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Narrator:
MANDY STOKES DISAPPEARED
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ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007.
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WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS
WITHOUT A TRACE,
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OFTEN,
THE MOST CRITICAL INFORMATION
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IS HIDDEN
IN THEIR ACTIONS AND WORDS
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FROM THE DAYS
BEFORE THEY VANISHED.
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MANDY STOKES'
LAST KNOWN WHEREABOUTS
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MAY HOLD THE CLUES
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
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MANDY STOKES -- A PINT-SIZED,
LIVELY GRAD STUDENT,
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LEAVES THE APARTMENT
SHE SHARES WITH HER BROTHER
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TO RUN SOME ERRANDS.
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SHE WAS IN SCHOOL.
SHE HAD MONEY IN THE BANK.
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SHE HAD A GREAT BOYFRIEND.
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TO ME, SHE HAD A GOOD LIFE,
AND SHE SEEMED HAPPY.
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Narrator:
BUT MANDY NEVER RETURNS.
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YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE THIS HORRIBLE FEELING.
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"OH, MY GOD.
WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?"
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Narrator: MANDY'S FAMILY
AND FRIENDS RUSH TO CALIFORNIA
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TO SEARCH FOR HER AND
ARE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY FIND.
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THE CROWD THAT HE INTRODUCED
MANDY TO WEREN'T NICE PEOPLE.
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Cody: MY FIRST THOUGHT IS,
"LET'S FOLLOW THIS GUY
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AND BUST IN HIS APARTMENT
AND SEE IF SHE'S THERE."
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Narrator: HER LOVED ONES
ARE LEFT TO PONDER
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TROUBLING POSSIBILITIES.
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Murray: YOU START THINKING
ALL THIS STUFF
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THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED --
AMNESIA, FALLING, KIDNAPPED.
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IT'S THE MOST AWFUL THING
NOT TO KNOW WHERE SOMEONE IS.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
TAKE ON A HARROWING CASE
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THAT THEY KNOW WILL SHAKE
A FAMILY TO ITS CORE.
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Joyner: AND WHAT YOU TRY TO DO
WITH THE FAMILY
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IS TELL THEM
TO HOPE FOR THE BEST
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BUT BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
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[ CREAKING ]
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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator:
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
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IS A VIBRANT AND SPRAWLING
BAY-AREA CITY
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MADE UP OF AFFLUENT SUBURBS
AND GRITTY, TOUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
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IT IS HERE THAT
33-YEAR-OLD MANDY STOKES,
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A PETITE AND FEISTY
GRADUATE STUDENT IN PSYCHOLOGY,
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WAKES EARLY ON THE SUNDAY
MORNING AFTER THANKSGIVING
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AND HEADS OUT
TO DO SOME ERRANDS.
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Murray: WHEN SHE MOVED
OUT TO CALIFORNIA,
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SHE ATTENDED JFK UNIVERSITY,
WHERE SHE STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY
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BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO DELVE
INTO THE MIND
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AND WHAT MADE SOMEBODY TICK,
WHAT MADE THEM DO THIS OR THAT.
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Narrator:
A SOUTHERN TRANSPLANT,
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MANDY MOVED FROM NORTH CAROLINA
TO OAKLAND IN 2005
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TO PURSUE HER DREAM
OF BECOMING A THERAPIST.
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HER VIBRANT PERSONALITY
MADE THE TRANSITION EASY.
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Wiggins:
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE AROUND HER
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'CAUSE SHE KNEW
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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AND STUDYING PSYCH,
PEOPLE ALWAYS
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WANTED TO GET IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH HER.
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PLUS, SHE WAS REALLY OUTGOING.
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Narrator: AN EXCELLENT
AND DEDICATED STUDENT,
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MANDY FOCUSED
ON THE MOST SEVERE CASES.
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SHE WORKED
AT HOSPITALS AND PSYCH WARDS
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AND DID EVERYTHING
SHE POSSIBLY COULD
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TO REALLY GET INTO THE FIELD.
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SHE WOULD GO TO PSYCH WARDS
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AND SIT DOWN WITH WHACK JOBS,
YOU KNOW,
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AND JUST HANG OUT WITH THEM
AND TALK TO THEM.
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FOR HER, IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
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Narrator:
MANDY'S PRIMARY CASE STUDY
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WAS SOMEONE WHO PLAYED ANOTHER
ROLE IN HER LIFE -- HER FATHER.
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WILLIAM STOKES WAS A VIETNAM VET
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WHO SUFFERED FROM POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER
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BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.
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SHE WAS ALWAYS RESEARCHING
AND DOING HER BEST
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TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT POST-TRAUMA.
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SO, MANDY HAD THIS DRIVING FORCE
TO TRY TO FIND, I GUESS,
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SOME SEMBLANCE OF UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT HER FATHER
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AND WHAT HE WENT THROUGH,
WHAT HE WAS ABOUT.
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Cody: HE HAD A LOT OF SECRETS
AND A LOT OF DEMONS OF HIS OWN,
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SO SHE GOT INTO HIS HEAD
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A LITTLE MORE
THAN I THINK ANY OF US DID,
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AND SHE WAS A LOT LIKE HIM
IN A LOT OF WAYS.
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MY DAD WAS VERY INTELLIGENT,
AND SO WAS MANDY.
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I MEAN, THEY BOTH CLICKED,
YOU KNOW?
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THEY HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
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Narrator:
THE OLDEST DAUGHTER
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IN A FAMILY
OF FIVE BOYS AND THREE GIRLS,
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MANDY WAS ALSO
VERY CLOSE TO HER MOTHER.
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I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED
TO HAVE A LITTLE GIRL.
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AND SHE WAS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL.
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HAD A LOT OF HAIR, AND I COULD
PUT LITTLE BOWS IN HER HAIR,
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AND WE'D CALL HER PEBBLES.
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JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE.
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VERY STUBBORN,
EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.
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Narrator: WHEN MANDY ARRIVES
IN OAKLAND IN 2005,
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SHE MOVES IN WITH HER CHILDHOOD
FRIEND MELINDA WIGGINS.
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Wiggins: WE'RE FAMILY.
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WE GREW UP TOGETHER
SINCE WE WERE BABIES.
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OUR MOMS WERE BEST FRIENDS,
AND WE WENT TO THE SAME CHURCH.
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OUR DADS WORKED
AT THE SAME TRUCKING COMPANY.
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WE WERE AT EACH OTHER'S HOUSE
ALL THE TIME GROWING UP,
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SO WE WERE FAMILY.
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SO, TO ME, IT WAS LIKE,
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"OH, MY SISTER'S COMING OUT HERE
TO BE WITH ME."
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'CAUSE I HAD JUST MOVED OUT HERE
BY MYSELF.
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Narrator: IN OAKLAND,
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MANDY QUICKLY SETTLES INTO LIFE
AS A GRAD STUDENT.
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Wiggins: I WAS GETTING
MY MASTERS IN ACUPUNCTURE,
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AND SHE WAS GETTING
HER PsyD IN PSYCHOLOGY,
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AND THEY'RE JUST BOTH
INTENSIVE PROGRAMS,
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SO WE'D BE ALL DAY SATURDAY,
ONCE WE STARTED SCHOOL,
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EIGHT HOURS IN THE COFFEE SHOP,
STUDYING.
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Narrator:
THEN, IN THE SPRING OF 2007,
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MANDY'S YOUNGER BROTHER, AARON,
FOLLOWS HER TO CALIFORNIA.
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AND, AS THE BIG SISTER,
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SHE HELPS HIM ADJUST
TO LIFE IN OAKLAND.
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Wiggins:
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO LIVE,
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AND SHE SAID,
"CAN HE SLEEP ON OUR COUCH?"
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SHE WANTED TO HELP HIM.
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Narrator: MANDY HOPES SHE CAN
BE THERE FOR HER BROTHER,
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WHO HAD STRUGGLED IN THE PAST
WITH DRUG ADDICTION.
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Wiggins: AND I SAID,
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"ARE YOU SURE
HE'S NOT DOING DRUGS ANYMORE?"
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AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"YEAH, HE'S NOT DOING DRUGS."
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Narrator: AARON CRASHES
ON MANDY AND MELINDA'S COUCH
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FOR CLOSE TO THREE MONTHS.
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THEN, HE AND MANDY
MOVE INTO THEIR OWN PLACE
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IN THE SUMMER OF 2007.
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Wiggins: I DIDN'T SEE HER A
WHOLE LOT FOR THOSE FEW MONTHS.
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THEN ONE TIME I SAW HER
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
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AND SAID, "MANDY!"
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AND THEN, I THINK,
FINALLY WE TALKED,
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AND WE WERE
GONNA TRY TO RECONNECT.
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Narrator: AS THE 2007
FALL TERM APPROACHES,
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MANDY DECIDES TO TAKE
SOME TIME OFF FROM SCHOOL.
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SHE WANTS TO SPEND TIME
WITH A NEW BOYFRIEND, JOHN,
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WHO SHE MET
DURING A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS
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BUT WHO LIVES IN NEW YORK.
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Murray: SHE WAS TAKING TIME OFF
FROM SCHOOL AND WORK.
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SHE TOOK A FEW TRIPS
TO VISIT JOHN.
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Narrator: IN THE WEEKS
LEADING UP TO THANKSGIVING,
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MANDY BECOMES ENCHANTED
WITH NEW YORK CITY.
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Murray: SHE CALLED ME ONE TIME,
AND SHE'S LIKE,
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"MOM, I SEE
THESE BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BOOTS,
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"AND I REALLY SHOULDN'T
SPEND THE MONEY,
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SO TELL ME
I SHOULDN'T GET THEM."
