Natalie Robomet
Appearances
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Brittany had been at Lululemon only for a little while, but Bethesda was actually the second store she'd worked in. As Isla mentioned, Brittany had been at the Georgetown store. She got let go from it for a reason Isla found a bit confusing.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Basically, during the holidays, Lululemon ran a special sale for employees called Shop Night, where workers could buy clothes at 70% off, an even bigger discount than usual. Lululemon employees were only allowed to buy $1,000 worth of clothes, but Britney bought more than $2,000 worth. It caused conflict between her and her manager, and Brittany was actually fired.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
But after launching an internal investigation, Lululemon Corporate overturned the decision, and Brittany was relocated to Bethesda's store around January 2011, where things seemed to be going swimmingly, according to Isla.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
The day of the attack, Isla actually hung out with Brittany that morning.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So the police also brought in Rachel, another educator working there the day of the attack. How long have you worked for Lululemon?
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So a couple personal items had gone missing, but Rachel says it was nothing crazy.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So this specific Friday, when Rachel left for the day, this is what she remembers.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
They both seemed fine. But apparently, after Rachel left, something happened that made everything not fine. Remember the bag checks where employees who are closing have to look in each other's bags? Isla explained it.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Well, apparently... When Jaina went to bag check Brittany that night, she found something. Jaina called another employee to ask about it. Here's that employee now.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Apparently, Brittany had said that this employee had rung her up.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
A different Rachel. The store manager. The woman who would find Jaina dead the next morning. State's attorney John McCarthy again.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Remember the size 14 men's shoes, the display ones that had been used for hemming, with that distinctive waffle print that had tracked blood around the store? Well, the footprints from the shoes never left the store.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
And police began to wonder, what if there hadn't been anyone else there at all? What if Britney had put the display shoes on to make it look like there'd been a man there? It would explain why Jaina had been killed, but the attackers had left Britney alive. And it would explain why the Apple employees had heard only women's voices. The problem? It didn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Just because someone gets caught stealing, that doesn't mean they kill the person who caught them. And what happened to Jaina was horrific. When medical examiners carried out an autopsy, they counted more than 331 wounds made with over five different weapons. The back of Jaina's head had 13 different fractures.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
There was just no way that Brittany, this friendly, charming athlete who was all into athleisure clothes, could do something like this. Was there? Next time on Infamous.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
This week, we pick up the story with those detectives as they try to figure out just who did this. This is Murder at Lululemon, part two. So Brittany didn't make it seem like the guy you heard from at the beginning of this episode had something to do with the crime. She told police that she and Jaina were attacked by two men she didn't recognize.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
They were dressed all in black and wearing ski masks. One of them was about six feet tall. The other was closer to Brittany's height, five foot three. She said they sounded as if they were white. Now, this case was popping off in the media, so police were very motivated to find the assailants and quick. They get to work, hunting down any clues they can find, starting with surveillance tapes.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
The Lululemon store didn't have interior cameras, so they can't see exactly what happened inside. But the Apple store next door does have a bunch of security cameras. And one of them points right at the parking lot outside the store. Police secure the tape from Friday, March 11th, the night of the crime. One of the lead detectives on the case is eager to find out what it reveals.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So he goes home, pops the DVD into his computer, and scrolls to 10 p.m. I can just imagine him squinting at the screen in the dark, looking for anyone who matched the descriptions Brittany had provided. At first, he doesn't see much, just average shoppers in light-colored clothes. But then, just after 11 p.m.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
That's state's attorney John McCarthy again, the chief prosecutor for the county. He's describing what police found on the CCTV tape.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
One about six feet tall, the other shorter. Both dressed in black and wearing beanies that looked like they could have been ski masks if they were to be pulled down over their faces. Investigators spring into action.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
They start questioning them. The two men are nervous and can only speak broken English. And these men say they have a perfectly good reason to be in that footage. They work in a restaurant in that shopping center.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
To be sure, one of the investigators went down to the restaurant. Other restaurant employees confirmed the men's stories. They couldn't have been leaving the scene of a murder. They'd just finished their shift. So the security footage lead was a dead end. But police also had tons of tips coming in. The reward for information was more than $100,000.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
This is audio of the two detectives who are investigating the case.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Most of these tips don't go anywhere, but a lot of people are calling about a man named Keith Lockett. He's a tall, black, homeless man known for being a drinker. Investigators are skeptical. This is mostly wealthy, mostly white Bethesda, and when people get scared, their prejudices quickly start to show.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
But some of the coolers say they've noticed Keith hanging out with a short guy and that he hasn't been seen at his usual location since the murder. And when detectives look into him, they find a colorful rap sheet spanning back years. Cocaine possession, assault and battery, robbery, the list goes on.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So even though they think it's a long shot, they start looking for Keith and they find him six miles away at a hospital with bloody clothes and a swollen eye. Now, Keith says that the reason his eye is swollen was that a man had punched him the night before. But he can't seem to keep the details straight about who that man was, how the fight started, or where it even happened.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
As the detectives interview him, Keith becomes increasingly agitated. He keeps saying that he's schizophrenic and needs medication. And detectives start to wonder, was he unstable enough to have committed this grisly crime?
