Award of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some

strong language. It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who

may find it disturbing. Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily, the podcast covering high

profile and under the radar cases from across the country every week. I'm your host Annagarcia,

our cases this week. A true monster has been convicted and sentenced to death for the murder

of a little girl and her babysitter on the day of sentencing. The killer elbowed his attorney

in the face while shackled in the courtroom after that performance, the judge hit him with the

maximum. But first, it was a friend's trip to Myrtle Beach to celebrate graduation from high school.

Among the friends was an on-again off-again couple who have been friends since they were in

elementary school. A relationship that friends say was filled with domestic violence. And so a trip

plan to celebrate a new beginning ended with murder. Police say he killed her. And after allegedly

strangling her, he sat with her body, both of them just 18 years old. We are recording this on

Wednesday, July 5th of 2023. Our guest today is Lewis Belongas, a former homicide investigator

with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, a private investigator, founder of Getbit

Investigations and a tireless advocate for the survivors of crimes. Lewis, welcome back. How

are you? Hi, and I'm doing great. Hopefully, I know you are too. It's thank you again. I love

discussing these type of cases with you because there's so much information we can glean from these

for future cases investigations. But I'm very happy to be here. Thank you. Absolutely. I was telling

you before we started recording that I dropped your coffee mug this morning. I'm showing it to

everyone. It's for Getbit. I dropped it. I hadn't even had a sip of coffee yet. The whole thing

collapsed. And of course, there wasn't enough coffee for my tummy. So I'm just using it without a

handle. Well, you're a committed. Thank you. I know the factory. The other runs the factory. We'll

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