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>> Narrator: GINNI WOOD
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DISAPPEARED ON SATURDAY,
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MARCH 10, 2007.
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WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS WITHOUT
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A TRACE, OFTEN THE MOST CRITICAL
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INFORMATION IS HIDDEN IN THEIR
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ACTIONS AND WORDS FROM THE DAYS
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BEFORE THEY VANISHED.
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GINNI WOOD'S LAST-KNOWN
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WHEREABOUTS MAY HOLD THE CLUES
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TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
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A BRIGHT AND AMBITIOUS YOUNG
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WOMAN VANISHES WITH TWO OF HER
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FRIENDS DURING A SPRING BREAK
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ROAD TRIP.
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>> ONCE YOU CROSS INTO MEXICO,
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YOU'VE CROSSED INTO THE UNKNOWN.
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>> Narrator: THE SEARCH FOR
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GINNI AND HER FRIENDS LEAVES
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INVESTIGATORS CONFOUNDED.
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>> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
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WANT TO BE FOUND.
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>> Narrator: WHILE THREE
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FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH
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AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
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>> THIS IS MY YOUNGEST CHILD.
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SHE'S MY BABY.
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I HAVE TO FIND HER.
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FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS ARE ALMOST
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UNBEARABLE BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S
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MISSING.
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>> Narrator: 19-YEAR-OLD
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GINNI WOOD HAS BEEN THRIVING IN
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HER FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE AT
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APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN
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NORTH CAROLINA.
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AS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HER GRADES
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EARN HER SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
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>> SHE DID WELL ACADEMICALLY.
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SHE MADE THE DEAN'S LIST FOR A
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SEMESTER THERE, AND WHEN THAT
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SPRING BREAK CAME, SHE WAS STILL
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DOING VERY WELL IN HER CLASSES.
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>> Narrator: GINNI'S MOTHER,
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TAMMY, SAYS THAT SHE'S ALWAYS
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BEEN A STRONG STUDENT.
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>> SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK HARD
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AT IT.
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IT JUST CAME VERY EASY TO HER.
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>> Narrator: COLLEGE SOCIAL LIFE
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IS MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR
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GINNI, AT LEAST AT FIRST.
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>> THE FIRST THREE, FOUR MONTHS
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UP THERE, SHE WAS MISERABLE.
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SHE SAID, "MOM, I DON'T HAVE ANY
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FRIENDS," AND IT WAS HARD FOR
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HER TO MAKE FRIENDS.
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SHE WAS A SHY PERSON.
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SHE WASN'T JUST GONNA GO UP AND
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SAY, "HELLO. HI. I'M GINNI."
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>> Narrator: BUT BY SEMESTER'S
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END, GINNI'S MADE SOME NEW
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FRIENDS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO
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TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO
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INDEPENDENCE BY MOVING OFF
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CAMPUS IN THE FALL.
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>> WE FOUND HER AN APARTMENT TO
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LIVE IN, PAID THE DEPOSIT, AND
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FOUND HER A PARKING PLACE.
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WE DID ALL THAT STUFF FOR HER TO
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GO BACK AS HER SOPHOMORE YEAR,
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AND I -- I THOUGHT SHE WAS VERY
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EXCITED ABOUT IT.
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>> Narrator: GINNI MAKES THE
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SIX-HOUR DRIVE HOME TO
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CHOCOWINITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
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WHENEVER SHE CAN TO VISIT FAMILY
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AND FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY HER
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CLASSMATE KELLY GASKINS.
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GINNI AND KELLY HAVE BEEN BEST
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FRIENDS SINCE STARTING SCHOOL.
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>> GINNI WAS OVER AT THE HOUSE A
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LOT.
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KELLY WAS OVER AT HER HOUSE A
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LOT.
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AND THEY WERE JUST TYPICAL
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TEENAGED GIRLS.
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THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, ROWDY.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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THEY GOT ALONG REAL WELL.
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THEY WERE LIKE SISTERS.
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THEY WERE REALLY CLOSE.
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THEY JUST WERE INSEPARABLE.
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>> GINNI -- I MEAN, SHE WASN'T
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VERY ADVENTUROUS, AND I THINK
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KELLY WOULD GET HER TO DO THINGS
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THAT SHE WOULDN'T NORMALLY HAVE
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DONE.
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>> Narrator: AMONG MANY OTHER
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THINGS, THE GIRLS SHARE A
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PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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>> THEY WOULD GO, AND KELLY
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WOULD POSE, AND I'VE GOT
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PICTURES OF HER IN THE SWAMP BY
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A BIG CYPRESS, YOU KNOW?
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THEY WOULD GO TO GRAVEYARDS AND
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POSE BY OLD STONES.
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>> Narrator: BOTH KELLY AND
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GINNI FAVOR THE DARK CLOTHING
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AND MUSIC OF THE GOTH SCENE.
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>> IT WAS A BIG THING IN
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CHOCOWINITY.
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THERE WERE A LOT OF THE
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TEENAGERS WHO WERE INTO THE
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BLACK CLOTHES AND THE BLACK
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MAKEUP AND THE PIERCINGS AND
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STUFF LIKE THAT.
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>> GINNI LYNNE LIKED BLACK
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PANTS, AND SHE WAS NOT AN OBESE
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PERSON, BUT SHE ALWAYS WORE A
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HOODIE BECAUSE SHE WAS
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SELF-CONSCIOUS, AND IT WAS
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USUALLY ALWAYS A DARK HOODIE.
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>> Narrator: ONE THING THE GIRLS
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DON'T SHARE IS A FOCUS ON
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ACADEMICS.
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WHILE GINNI'S TOP MARKS IN HIGH
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SCHOOL PROPELLED ON TO COLLEGE,
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KELLY STRUGGLED THROUGH HER
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SENIOR YEAR.
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>> SHE WAS REALLY SMART.
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SHE DID REAL GOOD IN SCHOOL UP
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UNTIL THE 12th GRADE, BUT I
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THINK WHEN YOU GET HOOKED UP
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WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE, YOU JUST
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GET A SENSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT
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DON'T MATTER ANYMORE.
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>> Narrator: KELLY'S MOTHER,
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DENISE, DIDN'T APPROVE OF HER
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DAUGHTER'S NEW BOYFRIEND,
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ERVIN WILLIAMS, WHOM KELLEY
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BEGAN DATING THE SUMMER BEFORE
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GINNI WENT OFF TO COLLEGE.
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>> HE HAD A PRETTY BAD
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REPUTATION.
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I THINK SHE WAS DRAWN TO THAT,
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YOU KNOW, THE BAD-BOY IMAGE.
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AREN'T WE ALL AS TEENAGE GIRLS?
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>> Narrator: AS SUMMER TURNED TO
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FALL, KELLY TRIED TO COMPLETE
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12th GRADE FOR THE SECOND TIME
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BUT FAILED.
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>> SHE WAS SKIPPING SCHOOL A LOT
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AND WASN'T WORKING TOWARDS
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GRADUATING AT ALL.
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HER GRADES STARTED TO GET REALLY
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BAD, AND SHE JUST WASN'T PUTTING
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FORTH ANY EFFORT.
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AND SHE STAYED IN SCHOOL THROUGH
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THE WHOLE 12th GRADE, KNOWING
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THAT SHE WAS NOT GONNA PASS.
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>> Narrator: AFTER KELLY FLUNKED
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OUT, SHE MOVED IN WITH ERVIN AND
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HIS FAMILY.
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THEN, THAT WITHER, THE COUPLE
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SUDDENLY PACKED UP AND MOVED TO
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THE BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, AREA
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NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER.
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NOW THAT THE SEMESTER'S OVER,
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GINNI WOOD TELLS HER MOTHER THAT
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SHE WANTS TO SPEND HER SPRING
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BREAK DRIVING DOWN TO
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BROWNSVILLE TO SEE HER OLD
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FRIEND KELLY.
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>> SHE TOLD ME THAT ERVIN AND
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KELLY WERE DOWN THERE AND THEY
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HAD GOTTEN JOBS.
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I THINK SHE TOLD ME THAT ERVIN
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WAS DOING MAINTENANCE IN A HOTEL
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AND MAYBE KELLY WAS WORKING AT
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THE HOTEL, AS WELL, AND SHE WAS
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JUST GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND
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VISIT THEM.
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>> Narrator: GINNI PACKS HER
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BAGS, LOOKING FORWARD TO HER BIG
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TRIP.
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SHE BRINGS ALONG HER SOCIAL
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SECURITY CARD AND A COPY OF HER
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BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO SHE HAS THE
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OPTION OF CROSSING THE BORDER
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INTO MEXICO WITH HER FRIENDS.
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SHE LEAVES APPALACHIAN STATE ON
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THURSDAY AND SETS OFF ALONE ON
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THE EPIC 1,400-MILE JOURNEY
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THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH AND
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AROUND THE GULF OF MEXICO.
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>> GINNI LYNNE HAS ALWAYS HAD A
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LEVEL HEAD.
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I WASN'T CONCERNED.
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I DIDN'T SEE HER DOING ANYTHING
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CRAZY.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
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>> Narrator: ON FRIDAY AROUND
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NOON, GINNI CALLS HER MOTHER TO
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SAY THAT SHE'S ARRIVED IN
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BROWNSVILLE AND HAS MET UP WITH
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KELLY.
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>> THEY WERE ALWAYS SHORT
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CONVERSATIONS.
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"MOM, I'M HERE.
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I'M DOING ALL RIGHT," YOU KNOW,
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THE TEENAGE THING.
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DON'T BOTHER ME. I'M DOING OKAY.
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>> Narrator: THEN ON SATURDAY
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NIGHT, TAMMY GETS TO THINKING
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ABOUT GINNI AND DECIDES TO SEE
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HOW SHE'S DOING.
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>> SO I CALLED, AND SHE SAID,
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"MOM, WE'RE WATCHING A MOVIE.
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I'LL CALL YOU LATER."
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AND WHETHER THEY WERE OR WHAT
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THEY WERE DOING, I DON'T KNOW.