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Then there was the issue of Jaina's car. Jaina had actually driven to work that day, so when Brittany called her, telling her she needed to go back to get her wallet, Jaina drove back to meet her. So you'd expect that Jaina would park right outside the store. But her car wasn't there.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Local police had seen Jaina's car in the parking lot the night of the murder and they'd seen someone in it. When detectives get to the car, they discover something else.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
There was some blood in Jaina's car. Had the killers taken Jaina's keys, planning to steal it, but then just abandoned it a few blocks away? It didn't make much sense. And there was one more clue investigators uncovered.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
So, Jaina had impeccable credentials, with her exceptional education and master's degrees. She didn't need to sell Lululemon clothes to make ends meet. She was at the store because she was inspired by their corporate ethos, had even studied it. And Brittany, with her college education and Division I soccer career, had pretty impeccable credentials too.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
She dated professional men, not just the guy you heard at the start of the episode, but a dentist and even a guy in the Secret Service. Brittany had come to Lululemon after working at a DC high-tier hotel, where she had said she'd work directly with VIPs, like the Jonas Brothers, to make sure their suites were exactly to their liking.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
She was actually hoping that working at Lululemon would help her get to her next goal in life, to be an Equinox trainer. And now two Apple employees are saying that on Friday night, when Britney said that two men had been yelling and laughing as they carried out this horrible attack, they hadn't heard any men in the store.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
Instead, they said they'd heard what sounded like an argument between two women. This is interesting to detectives, especially now that the Keith lead felt like it was drying up. They'd collected his DNA to send to the crime lab, but they weren't optimistic. So they start talking to Lululemon employees, looking for new clues.
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Murder at Lululemon I Part 2
She worked the early morning shift the Friday of the attack, and she knew both Jaina and Brittany well.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
So Jaina is this go-getter. She was actually about to move to the Pacific Northwest to be with her boyfriend. And then this horrible tragedy occurs. So what about the other victims?
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
So these two athletes, Jaina and Brittany, were the women inside the store. The women who had been brutally attacked. Jetzt möchte ich einen Moment auswählen und ein bisschen mehr generell über Fitness und ihre Rolle in unseren Leben sprechen. Speziell die Art von Boutique-Fitness-Klassen und Luxury-Gyms, die Lululemon dich ausführt.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Die, die in den 2010ern wilder populär geworden sind, wie SoulCycle, CrossFit und Equinox. Diese teuren, kultistischen Workouts, die nicht nur ein Weg sind, dein Körper zu bewegen, sondern eine Lebensweise, eine Marke, die kommt, um deine Identität zu definieren. Ich glaube nicht, dass es eine Überraschung ist, dass die Amerikaner sich von organisierter Religion entfernt haben.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Das hat mit dem Wachstum dieser Identitären Fitnessregime zusammengefasst. Und es gibt etwas Religioses an ihnen, denke ich. Die dünn gelassenen Klamotten bei SoulCycle, die furchtbare Verzweiflung von Crossfit-Liften, die hohen Türen und zigzige Atriums von Equinox, diese modernistische Architektur, gebaut, um Angst zu inspirieren und dich klein zu machen, als würdest du in einer Kathedrale sein.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Und die Lululemon-Store sind eines dieser heiligen Räume. Du bist wahrscheinlich in einer, oder am wenigsten hast du sie gesehen. Sie sehen wunderschön aus. Spaltlicht-Tabeln, gefälschte Mannequins, die in ihren berühmten, streckigen Yoga-Panzen gekleidet sind, schöne kleine Kuppelhäuser, die mit gerollten Yoga-Matten vorbeigelegt sind. Es ist hochwertig und tieflich aspirativ.
