“Someone hired someone to kill me." | The Plot Against Jack Avery

About this episode

The episode explores the chilling case of a murder-for-hire plot against pop singer Jack Avery, involving his child's mother and a custody battle.

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People in this episode

Host: BLACKCAT

Topics covered

• murder-for-hire
• custody battle
• dark web
• pop culture
• crime investigation

Keywords

• Jack Avery
• Gabbie Gonzalez
• murder-for-hire
• custody battle
• FBI
• dark web
• crime

Sponsors

OneSkin, Quince

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, National Domestic Violence Hotline

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