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Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of True Crime, Penel Ray.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

I appreciate you being here.

And if you're new to the show, welcome.

Happy to have you here as well.

Well, guys, today, the case I'm going to be telling you about is pretty difficult to put into words.

We're going to be talking about the murder of Ebby Steppik.

And let me just say now that this case is just as sad as it is frustrating and just perplexing in every way.

And it's also very, very complicated.

The road that you and I are about to go down has a lot of twists and turns and

some side roads that we got to stop at as well. So I suggest you buckle up for this one because it's

just a lot. I want to start this episode a little different than I normally do. And that's by sharing

some of the victim's own words with you.

Her mom once came across one of her old diaries.

And when I saw the entry that was in there, I just, I don't know, it felt really right

to cover her story.

And it said, I want people to know my story even after I die, which just gives me

the chills, in hindsight, knowing what we know now. And I'd really like for you to sort of keep

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