Trust Game

Murder of John Thomas 'Bama' McGuire

February 2019 / the covered name house, Skygusty, West Virginia

Victims

Accused and outcomes

As told in the episode, on 31 August 2024.

Outcome

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The timeline

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4. about six months earlier covered name and name withheld here reconnect with their father, and a covered name moves in with him in Skygusty. (covered name house)about 0:28:00
5. February 5th-ish, 2019 name withheld here Naylor and Bama McGuire set off from Minnesota to drive to Alabama to visit his family, and their vehicle breaks down in Indiana.about 0:25:16
6. early February 2019 a covered name covered name and name withheld here drive to Indiana, pick up a covered name and Bama and take them back to covered name home in Skygusty. (name withheld here house)about 0:27:28
7. February 2019 a covered name buys the ingredients and covered name and Bama try to brew meth; the batch does not come together and name withheld here keeps the liquid in a jar. (a covered name house)about 0:28:22
8. February 14th, 2019 Valentine's Day and Bama's 38th birthday: he buys wine and they eat steak and potatoes, then covered name proposes a trust game and Bama's feet are tied. (name withheld here house)about 0:29:10
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10. late Thursday night into Saturday morning, February 2019 Bama is tortured for about 36 hours, hogtied with a rope around his neck in a bedroom and threatened with truth serum. (covered name house)about 0:33:15
11. February 15th, 2019 Posts appear on Bama's Facebook account saying the job is completed and the Firefox is dead.about 0:34:09
12. February 2019 name withheld here injects two syringes of the bad meth into Bama's carotid; he goes into a frenzy and the three of them strangle him, with a covered name standing on his back and covered name holding a bag over his head. (name withheld here house)about 0:34:47
13. February 2019 a covered name burns Bama's belongings, breaks his limbs out of rigor mortis and puts the body in a garbage bag. (covered name house)about 0:36:28
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