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Apr 2019
57m 9s

Episode 34: Michelle Lavin

Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek
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Women are 70 times more likely to be killed in the two week window after leaving their partners than at any other time during the relationship. And on Episode 34, Jac, Alexis and Billy profile a case that illustrates the horror of that statistic and shows the devastating aftermath when they’re joined by a first degree connection who was at the very center of the story in the worst possible way.

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