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May 2023
22m 47s

Barbara Dreher (King of Hearts, Washingt...

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About this episode
It was a warm Saturday evening in 1984 when 39-year-old Barbara disappeared from the streets of Washington, D.C. Almost 40 years later, the blatant missteps in the early days of the investigation still haunt her case… and may be what stands in the way of it being solved. 
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