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S1 E2 SOLVED: The Horrific Murder of Alice Ruggles

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31. dec. 2021

Alice Ruggles was 24 years old, full of life, and doing everything right. She had a great job, an amazing group of friends, and her whole future ahead of her. But after ending a relationship with army soldier Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon, Alice found herself trapped in a nightmare she couldn't escape. Dhillon refused to accept the breakup and launched a relentless stalking campaign , showing up uninvited, flooding her with messages, and watching her every move. Alice did what she was supposed to do. She told people. She went to the police. And the system still failed her. In October 2016, Dhillon broke into Alice's flat in Gateshead and murdered her. He was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 22 years. But for Alice's family, no sentence could undo what happened. What makes this case so important is everything that led up to it, the warning signs that were there from the start, and the gaps in the system that allowed a known stalker to get close enough to kill. Alice's family has since founded the Alice Ruggles Trust, working to raise awareness about the dangers of stalking and push for stronger protections for victims. This is a solved true crime case that everyone needs to know about. Alice's story is a reminder of how deadly stalking can be when it's not taken seriously.

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Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: THE SYDNEY LOOFE CASE

SOLVED: THE SYDNEY LOOFE CASE,

Sydney Loofe was 24 years old, living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and just looking for a normal connection. She matched with a woman named Bailey Boswell on Tinder, and the two went on what seemed like a casual date. Sydney even posted a selfie that night, excited about meeting someone new. She was never seen alive again. When Sydney didn't show up for work and stopped answering her phone, her family knew something was terribly wrong. What followed was a massive search effort and an investigation that uncovered a nightmare no one could have predicted. Sydney hadn't just been murdered , she had been lured into a trap set by Boswell and her boyfriend, Aubrey Trail, a manipulative and dangerous man who had built an entire world of control around the people in his life. Investigators used cell phone records, store surveillance, and purchase receipts to piece together what happened. Trail and Boswell had bought tools, bleach, and trash bags before Sydney ever walked through their door. Trail eventually confessed to strangling Sydney, and her remains were found weeks later, dismembered and scattered across rural Clay County. Trail was sentenced to death. Boswell was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Sydney was a kind, trusting person who did nothing wrong. She went on a date , something millions of people do every day , and two predators used that against her. Her case is a chilling reminder of how dangerous people can hide behind ordinary situations, and why Sydney's story still matters.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: The Horrific Murder of Alice Ruggles

SOLVED: The Horrific Murder of Alice Ruggles,

Alice Ruggles was 24 years old, full of life, and doing everything right. She had a great job, an amazing group of friends, and her whole future ahead of her. But after ending a relationship with army soldier Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon, Alice found herself trapped in a nightmare she couldn't escape. Dhillon refused to accept the breakup and launched a relentless stalking campaign , showing up uninvited, flooding her with messages, and watching her every move. Alice did what she was supposed to do. She told people. She went to the police. And the system still failed her. In October 2016, Dhillon broke into Alice's flat in Gateshead and murdered her. He was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 22 years. But for Alice's family, no sentence could undo what happened. What makes this case so important is everything that led up to it, the warning signs that were there from the start, and the gaps in the system that allowed a known stalker to get close enough to kill. Alice's family has since founded the Alice Ruggles Trust, working to raise awareness about the dangers of stalking and push for stronger protections for victims. This is a solved true crime case that everyone needs to know about. Alice's story is a reminder of how deadly stalking can be when it's not taken seriously.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: The Devastating Murder of Suzanne Eaton // Murdered While on a Run

