Hi, Crime Junkeys. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and I'm Brett.

And the story I have for you today is a time capsule.

We are going back to New York City in 1986,

where one case went from a local homicide to

a media firestorm all across America.

And though this is far from our first episode,

there is a first here.

The team over at AMC reached out to us to collaborate on this episode.

They asked us to watch their upcoming docu-series called the Preppy Murder Death in Central Park,

and use it as our source material to tell you guys about this case.

So if you get as enthralled in this story as I did,

you can watch the five-part series on AMC and Sundance channel

over three consecutive nights starting Wednesday,

November 13th at 9 p.m. Eastern.

And I'm telling you, you're going to be so invested because this case

horrified and captivated the public while setting off bitter debates about sex,

privilege, legal ethics, parental responsibility,

socioeconomics, victims' rights, and so much more.

Because before there was the OJ Simpson trial,

there was the Preppy Murder.

Our story begins in the early morning hours of August 26, 1986.

A woman named Pat Riley is on her bike

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