What Ashley Flowers has said about Death of Tripp Brazeale
6 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 8, 2026
Ashley Flowers, Creator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck, has been quoted on Death of Tripp Brazeale 6 times in 1 episode of Crime Junkie, most recently on June 8, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Flowers reported that Tripp's mother believed the apparent suicide text was not written in her son's voice.
“Jennifer said that the text did not sound like Tripp at all. Like he would never say those things”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 13:11
Flowers questioned how Tripp could have made an hours-long trek through rough woods without shoes yet have no marks on his feet.
“That means that he would have had to have made this like hours-long trek without shoes over whatever is on the forest floor”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 36:44
Flowers relayed the PI's question of why Tripp would not have used the nearby deer stand and its ladder if he took the strap from it.
“why not make use of the actual deer stand and its ladder while you're right there?”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 43:35
Flowers criticized the redaction of all information about the anonymous caller who identified Tripp.
“Anything about who this caller was or how they knew it was Tripp is redacted in all of the materials that we received”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 31:40
Flowers reported that PI Cody Turner, a former EMT, believes the four-wheeler looks like it was struck by a vehicle.
“And he said that it really looks to him like the four-wheeler worked”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 51:58
- Can’t be judged
Flowers relayed Cody Turner's expectation that forensic data from Tripp's phone would come back within the month.
“he has someone working on it and that the data should come back as soon as this month”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:56
Predictions
- Can’t be judged
Flowers relayed Cody Turner's expectation that forensic data from Tripp's phone would come back within the month.
“he has someone working on it and that the data should come back as soon as this month”
Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:56 · Death of Tripp Brazeale
On June 8, 2026, Crime Junkie relayed private investigator Cody Turner's expectation that data from Tripp Brazeale's phone could come back as soon as June 2026. Coverage from June through October 2026 (the sheriff rehiring Deputy Trey Bynum, the release of bodycam footage, and an October 2026 recap) does not report any results from the phone. Because this was private work by an investigator and nothing has been announced, it can't be confirmed whether the data came back by June 30, 2026.
Sources: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale - Crime Junkie · WATCH | Body cam footage shows deputy's pursuit of Tripp Brazeale before his death in 2024 · 'We won't stop:' Residents push back against rehiring of deputy cleared in teen's hanging death · He Was Found Dead Hanging From A Tree Two Days After Deputies Chased Him Into The Woods - Chip Chick
Checked Oct 7, 2026
Episodes
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp BrazealeCrime Junkie · Jun 8, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the 2024 death of 15-year-old Tripp Brazeale in Forrest City, Arkansas, ruled a suicide after a deputy's pursuit.
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