Kendall Rae
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then after a few minutes, Sonia actually got into the passenger side of the car and the two of them drove off.
But the most shocking thing that Florence noticed that night was a decal on the car.
And it wasn't just any decal.
It was the Nome Police Department logo, and Florence knew that what she saw was important, and she contacted the police as soon as she learned that Sonia had been murdered.
She said she even spoke to the chief of police and told him a lot of details, including what Sonia was wearing.
Yet with all of that, nobody in the police department bothered to follow up with her about it.
Now, thankfully, Florence is a smart, smart person.
And she knew how important this information was.
And she wasn't just going to sit back and wait for them to do something about it.
They weren't going to interview her.
She was going to interview herself.
So she ended up videotaping herself talking about what she saw that night so that it could be properly documented, which is just so brilliant.
Because now there is a timestamp on her story, right?
She has documented herself saying it on a specific day.
And it will show in the future that her story hasn't changed.
It's really incredible that she thought to do this.
But at the same time, it's painfully ridiculous that a witness had to handle their own statement differently.
because they cared more than the police did.
But now that Officer Wayavana was on the case and took that second look at the file, he was going to make sure that something was actually done about it.
So he informs the police chief that this tip points this investigation right back at the Nome Police Department.