michigan Ohio border Longacre Lane is a pretty average sized street with only nine houses it's a
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unique looking neighborhood because there's everything here from average size homes in lots to very large homes
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and properties some of the homes have swimming pools a couple have both a swimming pool and a tennis court and
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there is one property that features a very large pond the nine houses on Long Acre Lane are some where in between the
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two ends of this spectrum the homes are a little larger than average and the properties appear to be a little more
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than an acre for each lot but these are not mcmansions but just very nice larger
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homes and lots the property that we will be discussing this week is 2161 Long Acre Lane it's a home located
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in the middle of the street surrounded by other homes on all sides the two individuals that are at the center of
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this case are Johnny Clark and Lisa strob yeah we're going to be talking a lot about Johnny Clark and Lisa strob
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Johnny Clark and his mother and father are M and John Clark and we are also going to be
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talking about Johnny Clark's girlfriend Lisa strob and her parents Jeff and Mary
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Beth strob so let's start with Johnny I've always really liked the name Johnny but his given name is John S
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Clark but almost always known as Johnny now back in 2011 where we pick up this story Johnny is 21 years old Johnny was
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always a popular guy he had a lot of friends Johnny's Mother m characterizes her son as an Unapologetic mama's boy
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and Johnny was proud of that title The Clark family was very close his mother M says between her and her husband they
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would regularly talk to their son about a dozen or so times a day he is the oldest of their
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children Johnny had recently enrolled in barber school to pursue a dream of being
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a small business owner now remember he is an adult at this time 21 years of age and he frequently lived with either his
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folks or his girlfriend Lisa's parents Johnny was saving money for school and some words of wisdom to the younger
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listeners out there if Mom and Dad don't say you got to leave then stay but of course don't be afraid to buy them
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dinner once in a while or pay the internet bill so Johnny is enrolled to go to the school and saving money to pay
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for the school so in January of 20 Johnny is living with his girlfriend Lisa strob at Lisa's parents place on
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Longacre Lane in Holland Ohio Lisa an strob is a kind and this she's kind of this funloving maybe a little goofy even
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at times personality she is the outdoorsy type she's an animal lover and photography is
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a longtime hobby of hers the straw family is very close as well Lisa enjoyed hanging out with her sisters
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they were popular and the stob sisters would often go to parties together Lisa was the youngest in this family in fact
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it's at one of those parties with her sisters that Lisa in fact meets Johnny Clark the two of them eventually start
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dating and become an official couple in 2009 then in late 2010 Johnny and Lisa take the relationship to the Next Level
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and they decide to live together so Johnny moved in at Lisa's parents' home so in January of 2011 where we pick up
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this story Lisa is 20 years old and she's working at a local TGI Friday's restaurant as a server she has her
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future mapped out as well wanting to be a nurse she was all set to begin classes
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as a nursing student there's a lot of moving pieces and parts to this case so make sure you pay attention let's dive
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into the timeline yeah let's go through the day in question here Captain this is
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Sunday January 30th 2011 we have Johnny Clark and his mother M who as said were close so they're in
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constant contact with one another touching base with each other daily and multiple times throughout each
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day this day would be no different we'll start our timeline at approximately 8:00 p.m. that night this
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is when M the mother calls her son and it's not for the first time that day now while sometimes the constant checking in
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from Mom would annoy the young man Johnny did not dare to not pick up Mom's calls you pick up Mom's call so Johnny
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slightly annoyed by another phone call from mom picks up his cell phone and they have a brief convers
