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Oct 2023
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October 1st: Monica Spear Born (1984)

You never know where danger could lurk. On October 1st 1984 a young woman was born who would have a career that made her beloved in her country. A location where she was placed in harm's way and ended up having her life ripped away from her.


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Information for this episode was collected from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3nica_Spearhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-24/three-jailed-over-murder-of-venezuelan-beauty-queen/5766844https://www.eonline.com/news/1174497/venezuelan-beauty-queen-monica-spears-killer-dies-in-prisonhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29339924https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/world/americas/monica-spear-venezuela-beauty-queen-killed/index.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/three-jailed-murder-miss-venezuela-british-ex-husbandhttps://people.com/chica/monica-spears-daughter-years-after-death/

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