Cold and Missing: Johnkelian ‘John John’ Mathis

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The views and opinions expressed in Cold and Missing are exclusively those of the hosts.

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All parties mentioned are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Cold and Missing also contains adult themes and languages and is intended for a mature

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Welcome back everyone.

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This is your host, Ali McLaughlin.

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And this is your other host, Eli Sulkowski.

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And we are back.

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This is our official 13th episode.

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I may have mislabeled them, but I think they're all in the correct order now.

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And we're on the road right now.

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We are coming to you from a hotel room in Cincinnati, Ohio, because Eli had some exciting

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stuff happen this week.

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Yeah, I have a furniture company and I moved some inventory down to our friend's storefront

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store called The Generalist.

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And I'm selling some furniture there, which is really exciting.

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That's The Generalist in Johnson City, Tennessee.

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Really cool store.

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If you're in the area, please check it out.

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It's dope.

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There's some really cool cow printed furniture and frames there from Moo Furniture Co.,

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which is all from me, Eli Sulkowski.

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But you might hear a little hotel noise, maybe a little highway noise.

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So I do apologize, but we have set up a really cool fort here to record this for y'all.

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So hopefully we're able to keep the distractions and outside noise to a minimum, but just a

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forewarning.

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So what do you have for us today?

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This is cold.

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This is a cold case, but this is something that has happened more recently.

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So I think this still has, I think all our cases still have a really good chance of being

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solved.

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But hopefully like Abby and Libby, this will be resolved really soon.

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We recorded that episode and then a week later there was a development in the case.

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I'm not saying we are responsible for that at all, but maybe we got a little magic, a

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little mojo.

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So I found a case.

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It is a little bit more recent.

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It's from 2021, but the leads have run out according to investigators.

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So I think this is prime, cold and missing.

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So hopefully in recording this, we can generate maybe some more tips and just keep this case

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out there, keep the name out there.

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So this week we are covering Johnkelian Mathis, but he goes by John John.

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So that is what I will be calling him throughout this podcast.

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He is 17 years old.

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He was born on February 1st, 2004.

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And this takes place August 8th of 2021 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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So a little background about John John.

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John John is 17 years old at this time and he's about to start his senior year and he's

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an incredible student.

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All of his teachers had great things to say about him.

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He had a 3.25 GPA, very proud, his family is very proud of this.

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He was projected to be a graduate scholar at his school and he had been named Mr. Freshman

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and Mr. Sophomore, which is really cute.

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And it's from everything I could gather and understand about this, it's like something

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you had to run for and kind of be elected by your peers.

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So two years in a row, he was the Mr. of the school, Mr. Freshman, Mr. Sophomore.

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So he was about to start his senior year at Austin East High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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At his high school, he was part of a West African drummer group.

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He was running back of the football team and all of his friends, his family, teachers,

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they all talked about the smile that he had.

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He always had a smile on his face and an infectious laugh.

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He loved to listen to music, skateboard, and he loved doing backflips.

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This was a very specific thing that he would do.

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And he had started his own t-shirt company in high school, which was called YBC.

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So Saturday, August 7th, 2021.

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This day is the 35th annual Lonsdale Community Homecoming.

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And so this is a neighborhood homecoming.

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When I first read this, I thought it was like a school dance kind of homecoming, but it's

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just like a big block party.

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And hundreds of people attend this event.

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There's a lot that goes on during this.

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So there's a parade.

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It's called the Lonsdale Homecoming Gloria Garner Memorial Parade.

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And there's bands and dances and it looks like a really big event.

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And then during the day, there are kid activities.

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And in the evening, they have live music.

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So it's just like a full day, like block celebration that happens, which is pretty cool.

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So this is happening all day, August 7th.

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And John John was working during the day.

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So when he gets off of work, he heads over, because he lives in this neighborhood.

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So he heads over to the homecoming celebration to hang out.

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So as the celebration was winding down in the neighborhood, people were still there.

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They were still hanging out.

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And a lot of people ended up gathering in parking lot D of the Lonsdale Homes, which

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is right there where the celebration was taking place.

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And if you're familiar with Knoxville, this would be the corner of Minnesota Ave and Pascal

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Drive.

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So the crowd continues to stay there well into the morning hour.

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So this is Sunday morning, now of August 8th.

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And a fight breaks out in the crowd and shots are fired and three people are hit.

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There's Tricia Fisher, who's 29 years old, and Anthony Taylor, who's 25 years old.

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And then John John Mathis, who we are talking about, who's 17.

