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Nov 2024
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Episode 240 - Call of Duty and the Cheer...

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About this episode
A 16-year-old Cheerleader from Tennessee was shot through her bedroom wall in the middle of the night. 

Police initially suspected her on-again/off-again footballer boyfriend, who took straight to social media to mourn her murder.

But just days before her death, the victim told friends about a mysterious man in black stalking her neighborhood…

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Research & Writing:
Giselle Melanson Tattrie

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
Law and Crime
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