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Episode 28 - Christopher Gattis: Text Me Lies

from Culprit · host Calista and Theresa Whitney

* We’re back with improved audio quality! *After a burglar alarm was activated at the Gattis home around 11:30 PM on November 23, 2017, police found the bodies of two women inside the kitchen along with the body of a man in the front yard. All three had been shot to death by the sole person still alive on the property: Christopher Gattis. Christopher had just gunned down his wife, Jeanett Gattis, his stepdaughter, Candice Kunze, and her boyfriend, Andrew Buthorn. With a strange series of text messages, Christopher tried to sell a story of self-defense, one that would become harder to buy when the recordings from his wife’s and daughter’s cell phones were discovered.Sources: https://www.wtvr.com/2017/11/24/chesterfield-police-investigating-thanksgiving-triple-homicide  https://www.12onyourside.com/story/36916408/police-identify-suspect-3-victims-killed-in-chester-thanksgiving-night/ https://www.wtvr.com/2017/11/24/youth-pastor-christopher-gattis-arrested-for-murdering-family-on-thanksgiving-murder-chester-ashley-forrest-subdivision https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/all-three-victims-in-chesterfield-triple-murder-shot-in-the-back/ https://globalnews.ca/news/3881302/virginia-pastor-thanksgiving-day-killing-family/ https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/virginia-youth-pastor-accused-of-killing-his-family-on-thanksgiving/83-494602436  https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/police-youth-pastor-fatally-shoots-wife-daughter-girls-boyfriend/33021/ https://www.fox26houston.com/news/police-man-killed-wife-her-daughter-daughters-boyfriend-at-home-on-thanksgiving https://www.wishtv.com/news/virginia-youth-pastor-charged-in-thanksgiving-day-triple-homicide/https://www.wtvr.com/2017/11/24/friends-express-shock-after-youth-pastor-accused-of-murdering-familyhttps://www.12onyourside.com/story/36935630/thanksgiving-triple-murder-suspect-was-charged-with-assault-in-2012/   https://www.wtvr.com/2017/11/27/christopher-gattis-in-court https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/11/virginia-youth-pastor-accused-of-killing-family-arraigned-monday-in-handcuffs-002198841.html  https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/theyre-probably-all-dead-court-docs-reveal-chilling-details-of-chesterfield-triple-murder/https://www.wtvr.com/2017/11/29/andrew-buthorn-obit https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theolympian/name/andrew-buthorn-obituary?id=17611136 https://kval.com/news/local/triple-homicide-in-virginia-on-thanksgiving-has-ties-to-eugene https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/progress-index/name/candice-kunze-obituary?id=17653227&fhid=28867  https://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Gattis/pfbid031F3bphpPUm24oxxjRBiiMykUi3EVidtWnMEJE6JMwQNyh7SXXzXPGPwRivv2xcwEl/?eid=ARDBfA7nKjGNcLNNIZBUcyzHs8MV5cL7TnA6SmXxYqAaFpW90YUIfZJGQzdiB2rCQEGqUhJ46ewIzyNV https://vadoc.virginia.gov/general-public/inmate-locator/  https://vpb.virginia.gov/media/0j4dssvc/vpb-decisions-aug24.pdfhttps://www.ealvinsmall.com/obituaries/jeanett-gattis Extensive reporting by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, such as, https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/ex-youth-ministry-director-to-serve-years-for-thanksgiving-triple/article_b7457e0d-42d3-564a-a380-54d2a6e12fcd.html https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/the-differences-between-bond-and-bail.html 

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