214: A "Victim" & a Fire
Michael Dunn pulled into a gas station parking lot, peeved. The teenagers in the car next to him were playing their music too loud. Michael told his fiance, Rhonda, “I hate that thug music.” When Rhonda was in the gas station, Michael asked the boys to turn their music down. They did. But one of the boys, 17-year-old Jordan Davis was annoyed by Michael’s request. So he told his friend to turn the music back up. Michael Dunn flew into a rage.
Then Brandi tells us about Brett Seacat. Brett was a pretty big deal in Kingsman, Kansas. (Just ask him! He’d tell you!) So when his wife, Vashti, said she wanted a divorce, Brett was outraged. He threatened to take the kids from her. Then, on April 30, 2011, Brett called 911 to report that Vashti had set their house on fire and died by suicide.
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.
In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
The documentary, “3 ½ minutes, ten bullets”
“The Case of Michael Dunn” by JCS Criminal Psychology on YouTube
In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“Burning Suspicion” episode Dateline
“In The Fire” episode Accident Suicide or Murder
“Former Sheriff's Deputy Covers Up Wife's Murder With Fire, Forged Suicide Note” by Sharon Lynn Pruitt, Oxygen
“Questions linger after Kingman fire” by Tim Potter, The Wichita Eagle
“Vashti Seacat’s friends testify at trial” by Darcy Gray, The Wichita Eagle
“In appeal, Seacat claims trial unfair without look at wife’s private side” by Amy Renee Leiker, The Wichita Eagle
“Kansas man convicted of wife’s killing still fighting to overturn verdict” Hays Post
“Seacat v. State” casetext.com
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