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This podcast is about the unexplained death of a young woman, Laura Van Waai.

I have reviewed and I will report on the contents of official case files provided by the police department that's investigating her possible homicide, including witness interviews and police reports.

You will hear me provide my own opinions about these materials in the hopes of shedding new light on this cold case.

It's important to stress, no person has ever been charged or convicted of killing Laura, and everybody identified in this podcast is innocent until proven otherwise.

Previously, on Bonaparte.

A lot of this I think is going to stay in mystery unless somebody decides to have that road to Damascus moment and come forth.

They just felt that Missouri law enforcement didn't know anything.

They law your death right away and refuse to answer any questions or provide any information.

To my knowledge, 25 years later, they haven't provided any other information.

Yeah, so it was this thick and this tall and that big.

I mean, there was a lot of case work to it.

The letter arrives in a small envelope, the kind that might come in a set of personal stationery.

It's hand-addressed to associate circuit judge in Cahoka, Missouri.

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