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Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

In the second chapter of Wild Things, I will detail the case of a

woman who traveled halfway around the world to study and live among wild animals. She would

become the foremost expert on mountain gorillas and attain celebrity status across the world

for her knowledge in this area of science and anthropology.

In her quest to save the species, she would make many enemies, some dangerous.

In the end, she would give her life for the cause that was her lifelong passion, saving silverback gorillas from extinction.

Join me as I dive into Chapter 2 of Wild Things, the murder of Diane Fosse.

It was early morning, two days after Christmas in 1985, when Wayne McGuire heard a knock at

his cabin door at the Karasoki Research Center in Rwanda's Volcano's National Park.

Karasoki was located high up in the Varunga Mountains, about 12,000 feet or 3,600 meters.

The research camp was in a remote location, so there weren't many visitors.

In fact, Maguire had been alone for several months.

The only other person currently living at the camp was Diane Fosse, the researcher and founder of the Karasoki Center, but her own cabin was located clear on the other side of the camp.

McGuire answered the knock and saw familiar faces at his door.

The unexpected visitors were local men who worked as

trackers or performing other odd jobs at the camp. The men had been to Fossi's cabin and said

they couldn't find Ni Ira Machabelli. This was a nickname given to Fossi by the locals.

It roughly translated to the woman who lives in the forest without a man.

McGuire crossed the far edge of the camp where Fossi's cabin was located. It was where she

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