On today's episode of CJAF, Ashley sits down with actor, director, and producer Anna Kendrick. To see this conversation on video, please visit the Crime Junkie YouTube channel!

Watch Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut in Woman of the Hour on Netflix!

Please visit RAINN and The National Center for Victims of Crime for more information on their incredible resources.

• And if you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse of any kind, you are not alone. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (U.S.) at 800-799-7233, or text START to 88788. You can also visit their website.
  

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This episode was originally released in October 2023, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3

When 32-year-old Deanna Cook is found murdered in her home, her family automatically suspects her ex-husband. But despite a swift arrest, the investigation into her homicide reveals appalling gaps in the Dallas 911 system and the people who failed Deanna when she needed them most.

• If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic abuse of any kind, you are not alone. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 for help.
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In 1928, a 30-year-old woman is found barely alive, burned beyond recognition, in a basement of a small-town local police station… and her chilling last words and the bizarre circumstances of her death are just as mysterious now as they were a century ago.

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This episode was originally released in February 2019, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3

In the early 90’s, Austin, TX was turned upside down when four young girls were sexually assaulted, murdered, then set on fire inside an ICBY store. Four men were accused of the crime, but there have always been questions around their guilt. Those questions have only been amplified in recent years as new DNA technology revealed an unknown perpetrator’s DNA at the scene.

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Park Predators is back and Delia D’Ambra is staying in the parks all year long, making Park Predators now a WEEKLY audiochuck podcast with new episodes every Tuesday!

When a decomposed body turns up in the desert in June 2018, law enforcement in California work to ID the victim. The web of secrets, sex and lies that unfold reveal a grim picture of what a young man was willing to do for love.

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When first responders made their way out to a rural road in Mississippi in 2014, the last thing they expected to find was a young woman burned from head to toe… but still alive. Despite the 19-year-old’s courageous fight, she died from her injuries, and over 10 years later, her loved ones are still fighting for Justice for Jessica.

• Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Jessica at the gas station.
• If you have information about the murder of Jessica Chambers in 2014, please contact the Panola County Sheriff’s Department at 662-563-6230, or Crime Stoppers 1-800-729-2169.
• If you have information about the murder of Ming-Chen Hsiao, who went by Mandy, in 2015, please contact the Monroe Police Department at 318-329-2600.
• If you or a loved one wants to explore treatments for substance use, you can seek help by calling 211, or visiting this website.
  

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When a 27-year-old woman is found deceased in the third row of a minivan out at a park in Kansas City, Missouri, it’s not clear what transpired. But what investigators uncover is more convoluted than any of them could’ve imagined.

As mentioned in the episode, if you feel like you are or have been in a restrictive religious organization, please visit the resources below:

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• Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery
• Reclamation Collective
• Religious Trauma Institute
  

And if you or someone you know are thinking about suicide, be aware that emotional support can be reached by calling or texting the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, or by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry in her home country of Mexico.

• Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Debanhi the night she disappeared.
• If you know anything about the death of Debanhi Escobar in April of 2022 in Nuevo León, Mexico, please contact the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República) at +81 81 54 74 02. You can also email them at fevimtra@fgr.org.mx.
  

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