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AND I'M LIKE, "YOU SHOULDN'T
GET THE BOOTS, MANDY.
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GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT."
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WELL, SHE CALLED ME BACK
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
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AND SHE SAYS,
"I BOUGHT THE BOOTS."
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Narrator: MANDY FINDS HERSELF
GROWING CLOSER TO HER BOYFRIEND
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AND SOON DECIDES TO MOVE
TO THE EAST COAST.
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SHE EVEN NOTIFIES HER LANDLORD
IN OAKLAND THAT SHE'S LEAVING.
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LIFE IS GOOD.
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Murray:
SO, THERE WAS A PICTURE OF HER
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WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL
LEATHER BOOTS,
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WALKING ACROSS THE STREET
AND KIND OF TURNED LIKE THIS
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AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST ENJOYING HERSELF.
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Narrator:
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,
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MANDY RETURNS TO OAKLAND
FOR THANKSGIVING
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AND BEGINS TO PACK UP HER THINGS
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IN PREPARATION
FOR HER MOVE BACK EAST.
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BUT HER BROTHER AARON
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SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING
WITH HER DECISION TO LEAVE.
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THREE DAYS LATER,
ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
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MANDY CALLS HER MOTHER
AT HER HOME IN ATLANTA.
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Murray: AND SHE SAID, "MOM, I
JUST WANT YOU TO TALK TO AARON.
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"JUST TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM.
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"I THINK HE'S HAVING
A LITTLE, YOU KNOW,
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BIT OF NEEDING
A MOTHER'S LOVE RIGHT NOW."
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SO AARON GOT ON THE PHONE,
AND I SAID A FEW THINGS TO HIM,
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AND HE DIDN'T STAY ON VERY LONG.
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Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
MANDY WAKES EARLY,
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AND SHE AND AARON GO TO
AN ATM MACHINE TO GET SOME CASH.
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WHEN THEY RETURN, HE AND MANDY
TALK OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT.
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THE DISCUSSION TURNS INTO SOME
KIND OF DISPUTE ABOUT MONEY.
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Murray: AARON TOLD ME
THAT THEY'D HAD AN ARGUMENT,
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SEVERAL ARGUMENTS --
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ONE ABOUT MONEY,
ONE ABOUT FAMILY --
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AND THAT SHE WAS UPSET WITH HIM.
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Narrator: AARON THEN
TAKES HIS MORNING SHOWER.
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MANDY KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
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AND TELLS HIM SHE'S GOING OUT
TO RUN SOME ERRANDS.
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SHE GRABS
HER CELLPHONE, WALLET, AND KEYS,
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AND LEAVES THE APARTMENT.
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WHERE SHE WAS HEADED
OR WHOM SHE WAS GOING TO MEET
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REMAINS A MYSTERY,
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BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE
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THE LAST TIME MANDY STOKES
IS SEEN BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARS.
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COMING UP...
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WHEN MANDY'S QUICK TRIP
TO RUN ERRANDS
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EXTENDS INTO THE NEXT DAY...
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YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE FEELING.
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Narrator:
...A MOTHER'S INTUITION KNOWS
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SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG.
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IT'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
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OH, MY GOD.
WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?"
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Narrator:
33-YEAR-OLD MANDY STOKES
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WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE
HER HOME IN OAKLAND
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AND START A NEW LIFE
ON THE EAST COAST.
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BUT ON THE SUNDAY MORNING
AFTER THANKSGIVING 2007,
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SHE DISAPPEARS
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FROM THE APARTMENT SHE SHARES
WITH HER BROTHER AARON.
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MANDY'S MOTHER SPOKE TO
HER DAUGHTER ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
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BUT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON,
SHE GETS ANOTHER CALL,
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FROM HER KIDS' APARTMENT
ON THE WEST COAST.
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THIS TIME, IT'S AARON.
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Murray: AND HE SAID, "MOM, MANDY
DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT."
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AND I'M LIKE, "OKAY.
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WELL, MAYBE SHE STAYED
AT ONE OF HER FRIENDS' HOUSES."
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Narrator:
AARON TELLS HER
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THAT MANDY TOOK HER CAR
TO RUN ERRANDS.
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AT THIS POINT, SOME OF HER
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
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BELIEVE THERE'S
A FAIRLY SIMPLE EXPLANATION.
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MANDY WOULD SOMETIMES
TAKE SHORT TRIPS.
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Cody: I REMEMBER THINKING THAT
IT WAS NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
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SHE'D JUST BEEN GONE
FOR A COUPLE DAYS,
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SO I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE'D GONE
OFF WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS
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AND, YOU KNOW,
DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP.
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I COULD HAVE SEEN HER DOING THAT
TO CLEAR HER HEAD.
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Wiggins: I'M NOT OVERREACTIVE
WHEN IT WOULD COME TO HER.
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SO, WHEN THEY SAID
SHE DIDN'T COME HOME,
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I SAID, "WELL, SHE'LL COME BACK.
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SHE'LL BE BACK TODAY.
NOT A BIG DEAL."
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Narrator: BUT MOTHER'S INTUITION
TELLS DEB OTHERWISE.
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I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED,
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SO I TRIED CALLING HER
ALL THE NEXT DAY.
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COULDN'T GET HER.
LEFT A LOT OF MESSAGES.
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Narrator:
AND AFTER A DAY
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OF NOT BEING IN TOUCH
WITH HER DAUGHTER,
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DEB REACHES OUT TO HER SON.
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Murray:
SO, I'M LIKE, "OKAY, AARON.
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"IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME
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THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON."
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AND I SAID, "I WANT YOU TO CALL
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AND, YOU KNOW,
REPORT HER MISSING."
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Narrator:
BY THE NEXT MORNING,
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MANDY STILL
HAS NOT RETURNED ANY CALLS
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OR COME BACK TO THE APARTMENT,
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NOR HAS ANY MISSING-PERSONS
REPORT BEEN FILED.
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Murray: I TALKED TO AARON,
AND AARON'S LIKE,
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"WELL, I THINK
I CALLED THE WRONG PERSON,
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AND THEN THEY TOLD ME
I HAD TO WAIT 24 HOURS."
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I'M LIKE, "AARON, OKAY."
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SO FROM THERE ON,
I KEPT CALLING THE POLICE.
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I KNEW BY TUESDAY
SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG.
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THE MOTHER CALLED IN
FROM OUT OF STATE
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AND REPORTED HER
AS A MISSING PERSON.
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Narrator:
WITH THE REPORT FILED,
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THE OAKLAND MISSING-PERSONS UNIT
DISPATCHES AN OFFICER
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TO THE APARTMENT
AARON SHARES WITH MANDY.
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Murray: SO, THEY WENT OVER
TO THE APARTMENT,
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AND AARON WOULDN'T LET THEM IN.
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Narrator: DEB IS UPSET,
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BUT SHE KNOWS
THAT HER SON HAS A DRUG HISTORY
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AND THAT HE IS LIKELY AFRAID
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TO LET POLICE
GO THROUGH HIS THINGS.
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Murray:
I THINK PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE
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HE PROBABLY, MAYBE,
HAD DRUGS IN THERE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS DEAL WAS.
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ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WAS
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DESPERATELY
TRYING TO FIND MANDY.
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Narrator:
DEB IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
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BUT WITH PANIC SETTING IN,
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SHE BEGINS HER OWN QUEST
TO FIND HER OLDEST DAUGHTER.
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Murray: IT WAS NOT LIKE HER, YOU
KNOW, NOT TO ANSWER MY CALLS.
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I MEAN,
THERE WERE SO MANY CALLS.
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Narrator:
KNOWING MANDY TOOK HER CAR
ON THE MORNING SHE WENT MISSING,
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DEB TRIES TO FIND
MANDY'S LICENSE-PLATE NUMBER.
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Murray: I WAS, LIKE, TRYING TO
MAINTAIN MY COMPOSURE, BUT YET,
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I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS
SO IMPORTANT TO FIND HER CAR.
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BECAUSE I FIGURED
IF WE COULD FIND HER CAR,
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THAT WE COULD FIND HER.
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Narrator:
AFTER PLEADING HER CASE
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TO MANDY'S INSURANCE COMPANY,
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
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DEB OBTAINS THE INFORMATION
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AND CALLS THE OAKLAND
MISSING-PERSONS UNIT.
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Murray: ALL THIS STUFF
KEPT GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.
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WELL, DID HER CAR GET STALLED?
DID SHE DRIVE SOMEWHERE?
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YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
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Narrator:
DEB'S EFFORTS PAY OFF.
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A SEARCH OF THE OAKLAND
POLICE DEPARTMENT DATABASE
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FINDS A MATCH
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BETWEEN MANDY'S CAR AND
A VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN TOWED.
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Williams:
IT WAS TOWED ABOUT THREE HOURS
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BEFORE THE MOTHER
REPORTED HER MISSING.
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AND SO THEY KNEW
WHERE THE CAR WAS
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WHEN THEY STARTED DOING
THE INVESTIGATION.
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Narrator: POLICE LOCATE
MANDY'S CAR IN THE IMPOUND LOT.
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WHEN THEY ARRIVE,
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THEY APPROACH THE CAR
AS A POSSIBLE CRIME SCENE.
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Williams:
WELL, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
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OF A PERSON BEING MISSING,
YOU KNOW,
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YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION
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IS FINDING A DEAD BODY
IN THE TRUNK.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS OPEN
THE TRUNK AND DO NOT FIND MANDY.