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>> Narrator: TAMMY WAITS UP THAT
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NIGHT, HOPING THAT GINNI WILL
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CALL BACK, BUT THE PHONE NEVER
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RINGS.
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THE NEXT DAY, TAMMY TRIES TO
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CALL GINNI AGAIN BUT GETS HER
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VOICE MAIL.
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SHE ISN'T WORRIED, THOUGH.
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MAYBE THE GIRLS WENT TO THE
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MARKET ACROSS THE BORDER IN
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MEXICO.
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>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GO
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DOWN THERE AND DO SOME
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SHOPPING 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
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DO THAT OR GO TO THE BEECH OR DO
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SOMETHING.
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AND I KEPT CALLING, AND I THINK,
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"WELL, MAYBE SHE'S JUST OUT OF
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RANGE, YOU KNOW?"
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>> Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW
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DAYS, TAMMY KEEPS TRYING GINNI'S
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CELLPHONE.
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>> TAMMY WAS VERY HOPEFUL THAT
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IT WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION,
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MAYBE CELLPHONE FAILURE,
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SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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>> I CALLED HER CELLPHONE AT
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LEAST 10 OR 15 TIMES, LEAVING
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MESSAGE AFTER MESSAGE.
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THEN IT BECAME THAT POINT WHERE
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IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE
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MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT
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WAS -- THAT WAS PROBABLY THE
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POINT WHEN I REALIZED THAT THERE
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WAS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG
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HERE.
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AS CLUES RISE TO THE SURFACE,
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POLICE FIND THEMSELVES AT A DEAD
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END.
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>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT
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COULD'VE HAPPENED TO THEM.
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ONCE YOU CROSS INTO MEXICO,
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YOU'VE CROSS INTO THE UNKNOWN.
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>> Narrator: DURING A SPRING
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BREAK ROAD TRIP TO TEXAS,
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19-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
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GINNI WOOD VANISHES.
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HER MOTHER, TAMMY, IS BAFFLED.
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>> THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO ME.
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I DIDN'T EXPECT IT.
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IF I HAD HAD ANY NOTION THAT SHE
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WAS GOING TO NOT COME BACK OR
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DISAPPEAR...
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I WOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING WHERE
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SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE.
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>> Narrator: AFTER LEAVING
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MESSAGES FOR OVER A WEEK AND
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GETTING NO RESPONSE, TAMMY'S
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CONCERN GROWS.
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>> I KEPT CALLING AND KEPT
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CALLING, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
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JUST SAY, "GINNI, I HAVEN'T
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HEARD FROM YOU.
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I MISS YOU.
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LET ME ME HEAR FROM YOU.
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I WANT TO KNOW YOU'RE OKAY."
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FRIDAY ROLLED AROUND, AND I
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STILL HADN'T HEARD FROM HER.
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SATURDAY CAME, SUNDAY CAME, AND
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I KNEW SHE WASN'T BACK AT
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SCHOOL.
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>> Narrator: TAMMY BECOMES TRULY
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ALARMED WHEN THE FIRST DAY OF
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CLASSES AFTER SPRING BREAK COMES
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AND GOES WITH NO WORD FROM
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GINNI.
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>> I BECAME VERY WORRIED, AND I
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FRETTED.
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I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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I JUST KEPT CALLING.
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>> Narrator: STILL HOPING FOR
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THE BEST, TAMMY CALLS GINNI'S
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BEST FRIEND KELLY'S MOTHER, WHO
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ALSO LIVES IN CHOCOWINITY.
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>> GINNI'S MOM IS CALLING ME AT
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WORK, ASKING ME, HAVE I HEARD
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FROM GINNI OR HEARD FROM KELLY.
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AND I SAID, NO, I HADN'T HEARD
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FROM EITHER ONE OF THEM.
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>> Narrator: DENISE TELLS TAMMY
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THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW GINNI
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AND KELLY HAD PLANNED A VISIT.
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NOW PANIC-STRICKEN, TAMMY TURNS
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TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S
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DEPARTMENT AND FILES A
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MISSING-PERSONS REPORT.
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>> I WAS TORMENTED BY IT.
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I COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH
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HER.
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THAT WEDNESDAY WHEN I DID FILE
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THE REPORT, IT WAS JUST KIND OF
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LIKE...
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EVERYTHING JUST FELL APART, YOU
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KNOW?
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>> YOU HAVE A MOTHER WHO KNOWS
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THAT HER DAUGHTER SHOULD HAVE
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COME BACK AT THE END OF SPRING
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BREAK.
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WITHOUT A DOUBT, TAMMY BELIEVES
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THAT VIRGINIA PLANNED ON COMING
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HOME.
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>> I CRIED AND CRIED, YOU KNOW?
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I THOUGHT THE WORST, AND THEN
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THERE'S PEOPLE TELLING ME ALL
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THESE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO
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PEOPLE IN MEXICO -- PROSTITUTE
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TRAFFICKING IN GIRLS.
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I MEAN, I JUST -- I HEARD EVERY
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POSSIBLE BAD THING THAT COULD
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HAPPEN.
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>> Narrator: SEEKING INSIGHT
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INTO GINNI'S THOUGHTS AND
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FEELINGS, INVESTIGATORS SEIZE
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HER COMPUTER AND FIND TWO VERY
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PROVOCATIVE FILES.
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>> ONE WAS TO KELLY, EXPLAINING
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HOW SHE MISSED HER, HOW SHE
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MISSED THEIR TIME THEY SPENT
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TOGETHER AND THAT THE DISTANCE
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BETWEEN THEM MADE HER SAD.
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SHE ALSO HAD A FILE IN THERE
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REGARDING A BOYFRIEND THAT SHE
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HAD RECENTLY BROKE UP WITH AND
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THAT SHE WAS DEPRESSED AND SAD.
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SHE DID MAKE MENTION OF KILLING
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HERSELF.
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>> Narrator: GINNI WAS REELING
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FROM THE END OF A SHORT FLING
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WITH ERVIN WILLIAMS' BROTHER,
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HUBERT, AS WELL AS AN EARLIER
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BREAKUP.
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ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER, HER
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THOUGHTS TURNED TO SUICIDE.
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>> SHE JUST WAS OVERWHELMED WITH
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THE REJECTION OF TWO DIFFERENT
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GUYS WITHIN A MATTER OF, YOU
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KNOW, A FEW MONTHS.
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>> Narrator: TAMMY SAYS THAT
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DESPITE GINNI'S WRITINGS ABOUT
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TAKING HER OWN LIFE, SHE IS
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CONVINCED THAT HER DAUGHTER'S
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SPIRITS HAD LIFTED BY THE TIME
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SHE LEFT FOR SPRING BREAK.
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>> SHE HAD BEEN REJECTED, BUT,
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIFE.
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YOU LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT, AND
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YOU GO ON, AND SHE WOULD'VE DONE
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THE SAME.
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>> Narrator: BEAUFORT COUNTY
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INVESTIGATORS AGREE WITH GINNI'S
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MOTHER.
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>> HER THOUGHTS IN THE COMPUTER
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WERE ONE THING, BUT HER ACTIONS
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WERE ANOTHER.
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I THINK SHE WAS VERY EXCITED
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ABOUT SPENDING TIME WITH KELLY,
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AND I THINK SHE WAS EXCITED
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ABOUT SPRING BREAK AND GOING TO
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TEXAS AND TRAVELING.
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>> Narrator: IN URGENT NEED OF
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ANSWERS REGARDING GINNI'S TRIP,
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POLICE TRACE ACTIVITY ON HER
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CELLPHONE, BEGINNING WITH THE
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NIGHT SHE LAST SPOKE TO HER
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MOTHER.
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>> WE KNOW THAT ON MARCH 10th,
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THE CELLPHONE THAT VIRGINIA HAD
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WAS USED RIGHT AT THE
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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS BORDER IN
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MEXICO.
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>> Narrator: THEN FOR THE NEXT
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FOUR DAYS, THERE ARE INCOMING
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AND OUTGOING CALLS TRACED TO
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CELL TOWERS IN SEVERAL MEXICAN
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CITIES.
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>> THE LAST TIME IT WAS USED WAS
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MARCH 14th, AND THAT WAS IN
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MONTERREY, MEXICO.
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THE WAY CELLPHONE TOWERS ARE SET
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UP, YOU MIGHT BE IN ONE
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LOCATION, BUT YOU'RE CLOSER TO A
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TOWER IN ANOTHER CITY.
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SO, THEREFORE, IT APPEARS THAT
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YOU WERE IN THIS AREA WHEN YOU
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REALLY WEREN'T.
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SO TO SAY THAT THEY WERE IN ANY
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PARTICULAR CITY IN MEXICO IS
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REALLY HARD TO DO WHEN YOU'RE
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RUNNING OFF A CELLPHONE BILL.
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>> Narrator: SO THE PHONE
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RECORDS DON'T GIVE POLICE
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ANYTHING SOLID REGARDING GINNI'S
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LOCATION.
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THEN A TANTALIZING CLUE
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SURFACES.
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INVESTIGATORS REVIEWING GINNI'S
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FINANCIAL RECORDS SEE A RECENT
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PURCHASE ON THE CREDIT CARD SHE
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BORROWED FROM HER MOTHER.
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>> WE HAD A LAST TRANSACTION ON
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THE CREDIT CARD FOR A GROCERY
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STORE IN MEXICO, IN MATAMOROS.
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THE NAME OF THE GROCERY STORE
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WAS SORDIANA.
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>> Narrator: MATAMOROS IS THE
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SISTER CITY TO BROWNSVILLE,
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TEXAS, JUST ACROSS THE MEXICAN
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BORDER.
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THERE WAS ONLY ONE CREDIT-CARD
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CHARGE RECORDED FOR $24 AND
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CHANGE.
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>> THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT
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CREDIT WAS USED DURING THIS
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ENTIRE SPRING-BREAK VACATION.
