Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Murder podcast.

A true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa.

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Hi, Mandy.

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I'm doing awesome, wonderful, amazing.

I can't think of any more words.

Thursday. Well, that's great to hear. I am glad to hear it. Yeah, I don't have any

complaint. Awesome. I don't have a single complaint. Not even about the weather. Wow. Well,

yeah, the weather's been, okay, I won't get into it. But perfect. It's been awesome. I've been making

my kids walk with me like every day.

And it's to the point like where my foot hurts from walking so much. But I'm like, no, we're going to keep going. And today they were like, do you get, do you want to walk mom? I'm like, oh, crap, my foot actually. Like, I actually want to get out of it. This time. Like, great, let's do But yeah, it's been perfect.

Yeah.

So yeah.

No, I just have nothing really to say this week.

I mean, I always have things to say, but nothing important or relevant. I never have anything important or relevant, but I always have something to say. There you go. There you go. All right. So we'll get right into it. Apple Creek, Ohio is a place that you may have never heard of, but this is a village that's home to a thriving Amish community. For one reason or another, people have been fascinated with the Amish way of life for years. Most of us can't imagine following the rules of Amish culture after having lived with the luxuries of the modern world for our

whole lives. And when it comes to the Amish themselves, it seems as though they really do try to

protect their circles and their way of life, often shutting out the rest of the world by shutting

out various means of technology and access to it. We just don't typically hear a lot about the

Amish unless something newsworthy happens within their community, which is a pretty rare occurrence.

So when a 30-year-old Amish woman was found dead by her son, it wasn't just the Amish community that was rocked, but those on the outside were equally as fascinated with the unusual story that unfolded.

It was around 8 a.m. on June 2, 2009, when Wayne Weaver, who was around 8 or 9 years

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