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BUT THEY DO FIND
HER CELLPHONE, WALLET, AND KEYS
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INSIDE THE GLOVE BOX.
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Williams: MOST TIMES, IF YOU'RE
GOING MISSING VOLUNTARILY,
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YOU'LL TAKE THOSE THINGS
WITH YOU.
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Narrator:
THE POLICE CALL MANDY'S MOTHER
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TO DELIVER THE UNSETTLING NEWS
THAT THEY HAVE FOUND
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SOME OF MANDY'S PERSONAL EFFECTS
IN THE CAR,
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BUT THAT THERE IS
NO SIGN OF MANDY.
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Murray:
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
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THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE FEELING
INSIDE THAT --
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IT'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
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OH, MY GOD.
WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?"
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Narrator: STILL, MANDY'S
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE KEENLY AWARE
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THAT LIKE HER FATHER,
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MANDY GRAPPLES
WITH HER OWN SECRETS AND DEMONS.
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Cody: I DON'T KNOW OF ANY
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST,
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BUT I KNOW SHE DEFINITELY
SUFFERED FROM SOME DEPRESSION
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FROM TIME TO TIME.
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Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THINGS HAD BEEN GOING
BETTER FOR MANDY RECENTLY,
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SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH
A ROUGH PATCH NOT LONG AGO.
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TO SUPPORT HERSELF
WHILE IN GRAD SCHOOL,
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MANDY HAD TAKEN A JOB
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AS A COCKTAIL WAITRESS
AT A LOCAL LOUNGE.
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THE LATE NIGHTS AS A SERVER
OFTEN ENDED WITH PARTIES.
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ACCORDING TO FRIENDS
AND CO-WORKERS,
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MANDY BEGAN DRINKING
MORE AND MORE AFTER WORK,
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OFTEN TO EXCESS.
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Wiggins: WE'D JUST
GET IN FIGHTS ABOUT IT,
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AND SHE WAS JUST GOING DOWNHILL.
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ONE NIGHT, SHE RETURNS HOME
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AND REVEALS A TERRIBLE SECRET
TO HER ROOMMATE.
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MANDY TELLS HER SHE HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AFTER WORK.
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BUT SHE NEVER REPORTS IT
TO THE POLICE.
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Wiggins: SHE WOULD CRY
ALL THAT TIME, YOU KNOW,
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AND I'D TRY TO HELP HER, AND
SHE WOULD ALWAYS JUST TELL ME
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SHE WANTED ME
TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
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AND I DID IT FOR A WHILE.
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Narrator: AT THE TIME
OF HER DISAPPEARANCE,
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MANDY WAS ALSO STILL MOURNING
THE DEATH OF HER FATHER,
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TWO YEARS EARLIER.
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SHE HAD TROUBLE
DEALING WITH HER DAD'S DEATH.
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IT WAS BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
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SO THAT TIME OF YEAR
BECAME VERY DIFFICULT FOR MANDY.
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Wiggins: SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE
ARE DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS,
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THEY DON'T SEE THE GOOD THINGS,
YOU KNOW?
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SHE WAS GORGEOUS, INTELLIGENT,
NICE, COOL BOYFRIEND,
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BUT THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR
SOMEONE WHO'S HURTING INSIDE.
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Narrator: NOW HER FAMILY
IS LEFT TO WONDER --
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COULD MANDY HAVE TAKEN
HER OWN LIFE?
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I DEFINITELY DIDN'T
RULE THAT OUT AS A POSSIBILITY.
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Narrator: THE LOCATION
WHERE MANDY'S CAR WAS TOWED FROM
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ADDS TO THEIR CONCERN --
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A MERGE LANE
ON A WELL-TRAVELED THOROUGHFARE.
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Williams:
IT WAS IN A HAZARDOUS SITUATION.
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THERE WAS SUFFICIENT AREA THERE
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TO PARK THE CAR OFF THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD, BUT THAT WASN'T DONE.
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WHAT IS MOST STRIKING
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WAS THAT THE CAR WAS PARKED
NEXT TO A STEEP EMBANKMENT
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AND NEAR A SMALL BRIDGE
THAT SPANS A DEEP RAVINE.
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Williams: AND SO YOU WONDER
WHAT THE MENTAL STATE
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OF THE PERSON THAT DOES THAT IS.
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Joyner: THE PARTICULAR AREA
WHERE MISS STOKES' CAR WAS FOUND
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WAS REALLY CLOSE TO
A VERY DANGEROUS, DEEP RAVINE.
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CLEARLY,
NO ONE GETS OUT THEIR CAR
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AND SCALES DOWN
THE SIDE OF THE RAVINE THERE,
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WHICH CAUSED CAUTION AND ALARM
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FOR US TO START LOOKING
AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
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Narrator:
AN INITIAL SEARCH OF THE RAVINE
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REVEALS NO INDICATION
THAT MANDY JUMPED.
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WE WERE ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH
RULE OUT SUICIDE.
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IT'S KIND OF HARD
FOR YOU TO KILL YOURSELF
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AND THEN
DISPOSE OF YOUR OWN BODY.
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BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE KEEP AN OPEN
MIND IN REGARDS TO ANY AVENUE
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THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO MISS STOKES.
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Narrator: HOWEVER,
POLICE ALSO TELL MANDY'S FAMILY
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THAT SHE MAY BE
THE VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY.
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Joyner:
THE STOKES FAMILY --
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THEY WANT TO RESERVE
JUST THE HOPE
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AND HOLD ONTO SOMETHING
THAT SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
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AND WHAT YOU TRY TO DO
WITH THE FAMILY
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IS GIVE THEM
THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO
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BUT ALSO TELL THEM
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
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Murray:
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK.
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ALL YOU WANT TO DO
IS GET OUT THERE,
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00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:51,167
AND YOU WANT TO START LOOKING.
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Narrator: COMING UP...
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MANDY'S FAMILY
MEETS A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
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NEAR WHERE
MANDY'S CAR WAS FOUND.
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Cody:
MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW,
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"LET'S FOLLOW THIS GUY
AND BUST IN HIS APARTMENT
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AND, YOU KNOW,
SEE IF SHE'S THERE."
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Narrator: 33-YEAR-OLD
GRADUATE STUDENT MANDY STOKES
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HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM
IN ALMOST A WEEK.
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AFTER FINDING HER CAR
IN AN IMPOUND LOT
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AND HER PERSONAL ITEMS
IN THE GLOVE BOX,
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
POLICE BELIEVE
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SHE MAY HAVE BEEN
A VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY.
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00:18:41,733 --> 00:18:46,167
MANDY'S MOTHER, DEB,
AND BROTHER CODY HASTILY PACK
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00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,633
AND TRY TO ARRANGE A FLIGHT
FROM ATLANTA OUT WEST.
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Cody: THE MORE DETAILS THAT
I GOT, THE MORE WORRIED I GOT,
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00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,600
AND AFTER ABOUT A WEEK,
I SAID, "I NEED TO GO."
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Murray:
YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT,
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00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,300
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD AFFORD
TO GET A PLANE TICKET,
396
00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:04,800
SO SOME
OF MY HIGH-SCHOOL FRIENDS
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TOOK CARE OF THAT
AND GOT ME OUT THERE.
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HER BROTHER CODY CALLED ME.
HE'S LIKE, "I'M COMING OUT."
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00:19:11,333 --> 00:19:13,667
I SAID,
"YOU DON'T NEED TO COME OUT."
400
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THANK GOD HE DID.
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Narrator:
WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN OAKLAND,
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MANDY'S LOVED ONES
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
403
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:29,367
IT HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK
SINCE MANDY DISAPPEARED,
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00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,433
AND HER FAMILY BELIEVES
IT IS URGENT
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00:19:31,467 --> 00:19:35,067
TO GET TO THE LOCATION
WHERE MANDY'S CAR WAS FOUND.
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00:19:35,067 --> 00:19:38,067
THE FAMILY WAS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HER WELL-BEING.
407
00:19:38,067 --> 00:19:41,067
THEY WERE TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
408
00:19:41,067 --> 00:19:44,100
THEY ALL FLEW
FROM THE EAST COAST TO OAKLAND
409
00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:48,867
TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH
FOR THEIR SISTER AND DAUGHTER.
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00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:51,533
Murray: ONCE WE FOUND OUT
WHERE THE CAR WAS,
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WE THOUGHT, "OKAY, WE'VE
GOT TO HAVE WATER FOR MANDY.
412
00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:55,767
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A BLANKET."
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00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,467
AND WE JUST KNEW
WE WERE GONNA FIND HER.
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00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:59,633
WE WERE JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
WE'RE GONNA FIND HER."
415
00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:01,533
AND WE WERE JUST SO EXHILARATED.
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00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:05,933
Wiggins: IT'S JUST A WHIRLWIND.
IT'S PRETTY CRAZY.
417
00:20:05,967 --> 00:20:08,767
WE END UP
TROMPLING AROUND THESE HILLS
418
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,733
WHERE HER CAR WAS ABANDONED.
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00:20:10,767 --> 00:20:12,800
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D FIND.
420
00:20:12,833 --> 00:20:16,267
IT'S THE MOST AWFUL THING
NOT TO KNOW WHERE SOMEONE IS.
421
00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:19,233
Murray:
WE CANVASSED THE WHOLE RAVINE.
422
00:20:19,267 --> 00:20:21,067
I MEAN, IT WAS SO STEEP.
423
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,467
AND WE KEPT CALLING FOR MANDY.
424
00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:26,267
"MANDY! MANDY! ARE YOU HERE?"
YOU KNOW, "ARE YOU HURT?"
