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Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind had no reason to suspect her neighbor, Brooke Crews, was up to something. Brooke claimed she just needed a quick favor. Would Savanna come upstairs and try on a dress she\\u2019d been making? Savanna was eight months pregnant and about to sit down to dinner, but she told Brooke she\\u2019d help her out. It was the last thing she ever did.
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\\nThen Kristin tells us a story that illustrates the dangers of becoming a confidential informant. When police discovered marijuana and ecstasy in 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman\\u2019s apartment, they leveled with her. She could go to prison for up to four years. Or she could become a confidential informant. Rachel chose the latter and soon found herself at the center of a very dangerous drug bust.
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\\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.
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\\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\\n\\u201cThe Throwaways,\\u201d by Sarah Stillman for The New Yorker
\\n\\u201cRachel\\u2019s timeline,\\u201d The Rachel Morningstar Foundation
\\n\\u201cBotched sting: killed with the gun she was supposed to buy,\\u201d by Brian Ross and Vic Walter for ABC News
\\n\\u201cHoffman\\u2019s attorneys release statement critical of TPD,\\u201d Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cLieutenant who OK\\u2019d Hoffman drug buy has \\u2018sustained\\u2019 investigation on record,\\u201d by Corey Clark for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cCity commission approves $2.6M deal with parents of slain police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cLance Block bio,\\u201d lanceblocklaw.com
\\n\\u201cA decade later, Rachel Hoffman\\u2019s tragic death helps make police informants safer,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman and Karl Etters for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cTranscripts released in Hoffman investigation,\\u201d by Nic Corbett and Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cTPD: We shouldn\\u2019t have blamed Rachel Hoffman,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cParents stand behind son on trial for murder,\\u201d by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune
\\n\\u201cMurder-trial testimony begins,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cShooters frantic, testimony alleges,\\u201d by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune
\\n\\u201cBradshaw seen buying bleach, witness says,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cExpert: Hoffman killed in her car,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cState rests in murder trial,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cClosing arguments today in murder trial,\\u201d by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat
\\n\\u201cMurder case stymies jurors,\\u201d by John Frank for the Miami Herald
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\\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\\n\\u201cA Killer Upstairs\\u201d episode Killer Motive
\\n\\u201cFargo woman lured pregnant neighbor to her apartment, killed her and took her unborn baby\\u201d by Kyle Swenson, Washington Post
\\n\\u201cPregnant Woman\'s Killer Cut Out Her Baby with Small Blade Then Smuggled Her Body Out in a Dresser\\u201d by KC Baker, people.com
\\n\\u201cMan Found Not Guilty After Girlfriend Lured Pregnant Neighbor to Their Apartment and Cut Out Her Baby\\u201d by KC Baker, people.com
\\n\\u201cSlain Mom\\u2019s \\u2018Miracle Child\\u2019 \\u2014 Who Was Cut From Her Belly \\u2014 Thrives 2 Years Later\\u201d by Daniel Egitto, oxygen.com
\\n\\u201cState Supreme Court Tosses Life Sentence For Man Whose Girlfriend Cut Baby From Neighbor\\u2019s Womb\\u201d by Dorian Geiger, oxygen.com
\\n\\u201cMan acquitted in pregnant woman\\u2019s slaying in North Dakota\\u201d by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press
\\n\\u201cNorth Dakota court overturns life term in cut from womb case\\u201d by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press
\\n\\u201cNorth Dakota v. Hoehn\\u201d justia.com\\n

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