Episode 77; Just One B; Cammi Leigh Ostwald
Hi, Crime Family, thanks for being here this week for this Just One B episode, with solo Beth telling the rough story of the murder of Cammi Leigh Ostwald, who was a 16-year-old Michigander from Clinton Township, which is a suburb of Detroit.
She was a pretty typical teenager, but after a fight with her mom about an older boy, Cammi ran away. Cammi's family were frantic to find her and bring her home, but the 19-year-old her 'friend' asked to look after her took that possibility off the table. Her murder was horrific and cruel, and seems likely to have taken place because of a childish fantasy the perpetrator had held in his mind for years.
Please hear Cammi's story, and keep in your hearts all the distraught families of runaways. Her family loved her. Her family wanted her home. She really didn't grasp how much she was loved, even though they showed it with the care they tried to give her.
This loss was tragic and brutal and devastating. Rest in peace, Cammi.
Thank you for listening to this young woman's story, and if you find yourself in a position to help a vulnerable runaway or their family, I hope you'll try to help.
If you're a runaway, have a friend who has run away, or want to find ways to help, please visit the National Runaway Safeline. https://www.1800runaway.org/ or call them at 1-800-runaway .
I'll be back in a couple of weeks with a collaboration with one of my favorite humans on the planet! But it's a secret until we manage to actually record something. Hahahaha!
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