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SHE NEVER USED IT ANYWHERE
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WITHIN THE U.S., AND SHE NEVER
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USED IT AGAIN IN MEXICO.
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>> Narrator: BOTH THE CELLPHONE
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RECORDS AND CREDIT CARD INDICATE
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THAT GINNI DID INDEED CROSS THE
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BORDER.
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>> WE FELT LIKE WE DEFINITELY
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NEEDED TO FOCUS OUR SEARCH IN
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MEXICO, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
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WE DID.
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I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE
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AT THE U.S. CONSULATE'S OFFICE
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IN MEXICO THAT HANDLES ANY U.S.
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CITIZEN HAVING BEEN ARRESTED,
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HOSPITALIZED, THINGS OF THAT
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NATURE.
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THEY'RE NOTIFIED.
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THEY IMMEDIATELY CHECKED TO SEE
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IF ANY OF THE THREE NAMES
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APPEARED ON ANY OF THEIR
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INFORMATION.
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>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO THE
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CONSULATES, THERE IS NO RECORD
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OF GINNI, KELLY, OR KELLY'S
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BOYFRIEND, ERVIN, IN MEXICAN
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JAILS OR HOSPITALS.
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IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE GINNI
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MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONE MISSING.
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DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS,
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KELLY'S MOTHER, DENISE, IS STILL
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UNABLE TO REACH HER DAUGHTER.
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>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
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HER TELEPHONE, BUT THE NUMBER
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WAS DEAD.
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AND THE NUMBERS THAT SHE HAD
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CALLED ME FROM AND THE NUMBER
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THAT SHE GAVE ME TO GET IN TOUCH
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WITH HER WEREN'T WORKING.
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NOBODY WOULD ANSWER.
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>> Narrator: NEXT, POLICE
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ATTEMPT TO TRACE BOTH GINNI AND
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ERVIN'S CARS THROUGH THEIR
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VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
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AND LICENSE PLATES.
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>> I CONTACTED BROWNSVILLE
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POLICE TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE
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THREE PERSONS WE WERE LOOKING
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FOR, AS WELL AS THE VEHICLES
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INVOLVED.
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>> WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO BORDER
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PATROL TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY
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DOCUMENTATION OR RECORDS OF THEM
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CROSSING THE BORDER NEAR
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BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
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>> Narrator: NEITHER BROWNSVILLE
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POLICE NOR THE BORDER PATROL HAS
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ANY RECORD OF CONTACT WITH THE
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THREE KIDS OR THEIR VEHICLES.
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THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF
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TRAVELING TO MEXICO BRINGS UP
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FRESH WORRIES FOR FAMILY AND
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INVESTIGATORS.
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE REPORTED
514
00:15:57,467 --> 00:15:59,767
MISSING THERE EACH YEAR.
515
00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:01,433
>> THEY'RE ARE SO MANY THINGS
516
00:16:01,433 --> 00:16:03,133
THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO THEM.
517
00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:04,667
ONCE YOU CROSS INTO MEXICO,
518
00:16:04,667 --> 00:16:06,400
YOU'VE CROSSED INTO THE UNKNOWN.
519
00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,267
WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION THERE.
520
00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:10,233
>> THAT'S A SOURCE COUNTRY FOR A
521
00:16:10,233 --> 00:16:12,067
LOT OF THE NARCOTICS THAT WE
522
00:16:12,067 --> 00:16:13,300
HAVE HERE IN THE U.S.
523
00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,067
>> Narrator: DRUG WARS ALONG THE
524
00:16:15,067 --> 00:16:16,400
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER HAVE
525
00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:17,800
ESCALATED OVER THE YEARS,
526
00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,433
SOMETIMES MAKING THE TOWNS ON
527
00:16:19,433 --> 00:16:20,800
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER
528
00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,333
DANGEROUS PLACES TO LIVE AND
529
00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:22,867
VISIT.
530
00:16:22,867 --> 00:16:24,467
>> YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I SEE
531
00:16:24,467 --> 00:16:25,967
THAT STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING
532
00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:29,800
ALONG THE BORDER, I JUST WORRY.
533
00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,333
>> WITH THE NEWS YOU HEAR ABOUT
534
00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:32,667
THE VIOLENCE IN MEXICO, IT
535
00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:34,200
REALLY MAKES YOU START TO WORRY
536
00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,667
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES ABOUT
537
00:16:35,667 --> 00:16:37,167
WHAT HAPPENED TO GINNI, KELLY,
538
00:16:37,167 --> 00:16:37,967
AND ERVIN.
539
00:16:37,967 --> 00:16:39,933
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS DON'T
540
00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:41,867
KNOW ANYTHING FOR CERTAIN AFTER
541
00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:43,733
GINNI LEFT HER COLLEGE DORM IN
542
00:16:43,733 --> 00:16:45,767
BOONE COUNTY.
543
00:16:45,767 --> 00:16:47,267
>> THIS WASN'T A GIRL WHO WAS
544
00:16:47,267 --> 00:16:48,733
KIDNAPPED FROM A PARKING LOT.
545
00:16:48,733 --> 00:16:50,267
THIS IS A GIRL WHO WENT ON HER
546
00:16:50,267 --> 00:16:53,467
OWN ON VACATION, AND WE DON'T
547
00:16:53,467 --> 00:16:56,733
KNOW WHERE BETWEEN HER TRIP FROM
548
00:16:56,733 --> 00:16:58,167
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, TO
549
00:16:58,167 --> 00:16:59,767
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT SHE
550
00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:00,700
WENT MISSING.
551
00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:02,067
>> Narrator: AS FAR AS
552
00:17:02,067 --> 00:17:03,333
INVESTIGATORS CAN TELL,
553
00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,367
GINNI WOOD, KELLY GASKINS, AND
554
00:17:05,367 --> 00:17:07,067
ERVIN WILLIAMS HAVE SIMPLY
555
00:17:07,067 --> 00:17:07,767
VANISHED.
556
00:17:07,767 --> 00:17:09,567
>> HOW DOES THREE INDIVIDUALS
557
00:17:09,567 --> 00:17:11,433
FALL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
558
00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:13,200
ALL TOGETHER ALL AT THE SAME
559
00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,800
TIME AND NOBODY KNOW ANYTHING?
560
00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,200
THAT'S THE MOST BIZARRE THING
561
00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,067
ABOUT THIS CASE.
562
00:17:19,067 --> 00:17:21,667
IT'S JUST CRAZY.
563
00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:23,167
>> Narrator: COMING UP...
564
00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:25,067
INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER TROUBLING
565
00:17:25,067 --> 00:17:26,567
ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE IN
566
00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:28,133
ERVIN WILLIAMS' PAST.
567
00:17:28,133 --> 00:17:30,067
>> A CONFRONTATION OCCURRED
568
00:17:30,067 --> 00:17:32,067
WHICH LED TO ERVIN POINTING A
569
00:17:32,067 --> 00:17:34,167
SHOTGUN AND THE HOME BEING SET
570
00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:36,067
ON FIRE.
571
00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:01,300
>> Narrator: 19-YEAR-OLD
572
00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:02,933
GINNI WOOD HAS BEEN MISSING FOR
573
00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:04,067
ALMOST TWO WEEKS.
574
00:18:04,067 --> 00:18:05,633
>> IT WASN'T SOMETHING SHE'D
575
00:18:05,633 --> 00:18:07,200
EVER DONE BEFORE, YOU KNOW?
576
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,067
IT WASN'T LIKE SHE WAS A RUNAWAY
577
00:18:09,067 --> 00:18:09,500
KID.
578
00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,200
>> Narrator: BOTH HER MOTHER,
579
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,633
TAMMY, AND INVESTIGATORS
580
00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:14,500
DESPERATELY TRY TO TRACE GINNI'S
581
00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,367
LAST MOVEMENTS IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
582
00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:17,900
AND MEXICO.
583
00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:19,767
>> WE HAD AN OPEN COMMUNICATION.
584
00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:21,233
YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING WAS
585
00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:22,867
OKAY, I THINK SHE WOULD CONTACT
586
00:18:22,867 --> 00:18:24,233
ME AND SAY, "MOM, I'M ALL
587
00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:26,333
RIGHT."
588
00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:27,700
>> Narrator: DOWN IN
589
00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:29,467
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, GINNI'S
590
00:18:29,467 --> 00:18:31,367
FRIEND, KELLY, ALSO APPEARS TO
591
00:18:31,367 --> 00:18:32,267
BE MISSING.
592
00:18:32,267 --> 00:18:33,967
HER MOTHER, DENISE WILSON,
593
00:18:33,967 --> 00:18:35,700
BECOMES FRANTIC.
594
00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:37,900
>> I WENT INTO A TOTAL STATE OF
595
00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:38,500
PANIC.
596
00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:40,567
I KNEW THEN SOMETHING WAS REALLY
597
00:18:40,567 --> 00:18:41,500
WRONG.
598
00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:43,200
>> Narrator: DENISE CALLS THE
599
00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,533
BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S
600
00:18:44,533 --> 00:18:46,133
OFFICE, BUT THEY TELL HER KELLY
601
00:18:46,133 --> 00:18:47,767
CAN'T BE REGISTERED AS A MISSING
602
00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:49,933
PERSON.
603
00:18:49,933 --> 00:18:52,733
IN AUGUST OF 2006, SEVEN MONTHS
604
00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:53,933
BEFORE SHE AND GINNI
605
00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:55,667
DISAPPEARED, KELLY WAS PLACED ON
606
00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,433
PROBATION FOR A MISDEMEANOR DRUG
607
00:18:57,433 --> 00:18:59,067
OFFENSE.
608
00:18:59,067 --> 00:19:00,300
>> SHE DID GET IN TROUBLE WITH
609
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,067
THE LAW.
610
00:19:02,067 --> 00:19:04,200
SHE HAD A SIMPLE POSSESSION OF
611
00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:04,800
MARIJUANA.
612
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,267
SHE WENT TO COURT, AND THEY PUT
613
00:19:06,267 --> 00:19:07,167
HER ON PROBATION.
