Hey guys, it's Payne here.

Thank you for your patience this week.

So here's the deal.

I'm hitting pause on the release of our traditional investigative episodes,

but for really good reason.

Today's episode will be focusing on the community,

and the larger problem here with the widespread epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous

women.

Since we've started releasing episodes this season, I've received countless tips.

And what started as an extremely murky case is now becoming much more clear to me.

New persons of interest have emerged, and I'm talking to them literally right now. But don't worry, you're

going to hear all of it, every single bit of it. But I need more time. Up and Vanish will return

in full form back to the investigation on Wednesday, October 13th.

And from that point forward, we'll run weekly with no breaks.

Like I said in the very beginning, I care more about solving this case than I do making this

podcast and you're going to see that so episode six will be coming Wednesday

October 13th because I need more time to continue my ongoing conversations with certain people.

Every day we're getting closer to finding Ashley.

In the meantime, you can help by just telling your friends and family about Ashley's story,

just by keeping her story alive. It's much harder to keep a secret when

everyone around you is talking about it. So please, tell a friend, tell a family

member, tweet about it. Let's get Ashley's story out there. In today's episode, my producer Mike will be subbing in as the host.

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