Original subtitles

>> Narrator: LILY ARAMBURO

DISAPPEARED JUNE 1, 2007.

WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS WITHOUT

A TRACE, OFTEN THE MOST CRITICAL

INFORMATION IS HIDDEN IN THEIR

ACTIONS AND WORDS FROM THE DAYS

BEFORE THEY VANISHED.

LILY ARAMBURO'S LAST KNOWN

WHEREABOUTS MAY HOLD THE CLUES

TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

A 22-YEAR-OLD NEW MOTHER,

LILY ARAMBURO, IS BUSY GETTING

HER LIFE BACK ON TRACK.

>> SHE STARTING TAKING CARE OF

THINGS IN HER LIFE THAT HAD

BEEN NEGLECTED IN THE PAST.

SO, IT WAS A VERY HAPPY TIME FOR

HER

>> Narrator: BUT THEN, LATE ONE

NIGHT, SHE DISAPPEARS.

>> SHE LEFT EVERYTHING AT MY

HOUSE.

AND I'M LIKE, "THAT DOESN'T MAKE

ANY SENSE."

>> Narrator: AND EVEN AS HER

LOVED ONES MOUNT A MASSIVE

SEARCH...

>> I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FIND MY

DAUGHTER LIKE IN THE NEXT

CORNER.

>> Narrator:... MONTHS GO BY

WITH NO SIGN OF LILY, AND NEW

SUSPICIONS TAKE SHAPE.

>> I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN

TOLD THE TRUTH.

>> SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING,

SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING, AND I

NEED TO KNOW WHERE MY DAUGHTER

IS.

DEAD OR ALIVE, I NEED TO FIND

OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

>> Narrator: LILY ARAMBURO HAS

RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH TO A SON

NAMED PAULDEN.

>> OH, SHE WAS THE HAPPIEST

MOTHER.

SHE WAS DEDICATED AND VERY

PROUD OF HER BABY.

>> Narrator: SHE IS ALSO NEWLY

ENGAGED TO HER BOYFRIEND,

CHRISTEN PACHECO.

>> I THOUGHT, "THIS IS WHAT LILY

NEEDS -- SOMEBODY THAT CAN

SUPPORT HER EMOTIONALLY, YOU

KNOW, SOMEBODY STRONGER, HAVING

ALREADY SOME KIND OF LIKE LIFE

GOING."

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE

A GOOD THING.

>> WE WERE IN LOVE.

WE HAD A GOOD TIME.

WE ENJOYED EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.

>> Narrator: AFTER A FEW MONTHS

OF BEING TOGETHER, LILY DECIDES

TO MOVE INTO CHRISTEN'S CONDO

IN KENDALL.

>> I FELT AS IF LILY WAS ON THE

RIGHT TRACK.

SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF HERSELF.

SHE SEEMED FINE.

>> Narrator: BUT LILY'S PAST HAS

NOT ALWAYS BEEN A SMOOTH ONE.

GROWING UP IN MIAMI, LILY HAD

LOTS OF FRIENDS AND WAS KNOWN AS

A SWEET, PEACEFUL GIRL WHO LOVED

NATURE.

>> SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE

PARK OR JUST BEING IN NATURE,

WHATEVER IT WAS.

EVEN IF IT'S JUST WALKING

ANYWHERE, SHE WOULD LIKE PAY

ATTENTION TO A TREE, A FLOWER,

A BIRD, ANY KIND OF ANIMALS.

SHE WOULD ADMIRE EVERYTHING AND

FEEL PART OF IT.

>> Narrator: BUT IN HER TEEN

YEARS, LILY BEGAN SPENDING MORE

AND MORE TIME WITH HER FRIENDS.

>> THE CROWD THAT SHE WAS

HANGING OUT WITH -- THEY WERE

HAVING A LOT OF FUN, BUT ALSO IT

STARTED TO BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH

FUN.

SO, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT OUT

OF CONTROL.

>> Narrator: LUCELY BEGINS TO

GROW CONCERNED ABOUT HER

DAUGHTER'S EXTRACURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES.

>> I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF

ALCOHOL INVOLVED, A LOT OF

PARTYING, POSSIBLY POT AT THAT

TIME, IF NOT OTHER DRUGS.

>> Narrator: BEFORE LONG, LILY

DROPS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND

SHE STARTS SPENDING MANY NIGHTS

AWAY FROM HOME.

>> ONE OF THE TIMES I DID NOT

HEAR FROM HER FOR ABOUT TWO,

THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS ALMOST THE

LONGEST THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN

WITHOUT CONTACT.

>> Narrator: LUCELY FINDS OUT

WHY HER DAUGHTER ISN'T

COMMUNICATING FROM ONE OF LILY'S

FRIENDS -- LILY HAS STARTED

EXPERIMENTING WITH HEROIN.

>> AND OF COURSE I PANICKED AND

I LOOKED FOR HELP AND I WENT TO

LOOK FOR HER.

>> Narrator: LUCELY DRIVES ALL

OVER MIAMI FOR TWO DAYS

SEARCHING FOR HER DAUGHTER.

AND THEN, NEAR A PARK IN

COCONUT GROVE, SOMETHING

CATCHES HER EYE.

>> I SAW SOME ROCKS AND I SAW A

LITTLE HEAD AND I JUST

RECOGNIZED MY DAUGHTER'S HAIR.

AND I STOPPED AND, SURE ENOUGH,

THAT WAS HER.

SHE DID NOT LOOK GOOD.

SHE LOOKED VERY, VERY WEAK AND I

JUST LOOKED AT HER AND IT BROKE

MY HEART.

I NEVER SEEN HER SO SKINNY AND

SO BAD IN MY LIFE.

>> Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW

YEARS, LILY BECOMES INCREASINGLY

INVOLVED WITH HEROIN AND CRACK.

HER LIFE SEEMS TO BE SPIRALING

DOWNWARD.

AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 2006,

LILY GETS SOME LIFE-CHANGING

NEWS.

SHE IS PREGNANT WITH HER

BOYFRIEND'S CHILD.

>> SHE WAS SURPRISED.

SHE WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.

SHE WAS VERY HAPPY.

>> Narrator: FOR LILY, FINDING

OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT PROVIDED AN

INCENTIVE TO TURN HER LIFE

AROUND.

>> SHE DEFINITELY WANTED TO STOP

THE USE OF DRUGS, AND SHE WANTED

TO CHANGE HER LIFE, KNOWING THAT

THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON COMING

INTO LIFE AND SHE WAS

RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

>> SHE CHANGED COMPLETELY.

SHE WAS VERY POSITIVE.

SHE STARTED TAKING CARE OF

THINGS IN HER LIFE THAT HAD

BEEN NEGLECTED IN THE PAST.

SO, IT WAS A VERY HAPPY TIME

FOR HER.

