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5 min readShe Dumped Him. He Killed Her On Their Graduation Trip
Blake Lincas and Natalie Martin had been together since they were fifteen. They were high school sweethearts, the kind of couple everyone thought was perfect. On a graduation trip to Myrtle Beach, Martin was found dead in their hotel room. This episode centers on the police interrogation that followed, letting listeners hear Lincas's own account of what happened that night—and the hours before it.
The Argument and the Choking
The interrogation reveals that the trip was already strained. Lincas had seen messages on Martin's phone from another guy trying to meet up with her at the beach. When he asked her about it, she got defensive. "She just get on my stuff, even though like I knew there's not nothing," Lincas told the detective. "It just kinda made me slip."
That night in the hotel room, they were lying beside each other on the bed. Lincas said they were arguing, and he "just reached over" and choked her. He described his position: he was on his side, she was on her back, and he used one hand at first, then both. "It didn't feel long at all," he said. She pushed back a little, arched up, and then fell off the bed. He thought she was fine. "I didn't think that she was like hurt that bad," he told the detective. He rolled over, texted his mom, and went to sleep.
The Morning After
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What you'll learn
- 1 Timestamped Outline
- 2 (01:17) **Case Introduction: Blake Lincas and Natalie Martin** - Host introduces the case of a former high school couple on a graduation trip in Myrtle Beach where Natalie was found dead in their hotel room, and the episode will focus on the police interrogation of Blake.
- 3 (04:48) **Blake Describes the Argument and Choking** - Blake admits to choking Natalie during an argument on the bed, saying he "choked her for a little bit" but claims he never intended to kill her.
- 4 (08:10) **The Escalation: Second Hand and Fall from Bed** - Blake admits using both hands when Natalie arched up, leading to her falling off the bed, but he claims he didn't realize she was seriously hurt.
- 5 (12:03) **Blake's Text to Parents After the Incident** - Blake reveals he texted his parents after the choking, saying he "never did that to a woman before in my life," and then went to sleep without checking on Natalie.
- 6 (16:21) **Waking Up to Natalie Dead** - Blake describes the moment he found Natalie dead, moving her arm and realizing she was "cold and blue," and his immediate suicidal ideation.
- 7 (18:34) **The Interrogator Challenges Blake's Timeline** - The detective questions the gap between Blake's actions the night before and his "realization" the next morning, suggesting Blake must have known she was seriously hurt.
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Show Notes
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