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Thank you so much for joining me today, as always, and if you are new to the show, then welcome. I'm so happy to have you here. Okay, guys, today we are getting into a case that I cannot stop thinking about. I pretty much know what I think. I've pretty much formed my opinion, but there's still parts of me that are like, I don't know. It's a really, really tough one. I think you guys are gonna have mixed opinions, mixed feelings on it, and I'm definitely curious to see what all of you guys think. Yeah, it's. It's very difficult, very confusing, and also just extremely sad. We're going to be talking about the case of Danielle Nimitz, and at the end of the day, there is no debate over who killed Danielle, but there's a lot of debate over why the person who killed her did so and if it was intentional or if it was an accident. If this was an accident, it's a horrible, tragic, beyond words accident. Or if this was on purpose. This was a deliberate, cold, vicious killing. And it's really hard to say either way. I think like I said, I really feel like 90 confident in my opinion. And yeah, I'm just really curious to see what you guys are going to think because I, I'm pretty sure knowing my audience, I know where most of you are gonna fall. But I think there'll be some debate and I think that's healthy. I'm curious to see what the discussion will be like in the comments of this episode. But yeah, we have a lot to go over so I want to get into it. But before I begin, I just wanted to remind you that this is a pre recorded episode. I'm actually recording this in May of 2025 and I don't know when you'll be seeing it because at this point I am not pregnant. But when you do see this, I'll either be very pregnant or have just had my daughter. And if you're looking for any updates on what's going on with me during maternity leave, you can check out my Instagram. I'll leave my handle below. I'll be posting me, I don't know, maybe updates on there if you want to check in with me. But hopefully things are good. It's always just so weird recording this far out. I've never done this when I was pregnant last time I didn't start prerecording episodes until I was already like pretty pregnant. And it was pretty tough to fit in an extra fourth recording on weeks where I was feeling so horrible. So that's why I'm trying to do this so far in advance. And it's also kind of weird that this episode in particular, I am so looking forward to hearing what you guys have to think. And now I have to wait at least like 10 months, maybe even a year or longer because I don't know what the future holds for me at this point. But I will be looking forward to seeing what you guys have to think on this one. And Danielle's case is really one I wanted to highlight. So I appreciate you guys sticking with me during this time until I am able to come back. And so with that, let's get into the case starting with Danielle's early life and what we know about her. So Danielle was born Tira Ripon and she went by her middle name, Danielle. She was born on January 11, 1995 in Northern California to her mother, Elizabeth Rippon Cole. And everyone actually called her a miracle baby because she was born seven weeks early and doctors didn't think that there was a good chance of her surviving. But like many things in her life, Danielle pushed Through, Danielle had two sisters and one brother. And sadly, when she was only two years old, her siblings and her went through a devastating time when their mom died of cancer. And because of that, they ended up going to live with their grandmother in McKinleyville, California, which was great in a lot of ways, gave her an opportunity to bond even closer to her grandma. But it was also incredibly difficult. Money was tight, and Danielle and her siblings really had to watch out for one another. And all of them really went through so much in their lives because tragedy struck once again when their grandmother died, which left Danielle in the care of their stepdad, who we actually don't have a lot of information about. But one of the things that really stood out to me is despite the fact that Danielle had such a difficult life, that didn't stop her from being happy and positive and spreading that happiness, joy and love to other people. And I have no doubt that there were probably a lot of tough times in between all that. Maybe things that people didn't see, there had to be, you know, things that she was struggling with, but you probably wouldn't know that she had harder circumstances just by looking at her, by the way that she presented herself and carried herself. Danielle was very high energy and a really bubbly person. They actually called her a small stick of dynamite. And she was someone who brought just tons of joy to those around her. And it was those qualities that made her perfect for her high school's cheerleading team. She was the flyer, which they say was a great for her, not only because she was tiny and easy to throw up in the air, but because she also loved being the center of attention. So she really thrived as a cheerleader. And cheering was one of the few things that Danielle was very passionate about. She was also super passionate about the idea of one day starting her own nail salon. And she was also into makeup and YouTube and she actually had her own channel. And there's only a couple of videos on there. I don't know if some have been removed or she only posted a couple times. But it was really eerie watching her videos because it just. I remember this time so well. There was one upload where she did a swap with another creator, and it was 2014 at the time, and I was doing the same type of content. I remember doing swaps, which, if you don't remember back then, you basically would like collab with another creator by agreeing on a specific amount to spend and like making a. A box of things, sending it to each other and then opening it on camera. And it was really cute. I really missed those days of YouTube. And there's even a moment in that video, the swap video, where she mentions her husband. And it's just really, like I said, eerie when you think about it in hindsight. Hey, so this is my makeup collection video. I thought it'd be a fun way to start out my life here on YouTube. A show all you beautiful people my makeup collection. So as it is, let's jump on into it. But, yeah, when you watch these videos, you can really get a sense of her energy and excitement that she had towards life. So don't worry about all this. Not important. I just got a package from boss Bib J. We did a friend meal swap here on YouTube. And I'm excited because it's my first swap. And yeah, let's get to open it. Let's see if I can do this
