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

Thank you so much for joining me.

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

I'm happy to have you here.

So, you guys, today we are going to be talking about the wildly bizarre case of Alexandra

Penig. And the reason I say it's bizarre is because I just can't wrap my mind around how

things went downhill the night that this happened so quickly. It's one that I will be super curious to hear your

opinion on because I know there are a lot of opinions out there on this case. There are a lot of

people who believe that the jury got it wrong and many others believe that justice was served.

It all kind of depends on, you know, which version of events

you believe and if the evidence is compelling enough to you. And with that, let's go ahead and

start talking about Alex's case, starting with how her story began. Alexander Penning,

or Alex, as most people called her, was born on December 22nd, 1989 to her parents

married Joe and Jim. And she was living in Minnesota at the time of her death, specifically in

St. Paul, although I wasn't able to get clarity on where she was born and raised. From what I was

able to find, though, it's obvious to me that she made a big impact in her 32 short years of life.

Alex has lovingly been described as smart, empathetic, vibrant, and also as someone who has

always had a place in her heart for the underdogs in our society.

She deeply cared for her family and her friends, and she also had a soft spot for animals.

I learned that she often brought in

stray cats, girl after my own heart. This one was a stray that I found outside of my apartment

complex a long time ago as the baby and I bottle fed her, so I totally get it. She even had two cats

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