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and then at some point she ask if he's okay and he says in a sarcastic manner jokingly yes Mom I'm still alive and she
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says you know don't say that don't joke around like that m is just checking in with her son who as we said is staying
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at Lisa's parents house Johnny tells his mom that his plans his current plans for
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the evening are that he's going to be watching the Pro Bowl or is already out a friend's house watching the Pro Bowl
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the NFL Pro Bowl on TV and that he would later be picking up his girlfriend from
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her work and that they were going to stay in that night and just kind of chill out so let's be perfectly clear
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here this is what he tells mom he's 21 so we cannot say with 100% certainty that this is what he actually intended
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to do that night he's also considered considers himself a a mama's boy so he he might alter the the stories he tells
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to his mom for her protection there's been multiple sources out there that have said that Johnny wouldn't lie to
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his mom and I have no reason not to believe them but again we we don't know everything 100% we can only report
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it as what our findings were so he tells mom that he is at a friend's house and there are three other persons there with
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him he he names them on the phone with Mom and says we're watching the Pro Bowl on TV and then when Lisa gets off from
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work when her shift ends at TGI Fridays I'm going to go pick her up we're going back to her house and we're just going
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to hang out now there is something that is key here captain and we can get into that
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later we can get into this later but I do not think that this is p ly coincidence but the stobs Lisa's parents
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Jeff and Mary stob are out of town this weekend the two are off on a Caribbean cruise celebrating their 25th wedding
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anniversary so that is important to the story as well so now this will take us to 1000 p.m. approximately Saturday
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January 30th 2011 on our timeline at 10 p.m. approximately Johnny picks up his girlfriend Lisa stro she's working that
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night at TGI Fridays in nearby Toledo her shift ends at approximately 10: p.m. he picks her up afterward and there are
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three major routes that one could take from the Friday's restaurant to the stob house and this is a short
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drive 8 to 11 minutes depending on Route so the couple head back to Lisa's parents house on Long Acre Lane where
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they both are staying and so just a little after 10:30 Johnny calls a friend during this call Johnny mentions that
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one of his other friends a guy by the name of Anthony Watson who also goes by Tony or tone is supposed to be stopping
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by the stob house sometime that night now during another phone this is where things get a little wonky in our
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timeline so he's either on the phone with this same friend having that conversation or there's another call
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that he's on but what we do know that happens is Johnny shortly after this gets an incoming call on his cell
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phone so Johnny clicks over to the incoming call the caller is a friend or someone who is always being listed as a
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friend of both Johnny and Lisa this person's name is Tiffany Williams Tiffany Williams is a couple of years
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older than that of Johnny and Lisa so she's calling Johnny and according to what Tiffany Williams says she's calling
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Johnny to firm up plans that the two had made earlier the original plan was that
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Johnny and Lisa would leave the St home at some point late that night go pick up
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Tiffany and this other friend Zack burette and sometimes Zack a lot of these people in our story have nicknames
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right and we're going to see that that will add confusion to the investigation now Zack burette his nickname doesn't
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add much confusion to the investigation because his real name is included in that nickname and you're going to like
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this one Captain his nickname is fat Zack oh so that either means he's a larger person or sometimes you get a
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really thin person that ends up with the fat fat Zack name key thing though is this is Zack berat now despite the fact
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that they are strictly instructed not to have parties or have people over at the
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st's home especially in their absence the plan was according to Tiffany Williams that the four of them after
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Johnny and Lisa picked them up would return to the St home to shoot some po yeah and again the definition of party
