So it turns out you guys that filming a podcast is a lot of work and you can't just like do it.

You actually have to like plan it.

And honestly like such a fun experience. I've had a lot of fun.

It's not perfect.

So please don't yell at me.

If we're still working on the setup and all the things.

Anyway, I guess I should like intro this video because I don't know.

We're not on TikTok anymore.

We're in a lot of

different platforms it is still me at the end of the day sitting in front of a camera now in front

of a microphone and as lovely as it is to sit here and talk to you guys through the camera I really

do wish you were here welcome to I wish you were here I'm your host Michelle Cuervo

let's get into today's story, shall we?

Summertime. It can be and would be described as one of the happiest times of the year for many people. School is out, class is done, finals are over, the weather is nice, the sun is out,

your friends are around. For students, it can feel like all your responsibility stop.

And for some of those in college,

summer is also the time of year that you get to go home, reunite with your parents, your family,

reunite with your high school friends. But what if you don't? What if your parents are anticipating

your arrival back home, excited to get to see your face every day for the summer, but they don't

get to? And they find out they actually will never get to see her face

ever again. No more hugs, no more laughs, no more conversations. That's what happened to 20-year-old

Lauren Spear. A sophomore at Indiana University in the summer of 2011, she was here, she went out,

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