425
00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:30,433
I MEAN,
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS DROP.
426
00:20:30,467 --> 00:20:33,000
I MEAN,
IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW STEEP.
427
00:20:33,033 --> 00:20:37,033
AND SO WE CROSSED THE WHOLE AREA
UP TO THE OTHER SIDE,
428
00:20:37,067 --> 00:20:38,800
GOING EVERYWHERE
429
00:20:38,833 --> 00:20:40,933
AND JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE
AND LEAVING FLYERS.
430
00:20:40,967 --> 00:20:42,833
Narrator:
DESPITE HOURS OF LOOKING,
431
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,967
THE FAMILY COMES UP EMPTY,
432
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,567
UNTIL AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT
FINALLY NARROWS THE SEARCH.
433
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,467
THAT'S WHEN WE MET THE GUY
THAT HAD THE JOURNAL.
434
00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:55,767
Narrator:
A LOCAL RESIDENT
435
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,933
WHO OFTEN WALKS THE PATHS
ALONG THE RAVINE
436
00:20:57,967 --> 00:21:01,900
NOTICES A FLYER ABOUT MANDY
AND APPROACHES THE FAMILY.
437
00:21:01,933 --> 00:21:05,500
Murray: WE WERE THINKING ABOUT
WHAT TO DO NEXT, WHERE TO GO,
438
00:21:05,533 --> 00:21:09,067
AND THIS GUY HAD WALKED BY,
AND THEN HE KIND OF CAME BACK.
439
00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:12,967
AND WE STARTED TALKING,
AND HE ASKED ABOUT THE FLYER.
440
00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:14,700
Narrator:
MANDY'S FAMILY TELLS HIM
441
00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:17,067
THAT HER CAR WAS FOUND
PARKED NEXT TO THE RAVINE,
442
00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:19,300
BUT THAT SHE IS STILL MISSING.
443
00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:21,333
Murray:
THEN HE PROCEEDED TO TELL US
444
00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:22,933
THAT HE LIKES
TO WRITE THINGS DOWN
445
00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:24,533
THAT ARE GOING ON
IN THE COMMUNITY
446
00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:25,667
OR WHENEVER HE'S WALKING.
447
00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:27,633
Narrator:
THE MAN APPARENTLY
448
00:21:27,667 --> 00:21:29,633
HAS AN UNUSUAL REASON
FOR WRITING THINGS DOWN.
449
00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:32,667
HE EXPLAINS THAT HE HAS
SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS
450
00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:37,533
AND SO RELIES ON HIS
RECORDED NOTES TO RECALL THINGS.
451
00:21:37,567 --> 00:21:40,700
HE SAYS HE NOTICED MANDY'S CAR
PARKED IN A BIZARRE MANNER
452
00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,567
AND JOTTED IT DOWN.
453
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,267
Murray: HE WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN
IN HIS JOURNAL,
454
00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:45,600
AND HE BROUGHT HIS JOURNAL OUT
455
00:21:45,633 --> 00:21:47,233
AND DESCRIBED THE CAR
IN DETAIL --
456
00:21:47,267 --> 00:21:49,733
WHERE IT WAS PARKED.
457
00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:51,267
Narrator:
AT FIRST, MANDY'S FAMILY
458
00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:52,800
IS SOMEWHAT SUSPICIOUS
OF THE MAN.
459
00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:55,800
Murray: I'LL ADMIT, A LOT
OF THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR MIND.
460
00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:57,067
I MEAN, I'M THINKING,
461
00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:59,700
"OKAY, WHY DID THIS GUY
HAVE ALL THIS DETAIL?
462
00:21:59,733 --> 00:22:02,367
WHY DID HE DO THIS?"
YOU KNOW?
463
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,067
AND I'M THINKING,
"COULD HE BE INVOLVED?"
464
00:22:05,067 --> 00:22:07,367
Cody: OF COURSE,
MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW,
465
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,267
"LET'S FOLLOW THIS GUY
AND BUST IN HIS APARTMENT
466
00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:11,067
"AND, YOU KNOW,
SEE IF SHE'S THERE --
467
00:22:11,067 --> 00:22:12,867
YOU KNOW,
IF HE'S JUST MESSING WITH US."
468
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:14,600
Narrator:
BUT THEY SOON RECOGNIZE
469
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:16,533
THAT HE IS ACTUALLY
A HELPFUL WITNESS
470
00:22:16,567 --> 00:22:20,333
WHOSE OBSERVATIONS SHED AN
IMPORTANT LIGHT ON THE TIMELINE.
471
00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:23,367
Murray: SO, HE'S TOLD ME
THAT HE SAW THE CAR
472
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,900
AT 3:00 P.M.
ON SUNDAY, THE 25th.
473
00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:27,967
Narrator:
NOW INVESTIGATORS CAN SURMISE
474
00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:31,300
THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MANDY
PROBABLY OCCURRED
475
00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:35,733
BETWEEN 10:30 A.M. AND 3:00 P.M.
ON SUNDAY THE 25th,
476
00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:38,567
WHEN HER CAR
WAS OBSERVED TO BE ABANDONED.
477
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,967
Cody: LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT
GAVE US HOPE.
478
00:22:41,067 --> 00:22:43,100
OKAY, SO MAYBE
SHE ACTUALLY WAS HERE.
479
00:22:43,133 --> 00:22:46,067
EVERY TIME
WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING,
480
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:47,967
IT DEFINITELY GAVE US HOPE.
481
00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:51,267
Narrator: MANDY'S FAMILY THEN
ASKS AARON TO TAKE THEM BACK
482
00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:53,633
TO THE APARTMENT
THE TWO SIBLINGS SHARE
483
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:56,967
TO SEE IF SOMETHING THERE
MIGHT TRIGGER NEW INFORMATION.
484
00:22:57,067 --> 00:22:59,800
Murray:
THE APARTMENT WAS IN DISARRAY.
485
00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:03,900
MANDY USUALLY KEPT A REALLY
NICE, CLEAN, STRAIGHT APARTMENT,
486
00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:07,667
AND IT WAS NOT THAT WAY.
487
00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,067
Cody:
WE'RE SEARCHING FOR CLUES,
488
00:23:10,067 --> 00:23:11,567
AND, YOU KNOW,
WE WENT DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.
489
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:12,833
WE WENT DOWN
IN HER STORAGE UNIT.
490
00:23:12,867 --> 00:23:14,433
WE LOOKED DOWN
IN THE INCINERATOR.
491
00:23:14,467 --> 00:23:16,967
I MEAN, EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE.
492
00:23:17,067 --> 00:23:18,567
YOU KNOW,
IT WAS AN OLDER BUILDING,
493
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,533
SO THERE WERE
ALL KINDS OF NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
494
00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:24,167
DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT
JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF,
495
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,100
YOU KNOW,
MAYBE SHE COULD BE IN THERE.
496
00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:28,100
I DON'T KNOW.
AND YOU OPEN IT, AND NOTHING.
497
00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,633
I REMEMBER THAT BEING SCARY.
498
00:23:30,667 --> 00:23:32,467
Narrator: BUT THE SEARCH
OF MANDY'S APARTMENT
499
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:35,600
YIELDS NOTHING
AND LEAVES THE FAMILY MYSTIFIED.
500
00:23:35,633 --> 00:23:39,400
Murray: AND THE THINGS
THAT GO THROUGH YOUR HEAD --
501
00:23:39,433 --> 00:23:42,100
YOU START THINKING
ALL THIS STUFF
502
00:23:42,133 --> 00:23:44,133
THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED --
503
00:23:44,167 --> 00:23:48,167
AMNESIA, FALLING, KIDNAPPED.
504
00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:52,700
Narrator: COMING UP...
505
00:23:52,733 --> 00:23:53,933
WITH NO OTHER LEADS,
506
00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:56,267
THE INVESTIGATORS
FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION
507
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,600
ON THE LAST KNOWN PERSON
TO SEE MANDY
508
00:23:58,633 --> 00:24:02,100
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25th,
AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING --
509
00:24:02,133 --> 00:24:03,733
HER BROTHER, AARON.
510
00:24:03,767 --> 00:24:05,833
Joyner:
THERE WAS A VERBAL ALTERCATION
511
00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:08,100
THAT TOOK PLACE
PRIOR TO HER DISAPPEARANCE.
512
00:24:08,133 --> 00:24:10,567
THE IRONIC THING IS THAT
RIGHT AFTER THE ARGUMENT,
513
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,800
NO ONE HAS SEEN
MISS STOKES ALIVE.
514
00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:20,833
Narrator: GET MORE
"DISAPPEARED" ONLINE AT..
515
00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:35,067
Narrator: MANDY STOKES
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS,
516
00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:38,800
AND POLICE HAVE
NO SOLID EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
517
00:24:38,833 --> 00:24:41,567
BUT THEY HAVE THE LINGERING
FEELING THAT HER BROTHER AARON
518
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,100
KNOWS MORE
THAN HE HAS BEEN WILLING TO SAY.
519
00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:46,600
Joyner:
IN TERMS OF COOPERATION,
520
00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:48,800
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10,
HE WAS AT ZERO.
521
00:24:48,833 --> 00:24:50,867
Narrator:
TWO DAYS AFTER MANDY DISAPPEARED
522
00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:52,133
AND A REPORT WAS FILED,
523
00:24:52,167 --> 00:24:54,800
AN OFFICER FROM
THE OAKLAND MISSING-PERSON UNIT
524
00:24:54,833 --> 00:24:57,367
SHOWED UP TO TAKE
A LOOK INSIDE THE APARTMENT.
