Podbit · The Hidden Third
Michelle now works with White Star Consulting, a Texas-based elite firm led by John Lehman. They take cases that no other investigator or agency can resolve — the hardest, most complex disappearances in the business.
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The episode winds down with a sobering update: Alex Janous is serving 25 years at the Three Rivers federal facility, but the case is far from closed [1] — Mariana van Zeller "Alex Janous sentenced to 25 years in prison: Alex Georges Janous, the fake 'Prince of Dubai' who scammed multiple victims out of hundreds o…" 1:06:19 . His family — mother, father, brothers — are believed to be involved, and Michelle has not yet met several key witnesses who live just 45 minutes away from her. She also reveals that Ryan Mullen went back to prison for additional crimes after his Louisiana arrest, and that she believes Louisiana's political corruption runs deep around his case — with politicians protecting him in exchange for money, sex, and access to trafficking victims. Michelle says she still has text messages from Mullen's phone that she believes point to child sex trafficking. She is currently working a cartel case involving a figure she calls 'La Tía,' and knows exactly where the target is. Mariana and Michelle close the episode by joking that the investigative journalist now has a skip tracer on staff — and the skip tracer has a journalist. The dirty world out there, they agree, is their oyster.
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