SOLVED: The Devastating Murder of Suzanne Eaton // Murdered While on a Run,

Suzanne Eaton was a 59-year-old molecular biologist, a respected researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and a mother of two. In July 2019, she traveled to the Greek island of Crete to attend a scientific conference at the Orthodox Academy , something she'd done multiple times before. On July 2nd, she headed out for a run along a quiet road near Chania, like she did most days. She never came back. When Suzanne didn't return, her colleagues immediately raised the alarm. A massive search effort followed, involving local police, fire services, volunteers, and even her own husband and sons, who flew to Crete to help look for her. Six days later, amateur cavers discovered her body deep inside a WWII-era bunker built by the Nazis , hidden beneath an air shaft that had been covered with a wooden pallet. The investigation moved fast. Tire tracks found near the bunker entrance became a critical piece of evidence. DNA samples were collected from locals in the area, and within days, police zeroed in on a 27-year-old local man named Ioannis Paraskakis. After hours of questioning, he confessed. He told police he deliberately struck Suzanne with his car, loaded her unconscious body into his trunk, and drove her to the bunker where he assaulted and killed her. He was a married father of two and the son of a local priest , and during the trial, five other women came forward saying he had tried to run them down as well. In October 2020, Paraskakis was convicted of murder and rape and sentenced to life in prison. Suzanne's legacy lives on through memorial fellowships created in her name to support young scientists around the world.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - MURDER OR ACCIDENT? The Devastating Case of Henry Jemmott and Jasmine Hartin

MURDER OR ACCIDENT? The Devastating Case of Henry Jemmott and Jasmine Hartin,

On the night of May 28th, 2021, police superintendent Henry Jemmott , one of the most respected and high-ranking officers in Belize and a father of five , was found dead in the water near a pier in San Pedro Town on Ambergris Caye. He had been shot behind his right ear with his own Glock 17 service pistol. The only other person on that pier was Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin, who was found drenched in his blood. Hartin wasn't just anyone. She was the former partner of Andrew Ashcroft, son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft , one of the most powerful families in Belize. The connection between a woman from that world and the death of a beloved police superintendent immediately made international headlines. Hartin's account of what happened that night raised more questions than it answered. She initially told authorities that Jemmott had been shot by someone passing by in a boat , a claim she later said she didn't remember making. Her story eventually shifted to a gun demonstration gone wrong, saying Jemmott handed her his weapon to teach her how to use it for self-protection, and that the gun accidentally went off while she was handling it in the dark. Jemmott's family didn't buy it. His sister, herself a police officer, publicly questioned how a trained superintendent's own weapon could end up firing a fatal shot behind his ear during a casual lesson on a pier. The case sparked intense debate in Belize and beyond , questions about privilege, power, and whether justice would truly be served. Was this really a tragic accident, or was there more to the story? In 2023, Hartin pled guilty to manslaughter by negligence and was fined $75,000 with no prison time , a sentence that left Jemmott's family and many in Belize outraged and puzzled.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED? The Tragic Murder of Amanda Blackburn // WAS IT REALLY HER HUSBAND?!

SOLVED? The Tragic Murder of Amanda Blackburn // WAS IT REALLY HER HUSBAND?!,

Amanda Blackburn was 28 years old, 12 weeks pregnant with her second child, and a devoted mom to her 15-month-old son Weston. She and her husband, Pastor Davey Blackburn, had moved from South Carolina to Indianapolis in 2012 to start Resonate Church together. By all accounts, they were building a life centered around faith, family, and community. On the morning of November 10th, 2015, Davey left the house around 6 a.m. to go to the gym, leaving the front door unlocked. When he came home about an hour and a half later, he found Amanda on the floor, shot in the head. Their toddler was still upstairs in his crib, unharmed. Amanda was rushed to the hospital but died the following day. Her unborn daughter, Everette "Evie" Grace, did not survive either. Investigators quickly linked the attack to a string of home burglaries in the neighborhood that morning. Three men , Larry Jo Taylor Jr., Jalen Watson, and Diano Gordon , had been on a violent crime spree across Indianapolis. Police say they burglarized a home next door first, then watched Davey leave and saw an opportunity. But while police cleared Davey early in the investigation, the public wasn't so sure. The unlocked door, the timing of his gym trip, and the circumstances surrounding the crime fueled intense suspicion and conspiracy theories online that followed him for years. Many people believed a husband had to be involved, and Davey knew it. So was this really a random home invasion that turned deadly, or was there more to the story? The case divided people from the very beginning, and the questions didn't stop even after arrests were made.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams

Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams,

In May 2020, a young woman from Barrow-in-Furness named Eleanor Williams posted photos of herself on Facebook covered in horrific injuries , bruises, a black eye, a partially severed finger. She claimed she had been beaten, trafficked, and sexually abused by a gang of Asian men in her town. The post was shared over 100,000 times. A massive online campaign called "Justice for Ellie" exploded overnight, rallies were held across the UK, and the community of Barrow was turned upside down. People were furious, demanding answers from police and accusing them of a cover-up. But the story Eleanor told wasn't real. None of it was. Investigators discovered that Eleanor had inflicted those injuries on herself with a hammer , one she was caught on CCTV buying from a local shop. She had fabricated text messages, created fake Snapchat accounts, and manipulated real people into sending messages she could use as false evidence. Some of the men she named were real, others didn't exist at all. Her lies stretched back years, going all the way to 2017, and targeted both Asian and white men with accusations of rape, grooming, and trafficking. The fallout was devastating. Three of the men she falsely accused attempted to take their own lives. One of them, Jordan Trengove, spent 73 days in prison and had the word "rapist" spray-painted on his house. Local businessman Mohammed Ramzan received countless death threats. Hate crimes in Barrow tripled in the summer of 2020, with police recording over 150 crimes linked directly to her allegations. Eleanor Williams was convicted on nine counts of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison. The judge called her claims "complete fiction" and noted she showed no remorse. She was released early January 2025.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - US Coast Guard Confessed to Smothering her Baby, but the Case Fell Apart

US Coast Guard Confessed to Smothering her Baby, but the Case Fell Apart,

On April 18th, 2020, five-month-old Scarlett Flores-Guerra was found lifeless in her crib inside a home in Kodiak, Alaska. Her mother, 22-year-old Coast Guard Petty Officer Katie Richard, rushed the baby to the hospital in hysterics. The ER doctor noted the parents were "justifiably distraught" and saw nothing that pointed away from SIDS , the sudden, unexplained death that sometimes takes seemingly healthy infants. But when the autopsy came back, the findings shifted everything. The cause of death was listed as consistent with asphyxia. And just like that, what had looked like a devastating loss became a criminal investigation. Two months later, Coast Guard investigators sat Katie down for a 90-minute interrogation. She had no lawyer present. The agents told her she wasn't going to prison, that she just needed help, that nothing bad was going to happen , all while steering her toward admitting she had pressed her baby's face into the mattress. Katie had been struggling with postpartum depression and was trying to make sense of her daughter's death herself. By the end of that room, investigators had what they needed. In 2022, a military jury acquitted Katie of first-degree murder but convicted her of involuntary manslaughter. She was sentenced to six years in prison and dishonorably discharged. But the case didn't hold up. In 2024, a Coast Guard appeals court overturned the conviction, ruling that prosecutors never actually specified what Katie did to cause Scarlett's death. After nearly 800 days behind bars, Katie walked out of the brig , on the exact anniversary of the day she lost her daughter. She has always maintained her innocence. But the questions around what really happened to baby Scarlett have never fully gone away. In January 2026, a military appeals court denied Katie's double-jeopardy claim, leaving the door open for prosecutors to retry her.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - Teen Thought Dramatic 911 Call Could Fool Cops... But She Forgot One Thing

