As I speak these words today on a rainy February 23 in Los Angeles,

it is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of a day of Shabbani,

who you will get to know and admire over the course of this podcast,

and not a day goes by that I don't think about her.

Not because I don't know what happened to her.

You'll find that out. It's because of why it happened.

After the final episode of this series,

I hope you'll also ask yourself the questions.

What causes someone to take a life?

What were they trying to accomplish with this?

How could they do such a thing to another human being who they knew?

And why such a horrible, drastic solution to such a small, small problem?

I believe there are mainly two kinds of people who commit premeditated murder.

Those who kill because they enjoy it,

and those who kill because they're trying to solve a problem.

And if this podcast serves a greater purpose,

besides bringing closure to those involved,

and helping a day's name live on, like she didn't get the chance to,

is to spread the message that harming somebody else doesn't solve any problems.

It creates much larger ones that will never go away.

Most pain is temporary.

Death is not.

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