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The Case of Justin Moore and Crystal Trevino on Zephi Trevino
📻 Episode #177
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Dec 16, 2020
About This Episode
In the spring of 2019, Zephi was a high school sophomore troubled by a bad break up, when an older guy, Philip Baldenegro, swooped in through social media and began grooming her for the sex trade. One exchange between Baldenegro and a john turned deadly, and now, Dallas County is trying to send Zephi to…
The Case
In the spring of 2019, Zephi was a high school sophomore troubled by a bad break up, when an older guy, Philip Baldenegro, swooped in through social media and began grooming her for the sex trade. One exchange between Baldenegro and a john turned deadly, and now, Dallas County is trying to send Zephi to prison for her trafficker’s crimes. Join us in speaking up for Zephi before the unthinkable happens.
https://directlyto.org/projects/zephaniah-trevinos-defense-fund/
https://www.change.org/p/henry-wade-juvenile-justice-facility-justice-for-zephaniah-trevino
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/release-zephaniah-trevino
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/freezephi/
https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:02:53“Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Jason. Speaker 1: So, this is a story of a young girl from Speaker 1: I'm going to call it a normal family, right, whatever Speaker 1: normal is. This is a nuclear family in a town Speaker 1: in Texas outside of Dallas.”
00:11:09“Speaker 1: held there so that somebody could make money by selling Speaker 1: her body. And I hate saying it, I hate hearing Speaker 1: myself say it, but that's what it was. So then Speaker 1: this murder takes place, and Zeppi, a victim, a child Speaker 1: sex trafficking victim, is now being charged as a perpetrator.”
00:18:32“Speaker 1: the distric attorney will drop the charges and basically acknowledge Speaker 1: that this was a mistake. So now we turn to Speaker 1: the closing of our show, which is I think the Speaker 1: best part every week. It's my favorite part. It's a Speaker 1: part we call closing arguments. First of all, I thank”
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