Hey everyone, welcome to this special bonus episode of sequestered.

I'm Sarah and this is my co-producer, Andrea.

Hey, everyone.

Whether you've been with us since the very beginning or just found us thanks to Dateline

or the Apple podcast feature, we're so glad you're here.

Yes.

And this has been a wild few months,

hasn't it? It has. We've heard from so many of you, listeners and journalists and survivors.

Yes. Even people connected to the trial. And we've realized there were still a few stories left to tell.

Things that didn't quite make it

into the main episodes and moments we just wanted to sit with a little longer. So today's

episode is a bit different, just the two of us having a candid conversation. And we'll reflect on

the making of the podcast, we'll share some behind the scenes moments, and we'll talk about what it was like to be a part of date line. We'll share some behind the scenes moments and we'll talk about what it was

like to be a part of date line. We'll even explore a few case details that didn't make it into season

one. Yes. And a heads up, you'll also hear us refer to Jasmine as Jazzy throughout the episode.

That's what our friends and family called her. And in the courtroom, we really only knew her as Jasmine.

So now that we've spent so much time with her story, we want to think of her as jazzy too.

So grab a coffee, take a walk, settle in, whatever you do while you listen, and join us for this behind the mic conversation about sequestered and jazzy and everything in between. Okay, let's start at the beginning. How this whole thing came to be.

Yeah. So while the trial unfolded in the courtroom, another story was quietly being formed in the background. And that was the story of how we'd eventually tell it.

Right. Okay. And to be honest, I didn't exactly set out to become a juror or a true crime podcaster for that.

But here we are.

Okay, so let's talk about how sequestered came to life.

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