When Jim Hildenbrand moved to the Avignon Villas in Olathe, Kansas, he thought he\u2019d found the perfect place to live. But pretty soon, he started butting heads with the neighborhood\u2019s home owners association. Then one day, he did the unthinkable. He installed some unapproved landscaping. What followed was a costly, lengthy legal battle that epitomized first world problems. Be ready to clutch your pearls.
\n\nBut they can\u2019t all be lawsuits about landscaping. This week, Brandi tells about the hunt for Jennifer Jackson\u2019s murderer. Her murder appeared so deeply personal that police quickly zeroed in on Jennifer\u2019s teenage daughter, Noura. But did they catch Jennifer\u2019s actual murderer?
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\n\u201cOlathe man\u2019s war with HOA over landscaping: $400,000 at stake,\u201d the Kansas City Star
\n\n\u201cChurch deacon\u2019s relative has cancer, but HOA says he can\u2019t park extra car in driveway,\u201d the Kansas City Star
\n\n\u201c$400,000 case pitting Olathe man, HOA needs more work, court rules,\u201d the Kansas City Star
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In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\n\u201cMy Mother\u2019s Murder\u201d episode, 48 Hours
\n\n\u201cShe Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. \xa0Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her.\u201d by Emily Bazelon, New York Times
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