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DOB: 7/18/75 Occupation: Hairstylist Hometown: Oxford, MSRelationship to case: VictimExcerpt: “Sometimes the fights escalated into the breaking of furniture and dishes and even violent…”

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It’s always hard to be in the middle of an acrimonious divorce, and it’s even worse when you’re just seven years old.Liddie Hammond found herself caught between the two people she loved the most and their extended families.Who told her to lie about what happened and why?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Maureen Kirby makes no secret of her feelings about Missy Hammond, her husband’s high school girlfriend.She thought Missy was threatening her marriage, and she didn’t like it.But was Maureen “running errands” when Missy was murdered, as she claimed?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Selena Crosscroft is smart, driven and clearly devoted to her boyfriend, Roger Hammond.But can she vouch for his whereabouts at the time his ex-wife was murdered?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Gloria Hammond, Missy’s former mother-in-law, never had much use for Missy, even she was still married to her son.After Missy and Roger divorced, relations got even frostier — until Gloria realized that Missy was the gatekeeper standing between her and her granddaughter.They reached a kind of detente that let Gloria and her husband, Thomas, see seven-year-old Liddie.Now Missy is dead, murdered in her own home.How sad do you think Gloria Hammond is about it?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Everyone knows that Missy Hammond’s divorce was ugly, and the battle over custody of their daughter was heated.Now Missy is dead.Where was her ex that day?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Seven-year-old Liddie’s grandparents brought her home one evening, and she found her mother “asleep” in bed.When her grandfather arrived the next morning, her mother still hadn’t woken up.What happened to this young mother? How much did this child witness?Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.

Case Detectives:The Kudzu Kids are worried. Why are so many dogs missing in Yoknapatawpha County? Maybe the county’s animal control officer can provide some clues.Coming up… Rachel, Zach, Melody and Emma try to figure out if there’s a pattern in where the missing dogs were last seen. Will you help?Case Officers:Your investigation into the murder of Missy Hammond wraps up on Friday.Do you know who strangled this young mother and left the body for her seven-year-old daughter to find?Coming up… an all-new Crime Scene case for all ages begins for you on Monday, October 31st. Join the Kudzu Kids in solving a neighborhood mystery.Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the forums and the comments.