525
00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,367
BUT AARON DIDN'T LET HIM IN.
526
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,767
Williams: YOU WOULD THINK,
GIVEN THE SITUATION,
527
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,233
HE'D BE TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW?
528
00:25:04,267 --> 00:25:06,800
"IF I GOT DRUGS
OR WHATEVER ELSE, YOU KNOW,
529
00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:08,833
I'LL TAKE THE HIT
IF THEY CAN FIND MY SISTER."
530
00:25:08,867 --> 00:25:09,867
BUT HE DIDN'T DO THAT.
531
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,500
Narrator:
MANDY'S MOTHER WAS DISMAYED
532
00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:21,333
THAT AARON WAS LETTING HIS FEAR
OF BEING CAUGHT WITH DRUGS
533
00:25:21,367 --> 00:25:23,233
GET IN THE WAY
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
534
00:25:23,267 --> 00:25:25,167
SHE WAS ALSO
DESPERATE TO FIGURE OUT
535
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,267
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO HER DAUGHTER
536
00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,533
AND TOLD INVESTIGATORS
EVERYTHING SHE KNEW AT THE TIME,
537
00:25:30,567 --> 00:25:32,133
INCLUDING WHAT SHE'D HEARD
538
00:25:32,167 --> 00:25:35,767
ABOUT THE HEATED DISCUSSION
BETWEEN HER TWO CHILDREN.
539
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,200
AND I TOLD THEM THERE WAS
AN ARGUMENT WITH HER BROTHER
540
00:25:38,233 --> 00:25:43,567
AND THAT HE SAID
SHE LEFT TO RUN ERRANDS.
541
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,200
Narrator:
UNABLE TO SEARCH THE APARTMENT,
542
00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:48,467
POLICE HAD CANVASSED
MANDY'S BUILDING,
543
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:51,133
LOOKING FOR WITNESSES
TO THE SIBLINGS' DISPUTE.
544
00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,433
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
545
00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:55,300
FOR A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE
OF THEIR CONFRONTATION
546
00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:57,100
TO COME INTO VIEW.
547
00:25:57,133 --> 00:26:00,433
Williams: SUNDAY MORNING,
NEIGHBORS HEARD AND WITNESSED
548
00:26:00,467 --> 00:26:02,967
THE ARGUMENT
STARTING ABOUT 8:00 A.M.
549
00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:05,200
AND CONTINUED ON
TILL ABOUT 10:00 A.M.
550
00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:08,933
ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS,
ARGUMENT'S ABOUT MONEY ISSUES --
551
00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:10,433
BASICALLY, THAT SHE FELT
552
00:26:10,467 --> 00:26:12,867
THAT SHE WAS
HELPING TAKE CARE OF HIM.
553
00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,100
SHE ALSO INDICATED
THAT HE WAS TAKING HER MONEY.
554
00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:17,267
Narrator:
AS THE YELLING ESCALATED,
555
00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:20,767
ONE NEIGHBOR REPORTED
THAT MANDY, AT ONLY 5'4,
556
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,433
LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS
BEING CORNERED BY HER BROTHER
557
00:26:23,467 --> 00:26:26,300
AND THEN MADE A MAD DASH
FOR HER APARTMENT DOOR.
558
00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,433
Williams:
ONE NEIGHBOR DESCRIBED IT AS,
559
00:26:29,467 --> 00:26:31,300
SHE KIND OF
DID A FOOTBALL MANEUVER.
560
00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:34,900
SHE KIND OF FAKED
AND GOT AROUND HIM,
561
00:26:34,933 --> 00:26:37,067
AND HE WAS PRETTY CLOSE
ON HER TAIL, APPARENTLY,
562
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:38,800
WHEN THEY GOT INTO
THE APARTMENT.
563
00:26:38,833 --> 00:26:40,933
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE DOOR SLAMMED,
564
00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:43,367
AND NOTHING WAS HEARD
FROM ANYBODY THEREAFTER.
565
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,867
Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS ARE TROUBLED
566
00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:47,200
BY WITNESSES' DESCRIPTIONS
567
00:26:47,233 --> 00:26:49,533
OF THE CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN AARON AND MANDY.
568
00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,967
IT DOESN'T SQUARE
WITH AARON'S VERSION
569
00:26:52,067 --> 00:26:53,767
OF WHAT HE CALLED AN ARGUMENT.
570
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,533
I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY, YOU
KNOW, "DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
571
00:26:57,567 --> 00:26:59,333
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
572
00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,700
"YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON
BEFORE WE GOT HERE?
573
00:27:01,733 --> 00:27:03,733
WHAT WAS GOING ON
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED?"
574
00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:06,867
AND HIS STORY, YOU KNOW,
STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT.
575
00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:08,733
THEY HAD
GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT.
576
00:27:08,767 --> 00:27:10,067
HE GOT IN THE SHOWER.
577
00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,767
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS LEAVING,
THAT SHE'D BE RIGHT BACK.
578
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,833
AND SHE LEFT
AND NEVER CAME BACK.
579
00:27:16,867 --> 00:27:20,933
Joyner: THE IRONIC THING IS THAT
RIGHT AFTER THE ARGUMENT,
580
00:27:20,967 --> 00:27:23,533
NO ONE HAS SEEN
MISS STOKES ALIVE.
581
00:27:23,567 --> 00:27:25,067
SHE'S THE INDIVIDUAL
582
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,367
THAT ENGAGED
WITH PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
583
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,300
OFTENTIMES SPEAKING WITH THEM
584
00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:31,067
WHEN SHE LEFT
OR WHEN SHE CAME HOME.
585
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:33,333
THESE SAME INDIVIDUALS,
WHO ARE VERY DILIGENT AND AWARE
586
00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:35,367
OF WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX,
587
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,633
NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.
588
00:27:36,667 --> 00:27:38,400
Narrator:
BUT THERE IS EVIDENCE
589
00:27:38,433 --> 00:27:41,300
OF HER SPEAKING TO SOMEONE
AFTER HER DISPUTE WITH AARON.
590
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,400
Williams:
WELL, THE BOYFRIEND THOUGHT
591
00:27:50,433 --> 00:27:53,633
HIS LAST CONVERSATION WITH HER
GOT CUT OFF.
592
00:27:53,667 --> 00:27:55,067
SHE WAS IN A VEHICLE
AT THAT TIME.
593
00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:58,467
Narrator: WHEN POLICE INTERVIEW
MANDY'S BOYFRIEND, JOHN,
594
00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:00,933
HE TELLS THEM
THAT MANDY ACTUALLY CALLED HIM
595
00:28:00,967 --> 00:28:03,500
FROM HER CELLPHONE
AT 10:45 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING
596
00:28:03,533 --> 00:28:07,067
AND TOLD HIM
SHE WAS UPSET WITH AARON.
597
00:28:07,067 --> 00:28:09,500
Murray: JOHN TOLD ME
THAT SHE DID TELL HIM
598
00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:11,333
ABOUT THE ARGUMENT ON THE PHONE.
599
00:28:11,367 --> 00:28:16,267
SO I DO KNOW THAT SHE TALKED
TO JOHN AFTER THE ARGUMENT.
600
00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:18,467
AND HE TOLD ME
SHE WAS IN THE CAR.
601
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:21,700
Narrator: BUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CONVERSATION,
602
00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:22,833
THE CALL IS DROPPED.
603
00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:24,933
HE MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS
TO RE-CONTACT HER,
604
00:28:24,967 --> 00:28:27,867
BUT THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT.
605
00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:31,300
Narrator: MANDY'S CONVERSATION
WITH HER BOYFRIEND INDICATES
606
00:28:31,333 --> 00:28:33,867
THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN JOHN
AND NOT AARON
607
00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:36,700
WHO LAST HAD CONTACT WITH MANDY.
608
00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:39,300
THEN, ACCORDING TO
CELLPHONE RECORDS,
609
00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:44,167
MANDY'S PHONE IS EITHER TURNED
OFF OR GOES DEAD AT 11:20 A.M.
610
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,167
Murray: IT SOUNDS LIKE, TO ME,
THAT IN THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
611
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,833
THAT SHE WAS AWAY FROM THE
APARTMENT, AT LEAST IN HER CAR,
612
00:28:52,867 --> 00:28:55,933
AFTER THE ARGUMENT WITH AARON.
613
00:28:55,967 --> 00:29:01,467
SO THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT
SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED TO HER.
614
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:04,967
Narrator:
NOW WORKING TO ESTABLISH
A MORE THOROUGH TIMELINE,
615
00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:07,667
POLICE DIG DEEPER
INTO MANDY'S AFFAIRS
616
00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:09,333
AND PULL UP HER BANK RECORDS.
617
00:29:09,367 --> 00:29:12,067
Joyner:
NORMALLY, THERE'S NO ACTIVITY.
618
00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:14,467
THE MOMENT A PERSON
GOES IN DISAPPEARANCE MODE,
619
00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:15,800
ACTIVITY STOPS --
620
00:29:15,833 --> 00:29:19,300
NO DEPOSITS, NO WITHDRAWALS,
NO ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER.
621
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:21,933
Narrator: RIGHT AWAY,
POLICE DISCOVER A HOPEFUL SIGN.
622
00:29:21,967 --> 00:29:24,233
Joyner: THIS CASE
WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
623
00:29:24,267 --> 00:29:26,400
THERE WAS STILL ACTIVITY
ON HER BANK ACCOUNT.
624
00:29:26,433 --> 00:29:29,200
Narrator: POLICE LEARN
THAT PURCHASES AND WITHDRAWALS
625
00:29:29,233 --> 00:29:32,200
ARE RECORDED
ON THE DAY MANDY WENT MISSING.
