Personal Update #2

I don't owe anyone an explanation for inactivity, but it weighs on me nonetheless.

Jul 9 • 

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March 2025

Free Hugs: The Rise of RelaxedPrecision

Before Jared Lorenzo became a killer, Jared Huggins became an online poker community's hero.

Mar 20 • 

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January 2025

The Unknowable Question

Why did my uncle kill his three-year-old daughter?

Jan 7 • 

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October 2024

Have you ever seen the gravedigger cry?

Her mother laid her to rest in a beautiful pink and silver coffin. Her father picked out a black garbage bag.

Oct 14, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Three Calls With A Killer

Recordings in which Jared Lorenzo rambles for an hour and a half with increasingly alarming paranoia and obsession, three years before Ellie's murder.

Sep 23, 2024 • 

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Let's See How You Like It

Three years before he kills their daughter, Jared Huggins’ wife realizes he cannot be trusted.

Sep 13, 2024 • 

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A brief update.

Not to be all ~hey guys, I'm telling you I'm taking a social media break~ instead of just taking one, BUT...

Sep 3, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Backing Up Towards The Balcony

So much of Jared’s behavior is even scarier in retrospect. One of those moments took place within Ellie’s first two months.

Aug 21, 2024 • 

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The Beginning of the End

Even though I was staring straight at the My Little Pony decorations, my brain could not accept that I was actually at a memorial service for a…

Aug 14, 2024 • 

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The Family Group Chat: "Setting the truth free”

I didn't only notify the courts of Jared Huggins Lorenzo's behavior. I tried to get my family on board as well.

Aug 12, 2024 • 

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"I’m burying Ellie alone, the same way I raised her."

TW: This post talks about the graphic cause of death of three-year-old Ellie Obi. It is incredibly distressing so please proceed with caution and…

Aug 6, 2024 • 

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The First 24 Hours

I wouldn’t admit it for many days, but I knew he had killed her as soon as I heard that he killed himself […] Still, I didn’t want to be right. It was…

Aug 1, 2024 • 

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