Michelle Martin

Ben Burke of member station Ocean State Media joins us now after a long day and night of reporting.

Ben, thanks so much for joining us.

So what do we know about the suspected killer, and do we know anything about why he did this?

You know, it took five days for the authorities to catch up to him.

Do we have any sense of how he avoided getting caught?

What was the break in the case?

That is a wild story.

So what questions are left beyond the obvious one of like, why did he do this?

That is Ben Burke from Member Station Ocean State Media after a long day and night of reporting.

Ben, thank you so much.

Today is the deadline for the Justice Department to release the files related to the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR's Stephen Fowler has been covering the Trump administration's evolving stance on the Epstein Files and is with us now.

Good morning, Stephen.

Good morning.

So what can you tell us about what might be released today?

I think many people may remember that members of Congress from both parties have been on this, pushing the administration to release these files.

So have any of them said anything about what they expect the DOJ to do?

Is it that simple?

So we don't know what files will be released, if they will be released today, or what sort of reaction and fallout might come.

But this has still driven a lot of political conversation really through much of the year.