Welcome to the podcast Crime Salad, where we talk true crime.

I'm your host Ashley and with me always is my husband in Partner in Crime, Ricky.

The purpose of this podcast is to honor the victims through ethical storytelling in the

hopes of preventing future tragedies.

We want our stories to resonate and educate others in hopes that some of these similar cases

with identifiable patterns can be prevented.

Now, before we jump in, please let us warn you that this is a true crime podcast.

The details of this episode may be triggering to some listeners.

Listen or discretion advised.

So you actually wrote this book with your children?

I did.

And it's only been a year.

How did you process and say you go from processing death to I need to write a book and help others?

You know, I just watched the struggle that my kids were going through and I actually,

you know, I went on Amazon and Barnes and Noble and trying to find something that we could

use to cope at nights.

Nights are the hardest.

It seems like for everybody when, you know, dealing with anything.

But I just wanted some story to read to my kids at night and I just could not find anything.

I couldn't find anything that really, you know, suited them or helped them find comfort and

peace.

And so, you know, I was like, let's just write one.

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