Debra Roberts

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Hi there, everybody.

Welcome to 2020 The After Show.

I'm Debra Roberts.

And as always, it's great to have you with us today.

We are going to do what we always do, which is peel back on a recent 2020 episode and one that we just can't stop talking about around here, which just aired.

It's called The Hunt for Mr. Right.

And it centers around a beloved American University accounting professor by the name of Sue Markham.

And she was known for her kindness and also just her generosity to her students.

And on October 25th, 2010, people were just absolutely shocked when Sue was found murdered in her Bethesda, Maryland home after a friend went to go check on her after not hearing from her.

Later on, an autopsy would confirm that she died of a blunt force trauma to her head and she was asphyxiated.

Her house had been ransacked, her car was stolen, and police originally thought this was just maybe some kind of a horrible robbery gone wrong.

They had very little to go on in trying to solve this crime.

But, of course, investigators began to unravel it, and what they discovered was a web of deception, betrayal, and even a secret relationship that shocked even her closest friends.

They had no idea about this.

We're going to reveal emails between Sue and her killer and talk a little bit more about how investigators were able to crack this case and put this puzzle together.

And of course, to help us take a good look at this and to break it all down is our 2020 contributor, Pat Lallama, who is with us on so many of these journeys and brings such clarity and such insight to stories like this, particularly those around women who were victimized.

So, Pat, it's so great to have you back with us.