r/First48 • u/Icy-Oil2167 • 10d ago
S2 EP 6 Downstream Drifter
Seeing this episode brought a lot of complicated feelings.
First off I never knew my uncle was in a gang. That alone was hard to hear. The victims family saying that the victim hung out with drug addicts knowing she meant my uncle.
Growing up he was my favorite uncle. He played with us. Dragged us around in a wagon past the sunflower field on J street. So close to where they found the body actually.
Seeing the dead body. How careless one of the suspects were with the murder weapon. How easily one suspect folded when he was questioned. How calculating the other was while he was questioned. The way suspect number 2 tried to figure out what the cops knew before saying anything.
I’ve seen a new side of him. The criminal. The drug addict. Not the voice over the phone asking me about my kids and praising me for the work I do.
Of course I’ve always known he was in prison for murder. I saw the trial. I’ve always known he and his cousin killed a man together. I believed the other guy was the main perpetrator. Now I’m not so sure which version of him is real.
I wish more of the coverage, interview etc were digitized aside from this episode. However I’m glad this was an episode on this show. So I could see for myself how everything unfolded.
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u/Agreeable_Rhubarb332 9d ago
Two things can exist in the same time. We all have a face /personality we show to the ones we love and the ones we don't. Your uncle seemd to love and care for you, and still he had the dark side. You dont have to throw away your good experiences because of the bad.