You know the old poem April showers bring May birthdays.

Okay, maybe that's not how it goes, but it is time for our patron May birthday shoutouts.

And I want to send a very warm birthday greetings to Aria, Carly, Ellie, Anne, Rachel,

Leah, Emily Rose, Helen, Melissa, Antoinette, Patty, Laura, and Kate.

I hope your day, your month, your year is filled with joy, laughter,

and wonderful memories. Have a piece of cake for me and wonderful memories.

Have a piece of cake for me and happy birthday. Stephen Watkins showed up to pick his daughter up for court-ordered visitation just two days before Thanksgiving in 2008. The

following day was a court hearing where he hoped to get more parenting time but

that hearing would not happen. What happened instead is a matter of debate. I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines.

Welcome to Crime Lines another week, another episode. Can you believe it's been five years of Crime Lines?

I launched Crime Lines on May 5th, 2019, not sure how I was going to

manage a weekly show all by myself after having a co-host for almost three years.

It is a lot of work, and while I've had help here and there,

and I've taken occasional breaks,

I'm back to producing weekly shows plus bonus content for patron and Apple subscriptions

completely by myself. I've actually been making crime lines by myself longer than I made my other show with a co-host.

Now anyone who knows me knows that I'm prone to hyperbole, but it's definitely not hyperbole

to say that this has been life-changing and I know that crime lines is nothing without people listening

People who are recommending the show to a friend or on social media or supporting me even directly through

Patreon and Apple, plus those who give me feedback.

Recently on Facebook, a listener named Lee mentioned in a comment that my delivery has really improved

as I've become more comfortable. And I appreciate that because that's the thing I've really been working on.

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