626
00:29:32,233 --> 00:29:35,233
IN FACT, ONE PURCHASE IS MADE
AT 11:28 A.M.,
627
00:29:35,267 --> 00:29:37,367
THREE BLOCKS FROM HER APARTMENT,
628
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,833
AND ANOTHER AT 11:51 A.M.,
629
00:29:39,867 --> 00:29:43,300
JUST FIVE BLOCKS FROM
WHERE THE CAR WAS ABANDONED.
630
00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:44,633
EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING --
631
00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:48,100
THERE WAS BANK ACTIVITY
THE DAY AFTER MANDY DISAPPEARED.
632
00:29:48,133 --> 00:29:49,867
Murray:
I WAS FEELING HOPEFUL
633
00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:54,067
THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME POSSIBILITY SHE'S ALIVE.
634
00:29:54,067 --> 00:29:56,733
Narrator: BUT WHEN DETECTIVES
VIEW SURVEILLANCE IMAGES
635
00:29:56,767 --> 00:29:58,167
FROM ONE OF THE ATM MACHINES,
636
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,000
THEY'RE SURPRISED TO FIND
637
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:00,067
THEY'RE SURPRISED TO FIND
THAT IT'S NOT MANDY
WITHDRAWING THE CASH.
638
00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:02,967
THAT IT'S NOT MANDY
WITHDRAWING THE CASH.
639
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,333
WHEN WE LOOKED INTO IT
AND DRILLED DOWN ON IT FURTHER,
640
00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:07,000
THE ACTIVITY
WAS ALL BY MR. STOKES.
641
00:30:07,033 --> 00:30:11,133
Narrator: MANDY'S BROTHER AARON
IS SHOWN IN SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS,
642
00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:12,900
WITHDRAWING CASH
WITH MANDY'S ATM CARD.
643
00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:15,300
Murray:
WE TALKED TO THE POLICE.
644
00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:16,833
THEY BROUGHT US IN
645
00:30:16,867 --> 00:30:21,900
TO SHOW PICTURES OF AARON
AT THE ATM THAT MORNING.
646
00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:23,900
Narrator:
THIS TELLS POLICE NOTHING
647
00:30:23,933 --> 00:30:25,333
ABOUT MANDY'S WHEREABOUTS,
648
00:30:25,367 --> 00:30:28,033
ONLY THAT AARON
WAS TAKING HER MONEY.
649
00:30:28,067 --> 00:30:31,767
Murray: HE WAS USING
HER DEBIT CARD TO GET CASH OUT,
650
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,200
AND I KNOW THAT SHE
HAD MENTIONED SOMETIMES
651
00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:35,867
THAT SHE WOULD LET HIM DO THAT,
652
00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,367
BUT HE TOOK MOST
OF WHAT WAS OUT OF HER ACCOUNT.
653
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,333
Narrator:
MANDY'S ACCOUNT ALSO REVEALS
654
00:30:41,367 --> 00:30:43,667
THAT AARON
HAS BEEN USING HER CHECKBOOK
655
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,400
TO FORGE CHECKS TO HIMSELF.
656
00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:49,200
Williams: THERE WERE NUMEROUS
CHECKS WRITTEN TO AARON STOKES,
657
00:30:49,233 --> 00:30:51,200
AND THEN WHEN YOU COMPARED
THE SIGNATURES
658
00:30:51,233 --> 00:30:53,967
ON THE ONES TO HER
UTILITY BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT,
659
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,400
THEY WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
660
00:30:56,433 --> 00:30:58,733
AND THESE
WERE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
661
00:30:58,767 --> 00:31:02,100
THE NEWS FURTHER STRAINS
AARON'S CREDIBILITY
662
00:31:02,133 --> 00:31:04,367
WITH THE POLICE AND HIS FAMILY.
663
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,600
Cody: HE HAD WRITTEN A SERIES
OF CHECKS FOR A LOT OF MONEY --
664
00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:12,600
AROUND $6,000, $7,000, I THINK.
665
00:31:12,633 --> 00:31:17,800
I THINK THAT DEFINITELY ADDED
TO, YOU KNOW, THE SUSPICION.
666
00:31:17,833 --> 00:31:21,833
BUT KNOWING
THE SITUATION AARON'S IN
667
00:31:21,867 --> 00:31:25,067
AND WITH THE DRUGS
THAT HE'S DOING,
668
00:31:25,067 --> 00:31:28,067
HE PROBABLY WOULD STEAL
FROM ANYBODY, YOU KNOW?
669
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:30,667
Williams: USING HEROIN,
670
00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:33,467
YOU'LL DO ALMOST ANYTHING
TO GET MORE OF THAT DRUG --
671
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:36,067
DO THINGS THAT THEY NORMALLY
PROBABLY WOULD NOT DO
672
00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:37,500
BECAUSE OF THE DRUG HABITS.
673
00:31:37,533 --> 00:31:40,400
Narrator: AARON MAINTAINS
HIS INNOCENCE TO THE POLICE
674
00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:42,400
BUT ALSO
CONTINUES TO DENY THEM ACCESS
675
00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:45,467
TO THE APARTMENT HE SHARES
WITH HIS SISTER.
676
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,567
MANDY'S FAMILY IS EXASPERATED.
677
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:49,967
IN ADDITION,
678
00:31:50,067 --> 00:31:53,100
SINCE MANDY RECENTLY GAVE NOTICE
THAT SHE WAS LEAVING,
679
00:31:53,133 --> 00:31:54,933
AND BECAUSE HER LEASE WAS UP,
680
00:31:54,967 --> 00:31:58,100
THE LANDLORD HAS PROMISED
THE APARTMENT TO NEW TENANTS.
681
00:31:58,133 --> 00:32:01,167
Murray:
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS,
682
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:06,567
WE PACKED UP MANDY'S APARTMENT
AS BEST I COULD.
683
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,633
Cody:
WE PACKED UP IN A FEW DAYS --
684
00:32:09,667 --> 00:32:13,333
PACKED EVERYTHING UP
AND GOT EVERYTHING OUT.
685
00:32:13,367 --> 00:32:15,600
Wiggins:
AND THAT'S JUST AWFUL,
686
00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:19,133
AND TRYING TO FISH THROUGH
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE,
687
00:32:19,167 --> 00:32:20,500
BUT WHAT IF SHE COMES BACK?
688
00:32:20,533 --> 00:32:23,233
IT WAS JUST AWFUL.
689
00:32:23,267 --> 00:32:24,567
Narrator: DISCOURAGED,
690
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,600
MANDY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY
RETURN TO THEIR OWN LIVES.
691
00:32:27,633 --> 00:32:30,233
Murray:
WHEN I LEFT, I WAS IN A DAZE.
692
00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:32,933
AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER,
THE POLICE CALLED
693
00:32:32,967 --> 00:32:36,867
AND THEN SAID
THAT THIS IS A HOMICIDE CASE.
694
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:40,367
Narrator: COMING UP...
695
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,567
DETECTIVES FEEL
THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
696
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,333
IS MOUNTING UP AGAINST AARON.
697
00:32:45,367 --> 00:32:47,500
Joyner:
NOT ONLY HAS SHE DISAPPEARED,
698
00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,267
BUT WE BELIEVE
FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED
699
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:53,900
AND THAT SHE WAS DECEASED
AT THE HANDS OF MR. STOKES.
700
00:33:07,233 --> 00:33:10,567
Narrator: AFTER THREE WEEKS OF
INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE
701
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,067
OF PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT
MANDY STOKES,
702
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:16,933
DETECTIVES TRANSFER THE CASE TO
THE OAKLAND HOMICIDE DIVISION.
703
00:33:16,967 --> 00:33:19,067
Joyner: NORMALLY
IN MISSING-PERSON CASES,
704
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,900
IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE NOT INVOLVED,
705
00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,867
THEY USUALLY
DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
706
00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:26,400
TO BEAT DOWN THE DOOR
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
707
00:33:26,433 --> 00:33:29,433
AND MAKE SURE
THAT NO STONE GOES UNTURNED.
708
00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:30,867
MR. STOKES
WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
709
00:33:30,900 --> 00:33:33,533
Narrator: DETECTIVES' PRIMARY
PERSON OF INTEREST
710
00:33:33,567 --> 00:33:35,433
IS MANDY'S BROTHER AARON.
711
00:33:35,467 --> 00:33:37,667
Williams: SO, YOU ALWAYS
KEEP AN OPEN MIND,
712
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:40,700
AND THEN IN THIS CASE, AARON,
OF COURSE, WITH HIS PROPENSITIES
713
00:33:40,733 --> 00:33:43,200
TO TAKE THE MONEY AND THE DRUGS
AND THOSE THINGS,
714
00:33:43,233 --> 00:33:45,367
OF COURSE, MAKES HIM
THE TOP OF THE BOARD.
715
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,967
Narrator:
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
716
00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:49,467
ARE USED TO LOOKING AT PEOPLE
CLOSE TO THE VICTIM,
717
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:53,200
BUT VIOLENCE BETWEEN SIBLINGS IS
OFTEN DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND.
718
00:33:53,233 --> 00:33:55,300
Joyner: ANY TIME YOU HAVE
A FAMILY MEMBER INVOLVED
719
00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,133
IN POSSIBLY KILLING
ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER,
720
00:33:57,167 --> 00:33:58,733
THERE'S ALWAYS
THAT ONE BIT OF DOUBT
721
00:33:58,767 --> 00:34:01,067
THAT, NO WAY COULD A BROTHER
KILL HIS SISTER.
