Backpacks & Breadcrumbs: When Adventure Turned Fatal

This week on Champagne and Murder, Please, we hold space for three young women whose lives should have stretched far beyond the headlines.

We begin in Auckland with Grace Millane, a bright, ambitious traveler celebrating her 22nd birthday on a solo trip around the world. One Tinder date. One night. And a courtroom battle that would ignite global conversations about consent, victim-blaming, and the stories we tell about women after they’re gone.

Then we travel to the wide-open landscapes of Argentina, where best friends Marina Menegazzo and María José Coni set off on a backpacking adventure through Ecuador. Their trip was filled with photos, plans, and promise until their final days unraveled into betrayal and violence that shocked two nations.

Three women. Three futures stolen. And three stories that deserve to be told with care, clarity, and just enough righteous fire to remember who the real villains were.

Pour a glass. We’re remembering them properly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Grace_Millane
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-24/no-compensation-for-grace-millanes-family
https://news.sky.com/story/grace-millane-murder-trial-jury-retires-to-consider-verdict-11866830https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caso_Mar%C3%ADa_Jos%C3%A9_Coni_e_Marina_Menegazzo https://miafm.cienradios.com/ecuador-encontraron-a-los-supuestos-asesinos-de-las-turistas-mendocinas/

https://www.ecuadortimes.net/before-the-crime-marina-menegazzo-and-maria-jose-coni-were-drugged-examination-reveals/