Ashley Flowers

And when he does reactivate his body cam after that time, he all of a sudden just happens to be wearing latex gloves.

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Before I get into the almost hour of time missing from Bynum's body cam, I want to talk you through some of the important and strange details that the Brazils learn through their records requests and the work of their PI.

And this PI is a former detective named Cody Turner.

And I think this is going to help you understand how critical the missing window of time actually is.

So let's go back to when this pursuit began.

We don't know why it started.

There was no probable cause to go after Tripp on the ATV.

But his parents start hearing concerning things from people in the community that make them wonder if Tripp was chased just because he was Tripp.

The Brazils say that Tripp had plenty of run-ins with law enforcement.

Now, he'd never been arrested or anything, but he'd certainly been stopped on his four-wheeler before.

And they say that he knew Bynum and Kinney.

Now, we weren't able to corroborate this next part, but Gill told us that in the months leading up to the pursuit, a state trooper warned Gill that members of the sheriff's office...

were, quote, hunting his son, which was obviously worrisome.

So the Brazils specifically told Tripp before all this to be careful.

And a woman that we spoke to named Sandra Davis, who lived near the Brazils and who helped in the search for Tripp, she told us that about a week before Tripp's death,