Hi, Crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Brett and the story I have for you today,

you are never going to believe because it was actually suggested to us by a friend of the

victims family who reached out and asked us to bring attention to a case that for decades,

you hear me?

Deck AIDS had gone unsolved. So we did what we do. We put together the story. We wrote a script

and we were literally about to record when we get an email telling us that after 32 years,

the case had been solved. And when you say about to record, it was like an hour before we were going

to record. Yes, so we held off for a couple of weeks letting the police make their announcement

because we wanted to tell you the full story of Michaela Garrett with a brand new ending.

On the morning of November 19, 1988 in Hayward, California up in the Bay area, a young girl named

Trina is getting super excited. It is the first day of Thanksgiving break and she's hoping that

she'll get to hang out with her best friend in the whole world, Michaela Joy Garrett. They're both

nine years old. They're in fourth grade and they've been feeling a bit more grown-ups lately

because every once in a while they're allowed to go to the grocery store alone without their parents.

I think only been allowed to do this since the summer, but it's like a big deal. Yeah, I mean,

I remember when we were in fourth grade or whatever, being able to like 1999, it's sure, sure.

Butterfly hair clips everywhere. But being able to walk to even a friend's house or a neighbor's

house by yourself was like, oh, we're independent now. Yeah, the independent's have felt amazing.

So Trina calls Michaela after breakfast, hoping that since it's break, it's a nice day.

Michaela's mom Sharon will let Michaela go with her to the rainbow market, which is on mission

Boulevard. It's less than like a quarter of a mile from Michaela's house. And sure enough, Sharon says,

yes, since Michaela lives right around the corner, she comes over with $5 from her mom so they can go

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