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Welcome to the show where two 90s love and country chicks gab about true crime and tell

each other to talk to the hand cause of face ain't listening.

I'm Torella, and I'm Tori, and we're sisters who have always loved true crime and decided

to turn that obsession into a show with a light take on the topic.

Kind of like diet true crime, it's all the flavor of pure calories.

Now with our show, you'll get true crime, 90s nostalgia, and a few four letter words sprinkled

in.

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This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, child

death, and drug use listener discretion is advised in 2008 39 year old Melissa Lucio became

the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in the state of Texas.

She's been tried and convicted of capital murder in the death of her two year old daughter

Mariah Alvarez.

On February 17, 2007, first responders were called to Melissa's home to find Mariah and

cardiac arrest.

Despite resuscitation efforts, Mariah was pronounced dead at the hospital.

She was found covered in bruises with a cause of death ultimately determined to be from

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