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Unsolved. What is up everyone,Dylan speaking and thank you for joining me
on this episode of Creepy Unsolved.Today's episode is a podcast version of my
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recent YouTube video covering the strange deathof Tech CEO Aaron Valenny and her striking
last words. We're in the matrix. But before we begin, and while
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of that out of the way,let's begin on Monday October seventh, twenty
nineteen, after finishing their anniversary dinnerin New York, Agnes and Joseph v
Lenny, we're on the phone withtheir daughter, Aaron Vlenni. Their thirty
three year old daughter was a successfulbusinesswoman in tech CEO who at the time
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of the call was twenty nine hundredmiles away in Paulo Alto, California,
from New York. And through theday they had been in constant contact with
Aaron, who was visiting California fora tech conference, a workshop and have
a discussion amongst her peers about futurebusiness ventures. But when Aaron called this
time, things were different. Aaronwas distraught, slightly panicked, and she
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couldn't locate her rental car, agreat Nissan Moreno, Agnes and Joseph stayed
on the line during the duration ofher surge, and luckily she did end
up finding her car, although whenshe did, the conversation took a bizarre
turn. Agnes and Joseph Lenny wouldlater recount that Aaron started speaking erratically at
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a mile a minute and making verylittle sense. It was of their opinion
that their daughter was having an unusualmanic episode. According to Joseph, she
was talking about coming home for Thanksgivingone second until finally, and before hanging
up with her parents for the verylast time, she said, it's all
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a game. It's a thought experiment. We're in the matrix. I'm going
to miss my flight. This outlandishedcompilation of words would be the very last
phrase Aaron spoke to her parents beforeshe was found deceased five days later on
October twelfth, in the backseat ofher rental car in San Jose with no
visible sign of foul play or viablecause of death. Questions abound as to
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the circumstances of her death. WasAaron the victim of foul play? Where
is it possible she took her ownlife? What did she mean when she
said we're in the matrix? Whatcould cause Aaron Valenny, a woman with
no known history of mental illness orsubstance abuse, to speak so erratically to
her parents the night she disappeared,And why could at law enforcement find her
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any sooner? Aaron Valenny was bornin nineteen eighty six to Joseph and Agnes
in Fairpoort, New York, andgrew up in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Her friends and family described her ashighly ambitious, active, in an
outgoing woman, earning her the nicknameof armageddon Erin due to her boisterous personality
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and odd propensity for being at thelocation of a natural disaster right when had
occurred. She was known as alover of writing, climbing, and yoga,
and often surrounded herself with friends andfamily. Even as a child.
Her drive and determination to succeed weresome of her defining characteristics, according to
those around her. Aaron would graduatefrom Georgetown University with a degree in finance
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and international business and gone to climbthe corporate ladder. She had spent some
of her time as the head ofproduct development for overstock dot Com and eventually
founded Tinker, a website and applicationdevelopment company, working as their CEO.
At the time of her disappearance,Aron was living in Salt Lake City,
Utah, with her husband, HarrisonWeinstein, who worked as a psychologist.
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But beyond her success in the businessworld, it was the time, money,
and effort she put towards humanitarian endeavorsthat made her stand out as an
individual. Aaron was also a volunteerfor Not for Sale, an organization dedicated
towards fighting human trafficking by creating sustainableliving in economic conditions in helping at risk
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communities to create their own businesses.She was known to spend her time mentoring
and educating refugee entrepreneurs. Aaron wasbeloved and respected by many of her friend's
family and colleagues. One of theaccolades that she was supposed to receive was
an award in her honor at aconference for women in the tech industry.
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But when Aaron failed to appear atthe conference in Utah to acknowledge her recognition
on Tuesday, October eighth, itbecame apparent to all that she did indeed
miss her flight the night before.Alarmed by this, Aaron's parents and husband
were quick in their attempts to filea missing person's report with the San Jose
Police Department, But despite their overwhelmingconcerns an in depth explanation of their worries,
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the Saint Jose Police Department failed tobe moved. They explained, just
as is heard in many other missingperson cases, that Aaron Valenni had a
right to go missing. Two additionaldays would pass until Aaron was officially reported
missing on October tenth. Following theofficial filing, the Saint Jose Police Department
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would perform a lackluster attempt in theirsearch. A few police units were dispatched
to drive through the local neighborhoods andthey were asked to keep a lookout for
the great niece. On moreno whetherit be due to the casual efforts or
the fact that Aaron Valenny wasn't inthe area at the time of the patrols,
no trace of the vehicle or Aaroncould be found. Unsatisfied with the
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efforts of the Saint Jose Police Department, Harrison Winds started a Facebook page called
help Find Aaron Voleni, in whichhe pleaded with the public for any help
or leads that may aid in thefinding of his wife. With an outpouring
of support from people online and localsin the Bay area, volunteer set out
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to patrol the streets of the SaintJose area to see if anyone could find
the whereabouts of Aaron Volenni. OnSaturday, October twelfth, one of these
volunteers finally located the rental car,parked in a quiet residential area on the
sixty five hundred block of Beause Lanein Saint Jose's al Madden neighborhood, only
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a half mile from Aaron's last knownlocation. Aaron was discovered deceased in the
backseat of the car, and accordingto the police, there were no visible
signs of violence or foul play.Her family took to Facebook later that day
to announce to the public that shehad passed away, and mourners would later
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visit the sight of her discovery,offering messages of condolences in sympathy to Erin
and her family. Joseph Lenny laterexpressed his frustration to the media about the
lack of urgency and the part ofthe Saint Jose Police Department. It was
of his belief that if they hadtaken more action, then perhaps the police
could have discovered Aaron sooner and providedher with the care and protection that she
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so obviously needed. He called theirinitial actions in searching for her asha raid,
pointing out that police didn't file themissing person report until Tuesday after she
went missing, and that they classifiedher as voluntarily missing despite missing a scheduled
flight for an important event. TheSaint Jose Police Department offered no response to
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the media at the time, asthe results of the coroner's examination at still
been pending. Questions, rumors,and speculation began to circulate online and within
the media about the nature and causeof Aaron's death what had led her to
save Those final words were in thematrix. If Aaron had no history of
mental illness or substance abuse, whatcaused her to change? Could it have
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been some undiagnosed condition like so manyonline speculators suggest and if the San Jose
Police Department had acted sooner, couldAaron have possibly been saved. Unfortunately,
for those close to Aaron, therewould be few satisfactory answers provided to them.