>> Narrator: TO LILY'S MOTHER

AND HER CLOSE FRIEND,

JANET FORTE, IT LOOKS LIKE LILY

IS FINALLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION.

>> SHE WAS THRILLED ABOUT IT,

IT WAS THE HAPPIEST MOMENT, THE

HAPPIEST TIME IN HER LIFE.

>> Narrator: IN SEPTEMBER OF

2006, LILY GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY

BOY AND NAMES HIM PAULDEN.

>> SHE WAS NURTURING, VERY

LOVING.

SHE WAS ALWAYS HOLDING HIM,

ALWAYS CARRYING HIM AND HUGGING

HIM.

>> Narrator: IN THE MEANTIME,

LILY BREAKS UP WITH HER

BOYFRIEND AND STARTS GETTING

CLOSER TO ONE OF HER FRIENDS,

CHRISTEN PACHECO.

>> I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, "I WAS

ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH YOU.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU."

AND SHE'S LIKE, "I LOVE YOU.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD

THOSE FEELINGS FOR YOU."

>> WHAT HAPPENED, I BELIEVE --

AFTER LILY GIVING BIRTH, SHE

FELT A LITTLE BIT TOO LONELY,

AND CHRISTEN WAS ALWAYS PURSUING

HER, TELLING HER THAT HE WOULD

ALWAYS BE THERE AND OFFERING ALL

THESE THINGS FOR HER, THAT

SECURITY, COMFORT.

>> Narrator: WITHIN A MONTH,

CHRISTEN AND LILY ARE ENGAGED TO

BE MARRIED, AND THAT'S WHEN LILY

MOVES INTO CHRISTEN'S CONDO.

>> WE TALKED, AND I SAID, "DO

YOU WANT TO STAY?

DO YOU WANT TO MOVE IN?"

SHE'S LIKE, "YEAH, I DO."

SO, THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP

LIVING TOGETHER.

>> Narrator: AT FIRST, THINGS

SEEMED TO BE GOING WELL.

>> LILY WAS HAPPY TO BE WITH

CHRISTEN.

>> IT FELT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE

WERE A FAMILY.

WE WOULD TAKE WALKS AT NIGHT

TOGETHER.

THERE WAS MANY TIMES WE'D GO OUT

TO THE BEACH, SWIMMING IN THE

WATER, AND HAVING FUN.

>> Narrator: BUT ALL TOO SOON,

LUCELY STARTS TO NOTICE A CHANGE

IN HER DAUGHTER.

>> I COULD JUST TELL THAT SHE

WASN'T ALL THAT HAPPY.

IT WAS JUST THAT SHE WASN'T

OPEN, SHE WOULD NOT TELL ME WHAT

WAS GOING ON.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE PROBABLY

HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU

KNOW, ADJUSTING PROBLEMS AND

STUFF.

>> I THOUGHT, BEING THAT I

HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER, I

THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING.

I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS GETTING

HER LIFE IN ORDER WITH HER

FIANCé.

>> Narrator: WHAT LILY'S MOTHER

AND HER FRIEND JANET DON'T KNOW

IS THAT LILY IS BACK ON DRUGS.

BOTH SHE AND CHRISTEN HAVE BEEN

USING HEROIN AND CRACK COCAINE,

SOMETIMES FOR DAYS ON END.

>> AFTER THREE DAYS OF THAT,

YOUR MIND STARTS, YOU KNOW, JUST

PLAYING TRICKS ON YOU GETTING

THE BETTER OF YOU.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEMS

STARTED.

SHE WOULD BE VERY AGITATED, VERY

ON EDGE ABOUT THE LITTLEST

THINGS.

>> Narrator: LILY AND CHRISTEN

BEGIN FIGHTING FREQUENTLY.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE POLICE

ARE CALLED TO THE CONDO.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE

FIGHTING, UNTIL ONE DAY THEY

CALLED ME UP AND SAID THAT THERE

WAS AN ARGUMENT AT THE HOUSE AND

THE POLICE WAS THERE AND CHILD

SERVICES WERE INVOLVED.

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THEY WERE

FIGHTING A LOT.

PAULDEN WAS REMOVED FROM THE

HOUSE.

HE WENT TO A FOSTER HOME WHILE

LILY WAS IN DRUG COURT.

>> Narrator: LILY IS DEVASTATED.

>> THE STATE HAD TAKEN HER PRIDE

AND JOY AWAY FROM HER, AND I

COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HER

EXCEPT TRY TO BE THERE TO

CONSOLE HER, YOU KNOW, AND TALK

TO HER AND SAY, "LOOK, YOU KNOW,

WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT

THING.

WHATEVER PROCESS THEY WANT YOU

TO GO THROUGH, WE GOT TO GO

THROUGH."

>> Narrator: LILY CHECKS INTO A

LOCAL REHAB PROGRAM, HOPING THAT

SHE CAN REGAIN CUSTODY OF

PAULDEN AFTER A 3-MONTH STAY.

>> IT WAS A LIVE-IN FACILITY,

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST.

SO SHE WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT

THAT.

SHE WAS READY.

>> Narrator: BUT AFTER JUST TWO

WEEKS, CHRISTEN GETS A

DISCOURAGING CALL FROM LILY.

>> WEDNESDAY SHE CALLS ME UP AND

SAYS, "I'M OUT."

AND SHE'S CRYING.

>> Narrator: LILY HAS RELAPSED.

SHE HAD FAILED A MANDATORY DRUG

TEST AND WAS KICKED OUT OF THE

PROGRAM.

>> CHRISTEN PICKED HER UP AND

TOOK HER TO HIS HOUSE.

I WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE WITH HER

AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE SHE HAD NO

VISITATIONS WITH THE BABY, AND

THAT SAME DAY THAT SHE GOT

RELEASED FROM THE REHAB, I GOT

TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF THE BABY.

SO, SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE

NEAR THE BABY AT THAT TIME.

>> LUCELY GOES HOME ALONE WITH

PAULDEN, DESPERATE TO HELP HER

DAUGHTER, BUT UNSURE HOW TO DO

IT.

AT 2:00 A.M. ON JUNE 2nd,

LUCELY'S PHONE RINGS.

IT'S CHRISTEN, AND HE HAS SOME

DISTURBING NEWS.

>> I'M SLEEPING, AND I GET THIS

PHONE CALL FROM CHRISTEN,

TELLING ME THAT LILY WALKED OUT

OF THE HOUSE AND THAT SHE HASN'T

COME BACK AND THAT HE FILED A

MISSING-PERSONS REPORT.

>> Narrator: CHRISTEN TELLS

LUCELY THAT LILY HAD LEFT THE

HOUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE, AFTER

ARGUING WITH CHRISTEN.

LUCELY IS NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE

OF CHRISTEN'S CALL.

>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD, BUT

I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT.

