Hey there 2020 listeners this is Deborah Roberts co-anchor of 2020. We've got a new

spin-off series we think you're going to want to hear so we're making it available for

you right here on our podcast. It's called Bad Romance. Have a listen. They're the perfect high school couple, prom dates, the cheerleader and the

football player, but their story ends with a hooded man hammering on the front

door, frightening texts, a mysterious kidnapping, and a deadly shot in the dark. Am I ever going to love going to love again?

Noxvah is.

Noxvah is. Knoxville is a rural community. There's a lot of mountain folks around here.

It's like a slice of Americana really. It's a really suburban, beautiful city, a nice place to raise your kids, and presumably a safe place to eat their kids.

Everybody goes to the football games, Fridays, everybody's excited at school to see how well we do.

It's what our school revolves around so it's exciting. The Central High Bobcats are a big deal here and it's just as big of a deal to be on the

cheerleading squad.

In the fall of 2014, Emma Walker was 14 years old.

Emma really took cheerleading seriously.

She really loved doing it.

You know, it was one of her passions.

She loved leading and she loved football games.

She loved just being part of crowd appeal.

Going into high school, being a freshman cheerleader,

was that a big deal for her?

She had done competitive gymnastics as a young child and then

competitive dance. When she tried out a cheerleader she was the only

freshman that made it. So she was very tickled with herself. People described Emma as bubbly and fun-loving and positive.

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