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The Portland metro area has always been the ‘quirky girl’ of American cities. We partake in anything usually deemed ‘weird’ or ‘out of the norm’, and we like it that way. However, that weirdness can often be perceived as a gateway to even more strange and, who knows, maybe even dangerous lifestyles. So, when a young mother in Gresham called 911 after being attacked, her life was dissected and detectives thought they may have uncovered the role the evil-doer played in her life. That role was of a pirate. Today, I’ll be telling you the story of Annastasia Hester of Gresham, Oregon, and how her killer was closer than detectives ever imagined.
Episode Host: Alisha Holland
Left: Angela McCraw and Matthew Hester
Right: Annastasia Hester and daughter Alice
Photo from KOIN
Left: Annastasia and Alice Hester
Right: Matthew, Annastasia, and Alice Hester
Photos from Dignity Memorial
Left: Matthew Hester
Right: Angela McCraw
Photos from Oregon Live and Oxygen
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Angela McCraw-Hester receives life imprisonment for murdering Annastasia Hester | Annastasia Hester Murdered in Oregon Home, Ex's Wife Involved | Crime News | Who was Annastasia 'Annie' Hester and what happened to her? | The US Sun | Peacock - Snapped S30E34 | The 5 Stages of Hoarding: What are They? - Valor Technical Cleaning | Desire, Familiarity, and | Engagement in Polyamory: Results From a National Sample of Single Adults in the United States | The Mercury 2023 Sex Survey Results! | Prosecutors: Hester's death intentional torture| News | theoutlookonline.com | Man Admits Soliciting the Murder of Ex-Wife Who Was Stabbed 'More Than 60' Times by His | Second Wife in 2016 | Watch the Dateline episode "The Undoing" now |