In 2017, twenty-nine-year-old Lauren Ashley-Nicole Phelps appeared to have her whole life ahead of her. The newlywed lived in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband Michael Phelps, where she taught Sunday school, owned her own business, and was busy mapping out her future.

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Audio:

“‘I feel like a monster.’ Husband pleads guilty in ‘cough medicine’ killing.” The News & Observer, October 5, 2018.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article219420090.html

“Family, friends stunned by Raleigh woman’s death.” WRAL.com, September 4, 2017.

https://www.wral.com/news/local/video/16927375/