Even upon the release of her autopsyand toxicology report. According to Business
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insider dot com, the corner determinedthat Erin's cause of death was of natural
causes following in acute manic episode.Harrison, a professional psychologist, maintained to
the press that his wife had zerohistory of any mental illnesses, psychosis,
or substance abuse, and she wason no pharmaceutical medications of any kind.
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Fellow co workers at Tinker also reportedno noticeable change in her behavior prior to
her trip to California. Aaron's friendsand families said that she was constantly surrounded
by people close to her, andthey noticed nothing odd or different either than
what could have caused a manic episodethat ended her life. This unusual conclusion
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made at her autopsy only fueled furtherspeculation. A simple surge of Aaron Valenni's
name online would likely lead to messageboards with theories of the paranormal or the
conspiratorial explanations. What did Aaron witnessthat could have led her to believe that
we are all in the matrix?But there are also other entries online written
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by doctors and psychologists who suggests thatAaron could have suffered from an undiagnosed condition
and that dying of natural causes duringan acute episode, while extremely rare,
is possible under the right conditions.In the next part of this video will
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explore some popular theories surrounding Aaron's case. I want to make it a point
to state I'm not implying any theoryis truthful or that I agree with any
individual theory. This is just whatis floating around online. It is worth
some thought. In the early weeksof November twenty nineteen, an eco terrorist
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group known as Individualist tending towards thewild Us Nature's Wrath, commonly abbreviated as
its step forward to claim responsibilities fornot only Aaron Valenni's death, but another
tech executive, tush your Arte.Their claims of responsibility could first be seen
in a posting on the group's website, Meldsson Eco Extremista a November nine,
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twenty nineteen. It reads as followsquote, our thirst for blood has been
satisfied, and we praise Pan andDionysius and all of the unknowable for leading
us to this action. Like thepredators of the forest, we caught the
scent of our prey and acted fromour hunger for human flesh. We shed
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on all Western morality and all ofthe American anarchist naysayers. We rejoiced as
death itself arose from the underwater worldas our personal complies. After the action,
we celebrated fornicating while the sweet bloodof our victims remained fresh on our
hands, wishing death to all civilization. Our group of extremists happily murdered two
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tech executives in the West Coast,Tusher Arte and Aaron valeny We conducted these
killings for no other reason than thesymbolism of seeing two flimsy appendages of the
techno industrial system laying first in agonyand then motionless before us. We gave
no fuck about Arte and as Moneyor his employees and how he abused them,
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although the very real fake news claimscorrectly that he was mixed in with
the wrong crowd. We laughed asValenti became aroused at her kidnapping, and
as she pleaded with her parents tobecome awoken in the hours before her death.
The underwater panther was pleased with hersacrifice, which she seems to have
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accepted. We came before both victims, yelling Hoka hey in the memory of
our tribal ancestors, who only remainedchiefs of war if the balance of bodies
is maintained. End quote. Itshas shown a history of claims to multiple
deaths of different persons since their foundingin Mexico in two eleven. In two
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eleven, they claimed to have takenthe life of a nanotechnology research scientist.
Years later, in two seventeen,they claimed the murder of Leslie Berlin rivera
Orsorio leave a statement about her deathstating every human being merits extinction. In
the same year, they would claimthe deaths of two hikers in Mexico.
