Hey guys and welcome.

Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Murder podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself Mandy and my dear friend Melissa.

Hi, Melissa.

Hi, Mandy.

How are you?

I'm doing all right.

How about you?

Good.

We both started off this week with some kind of a something at the same time, didn't see each other, could not have given it to each other. Yeah, so that was a fun, fun way to start our week. But we're both doing better, right? Right? You're better? I mean, yeah, mostly. Right? It's still like the dull, like I don feel that great but yeah yeah I'm working on it

yeah I've been feeling a little down you know not emotionally well that too this took a whole turn

it's a turn I was not prepared for now we're doing good we're doing good it's a mantra you just keep saying it until you believe it yeah I like it so this week we're doing good. We're doing good. It's a mantra. You just keep saying it until you believe it.

Yeah. I like it.

So this week we're going to be talking about the senseless murder of a young United States Marine and his new wife.

The story takes place in Riverside, California, and Melissa has taken the liberty of Googling this lovely city for us.

I have. So Riverside is actually both

a city and a county in California and has a population of around 303,000 people. Riverside actually

has a really booming art scene which was inspired by Charles Dickens. It's actually home to 15 museums,

all of which are really pristinely maintained,

and in addition, the city hosts regular events and festivals. It looks like it's one of those

places where something is going on all the time, and I wouldn't understand what was going on.

Like a very artsy-farty thing, but it's very cool. I just always look like a total dummy at that kind of stuff.

The city is actually home to the world's largest paper cup, which is actually made out of concrete.

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