Alayna

Yeah, no.

Yeah, no.

And we forgot to tell you the best part. You get to name your little bird.

And we forgot to tell you the best part. You get to name your little bird.

And mine is Big Ann. Oh. Thank you.

And mine is Big Ann. Oh. Thank you.

It's very cute.

It's very cute.

All right. Well, moving on into the case of the day. The case of the day. I have an unsolved case today, which really infuriates me because there's kind of no reason that this should be unsolved. Yeah. So this is the unsolved murder of Kristen O'Connell. So let's get into it. Kristen Marie O'Connell was born January 12th, 1965.

All right. Well, moving on into the case of the day. The case of the day. I have an unsolved case today, which really infuriates me because there's kind of no reason that this should be unsolved. Yeah. So this is the unsolved murder of Kristen O'Connell. So let's get into it. Kristen Marie O'Connell was born January 12th, 1965.

She was one of two kids born to Michael and Phyllis O'Connell, who raised her and her brother Kyle in Burnsville, Minnesota. According to Michael O'Connell, his daughter was a really fun, really easygoing, outgoing child. But he said she also had a very serious side. He said she was somewhat religious and had put a lot of thought into becoming a nun.

She was one of two kids born to Michael and Phyllis O'Connell, who raised her and her brother Kyle in Burnsville, Minnesota. According to Michael O'Connell, his daughter was a really fun, really easygoing, outgoing child. But he said she also had a very serious side. He said she was somewhat religious and had put a lot of thought into becoming a nun.

And you can find like some evidence of Kristen's faith throughout her early life. When her grandmother, who she was really, really close with, died in 1975, 10-year-old Kristen turned to her faith to help her kind of cope with this loss. In a letter written after her grandmother's death, she said, as she wrote, Death is a subject pushed aside, never talked about. I think it should be talked about.

And you can find like some evidence of Kristen's faith throughout her early life. When her grandmother, who she was really, really close with, died in 1975, 10-year-old Kristen turned to her faith to help her kind of cope with this loss. In a letter written after her grandmother's death, she said, as she wrote, Death is a subject pushed aside, never talked about. I think it should be talked about.

It's a part of life. Some people die fast, others die young, some old. It all depends when God wants us with him.

It's a part of life. Some people die fast, others die young, some old. It all depends when God wants us with him.

Which is like pretty fucking profound for a 10 year old. It is.

Which is like pretty fucking profound for a 10 year old. It is.

Yeah, exactly. Now, while Kristen would always take her faith pretty seriously, she was also in most respects a pretty typical Midwestern girl and a very ideal daughter for her parents. Her mother, Phyllis, told a reporter in 2023, we had a great relationship and she was she was the one all the boys wanted to marry. I just think it's so sweet.

Yeah, exactly. Now, while Kristen would always take her faith pretty seriously, she was also in most respects a pretty typical Midwestern girl and a very ideal daughter for her parents. Her mother, Phyllis, told a reporter in 2023, we had a great relationship and she was she was the one all the boys wanted to marry. I just think it's so sweet.