Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt.

And so obviously one of the reasons we started doing this show is because we've both been

obsessed with True Crime since forever. But every once in a while, I come across a story

that I kind of think of as like a gateway for new crime junkies. Like the story that just

like hooks you and makes you realize like why all of us like bananas, true crime people

are the way that we are. And that's kind of how this story is today that I want to tell

you. A story filled with so many twists and turns and unanswered questions that it just

grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go because at the heart of it all is a girl

who vanished from a place where she should have been safe. This is a living feeling girl

with hopes and dreams and fears just like the rest of us who no matter how much time

has passed still deserves to have her truth told. This is the story of Lee Ochi.

In August of 1992, the city of Tupelo in northeastern Mississippi is bracing itself for

the worst hurricane as hurricane Andrew approaches. This is a total sidebar. But did you know that

Tupelo is where Elvis was born? I did not. It does not surprise me that you know that

fact. Oh, got it. I loved Elvis. Anyway, so this hurricane that is coming in is terrifying.

Like worst of the worst. We're talking category five hurricane that has already cut a path

of destruction through Florida and Louisiana causing billions of dollars worth of damage

and leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless along the way. Like again, this is

a big one. Luckily, Andrew is losing force as it makes its way north across Mississippi

and it's actually been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. But it's still

powerful enough to produce super high winds and tons of rain definitely enough to scare

anyone who's afraid of storms. And Lee Ochi is one of those people. Even though she just

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