Hello everyone what is up welcome back to another episode of killer instinct you guys

thank you so much for joining me here today if you're new here hi my name is Savannah

and I am your host of Killer Instinct.

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you are not going to want to miss it. Now you guys as you can tell by the title of today's

episode today we are talking about a truly heartbreaking case.

As I told you guys last week, we have dedicated the month of July to talking about sadistic and sinister stalkers and this case

definitely falls into that category. This case truly is one of those ones that is devastating because it was so preventable.

And as we get into today's case and as we talk about it,

you're going to understand how truly devastating this case is.

How many times this could have been prevented?

How many times someone could have stepped in to stop and help Lauren?

How many times someone could have put an end to this and also how many times Lauren

advocated for herself and her own life? This truly is a horrifying case. It is one that will make you

think twice about who you're able to trust and as you can tell by the title we we are talking about the case of Lauren McCluskey.

So with that being said, let's jump right on into it today.

Lauren McCluskey was born on February 12th 1997 to her parents Matt and Jill McCluskey.

Lauren grew up in Pullman, Washington where both of her parents were professors at Washington State University.

Now from the very beginning of her childhood,

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