Infamous
Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Ein Ort, um Kleidung zu kaufen, das versprochen hat, dich eine bessere Person zu machen. Dieser Lululemon-Store in Bethesda war nicht anders. Hinter der Kante standen rote Shopping-Tüten mit Sagen auf sie, wie die heutigen Vorgaben. Dinge wie, atme tief und genieße den Moment. Erfolgspflichtige Leute verwendeten die Worte wünsche, sollte und versuche mit, ich werde.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Dieser Umfeld machte die schreckliche Szene, die die Polizei in Lululemon entdeckt hat, immer mehr zerstörerisch, sogar heilig. We got a hold of a video from the actual crime scene. At first, the store looks normal. Everything seems to be in its right place. But then you notice a mannequin is lying on the floor. It's got black bike shorts on and a striped shirt.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
And there looks to be a bloody shoe print near it. Und in the back of the store, behind a purple door, they find Jaina. Die George-Washington-Gradin mit mehreren Master-Klassen. Sie ist bereits tot. Seine Haare sind geschliffen und geschliffen. Es gibt einen großen offenen Cut auf der Rückseite ihres Herzens. Eine Rippe liegt unter ihrem Nacken.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Die Rückseite ihres Pants sieht aus, als ob sie zerbrochen oder geschliffen worden sind. Im Bad finden sie Brittany, den starken Athleten, der schon mal Kunden zu Push-Up-Kontesten gefordert hat. Sie ist auf dem Boden, aber sie ist noch lebendig. Sie hat Kratzer über ihrem Gesicht und sie weint.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Sie trägt weiße Fußgängersocken, die in Blutstöhnen verkleidet sind, und schwarze Yoga-Panzen, die sich auf dem Kratzer öffnen. Plastische Zip-Tüten verbinden ihre Ankeile und Rüste. Eine grüne Shirt ist um ihren Nacken geworfen. Es ist mit dem Satz geprintet, setz deine Ziele. Die Leben sind zu kurz für den Treppen. Geh raus und renn. Die Beige-Bathroom-Türen sind in Blutstöhnen gesmehrt.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Im Video sieht man drei weiße Blumen, die auf dem Boden gestoßen wurden. Sie sind Ivory-Petale, die von den grünen Strähnen ausgeschnitten wurden. Außerhalb des Bathrooms ist ein roter Lululemon-Kotthänger, eine Schnauze von Windex, Papier-Türen und eine Buddha-Statue. Einer dieser kleinen, ca. 10 cm langen. Die Buddha wurde überknockt.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Brittany doesn't look like she's in good shape at all, so she gets rushed to the hospital. When she's there, she's stable enough to talk. She's freaked out, but she's coherent. So an investigator sits down with her, a woman, and Brittany starts talking to her.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Sie haben den Store zusammen geschlossen, was bedeutet, dass sie die Rechte ausgeschlossen haben, die Lichter ausgeschlossen haben und dann, bevor sie weg waren, haben sie alle in der anderen Tasche gespeichert, um sicherzustellen, dass es keine stickigen Finger gab, dass keine Items gekauft wurden.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Diese wurden als Tasche-Schecke genannt und es war der Weg, wie Lululemon die Storchen jeden Abend geschlossen hat, egal wo in Amerika sie waren.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Es gab auch andere Vorteile, z.B. dass die Mitarbeiter mit Geld auf Yoga- und Fitnessklassen bezahlt wurden. Aber es gab auch ein paar Lululemon-Praktiken, die nur etwas seltsam waren. Ich spreche nicht von den intensiven Lululemon-Fans, wie zum Beispiel der Frau, die ihren öffentlichen Job verabschiedet hat, um dort zu arbeiten.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Ich spreche von den seltsamen persönlichen Dingen, die die Firma ihren Mitarbeitern gemacht hat. Like, Lululemon was really big on helping employees set goals and achieve them.