Andrea Gunning
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But to understand what was going on there and all that came next, we need to go back in time because this wasn't a random crime and Saskia wasn't a random victim.
She believes Mike chose her for a reason.
The key to understanding this story is understanding Saskia herself, the strong parts of her and the vulnerable parts too.
So let's return to the beginning.
Saskia grew up in a suburb of D.C., where she still lives today.
In many ways, she had a great childhood.
At times, it sounded to me like something out of a 70s TV show.
She's always been an animal lover, and growing up, her cat would walk her and her friends to school.
We'd be like, go home, Chong, go home.
Her cats came with the names Cheech and Chong.
Her friend Megan remembers those walks and that cat very well.
He would just come behind us, walk us to school.
And when we got to the crosswalk, he would go his merry way.
I have no idea.
Like, who knows where he went?
They were Latschke kids, living the quintessential suburban life.
Saskia's older sister has lots of happy memories of playing with Saskia and their two brothers.
Here's Marisa.
We would go down to the creek behind our house and we had a huge fort there and we would just spend a lot of time traveling the creek and looking for crayfish.
But these joyful moments were only part of the story.