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5 min readFor 27 years, Lauren Lee Meloy believed her mother, Laurie Lee Meloy, died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—a heart condition. She was 18 months old when it happened, and that story was the only one she ever heard. Then, in June 2020, during the early months of the pandemic, a Facebook message arrived from a woman named Louise in East Providence, Rhode Island. Louise claimed to have been Laurie’s best friend. She knew details about the family that unsettled Lauren—including that she was named after her mother’s favorite perfume. When they finally spoke by phone, Louise told her something that rewrote everything: Laurie had not died of natural causes. She had been murdered. No one had ever investigated it.
The Discovery That Shook a Closed Case
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Podcast Introduction & Personal Setup** - Host Lauren Meloy introduces her podcast "My Mom's Murder" and the central mystery that shattered her understanding of her mother's death.
- 2 (01:03) **The Backstory: Growing Up Without Her Mother** - Lauren describes her life in Rhode Island and the official story she always accepted about her mother's death.
- 3 (02:38) **The Life-Changing Facebook Message** - In June 2020, a stranger named Louise contacts Lauren on Facebook, claiming to be her mother's best friend and sharing intimate family details.
- 4 (04:40) **The Revelation: Murder, Not Natural Causes** - Louise tells Lauren the truth over the phone: her mother did not die of heart disease; she was murdered, and no one ever investigated.
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Show Notes
Lauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and the lie collapsed. Now Lauren is investigating her own mother’s murder. She’s recorded hundreds of hours of interviews with law enforcement, family, childhood friends, and people who won’t stop contradicting each other. Every answer opens a darker question. Every person she trusts seems to be hiding something. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes the people she trusts may be the ones with the most to hide. A 10-part true crime investigation hosted by the victim’s daughter. Lauren’s mission: to finally uncover the identity of Lori’s killer.
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