In 2014, Payton Leutner was an ordinary 12-year-old girl doing everyday 12-year-old things, like going to a sleepover at a friend’s house After school, on Friday, May 30, Payton set out to go celebrate her best friend's birthday at Skateland, which was a success but nothing could prepare her for her friend's betrayal the next morning. After being stabbed 19 times by said friend, Payton manages to crawl her way to safety and is found just in time by a bicyclist and gets rushed to the hospital. After telling police who had done it, a major search ensues for two other 12-year-old girls who had planned the whole thing. But what drove these two girls to stab another 12-year-old? Listen in to find out. So grab your cafecito and join us for this episode.

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