Teen Thought Dramatic 911 Call Could Fool Cops... But She Forgot One Thing,

A frantic 911 call comes in just after midnight , a teenage girl says someone broke into her house and killed her mother and her mother's boyfriend while she hid in her bedroom with her dogs. She sounds terrified. She sounds like a victim. But the moment detectives walked through that front door in Palm Bay, Florida, the story started falling apart. Inside the home, they found the bodies of 38-year-old Kelley McCollom and 22-year-old Matthew Szejnrok. The scene was violent. But what caught investigators' attention wasn't just what they saw , it was what didn't match. Bloody footprints on the floor matched the shoes the teenage caller was wearing. A gun was found tucked just outside her bedroom door. A bloody knife sat on the kitchen counter. And security cameras outside the home showed that no one had entered the house after the victims came home that night. No intruder. No break-in. Nothing. When 16-year-old Julia Egler was confronted with the evidence, the fake story crumbled. She confessed to taking her mother's .38 revolver from the bedroom, grabbing a chef's knife, and waiting in the kitchen for them to walk through the door. When they did, she reportedly said "Welcome home" , and then opened fire. Her mother was killed by the gunshots. Szejnrok tried to run but didn't make it. Police say Egler followed him, stabbed him repeatedly, and then shot him one final time. The motive, according to investigators, was years of built-up conflict. Egler resented her mother for not accepting her gender transition and for dating Szejnrok, who was only six years older than Egler herself. Those tensions had reached a breaking point.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: The Tragic Case of Mengqi Ji

SOLVED: The Tragic Case of Mengqi Ji,

She came to the United States from China with a dream of building a new life. Mengqi Ji earned her master's degree in engineering from the University of Missouri, landed a job she loved, and eventually married a man she met at work , Joseph Elledge. They had a daughter together. From the outside, things looked like they were falling into place. But behind closed doors, the relationship was anything but healthy. In October 2019, Elledge reported his 28-year-old wife missing, telling police she had walked out during an argument and may have run off with a man she'd been talking to online. He waited a day and a half before calling it in. Investigators found that suspicious from the start , and things only got worse from there. Before she disappeared, Mengqi had secretly sent photos to her mother in China showing bruises on their baby daughter, saying Elledge had pinched the infant when she wouldn't stop crying. Cell phone GPS data showed Elledge had driven for hours across multiple counties in rural Missouri the night Mengqi vanished, despite never telling police about it. For over a year, Elledge stuck to his story while investigators searched five counties by land and air. Then in March 2021, a hiker stumbled across Mengqi's remains buried in a shallow grave in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. A juniper tree growing above the burial site became a key piece of evidence , DNA from the tree matched vegetation found in a pair of muddy boots seized from Elledge's apartment the night he was arrested. At trial, Elledge finally admitted he killed Mengqi but called it an accident , claiming he pushed her during an argument and she hit her head. The jury didn't buy it. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 28 years. He also pleaded guilty to child abuse charges and received an additional 10 years.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: The Case of Dr. Gulam Moonda // MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT

SOLVED: The Case of Dr. Gulam Moonda // MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT,

A well-respected urologist is shot and killed on the shoulder of the Ohio Turnpike, and his wife is right there when it happens. She calls 911, hysterical, saying a stranger walked up to their Jaguar, demanded her husband's wallet, and put a bullet in his head. The day after burying him, she sat down for a tearful TV interview and told the whole story again , the horrible voice, the random attack, the nightmare she couldn't wake up from. But none of it was true. Dr. Gulam Moonda was 69 years old. He'd emigrated from India decades earlier and became the first urologist in Sharon, Pennsylvania , a small-town doctor known for his generosity and warmth. His wife, Donna Moonda, lived large on his money. Behind his back, she was carrying on an affair with a 25-year-old man named Damian Bradford, someone she'd met in drug rehab. Prosecutors say Donna promised Bradford half of her husband's multimillion-dollar estate if he killed the doctor. And on May 13th, 2005, that's exactly what happened. Donna pulled their car over on the turnpike. Bradford, who had been following them, walked up and shot Dr. Moonda in the side of the head. The staged robbery was supposed to throw investigators off, but cell phone records quickly dismantled Bradford's alibi. Once caught, he flipped , agreeing to testify against Donna in exchange for a reduced sentence. He told the jury everything: the planning, the promises, and how two people conspired to kill a man who trusted the woman sleeping next to him. Donna Moonda was convicted. Bradford received 17.5 years and was released in 2021 , but just a year later, he shot a Pennsylvania state trooper during a convenience store robbery and was sentenced to up to 73 more years behind bars.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: Jealous Wife Kills Her Husband's New GF: The Tragic Case of Michelle Boat & Tracy Mondabough

