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I'm Kate Winkler-Dawson. I'm a journalist who spent the last 25 years writing about true crime.

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This is buried bones.

This is buried bones. Hey, Kate, how are you?

I'm doing well. How are you?

Because I hear there's a rumor floating around that there's some new hip stuff happening. What's the update? Oh, good God. You know, I'm falling apart. It's... You had a little

grunt right before you even said that. It's funny. I'm sorry. I don't mean to laugh at your

misfortune. Okay, you're falling apart. I think I talked about, you know, I had gone in to

see the orthopedic surgeon, and at least through x-ray, it's obvious I have arthritis in my left hip.

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