614
00:19:07,167 --> 00:19:08,567
IT'S THE FIRST TIME SHE'D EVER
615
00:19:08,567 --> 00:19:09,633
BEEN IN TROUBLE.
616
00:19:09,633 --> 00:19:11,433
>> Narrator: KELLY WAS GIVEN A
617
00:19:11,433 --> 00:19:13,300
SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND 36 MONTHS
618
00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,067
PROBATION.
619
00:19:15,067 --> 00:19:16,067
BUT WHEN SHE LEFT
620
00:19:16,067 --> 00:19:17,200
BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH
621
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,667
ERVIN WILLIAMS FIVE MONTHS
622
00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,067
LATER, SHE VIOLATED THAT
623
00:19:20,067 --> 00:19:23,667
PROBATION AND BECAME A FUGITIVE.
624
00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:25,167
>> SHE GOT MIXED UP WITH A BAD
625
00:19:25,167 --> 00:19:26,567
CROWD.
626
00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:28,067
AND I'M NOT SAYING SHE WAS
627
00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,267
PERFECT BY ANY MEANS.
628
00:19:29,267 --> 00:19:30,900
SHE WAS A TEENAGER, YOU KNOW?
629
00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,133
THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
630
00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:34,667
BUT I THINK SHE FOUND MORE
631
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:36,533
TROUBLE THAN SHE CAN HANDLE.
632
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,233
>> Narrator: DENISE SAYS HER
633
00:19:45,233 --> 00:19:46,967
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAUGHTER
634
00:19:46,967 --> 00:19:48,567
CHANGED AFTER KELLY STARTED
635
00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:50,300
DATING ERVIN DURING HER SENIOR
636
00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,567
YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
637
00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:53,200
>> WE GOT ALONG PRETTY GOOD.
638
00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,067
WE WERE REAL CLOSE A YEAR OR SO
639
00:19:55,067 --> 00:19:56,267
EARLIER.
640
00:19:56,267 --> 00:19:58,433
BUT WHEN SHE MET ERVIN AND
641
00:19:58,433 --> 00:20:00,700
STARTED SEEING HIM, WE GREW
642
00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,700
FURTHER AND FURTHER APART.
643
00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:05,200
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, DRINKING
644
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,467
AND SMOKING POT, AND I DON'T
645
00:20:07,467 --> 00:20:08,700
KNOW WHAT ELSE.
646
00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,700
WHEN I WOULD TRY TO FIX THE
647
00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:13,233
SITUATION, IT MADE IT WORSE.
648
00:20:13,233 --> 00:20:15,867
SHE WOULD LEAVE AND GO STAY WITH
649
00:20:15,867 --> 00:20:17,000
ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
650
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,500
I HAD A HARD TIME WITH HER.
651
00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,167
SHE GOT KIND OF HARD TO HANDLE.
652
00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:21,733
>> Narrator: AROUND CHRISTMAS
653
00:20:21,733 --> 00:20:23,367
TIME, DENISE GIVES HER DAUGHTER
654
00:20:23,367 --> 00:20:24,167
A ULTIMATUM.
655
00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:25,867
>> I DID HAVE RULES IN MY HOUSE.
656
00:20:25,867 --> 00:20:27,433
IF YOU'RE GONNA LIVE WITH ME,
657
00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:29,467
YOU'RE GONNA LIVE BY MY RULES.
658
00:20:29,467 --> 00:20:31,200
AND I DON'T THINK SHE CARED TOO
659
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,067
MUCH FOR IT.
660
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,667
>> Narrator: SO KELLY GOES TO
661
00:20:39,667 --> 00:20:41,000
LIVE WITH HER FRIEND GINNI AND
662
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,533
HER FAMILY.
663
00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,033
>> SHE TOLD US THAT SHE HAD GOT
664
00:20:44,033 --> 00:20:45,267
KICKED OUT OF HER HOUSE.
665
00:20:45,267 --> 00:20:46,833
I FELT THAT SHE NEEDED TO FINISH
666
00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:47,333
SCHOOL.
667
00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:49,433
THAT WAS MY WHOLE REASON I LET
668
00:20:49,433 --> 00:20:50,333
HER COME HERE.
669
00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:52,067
>> Narrator: KELLY SPENDS ABOUT
670
00:20:52,067 --> 00:20:53,533
SIX MONTHS LIVING WITH THE
671
00:20:53,533 --> 00:20:54,133
WOODS.
672
00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:56,167
ACCORDING TO GINNI'S MOTHER, THE
673
00:20:56,167 --> 00:20:57,833
TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ARE THE
674
00:20:57,833 --> 00:20:59,833
CLOSEST OF FRIENDS.
675
00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:01,067
>> THEY WERE TOGETHER ALL THE
676
00:21:01,067 --> 00:21:02,867
TIME.
677
00:21:02,867 --> 00:21:04,467
THEY WOULD SIT UP THERE IN THAT
678
00:21:04,467 --> 00:21:05,967
ROOM AT NIGHTTIME FOR HOURS.
679
00:21:05,967 --> 00:21:06,933
[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
680
00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:08,467
THEY WATCHED MOVIES, AND THEY
681
00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:09,967
WATCHED AWFUL MOVIES.
682
00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:11,600
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
683
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,500
BLOODY, GORY MOVIES.
684
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,500
SCARY MOVIES.
685
00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:16,467
ANYTHING SCARY, THEY LIKED THAT
686
00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:16,933
STUFF.
687
00:21:16,933 --> 00:21:18,300
>> Narrator: WHILE TAMMY WAS
688
00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,867
HAPPY TO HELP OUT HER DAUGHTER'S
689
00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:21,700
BEST FRIEND, SHE SAYS SHE WASN'T
690
00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:23,400
ALWAYS THRILLED TO HAVE KELLY
691
00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,433
UNDER HER ROOF.
692
00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:27,067
>> SHE NEVER TALKED TO ME MUCH,
693
00:21:27,067 --> 00:21:27,967
BUT SHE WAS NICE.
694
00:21:27,967 --> 00:21:29,600
I MEAN, SHE WASN'T AN UNPLEASANT
695
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,733
PERSON.
696
00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:33,300
SHE JUST WAS QUIET AND
697
00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:34,633
SECRETIVE.
698
00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:36,700
IT WOULD BE A GOOD DESCRIPTION
699
00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:37,433
OF KELLY.
700
00:21:37,433 --> 00:21:39,367
>> Narrator: TAMMY WORRIES THAT
701
00:21:39,367 --> 00:21:41,300
KELLY IS A BAD INFLUENCE ON HER
702
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,967
DAUGHTER.
703
00:21:42,967 --> 00:21:44,067
>> I FOUND HER TO BE
704
00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:46,733
MANIPULATIVE WITH GINNI.
705
00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:48,433
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING
706
00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:50,067
ON BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM OR
707
00:21:50,067 --> 00:21:51,833
WHY KELLY WOULD HAVE ANY CONTROL
708
00:21:51,833 --> 00:21:54,733
OVER GINNI, BUT SHE DID.
709
00:21:54,733 --> 00:21:55,900
>> Narrator: THEN IN THE SUMMER
710
00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:59,433
OF 2006, KELLY MOVES BACK HOME.
711
00:21:59,433 --> 00:22:01,100
BUT ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER,
712
00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:02,533
TENSION WITHIN THE FAMILY
713
00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:04,067
CONTINUES, ESPECIALLY OVER
714
00:22:04,067 --> 00:22:05,500
KELLY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH
715
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,833
ERVIN WILLIAMS.
716
00:22:06,833 --> 00:22:09,067
>> THE MORE SHE SAW HIM, THE
717
00:22:09,067 --> 00:22:09,867
WORSE SHE GOT.
718
00:22:09,867 --> 00:22:11,200
SHE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY
719
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,200
AMBITION ANYMORE.
720
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,733
SHE JUST WANTED TO SPEND TIME
721
00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:14,533
WITH HIM.
722
00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,167
>> Narrator: AGAINST HER
723
00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:18,200
MOTHER'S WISHES, KELLY MOVES IN
724
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,767
WITH ERVIN AND HIS FAMILY.
725
00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:21,400
OVER THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW,
726
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,300
DENISE SEES LESS AND LESS OF HER
727
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:23,967
DAUGHTER.
728
00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:25,700
>> AFTER SHE'D BEEN STAYING WITH
729
00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:27,433
ERVIN FOR A WHILE, IT WAS HARDER
730
00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:28,933
AND HARDER FOR ME TO GET IN
731
00:22:28,933 --> 00:22:30,633
CONTACT WITH HER, AND I WORRIED
732
00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:32,100
A LOT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I
733
00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:33,300
THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY
734
00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:34,100
CONTROLLING.
735
00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:34,867
[ DIALING ]
736
00:22:34,867 --> 00:22:36,500
>> Narrator: AFTER A COUPLE OF
737
00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:37,867
WEEKS WITH NO CONTACT...
738
00:22:37,867 --> 00:22:39,167
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
739
00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:41,067
...DENISE GETS A STARTLING PHONE
740
00:22:41,067 --> 00:22:42,067
CALL FROM KELLY.
741
00:22:42,067 --> 00:22:43,833
>> SHE CALLED ME ON THE 18th OF
742
00:22:43,833 --> 00:22:46,400
JANUARY AND TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS
743
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,500
IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.
744
00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:49,833
I WAS VERY SHOCKED.
745
00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:51,933
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY HAD WENT
746
00:22:51,933 --> 00:22:53,900
DOWN THERE, THAT THEY HAD WENT
747
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:56,167
ANYWHERE OUT OF THE STATE.
748
00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:57,833
I WAS A LITTLE FLIPPED OUT ABOUT
749
00:22:57,833 --> 00:22:59,333
IT ALL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE
750
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:00,867
FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY
751
00:23:00,867 --> 00:23:02,433
MIND IS, "OH, MY GOD, THAT'S A
752
00:23:02,433 --> 00:23:03,867
DANGEROUS PLACE DOWN THERE.
