Hi, crime junkies. It's Britt. And we are heading back to the Big Apple, New York City.

And we can't wait to get back here in person soon. There's truly nothing like walking the

streets of Times Square, seeing the Statue of Liberty, or crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.

But as we all know, danger likes to hide in beautiful places, including the concrete jungle.

So today, we're going back to October 2019 when we first told you the story of how in 1986,

Danger found its way to Central Park.

Hi, crime junkies.

I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Britt.

And the story I have for you today is a time capsule. We are going back to New York City in 1986, where one case went from a local homicide to a media firestorm all across America. And though this is far from our first episode, there is a first here. The team over at AMC reached out to us to collaborate on this

episode. They asked us to watch their upcoming docu-series called The Preppy Murder, Death in

Central Park, and use it as our source material to tell you guys about this case. So if you get as

enthralled in this story as I did, you can watch the five-part series on

AMC and Sundance Channel over three consecutive nights starting Wednesday, November 13th at 9 p.m.

Eastern. And I'm telling you, you're going to be so invested because this case horrified and

captivated the public while setting off bitter debates about sex, privilege, legal ethics, parental responsibility, socioeconomic, victims rights, and so much more.

Because before there was the O.J. Simpson trial, there was the preppy murder.

Okay. the O.J. Simpson trial. There was the preppy murder. Our story begins in the early morning hours of August 26, 1986.

A woman named Pat Riley is on her bike riding through Central Park on the Upper East Side in Manhattan.

As she's riding along near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, something catches her eye.

It looks like a young woman who's laying under a tree.

Instantly, Pat knows something is wrong. She can tell just by the way the woman's body is positioned.

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