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SHETLAND WRITER and journalist Jen Stout has had her book picked up by publisher Polygon. Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Cost of Russia’s War will be published in spring next year. Stout was in Russia for a fellowship programme upon the outbreak of the war in 2022. She...

Who was killed in a car accident. there was a car crash involving four teenagers on a road that high school students called rollercoaster road. sadly, all of them die. jen: and it was a very, very, very tragic thing to go through, especially considering what was to come. reporter: hours before she vanished, leslie had gone to a funeral home to say goodbye to a friend who had been killed in a car crash with three other teens. a bunch of kids from high school had gone to the funeral home that nigh...

Where leslie was because they were gonna go to the funeral together, that people started to realize that she didnt make it home. jen: that day, i was actually at one of the funerals. i remember my parents coming to me and telling me that a girl was missing. once i found out who it was, i couldnt believe it. leslie just disappeared. hemsworth: she was reported missing by her parents, and there was an investigation. jen: i think thats when i started to think, "uh-oh. something really bad has happe...

In the lake one saturday morning, and then each of the blocks contained a body part, and eventually, those body parts were identified as belonging to leslie mahaffy. reporter: the dismembered remains of 14-year-old leslie mahaffy were found in a nearby lake. she had disappeared two weeks before. malbon: when she was discovered, it was the horror that someone actually took the time to dismember a body, put it in concrete, and dump it in a lake. jen: the fact that it can happen to somebody that yo...

No families should ever have to go through what weve gone through. kenzora: leslie mahaffy was a 14-year-old girl with lots of friends. she was fun. she was cool. she liked to hang out with her friends. jen: i met leslie when i was 14 through mutual friends. she was dating somebody that i knew. she was very quiet. thats the first thing i noticed. she was very quiet. as time went on, that changed. she had absolutely beautiful golden hair, and she was absolutely gorgeous when she smiled. hemsworth...

Lawyers? >> well, i think that one of the things donald trump tries to do is in addition to using lawyers in the courtroom, to defend him and to bring claims is i think he likes tos proxies. rudy giuliani built up a lot of good capital when he was the mayor of new york and certainly the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. so when he goes out and says things for donald trump people until recently would believe him because he had this credibility and so it is sort of attaching you...

Who was killed in a car accident. there was a car crash involving four teenagers on a road that high school students called rollercoaster road. sadly, all of them die. jen: and it was a very, very, very tragic thing to go through, especially considering what was to come. reporter: hours before she vanished, leslie had gone to a funeral home to say goodbye to a friend who had been killed in a car crash with three other teens. a bunch of kids from high school had gone to the funeral home that nigh...

♪ kenzora: a fisherman at lake gibson discovered concrete blocks in the lake one saturday morning, and then each of the blocks contained a body part, and eventually, those body parts were identified as belonging to leslie mahaffy. reporter: the dismembered remains of 14-year-old leslie mahaffy were found in a nearby lake. she had disappeared two weeks before. malbon: when she was discovered, it was the horror that someone actually took the time to dismember a body, put it in concrete, and dump...

When 14-year-old leslie disappeared. no families should ever have to go through what weve gone through. kenzora: leslie mahaffy was a 14-year-old girl with lots of friends. she was fun. she was cool. she liked to hang out with her friends. jen: i met leslie when i was 14 through mutual friends. she was dating somebody that i knew. she was very quiet. thats the first thing i noticed. she was very quiet. as time went on, that changed. she had absolutely beautiful golden hair, and she was absolutel...

Where leslie was because they were gonna go to the funeral together, that people started to realize that she didnt make it home. jen: that day, i was actually at one of the funerals. i remember my parents coming to me and telling me that a girl was missing. once i found out who it was, i couldnt believe it. leslie just disappeared. hemsworth: she was reported missing by her parents, and there was an investigation. jen: i think thats when i started to think, "uh-oh. something really bad has happe...