SOLVED: Jealous Wife Kills Her Husband's New GF: The Tragic Case of Michelle Boat & Tracy Mondabough,

After twenty years of marriage, her husband walked out. That alone would have been devastating. But what pushed Michelle Boat over the edge wasn't just the end of her marriage , it was finding out that Nicholas had already moved on with someone else. A woman named Tracy Mondabough. Tracy was 46, lived in Ottumwa, Iowa, and by all accounts was kind, generous, and well-liked in her community. She had no idea what was coming. On May 18th, 2020, Michelle followed Tracy through the streets of Pella in a Cadillac, stalking her until she parked her truck on Glenwood Street. Eyewitnesses watched as Michelle walked up to the driver's side door and confronted Tracy while she was still seatbelted inside. People overheard her scream something along the lines of "He don't belong to you" before pulling a knife and stabbing Tracy. She left her there and drove away. Michelle went straight home. She put her bloody clothes in the washing machine, took a shower, and hid disposable gloves inside the tank of her toilet. When police knocked on her door, she lied , told them she hadn't seen Tracy in months. But investigators already had eyewitness accounts and quickly pieced together what happened. At trial, Michelle admitted she killed Tracy. She testified through tears that she "snapped" after watching her estranged husband kiss Tracy twice. Her defense team asked the jury to convict her of voluntary manslaughter instead of murder, arguing it was a crime of passion, not premeditation. The jury didn't agree. They deliberated for less than an hour before the final verdict.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: Teen TRICKED Her Kidnapper and ESCAPED Captivity! The Incredible Survival of Abby Hernandez

SOLVED: Teen TRICKED Her Kidnapper and ESCAPED Captivity! The Incredible Survival of Abby Hernandez,

She was 14 years old, walking home from school on the same route she took every day. Her new boots were giving her blisters, and when a man in a pickup truck offered her a ride, she got in. Within minutes, everything changed. He pulled a gun. He handcuffed her. He covered her head and broke her phone. When she tried to peek out the window, he tased her. By the time the car stopped, Abby Hernandez was 30 miles from home, locked inside a soundproof shipping container on the property of a man named Nathaniel Kibby. For nine months, Abby was held captive in Gorham, New Hampshire. Kibby controlled every part of her existence. He made her call him "Master." He sexually assaulted her repeatedly. She was completely isolated , no windows, no contact with the outside world, no way to call for help. The search for her was one of the largest in New Hampshire history, but no one had any idea where she was or if she was even alive. What makes this case remarkable is what Abby did to survive. At just 14, she made a calculated decision to build a relationship with her captor. She reassured him, told him she didn't judge him, and tried to become someone he trusted. She studied his behavior and looked for any information she could use. One day, she found his name written inside a cookbook he'd given her , a detail that would later help bring him down. Over time, Kibby grew more comfortable, and in July 2014, he released her, reportedly out of fear that a counterfeiting investigation was about to bring police to his door. Abby walked back into her mother's life nine months after she vanished. A week later, Kibby was arrested.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - SOLVED: THE ANN MAGUIRE CASE

SOLVED: THE ANN MAGUIRE CASE,

For nearly 40 years, she had been the heart of her school. A beloved Spanish teacher at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, Ann Maguire was the kind of educator who shaped lives. Thousands of students had passed through her classroom, and many considered her a second mother. At 61, she was just five months away from retirement. She never made it. On the morning of April 28th, 2014, 15-year-old Will Cornick arrived at school carrying two knives. He had already told at least ten other students exactly what he was going to do , who he was going to attack, where, and how. He even showed some of them the knife. Nobody believed him. Nobody reported it. They thought he was just talking. During Ann's Spanish lesson that afternoon, Cornick walked up behind her while she was helping another student and stabbed her seven times in the neck and back. One wound severed her jugular vein. Ann, who stood 5'2" and was described as petite and slight, never had a chance against a boy who was a full foot taller. After the attack, with the entire class watching in horror, Cornick sat down and said "good times." Psychiatrists later found Cornick had psychopathic tendencies. He showed zero remorse. In fact, he told professionals he took pleasure in the public nature of the killing. He even admitted he'd planned to attack other teachers afterward. Before the murder, Cornick had been described as a quiet, intelligent kid from a good family. After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 12, those around him noticed a shift in his behavior, but no one could have predicted what he was capable of.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - She PREDICTED Her Own Murder: The TERRIFYING Killing of Ashley Dale that Lead to MULTIPLE Arrests

