Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt and the story I have for you today is a

testament to a love so deep and profound that it exists almost outside of time itself.

And that's the love of a parent for their child.

This is the story of Kristen Madafari. I'm going to be here. Oh, Your college years are supposed to be a time of exploration, a time to push the boundaries

a little, hopefully safely, a time to find yourself, especially back in the 90s when without tech your world could

feel really small until you got to leave home for the first time. And in 1997, nothing,

and I mean nothing, was going to stop Kristen Modifari from doing just that.

She just finished her freshman year at North Carolina State University where she's one of

25 people in her class on a full ride as a park scholar.

So girls a smart cookie, like skipped a grade

and scored of 1570 out of 1,600 on the SAT is kind of smart.

And she's also brave and bold and adventurous one of those people who wants to

experience as much of life as she possibly can. So when it's time for her to

plan her summer it's no surprise that she's like dreaming really big.

She wanted to push herself even farther outside of her bubble.

College had been a good first step, but NC State is still just a few hours from home,

and like besides, her big sister Allison is a student

there too. So she wanted something for herself. She wanted to spend the summer clear across the country

in the Bay Area. The plan was for her to get a job, take photography courses at

UC Berkeley, and she would explore the Bay Area in her free time. But when she

pitched this idea to her parents, her mom Debbie was a little freaked out. I

mean, after all, she'd be going on her own

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