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depends on who you're talking to everybody says we're just going to be hanging out shooting some pool and from
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my understanding I've viewed the layout of the stob home in great detail they do
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have a very nice billiard area in the basement of this home Tiffany was calling at this time to
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let them know that she decided that she needed to run a few errands first so she's kind of pushing back the start
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time for this hangout session at the stob house and she wanted to tell Johnny that we're going to run some errands and
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then we will be ready to go around midnight however Tiffany says she never got to explain any of that information
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or tell Johnny why she was calling in the first place because when Johnny clicks over and picks up her
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call instead of greeting her she heard Johnny and most of the time the way this is
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described she says that she heard Johnny shout in a very angry tone bro what are
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you doing who are you what do you want so it sounds like there's an intruder in the house something's going
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on on the other end according to Tiffany Williams right and she says that he did
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repeat some of these lines multiple times as if speaking to someone in person and not Tiffany on the phone
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obviously but then Johnny and a much more calm manner then tells Tiffany that he will call her back and I believe
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Tiffany Williams says that his exact words or something similar would be Tiff I'll call you
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back he doesn't he never calls Tiffany back now let's go to Monday January 31st 2011 we're already pretty late in the
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night on the 30th so now I want to be very clear here we say that we flipped over to Sunday on our timeline but we
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are talking about very early Sunday morning in the small hours if you will Tiffany Williams is now concerned that
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her friends Johnny and Lisa has not called back she completed her errands and now she's more
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focused on the idea that Johnny Lisa her and Zach would be hanging out late that
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night shooting pool at Lisa's parents' home and here it is now a little after midnight this is right around the time
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that she wanted to hang out and she's not heard from Johnny in fact she says that she's tried to reach out to Johnny
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she's tried to get in communication with Lisa and that Zach is doing the same thing
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periodically sometime after that call was received Tiffany calls Johnny Johnny picks up the phone it sounds like he's
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talking to possibly like an intruder or somebody in person and then tells Tiffany that he'll
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call her back correct so this is a very short call now I I'm glad you are honing
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in on this because this is a huge part of this case and what this could mean for the events that are to come and who
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may be responsible for what in this case well like you said there's a lot of moving pieces so my question for you is
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at this time that Johnny gets this phone call is Lisa present with him at the time so in the home at this time it
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would be Johnny Lisa and then there's a there's a puppy dog there as well and from every Source out there from all of
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the information in the case this should they should be the this should be the only presence in the home at that time
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Johnny Lisa little dog right now I'm glad you're honing in on this call not just because of its significance to the
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case but also let's focus in on this for just a second because one thing that is not
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in dispute this is proven by phone records Tiffany Williams 100% without a doubt her cell phone calls Johnny
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Clark's cell phone at 10:41 p.m. January 30th 2011 that is there is no doubt about that that happened right
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what I think we need to speculate on later and make mental note of now in our timeline is what was
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said on that on that phone call because unfortunately Johnny will not be around to tell us his version of that
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conversation all we will have is Tiffany Williams version of that conversation so we know that a short
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call took place from Tiffany Williams phone at 10:41 p.m. that night and Johnny Clark's cell phone picked it up
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they were on their phones communicated together for several seconds maybe even a minute it's a very short
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call and then according to Tiffany Williams Johnny says I'll call you back but never does and we've already covered