She PREDICTED Her Own Murder: The TERRIFYING Killing of Ashley Dale that Lead to MULTIPLE Arrests,

Weeks before she was killed, she told her friends she had a bad feeling about everything. In voice notes and messages sent in the months leading up to her death, she said things like "I don't want to have to go to Lee's funeral next" and described constantly looking over her shoulder whenever she was out with her boyfriend. She knew something terrible was coming. She just didn't know it would come for her. Ashley Dale was 28 years old, a rising star at Knowsley Council in Liverpool, recently promoted as an environmental health officer. She was career-driven, loved staying home, and by every account was building a bright future. But her boyfriend, Lee Harrison, was tied to a world she had no part in , the drug trade and an organised crime group called the Hillsiders. A feud between Harrison and a man named Niall Barry had been simmering for years, rooted in a dispute over stolen cocaine. When both men ended up at Glastonbury festival in the summer of 2022, it reignited. In the early hours of August 21st, 2022, a gunman named James Witham forced his way into Ashley's home in Old Swan, Liverpool, armed with a Skorpion submachine gun. He was looking for Harrison. Harrison wasn't there , he was out with friends. Witham fired ten rounds through the house. One bullet struck Ashley in the abdomen as she stood near the back door. Her phone was found an arm's length away. She had tried to call Harrison in her final moments. Ashley was never the target. She was caught in the crossfire of someone else's war. In February 2025, Ashley's boyfriend Lee Harrison was jailed for five years for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin , never having cooperated with the investigation into her murder.

Rachel Shannon True Crime - She used Facebook to Lure him in... Then she Slit his Throat & Threw him off a Bridge

She used Facebook to Lure him in... Then she Slit his Throat & Threw him off a Bridge,

It started the way so many connections do now a message online. On Facebook to be specific. A man in Pensacola, Florida met a woman named Natalie Fonseca online and agreed to meet up with her. She told him she needed help with food and money for her kids. He thought he was doing something kind. When he got to her house, she introduced him to a man she called her "uncle" , Nafis Reynolds, who was actually her boyfriend. The three of them spent the evening together, went to a cookout, and everything seemed fine. But when the victim said he needed to leave, things changed fast. Fonseca got behind the wheel of his car, and Reynolds started beating him with a pistol. Fonseca, who spoke Spanish, told the victim in his own language that this was the night he was going to die. They robbed him of everything: his shoes, his phone, his money, and drove him to the Escambia River Bridge. There, Fonseca grabbed him by the hair while Reynolds slashed his throat three times, ear to ear. Then they threw him over the bridge railing into the river below and drove off in his car, which they later set on fire. But he didn't die. Against every odd, the victim survived the fall, held his neck together, and swam to a patch of land in the river. He waited there until dawn when a passing boater pulled him out. Bloody, barefoot, and barely alive, he walked to a gas station where he found a deputy and told them everything. He even used Google Earth to show investigators the house he'd been taken to. Eight days later, the pair lured another victim to their home and robbed them at gunpoint.

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Rachel Shannon True Crime

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True crime is Rachel's passion, and her mission. A doctor by trade, she brings a sharp, informed eye to some of the most compelling cases out there: solved and unsolved crimes, cold cases, and the stories that often go untold. More than just storytelling, Rachel uses her platform to raise awareness on difficult topics and fight to bring closure to families of victims.

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