THEY PROBABLY HAD A FIGHT AND

THAT SHE WAS GOING TO COME BACK.

>> Narrator: AT THE TIME, LUCELY

HAS NO IDEA THAT LILY HAS

DISAPPEARED.

>> COMING UP, A TROUBLING

INCIDENT MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON

LILY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

>> SHE WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY

DRUNK, AND SHE TRIED TO HANG

HERSELF ON MY CLOSET.

I BROKE THE POLE DOWN, PUT HER

ON THE BED.

SHE'S STILL FRANTIC, STILL

CRYING.

>> Narrator: ON JUNE 1, 2007,

23-YEAR-OLD LILY ARAMBURO HAS

WALKED OUT OF HER BOYFRIEND

CHRISTEN'S CONDO.

AFTER TWO DAYS, SHE STILL HASN'T

COME HOME, AND LILY'S LOVED ONES

ARE BECOMING CONCERNED.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT I

REMEMBER HER TELLING ME IS,

"CHRISTEN SAYS LILY WENT

MISSING, AND HE ALREADY REPORTED

HER MISSING," NOT TO WORRY.

>> I THOUGHT THAT SHE JUST HAD A

FIGHT WITH CHRISTIAN AND SHE

WENT TO SOMEBODY'S ELSE'S HOUSE

FOR AWHILE, THAT SHE WAS GONNA

CALL ME AN LET ME KNOW THAT SHE

WAS OKAY.

AND THAT JUST NEVER HAPPENED.

>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO THE

POLICE REPORT THAT CHRISTEN

FILED, LILY HAD WALKED OUT OF

THE CONDO AT AROUND 2:00 A.M.

THE NIGHT BEFORE.

HE ALSO TOLD POLICE WHAT LILY

HAD BEEN WEARING AND WHAT SHE

MIGHT BE CARRYING WITH HER.

>> WHAT I DID SEE HER LAST

WEARING WAS A NIGHTGOWN.

SHE WAS SITTING AT MY DESK,

PLAYING WITH A PAIR OF BUNGEE

CORDS.

AND THE NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW, I

LOOKED AROUND THE HOUSE, AND I

COULDN'T FIND THEM.

>> Narrator: STRANGELY, THE

BUNGEE CORDS CHRISTEN USED ON

HIS BIKE RACK ARE MISSING, BUT

LILY HAD LEFT EVERYTHING ELSE

BEHIND.

>> SHE LEFT HER PHONE THERE.

SHE LEFT HER PURSE THERE.

SHE LEFT EVERYTHING AT MY HOUSE.

AND I'M LIKE, "THAT DOESN'T MAKE

ANY SENSE."

IT'S LIKE, WHY WOULD SHE LEAVE

EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW?

IF SHE WAS GONNA LEAVE, WHY

WOULDN'T SHE AT LEAST TAKE A

PHONE WITH HER OR SOMETHING?

>> Narrator: DAYS GO BY WITH NO

WORD FROM LILY.

SO, LILY'S MOTHER AND HER FRIEND

JANET DECIDE TO PAY CHRISTEN A

VISIT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE

EVENTS LEADING UP TO LILY'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

>> CHRISTEN DIDN'T KNOW THAT

WE WERE COMING.

WE SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE, AND

HE WAS VERY, VERY NERVOUS AND

VERY ENERGETIC.

>> Narrator: THEY IMMEDIATELY

START ASKING CHRISTEN QUESTIONS

ABOUT THE NIGHT OF MAY 31st.

>> AND HE STARTED TELLING US,

YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO

CHRISTEN, AFTER HE PICKED LILY

UP FROM REHAB, THEY DECIDED TO

BUY DRUGS AT A RUNDOWN CRACK

HOUSE IN COCONUT GROVE.

FROM THERE, THEY WENT BACK TO

THE CONDO WITH TWO FRIENDS, E.J.

AND KELLY.

AT ONE POINT, KELLY LEAVES THE

ROOM.

>> I GUESS IT WAS TOO NOISY OUR

IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR HER, SO

SHE WENT INTO THE BEDROOM TO LAY

DOWN.

LILY AND I WERE TALKING, AND SHE

GOT UPSET THAT KELLY WENT INTO

THE BEDROOM.

SO, SHE WAS LIKE, "YOU WANT TO

BE WITH KELLY NOW, BLAH, BLAH,

BLAH."

>> Narrator: CHRISTEN PROMISES

LILY THAT NOTHING IS GOING ON

BETWEEN KELLY AND HIM AND ASKS

KELLY TO LEAVE THEIR BEDROOM.

>> I WENT BACK TO TALK TO KELLY,

TO SAY, "LOOK, YOU KNOW, GIVE US

OUR ROOM TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, LILY'S NOT IN A GOOD

MOOD."

>> Narrator: BUT BEFORE

CHRISTEN RETURNS TO THE LIVING

ROOM, LILY LEAVES.

>> I FIGURED MAYBE SHE WENT

TO -- A LOT OF TIMES WHEN LILY'S

UPSET, SHE LIKES TO PICK

FLOWERS.

SHE LIKES TO JUST HAVE HER

PEACEFUL TIME WITH NATURE.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AS THE DAY

WENT ON TO THE NEXT NIGHT, I WAS

REALLY STARTING TO GET PANICKY,

LIKE, "WHAT HAPPENED?"

LIKE, "WHERE DID SHE GO?

WHY WOULD SHE JUST DISAPPEAR ON

ME LIKE THIS?"

>> Narrator: ONE POSSIBLE THEORY

IS THAT LILY IS STILL OUT

WANDERING THE STREET IN A

DRUG-INDUCED FOG.

BUT ANOTHER ELEMENT OF

CHRISTEN'S POLICE REPORT RAISES

A MORE TROUBLING POSSIBILITY.

>> LILY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER,

AND DEPRESSION.

>> Narrator: THE DIAGNOSIS HAD

COME DURING LILY'S STINT AT

REHAB THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

>> I WAS IN SHOCK THAT A PERSON

CAN HAVE ALL THESE DIAGNOSIS AT

ONCE.

I KNEW SHE WAS DEPRESSED, AND I

THOUGHT IT WAS POSTPARTUM

DEPRESSION.

>> Narrator: LILY WAS ALSO ON

MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION AND

ANXIETY, AND ACCORDING TO

CHRISTEN, SHE HAD STOPPED TAKING

IT.

ONE POSSIBILITY INVESTIGATORS

MUST CONSIDER IS THAT LILY HAS

TAKEN HER OWN LIFE.

SHE MAY HAVE EVEN USED THE

BUNGEE CORDS TO HANG HERSELF

SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE HER HOME.

IN FACT, ACCORDING TO CHRISTEN,

SHE HAD TRIED TO HANG HERSELF

JUST A FEW WEEKS EARLIER.

