Jess and the sleuths connect with people who knew Talina Zar in real life. As the sleuths begin to formulate a picture of who Talina is, and what might have happened to her, they get the sense that not everyone is telling the truth. At the same time, local police begin their own parallel investigation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: Who was Talena Zar and why is her story significant?
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A week before Talena disappeared, she posted about her illness on Facebook.
I called my doctor and was told to stay in bed and stay hydrated and self-medicate and call back or go to the ER if my temp reaches 102. I think Oklahoma's medical system is stretched thin right now. I am thankful and grateful that I do have someone watching out for me and running the household. Back to bed. I'm exhausted. I love you all.
Talena is talking about Corey, her roommate, running the household and watching out for her. Corey had been the last person to see Talena before she disappeared. On the day Talena posted her mysterious message, Corey said she'd been out running errands and came home to an empty house.
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Chapter 2: How did Talena become a part of the Wagner community?
The next day, Corey posted to her own Facebook page, alerting everyone to her missing roommate and asking for help. Here's a recreation of parts of the post.
I called every taxi service I could think of last eve and drivers don't keep records. I also called our phone carrier to try and trace or track Talena's phone and was told of an app that could do this if the phone was turned on with location services activated. As of this morning, she hasn't called home and her phone still appears to be turned off. Anyone else hears from her, please update me.
A day later, Corey posts again, this time sharing insight into what Talena's experience with COVID had been like.
So this is my COVID-19 rant and the state of affairs here in rural Oklahoma. Feel free to bypass this post. I just need to rant or I will scream. Maybe I need to do that anyway. When Talena first got a fever of 100.5, we packed up and went to the ER. We expected to be able to get her a test.
A tech met us outside, questioned all of her symptoms, and sent us home without even allowing us to check in. We determined that the healthcare system, at least here in Oklahoma, was not equipped to take care of everyone with viral symptoms. and would only do so if you got bad enough to probably be admitted. In looking back, I think her attitude changed on that car ride home from the ER.
A few days go by. Talena's friends hear nothing and start to worry she's died of COVID, alone, in a remote cabin. But they also start imagining other worst-case scenarios. Like Greg, who speculates that maybe Talena was abducted.
When she came up missing and put this big Facebook post on there saying, I'm going to the woods to die, it didn't sound like her. Me and my wife, we talked about it. We live on Highway 69, and Highway 69 goes from the heart of Texas all the way into Kansas. At the time, you know, there was a lot of abductions and stuff from even Walmarts, you know, over here in our area.
There was ladies picked up from Walmart for suspected sex trade type things. Me and my wife watch a lot of crime shows. We're armchair investigators over here. I mean... we get a little lead and we follow it and it you know we're not trained investigators is what i'm saying and so we just didn't know something like that could have happened to kalina
Her friends think, hope, maybe Talena will emerge over the weekend. But as Saturday and Sunday come and go, their polite respect for her privacy curdles into concern and dread. And there's consensus that the police now need to be involved.
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Chapter 3: What was Talena's relationship with Greg and Eris?
Detective Weber asks Corey how they met and came to live together.
I've known Talena about 15 years, but we've really just become close in the last couple years since her husband died.
How did you originally meet up with her?
There was a festival here in Wagner, Oklahoma, that we both attended 15 years ago, and my husband and I went and met her and her husband then. She had just gotten together with him, and it was actually a big weekend party. So that's how we all got to know each other first. Okay.
That's interesting.
Corey explains that she moved in less than a year ago, in May 2019.
And the two of you get together, is it because of her husband dying that you rekindle or become closer?
Yeah, I think so. I was starting to have problems with my husband and initiated a divorce. And she had lost her husband and really lost an interest in living. And then we were getting to know each other better and better. And it just got to the point where she asked me if I would stay with her because she couldn't be alone. Sure. And then she was having...
I don't think she's ever been diagnosed as bipolar, but she had really up periods and really down periods. And she didn't want to be alone during the very down periods.
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