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Last episode, we introduced you to Nut Fan and Jackie Nguyen, a couple who ran their own small business in Birmingham, Alabama.

Their nail salon, top perfect nails, was popular with locals, and they were well-liked by neighborhood business owners and residents alike.

They had a strong customer base of

regulars who appreciated their kindness and willingness to open early and stay late.

Nut and Jackie met several years before, after both of their previous marriages ended. They'd both

spent time living in Florida, separately with their first spouses. Jackie had also owned nail salons in Puerto

Rico and Atlanta, and each had older children of their own. Nutt had relocated to Birmingham to be

with Jackie and liked it there. She encouraged her daughter Tau to move to the city too.

Tao had just gone through a divorce herself and was considering permanently resettling in Birmingham

with her young children. But because of a custody issue, her children remained behind in Dothan

Alabama with her ex-husband's family. In another circumstance, Tau might have moved back there

herself. But Nutt was diagnosed with cancer, and she needed to be nearby to help her mother

through the treatments. For Christmas 2010, Tao had traveled back to Dofen to see her kids,

but she came right back to Birmingham for work. She hadn't had a chance to see her mother

before she got a call from her step-sister, Linda Linda that there had been a horrible incident at the salon.

Linda, Jackie's oldest child, lived in Birmingham and worked at the salon during the summers when school was out.

She was a new mother in 2010 and looking for a new apartment for her growing family when her own mother called to let her know,

Jackie and

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