1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,680 [Music] 2 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:19,680 Hello and welcome to our podcast Talk Gruesome to me, where we talk about movies and shows that cover true crime, paranormal and horror. 3 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:27,920 I am one of your hosts, Dawn. I am currently located in Los Angeles and I think I'm pretty well versed in the horror genre, 4 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:35,360 especially those 80s classics. A quick fun fact about me? I have a very extensive crystal collection. 5 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:43,920 Hello, I'm Amy. I'm from Kentucky and my area of expertise for this podcast is paranormal. A few fun facts about me. 6 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:50,240 I'm an empath, I collect old dolls and you know, I've never flown on an airplane. Can you believe that? 7 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:57,520 Now, Dawn and I are also obsessed with true crime, so here we are. Talk Gruesome to me. 8 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:05,040 Welcome in. This episode is going to be another shorter one because this episode there is lack of records, reports and information, 9 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:12,000 but that's why we want to jump on here and we want to cover it. There were over 200 people at this event 10 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,160 and there has to be multiple people who saw what happened. This one, we're doing a second little short one 11 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:25,280 and it's because these two cases, they caught our attention. We will be back to our regular three part series coming next, 12 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:32,000 but we wanted to stop and highlight these. This case actually happened in my home state. I live in Kentucky now 13 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,880 and here we go. Let's get into it. Here is an interview with one of the victim's mothers, Corey Seelye. 14 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:48,000 I know there's no way she was targeted, no way. So for them to shoot her in the neck for no reason. 15 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:59,280 I just, I don't know what to do with it. Like Amy said, that was Corey Seelye, who was Autumn Seely's mom 16 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:07,360 and that was just part of the clip from WLKY, which is, I assume, a new station in Louisville. 17 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:15,680 Let's get into what happened a little bit of information on May 3rd, 2025. So this was a very recent story. 18 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:23,120 This was in Louisville's Parkland neighborhood. There was a late-night crowd that was gathered in a 19 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:31,680 Kroger parking lot near 28th and West Broadway. This was just after 2am and then gunfire erupted 20 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:40,800 when all that chaos was over. Two people were dying, a third was wounded. One of those was Autumn Seelye, 21 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:48,560 whose mom you just heard. And she was 21 and the other was 28-year-old Martez McAtee. 22 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Now their case remains open and today we're going to lay out what's known and what's it not? 23 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,440 What we're going to do is we're going to let you know how you can actually help. 24 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:09,360 Right, let's go over the timeline. Again, around 2, 10am, Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. It would be, 25 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:17,280 I guess, May 2nd, but in the middle of the night, so it's May 3rd. There were multiple 911 calls that 26 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:23,360 came in that reported this shooting in this Kroger parking lot, which by the way we tried to find, 27 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:31,600 and we couldn't find any of the 911 calls. The address again was 28th and West Broadway in Louisville. 28 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:38,080 When the officers arrived, there were two victims, a man and a woman. They both had gunshot wounds, 29 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:44,080 both were transported to the hospital and both passed away. There was also a third victim, 30 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:51,120 but that one survived this mass shooting. The police noted a large crowd was in the area. 31 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:57,440 I don't know what this happened on Derby Weekend. I actually figured it meant Kentucky Derby, 32 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:03,520 but I googled it just to be sure. That's what it meant. In this story, when you find a couple 33 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,800 of news articles, they keep saying Derby Weekend. I just wanted to verify that. That was what that meant. 34 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:16,880 On this Derby Weekend, there were other issues. Five people in total were killed this weekend. 35 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,120 There were others wounded in such, but five people were killed that weekend. 36 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:27,920 Yeah, their names are on those lists, but they were people, families, birthdays, group chats, 37 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:34,880 that just suddenly went silent. Autumn and Martez's name is there in black and white. It shouldn't 38 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:42,000 be the where their story ends though. Right. And like Amy said earlier, there just isn't a lot to go 39 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:50,080 off of here to give much information. There weren't detailed forensic breakdowns. There aren't any 40 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:57,840 ballistics in the records that we tried to find and go through no suspect description. There's nothing. 41 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:03,840 There's no public arrest records. You know, we're going to try to stick to reports and what's 42 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:10,000 documented. But unfortunately, there's just not much out there on this one. Yeah. Local newscast, 43 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:17,680 the following day referred Derby Weekend Violence Cromward. That was citing Autumns death within a broadcast. 44 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:24,160 Painful pattern that weekend. Five people were killed. There were four others injured. That's 45 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:30,960 nine people, but their name risk getting lost in the totals. We don't want that to happen. So here, 46 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:37,200 we're going to say their names again. You got Autumn Seelye and Martez McAtee. 47 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:45,280 Again, the things that aren't being publicly reported, there's no suspect name, there's no arrest, 48 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:54,640 nothing like autopsy details. There's no minute by minute of either of these people's last minutes. 49 00:05:54,640 --> 00:06:02,160 The documents that we typically see on public records or even interviews or anything like that, 50 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:09,280 they kind of just start going to leave us guessing. Yeah. Newsrooms reported a large crowd on scene. 