Episode 1 -- "The Plot" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

In 2002, a very unlikely witness came forward to give the Everett Washington police some shocking information about a missing person. It was the break investigators had been waiting for — and dreading. The information the witness provided would ultimately lead the police to uncover one of the most heartless plots ever devised.
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Main Sources:
1. Blog article by Kim L Pasqualini -- https://kympasqualini.medium.com/she-was-forced-to-watch-her-own-grave-being-dug-the-murder-of-rachel-burkheimer-d860d7fae2c3
2. True Crime Daily covered this story in a video on YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlZ_RHv0MI
3. True Crime Daily write up -- https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/11/07/troubled-romance-with-bad-boys-leads-to-teens-abduction-murder/
4. From blog who pulled form Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report -- http://scaryreality.com/all/The_trail_of_tragedy_that_led_Rachel_Burkheimer_to_her_grave.html
5. News coverage of sentencing phase -- https://komonews.com/news/local/everett-jury-convicts-man-of-2002-murder-of-rachel-burkheimer
6. "Criminal" website coverage -- https://vocal.media/criminal/teen-saw-her-grave-being-dug-before-her-murder
7. Trial coverage -- https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2004/05-22/479402_man_sentenced_to_life_in_ex-gir.html