Ep. 109 | The Murder of Jessica Lunsford

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On the evening of February 23rd, 2005, a man named Mark Lunsford had a date with his girlfriend. Before leaving, he said goodnight to his 9-year-old daughter Jessie, and thanked his parents, Ruth and Archie for watching her that evening. The four lived together, but Mark planned to stay overnight at his girlfriend’s that evening. When he returned to the family’s mobile home the next morning around 6 AM to get ready for work, he headed to Jessie’s room to check on her, but she was nowhere to be found. Mark knew immediately that something horrible had happened. It would be nearly a month before the body of his 9-year-old daughter would be found in a shallow grave, where she had been buried alive just 100 yards from her own home. I’m warning you now, today’s story is a tough one. Not only was Jessica brutally murdered, but she was sexually abused beforehand. If you need to skip this one and come back next week, I forgive you, but I believe Jessica’s story is one that needs to be told.

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