Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing great. You're looking at Dorbs and your new glasses. Well, thank you so much. Yes, glasses are a new thing in my life. Well, kind of. I've had glasses before. Well, I was supposed to and I didn't wear them. And now as a result of that, my vision is worse. So now I have to wear them.

I absolutely hear you. And I'm right behind you on that. I can't find mine. But then I realize my prescriptions change. So I should probably just, you know, get the ones that work.

But Mandy, we are going to do something a little bit different today. We're actually going to be

revisiting a case that we told back in October of 2023. And it's a big one. The update is big.

The story was big. And there have been these huge, significant updates and even changes to

the laws, which we haven't seen a whole lot of. And we get to share all of that with you guys

at the end of the episode. So we're going to play the episode of the murder of Marie Varsos

and Debbie Sisko. And at the end, stick around because we have a huge update to tell you guys.

Since 1987, October has actually been recognized as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

And according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the month was started as a way to

connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues the month was started as a way to connect and unite individuals and

organizations working on domestic violence issues while also raising awareness for them.

Although there's been great progress made over the last 30 years, the mission to support domestic

violence victims and survivors and to hold their abusers accountable remains a top priority

for the NCAA. And they work to create and update legislation

to further those goals. Unfortunately, domestic violence is something that the world continues to

struggle with, and the threat that domestic violence victims face is very real. Today's story

is a cautionary tale that reminds us that sometimes even when we do everything right to

protect ourselves and stay safe, it's not enough. There's still a lot of work to do when it comes

to protecting victims of domestic violence and preventing their abusers from escalating violence

against them. It was April 12, 2021 when Alex Jan logged into Facebook and saw a post that immediately made his stomach sink.

The post was by a 36-year-old Sean Varsos, Alex's brother-in-law.

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