‘Usually somebody blabs’: Tony White’s 2005 death still unsolved
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Every week, every'}, {'start': '21.080', 'end': '25.480', 'text': 'day, and nearly every hour for the past'}, {'start': '24.080', 'end': '28.320', 'text': '20'}, {'start': '25.480', 'end': '32.160', 'text': 'years, someone passes the marker that'}, {'start': '28.320', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'remembers the life of Tony White Jr.'}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'I started 11 days after this incident.'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'For Clatsup County investigators and the'}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '41.440', 'text': "larger community, Tony's death still"}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'feels raw. Not a lot to go on, not a lot'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'of physical evidence at the scene. Uh,'}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'initially, it was worked pretty hard by'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '50.719', 'text': 'the the detectives. April 2005.'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '52.960', 'text': 'Detectives say Tony is walking home from'}, {'start': '50.719', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'a party early in the morning when he'}, {'start': '52.960', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'struck from behind on Old Highway 30.'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'The 21-year-old is killed. Evidence'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '63.199', 'text': 'photos show his shoes still in the road.'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '65.840', 'text': 'The driver speeds off into the night,'}, {'start': '63.199', 'end': '67.799', 'text': 'never coming forward, never caught. Most'}, {'start': '65.840', 'end': '70.799', 'text': "people can't keep their mouth shut."}, {'start': '67.799', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'Usually somebody blabs about something.'}, {'start': '70.799', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'Former Clatsup County DA Josh Marque'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '78.159', 'text': 'remembers the case well even two decades'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '80.240', 'text': 'later. It could be a complete stranger'}, {'start': '78.159', 'end': '81.840', 'text': 'and it could have been an accident. You'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '84.400', 'text': 'can, you know, weave a scenario like'}, {'start': '81.840', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'this or at the other extreme could have'}, {'start': '84.400', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'been somebody targeting Tony um who, you'}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'know, intended to do an harm. Maris says'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '94.079', 'text': 'tips came in, including anonymous'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '96.079', 'text': 'letters and phone calls. Deputies even'}, {'start': '94.079', 'end': '98.400', 'text': 'went door to door for weeks trying to'}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'find something, perhaps a passenger car'}, {'start': '98.400', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'or small pickup with some paint chipped'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '104.720', 'text': 'off and front end damage. People have'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'come forward and said, "I think they did'}, {'start': '104.720', 'end': '109.840', 'text': 'it." Uh, but all of those people who'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '113.159', 'text': 'were the suspects have either refused to'}, {'start': '109.840', 'end': '115.840', 'text': "talk to police or said they weren't"}, {'start': '113.159', 'end': '118.479', 'text': 'involved. You know, a good 50% of the'}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '121.040', 'text': 'people who were people of interest, as'}, {'start': '118.479', 'end': '122.960', 'text': 'we say, are now dead. Death, fading'}, {'start': '121.040', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'memories, it all makes the odds of'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.200', 'text': 'finally solving the mysterious hit and'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '129.119', 'text': 'run all the more difficult. We split the'}, {'start': '127.200', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'county up into four sections. That'}, {'start': '129.119', 'end': '133.120', 'text': "doesn't matter to those still working"}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '134.720', 'text': 'the case. Young man who is in the Oregon'}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '137.360', 'text': "National Guard who's, you know, was"}, {'start': '134.720', 'end': '139.680', 'text': 'about to deploy to Afghanistan and loses'}, {'start': '137.360', 'end': '141.440', 'text': 'his life like that while walking home.'}, {'start': '139.680', 'end': '143.840', 'text': "you know, whether it's a tragic accident"}, {'start': '141.440', 'end': '147.200', 'text': 'or not. Uh the biggest thing for me over'}, {'start': '143.840', 'end': '148.560', 'text': 'the years working this cases, uh I just'}, {'start': '147.200', 'end': '151.920', 'text': 'for some reason I felt a strong'}, {'start': '148.560', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'connection to to Tony and his family.'}, {'start': '151.920', 'end': '156.480', 'text': 'Detectives do believe whoever struck'}, {'start': '153.840', 'end': '159.040', 'text': "Tony is likely local. They won't quit"}, {'start': '156.480', 'end': '161.879', 'text': 'until the family gets answers after so'}, {'start': '159.040', 'end': '163.920', 'text': 'many years of'}, {'start': '161.879', 'end': '165.840', 'text': 'uncertainty. Now, the Oregon State'}, {'start': '163.920', 'end': '167.680', 'text': 'Police and their crime lab have also'}, {'start': '165.840', 'end': '169.840', 'text': 'helped over the years in this case. Even'}, {'start': '167.680', 'end': '172.239', 'text': 'if that suspect is now dead, authorities'}, {'start': '169.840', 'end': '174.480', 'text': 'hope someone with some concrete proof'}, {'start': '172.239', 'end': '176.560', 'text': 'comes forward to provide those answers'}, {'start': '174.480', 'end': '178.879', 'text': 'for the White family. Can find a link to'}, {'start': '176.560', 'end': '180.800', 'text': 'all of this at coin.com. Yeah, and'}, {'start': '178.879', 'end': '182.560', 'text': 'hopefully with your report, somebody'}, {'start': '180.800', 'end': '184.879', 'text': "will just know that there's a little"}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '188.000', 'text': 'clue that could help finally solve this'}, {'start': '184.879', 'end': '188.000', 'text': 'case, Todd. thinks.'}]