Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to

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A listener's note, the following episode contains course language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature,

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listener discretion is advised.

When we first created this podcast,

one of my goals was to pull back the curtain

on crime reporting and give you an inside look at the cases I cover.

To provide a voice for people who wouldn't otherwise be heard and work to show you the impact

these crimes have on the victims, their loved ones, and society in general.

As a journalist, I'm constantly trying to push these cases forward.

So this podcast isn't about simply recounting stories

I've covered in the past.

It's focused on sharing stories,

details you haven't heard anywhere else and always searching for truth.

Sometimes that means setting the record straight, exposing lies,

and tracking down new and exclusive information and always being open to what I might

discover or uncover. And I literally feel like it jumped out of my body because they hit the ground.

I like I think I was screaming I was crying I still can't forget it it will never leave my mind ever

I think about it all the time he was begging for help like begging them for the to stop and he saying like he said like you're killing me like please stop and dying

he portrayed himself as this like great human being in reality he was just the devil.

I'm Nancy Hicks, a crime reporter for Global News. Today, on Crime Beat, I'm doing something a little different.

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