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that Tiffany Williams and her friend I'm a little uncertain of their relationship
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this Zack barquette because he's a little bit younger than than the rest of them so Tiffany is about 24 at this time
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Johnny is 21 Lisa is 20 and from my understanding captaining Zack may be as young as
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17 I'm not able to fully verify that but he's younger I do know 100% certain he's
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younger than Johnny as said Tiffany Williams did try to get in contact with Johnny and and Lisa periodically leading
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up to this point in our timeline which is 12:30 a.m. Zach did so as well now at 12:30
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a.m. this is when Tiffany becomes so concerned that she and Zach drive over to Lisa str's home and again just to be
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clear they're supposed to get picked up by Johnny correct so they are so concerned by what she heard on the phone
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and the fact that they're not answering they're not coming to pick them up that they make arrangements and and they
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actually travel over to Lisa's house and everything out there suggests that they
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would have had to borrow a vehicle to do so Zach doesn't have a car and neither does Tiffany at this
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time so they go over to the home and according to Tiffany they ring the doorbell knock on the door front door
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nice neighborhood again that's what's weird about this neighborhood I I would encourage everyone to look it up on
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Google Maps or on Apple Maps it's a really interesting neighborhood because you have very average size homes but you
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also have very large homes and then some that are somewhere in between and this home is a very nice home and it's on a
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larger lot and so she's ringing the doorbell knocking on the door she says that she
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peers inside the the the windows trying to look into the windows to see what's going
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on and here's where things get a little more wonky right we have we have some questions in our timeline but we're also
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going to have some questions with individual statements because they gave more than one statement and this is
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coming from multiple sources and so I want to be very clear here some of the sources site that
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Tiffany Williams says that there was no answer at the door she tried a couple times and so her and Zach left other
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sources say that she saw and noticed that there were lights on in the home and this caused her even greater
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concern because of some kind of rule that she was aware of in the home that you you know the stobs have this rule
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that you always close the door behind you always turn off the light behind you so she was concerned that well they're
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here but nobody's answering the door for whatever reason we're supposed to be friends right and again it's not like
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she's overly concerned for no reason she hears what she believes is a confrontation on the phone when she
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called Johnny correct but let's keep in mind that's about two hours earlier right so she yes she's concerned she
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says but let's factor in she doesn't seem to be overly concerned to the point that she allows 2 hours to elapse before
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she goes to physically check on her friends right now the third version from other
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sources and I'm not this is not yours truly the crispy Colonel telling you that she gave three different statements
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I'm telling you that these are different words that are coming from different sources the third
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version is that when she looked inside the home that she that the home appeared to have
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been ransacked and this caused Great concern of course it should cause great concern
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for anyone if they witness anything like this the pair then exits the property now we are a little after or about 1:00
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a.m. on our timeline at this point she is going to call her friend Sharita crumby she calls Sharita to tell her
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what has happened her version of the events crumby then calls Johnny's Mother m to alert her that no one is
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able to reach Johnny and that now we got a handful of people that are concerned and on top of that Tiffany is relayed to
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Sharita look when I spoke to him at 10:41 there was this weird business going on he picked up it sound like
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there was some kind of commotion some kind of confrontation I'm not really sure what it was but sounds like he was
