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All right guys, this is episode 375 of going west so let's get into it. Oh, you know.

Oh, you know. Oh, you know. You're going to. In April of 2017, a 43 year old woman in Pennsylvania was getting ready to take a trip to her native Poland to visit her father for his birthday.

Then, just before she was set to leave on the trip, she cancelled via text, simply stating that she

wouldn't be able to make it. But her parents pointed out that the text was

sent in Broken Polish, despite it being her first language.

When her car was found abandoned, a homicide investigation began.

This is the story of Anna Machiausca. Hannah Machiaska. Anna Brani-Slava Machiaica was born on July 18th, 1973 in Warsaw, Poland to parents

Janina and Zygmoont, who were immensely proud of their daughter from a young age, describing her as brilliant.

After completing high school, Anna went on to earn her bachelor's degree in both mathematics

and computer science from Warsaw University.

But she specialized in actuarial mathematics,

which is the study of quantifying risk.

And then in 1997 at the age of 24, she moved all the way to the United States from Poland

to continue her studies at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

Though as she moved abroad with her boyfriend at the time, the relationship didn't last, but Anna remained in Kentucky for a little bit longer to finish out her studies.

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