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Whose Truck Matched the Tip About Adea Shabani?

On To Live and Die in LA, Jayden Brant tells Neil Strauss about a call that came in to Angel. An anonymous man said he saw Adea Shabani being put into the bed of a pickup outside her Hollywood apartment. The truck then drove south on Hollywood Boulevard. He described the truck and gave the plate.

The plate came back to Adea Shabani's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Chris Spotz. He was a senior student at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, and an out-of-work actor, and Adea had been dating him in secret. His name was not in the press about the case, and it was nowhere on her Instagram or other social media.

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The Secret Life [2] ·

To Live and Die in LA

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  1. Why Didn’t Police Question Ted Bundy Early?It was because there were already so many strings of tips sent to the police department from all kinds of people.
  2. How Did the Police React to Angel’s Anonymous CallIt was within two minutes that they responded and went to Chris’ address that was on file. It turns out that Chris did not live there.
  3. Did Emma Say Chris Proposed While Engaged?Adea told Emma that Chris was her partner in a scene. After they started seeing each other, she found out that he was engaged.
  4. What’s the Reasoning Behind Adea’s Last TextShe was asking where to buy red candles because she may have wanted some for Chris’ uncle’s funeral, which was in Sacramento.
  5. What Did the Police FindThey tracked Chris’ phone and his fiancée’s phone. They also observed their cars.
  6. Why Did Mary Elmalak's Nursing Change the Adea Case?On To Live and Die in LA, private investigator Jayden Brant is told by the Los Angeles police to lay off Chris Spotz, the last person seen with Adea Shabani.
  7. What Did the Person Who Left the Anonymous Tip Tell StraussRemaining anonymous, he speaks that he is unsure if he’s the last person to see Adea leave, but he states that she appears to be scared of someone else, not…
  8. Who Seemed to Be the Person That Adea Was Trying to Get Away FromThe anonymous guy said that within two hours, Angel was saying how Adea went missing and he wanted inside her apartment to access her computer.
  9. What Is a Simple Tactic That Strauss Has Learned From ReportingFollow the lie. He states that Angel is the only person that has lied to him so far. Adea’s computer in her apartment was used after she disappeared.

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