Blue and Yellow Purple Pills // 109

When 48-year-old Floyd East Jr., a Texas Tech University police officer, responded to a disturbance call at the Talkington Residence Hall on October 9th, 2017- he couldn’t immediately locate the suspect. But while conducting a search, authorities did find a small pharmacy of illegal controlled substances inside of a dorm room. When 19-year-old college sophomore Hollis Daniels arrived back at his quad-style suite hours later, police conveniently met him at the door. He was patted down and carefully searched, however, by some bizarre circumstance, officers missed the one thing that would have prevented a campus tragedy just hours later… 

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. 

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• Hollis Daniels Arrest Warrant - DocumentCloud

• 'I don't want to die': Hollis Daniels testifies at capital murder trial in Lubbock 

• Hollis Daniels: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

• Police Say Student Confesses To Fatal Shooting Of Texas Tech Cop : The Two-Way : NPR

• Floyd East Jr. Obituary - El Paso, TX

• ‘I hope you get f****** shot, too’ Jury hears testimony from Hollis Daniels’ jailers on Day 5 of murder trial 

• With his life on the line, Daniels takes the stand in a Lubbock courtroom

• Footage of deadly shooting played to jurors in Hollis Daniels capital murder trial

• Hollis Daniels gets life sentence for 2017 slaying of Texas Tech police officer Floyd East Jr. 

• Witnesses recount fight about stolen gun night before officer's fatal shooting 

• Friends, teachers of Hollis Daniels testify in capital murder case 

• Texas Tech student accused of killing officer grew up in Seguin with well-known family 

• Re: State of Texas v. Hollis Daniels, III

• Hollis Daniels’ father testifies to ‘beginning of a perfect storm’

• Hollis Daniels III transferred to Byrd Unit prison for life sentence

• KCBD Investigates End of Watch: Body-worn camera video helps answer questions surrounding murder of TTU police officer

• Open plea

• Hollis Daniels pleads guilty, shot and killed police officer on Texas Tech campus, but trial continues

• Hollis Daniels | Law & Crime

• Texas Tech student was searched before killing officer, police chief says

• Prosecution plays body cam video of Daniels shooting Officer East on Day 3 of murder trial

• Former Seguin resident sentenced to life in prison in shooting death of Lubbock police officer | Alert | seguingazette.com

• College Cop Killer’s Disturbing Bodycams Revealed

• Texas Tech officer killed by student

• Texas Tech Police Officer Shooting News Conference

• Lubbock Chief of Police Greg Stevens on the Hollis Daniels Homicide Investigation

• Hollis Daniels’ sister gives emotional testimony during his capital murder trial

• Possession of Xanax Charge - Contact Criminal Defense Lawyer | Andrew Deegan Attorney at Law.

• Hollis Daniels indicted on capital murder charge in Texas Tech officer's slaying

• Hollis Daniels Wiki: Everything to Know about the Texas Tech Shooter

• Life in prison instead of death for Hollis Daniels in Lubbock, Texas

• Jury hears chilling phone calls in Day 4 of Hollis Daniels trial

• "I'm the one who shot your friend" Affidavit reveals new details in shooting of Texas Tech police officer

• Hollis Daniels brought to tears after sister's testimony, first time jury sees emotion from Daniels

• Gag order issued in case of fatal shooting at Texas Tech University | KVII 

• Wife of Slain Texas Tech Police Officer Sues

• Wife of slain Texas Tech officer sues for $1 million or more | KLBK | KAMC | EverythingLubbock.com

• Emotional testimony from both parents of Hollis Daniels at capital murder trial

• Hollis Daniels III's father testifies

• Hollis Daniels takes the stand, capital murder sentencing day 11

• Stolen body camera video reveals Hollis Daniels’ next moves after fatal shooting of Officer East

• Hollis Daniels sentenced to life in prison

• Life in prison instead of death for Hollis Daniels in Lubbock, Texas

• ‘This case was a tragedy’: Trial of Hollis Daniels ends with no death penalty after 14 days

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “In Such Darkness” by Piper Ezz 

• Closing Track: “Lonliness” by WaveArt

Music & Sound Effect Sources

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