>> SHE WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY

DRUNK, AND SHE TRIED TO HANG

HERSELF IN MY CLOSET.

I BROKE THE POLE DOWN, PUT HER

ON THE BED.

SHE WAS STILL FRANTIC, STILL

CRYING, YOU KNOW, AND FINALLY I

WAS ABLE TO CALM HER DOWN, AND

WE WANT TO BED THAT NIGHT.

>> Narrator: DESPITE LILY'S

RECENT PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION,

LUCELY AND JANET CANNOT BELIEVE

THAT SHE'S COMMITTED SUICIDE.

>> KILLING HERSELF, NOT EVEN IN

THE MOMENT LIKE THAT THAT WAS SO

BAD -- LILY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE

IT.

IT JUST WASN'T IN HER.

>> Narrator: THEY ALSO DON'T

THINK SHE LEFT INTENTIONALLY.

>> AT THAT TIME I REALLY DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT TO THINK, BUT I FELT

AS IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

I FELT UNEASY AND WORRIED.

I DID NOT THINK IT WAS A

POSSIBILITY THAT SHE SIMPLY

TOOK OFF.

>> Narrator: STILL, LILY'S

MOTHER DECIDES TO CONTINUE

LOOKING FOR LILY ALL OVER MIAMI.

>> I GOT IN THE CAR, AND I

STARTED LOOKING TO SOME OF THE

AREAS THAT I THOUGHT SHE COULD

POSSIBLY BE TO THE EXTREME.

I WAS VERY SCARED IN A WAY, BUT

I KNEW I HAD TO DO THAT, SO I

DID.

AND I END UP BEING IN THE WORST

PLACES EVER, LIKE HORRIBLE CRACK

HOUSES.

>> Narrator: FOR WEEKS, LUCELY

MAINTAINS THE HOPE THAT SHE WILL

FIND LILY ALIVE.

>> EVERY TIME I WENT THERE, I

THOUGHT, "OH, THE NEXT FIVE

MINUTES, I'M GONNA FIND HER."

>> Narrator: MEANWHILE, THE

POLICE CONDUCT SEARCHES OF THE

AREA SURROUNDING THE CONDO.

BUT THEY FIND NOTHING.

[ KEYS CLACKING ]

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

AND THEN LILY'S MOTHER GETS A

SURPRISE CALL FROM CHRISTEN.

TWO OF HIS FRIENDS HAVE SEEN

LILY.

>> CHRISTEN TOLD ME THAT THIS

PERSON HAD CALLED HIM AND TOLD

HIM THAT HE HAD SEEN LILY IN

DOWNTOWN MIAMI.

>> Narrator: LUCELY IMMEDIATELY

CALLS ONE OF THE MEN TO CONFIRM

THE SIGHTING.

>> AND I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE?

TELL ME EXACTLY -- WHERE DID YOU

SEE HER?

DID YOU TALK TO HER?

WHAT WAS SHE WEARING?"

AND HE JUST ASSURED TO ME THAT

IT WAS HER, THAT HE TALKED TO

HER, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS REAL.

>> Narrator: WITH FRESH HOPE

THAT HER DAUGHTER IS ALIVE

SOMEWHERE IN MIAMI, LUCELY AND

JANET RENEW THEIR SEARCH.

COMING UP, SUSPICIONS GROW ABOUT

THE VERY PERSON WHO REPORTED

LILY MISSING.

>> HIS BEHAVIOR WAS VERY

STRANGE, AND HE WOULD NOT LOOK

AT US.

IT STICKS OUT A LOT BECAUSE HE

DID NOT ACT LIKE A CONCERNED

BOYFRIEND OR FIANCé.

>> Narrator: LILY ARAMBURO'S

MOTHER AND HER FRIEND,

JANET FORTE, HAVE BEEN SEARCHING

ALL OVER MIAMI FOR LILY, EVER

SINCE SHE DISAPPEARED ON JUNE 1,

2007.

AND NOW THAT TWO OF HER FRIENDS

HAVE SUPPOSEDLY SEEN LILY

DOWNTOWN, THEY INTENSIFY THEIR

SEARCH.

>> HER MOM AND I WENT OUT

LOOKING FOR LILY.

WE WENT ALL OVER TOWN, UP AND

DOWN, OVERTOWN, COCONUT GROVE,

KENDALL, EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE

WE THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT HEAR

SOMETHING OR FIND HER.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FIND MY

DAUGHTER LIKE IN THE NEXT

CORNER.

AND I DID THAT FOR ABOUT THREE,

FOUR MONTHS.

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SEE HER

COMING HOME.

EVERY PHONE CALL, I THOUGHT IT

WAS HER.

>> Narrator: BUT THEY FIND NO

SIGN OF LILY ANYWHERE.

>> I THINK I STARTED FEELING AS

IF SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG

AFTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

BEFORE THEN, I WAS HOPING.

I WAS JUST PRAYING TO GOD THAT

SHE WAS SOMEWHERE AND SHE'D TURN

UP.

BUT THE FACT THAT SO MUCH TIME

HAD PASSED AND SHE HAD NOT MADE

A PHONE CALL WAS VERY, VERY

STRANGE, ESPECIALLY FOR A NEW

MOTHER.

I MEAN, SHE LOVED HER SON SO

MUCH.

I JUST COULD NOT SEE HER WALKING

AWAY FROM HIM.

>> Narrator: AS LUCELY AND JANET

THINK BACK OVER THE EVENTS

SURROUNDING LILY'S

DISAPPEARANCE, THEY BEGIN TO

WONDER ABOUT ONE OF THE LAST

PEOPLE TO HAVE SEEN LILY --

HER FIANCé, CHRISTEN PACHECO.

>> I STARTED HAVING THIS FEELING

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ODD.

>> Narrator: FOR ONE, LUCELY

WONDERS WHY CHRISTEN WAITED AN

ENTIRE DAY BEFORE FILING A

MISSING-PERSONS REPORT.

>> I CALLED THE POLICE EARLIER,

BUT THEY SAID YOU CAN'T FILE A

MISSING PERSON'S REPORT FOR 24

TO 48 HOURS UNLESS IT'S A MINOR.

SHOULD I HAVE FILED THE REPORT

SUNDAY MORNING?

MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT

THAT.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHERE SHE

WAS.

I WANTED TO FIND HER.

>> Narrator: LUCELY ALSO WONDERS

WHY CHRISTEN NEVER CALLED HER

BEFORE HE HAD CALLED THE POLICE

TO SEE IF SHE HAD HEARD FROM

LILY.

>> AT ONE POINT, I THOUGHT KELLY

HAD TALKED TO LILY'S MOM OR

SOMEBODY HAD TALKED TO LILY'S

MOM.

