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You can email us at:<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;mailto:CrimeJunkie@audiochuck.com&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;CrimeJunkie@audiochuck.com&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;5px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|36px||36px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;794px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;27px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Episode Source Material<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;view-more&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;selector a {||  color: white;||  text-decoration: underline;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original reporting by Rachel Ryan, Courteney Stuart, and Sam Anderson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a response to our request for comment, the Erie County District Attorney\u2019s Office wrote that in 2017, the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York (DAASNY) Mutual Assistance Committee agreed that the circumstances of Amanda\u2019s death were &#8220;suspicious.&#8221; But, they noted, that the DAASNY found there was insufficient evidence to prove that her death was a homicide, and that former DA John Flynn agreed with their findings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo Police Department Records<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBC New York: NY Makes It a Felony to Unlawfully Dispose of a Body. 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Accessed November 11, 2025.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-york-corpse-concealment-law-felony\/1293325\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York State Senate: Amanda Lynn\u2019s Law Passes in Senate and Assembly. Published Dec. 10 2015. Accessed November 11, 2025.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/robert-g-ortt\/amanda-lynns-law-passes-senate-and-assembly?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York State Senate: PEN \u00a7 195.02 \u2013 Concealment of a Human Corpse. 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