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Hi, everybody. Welcome to 2020 The After Show. I'm Debra Roberts, and today we're diving into a case that people in Phoenix, Arizona, have been haunted by for two decades when 17-year-old Alyssa Turney disappeared on the last day of her junior year

of high school. Authorities at first believed it looked like a classic runaway case. There was even a

note saying she was leaving for California. But eventually as authorities began to explore

testimonies from her friends, they look at her stepfather, Michael

Turney. This episode of 2020 explores the twists and turns of that case, and there were many,

including a false confession from a serial killer, the discovery of pipe bombs, and a murder

trial acquittal of Alyssa's stepfather. A lot to dig

into. Our 2020 team was there from the beginning, even sitting down with Michael Turney twice

along the way. Joining me now to talk a little bit more about it is Mary Ellen Resendez-Schwezo, one of our editorial producers

who was along for quite a ride with this story. Hey, Mary Ellen. Hi, Deborah. Good to be here.

You and I have worked on a number of stories together. Often when I come out west, you're on a story,

and you dig into them and you know all the details, you know, from having, you know, been involved in them for a while.

And it's always been such a pleasure working with you.

Same.

Love working with you, Deborah.

This case, we already know that it had quite the twist with investigators going from thinking Alyssa was a runaway,

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