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getting into it with somebody and of course m is going to be extremely concerned she she loves her
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son and as said they were very close and she's a bit of a helicopter Mom right always checking in on the kids well
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let's be clear though too it's not just this confrontation call it's he's not answering the phone now and then when we
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go over to the house we don't see signs of Johnny or Lisa so much more to get to
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onward and upward cheers to you Colonel onward and upward cheers to the people in the back now as we said we have
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Johnny's parents who are now been alerted that that friends are concerned about Johnny and they're concerned about
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his girlfriend Lisa no one's able to get a hold of them so we have M who's going
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to to begin calling her son's phone texting trying to get a hold of him and Father John is doing the same thing
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however Johnny's not responding to Mom's calls or texts and what did we say earlier Johnny always answers mom's
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calls and you also have to be a little more concerned because it's getting later and later it's in the middle of
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the night right and these parents have been woke up in the middle of the night by to be honest with you it
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sounds to me like they don't know they know Sharita but they don't know where I I'm I'm not 100% on how well they know
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this individual because Sharita is more of Johnny's peer than my tase well she's
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been given the task to contact the parents and so if if I'm Johnny's father I'm very concerned because somebody I
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don't really know that well is contacted me going hey look we can't get a hold of
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your son yeah she she knows them well enough to have their phone numbers um the the thing that we should mention
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here too around the same time that Tiffany calls Sharita we have Zach who's with Tiffany there's no doubt about that
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Zach's with Tiffany and he has attempted to reach out to Johnny's like lifetime lifelong best
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friend who you know some of us are lucky enough to when we are best friends with
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somebody that we know their families very well as as well right right they become almost second parents correct and
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so Johnny's best friend would have had the ability to get in contact with the parents as well yeah and if you're his
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parents you're also more concerned too because you're not in the same town right yeah they're not very far away um
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I want to be clear about something here that they are they are in the suburb of Toledo
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and so they they're not very far from the st's home because they all live in this suburb of Toledo which is not a
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very big area um we're talking about I think 1200 people in this suburb um don't quote me
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on that Captain I it's well it's on record now so so yep you can you can hold me put it on my permanent record
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yeah uh so strike strike 98 mom has decided a couple things are going on here yeah Tiffany says look I can I'll
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come and get you guys and take you over to the stob house so she comes over she grabs Johnny's Father John Johnny John
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hops in the car rides over and because M can't leave remember Johnny's not their
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only child and they got a couple of people in the house and so M's thinking well he'll pick up the phone eventually
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Johnny will pick up the phone eventually it's just mising and everything be fine
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well that doesn't and whens to the house with Tiffany he's now on the phone with
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his wife saying look I think we got to call the cops so M then is in the process of trying to do
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a couple things she's still trying to get a hold of her son she's trying to get the police on the line to request a
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welfare check for her son and his girl friend and she's also in the process of trying to get over to the property
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herself so let's take a listen to the first 911 call from Johnny's mother hello too 911 ma'am my heart is beating
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out of my chest I just got a call from one of my son's friends okay her phone number I have it right here she just
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picked my husband up to my son and his girlfriend live out at 2161 Longacre Lane mm I believe that's hen this girl
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say she was on the phone with my son and his girlfriend and he was supposed to go
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pick her up he was telling her he was going out the door and all she heard was the phone drop and heard my son saying