>> Narrator: AND WHEN JANET

THINKS BACK ABOUT CHRISTEN'S

BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY MET A FEW

DAYS AFTER LILY DISAPPEARED, SHE

BECOMES EVEN MORE SUSPICIOUS.

>> HIS BEHAVIOR WAS VERY

STRANGE, AND HE WOULD NOT LOOK

AT US.

HE WOULD BE TALKING, BUT HE WAS

CLEANING HIS HOUSE AT THE TIME.

IT STICKS OUT A LOT BECAUSE HE

DID NOT ACT LIKE A CONCERNED

BOYFRIEND OR FIANCé.

>> Narrator: JANET AND LUCELY

BEGIN TO THINK CHRISTEN MAY KNOW

MORE THAN WHAT HE IS SAYING...

ALTHOUGH HE SAYS HIS BEHAVIOR AT

THE TIME WAS THE RESULT OF HIS

EMOTIONAL ANGUISH.

>> I WAS SPIRALING WITH SUCH

DEPRESSION, AND I WAS TO

OVERTOWN, BUYING 20 BAGS OF DOPE

A DAY, TRYING TO BASICALLY

OVERDOSE.

I JUST WANTED TO DULL THE PAIN

OF HER BEING GONE.

I WAS FEELING ABANDONED.

>> Narrator: STILL, LILY'S

MOTHER AND HER FRIEND

JANET FORTE MAKE THEIR

SUSPICIONS KNOWN TO THE

MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN THE MEANTIME, ALL JANET AND

LUCELY CAN DO IS CONTINUE THEIR

SEARCH.

>> WE NEVER STOPPED.

EVERY MOMENT THAT WE HAD TO

SEARCH FOR HER, WE DID...

AND ALWAYS HOPING THAT THERE WAS

A LEAD OUT THERE, A TIP OUT

THERE THAT SOMEONE HAD SEEN HER,

THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION.

BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

>> Narrator: MORE THAN A YEAR

HAS GONE BY SINCE LILY ARAMBURO

FIRST WENT MISSING.

AND BOTH JANET AND LUCELY FEEL

THAT NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE TO

FIND HER.

>> BECAUSE OF MY FRUSTRATION

WITH POLICE, FRUSTRATION WITH

THE MEDIA, I DECIDED I HAD TO DO

SOMETHING.

I COULDN'T JUST SIT BY AND JUST

WAIT FOR HER TO COME BACK.

I HAD TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW,

WHAT I CAN ACTIVELY DO TO HELP.

[ KEYS CLACKING ]

>> Narrator: JANET LAUNCHES A

SOCIAL-MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO SPREAD

THE WORD ABOUT LILY'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

>> I STARTED THE BLOG, AND AFTER

THAT I STARTED DOING TWITTER AND

FACEBOOK FOR HER.

>> Narrator: AND THEN, IN

SEPTEMBER OF 2008, JANET'S

HARD WORK PAYS OFF.

>> FINALLY SOMEONE WAS KIND

ENOUGH TO WRITE AN ARTICLE

ON OUR LOCAL PAPER,

"THE MIAMI NEW TIMES."

>> Narrator: THAT'S WHEN PRIVATE

INVESTIGATORS JOE CARRILLO AND

ANA LANUZA READ ABOUT THE CASE

AND DECIDE TO OFFER THEIR

SERVICES PRO BONO.

FINALLY, LILY'S DISAPPEARANCE IS

ATTRACTING SOME ATTENTION.

>> WE TOOK ON THE CASE BECAUSE

LILY ARAMBURO IS A MOTHER AND

SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER AND SHE'S

LOST AND SHE NEEDS TO BE FOUND.

IT WAS MY OPINION, JUST FROM

READING THE ARTICLE, THAT THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY WAS

NOT DOING ALL THAT THEY COULD.

>> Narrator: AT THE SAME TIME,

THE ARTICLE SEEMS TO PROVOKE

SOME RENEWED INTEREST FROM

POLICE, SPECIFICALLY IN

CHRISTEN PACHECO.

>> THE POLICE JUST JUMPED INTO

ACTION AND THEY PICKED UP

CHRISTEN SOON AFTER AND THEY

TOOK HIM IN TO TAKE THE

POLYGRAPH.

>> Narrator: BUT WHEN THE

RESULTS COME IN, JANET AND

LUCELY'S SUSPICIONS SEEM TO BE

PUT TO REST.

>> AND WHAT THE DETECTIVE TOLD

US WAS THAT CHRISTEN PASSED IT.

HE PASSED THE POLYGRAPH.

>> IF YOU PASS A POLYGRAPH, THAT

GOES PRETTY FAR IN ELIMINATING

YOU FROM BEING A PERSON OF

INTEREST, WITH US OR LAW

ENFORCEMENT.

SO, THAT TOOK OUR FOCUS AWAY

FROM CHRISTEN.

>> Narrator: BUT IN ORDER TO GET

A CLEARER IDEA OF THE SEQUENCE

OF EVENTS ON THE NIGHT LILY

DISAPPEARED, JOE CARRILLO AND

ANA LANUZA DECIDE TO MEET WITH

THE LAST KNOWN PEOPLE TO HAVE

SEEN LILY -- KELLY, E.J., AND

CHRISTEN.

ACCORDING TO CARRILLO, KELLY

TELLS THEM ALL ABOUT THE EVENTS

OF THAT NIGHT, INCLUDING THE

ARGUMENT BETWEEN LILY AND

CHRISTEN.

>> AND WE ALSO ASKED HER WHERE

ELSE LILY MAY HAVE GONE BECAUSE

THE ARTICLE SAID THAT SHE JUST

WALKED OUT AND LEFT.

AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER

PLACE THAT KELLY KNEW OF, AND

THAT WAS A HOME AT COCONUT GROVE

THAT WAS A CRACK HOUSE.

>> IT WAS A PLACE WE'D STOPPED

OVER EARLIER THAT DAY.

>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO

CHRISTEN, THE HOUSE WAS HOME TO

AN ARRAY OF UNSAVORY ACTIVITIES.

>> GUYS PIMPING OUT THEIR

GIRLFRIENDS OR FORCING THEIR

GIRLFRIENDS TO HAVE INTERCOURSE

WITH PEOPLE FOR DRUGS --

STANDARD CRACK HOUSE.

THE FLOORS WERE TORE UP.

THE WALLS WERE TORE UP.

THERE WAS NO TOILET.

THERE WAS NO RUNNING WATER.

THERE WAS NO REFRIGERATOR.

THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY.

>> Narrator: JOE CARRILLO AND

ANA LANUZA FIND OUT THAT ONE OF

THE MEN WHO HANGS OUT AT THE

HOUSE HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL

RECORD THAT INCLUDES

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

AND THEY BEGIN TO WONDER IF LILY

WENT TO THE HOUSE IN

COCONUT GROVE AND BECAME THE

VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY.

