A warning to our listeners, this episode contains particularly graphic descriptions of violence

and a murder.

This is of Alt Studio's production.

I'm Reed Redmond.

I'm Will Johnson.

The show contains graphic material and is meant for mature audiences.

This week on True Crime Chronicles.

It is the most shocking crime in Charlotte that you haven't heard about for two years,

the pandemic has delayed justice for a 20-year-old woman who was tortured and stabbed.

Her body hidden in a mattress and tonight, the victim's family wants you to hear their

story as they search for answers and foreclosure.

Please call it one of the most shocking crimes they've ever seen.

It happened right here at this upscale apartment complex right in the heart of Noda.

A young girl with special needs tortured, the details of the crime, utterly unbelievable.

Mary Collins was murdered in March of 2020.

Her story and what happened to her, much of it, unnoticed by many as the first wave

of the COVID pandemic was sweeping across the country.

But Mary's family wants her story to be heard, who she was, and what happened to her.

You know, crime is difficult in general, murder is horrible, but this one is so egregious

and there are so many layers and the thing that struck me was the aunt says every time

she pictures Mary now, it's hard for her not to picture, you know, the last few moments

of her life and what she was thinking about and the pain that she was going through.

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