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in the background who are you what do you want what are you doing here and she said she just drove by the house and the
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house looks Ram sacked all the lights are on my son's not answering and neither it's the girlfriend okay you
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said it was 2161 lawn acre yes Lane okay oh my God I got heart problems and my heart's
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beating out of my chest right now all right I understand do you know if if that's all one word or is it she
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separate it's no it's separate words La acre yes long l o n g acre a c r e Lane oh my God is she still there no she
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just came by here to pick up my husband my son's dad and I'm here with the other
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two younger kids all right what is your name my name is m Vasquez Clark oh my God I have the girl's phone number that
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he was talking to that heard all this going on in the background okay her parents my son's
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girl my girlfriend's uh my son's girlfriend's parents are out of town they left her uh Puerto Rico two days
00:35:22
ago I don't know how to calm myself down my heart's beaing out of my chest okay what did what did your son tell her my
00:35:30
son was like hey Tiff we're on our way out the door we're coming to get you and then all she hears is the phone drop and
00:35:37
my son Johnny saying who are you what do you want what are you doing here who are
00:35:41
you and no more no more answers that's all she hears and then she says that she starts getting worried cuz neither of
00:35:50
them are answering the phone and she goes out there by the house and she sees all the lights are on and the cabinets
00:35:56
look r back okay but you don't have any idea where your son's at he was there at the
00:36:02
house with his girlfriend that's where their house sitting for her parents okay but but she doesn't he wasn't there when
00:36:09
she went over there no no she rang the doorbell and nobody came to the door nothing oh my God ma'am I'm so afraid
00:36:17
something happened bad okay oh my god oh what is your son's name John S Clark Clark is with the e at the end is
00:36:32
he white or Hispanic he's white in h Hispanic he looks more white than anything how old is he he's 21 date of
00:36:42
birth is for 1589 and the girlfriend is okay is somebody going to meet us over there uh
00:36:49
yeah my husband's on his way there right now oh my God my hands are ice cold my heart's beating out of my chest like do
00:36:56
I need to send you medical ma'am please do okay let me get this call in real quick then I'll send you medical okay
00:37:02
but I have these kids okay please make the call her the girlfriend's name is Lisa stra okay what's your husband's
00:37:08
name John P Clark what kind of car is he driving I don't know what the girl's car is that
00:37:16
picked them up I'll give you the girl's phone number the girl Tiffany do you know how
00:37:22
long it's going to take him to get over there probably 10 minutes oh my heart my God I can't take
00:37:31
this what what's his girlfriend's name Lisa stra s t r Au u b what's her cell number um this is his girlfriend this is
00:37:42
not the girl that called me from the cell number the girl that called me is Tiffany I don't know her last name and
00:37:49
her cell number is okay but we can get a hold of Lisa on that number no Lisa's with Johnny that's
00:37:56
what I'm telling you Lisa and Johnny are boyfriend and girlfriend they were leaving her mom's house they were on the
00:38:02
phone with this girl named Tiffany the number I'm going to give you the cell phone number that I'm going to give you
00:38:07
they were talking to her on the phone when all this commotion went down I thought the I thought the girlfriend
00:38:12
called you saying that she was on no no not the girlfriend her friend the girlfriend's friend called
00:38:19
me and she's the one that just came here now to pick my husband up oh my God I can't take
00:38:27
all right well they're already in route I'm just getting all this information okay okay let me give you Tiffany's cell
00:38:32
phone number okay hang on oh Lord oh my God please I'm praying that my son is okay oh
00:38:50
Lord all right what's Tiffany cell okay oh man' my heart is beating out of my chest I
00:39:00
understand oh my God Jaan open the door so when the rescue squad gets here you can let them
00:39:10
in I have to sit down on the bed son oh my God oh my God address ma'am what is your name m oh m m hang on
00:39:32
M your phone number yes all right stay on the line and talk to Medical while they're on their way
00:39:39
there okay okay hang on so you hear it there Captain mate calls 911 that call took place at 1:21 a.m. that night and
00:39:50
we have M begging for emergency services to to send out the police to the stob home for
00:40:00
a welfare check on her son and her son's girlfriend Lisa she's calling from her home and as you hear her husband's in
00:40:09
route with Tiffany Williams to the stob home and poor M has this heart condition
00:40:15
and now she's up at the middle of the night frantically worried about her son one thing that I want to point out
00:40:24
here we were talking about different sources reporting what Tiffany's report uh was when she arrived
00:40:33
at the St home without any of Johnny's parents right she is there by her own words with Zack
00:40:42
they go there because they are worried about their friends we had the different sources some saying that she knocks on
00:40:48
the door they tried the door a few times nobody answers they leave other sources
00:40:52
say that they see lights on and this was of a concern to Tiffany and that's why she alerted the friends the other
00:40:58
sources say that she saw that the home was ransacked looked through the windows could see that something had taken place
00:41:06