>> I REALLY FELT THAT THAT'S

WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, THAT

SHE WENT OVER THERE AND

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

>> IT'S HARD TO SPECULATE WHAT

MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT

HOUSE.

ALL I KNOW AS AN INVESTIGATOR IS

THAT SHE HAD FREQUENTED THE

HOUSE BEFORE AND THERE IS A

PERSON IN THE HOUSE THAT HAS

KILLED SOMEBODY BEFORE.

>> Narrator: COMING UP, A

STUNNING REVELATION IN THE CASE

DOCUMENTS LEAVES INVESTIGATORS

TO A NEW SUSPECT.

>> I DIDN'T FALL OUT OF MY CHAIR

BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A BIG

CHAIR, YOU KNOW?

AND I SAID, "WHAT?"

>> Narrator: GET MORE

"DISAPPEARED" ONLINE AT

investigationdiscovery.com.

>> Narrator: PRIVATE

INVESTIGATORS JOE CARRILLO AND

ANA LANUZA HAVE STUMBLED ON A

NEW LEAD IN THE MYSTERIOUS

DISAPPEARANCE OF 23-YEAR-OLD

LILY ARAMBURO.

THEY THINK THAT LILY MAY HAVE

WALKED OR HITCHHIKED TO A

RUNDOWN CRACK HOUSE IN

COCONUT GROVE.

>> IN THE HEAT OF OUR LITTLE

ARGUMENT, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO

GET KELLY OUT OF THE ROOM AND

SHE LEFT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT,

YEAH, MAYBE SHE HAD HITCHHIKED

OVER THERE.

>> Narrator: THE PRIVATE

INVESTIGATORS BEGIN LOOKING AT

EVERYONE CONNECTED IN THE HOUSE.

>> SO, HOW DO WE GET TO WHAT

HAPPENED THERE?

I TRIED TO TALK TO THE

INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN THAT HOUSE.

>> Narrator: AFTER NUMEROUS

ATTEMPTS, JOE FINALLY REACHES

THE MAN ON THE PHONE.

>> AND I SAID, "LISTEN, I THINK

SOME GIRL MAY HAVE DIED IN THAT

HOUSE."

I SAYS, "I'M NOT A COP.

I WON'T EVEN WORK WITH THE COPS

IF YOU'LL TRUST ME, BUT I NEED

TO FIND THIS GIRL."

>> Narrator: THE OWNER DOESN'T

GIVE JOE MUCH INFORMATION, BUT

JOE LEARNS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE

THAT THE MAN WHO HAD SERVED TIME

FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IS

CURRENTLY OUT ON BOND ON AN OPEN

COCAINE CHARGE.

THE TIMING WOULD BE PERFECT TO

PICK HIM UP FOR QUESTIONING, BUT

JOE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

>> WHAT I WANT TO DO IS BUILD A

CASE AND HAND IT OVER TO THE

DETECTIVES WHO CAN DO SOMETHING

TO THIS GUY.

WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE WERE BASICALLY OUT THERE

GATHERING FACTS TO PASS IT ON TO

LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THEY COULD DO

WHAT THEY DO.

>> Narrator: BUT AFTER BRIEFLY

INVESTIGATING THE CRACK HOUSE,

THE POLICE TAKE NO FURTHER

ACTION.

SOON, WITH ALL THE LEADS RUNNING

OUT AND A POLICE FORCE THAT

CANNOT COMMIT THE NECESSARY

RESOURCES TO THE INVESTIGATION,

THE CASE GOES COLD.

TWO YEARS HAVE GONE BY WITH NO

NEW LEADS.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

LILY'S SON, PAULDEN, IS NOW

3 YEARS OLD.

AND TO MARK LILY'S 26th

BIRTHDAY, LILY'S MOTHER AND

JANET FORTE DECIDE TO TAKE A

DRASTIC STEP TO RAISE AWARENESS.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD

IDEA TO HAVE A HUNGER STRIKE.

WE FELT IT WAS EXTREME, BUT FOR

US, IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT

WOULD GET THE ATTENTION, YOU

KNOW, THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

>> JANET AND I JUST SAT DOWN IN

DOWNTOWN MIAMI FOR A WHOLE WEEK

IN A HUNGER STRIKE, TRYING TO

GET ATTENTION BECAUSE AT THAT

TIME WE WERE FRUSTRATED THAT

NOBODY WOULD PICK UP THE STORY

AND NOBODY KNEW THAT LILY WAS

MISSING.

WE WERE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE

POLICE.

THEY NEVER REALLY DID MUCH AND

THEY WEREN'T SHARING ANYTHING,

ANY INFORMATION, OF THE LITTLE

BIT OF WORK THAT THEY WERE

DOING.

SO, WE WERE IN LIMBO, REALLY.

>> [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

>> Narrator: SEVERAL LOCAL

SPANISH MEDIA OUTLETS COVER THE

HUNGER STRIKE, BUT SADLY THE

RENEWED ATTENTION TO THE CASE

DOESN'T BRING IN ANY FRESH

INFORMATION.

>> SO, I THINK THE WHOLE MIAMI

KNEW THAT LILY WAS MISSING, BUT

WE NEVER GOT A LEAD.

>> Narrator: STILL, BY DECEMBER

OF 2010, THEIR EFFORTS MAY BE

FINDING SOME TRACTION.

MIAMI-DADE HOMICIDE DETECTIVE

RAY HOADLEY HEARS ABOUT THE CASE

FROM A COLLEAGUE AND VOLUNTEERS

TO TAKE IT ON HIMSELF.

>> I MADE THE DECISION AND ASKED

THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK FOR IN

THE HOMICIDE BUREAU IF WE COULD

TAKE A LOOK AT THE CASE AND

REVIEW IT.

AND THEY AGREED TO LET ME DO

THAT.

>> AND FROM, YOU KNOW, THE

MOMENT I MET HIM, I KNEW THAT,

YOU KNOW, THINGS WERE GONNA GET

BETTER FOR THE INVESTIGATION.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN

THREE YEARS THAT I FELT, YOU

KNOW, POSITIVE AND JUST -- HE

CHANGED MY WHOLE VIEW OF THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS MAN.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE HOADLEY

BEGINS HIS INVESTIGATION BY

GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE

EXISTING CASE FILES.

>> IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A

LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE FILE,

BUT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION

HADN'T BEEN VERIFIED.

>> Narrator: IT ALSO SEEMS TO

DETECTIVE HOADLEY THAT THE STORY

IN THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT

DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.

>> IT JUST SEEMED VERY UNUSUAL

THAT A FEMALE WOULD WALK OUT OF

AN APARTMENT AT 2:00 IN THE

MORNING WEARING ONLY A

NIGHTGOWN, WITHOUT ANY MONEY,

WITHOUT ANY CREDIT CARDS,

WITHOUT A PHONE, WHEN ALL THAT

WAS AVAILABLE TO HER AT THE

APARTMENT SHE LEFT FROM.

