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Hi, it's Carl here.

I just wanted to let you know that this episode includes a description of a sexual assault. A young woman with dyed blue hair approaches the front desk of the FBI office in Phoenix, Arizona.

She's 19 years old, and she's got her mother beside her

as she gives her name to the woman at the counter, enclosed in bulletproof glass.

The lady at the desk, like, she lets the people know there's someone here for,

it was the first time I heard it phrased as a murder for hire.

It was like a gut punch.

My mom and I look at each other like,

did she just call it that?

Like, that is just freaking crazy.

I was like in a movie.

Not a very happy movie, obviously.

The girl with the blue hair we're calling her Faye.

And the reason Faye's here is because the day before, her local sheriff called her and her mum down to the station

to tell them that someone had paid over $14,000 to have Faye killed.

And now the FBI are taking over the case.

After a short wait, Faye and her mum are ushered into a small private room by two FBI agents.

It's like they're playing a good cop bad cop routine. One is taking notes, and the other is quizzing Faye in a way that almost makes her feel like she's a suspect.

He was intimidating. He was so intimidating.

It was almost like he didn't believe the story or something, and he was very blunt and very harsh with his words

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