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June 13, 2024·1 hr 19 min·5 clips

On a wiretapped call three days after a murder, Sean tells Sophia 'I think they know' — and she immediately responds 'don't say anything over the phone.'

Anne-Marie opens after the series has wrapped. The inbox is full, the loose ends are still loose, and the episode starts by sorting what listeners kept asking about. There is some supporter housekeeping: therapy, private Beyond episodes, and extra case material. Then it gets back to Susie. Anne-Marie had hoped that reaching her might shift things, because Susie was tied to Sean, their daughters, and the day Marlene was murdered. The episode does not pretend that hope paid off. Susie might have lied for Sean. She might have been telling the truth. Both possibilities stay on the table, which is frustrating but honest. Gina, Susie's sister, draws the line Anne-Marie cannot cross. She says Susie is not in a good place to revisit Sean or Marlene's murder, so the person who might clear up the story remains out of reach. From there, listener questions steer the episode through smaller but still thorny details. A remembered phone exchange, a detective's interest, and courthouse logistics all point to the same problem: records can show pressure, but they cannot make absent people talk. By the end, the thank you to listeners feels earned, and so does the promise to come back to the feed if something major changes. The case is still unfinished.

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A calm Q&A that sharpens the case without pretending the loose ends are gone.

This listener Q&A brings Anne-Marie back to the main feed a little over a month after the regular series wrapped, and it uses that return to work through the questions listeners have been sending in.

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