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Jul 2022
51m 56s

MISSING: Susan Robin Bender

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Susan Robin Bender got into a van in 1986 and was never seen again. Police believe the teenage girl met with foul play and have renewed the search for answers decades after her mysterious disappearance... but her mom thinks she knows who’s responsible.

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