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

Thank you so much for joining me today.

And if you are new to the show, then welcome.

I'm so happy to have you here.

And I hope you guys are all having a great day, at least maybe an

okay day. But anyway, today I have a wild case for you guys. It seems like for the most part,

I cover really three types of cases. I cover obviously murders and attempted murders.

And then I also cover financial frauds, Ponzi schemes, things like that.

And then also people who fake illnesses. And most of the time, that's cancer. And the case that I am

going to be telling you about today involves all three of those. We're going to be talking about

Natalie and Michael Cochran, and by all accounts,

they seem to be living a very luxurious, happy life, happy couple, but it was all a lie.

This case is definitely going to piss you off. It's equal parts infuriating and heartbreaking and just mind-blowing, how someone can think they're going to get away with doing everything that she did.

Also, I wanted to cover this case because this just went to trial in January of 2025.

So this is very, very recent.

I know you guys are going to have a lot to say on this one.

I have a lot to say on this one. And I just already have so many thoughts coming to my head. So I want to just jump into it.

And I want to start out by telling you more about Michael Cochran. So Michael Brandon Cochran was born on December 23rd of 1980 in Beckley, West Virginia, and he was actually an only child to his parents, Donna and Michael. But when he was eight, his stepdad,

Ed Bolt, came into the picture, and the two of them grew incredibly close. In an interview where

she talked about his childhood, Donna said that Michael Brandon was quite an

impressive kid. She talked about how he never missed a day of school, how he was always on the

principal's honor list, and how he was often involved in after-school clubs. Now, she didn't

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