Deborah Roberts
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Podcast Appearances
I mean, it's one of those that people have been talking about for a long time.
I wish you and I could be together in person, but I know you're working on lots of things out there in Texas.
But let's just start off with the case to begin with, because you worked tirelessly on this, along with other investigators, of course.
But when you came into the case, people had essentially kind of given up on it being solved, really.
wanted to just jump right into this because it kind of resonated with you.
Why was it that this case touched something in you just off the start?
And when you think about it, these girls were just a little bit younger than you were because you're right there in college thinking about, you know, somebody who could be your age.
You touched on something when you talked about those innocent times of kids, you know, just walking around and riding their bikes.
And in this case, just hanging out at a yogurt shop.
Two of the girls worked there in our episode.
Somebody described this as the day that Austin lost its innocence.
And you could see that that was what happened.
I mean, this tragedy really impacted the community in a huge way.
And I've covered so many of these stories, and we often do, when they're in a fairly small town.