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Kenneth Parks showed up at his local police station in a haze. He was covered in blood. His hands were horribly injured. He was confused, but horrified. He told police, \\u201cI think I have just killed two people.\\u201d In fact, he\\u2019d just murdered his mother-in-law, Barbara Ann Woods. He\\u2019d attempted to murder his father-in-law, Dennis Woods as well, but Dennis survived the attack. But why did Kenneth attack his in-laws? Prosecutors said he did it because he didn\\u2019t want to tell them about his gambling addiction. But Kenneth\\u2019s defense argued he hadn\\u2019t intended to attack his in-laws at all. He\\u2019d committed the crime while sleepwalking.

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Then Kristin tells us about a former army ranger who was down on his luck. Pat Sabo was back in his hometown of Eastlake, Ohio. Money was tight. He\\u2019d had a few run-ins with the law. That\\u2019s when an old high school friend named Christine Metter connected with him on Facebook. The pair hadn\\u2019t talked in nearly 20 years, but they quickly bonded over stories about their ex\\u2019s. Christine, in particular, wouldn\\u2019t shut up about her ex, David. She and David were recently divorced, and he was seeking primary custody of their daughters. Christine was pissed. So, Pat made an innocent joke. He said, \\u201csave your money and hire a hitman! LMAO.\\u201d Pat was kidding. But Christine took him seriously.\\xa0 \\xa0

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And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

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\\u201cEastlake Conspiracy\\u201d episode of Dateline

\\u201c\\u2018Have Fun,\\u2019 Says Dad Trying To Hire A Hitman To Off His Daughter\\u2019s Ex,\\u201d by Daniel Egitto for Oxygen.com\\n

\\u201cEx-husband Statement At Wife\\u2019s Murder-For-Hire Sentencing,\\u201d News 5 Cleveland on YouTube

\\u201cFacebook Murder-for-Hire Conviction Gets Woman 10 Years,\\u201d by Nikki Ferrell for Patch.com\\n

\\u201cChristine Metter Gets Maximum 10-Year Setnence For Trying to Hire Hit Man To Kill Ex-Husband,\\u201d by Tracey Read for The News-Herald

Clips from Oxygen\\u2019s \\u201cMurder For Hire\\u201d episode, \\u201cDaddy\\u2019s Girl\\u201d

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\\u201cA Bump in the Night: When Sleepwalkers Turn Violent\\u201d by Matt Soniak, Mental Floss

\\u201cSleepwalking man\\u2019s excuse in death of mother-in-law\\u201d The Ottawa Citizen

\\u201cInnocent By Reason Of\\u2026\\u201d by Ken MacQueen, The Ottawa Citizen

\\u201cJury acquits sleepwalker in attempted murder case\\u201d The Windsor Star

\\u201cSleepwalking Canadian Walks On Murder Charge\\u201d by Toronto Globe and Mail, The Chicago Tribune

\\u201cMan Acquitted Of Sleepwalking Murder Running For School Trustee In Durham\\u201d by News Staff, City News Toronto

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