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What Pregnancy News Did Adea Shabani Share?

On To Live and Die in LA, Neil Strauss reconstructs the weeks before Adea Shabani vanished on February 23, 2018. After New Year's in Tulum with her ex-boyfriend Ivan, she and Chris Spotz reunited. He promised to leave his fiancée, Mary Elmalak, and proposed. By early February they were applying for a two-bedroom lease, with a March 1 move-in.

Around February 12, Adea told friends she and Chris had been intimate without protection, and that she was happy she might be carrying his child. On Valentine's Day he spent the evening with Mary, then left at 10 p.m. to meet Adea at the restaurant Isabel.

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Toxic Love [4] ·

To Live and Die in LA

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  1. Who Does Strauss See at the ApartmentFrom the address he's given, he sees a guy that’s walking out on the balcony, then walking back in.
  2. What Is One Piece of Information Retrieved From Adea’s PhoneIt was a video of Adea and Chris fighting in the garage of her apartment building, which was filmed three days before her disappearance.
  3. When Did Chris and Adea Get TogetherThey get together for the first time on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. They were working on a scene from a play in her apartment.
  4. What Is the First Indication of Chris’ Suspicious BehaviorWhen Adea loses her phone, her Find My iPhone shows it to be in Chris' house. He claims that she must have dropped it in his car.
  5. What Did Adea Not Notice as Chris Returned Her KeysShe tells a friend that Chris returns her keys, but he took her apartment keys off Adea’s key ring— possibly to make a copy of them.
  6. Why Did Adea Message MaryShe states that she needs to urgently talk to her about Chris.
  7. What Happens When Chris and Adea See a MovieHalfway through the movie, Chris says that his uncle has had a heart attack and is in a hospital in Sacramento.
  8. What Is One Significant Clue That Adea Left BehindA note with Mary’s phone number.
  9. What Was Clear About Chris and Adea’s RelationshipIt was spiraling out of control for both of them because it was turning violent.
  10. What Makes Matters Worse for StraussAside from no apartment activity or signs of Chris, Chris may be using a different phone since the PI cannot get any pings from Chris' phone.
  11. What Was LAPD Doing About Adea's CaseThey had 200 people searching an area.

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