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Do you ever have a story that you just can't get out of your head?

One that you play the details of over and over with your friends.

Well, you've come to the right place.

I'm Claire.

And I'm Susan.

And this is justice pendingending, a weekly true crime

podcast where we discuss tantalizing crimes with more questions and answers.

Hey everyone, it's Claire and Susan. And welcome back to Justice Pending, where we go beyond the headlines to ask what really happened and why justice still hasn't been served.

Today's case takes us to Manhattan, Union Square, a luxury high rise, a woman in her prime, and a trash shoot.

That's right.

Laura Prehodko, beautiful, successful, a mom, a daughter, a sister.

And on July 10, 2018, that was all taken away.

She was found dead, crushed at the bottom of the trash compactor at Secondorf Towers, 27 stories down.

Oh, police said there was no sign of foul play. That seemed to be. I know. Like, how can there be no sign of foul play when you're found at the bottom of a trash shoot. Yes. I mean, yeah, it doesn't make

sense. So the police said that she was drunk. It was an accident or maybe even a suicide. But

Laura's family, they never accepted that. And seven years later, they're still fighting for justice.

Well, of course.

I mean, this case has all the elements of a mystery novel.

It's got a bitter divorce, a custody battle, millions of dollars at stake, a hitman theory.

But, you know, at the heart of it, a woman, a life, you know, a life lost too soon.

Absolutely. So let's set the scene. It's a Tuesday afternoon in July 2018.

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