722
00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:12,500
Narrator:
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th,
723
00:34:12,533 --> 00:34:15,233
POLICE BRING AARON DOWNTOWN
FOR QUESTIONING.
724
00:34:15,267 --> 00:34:18,533
Joyner: MR. STOKES
WAS BASICALLY CAVALIER.
725
00:34:18,567 --> 00:34:20,567
HE DIDN'T SEEM
REALLY TAKEN ABACK BY THE FACT
726
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,233
THAT HE WAS
AT THE HOMICIDE SECTION
727
00:34:22,267 --> 00:34:25,333
AND BEING INTERVIEWED
BY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS
728
00:34:25,367 --> 00:34:27,200
DURING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.
729
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:29,567
Williams:
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE
730
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,967
AND WAS IN A STATE OF NOT
WANTING TO COOPERATE TOO MUCH.
731
00:34:33,067 --> 00:34:35,100
BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM
VERY EMOTIONALLY UPSET, EITHER.
732
00:34:35,133 --> 00:34:36,333
THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
733
00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:38,133
YOU'D THINK THAT IF IT WAS
HIS SISTER MISSING,
734
00:34:38,167 --> 00:34:40,100
THAT HE WOULD TRY TO BE
DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
735
00:34:40,133 --> 00:34:41,500
TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
736
00:34:41,533 --> 00:34:43,567
Narrator:
AARON IS GRILLED BY DETECTIVES
737
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,567
ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS SISTER.
738
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,067
IT SOON COMES TO LIGHT
739
00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:52,200
HOW DEEPLY MANDY HAD FALLEN
INTO AARON'S WORLD OF DRUGS.
740
00:34:52,233 --> 00:34:57,200
THE CROWD THAT HE INTRODUCED
MANDY TO WEREN'T NICE PEOPLE.
741
00:34:57,233 --> 00:35:00,533
Joyner: YOU KNOW, MISS STOKES,
AS WELL AS HER BROTHER,
742
00:35:00,567 --> 00:35:03,933
WERE INVOLVED IN DRUG USAGE,
INVOLVED IN AT-RISK BEHAVIOR
743
00:35:03,967 --> 00:35:06,833
WITH SOME SHADY PEOPLE
HERE IN THIS CITY.
744
00:35:06,867 --> 00:35:10,633
Cody: AARON HAD BEEN
A DRUG ADDICT FOR A LONG TIME,
745
00:35:10,667 --> 00:35:13,667
AND I THINK MANDY
HAD TRIED TO HELP HIM
746
00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:15,700
WITH THAT AT SOME POINT.
747
00:35:15,733 --> 00:35:17,567
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW,
748
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,733
SHE HAD STARTED DOING
SOME DRUGS, AS WELL.
749
00:35:20,767 --> 00:35:23,300
Wiggins:
SHE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL,
750
00:35:23,333 --> 00:35:27,633
AND I DON'T THINK SHE KNEW MUCH
OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AT ALL.
751
00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:29,833
SHE GOT TOO CAUGHT UP IN IT.
752
00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:34,067
Narrator:
DURING THE INTERVIEW,
753
00:35:34,067 --> 00:35:36,433
AARON DOES NOT IMPLICATE HIMSELF
IN MANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE
754
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:39,167
BUT CONTINUES TO ROUSE SUSPICION
AMONG THE DETECTIVES.
755
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,267
Joyner: EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID
WAS VERY CALCULATED
756
00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,567
IN TRYING TO JUSTIFY
HIS ACTIONS --
757
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,167
WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE ARGUMENT,
WHY THE ARGUMENT TOOK PLACE,
758
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,100
AND HIS USAGE
OF HER BANK ACCOUNT
759
00:35:50,133 --> 00:35:53,900
AND TAKING MONEY FROM HER
ACCOUNT SINCE HER DISAPPEARANCE.
760
00:35:53,933 --> 00:35:56,500
Narrator: AFTER NINE HOURS
IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM,
761
00:35:56,533 --> 00:35:59,333
AARON REFUSES TO COOPERATE
ANY FURTHER.
762
00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:00,833
Williams:
THEY FELT HE WAS HOSTILE,
763
00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:02,567
THAT HE WAS NOT TRUTHFUL.
764
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:07,533
HE JUST WASN'T VERY FORTHCOMING
WITH INFORMATION.
765
00:36:07,567 --> 00:36:09,067
VERY AGITATED.
766
00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:19,167
Narrator:
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14th,
767
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,400
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
HEAD TO THE COURTHOUSE,
768
00:36:21,433 --> 00:36:23,067
DETERMINED TO GET A WARRANT
769
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,433
TO ALLOW THEM INSIDE MANDY
AND AARON'S FORMER APARTMENT.
770
00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:28,867
Joyner: WE OUTLINED OUR BELIEFS
IN FRONT OF A JUDGE,
771
00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,933
ASKING FOR THE SEARCH
OF THE RESIDENCE.
772
00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:32,867
ONCE THAT SEARCH WARRANT
WAS SIGNED,
773
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,467
WE EXECUTED THE WARRANT
AND SEARCHED THE RESIDENCE.
774
00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:39,267
Narrator: BUT DETECTIVES DON'T
HAVE MUCH EVIDENCE TO COLLECT.
775
00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:40,900
Joyner:
A LOT OF HER PERSONAL ITEMS
776
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:42,533
HAD ALREADY BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE RESIDENCE.
777
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:46,267
BY THIS TIME,
AARON WAS STAYING WITH FRIENDS,
778
00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:47,800
AND NEW TENANTS
HAD ALREADY MOVED IN.
779
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:49,167
Joyner: AT THIS POINT,
780
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,233
OUR CRIME-SCENE INVESTIGATORS
RESPONDED TO THE SCENE,
781
00:36:51,267 --> 00:36:55,233
USED CHEMICALS TO ACTUALLY
SHOW US TWO LOCATIONS
782
00:36:55,267 --> 00:36:59,067
WHERE WE BELIEVED AN ALTERCATION
TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.
783
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:00,800
Narrator:
POLICE TECHNICIANS FIND
784
00:37:00,833 --> 00:37:02,567
WHAT THEY CALL
BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.
785
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,400
Joyner:
IT APPEARED THAT WHOMEVER
786
00:37:05,433 --> 00:37:07,767
HAD ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN UP
THE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
787
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,200
DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB
WITH IT.
788
00:37:09,233 --> 00:37:12,167
Narrator: THEN HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES AND THEIR LAB TEAM
789
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,333
TURN THEIR ATTENTION
TO MANDY'S CAR,
790
00:37:14,367 --> 00:37:16,867
WHICH WAS STILL SITTING
IN THE OAKLAND IMPOUND LOT.
791
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,833
Joyner: ONCE WE GOT INSIDE THE
CAR AND DID A THOROUGH SEARCH,
792
00:37:19,867 --> 00:37:22,967
THE SAME BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
WAS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CAR,
793
00:37:23,067 --> 00:37:24,167
LEADING US TO BELIEVE
794
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,600
THAT SOMETHING TOOK PLACE
INSIDE THE CAR --
795
00:37:26,633 --> 00:37:28,600
EITHER A BODY BEING TRANSPORTED
796
00:37:28,633 --> 00:37:32,533
OR A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION ENSUED
INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
797
00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:34,533
Narrator:
FOR INVESTIGATORS,
798
00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:38,533
THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
IS STACKING UP AGAINST AARON.
799
00:37:38,567 --> 00:37:43,833
HE WAS THE LAST KNOWN PERSON
TO SEE HIS SISTER.
800
00:37:43,867 --> 00:37:47,300
HE REFUSED POLICE ENTRY
TO THE APARTMENT
801
00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:49,967
AND CONTRADICTED
WITNESSES' STATEMENTS
802
00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:51,967
ABOUT HIS ARGUMENT WITH MANDY.
803
00:37:54,133 --> 00:37:57,367
HE DRAINED HER BANK ACCOUNT
AND FORGED CHECKS.
804
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,433
AND THERE'S BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
805
00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:02,067
IN BOTH THE APARTMENT
AND THE CAR,
806
00:38:02,067 --> 00:38:04,533
SUGGESTING
THAT MANDY COULD BE DEAD.
807
00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:06,600
Joyner:
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
808
00:38:06,633 --> 00:38:08,700
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO HAVE A BODY
809
00:38:08,733 --> 00:38:10,933
TO BRING CHARGES
AGAINST SOMEONE FOR MURDER.
810
00:38:10,967 --> 00:38:14,067
BUT, OF COURSE, CLEARLY,
THE BAR RISES
811
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,633
TO BE ABLE TO PROVE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
812
00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:18,233
THAT THIS PERSON IS DECEASED.
813
00:38:18,267 --> 00:38:21,733
Narrator: EVEN THOUGH DETECTIVES
CANNOT LOCATE MANDY OR HER BODY,
814
00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:23,833
THEY COME TO SUSPECT
THAT SHE WAS KILLED.
815
00:38:23,867 --> 00:38:26,433
Joyner: WE BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY
HAS SHE DISAPPEARED,
816
00:38:26,467 --> 00:38:28,767
BUT WE BELIEVE
FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED
817
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,933
AND THAT MISS STOKES
WAS ACTUALLY MURDERED
818
00:38:30,967 --> 00:38:32,333
AT THE HANDS OF HER BROTHER.
819
00:38:32,367 --> 00:38:34,300
Narrator:
OAKLAND HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
820
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:36,533
PRESENT THEIR CASE
TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
821
00:38:36,567 --> 00:38:39,167
HOPING TO BRING CHARGES
AGAINST AARON STOKES
822
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,700
IN THE MURDER
OF HIS SISTER MANDY.