51 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:14,960 People might have seen moments before the shots or cars leaving or phones out filming. 52 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:20,880 In other cities, those little details break a case. If you were there and haven't talked to detectives, 53 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:27,920 this is for you. Maybe snitches get stitches situation, but I think not. I think it's the right thing to do. 54 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:37,760 And if you know anything about this May 3rd, 2025 triple shooting at that Kroger or their final hours 55 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:43,040 and what these two were doing before they were gunned down, I'm going to give you a few phone numbers. 56 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:58,320 The LMPD homicide unit is 502-574-7055. There's an anonymous tip line, 502-574-LMPD. 57 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:08,960 Which is 5673. And then there's the Kentucky Crime Stoppers, which is 502-582-CLU, which is 2583. 58 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,680 If you're worried about being identified, anonymous options exist. 59 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:20,560 Tip lines in Louisville routinely generate leads that move cases. Even a small detail can really help 60 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:27,520 and really matters. So it's full of a late night crowd. It was a busy parking lot. It had 61 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:38,560 Derby foot traffic. Evidence like that can be rich and it can be complex also because of all the people. 62 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:46,080 But you would think that there would be multiple vantage points, social media. I did see one person 63 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:53,120 post right after on social media, but I didn't want to post their footage without consent. So 64 00:07:53,760 --> 00:08:00,320 I didn't post it, but you can find it. I don't even want to say his name. There was one video out there 65 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:06,160 that I found. Anyways, with a crowd like that, you know, there's tons of vehicles coming in and out. 66 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:13,040 And you would think there would have been surveillance video from businesses or people that were there. 67 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:22,800 But I will say, you know, we don't know what LMPD has in their hands. So hopefully they have something. 68 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:30,400 If you work in the area or you were there and you saw something, please consider contacting 69 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,600 the authority is using those numbers that I just read off. 70 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:40,960 When cases go cold, families can feel like the world has moved on and their loved ones don't matter 71 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:48,560 anymore. If you knew of Autumn and Martez, share their photo, share experiences you had with them, 72 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:52,960 share their favorite things, anything that you can think of to keep their name alive. 73 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:59,280 That's how these people are kept in the spotlight. Ask for tips, ask for questions of what happened to 74 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:05,200 them. That's that's how we keep their name in the view. I agree. Let's talk about the paper trail, 75 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:13,360 which is seemingly sort of non-existent to us. Every homicide leads behind official 76 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:21,680 documents of some kind, dispatch logs, offense reports, medical examiner findings, narratives from 77 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:31,360 people who might have been there. Not all of these are immediately made public, but some can be accessed 78 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:38,880 at least through Kentucky's Open Records Act. And I'm assuming other states have similar laws in 79 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:46,080 place. For example, in Louisville, the LMPD, the Records Division, they keep copies of initial 80 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:52,480 incident reports. You can request them directly. Sometimes reports are redacted, but even those 81 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:59,600 redactions show what investigators consider sensitive. It can reveal times, locations, even the basic 82 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:06,800 flow of the night. If anyone's interested, if you ever want to see something like this or need it, 83 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:13,760 hopefully not, but something personal to you. And again, I'm sure it's similar in most cities or 84 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:20,960 states. The first step would be file and open records request. And this one specifically would be 85 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:28,400 the LMPD records. Most cities have an online portal that you can use. And then step two, you should 86 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:36,640 receive the CAD, which is computer-aided dispatch printout. This would be something like the 911 calls 87 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:46,080 and when the police were dispatched and things like that. And then if you are family or direct, 88 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:51,200 I don't know if they will do friends, but if you're next of kin, something like that, you can also 89 00:10:51,200 --> 00:11:00,080 request more details like autopsies and medical examiners reports through the vital statistics 90 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:06,160 divisions. All important information that I'm sure a lot of people have no clue about. And we 91 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:13,280 want to mention this because it highlights what's possible and what missing from public conversation 92 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:21,200 about Autumn and Martez's case. If more journalist advocates or even concerned citizens file these 93 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:27,520 requests, the more daylight shines on an unsolved case. Obviously they're going to withhold some 94 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:33,040 things because it's crucial to the case and they don't want to compromise it. So like that's 95 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:39,760 understandable and expected. But requesting records keeps pressure like you just said, it keeps it 96 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:46,720 to the forefront in the divisions. It ensures that their cases aren't just sitting and going dark. 97 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:54,320 Yeah, public records, they can't bring them back, but they can keep their story alive. And sometimes 98 00:11:54,320 --> 00:12:01,120 the spark, the one tip, it just might make a connection and make it all make sense. You just never 99 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:11,760 know two lives ended in that lot. Autumn Seelye, she was 21 and Martez McAtee, he was 28. Someone 100 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:18,000 they know what happened. I feel like a lot more than one person knows what happened. I guarantee 101 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:24,080 yeah. We'll just go over the details again if you were near 28th and West Broadway around 2/10 102 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:32,640 a Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. Even if you think it was something small, any little details can help. 103 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:48,800 The homicide unit number again is 502-574-7055 and the anonymous tip line 502-574-LMPD, which is 5673. 