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Too personal, I'm sure, for a lot of people. But for Kat, who was so young and so new to the city, it was actually pretty helpful.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Von Sony Musik Entertainment und Campside Media bin ich Nathalie Robomet.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Nun, vielleicht kannst du es von dem Titel hören, aber diese Geschichte ist ein bisschen mehr traditioneller wahrer Kriminalität, als wir es normalerweise bezeichnen. Aber es ist auch viel mehr als ein sehnsüchtiger Mord. Es bringt so viele verschlossene Worte dazu, was es bedeutet, in Amerika im Jahr 2010 zu sein, welches die Ära ist, die wir bezeichnen werden.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Es geht um Frauenheit, darum, wie Brands und Fitness-Fads und Fashion-Label die Anhaltspunkte unserer Leben geworden sind, quasi ein Moralsystem für uns zu erschaffen. Und die Gründe, warum wir diese Moralsysteme brechen, warum wir die schlimmsten Dinge als Menschen tun. Für diese Geschichte haben wir auch das Gerichtshof angerufen, um die Files und Gerichtsdokumente der Polizei aufzuholen.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Es gab so viel, dass sie uns einen Lippenabschluss gemailt haben, aber es wurde zurückgegeben. Also haben wir die Schwester eines unserer Kollegen nach DC gesendet. Long story short, haben wir schlussendlich unsere Hände auf eine Menge Files, einige davon sind noch nie veröffentlicht worden, so ihr werdet viele dieser Insider-Taperecordings über die nächsten paar Episoden hören.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
The first employee, Rachel, arrives. She's wearing orange sneakers. She's the manager of this particular Lululemon, and she's arrived to open it for the day, as she's done on so many other days. But almost immediately, right when she approaches, she can tell something is wrong.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Er stimmt. Nach dem Buch von Dan Morse, The Yoga-Store-Murder, gehen die beiden in Lululemon zusammen. Innerlich scheint alles normal zu sein zu Beginn. Racks von leckeren, knusprigen Kleidungen, viele inspirierende Sagen auf den Kappen und ein Schalkbord auf der Wand. Heute sagt es, dass wir alle gleich glücklich und glücklich sind. But then he notices something. Stains on the floor.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Small at first. But as he walks deeper inside, he sees more and more. It's blood. Some of it pooling beneath a purple door. He pushes the door open. Und was er im Inneren sieht, schickt ihn zurück in den Storefront.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Ein Ort, der mit einem fast religiösen Sinn und Zufriedenheit verbunden ist. Und jetzt liegen zwei weibliche Körper auf dem Boden. Die Szene ist voller Chaos. Das ist eine Umgebung, die sich nicht an gewaltige Verbrechen befindet. Die Gruppen beginnen zu sammeln. Die Geräusche verbreiten sich.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
In der Zwischenzeit, bei einem nahen Diner, ist Staatsanwalt John McCarthy, der Hauptprosekutor für die ganze Stadt von fast einem Millionen Menschen, ein ruhiges Frühstück genutzt.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Das machte es eines der größten, seltsamen und berühmtesten Töne, die er in seiner jahrzehntelangen Karriere gesehen hat.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Kat arbeitete bei Lululemon auf einer schönen Straße in Soho, in New York.
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Murder at Lululemon | Part 1
Sie hat von George Washington University begonnen mit einem Degree in Business and Marketing und war sowohl ein Outdoorer als auch jemand in der Corporate Life. Als Kind hat sie sich mit ihrem Vater zu Boy Scout Campouts eingeladen. She took dance lessons. She was fluent in Spanish. She was very athletic.