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So all of them are rushed to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

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And this is ultimately where John John will pass away from his injuries, from his gunshot

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wound.

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But Tricia and Anthony, they both recover from the shooting.

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So John John's the only one who passes away.

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The Knoxville Police Chief, Eve Thomas, she said, quote, investigators have determined

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that a crowd numbering in the hundreds were gathered when the shooting occurred and a

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significant number of those individuals likely directly witnessed the shooting, end quote.

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And then as the news of John John's death spread, one of his teachers was quoted as

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saying he was in my drum classes.

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He played football and he was just great at everything he put his hands on.

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He was the one student who always asked questions.

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He wanted to be great at everything.

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When you were around John John, you knew he was one of those kids that was going to make

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it, somewhere, someday.

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He affected every teacher he had.

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I know he did.

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He was just a charismatic, great kid with an amazing personality, end quote.

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So the next day, Monday, August 9th, 2021, this would have been John John's first day

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of senior year.

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And again, to quote the same teacher, to start school out like this after working all summer

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with the youth to try to prevent this violence is like a blow to my stomach.

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The first day of school was hard.

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I've been teaching 17 years and I think yesterday was probably the hardest day I ever had, end

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quote.

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And on Monday, it's reported that police also begin canvassing the neighborhood for evidence

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and talking with witnesses.

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I'm not sure if this was happening on Sunday as well because the shooting takes place at

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around 1 a.m.

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So there's a full Sunday before we get into Monday.

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But it's reported for the first time that the police began investigating his death.

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And then the next day, that Tuesday, again, this is the police chief, Eve Thomas.

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She says, quote, thus far we have received five tips through Crimestoppers and investigators

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are looking into that information that has been received.

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But we still need more and are urging those who are present to come forward and submit

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a tip anonymously.

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It is imperative as we seek justice for this senseless act of violence, end quote.

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So a week comes and goes, Thursday, August 19th, this is the day of John John's funeral

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or as his family and friends call it, his home going celebration.

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And it's held at the Greater Warner Tabernacle Church.

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And organizers of his home going celebration actually said that they needed a bigger church

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because there were so many people that wanted to say goodbye and show respect and love to

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the family.

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It was standing room only in the church and people were waiting to get in.

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Lots of people spoke at his home going celebration.

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His coach spoke and said, quote, God gave John John good genetics and God gave John

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John talent, but God anointed his smile.

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So again, just talking about this infectious smile that he always had on.

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And John John's girlfriend also spoke and she said, quote, you turned my darkness into

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light and somehow made everything feel all right.

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You were there when I had nobody, end quote.

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And he was also honored with a dance performance, a drum routine, and his teammates dedicated

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his number to his family as well.

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And he was number 28.

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So that number is dedicated to John John.

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On the day of his home going celebration, again, the chief of police says that part

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of the blame is on state lawmakers for the increase in guns on the street.

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And this is because in 2021, lawmakers made it so anyone 21 and older who can legally

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own a gun is allowed to carry it concealed or open without a permit.

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I didn't realize that Tennessee had such loose carrying laws.

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Texas I know.

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Like I expect that, but for whatever reason, just like Tennessee, I didn't think it was

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that like loose with it, but it from my standards, you know.

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So then that fall, this is August 17th, the football team has their senior night and they,

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of course, honor John John as well.

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His coach says, quote, his locker is still there.

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We've got his jersey, his helmet, his shoulder pads, everything.

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We're a family.

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We grow together.

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We hurt together.

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I think recognizing John John helps the grieving process.

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In November, two teens were charged in a separate case of another teen who was shot and killed.

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His name is Stanley Freeman Jr. and Stanley Freeman, he is also a student at the same

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high school that John John was at.

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And these two teenagers are charged in his murder, but they are also charged with an

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attempted murder because on January 19th at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Cherry Street

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near a gas station, the two teens fired a gun multiple times.

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At that time, no victims were struck by gunfire, but it did hit a nearby car that had John

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John sitting in it with an 18 year old girl.

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And it's unclear if John John was the target of the shooting or if it was just a random

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shooting.

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But John John is not hurt in this January 19th shooting, but ultimately he is shot and

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killed just eight months later.

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But these two teens, they're charged with first degree murder for Stanley Freeman Jr.

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and then attempted murder for John John Mathis.

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And then just a few months ago, John John's class graduated and John John's family was

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able to walk and receive his diploma for him.

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And his mom, Koke Boatwright, she says, quote, but now that I have my strength, I'm not looking

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at it like John is gone.

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Instead, I'm going to make them see my baby more than they've ever seen him.

