Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Britt, but I don't think you're Ashley Flowers.

You do not sound good, girl.

Yeah, it's rough.

So I am the voice of what once was a healthy Ashley Flowers.

I'm struggling to make it through.

And of course, I pick like the craziest case to get sick on.

Because as you know, we always do so much research

as much as we can on our cases.

And even though our episodes are short,

we try to pack them with facts.

So most of our half hour episodes take over 20 to 30 hours

of researching and writing.

But this case with eight victims, four crime scenes

and over 30 years of investigations is one that took me

more than twice as long.

My head is still spinning from all the information.

And it is again, like I picked the longest case

to tell you guys what I'm sick.

So I apologize for my voice.

But I would like to give a special thanks

to one of the victims, brothers Bill Thomas.

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