753
00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:05,433
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
754
00:23:05,433 --> 00:23:05,967
THERE.
755
00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:07,700
>> Narrator: AND KELLY CONFESSES
756
00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:09,167
TO HER MOTHER THAT LIFE IN
757
00:23:09,167 --> 00:23:10,900
MEXICO WASN'T EVERYTHING SHE WAS
758
00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:12,500
HOPING FOR.
759
00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:14,067
>> SHE TOLD ME THAT THINGS WERE
760
00:23:14,067 --> 00:23:15,933
NOT THE WAY SHE THOUGHT THEY
761
00:23:15,933 --> 00:23:16,767
WOULD BE.
762
00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:18,567
ALL THE STREETS WERE DIRT.
763
00:23:18,567 --> 00:23:20,733
SHE JUST DIDN'T PICTURE IT BEING
764
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,767
LIKE THAT AND THE HOUSES BEING
765
00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:23,800
THE WAY THEY WERE.
766
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,233
>> Narrator: DENISE TRIES TO
767
00:23:25,233 --> 00:23:26,833
PERSUADE HER DAUGHTER TO RETURN
768
00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:29,533
HOME TO NORTH CAROLINA.
769
00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:31,067
>> I OFFERED TO SEND HER A BUS
770
00:23:31,067 --> 00:23:32,600
TICKET, AND I OFFERED TO GO GET
771
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,067
HER, BUT, NO, SHE WAS GONNA
772
00:23:34,067 --> 00:23:38,267
STAY, YOU KNOW, STICK IT OUT.
773
00:23:38,267 --> 00:23:40,067
>> Narrator: AS POLICE LOOK INTO
774
00:23:40,067 --> 00:23:41,700
THE BACKGROUNDS OF GINNI'S TWO
775
00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,133
PRESUMED COMPANIONS, THEY
776
00:23:43,133 --> 00:23:44,800
REALIZE THAT THEY KNOW KELLY'S
777
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,167
BOYFRIEND, ERVIN WILLIAMS, WELL.
778
00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:49,533
WHEN KELLY AND ERVIN SKIPPED
779
00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:52,400
TOWN BACK IN JANUARY OF 2007, HE
780
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,067
WAS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH THE
781
00:23:54,067 --> 00:23:56,467
LAW IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
782
00:23:56,467 --> 00:23:58,233
ERVIN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION
783
00:23:58,233 --> 00:24:00,233
WITH FELONY CHARGES OF ARSON AND
784
00:24:00,233 --> 00:24:01,967
ASSAULT, ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED
785
00:24:01,967 --> 00:24:03,533
WITH HIS FATHER 18 MONTHS
786
00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:05,400
EARLIER.
787
00:24:13,567 --> 00:24:16,500
>> 2005, ERVIN AND HIS FATHER
788
00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,733
VISITED AN ACQUAINTANCE OF
789
00:24:17,733 --> 00:24:19,200
THEIRS IN BLOUNTS CREEK OUT HERE
790
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,933
IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
791
00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:23,667
A CONFRONTATION OCCURRED WHICH
792
00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:26,300
LED TO ERVIN POINTING A SHOTGUN
793
00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:29,300
AT A RESIDENT, WHICH IN TURN LED
794
00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:33,633
TO THE HOME BEING SET ON FIRE.
795
00:24:33,633 --> 00:24:35,300
>> Narrator: ACCORDING TO LAW
796
00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:36,833
ENFORCEMENT, ERVIN WAS ALSO
797
00:24:36,833 --> 00:24:38,400
CHARGED WITH FELONY COCAINE
798
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,200
POSSESSION, AND HIS FATHER WAS A
799
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,333
KNOWN DRUG USER.
800
00:24:41,333 --> 00:24:43,100
>> THE PERSON THAT THEY WERE
801
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:46,067
VISITING HAS A WELL-DOCUMENTED
802
00:24:46,067 --> 00:24:48,867
CRIMINAL HISTORY FOR NARCOTICS
803
00:24:48,867 --> 00:24:49,467
DEALING.
804
00:24:49,467 --> 00:24:51,133
WE COULD NOT SAY AT THIS POINT
805
00:24:51,133 --> 00:24:52,833
THAT IT WAS A DRUG TRANSACTION,
806
00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,567
BUT, OF COURSE, WITH THE HISTORY
807
00:24:54,567 --> 00:24:56,267
OF THOSE INVOLVED, THERE'S SOME
808
00:24:56,267 --> 00:24:57,933
SPECULATION THAT THAT MAY HAVE
809
00:24:57,933 --> 00:25:01,867
BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
810
00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:03,667
>> Narrator: TWO DAYS BEFORE A
811
00:25:03,667 --> 00:25:05,433
HEARING ON THE CRIMES, ERVIN'S
812
00:25:05,433 --> 00:25:07,300
FATHER COMMITS SUICIDE, LEAVING
813
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:08,767
HIS SON TO STAND FOR THE
814
00:25:08,767 --> 00:25:09,933
CHARGES.
815
00:25:09,933 --> 00:25:13,133
ALONE AT AGE 21, ERVIN INSTEAD
816
00:25:13,133 --> 00:25:14,700
OPTS FOR A LIFE ON THE RUN.
817
00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,233
>> THE CASE FINALLY CAME TO
818
00:25:16,233 --> 00:25:18,067
SUPERIOR COURT AND WAS SCHEDULED
819
00:25:18,067 --> 00:25:20,667
FOR A HEARING ON JANUARY THE
820
00:25:20,667 --> 00:25:21,200
8th.
821
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,300
HE DECIDED ON JANUARY 6th THAT
822
00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:25,467
HE WANTED TO LEAVE THE COUNTY,
823
00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:27,633
THE STATE, AND IT APPEARS, THE
824
00:25:27,633 --> 00:25:28,267
COUNTRY.
825
00:25:28,267 --> 00:25:29,967
>> Narrator: BY ALL ACCOUNTS,
826
00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:31,767
BOTH KELLY AND GINNI KNEW ABOUT
827
00:25:31,767 --> 00:25:33,600
ERVIN'S PAST,BUT THEIR FAMILIES
828
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,367
ARE ALARMED THAT THE GIRLS ARE
829
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,967
TRAVELING WITH AN ALLEGEDLY
830
00:25:36,967 --> 00:25:37,900
VIOLENT PERSON.
831
00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:39,600
>> CAPTAIN WATSON TOLD ME THAT,
832
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:40,933
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A VERY
833
00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:42,633
DANGEROUS PERSON, THAT HE WOULD
834
00:25:42,633 --> 00:25:44,967
NOT TRUST HIM AT ALL.
835
00:25:44,967 --> 00:25:46,533
YOU KNOW, IT'S UPSETTING THAT
836
00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:48,133
YOUR CHILD'S WITH SOMEONE LIKE
837
00:25:48,133 --> 00:25:49,700
THIS, THAT THEY WOULD EVEN BE
838
00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:51,400
HANGING AROUND WITH SOMEONE LIKE
839
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,133
THIS.
840
00:25:53,133 --> 00:25:55,400
ERVIN WAS BAD NEWS.
841
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,767
THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND IT.
842
00:25:56,767 --> 00:25:58,167
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING GOOD
843
00:25:58,167 --> 00:25:59,900
SAID ABOUT HIM.
844
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:01,633
FOR WHATEVER REASON, I GUESS
845
00:26:01,633 --> 00:26:03,333
BECAUSE SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH
846
00:26:03,333 --> 00:26:05,067
HIM, SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS HER
847
00:26:05,067 --> 00:26:06,233
DUTY TO GO WITH HIM.
848
00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:08,067
I DON'T THINK SHE THOUGHT THINGS
849
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:08,600
THROUGH.
850
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,300
I DON'T THINK SHE REALIZED JUST
851
00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:16,667
WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO.
852
00:26:16,667 --> 00:26:18,333
>> Narrator: INVESTIGATORS SOON
853
00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:19,833
DISCOVER ANOTHER SURPRISING
854
00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:21,067
ANGLE TO THE STORY.
855
00:26:21,067 --> 00:26:22,700
THEY LEARN THAT WHEN ERVIN AND
856
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,100
KELLY LEFT FOR MEXICO IN
857
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,567
JANUARY...
858
00:26:27,567 --> 00:26:30,200
THEY WEREN'T ALONE.
859
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,700
ERVIN'S SISTER AND HIS YOUNGER
860
00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:33,133
BROTHER, HUBERT, DROVE SOUTH
861
00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:35,633
WITH THEM AS FAR AS FLORIDA.
862
00:26:35,633 --> 00:26:37,200
AT THAT POINT, ERVIN MADE AN
863
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,100
UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT.
864
00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,100
>> ERVIN MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT
865
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,933
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE COMING
866
00:26:42,933 --> 00:26:43,433
BACK.
867
00:26:43,433 --> 00:26:45,133
ONCE WE GET ACROSS THE BORDER,
868
00:26:45,133 --> 00:26:46,067
WE'RE STAYING.
869
00:26:46,067 --> 00:26:47,400
WE'RE NOT COMING BACK.
870
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,133
>> Narrator: FRIGHTENED AT THE
871
00:26:49,133 --> 00:26:50,967
IDEA OF NEVER SEEING HOME AGAIN,
872
00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,800
HUBERT AND HIS SISTER TOOK A BUS
873
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,633
BACK TO CHOCOWINITY, WHILE ERVIN
874
00:26:54,633 --> 00:26:56,267
AND KELLY CONTINUED ON THEIR
875
00:26:56,267 --> 00:26:59,067
JOURNEY, PRESUMABLY TO MEXICO.
876
00:26:59,267 --> 00:27:01,100
>> WE INTERVIEWED HUBERT SEVERAL
877
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:02,867
TIME DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF
878
00:27:02,867 --> 00:27:03,867
VIRGINIA'S CASE.