>> Narrator: AND AS DETECTIVE

HOADLEY SIFTS THROUGH THE CASE

FILES, HE COMES UPON A DOCUMENT

RELATING TO LILY'S FIANCé,

CHRISTEN PACHECO, THAT COULD

DRAMATICALLY REDIRECT THE REST

OF THE INVESTIGATION.

IT'S THE POLYGRAPH TEST

ADMINISTERED TO CHRISTEN IN

2008.

>> WE FOUND THE POLYGRAPH REPORT

IN THE CASE FILE WHICH SHOWED

THAT HE HAD NOT PASSED.

THERE WAS DECEPTION NOTED TO THE

QUESTION "DO YOU KNOW WHAT

HAPPENED TO LILY?"

DURING MY INITIAL BRIEFING WITH

MISSING PERSONS, I WAS TOLD THAT

HE HAD, IN FACT, PASSED THE

POLYGRAPH.

>> Narrator: JOE CARRILLO,

JANET, AND LUCELY HAD ALSO BEEN

TOLD THAT CHRISTEN PASSED THE

TEST WITH NO DECEPTION

INDICATED.

>> AND I DIDN'T FALL OUT OF MY

CHAIR BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A

BIG CHAIR, YOU KNOW?

AND I SAID, "WHAT?"

HE SAID, "CHRISTEN FAILED HIS

POLYGRAPH."

I SAID, "THE ONE THEY GAVE HIM

IN '08?"

AND HE SAYS, "YES."

>> Narrator: IT APPEARS THAT

SOMEHOW THE RESULTS HAD

INITIALLY BEEN MISCOMMUNICATED

TO EVERYBODY, AND SUDDENLY THE

FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION

SHIFTS DRAMATICALLY.

>> SO, AFTER THAT WAS WHEN THE

INVESTIGATION WAS TURNED TOWARDS

CHRISTEN.

>> Narrator: BUT BEFORE

DETECTIVE HOADLEY MEETS WITH

CHRISTEN HIMSELF, HE NEEDS TO

ESSENTIALLY START FROM SCRATCH.

>> WE STARTED AT THE VERY

BEGINNING AND TRIED TO REDO THE

ENTIRE INVESTIGATION.

>> Narrator: NOW LILY'S MOTHER

AND HER FRIEND JANET FORTE HAVE

NEWFOUND HOME THAT PAULDEN MAY

SOMEDAY FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED

TO HIS MOTHER.

COMING UP, SUSPICIONS GROW, AND

LILY'S MOTHER BECOMES EVEN MORE

DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS.

>> SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING,

SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING, AND I

NEED TO KNOW WHERE MY DAUGHTER

IS, DEAD OR ALIVE.

>> Narrator: IT'S BEEN MORE THAN

THREE YEARS SINCE LILY ARAMBURO

DISAPPEARED, AND NOW HOMICIDE

DETECTIVE RAY HOADLEY HAS TAKEN

OVER THE INVESTIGATION.

HE BEGINS BY LOOKING INTO EACH

POSSIBLE SCENARIO TO SEE WHAT HE

CAN RULE OUT.

FIRST, HE RETURNS TO LILY'S LAST

KNOWN WHEREABOUTS,

CHRISTEN PACHECO'S CONDO, TO BE

SURE THAT LILY'S BODY IS NOWHERE

IN THE VICINITY.

>> SO, WE CAME BACK AND SEARCHED

THAT PROPERTY.

WE HAD CANINE COME OUT.

WE HAD CADAVER DOGS THAT WERE

USED.

>> HE WENT OUT ON CHRISTMAS

WEEK.

I'LL NEVER FORGET.

THEY WENT DIVING INTO THE CANAL

BEHIND THE APARTMENT.

THEY CUT DOWN HUGE AMOUNT OF

WEEDS LOOKING FOR LILY.

>> AND WE USED AVIATION TO

PHOTOGRAPH THE AREA AND DOCUMENT

WHAT WE WERE DOING.

>> Narrator: BUT INVESTIGATORS

DON'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF LILY.

NEXT, DETECTIVE HOADLEY TAKES A

CLOSER LOOK AT THE EARLY

SIGHTINGS OF LILY THAT WERE

REPORTED A FEW WEEKS AFTER SHE

DISAPPEARED.

>> THE PERSONS SUPPOSEDLY THAT

HAD SEEN LILY HAD NEVER BEEN

INTERVIEWED, SO I SAID, "WELL,

WE NEED TO ESTABLISH IF SHE'S

BEEN SEEN AFTER HER

DISAPPEARANCE.

IT MAKES AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT

INVESTIGATION THAN IF SHE WAS

NEVER SEEN AFTERWARDS.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE HOADLEY

TRACKS DOWN THE TWO FRIENDS,

ELVIS AND DARIO, WHO HAD

SUPPOSEDLY SEEN LILY BACK IN

2007.

>> WE LOCATED DARIO, WHO WAS

STILL LIVING IN THE MIAMI AREA,

AND SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT.

AND HE SAID ABSOLUTELY,

POSITIVELY HE HAD NEVER SEEN

HER.

>> Narrator: WHEN HOADLEY

REACHES ELVIS AND ASKS HIM IF

HE'D SEEN LILY, HE, TOO, SAYS HE

DID NOT.

BUT HIS STORY IS EVEN MORE

INTERESTING.

>> CHRISTEN TOLD HIM THAT IF HE

WOULD TELL LUCELY THAT HE HAD

SEEN LILY DOWNTOWN OR SEEN AND

SPOKEN TO HER, IT WOULD MAKE

LUCELY FEEL BETTER AND WOULDN'T

BE WORRIED ABOUT LILY AS MUCH.

AND FINALLY ELVIS AGREED TO DO

THAT BECAUSE CHRISTEN WAS

PAYING FOR HIS DRUGS.

>> THEY WERE LYING.

THEY NEVER SAW HER.

>> Narrator: HOADLEY THINKS THAT

CHRISTEN MAY HAVE FABRICATED

THE SIGHTINGS TO COVER UP HIS

OWN INVOLVEMENT IN LILY'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

CHRISTEN, HOWEVER, VEHEMENTLY

REJECTS THIS LINE OF THOUGHT.

>> I TOLD NOBODY TO SAY THEY SAW

LILY BECAUSE I WANTED -- IF YOU

SAW LILY, I WANT YOU TO COME TO

IT WITH YOUR OWN MERIT AND IT TO

BE A TRUE, FACTUAL THING.

AND FOR REASONS BEYOND MY

COMPREHENSION, HE HAD SAID THAT

I TOLD HIM TO SAY THAT HE'D SEEN

LILY.

AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT IS

POSSIBLE.