104 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:55,680 I just want to kind of talk about how going back to what you said, the snitches get stitches. 105 00:12:55,680 --> 00:13:02,640 Thing and I'm sure that that's playing into a lot of why there has been no arrest and why there 106 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:09,280 aren't many details. That anonymous tip line could could be everything and mean everything to 107 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:15,600 these two families and his family. They did in that parking lot. I saw some footage from a news 108 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:22,480 report. They went and had a little memorial type thing in the parking lot and they have some 109 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:29,120 footage as well if anyone's interested in hearing from his family. Not many details, but I know people 110 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:37,200 know something. Even like if you're scared to come forward because of something might happen to you, 111 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:44,160 you're no, it's just not right to hold something like that and once if you had the information that 112 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:53,280 can catch them, why not? And I can't imagine. So in my family's case, this sounds weird to say we're 113 00:13:53,280 --> 00:14:00,080 fortunate, but you know we knew who did it and that person is in jail forever. There's so much 114 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:07,760 peace of mind to that knowing that that person isn't out there and can't do this again to someone else. 115 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:16,320 It's hard to explain the feelings involved in something like that when it's your immediate family. 116 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:24,080 It was my niece in my case. Today is actually her birthday. But the way that this affects people's 117 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:33,840 families and especially I cannot imagine either a missing person and not knowing what happened to 118 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:40,560 your loved one or like in this case the person not being caught knowing that there were so many 119 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:46,960 people around and someone has to know something more than someone. I'm convinced multiple people 120 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:55,120 could help out here anonymously and help these families with their grief and their closure and 121 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,160 all of that. I mean this is this has only been a few months. Yeah and somebody that could go into 122 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:05,520 the crowd and do something like that. Do you not think that they can't do that again? 123 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:14,320 For sure they can. I was just in Louisville this weekend. That person might have been walking around 124 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,960 in the same city that I was in. So you've got to think about stuff like that. 125 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:26,640 Yeah. This one again we wanted to cover because it's close to home for Amy. 126 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:33,120 Even though there aren't a lot of details which makes this episode very short we still wanted to cover 127 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:39,920 it because of that. With as many people around there you'd also think that maybe some people 128 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:46,560 traveled in and maybe possibly they don't have a clue that this happened. Oh for sure because 129 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:51,920 it was the Derby Weekend. Yeah so that's why it's important to highlight these cases and not just 130 00:15:51,920 --> 00:16:00,240 let them go to sleep. And like Amy said for these families in case anyone of them would ever 131 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:08,960 possibly hear this just post about them. Keep them alive within yourself and your family. Like I 132 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:15,360 posted about my niece this morning and posted her little Zoo Memorial and said you know it's 133 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:21,680 her birthday if you're at the zoo go say hi or whatever. Don't let it end here with their physical 134 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:29,040 body. No that's all. Keep telling their story. The more times you tell it you might just be surprised 135 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:37,840 in some of the people that you reach. Yeah. All right well it's a shorty but we're back to our regular 136 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:44,320 trio. We aren't going to reveal yet what it is but it should be a good one. You guys know Dawn 137 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:54,480 like secrets. I know I'm like rubbing my hands together like yes so we have a secret. Oh we will 138 00:16:54,480 --> 00:17:01,200 meet back here in a week for regular programming. Back on schedule schedule. Oh I don't know about 139 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:09,840 all that. I'm not sure yet. Okay we'll see. Only because I have trips to Ohio this weekend and 140 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:16,800 I mean it's only four days whatever but then I have in November I'm going back for a week and a half 141 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:24,320 and then in December for I think two weeks and the issue is the super flights are so expensive 142 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:32,080 that I have to fly away before Thanksgiving and way before Christmas to be able to and I use 143 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:39,520 the miles for all the three tickets but still to make it reasonable I have to fly in an obnoxious 144 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:45,600 amount of time earlier than the holiday. I mean maybe I could take this stuff I mean I haven't 145 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:53,200 filmed in Ohio but maybe I could. Maybe we could plan out a meeting in between some of those two. 146 00:17:53,200 --> 00:18:02,880 Yes get out and explore. That's the best idea. We'll work on that. I think so. Okay good. All right well 147 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:09,360 meet back here in two weeks. Oh did I say a week earlier? I'm sorry. I meant a regular schedule schedule. 148 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:15,920 No sorry. I have my brains just so trained to say meet back here in a week. Meet back here in two. 149 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:22,720 Yeah two two. Back to regular. All right thanks everyone. Bye. 150 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:33,520 Thanks for making it to the end and hanging out with us. Keep on the lookout for our next episode 151 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:41,120 and stay gruesome.