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Speaker 1: young teen cheerleader, Jessica Chambers, Jessica burned alive. That's her

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Speaker 1: family speaking out lovingly, describing what Jessica was like, what

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Speaker 1: The closest thing left to Jessica. Joining me right now

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Speaker 1: everything as it unfolds. On Oxygen's new series Unspeakable Crime,

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Speaker 1: The Killing of Jessica Chambers. Now it premiered September seven,

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Speaker 1: six Central, but there are new episodes every Saturday on Oxygen,

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Speaker 1: the new network for crime. Katie, I want to talk

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Speaker 1: Oxygen every Saturday is unspeakable crime, The Killing of Jessica Chambers.

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Speaker 1: It premiered September fifteen, seven six Central new episodes every

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Speaker 1: from BuzzFeed. Katie, why was there a mistrial? The first

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Speaker 1: facing murder charges in two separate state Katie Bay Current.

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Speaker 1: He had another murder charge pending in another jurisdiction. Quentin

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Speaker 1: Chambers burned alive. See Unspeakable Crime, The Killing of Jessica Chambers.

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Speaker 1: Grace signing off Goodbye Friend,