Hi, Crime Junkeys. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm solo today because this isn't a

regularly scheduled episode. We are still releasing a full length episode out wide tomorrow

like always, but I'm here to bring you an extra episode this week. And honestly, for

I think the first time ever, a breaking story. And normally we don't do breaking stories

outside of our headline segment in the fan club. We don't chase headlines. And if a story is

getting massive amounts of attention, honestly, I sometimes find myself thinking that the case

doesn't need our little podcast that I should focus on something less or known. I even did an

interview recently and I said I probably wouldn't cover the case I'm going to talk about for that

very reason. But then I got to thinking, A, if it were my daughter who was missing, I would want

everyone big and small talking about it. And there would be no such thing as enough coverage.

B, we aren't that small anymore. I still feel like the same podcaster I was almost four years ago

because I feel like I haven't changed. So sometimes I forget that our audience size has. And we do

have an incredible reach of millions of people every week. And C, I realized that I can use this

opportunity to give you the story that you've been asking me to tell. And my God, you have been

asking, I mean, in almost four years of doing the show, I have never, I mean, never seen you guys

in a frenzy the way you are now. Our emails are flooded, our DMs are flooded, our fan club.

It is the only thing you want to talk about in the fan club. So I figured I should do the story

that you want to hear because I want you to have a say in what we cover on this show. But in doing so,

I could do the other thing that's important to me and tell you about another young woman who is

missing under equally bizarre circumstances, who I'm sure you've heard nothing about, but her

family and loved ones deserve the same attention. So let me tell you everything you need to know

as of this recording Sunday, September 19th about Gabby Petito.

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