Ep 111: Tragedy in Wichita Falls

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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When two young girls are shot while walking home from school, an entire community mourns. Who could have done such a thing, and why? Sponsors in this episode: - Caldrea - Get free shipping on orders of $50 or more when you buy online at Caldrea.com. - Ritual - Visit ritual.com/COURT for 10% off during your first three months. - Talkspace - Get $100 off your first month on Talkspace by going to Talkspace.com, or downloading the app, and using the code COURT. - Care/of - For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code junkie50. - Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. This episode was researched and written by Kathleen McWilliams. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

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0:00.0	September 2, 2016 was a normal Friday afternoon for 13-year-old Lauren Landivazo.
0:09.2	It was a scorching hot Texas day, but it was the start of a three-day weekend for McNeil
0:14.6	Junior High School in Wichita Falls, where Lauren and her friends were eighth graders.
0:21.3	School let out around 305 that afternoon, and Lauren gathered her belongings, including
0:26.8	her purple binder, to take home for the weekend.
0:30.8	She left school with a group of friends to walk home like she did every day, using a pedestrian
0:36.1	access road people in Wichita Falls called the Alley.
0:40.5	It wasn't a narrow, dark alley like you'd see in some cities, but a wide gravel path that
0:46.0	connected the school to the nearby neighborhoods.
0:49.7	Hundreds of kids used it every day to get home, and it wasn't long before Lauren's friend,
0:55.0	Michaela Smith, spotted her up ahead and asked her to wait up.
1:00.7	Lauren obliged because Michaela was one of her best friends, but they didn't have any
1:04.9	classes with each other that year.
1:07.4	The girls had gotten close through cheerleading and walked home together frequently, catching
1:12.2	up about school, friends, and boys.
1:15.8	The girls giggled like normal teenage girls, and talked about how sad they were to not
1:20.6	share any classes this year.
1:23.4	A few minutes later, Lauren and Michaela reached the end of the Alley, where it emptied out
1:28.2	into a suburban neighborhood on Trinidad Drive.
1:32.0	They usually parted ways here, and that day, Michaela planned to walk home, and Lauren was
1:37.5	walking over to her boyfriend, Donovan's house, to hang out.
1:42.3	As the girls prepared to go their separate directions, an SUV pulled up next to the sidewalk,
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