Welcome to this bonus episode of the Blackstone Sisters.

We've asked lead Detective Johnny Jones and her partner Steve

Castro to join us to answer some of the listener questions.

And then we're going to be able to talk with a very special guest, someone vital to this case, who's never spoken about it publicly before.

The prosecutor, Gretchen Ford, will be joining us in a little bit.

So first, Johnine and Steve, welcome back.

Thank you for coming here. And what's the reaction been like? What have you been hearing about the podcast and the case?

Well, thanks again for having us. I've been getting positive feedback and I

actually thought you did an amazing job hosting. But I think a key way to

look at this to see how successful it is and I was telling you earlier.

I have three daughters, 30, 21, and 18.

A bit more.

The 21 and 18 year old found it very interesting and if you can get some young

teenagers to really buy in they really really enjoyed it.

Most importantly were they proud of Dad?

I don't know about that, but no they were.

And Janine, what about you?

Are you getting reaction from people that didn't know you were on this case or that really appreciated hearing a full story about it because very little of it

you know bits and pieces were covered in the traditional media and this is such a deep

dive right and because this case was the way that it ended. I didn't get a lot of people I

didn't know talk to me but I was kind of looking at reviews and things like

that but mostly like Steve my family family was very interested in it and started to, we had a big long

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