On the morning of March 12, 2011, Rachel Orteli, the manager of a Lululemon in the suburbs of Washington D.C., walked up to the storefront ready to start her day and get the store opened. As Rachel approached the front door, she noticed that the door was already unlocked. Once inside, Rachel found the store in disarray: clothes thrown about, mannequins knocked over, clothing racks tipped. Immediately concerned, Rachel ran out of the store and called 911. When police arrived and further entered the store, they discovered this was not just a robbery. They found 30-year-old Jayna Murray dead and facedown in a pool of blood in the back hall and 28-year-old Brittany Norwood in the bathroom bound at the wrists and ankles with zip ties. Listen to this week's episode to hear what happened.SOURCES:1) Timeline: Lululemon Investigation and Trial2) Macabre Daily Pt. 13) Macabre Daily Pt. 24) YouTube: Snapped (Season 9, Ep19)5) Murder Victim's Brother: Murray Would Have Been "Insulted" To Learn Another Employee Was Stealing6) Jayna Troxel Murray Obituary 7) Brittany Norwood's Murderpedia Page8) Photos from Brittany Norwood's Murder Trial9) Lululemon Murder Wikipedia Page
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On the morning of March 12, 2011, Rachel Orteli, the manager of a Lululemon in the suburbs of Washington D.C., walked up to the storefront ready to start her day and get the store opened. As Rachel approached the front door, she noticed that the door was already unlocked. Once inside, Rachel found the store in disarray: clothes thrown about, mannequins knocked over, clothing racks tipped. Immediately concerned, Rachel ran out of the store and called 911. When police arrived and further entered t...