On June 6, 1986, a single mom of three awakes to find her 4-year-old daughter has been abducted from her bed near Lexington, South Carolina. The family is desperate to find her. The girlās sister tells law enforcement she saw a man in a āmagic hatā carry her sister out the window. However, there is no sign of the youngster. The days, weeks, months, and years pass without answers as the missing girlās mother battles racism, corruption, and a bungled police investigation that ignores key evidence. Finally, decades after the abduction, and with the involvement of a private investigator, an arrest is made. The young girlās family is entirely unsurprised at the perpetratorās identity - it was someone they suspected all along. In episode 360, Jac and Alexis detail the heartbreaking abduction and murder of Jessica Gutierrez at the hands of Thomas Eric McDowell, and the importance of law enforcement listening to families, instead of stonewalling them. š Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon:patreon.com/thefirstdegreešø Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegreešŗ TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreeeš¤ Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegreeĀ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On June 6, 1986, a single mom of three awakes to find her 4-year-old daughter has been abducted from her bed near Lexington, South Carolina. The family is desperate to find her. The girlās sister tells law enforcement she saw a man in a āmagic hatā carry her sister out the window. However, there is no sign of the youngster. The days, weeks, months, and years pass without answers as the missing girlās mother battles racism, corruption, and a bungled police investigation that ignores key evidence....