879
00:27:03,867 --> 00:27:05,633
HE'S ALWAYS INDICATED TO US THAT
880
00:27:05,633 --> 00:27:07,333
HE DOES NOT KNOW HIS BROTHER'S
881
00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:09,067
EXACT LOCATION AND HAD NOT HAD
882
00:27:09,067 --> 00:27:10,667
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS BROTHER
883
00:27:10,667 --> 00:27:14,533
SINCE HE LEFT THE COUNTRY.
884
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,100
>> Narrator: TRAGICALLY, NINE
885
00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:17,567
MONTHS AFTER HE RETURNED TO
886
00:27:17,567 --> 00:27:18,600
BEAUFORT COUNT...
887
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,333
[ GUNSHOT ]
888
00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:21,067
...HUBERT WILLIAMS TOOK HIS OWN
889
00:27:21,067 --> 00:27:22,300
LIFE.
890
00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:24,200
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, HIS
891
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,167
SUICIDE BEARS NO RELATION TO THE
892
00:27:26,167 --> 00:27:28,067
DISAPPEARANCE OF GINNI, KELLY,
893
00:27:28,067 --> 00:27:30,167
OR ERVIN.
894
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:31,933
BUT NOW, TWO WEEKS INTO THEIR
895
00:27:31,933 --> 00:27:33,500
INVESTIGATION, POLICE FIND
896
00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,267
THEMSELVES AT A LOSS, WITH NO
897
00:27:35,267 --> 00:27:38,067
REAL EVIDENCE AND NO LEADS.
898
00:27:38,067 --> 00:27:39,500
>> RIGHT NOW, THE SKY IS THE
899
00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:40,533
LIMIT AS FAR AS THE
900
00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:41,367
POSSIBILITIES.
901
00:27:41,367 --> 00:27:42,900
THERE'S JUST TOO MANY UNKNOWNS
902
00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:45,600
WHEN YOU CROSS OVER INTO MEXICO
903
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,400
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE
904
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,600
HAVE A SOLID THEORY.
905
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,067
>> THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
906
00:27:50,067 --> 00:27:51,633
ERVIN WILLIAMS CAN BE A VICTIM
907
00:27:51,633 --> 00:27:53,067
IN ALL OF THIS, AS WELL.
908
00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:54,700
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT ALL THREE
909
00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:56,333
OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE FELL
910
00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:57,933
VICTIM TO FOUL PLAY.
911
00:27:57,933 --> 00:27:59,567
>> Narrator: FURTHER CONFOUNDING
912
00:27:59,567 --> 00:28:01,133
THE INVESTIGATION IS THE FACT
913
00:28:01,133 --> 00:28:02,700
THAT KELLY AND ERVIN MAY STILL
914
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:03,567
BE ON THE RUN.
915
00:28:03,567 --> 00:28:05,067
>> WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
916
00:28:05,067 --> 00:28:06,600
PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTED AND ARE
917
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,067
TRYING TO AVOID CAPTURE, OF
918
00:28:08,067 --> 00:28:09,567
COURSE, THAT COMPLICATES THE
919
00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:11,200
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THESE ARE
920
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,767
PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE
921
00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:15,567
FOUND.
922
00:28:15,567 --> 00:28:16,933
>> Narrator: COMING UP...
923
00:28:16,933 --> 00:28:18,400
JUST WHEN THINGS ARE LOOKING
924
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,933
HOPELESS, TAMMY FINDS AN ALLY
925
00:28:19,933 --> 00:28:21,400
IN THE SEARCH FOR GINNI AND
926
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:21,900
KELLY.
927
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,433
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL IN
928
00:28:23,433 --> 00:28:25,067
INVESTIGATIONS, BUT I'VE NEVER
929
00:28:25,067 --> 00:28:26,400
SEEN A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR
930
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,267
ACTUAL LEGWORK.
931
00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:35,200
>> GET MORE "DISAPPEARED" ONLINE
932
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,967
AT investigationdiscovery.com.
933
00:28:46,367 --> 00:28:48,067
>> Narrator: THREE WEEKS AFTER
934
00:28:48,067 --> 00:28:49,800
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 19-YEAR-OLD
935
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,233
GINNI WOOD, INVESTIGATORS
936
00:28:51,233 --> 00:28:52,533
RECOGNIZE THAT HER TWO
937
00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:53,967
COMPANIONS, KELLY GASKINS
938
00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:55,300
AND ERVIN WILLIAMS, ARE
939
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,467
FUGITIVES FROM THE LAW.
940
00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:59,067
>> THAT ALONE PUTS A TWIST IN
941
00:28:59,067 --> 00:29:00,167
THE INVESTIGATION.
942
00:29:00,167 --> 00:29:01,600
THE PEOPLE THAT WE BELIEVE
943
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,233
VIRGINIA WAS WITH WHEN SHE LEFT
944
00:29:04,233 --> 00:29:05,733
THE COUNTRY DON'T WANT TO BE
945
00:29:05,733 --> 00:29:06,867
FOUND.
946
00:29:07,067 --> 00:29:08,867
>> Narrator: ERVIN IS ON THE RUN
947
00:29:08,867 --> 00:29:10,633
FROM FELONY CHARGES OF ARSON AND
948
00:29:10,633 --> 00:29:12,300
ASSAULT.
949
00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:13,967
GINNI'S MOTHER BELIEVES THAT HE
950
00:29:13,967 --> 00:29:15,367
MIGHT BE USING SYMPATHY TO
951
00:29:15,367 --> 00:29:16,933
MANIPULATE THE TWO GIRLS INTO
952
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:18,600
STAYING WITH HIM.
953
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,367
>> HIS DAD'S NO LONGER AROUND,
954
00:29:20,367 --> 00:29:22,067
SO HE PROBABLY MADE IT APPEAR TO
955
00:29:22,067 --> 00:29:23,567
THE GIRLS, YOU KNOW, THAT HIS
956
00:29:23,567 --> 00:29:25,167
DAD DID THIS BUT HE HAPPENED TO
957
00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:26,800
BE THERE, BUT HE'S GONNA BE THE
958
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:27,600
FALL GUY.
959
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,333
AND SO YOU GOT TWO TEENAGE
960
00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:31,433
GIRLS, AND THEY'RE FEELING SORRY
961
00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:32,700
FOR HIM, YOU KNOW?
962
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:34,933
I CAN SEE THAT HAPPENING.
963
00:29:34,933 --> 00:29:36,300
>> Narrator: THEN NEW
964
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:38,233
INFORMATION SURFACES THAT COULD
965
00:29:38,233 --> 00:29:39,967
VALIDATE TAMMY'S WORST FEARS
966
00:29:39,967 --> 00:29:41,833
ABOUT ERVIN.
967
00:29:41,833 --> 00:29:43,667
ONE OF KELLY'S FRIENDS TELLS HER
968
00:29:43,667 --> 00:29:45,467
MOTHER, DENISE, THAT SHE HEARD A
969
00:29:45,467 --> 00:29:47,067
DISTURBING STORY INVOLVING
970
00:29:47,067 --> 00:29:48,967
KELLY, ERVIN, AND THE MEXICAN
971
00:29:48,967 --> 00:29:50,367
DRUG TRADE.
972
00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:52,067
>> THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE
973
00:29:52,067 --> 00:29:53,267
GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND SELL
974
00:29:53,267 --> 00:29:54,700
DRUGS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
975
00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:58,500
WAS MEANT AS A JOKE OR IF KELLY
976
00:29:58,500 --> 00:29:59,767
HAD ACTUALLY SAID THAT.
977
00:29:59,767 --> 00:30:01,433
I CAN'T IMAGINE GOING DOWN THERE
978
00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:03,900
AND THINKING YOU'RE GONNA STEP
979
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:06,433
ON SOME DRUG DEALER'S TOES.
980
00:30:06,633 --> 00:30:07,800
THAT COULD LEAD REALLY BAD
981
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,267
PLACES.
982
00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,000
>> Narrator: BECAUSE OF ERVIN'S
983
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,233
PRIOR DRUG CHARGES IN
984
00:30:13,233 --> 00:30:14,933
BEAUFORT COUNTY, INVESTIGATORS
985
00:30:14,933 --> 00:30:16,700
CAN'T RULE OUT THAT HE CONTINUED
986
00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:19,267
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO.
987
00:30:19,267 --> 00:30:20,767
>> OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF HE'S
988
00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:22,233
GONE TO MEXICO AND DONE THOSE
989
00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:23,767
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, HE MAY HAVE
990
00:30:23,767 --> 00:30:25,233
BEEN PUNISHED VERY SEVERELY.
991
00:30:25,233 --> 00:30:26,867
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL
992
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,467
THERE THAT HE COULD'VE LOST HIS
993
00:30:28,467 --> 00:30:30,200
LIFE OR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT
994
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,967
WAS WITH HIM COULD'VE LOST THEIR
995
00:30:31,967 --> 00:30:32,433
LIFE.
996
00:30:32,433 --> 00:30:34,067
>> Narrator: BUT THEY'RE UNABLE
997
00:30:34,067 --> 00:30:35,600
TO BUILD THE DRUG-DEALING TIP
998
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,467
INTO A VIABLE LEAD.
999
00:30:41,033 --> 00:30:42,733
THE INVESTIGATION INTO GINNI'S
1000
00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:44,467
DISAPPEARANCE IS ALSO HAMSTRUNG
1001
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:46,200
BY THE VAST AREA SHE COVERED IN
1002
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,067
HER TRAVELS.
1003
00:30:48,267 --> 00:30:49,467
>> IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE
1004
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:50,767
YOU'RE LIMITED AS TO WHAT YOU
1005
00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:51,967
CAN DO AS A LAW-ENFORCEMENT
1006
00:30:51,967 --> 00:30:53,200
OFFICER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
1007
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,800
HAVE MULTI-JURISDICTIONS.
1008
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,367
WE HAD NORTH CAROLINA.
1009
00:30:57,367 --> 00:30:59,367
WE HAD BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.