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The reasonings for the killings of thesetwo was sickening similar they were killed for
simply being in the forest. Despitemultiple claims since their founding, the validity
of their involvement has yet to beverified. Without further evidence present, it
is hard to tell whether any oftheir claims hold truth. Many believe that
its used and will continue to usesimilar claims to invoke fear without having any
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involvement at all. Human trafficking isone of the fastest growing and profitable criminal
enterprises in the world. It isestimated that globally, thirty two billion dollars
yearly is made exploiting human being's freedomsthrough acts of both forced slavery and sex
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trafficking. The organization Not for Saleas a mission statement to end modern slavery
and exploitation, and over the pastfourteen years they have provided eight to over
two hundred and seventy one thousand peopleand throughout twelve countries that are considered high
risk of human trafficking. President cofounder David Bastone formed Not for Sale after
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disturbing discovery found while visiting his favoriterestaurant in San Francisco. David discovered that
this restaurant was the center of ahuman trafficking ring in San Francisco. They
saw waves of teenagers taking from theirhomes around Bangalore, India and forced into
modern day slavery. This eye openingdiscovery led David to publish a book titled
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Not for Sale exposing human trafficking,and his research led him to meet crew
Nam, a woman from northern Thailandwho actively saved targeted children. Crew Nam
and David would bond, forming arelationship over a promise from David to provide
shelter and food for the children crewNam had saved. This promise blossomed into
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what Not for Sale stands for todayand actively supports victims globally. Aaron Valenti
was an active volunteer for Not forSale, and, like David, was
strong willed and determined. This nextstatement might hang on the hinges of a
conspiratorial but is it possible Aaron Valentidiscovered a situation similar to what David had
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seen before her. Did Aaron stumbleupon shocking evidence of human trafficking within one
of her favorite hangarounds, or possiblythe involvement of a co worker or appear
within the human trafficking ring. Thisidea is not backed by much evidence and
is merely an observation, so I'llleave it at that. On October twenty
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sixth, twenty nineteen, a blogposting would surface on a website named The
Frank Report dot Com holding the titleor Tom Reardon's experiments on brave wave interfaces
connected to Aaron Valenti's death, foreverimposing the question and imprinting the theory into
the reader's minds. The Frank Reportis a website created and managed by Frank
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Parlatto, an investigative journalist with citedworks across hundreds of news outlets across five
continents. Frank's work is also creditedas helping to take down Nexium. Nexium,
on the surface level was a multilevel marketing and personal development company that
offered large group awareness trainings through itsexecutive success programs, but underneath it was
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a cult focused on sex, trafficking, forced labor, and racketeering. In
twenty nineteen, Frank would act asa consultant and lead investigator for the producer
of a two hour long documentary,The Lost Women of Nexium, which aired
on Investigation Discovery. He would alsobe credited in multiple shows spanning networks like
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HBO, Stars In A and Efor his work. So in reading an
article on the Frank Report about AaronValenny, one might believe it holds credence.
The articles brief and it features twodirect quotes from a blog posting Onmedium
dot com titled mind Control that AaronValenni posted on Tinker Ventures Twitter feed.
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The article focuses on Control Labs CTRLdash Labs, a company led by neuroscientist
an Internet explorer creator Thomas Reardon.Frank's content writer is sure to point out
that Reardon is a high standing figurebut lacks background information. The Frank Reports
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article alludes to the fact that Aaronwas involved in this line of work based
on the idea that Tinker Ventures attheir hands in many companies and solely based
on this shared Medium dot com article. The captured quotes in the Frank Report
article are as follows. The futureof brain machine interfaces is non invasive.
Instead of surgical implants, Control Labsuses state of the art detection in machine
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learning to read your neurons from outsidethe body. The first step will be
technology precisely picking up the signals frominside your body to control devices outside of
it with little more than natural gestures. The next step, and we are
already closer than most people realize,will be reading the intention directly from your
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brain. Control Labs is pioneering somethingentirely new at the intersection of biology and
code. He did this by assemblinga rare cadrey of scientists and technologists PhDs
in computational neuroscience biomechanics, paired withhackers and coders experts in signal processing,
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machine learning, and human computer interactionsin industrial designers. Believes that Aaron might
have found out something she shouldn't haveand was confrontational with reard On about it.
He alludes to the fact that thisdisagreement ultimately led to her death.
At the end of the Frank Reportarticle, he leaves the readers with quotes
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from Aaron's final conversation with her parents, quoting mind control equals neuro control.
We are in the matrix. It'sall a game, a thought experiment ute.
Honestly, I think this theory isweak, but given Frank's background as
an investigative journalist in his work takingdown Nexium, is it worth a second
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thought? But despite the endless debateand wild speculation, Despite what you the
viewer might theorize about the cause ofAaron Valennie's death, for her friend's family
and colleagues, Aaron's story is thatof a tragic loss of someone who is
in the prime of her life andcareer. She was beloved in an inspiration
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for those around her. She wasa loving daughter and wife who put time
into helping to make the world abetter place whilst climbing the ladder of success.
She is also remembered fondly by thoseclose to her and those who didn't
know her, as evidence by theoutpouring of grief and sympathy on mine and
the memorial set up in her honorat the sight of her discovery. Since
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the events of her passing, herfamily has created the Aeron Valenti Leader in
Entrepreneurship Endowed Scholarship at the University ofUtah. This scholarship has the stated goal
of honoring Eron's passion for entrepreneurship bysupporting young and inspiring business leaders. If
you wish to make a donation inhonor of Eron Valeni, you will find
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a link to the scholarship in thedescription below. Biggas that as if for
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