Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of True Crime with Kendall Ray.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

And if you're new to the show, then welcome.

I'm glad to have you here.

Okay, guys, so I have to be honest, the case that I'm getting into today is going to be hard to get through.

It was incredibly hard to research and study for.

I'm going to be talking about the murder of 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey and her story and the way that she was failed completely shattered me. It was very, very difficult to work

on this and it's going to be difficult to deliver this episode, but it is so, so important that

Lauren's story is shared. Lauren was an absolutely beautiful person inside and out. She was talented.

She was kind. She was very, very smart. And she was a young

woman who really had the whole world at her fingertips. And nobody, including Lauren, could have

ever seen what was coming. Lauren was swept off her feet by someone who wasn't who they said they were.

And by the time she realized it and broke free, it was too late.

And not only that, she was failed at every turn by people who were supposed to protect her and really could have.

This could have turned out completely different.

And I've got to say, of all the cases that will anger you,

leave you feeling frustrated, confused, and just anger at the system, this one is up there.

But it is so worth talking about it because Lauren's story is so important and her parents

have done an amazing job of keeping her story alive, spreading their

message, and continuing her impact on the world. And with that, I want to go ahead and start

by telling you about Lauren. And honestly, I could do a whole podcast just on her as a person

and how amazing she was. And part of the reason for that is because her parents have shared so much information about

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