1010
00:30:59,367 --> 00:31:01,633
WE HAD MEXICO AND ANY STATE THAT
1011
00:31:01,633 --> 00:31:03,700
THEY CROSSED INTO BETWEEN HERE
1012
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,067
AND TEXAS AND MEXICO.
1013
00:31:05,067 --> 00:31:06,733
>> Narrator: AND IF THE THREE
1014
00:31:06,733 --> 00:31:08,500
KIDS DID CROSS THE BORDER FROM
1015
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,067
BROWNSVILLE TO MATAMOROS,
1016
00:31:10,067 --> 00:31:11,600
MEXICO, NORTH CAROLINA LAW
1017
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,167
ENFORCEMENT CLEARLY HAS NO
1018
00:31:13,167 --> 00:31:15,933
JURISDICTION.
1019
00:31:15,933 --> 00:31:17,167
>> THE STORY KIND OF PLAYS OUT
1020
00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:18,467
WHERE THEY'VE ENTERED A NO MAN'S
1021
00:31:18,467 --> 00:31:19,100
LAND.
1022
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,367
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MEXICO,
1023
00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:23,367
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
1024
00:31:23,367 --> 00:31:25,333
WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH AGENCIES
1025
00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:27,167
OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE
1026
00:31:27,167 --> 00:31:28,900
UNDER THE SAME POLICIES AND
1027
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:30,200
PROCEDURES THAT WE DO.
1028
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,667
IT'S LITERALLY A DIFFERENT
1029
00:31:31,667 --> 00:31:33,733
WORLD.
1030
00:31:33,733 --> 00:31:35,133
>> Narrator: GINNI'S MOTHER,
1031
00:31:35,133 --> 00:31:36,467
TAMMY, IS BOTH SADDENED AND
1032
00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:37,767
CONFUSED BY HER DAUGHTER'S
1033
00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:39,300
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE.
1034
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,200
TO HER, GINNI'S BEHAVIOR IS
1035
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,667
TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER.
1036
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,133
>> EITHER SHE WAS GETTING
1037
00:31:44,133 --> 00:31:45,600
PRESSURE OR I DON'T KNOW.
1038
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,433
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY SHE WOULDN'T
1039
00:31:47,433 --> 00:31:48,167
COME BACK.
1040
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:49,967
SHE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF
1041
00:31:49,967 --> 00:31:51,067
HER.
1042
00:31:51,067 --> 00:31:52,733
>> Narrator: AS THE WEEKS WEAR
1043
00:31:52,733 --> 00:31:54,333
ON AND GINNI DOESN'T RETURN,
1044
00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:56,067
TAMMY IS FORCED TO CONFRONT THE
1045
00:31:56,067 --> 00:31:57,700
FACT THAT HER DAUGHTER MAY BE
1046
00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:00,133
GONE FOREVER.
1047
00:32:00,133 --> 00:32:03,100
>> I WAS DEVASTATED.
1048
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:04,600
I CRIED FOR DAYS, YOU KNOW,
1049
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,700
SO...
1050
00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:11,833
BUT THE TEARS ARE...
1051
00:32:11,833 --> 00:32:14,400
I DON'T CRY AS MUCH ANYMORE.
1052
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,067
>> Narrator: TAMMY'S DISTRESS IS
1053
00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:17,367
AGGRAVATED BY THE LACK OF
1054
00:32:17,367 --> 00:32:20,367
MOVEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION.
1055
00:32:20,367 --> 00:32:21,900
>> THEY CROSSED STATES, CROSSED
1056
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:22,533
COUNTRIES.
1057
00:32:22,533 --> 00:32:24,067
IT WAS TOUGH, AND I DON'T THINK
1058
00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:25,533
THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S
1059
00:32:25,533 --> 00:32:26,967
DEPARTMENT KNEW HOW TO HANDLE
1060
00:32:26,967 --> 00:32:27,433
IT.
1061
00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:29,400
>> Narrator: TAMMY DECIDES TO
1062
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,500
TAKE MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS.
1063
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,367
SHE TRACKS DOWN A HOUSTON-BASED
1064
00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:37,233
ATTORNEY, GILBERT ARRAZOLO, WHO
1065
00:32:37,233 --> 00:32:38,967
HAS HELPED OUT IN THE PAST ON
1066
00:32:38,967 --> 00:32:40,833
MISSING-PERSONS CASES ALONG THE
1067
00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:42,833
TEXAS BORDER WITH MEXICO.
1068
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:44,767
>> I'VE NEVER MET GINNI,
1069
00:32:44,767 --> 00:32:47,067
OBVIOUSLY, NOR KELLY, NOR ERVIN,
1070
00:32:47,067 --> 00:32:48,233
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO --
1071
00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:49,533
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
1072
00:32:49,533 --> 00:32:50,733
TO THEM.
1073
00:32:50,933 --> 00:32:52,333
>> Narrator: AS A MEXICAN
1074
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:53,900
NATIONAL WHO GREW UP NEARBY,
1075
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:55,333
GILBERT IS WELL-SUITED TO
1076
00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:56,733
INVESTIGATE IN AND AROUND
1077
00:32:56,733 --> 00:32:58,767
MATAMOROS.
1078
00:32:58,767 --> 00:33:00,067
>> I KNEW THE LOCATION.
1079
00:33:00,067 --> 00:33:01,367
I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT
1080
00:33:01,367 --> 00:33:02,067
SURROUNDING.
1081
00:33:02,067 --> 00:33:03,600
AND I ALSO KNEW THAT SOMEONE IN
1082
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:04,933
THEIR POSITION WOULD NOT BE
1083
00:33:04,933 --> 00:33:06,867
COMFORTABLE IN THAT SURROUNDING
1084
00:33:06,867 --> 00:33:08,467
OR BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND
1085
00:33:08,467 --> 00:33:10,233
EFFECTIVELY TO TRY TO GATHER
1086
00:33:10,233 --> 00:33:12,100
INFORMATION.
1087
00:33:18,733 --> 00:33:20,267
>> Narrator: GILBERT AND HIS
1088
00:33:20,267 --> 00:33:21,500
BROTHER PUT TOGETHER A
1089
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,067
MISSING-PERSONS POSTER WITH A
1090
00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:24,733
SPANISH LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF
1091
00:33:24,733 --> 00:33:26,433
BOTH GINNI AND KELLY, AS WELL AS
1092
00:33:26,433 --> 00:33:28,833
PHOTOS OF BOTH GIRLS.
1093
00:33:28,833 --> 00:33:30,267
>> AND THE POSTER ALSO HAD A
1094
00:33:30,267 --> 00:33:31,767
NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, AND IT WAS
1095
00:33:31,767 --> 00:33:33,333
JUST BASICALLY SAYING SOMETHING
1096
00:33:33,333 --> 00:33:34,867
TO THE EFFECT THAT "GINNI, YOUR
1097
00:33:34,867 --> 00:33:35,833
FAMILY LOVES YOU.
1098
00:33:35,833 --> 00:33:37,200
THEY WANT TO FIND YOU."
1099
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,833
>> Narrator: HE ALSO OFFERS A
1100
00:33:38,833 --> 00:33:41,700
$500 REWARD FOR INFORMATION.
1101
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:44,767
>> $500 IS NOT A WHOLE LOT HERE,
1102
00:33:44,767 --> 00:33:47,267
BUT IT'S TWO MONTH'S PAY FOR
1103
00:33:47,267 --> 00:33:49,067
YOUR AVERAGE MEXICAN CITIZEN.
1104
00:33:49,067 --> 00:33:51,200
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS SOME
1105
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,400
SIGNIFICANCE.
1106
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,833
>> Narrator: GILBERT AND HIS
1107
00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:56,467
BROTHER POST THE FLYERS ALL OVER
1108
00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:58,633
BROWNSVILLE.
1109
00:33:58,633 --> 00:34:00,400
THEN THEY CROSS THE BORDER AND
1110
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,300
DO THE SAME IN MATAMOROS.
1111
00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:04,567
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL
1112
00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:06,067
TRAINING IN INVESTIGATIONS, BUT
1113
00:34:06,067 --> 00:34:07,900
I'VE NEVER SEEN A GOOD
1114
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,567
SUBSTITUTE FOR ACTUAL LEGWORK.
1115
00:34:09,567 --> 00:34:11,167
I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WANT TO
1116
00:34:11,167 --> 00:34:13,333
FIND SOMEONE, YOU GOT TO HAVE A
1117
00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:14,800
PICTURE, AND YOU'VE GOT TO DO
1118
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:15,367
LEGWORK.
1119
00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:16,767
WE WOULD STOP PEOPLE ON THE
1120
00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:17,300
STREET.
1121
00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:18,567
WE WOULD SHOW THEM THESE
1122
00:34:18,567 --> 00:34:19,600
PICTURES.
1123
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,067
WE WOULD PUT UP THESE POSTERS.
1124
00:34:21,067 --> 00:34:22,367
AND INVARIABLY, PEOPLE WOULD,
1125
00:34:22,367 --> 00:34:23,767
YOU KNOW, SEE YOU PUTTING UP A
1126
00:34:23,767 --> 00:34:25,133
POSTER, AND YOU ASK THEM, YOU
1127
00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:26,367
KNOW, "HAVE YOU SEEN THESE
1128
00:34:26,367 --> 00:34:28,567
PEOPLE?"
1129
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,133
>> Narrator: GILBERT HAS ONE
1130
00:34:30,133 --> 00:34:31,800
SOLID CLUE THAT HE HOPES COULD
1131
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,467
LEAD HIM TO KELLY AND ERVIN OR
1132
00:34:33,467 --> 00:34:35,067
AT LEAST TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
1133
00:34:35,067 --> 00:34:36,767
KNOW THEM.
1134
00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:39,100
>> PART OF THE LEAD THAT WE HAD
1135
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:41,100
WAS THAT KELLY WAS WORKING AS A
1136
00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:43,500
MAID AT THE FONTANA INN IN
1137
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,700
MATAMOROS AND THAT ERVIN WAS
1138
00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:47,933
DOING WORK FOR THEM AS LIKE A
1139
00:34:47,933 --> 00:34:49,467
MAINTENANCE PERSON.
