On the night of December 10, 2003, Kent and Tricia Whitaker dined at a Pappadeaux in Stafford, Texas, with sons Bart (24) and Kevin (19). It was meant to celebrate Bart’s supposed graduation from Sam Houston State University. None of it was true. By the time they reached their Sugar Lakes driveway, two were dead—and the person who set it all in motion was sitting in the back seat.

On a cold December night in 2020, 21-year-old Jason Landry left his apartment in San Marcos, Texas, and started the drive home for winter break. He was a Texas State University student, headed toward Missouri City, where his family lived. It should have been an ordinary trip across familiar Texas roads. But Jason never made it home.

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