823
00:38:41,733 --> 00:38:46,067
SO, THAT PRETTY MUCH
SENT ME INTO A TAILSPIN,
824
00:38:46,067 --> 00:38:48,067
BECAUSE HOMICIDE, DAUGHTER --
825
00:38:48,067 --> 00:38:51,067
THAT DOESN'T COMPUTE VERY WELL.
826
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:56,367
AND THEN THERE'S AARON, WHO
HAS MADE HIMSELF LOOK GUILTY.
827
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,167
I DON'T KNOW
IF AARON KNOWS SOMETHING
828
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,933
OR IF AARON IS JUST --
829
00:39:01,967 --> 00:39:04,300
BECAUSE OF THE DRUG USE,
HE JUST...
830
00:39:09,067 --> 00:39:10,900
I DON'T KNOW.
831
00:39:10,933 --> 00:39:13,633
Narrator: BUT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY DOES NOT BELIEVE
832
00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:15,067
THAT THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
833
00:39:15,067 --> 00:39:17,733
DETECTIVES RETRIEVED
FROM MANDY'S APARTMENT AND CAR
834
00:39:17,767 --> 00:39:20,300
IS STRONG ENOUGH
TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST AARON.
835
00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:23,133
Williams: THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
D.A.'s OFFICE CONCLUSION,
836
00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:24,733
WHICH I AGREED WITH, BASICALLY,
837
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:26,667
WAS THAT WE STILL
CAN'T REALLY PROVE
838
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:29,067
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT SHE'S DECEASED.
839
00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:30,733
Joyner: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
REVIEWED IT
840
00:39:30,767 --> 00:39:32,133
AND DID NOT FILE CHARGES.
841
00:39:32,167 --> 00:39:34,433
YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY
NEEDS TO RISE TO A HIGHER LEVEL
842
00:39:34,467 --> 00:39:35,867
SINCE DON'T HAVE A BODY.
843
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:38,900
Narrator: POLICE ALSO KNOW
THAT BECAUSE AARON AND MANDY
844
00:39:38,933 --> 00:39:41,267
ASSOCIATED
WITH OTHER ILLEGAL DRUG USERS,
845
00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:43,433
IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SHE MET HER FATE
846
00:39:43,467 --> 00:39:46,433
AT THE HANDS OF SOMEONE ELSE
IN THIS DANGEROUS CROWD.
847
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:49,800
Joyner: OFTENTIMES, SOMEONE'S
LIFESTYLE DOES PLAY A HUGE PART,
848
00:39:49,833 --> 00:39:52,200
BECAUSE IT OPENS UP
A WHOLE NOTHER ELEMENT
849
00:39:52,233 --> 00:39:55,067
OF REASONABLE DOUBT
AND WHAT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
850
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,433
BUT REGARDLESS
OF WHAT MISS STOKES WAS DOING,
851
00:39:57,467 --> 00:39:58,700
SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE
852
00:39:58,733 --> 00:40:02,033
KIDNAPPED, MURDERED, OR ABDUCTED
BY ANYONE.
853
00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,433
AARON STOKES
HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE
854
00:40:04,467 --> 00:40:06,067
IN HIS SISTER'S DISAPPEARANCE
855
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,300
AND NOW LIVES IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
856
00:40:15,233 --> 00:40:18,867
WITH NO NEW INFORMATION ON
THE WHEREABOUTS OF MANDY STOKES,
857
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,733
HER CASE IS NOW
IN THE COLD-CASE UNIT
858
00:40:20,767 --> 00:40:22,433
AT THE OAKLAND
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
859
00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:25,400
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
IN DEALING WITH THE FAMILY
860
00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:27,933
IS THE FACT THAT, ONE,
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO RESERVE HOPE
861
00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:30,333
THAT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER OR
YOUR LOVED ONE IS STILL ALIVE.
862
00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:32,467
BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN,
AS A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR,
863
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:33,800
WHEN THE EVIDENCE IS TELLING YOU
864
00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:35,700
THIS PERSON IS NO LONGER
WITH US, YOU KNOW,
865
00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:38,067
YOU TRY TO TELL THEM
TO HOPE FOR THE BEST
866
00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:39,733
BUT BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
867
00:40:39,767 --> 00:40:41,500
Narrator:
MANDY'S LOVED ONES
868
00:40:41,533 --> 00:40:44,067
FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO CONFRONT THE POSSIBILITY
869
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:47,067
THAT AARON COULD BE INVOLVED
IN MANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
870
00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:49,300
Cody:
I FEEL LIKE I USED TO KNOW HIM.
871
00:40:49,333 --> 00:40:53,867
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS
SINCE WE'VE BEEN CLOSE.
872
00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:57,067
BUT NO, I DON'T FEEL LIKE
HE COULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
873
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,267
Wiggins:
I DON'T THINK HE HURT HER,
874
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:01,067
BUT I THINK HE KNOWS WHO DID.
875
00:41:01,067 --> 00:41:03,300
HE COULD HAVE PROBABLY
GIVEN MORE INFORMATION
876
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:04,400
ON WHATEVER HAPPENED.
877
00:41:07,933 --> 00:41:10,267
Narrator: THEY'RE
TRYING TO HOLD ONTO MEMORIES
878
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,867
OF THE EFFERVESCENT YOUNG WOMAN.
879
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:15,933
Wiggins: I MEAN, LUCKILY I HAVE
THOSE GOOD TIMES WITH MANDY,
880
00:41:15,967 --> 00:41:18,267
BUT HERE IT IS,
FOUR YEARS LATER,
881
00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:21,400
AND TRYING TO FIND CLOSURE
WITH THIS, YOU KNOW?
882
00:41:21,433 --> 00:41:24,467
AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN SOMEONE GOES MISSING,
883
00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:26,767
IT'S JUST WORSE
THAN SOMEONE DYING.
884
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,700
YOU KNOW, MY WORST NIGHTMARE
WAS WAKING UP,
885
00:41:30,733 --> 00:41:33,067
AND SHE'S LYING
ON THE EDGE OF MY BED,
886
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:35,933
AND SHE'S CRYING AND ASKING
887
00:41:35,967 --> 00:41:39,267
WHY I DIDN'T LOOK FOR HER MORE.
888
00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:43,133
Cody:
IT'S BROUGHT US CLOSER, I THINK.
889
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,600
DEFINITELY.
890
00:41:44,633 --> 00:41:47,367
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH, BECAUSE
WE, YOU KNOW, MISS OUR SISTER,
891
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,433
AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
892
00:41:49,467 --> 00:41:52,667
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
IF I SHOULD GIVE UP HOPE
893
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:58,367
OR, YOU KNOW,
KEEP LOOKING, KEEP SEARCHING.
894
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,300
JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
895
00:42:02,833 --> 00:42:05,100
Murray: BECAUSE OF
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO MANDY,
896
00:42:05,133 --> 00:42:09,867
MY HEART IS VERY...BROKEN.
897
00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:13,200
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT,
WHEN I LOOK AT HER PICTURES,
898
00:42:13,233 --> 00:42:15,733
SHE'S SO VIBRANT
899
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:20,367
THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE
NOT SEEING HER AGAIN.
900
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,433
JUST HER SMILE.
901
00:42:22,467 --> 00:42:24,833
SHE HAS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
902
00:42:24,867 --> 00:42:29,967
AND I JUST
WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN.
903
00:42:30,067 --> 00:42:32,067
Narrator:
DEB MURRAY FINDS HERSELF
904
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:35,367
IN AN UNIMAGINABLE POSITION --
GRIEVING FOR TWO CHILDREN --
905
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,700
THE DAUGHTER WHO IS GONE,
AND THE SON WHO MAY BE TO BLAME.
906
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:40,967
Joyner: IT'S KIND OF
A VERY DIFFICULT THING,
907
00:42:41,067 --> 00:42:42,567
AS AN INVESTIGATOR, TO DEAL WITH
908
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,100
BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH
THE GRIEF OF A PARENT.
909
00:42:45,133 --> 00:42:47,400
MISS STOKES' MOTHER
IS A WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL
910
00:42:47,433 --> 00:42:50,267
WHO IS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HER MISSING DAUGHTER.
911
00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:52,633
SHE ALSO IS CONCERNED
AND TORN BETWEEN,
912
00:42:52,667 --> 00:42:54,767
COULD HER SON
HAVE KILLED HER DAUGHTER?
913
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,167
Murray:
THERE IS THE CONCERN I HAVE
914
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,833
THAT THEY WOULDN'T LOOK IN
ANY OTHER AVENUE EXCEPT AARON,
915
00:43:00,867 --> 00:43:03,100
AND THAT IS HEARTBREAKING TO ME,
916
00:43:03,133 --> 00:43:06,433
BECAUSE TO THINK
THAT HE COULD BE ARRESTED
917
00:43:06,467 --> 00:43:09,200
FOR DOING SOMETHING
TO HIS SISTER
918
00:43:09,233 --> 00:43:13,200
AND HE DIDN'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE.
919
00:43:13,233 --> 00:43:18,867
NOT KNOWING
IS PRETTY HORRIBLE, SO...
920
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:23,167
I HOPE THAT I'M READY
FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS
921
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:28,100
OR WHATEVER IS FOUND THROUGH
ANYBODY THAT COULD HELP US,
922
00:43:28,133 --> 00:43:30,433
'CAUSE IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
923
00:43:30,467 --> 00:43:32,433
IT'S REALLY A NIGHTMARE.
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