maybe a struggle or a robbery or something of that nature that caused her enough concern to track
00:41:13
down Johnny's parents and get them involved that night well because they have options at that moment do we keep
00:41:22
ringing the doorbell and possibly run into to the individuals that did this rans sacking or do we
00:41:30
keep trying to find a way into to enter this house and I think they did the smart thing by going let's try to
00:41:39
contact but I want to point out a very key part of that 911 call we have those different sources saying different
00:41:47
things different observations were made by Tiffany Williams when she arrives without Johnny's parents right we have
00:41:58
confirmation that she says ransacking because at 1:21 a.m. M who's not been to the property yet correct her husband's
00:42:07
not been to the property yet correct he's not on the phone with 911 m is at her own home she is reporting 2911 what
00:42:15
was told to her and her husband by Tiffany Williams who sparked and ignited this
00:42:23
whole thing to get them involved and bring one of them to the scene so ran sacking regardless of what
00:42:31
the sources were saying this 911 call at 1:21 a.m. that night confirms that Tiffany Williams told them she witnessed
00:42:41
Saul with her own two eyeballs Through the Windows of the stob home that ransacking or burglary or robbery
00:42:48
something of that nature has taken place now unfortunately after this 911 call m
00:42:57
still concerned still hasn't heard from her son she's unable to reach her son Johnny she again calls police in
00:43:04
emergency services at 2:27 a.m. um some sources report that it is 2:07 a.m. but still roughly what an hour later I've I
00:43:16
have spoke to people very close to the case and they are confirming that the correct time is 27 207 a.m. so the early
00:43:26
ier time that's been reported in the papers and on the news she is at this time requesting another welfare check or
00:43:34
for at least police to come back to the scene and we have that call as well office listen ma'am I am a
00:43:42
concerned mother my son was at 2161 Long Acre Lane with his girlfriend house sitting Lisa stra lives there cuz her
00:43:51
parents went to Puerto Rico 2 days ago I get a phone call about a half an hour hour ago from his friend Sharita that
00:43:58
some girl named Tiffany called her saying that Johnny and Lisa were supposed to pick her up at 11:00 and she
00:44:05
was on the phone with Johnny my son when he was walking out of this house his girlfriend's house with his girlfriend
00:44:12
to come get her and supposedly she heard a guy in the background screaming at my
00:44:17
son and my son saying what do you want who are you get away from us and what have you okay four cop cars were already
00:44:25
out at this residents they're not there and her car is in the driveway I want to
00:44:29
know where my son's at okay I want to know where my son and his girlfriend are I want to know if they got abducted by
00:44:35
whoever try to assault them and Rob them and it's pretty funny that this girl named Tiffany which is there right now
00:44:43
by the residents Waits 2 hours to call somebody and report this okay well like I said we were out there there was
00:44:51
nothing going on there okay where is my son and his girlfriend and her car's in the
00:44:58
driveway how would I know that ma'am I need to report my son missing okay um where are you at I'm coming up to the
00:45:06
residence right now which which residence uh Lisa's house okay I need an address 2161 Long Acre
00:45:16
Lane I go to and what's your name my name is m Vasquez Clark this is the street I think Mama
00:45:24
Long Acre this is it this is it this is it I'm with my cousin right now that's in the military okay what's your phone
00:45:31
number my phone number I want this girl's plate number before we go anywhere so I can give it to the sheriff
00:45:37
on the phone all right and they're back pulling in the driveway I want this plate number
00:45:44
ma'am I'm going to give you this plate number okay that this girl's car is driving I'm going to stay calm I am will
00:45:51
you stay on the phone with me ma'am while I talk to this girl don't touch anything who are you going to talk to
00:45:58
okay listen here's the plate number that is the girl's uh the plate number of the car that this girl is
00:46:05
driving that my son was supposed to supposedly pick up now these two people right here
00:46:12
um that's Johnny's phone oh I don't know it's my parents probably call them back just I want to
00:46:21
know how to do it oh my God ma'am okay is it what kind of vehicle is it um what kind of vehicle is that you're
00:46:37
driving what is it a Corolla I have a feeling you set up my son my son is missing he's nowhere to be found do you
00:46:45
want to tell the police what you just got done telling me on the phone okay come here ma'am I'm going to let you
00:46:49
talk to her because I have her blocked in now Lisa's house driveway okay okay here you tell them I will hello okay
00:46:57
what's what's going on okay um my friend Johnny and Lisa they were supposed to come pick me up me and um my friend from
00:47:05
our house and this was like 11:00 and um he um I was on the phone with his girlfriend Lisa and then he
00:47:16
hung up and um we all hung up he said they were on their way and then he I called Johnny right back cuz I was going
00:47:25
to tell him that um I was going to run to the store and then I would I would meet them at the house well um he was
00:47:33
yelling at somebody like um I'm on he go he goes bro who who are you and then um I I called he called him right back
00:47:45
and he didn't answer so I text my friend Lisa's phone and I was like um where are
00:47:51
you are you guys okay and they have not answered to me or nothing they have not answered the phone and I've been calling
00:47:57
and calling and calling so I drove out to their house after um my friend's mom got home and um nobody answered the door
00:48:06
so I drove back by our house and see maybe they went to his mom's house and um they wasn't there so his dad called
00:48:14
my phone and I was like do you want to ride out there and he said yeah and I brought him out here and now his mom's
