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CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains detailed discussion of the murders of a pregnant woman and three young children, including graphic violence. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Her name was Jimella Tunstall. She was 23 years old. She grew up in foster care in East St. Louis, Illinois, fought to get her children back through the court system, bought a car with her tax refund, enrolled in college, and had dreams of becoming a photographer. She was seven months pregnant. She had one person in her life she trusted completely: her best friend of twenty years.

That person killed her. And then she killed her children, too.

In September 2006, Tiffany Hall beat Jimella over the head with a table leg, removed her unborn daughter from her body, and left her to die. Three days later, she picked up Jimella's thre ... 

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