LISK: Her name was Valerie Mack

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Valerie Lyn Mack was a loving sister, a caring mother, and a dynamic woman During her childhood, Valerie trekked from foster home to foster home for almost a decade. But, when she was nine years old, Valerie was adopted by two loving parents: Edwin and JoAnn Mack. Valerie thrived with the Macks. Her grades improved, she participated in theater, and she showed real leadership potential. But, throughout Valerie’s teen and adult years, she would struggle financially, battle drug abuse, and become entrenched in sex work. By the fall of 2000, 24-year-old Valerie stopped communicating with her family. Deeply concerned, the Macks attempted to file a missing person report for Valerie, but the New Jersey police refused. In this episode, Jac and Alexis will shed light on Valerie’s life and death, as well as the progress her case has seen over the past two decades. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree ❤️ The Heavy Metal Project: theheavymetalproject.com 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree ⚖️ On the Stand: (818) 446-6889 💩 Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done: (818) 446-6889 🤝 Advice: hello@thefirstdegreepodcast.com 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:07.4	The first degree.
0:10.3	Get on the news.
0:13.5	You think they're supposed to happen in movies, not in real life?
0:21.6	Welcome to the first degree, the True Crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:24.7	My name is Jack Viennick.
0:25.7	I'm here at the Lexus Linguetter.
0:27.0	Again, happy Friday.
0:28.9	We're here in your feeds on a Friday.
0:30.8	It feels new.
0:32.0	It is new.
0:33.0	It feels weird.
0:34.0	It does.
0:35.0	It feels fresh.
0:36.0	It feels like the beginning of a relationship that could go in any direction.
0:37.8	Where is it going to go?
0:38.8	Who's to say?
0:39.8	Who's to say?
0:40.8	I mean, everybody's really happy on a Friday.
0:42.4	So hopefully your moods are better than, you know, our normal, hump day episodes.
0:46.2	So I guess we'll get right into it, right?
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