MURDERED: Lauren Astley

The American psychological Association accounts that “one in three teens and young adult is the victim of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual abuse by a dating partner”. National studies also show that one in ten high school students has been physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend. For Lauren Dunne Astley and her love ones, this became all too real in July 2011. It was her senior year. The world was at Lauren and her boyfriend fingertips. 18. College bound. After three years together, before graduation, Lauren felt it was time to end the relationship. After that everything changed for worse. This is her story Resources 48 hours “Loved to death”, season 26 ep 70 https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/wayland-middlesex-ma/rankings/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72782408/lauren-dunne-astley https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-astley-found-dead-in-mass-marshland-classmate-nathaniel-fujita-charged-with-murder/ https://patch.com/massachusetts/framingham/prosecutions-timeline-of-events-in-wayland-murder-3 Lauren’s Solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jBiXV1hMeU https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2011/07/08/police-complete-search-of-wayland-marsh-for-evidence-in-murder-of-lauren-astley/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nathaniel-fujita-mass-tee_n_891742 https://abcnews.go.com/US/chilling-details-emerge-lauren-astleys-killing/story?id=14377421 https://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/reports/enroll/default.html?yr=1011 https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2013/02/26/friend-angry-fujita-harangued-astley/41103927007/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/loved-to-death/ https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/crime/2011/07/06/astley-murder-timeline/41090605007/ https://www.freedomhouseillinois.org/teen-dating-violence/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/massachusetts/2013/03/08/jury-deliberations-resume-trial-nathaniel-fujita-accused-murdering-girlfriend-wayland/nos9cTCbqZLaJ1ls0p8WuK/story.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/nathaniel-fujita-trial-jury-deliberating-high-school-sweetheart/story?id=18664358 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-astley-murder-jury-deliberations-begin-for-nathaniel-fujita-mass-man-charged-with-killing-ex-girlfriend/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-astley-killing-nathaniel-fujita-sentenced-to-life-in-mass-prison-for-ex-girlfriends-murder/ https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland/defense-paves-the-way-for-insanity-plea-in-wayland-murder-case Memorial Fund Donation page: https://laurendunneastleymemorialfund.org/donations/ Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Glitter Blast by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4707-glitter-blast License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our Links: Website: https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdgBwpV1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices