EP19 | Second Chances
On a crisp November day in 2014, three friends vanished from Salt Lake City without a trace—fathers, brothers, and sons who never came home. A decade later, the horrifying truth finally surfaced, bringing both cruel answers and unbearable new pain.
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On a cool November day in 2014, in bustling Salt Lake City, Utah, three men went missing. Levi was a strong man and a father. Danny - or “Kiko,” as he was lovingly called - was a generous soul. Braden was an adventurer and an artist. The men were friends from different backgrounds, each on the cusp of promising change. Until the day they all fell silent.
The fate of Levi, Danny, and Braden was deemed grim but unknown for ten years. For ten years, children cried in the absence of their fathers, mothers searched, friends replayed the last time they saw the men, and sisters relentlessly begged police for answers. There were gruesome hints that Levi, Danny, and Braden faced a horrendous end, but no one knew exactly what had happened.
Finally, the truth arrived as it usually does, cruel and unrelenting.
In this whirlwind episode of Sword and Scale, we’ll learn the twisted details that stole Levi, Danny, and Braden that November day, and how a ten-year-long investigation led to a strange mix of relief and new pain for the victims' families.
Crew
Host: Mike Boudet (@SwordandScale/@MBoudet)
Creator & Director: Ash Patiño (@AshesToAshTV)
Directors of Photography: Jordan Young and David Patiño (@DavidAPatino)
Cinematographer: Zack Placencia
Producer: Tyann Sells
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