Guys, we have a guest!! For our fifth episode we are joined by Pat Enright, who spent more than two decades in the news industry working in the Dayton, Ohio market. We asked Pat to pick the case that stood out to him the most over his 23-year career. After researching the murder of Samantha Ritchie, we can understand why it made such an impact. The 4-year-old girl was initially reported missing in the summer of 1995. Following days of dedicated search parties, the young girl was found brutally beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave filled with water. It didn't take long for police to pin the horrifying crime on Samantha's mother. Mallory walks us through the case, trial and disturbing motive as Pat weighs in on covering the case from a newsroom perspective.

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http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Dayton/factfiles/backgrounders/samantha/samantha.html?fbclid=IwAR09pXQN7CKa0IP42nfyd7ZAOVuuK_cFUNLIzr_5P_1zFmW6YBm8pKtiQUg

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https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/breaking-news/convicted-child-killer-for-parole/XKYxPO34Tv8ezjYPEjXLhL/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-had-happened-was-a-podcast-for-dayton/id1341048301?i=1000424002143 

https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/ritchie-therressa.htm

https://youtu.be/QwuLf9d-wes