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Dec 2023
21m 48s

The Vanishing Of Marlene Oakes | The Cas...

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“He tried to hide it, but I know what I saw” -- On October 12th, 1980, 4-year-old Lalana and her older brother Donald are put on a plane to Rhode Island without their mom, who had vanished just a few hours earlier, with no evidence left behind. It would take years for Lalana to finally solve the case herself, uncovering disturbing family secrets over 20 years old, and answer the question that’s been on her mind all this time: what happened to Mom? Or rather, who wanted her to disappear?


External Footage from: "Catch My Killer", "Blood Sacrifice", "Investigator Discovery", "A&E Cold Case File" (Season 3, Episode 12, Daddy Knows Best), "Forensic Files" (Season 9, Episode 13), "A Daughter's Journey TLC", "Court TV", "TRUTV", "Reenactment Diary Recording", "Lilly Junod", "Vanished with Beth Holloway A&E Television Network LLC".

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