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Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Murder podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself Mandy and my dear friend Melissa.

Hi, Melissa.

Hi, Mandy.

How are you?

I'm doing so good.

My little baby nephew was born yesterday and yesterday to the day that we're recording,

not the day that this comes out. So I'm so excited. I have a little baby nephew. It's my first one.

That's so exciting. Yeah. I'm really excited. So I can't wait to go see my family and have a few days

off, well, not really off, away from my house, off of doing house chores and laundry

and all that stuff. So at least not my own. I was going to say, you're going to be helping.

Yeah. So we're going to jump right into the case this week. We don't really have any announcements

to speak of. And we actually have a really interesting story this week with some twist and turns and a little

bit of confusion on who done it. So we're going to get right into it. McKenzie Cowell was born on

March 31st, 1992. She had a love for life, makeup, and all other things girly. She especially

had a love of dancing and in high school she found great joy in being part of the

Appalette dance troupe. Her family said McKenzie loved to dance and would really dance anytime and

anywhere she had the chance. As a child, McKenzie's parents separated and McKenzie primarily

lived with her father Reed, her stepmother Sandy and her two older and very protective brothers.

Mackenzie's mother went on to marry a man that McKenzie was not very fond of, and though she

loved her mom, this unfortunately put a strain on their mother-daughter relationship.

Mackenzie's dad described her as being very ambitious and bright, and along with dancing,

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