00:48:18
arguing with me then I set them up and you know they're my friends and I'm worried about them and if I don't have
00:48:25
you know I'm worried about my friends cuz they were supposed to come pick me up and they never showed up okay does
00:48:30
anyone have what's what's the son's name what's her son's name Johnny is that his
00:48:35
name yeah Johnny clart does anyone have have his phone number yeah I do but his phone shut off okay um see and we was
00:48:43
calling and it was ringing and then it was shut off all of a sudden and then I was calling my
00:48:49
friend's phone and I've been texting her asking her if she's okay are they okay cuz they wasn't answering and then my
00:48:55
texor like last I talked to you um I heard him arguing and then now all of a sudden they haven't picked up the phone
00:49:03
or not 10 okay are you out are there is there a couple officers where you guys yeah there's some yeah there's some
00:49:08
officers out here okay why don't you go talk to them and they can help you okay okay I'll put his mother back on the
00:49:13
phone okay actually I don't need to talk to her she just talk to the officers okay okay all right all right
00:49:20
byebye so what we hear there Captain we have M Tay Johnny's mother on the call with Emergency Services again for the
00:49:29
second time this is after this is after her husband has arrived on the scene she's on her way
00:49:35
pulling into the property while on the phone she's got a couple people in the vehicle with her they arrive in a Ford
00:49:44
F-150 mom is already suspicious as you can hear on that call of this Tiffany Williams individual so much so that
00:49:51
she's trying to feed information about this person even though she knows little little about her right of what kind of
00:49:58
car she's in the license plate and trying to get Tiffany to speak with Emergency Services as well so they pull
00:50:06
up in an F-150 and they actually block the driveway because Mom and the family members do not want this person
00:50:16
leaving until police are there so police have already been to this scene once they knock on the doors too there was
00:50:24
like four cars out out there police cars they look around they don't see anything
00:50:29
suspicious they leave now they're calling for a second visit and when they arrive when police
00:50:36
arrive this time it's more of the same they check they knock on the door they shine their flashlights around they're
00:50:43
looking around they don't see anything that gives them probable cause to enter the
00:50:49
home and keep in mind this is not we don't have nobody there that is present who's
00:50:57
called for police can authorize the police to enter the home right the stobs are gone nobody's answering the door
00:51:05
nobody's answering the phones the stobs Lisa's parents are gone they're out of the country they're they're Caribbean
00:51:11
Crews or Portugal somewhere off celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary yeah and if they're on a
00:51:18
cruise their cell phones probably don't work at all and on top of that it's really a whole lot of the same where
00:51:27
police they Snoop around for a little bit they talk to M and John and they speak with Tiffany Williams and they
00:51:35
they again leave the scene and leave the [Music] property so much more to get to for
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    Most intense
  • 75
    Most heartbreaking
  • 70
    Most emotional
  • 70
    Most unpredictable

Episode Highlights

  • The Power of Love
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes that love is the only force that can conquer hate.
    “Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
    @ 04m 32s
    October 11, 2023
  • Johnny and Lisa's Relationship
    Johnny Clark and Lisa Strob were a close couple living together in Holland, Ohio.
    @ 10m 06s
    October 11, 2023
  • A Mother's Concern
    Johnny's mother frequently checked in on him, highlighting their close bond.
    “You pick up Mom's call.”
    @ 11m 19s
    October 11, 2023
  • Concern Grows for Johnny and Lisa
    Friends and family become increasingly worried as they can't reach Johnny and his girlfriend Lisa.
    “Johnny always answers mom's calls.”
    @ 30m 02s
    October 11, 2023
  • Mother's Desperate Call to 911
    M Vasquez Clark calls 911, frantic about her son Johnny's safety after a troubling phone call.
    “My heart is beating out of my chest.”
    @ 33m 42s
    October 11, 2023
  • Tiffany's Alarming Report
    Tiffany Williams reports a confrontation she overheard between Johnny and an unknown individual.
    “He was supposed to go pick her up.”
    @ 34m 04s
    October 11, 2023
  • Emergency Services Call
    Johnny's mother contacts Emergency Services, expressing suspicion about Tiffany Williams.
    “Mom is already suspicious...”
    @ 49m 44s
    October 11, 2023
  • Police Arrive Again
    Police return to the scene after initial checks, but find nothing suspicious.
    “Police check, knock on the door...”
    @ 50m 40s
    October 11, 2023
  • Lisa's Parents Away
    Lisa's parents are out of the country celebrating their anniversary during the incident.
    “Celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary...”
    @ 51m 17s
    October 11, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • If Mom and Dad don't say you got to leave, then stay.
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night
  • You pick up Mom's call.
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night
  • Mom, I'm still alive!
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night
  • My heart is beating out of my chest.
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night
  • I have to sit down on the bed, son.
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night
  • Talk to them and they can help you, okay?
    Longacre Lane /// Part 1 /// That Night

Key Moments

  • Home Essentials00:21
  • True Crime Introduction01:11
  • Love and Relationships10:06
  • Mom's Call11:19
  • Concerned Friends23:11
  • Frantic 911 Call33:42
  • Tiffany's Alarm34:04
  • Police Visit50:40

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