Hey guys. And we're going to be.

Hey guys and welcome to the Moms a Murder podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself

Mandy and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I'm doing awesome. How are you?

Doing pretty good. Thanks. All right. So we don't have anything to

really discuss at the beginning of the show this week. So we are going to just get right into this

week's episode. And it's a really crazy story, which they always are, I feel like, but this one

definitely has some really bizarre elements. And it's just another one of those ones where you're like, wow,

like how do these kind of things actually happen? So yeah, so we'll get right into it.

So when we become parents, most of us have this hope and this expectation that our children will

grow into well-rounded adults and become successful and contributing members of society.

And we also commonly have hopes for them that include finding happiness in their relationships

if they choose to have one. And sometimes we hope for our children to have children of their own

one day so that we can experience the joys of grandparenthood. These are the same hopes and dreams

that Helen Summers had for her daughter

Michelle. Michelle Marie Summers was born on January 15, 1957 in Orange County, California. Her father,

Milton, was gone a lot due to his job as a salesman, so Michelle was raised mostly by her mom,

Helen, and her grandmother, who was Helen's mom.

Michelle was one of seven children born to her parents, and she had three brothers and three

sisters that she was very close with.

Growing up, Michelle was a tomboy with a very big heart.

She was described as being kind and generous, friendly, helpful, and soft-spoken.

She had striking good looks, but she was always down to earth and never came across as

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