>> Narrator: IT'S STILL UNCLEAR

WHAT DID HAPPEN TO LILY.

FOR ONE THING, HOADLEY DOUBTS

SHE'S BEEN OUT WANDERING THE

STREETS WITHOUT CONTACTING

ANYBODY.

>> SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE SPENT

THAT AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM

HER SON WITHOUT CONTACTING HER

FAMILY.

IT JUST WASN'T THE WAY SHE WAS.

WHATEVER HER FAULTS WERE, SHE

CARED DEEPLY FOR HER SON AND WAS

VERY CLOSE TO HER MOM.

>> I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IF SHE

WAS ALIVE, SHE WOULD HAVE

CALLED.

SHE WOULD HAVE FOUND A WAY.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE HOADLEY

ALSO LOOKS INTO THE CRACK HOUSE

ONE MORE TIME AS A POSSIBLE SITE

OF FOUL PLAY.

>> THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY

SORT THAT LILY WENT TO THAT

HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT

LIVED IN THAT HOUSE THAT HAD

PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORDS, BUT

THERE WAS NOTHING LINKING LILY

TO THOSE PEOPLE OR TO THAT

HOUSE.

>> Narrator: NOW, WITH THE

SIGHTINGS OF LILY DISCOUNTED AND

A MURDER AT THE CRACK HOUSE

IMPROBABLE, IT APPEARS MORE

LIKELY TO HOADLEY THAT SOMETHING

HAPPENED TO LILY AT CHRISTEN'S

CONDO.

SO HE DECIDES TO SIT DOWN WITH

THE ONE PERSON WHO MAY HAVE SOME

ANSWERS -- CHRISTEN PACHECO.

>> I SAID, "CHRISTEN, THAT

DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, THAT SHE

WOULD WALK OUT AND TAKE A BUNGEE

CORD AND NOT TAKE HER PHONE, NOT

TAKE HER MONEY, NOT TAKE HER

IDENTIFICATION, NOT WEARING ANY

SHOES, BUT SHE REMEMBERED TO

TAKE A BUNGEE CORD.

AND HE SAID I THOUGHT SHE WAS

GONNA KILL HERSELF.

>> Narrator: AND THEN CHRISTEN'S

STORY ABOUT LILY'S ATTEMPT TO

HANG HERSELF IN HIS CLOSET

CHANGED.

>> AT ONE POINT, HE SAYS IT WAS

A TIE.

AT ANOTHER POINT, HE SAYS IT WAS

A BUNGEE CORD 'CAUSE HE CAN'T

REMEMBER WHICH TO SAY.

>> Narrator: HOADLEY SUSPECTS

THAT CHRISTEN MAY HAVE MADE UP

THE SUICIDE STORY IN ORDER TO

MISLEAD INVESTIGATORS.

HE CONVINCES CHRISTEN TO TAKE

ANOTHER POLYGRAPH TEST.

AND THE RESULTS, HE SAYS, SPEAK

FOR THEMSELVES.

>> HE FAILED IT.

IT SHOWED DECEPTION IN KNOWING

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

>> HOADLEY SAYS THAT -- I DON'T

KNOW.

HE SAID I FAILED THIS OTHER ONE.

I DON'T KNOW. I --

I DON'T SEE HOW.

IT'S LIKE -- IT'S THE NERVES,

NERVOUSNESS, OR WHATEVER IT

COULD BE.

THIS WHOLE SITUATION JUST EATS

AT ME.

AND DO I HAVE GUILT?

YES.

I HAVE GUILT ON THAT I DIDN'T

GIVE HER THAT COMPASSION.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

>> Narrator: IN APRIL OF 2011,

THE POLICE SEARCH THE WOODED

AREA NEAR THE CONDO AGAIN.

BUT THEY FIND NOTHING, LEAVING

LILY'S MOTHER DESPERATE FOR

ANSWERS.

>> SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING,

SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING, AND I

NEED TO KNOW WHERE MY DAUGHTER

IS.

DEAD OR ALIVE, I NEED TO FIND

OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, MY ONLY

DAUGHTER.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE HOADLEY

HAS SINCE RETIRED FROM THE

MIAMI-DADE POLICE, BUT HIS

SUSPICIONS REMAIN INTACT.

>> AND I THINK SOONER OR LATER

THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.

I BELIEVE SHE DIED THAT NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DIED.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE BEEN TOLD

THE TRUTH.

>> PROOF IS THAT HE FAILED A

POLYGRAPH.

PROOF TO ME IS THAT HE WAS

ALWAYS AVOIDING ME.

PROOF IS THAT, IF HE WAS ABOUT

TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER, HE WOULD

JUST MAKE A PHONE CALL AND ASK

ME IN FOUR YEARS, "HOW ARE YOU?

HOW IS PAULDEN?

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

LILY?"

I NEVER GOT THAT.

SO TO ME, THAT'S SCREAMING

"GUILT."

HE'S HIDING SOMETHING.

>> Narrator: DESPITE THE

ACCUSATIONS SWIRLING AROUND HIM,

CHRISTEN PACHECO MAINTAINS HIS

INNOCENCE.

>> IF I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH

HER DISAPPEARANCE, WHY WOULD I

FORCE THE POLICE TO TAKE A

MISSING-PERSONS REPORT WHEN I

COULD HAVE LET THAT GO AS LONG

AS I WANTED TO, ALL RIGHT?

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LILY'S

DISAPPEARANCE.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT I KNEW

MORE THAN HER LEAVING MY

APARTMENT, AND THERE IS NOTHING

I KNOW, THERE'S NOBODY I HAD

SPOKEN WITH, THERE IS NOBODY

THAT I HAVE TALKED TO THAT HAS

ANY IDEA ALONG WITH MYSELF ABOUT

WHAT HAPPENED TO LILY THAT NIGHT

AFTER SHE LEFT.

>> Narrator: ALL LILY'S MOTHER

AND HER FRIEND JANET FORTE CAN

DO IS TO TRY TO MOVE ON WITH

THEIR LIVES.

>> WE NEED TO FIND HER.

HER FAMILY NEEDS SOME SORT OF

RESOLUTION.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HER SON GROWING

UP NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO

HIS MOTHER AND THINKING THAT SHE

ABANDONED HIM OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

>> I KEPT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE

I HAVE A TREMENDOUS GIFT, A

TREMENDOUS BLESSING, WHICH IS

LILY'S SON, WHICH HE HAPPENS TO

LOOK IDENTICAL.

AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER CHANCE FOR

ME TO -- TO GIVE MY LOVE TO MY

DAUGHTER TO HIM, TO LEARN FROM

ALL THESE THINGS.

I STILL BELIEVE SOMETHING IS

GONNA HAPPEN.

I HAVE TO.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT I'M GONNA

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY

DAUGHTER.

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