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It's on me to make sure everyone understands and feels this and keeps remembering his life.

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I always played the tough role.

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This city hasn't seen me cry since I lost my baby.

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It's going to be hard, but I'm going to be right there to get his diploma.

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He earned that.

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He's my first child and he always had my back, end quote.

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And John John is one of three seniors who are killed in 2021 from this high school.

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Stanley Freeman Jr., who I just mentioned, but ultimately those two teens are charged

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in his case and they're still awaiting trial at this time.

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Another boy in their high school, Anthony Thompson Jr., he was shot and killed by police

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in front of his best friend at school.

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And to quote a newspaper, police video of the encounter shows Anthony asking police

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repeatedly to wait as they approached him in a bathroom before one officer fired at

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him after a gun in the pocket of his hoodie fell out and discharged after it hit the floor.

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He was carrying a gun because he was fearful for his safety, end quote.

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Ultimately the courts will rule that the shooting is justified.

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So John Johns is the only unsolved case from the senior class.

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He's one of three in his senior class who was murdered, but ultimately he is one of

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six because in 2021, six Austin East high schoolers were shot and killed.

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And this is a high school of 642 students and they lost six kids in 2021 to gun violence.

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And of those six cases, three of those cases are still unsolved and that's Janaria Mohammed,

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Jamerion Gillette, and then John John Mathis, who we are covering today.

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And then in Knoxville, Tennessee, teens made up one fifth of all gun violence in the city.

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I kept thinking about the kids there and like the trauma of COVID and then like you're losing

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classmates at such a rapid pace to like such violence.

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I really feel bad for all of these students in this school because they all have to have

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been affected by this.

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In response to the gun violence, Knoxville Police Department said, quote, we recognize

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that people want answers and the victims deserve justice and we want those things as well.

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These types of cases take thoroughness and persistence.

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Investigators are working carefully and diligently to get answers and justice that we all want,

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end quote.

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But to date, no suspects have ever been named or are in custody.

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There have been several tips received, but investigators have said this several times

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that they need more tips.

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And if you have any, they ask you to call 865-215-7165 and you can remain anonymous.

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You can also go to East TN Valley Crime Stoppers dot org.

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That's East TN Valley Crime Stoppers dot org.

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Or there's also an app for Knoxville Police called P3 where you can also submit tips.

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The sources for today's podcast is East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers, WATE, WBIR, Knoxville

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Focus, and the Knoxville New Centennial who, the Knoxville New Centennial, I have to say,

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they have covered this case the most and that is where I got most of my information from

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on this case.

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So they have done a really great job reporting it.

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Just a shout out to them.

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And also, speaking of shout out, we want to give a shout out to our listeners who bought

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us a coffee this past week.

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Thank you so much.

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That was Kathy that bought us a coffee and Maura.

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Thank you so much.

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It was so cool to get your emails and to hear that you love the podcast and you like listening

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to it.

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Like, wow, that's so cool.

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Yeah, I talked to Mara a little bit, but I texted her.

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Mara?

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Oh, cute.

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We worked together in the past.

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Yeah, Mara Kidwell, incredible actress, or actor, mother, actor coach here in Chicago.

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She's been on a bunch of stuff.

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Amazing person.

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Thank you so much.

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Amazing person.

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Thank you.

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And thank you to Cathy, our biggest fan since day one.

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You're a real one.

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Thank you so much.

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And if you want to become a regular name in our household and you want us to gush about

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you on the podcast, you can jump over to our Instagram at Cold and Missing, click the link

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in our bio and you can buy us a coffee.

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There's a link right there that'll take you right to the website.

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It's great.

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You can also follow us there and you'll get updates on the cases.

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We like to post a lot of pictures from our cases.

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Eli does a great job with the graphics, so check them out.

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They're gorgeous.

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Yes, we're also on YouTube.

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There's a great little community forming over on YouTube.

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We get some lively discussions in the comments section.

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So if that's maybe where you like to listen to your podcast or music, whatever, you can

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hop over there and follow us there.

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But otherwise, wherever you're listening to us right now, make sure you like, subscribe,

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five stars, favorite it, whatever your platform.

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You know what I'm asking you to do.

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I'm asking you to like it, review it, tell your friends about us.

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But yeah, we will be back next week.

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I hope us recording in a blanket fort in a hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio shows you how committed

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we are to this project and how we want to be consistent to bring you episodes every

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week.

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So share them with your friends because we're going to have more every week coming at you.

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So that's all I have.

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Thanks, y'all, for listening.

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Thank you all and stay safe.