1140
00:34:49,467 --> 00:34:51,667
BUT WHEN I WENT TO THAT HOTEL,
1141
00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:54,100
THE PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY HAD
1142
00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:57,300
NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.
1143
00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:00,333
AND I STAYED THERE FOR A WHILE
1144
00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:01,867
AND DID NOT SEE THEM IN THE
1145
00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:03,800
AREA.
1146
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,300
>> Narrator: GILBERT FINDS IT
1147
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:06,833
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT NO ONE AT
1148
00:35:06,833 --> 00:35:08,367
THE FONTANA INN KNOWS KELLY OR
1149
00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:10,300
ERVIN.
1150
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:11,900
>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF
1151
00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:14,933
SOMEONE CAME UP WITH THIS LEAD
1152
00:35:14,933 --> 00:35:17,100
FOR, YOU KNOW, TINY, LITTLE
1153
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:19,167
MOTEL IN MATAMOROS AND THE
1154
00:35:19,167 --> 00:35:21,600
PLACE ACTUALLY EXISTS THAT THERE
1155
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:22,900
WAS SOMETHING TO IT.
1156
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:24,667
>> Narrator: SADLY, ALL OF THE
1157
00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:26,533
SEARCHES AROUND BROWNSVILLE AND
1158
00:35:26,533 --> 00:35:29,933
MATAMOROS END IN FRUSTRATION.
1159
00:35:29,933 --> 00:35:32,333
>> I WAS FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WE
1160
00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:33,567
WOULD GET SOMETHING.
1161
00:35:33,567 --> 00:35:36,367
THERE WAS JUST NOTHING.
1162
00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:39,667
IT'S VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTING.
1163
00:35:39,667 --> 00:35:40,967
>> Narrator: NOW, TAMMY AND
1164
00:35:40,967 --> 00:35:42,233
GILBERT THINK HARDER ABOUT
1165
00:35:42,233 --> 00:35:43,667
SOMETHING THAT GINNI'S COLLEGE
1166
00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:44,867
FRIENDS HAD SAID.
1167
00:35:44,867 --> 00:35:46,867
GINNI MENTIONED GOING TO CANCúN,
1168
00:35:46,867 --> 00:35:48,600
MEXICO WITH HER FRIENDS AND
1169
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,500
LIVING DOWN THERE.
1170
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:53,700
>> AFTER I WENT TO MATAMOROS AND
1171
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:55,233
CAME UP EMPTY, I SUGGESTED TO
1172
00:35:55,233 --> 00:35:56,700
TAMMY THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO
1173
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:59,400
EXPLORE THE CANCúN, OPTION.
1174
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,367
>> Narrator: CANCúN IS AT THE
1175
00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:02,900
YUCATAN PENINSULA -- A
1176
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:06,567
1,500-MILE DRIVE FROM MATAMOROS.
1177
00:36:06,567 --> 00:36:08,600
>> I WAS LIKE...
1178
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:09,133
"CANCúN?"
1179
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:10,400
AND I LOOKED AT WHAT THEY HAD
1180
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,800
MapQuested, AND I WAS LIKE, "OH,
1181
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,067
MY GOSH, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW
1182
00:36:13,067 --> 00:36:16,167
THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT."
1183
00:36:16,167 --> 00:36:17,967
>> Narrator: GILBERT KNOWS THAT
1184
00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:19,833
ROAD TRAVEL INTO THE INTERIOR OF
1185
00:36:19,833 --> 00:36:21,333
MEXICO IS NOTHING LIKE AN
1186
00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:23,633
AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
1187
00:36:23,633 --> 00:36:25,500
>> YOU'VE GOT THREE AMERICAN
1188
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,300
KIDS TRAVELING WITH LIMITED
1189
00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:30,233
RESOURCES AND WHAT APPEAR TO ME
1190
00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:33,933
LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH MEXICO.
1191
00:36:33,933 --> 00:36:35,933
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
1192
00:36:35,933 --> 00:36:37,900
VERY WELL-VERSED IN HOW TO GET
1193
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:38,967
AROUND IN MEXICO.
1194
00:36:38,967 --> 00:36:40,733
>> Narrator: THE LAND ROUTE FROM
1195
00:36:40,733 --> 00:36:42,100
MATAMOROS IS CONSIDERED
1196
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,867
EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE
1197
00:36:43,867 --> 00:36:45,833
ONGOING DRUG WARS.
1198
00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:47,567
>> IN MEXICO, YOU WILL NOT SEE
1199
00:36:47,567 --> 00:36:49,433
ANY MILITARY PERSONNEL WITHOUT A
1200
00:36:49,433 --> 00:36:50,367
MACHINE GUN.
1201
00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:52,333
YOU CAN DEDUCE THAT IF THERE'S
1202
00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:54,100
THAT TYPE OF PRESENCE, THAT
1203
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:55,667
THERE IS A REASON FOR IT.
1204
00:36:55,667 --> 00:36:57,567
>> Narrator: DESPITE HER FEARS,
1205
00:36:57,567 --> 00:36:59,500
TAMMY AND GILBERT PREPARE TO FLY
1206
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:01,400
TO CANCúN, MEXICO, TO CONTINUE
1207
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,800
THEIR SEARCH FOR GINNI.
1208
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,067
>> I'M GOING TO FIND THE
1209
00:37:05,067 --> 00:37:06,533
ANSWERS, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
1210
00:37:06,533 --> 00:37:07,900
I'M MORE OF A LEADER THAN A
1211
00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:08,767
FOLLOWER.
1212
00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:10,900
I JUST HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT.
1213
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:11,800
THAT'S JUST ME.
1214
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:12,800
THIS IS MY CHILD.
1215
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,167
THIS IS MY YOUNGEST CHILD.
1216
00:37:14,167 --> 00:37:15,067
SHE'S MY BABY.
1217
00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:16,533
I HAVE TO FIND HER.
1218
00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:18,833
SO I HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING, AND I
1219
00:37:18,833 --> 00:37:22,667
DO.
1220
00:37:22,667 --> 00:37:24,200
>> Narrator: COMING UP...
1221
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,067
SHOCKING RUMORS RAISE SUSPICIONS
1222
00:37:26,067 --> 00:37:27,467
BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA.
1223
00:37:27,467 --> 00:37:29,133
>> A PERSON WOULD CALL IN AND
1224
00:37:29,133 --> 00:37:30,733
SAY, "I SAW ERVIN DRIVING A
1225
00:37:30,733 --> 00:37:33,067
WHITE TRUCK WITH TEXAS PLATES."
1226
00:37:33,067 --> 00:37:36,067
HE COMES AND GOES AS HE PLEASES.
1227
00:37:48,067 --> 00:37:49,733
>> Narrator: GINNI WOOD HAS
1228
00:37:49,733 --> 00:37:51,500
BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST TWO
1229
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:52,133
MONTHS.
1230
00:37:52,133 --> 00:37:54,100
NOW HER MOTHER, TAMMY WOOD, AND
1231
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:55,967
GILBERT ARRAZOLO, AN ATTORNEY
1232
00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:57,967
WHO INVESTIGATES MISSING-PERSONS
1233
00:37:57,967 --> 00:37:59,667
CASES, FLY DOWN TO CANCúN,
1234
00:37:59,667 --> 00:38:01,700
MEXICO, TO SEARCH FOR GINNI AND
1235
00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:03,600
HER FRIENDS, KELLY GASKINS AND
1236
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:04,800
ERVIN WILLIAMS.
1237
00:38:05,067 --> 00:38:06,767
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS FAR-FETCHED
1238
00:38:06,767 --> 00:38:08,500
THAT THEY COULD GO DOWN 'CAUSE
1239
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:10,067
IT SEEMED SO FAR, BUT THEY
1240
00:38:10,067 --> 00:38:11,700
TALKED ABOUT GOING TO CANCúN,
1241
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:13,567
SO I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'LL GO
1242
00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:14,200
LOOK."
1243
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,200
>> Narrator: AS A FIRST STEP,
1244
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,100
GILBERT AND TAMMY SCOUR THE
1245
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,967
RESORT BEACHES AND RESTAURANTS.
1246
00:38:20,967 --> 00:38:23,333
>> WE DISTRIBUTED FLYERS, PUT UP
1247
00:38:23,333 --> 00:38:25,067
POSTERS ON LIGHT POSTS, AND WE
1248
00:38:25,067 --> 00:38:26,633
DID QUITE A BIT OF WALKING,
1249
00:38:26,633 --> 00:38:28,767
ALSO, THAT WHOLE STRIP AND INTO
1250
00:38:28,767 --> 00:38:30,333
FIRST SET OF BEACHES.
1251
00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:31,467
WE JUST WALKED.
1252
00:38:31,667 --> 00:38:33,267
>> Narrator: OFF THE TOURIST
1253
00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:34,967
TRAIL, TAMMY IS SHOCKED TO SEE
1254
00:38:34,967 --> 00:38:36,467
THE CHALLENGES THREE YOUNG
1255
00:38:36,467 --> 00:38:38,167
AMERICANS WOULD FACE LIVING IN
1256
00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:39,700
CANCúN.
1257
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:41,900
>> THAT LITTLE PART OF DOWNTOWN
1258
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,133
WAS OKAY, BUT ONCE YOU GOT PAST
1259
00:38:44,133 --> 00:38:46,533
THAT, THEN IT WAS -- IT WAS
1260
00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:47,767
SOMETHING ELSE.
1261
00:38:47,767 --> 00:38:49,800
>> Narrator: TAMMY SEES THAT
1262
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,067
MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS OF CANCúN,
1263
00:38:52,067 --> 00:38:54,467
LIVE IN ABJECT POVERTY.
1264
00:38:54,467 --> 00:38:55,600
>> IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT
1265
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,267
WORLD FROM WHAT I WAS USED TO.
1266
00:38:58,267 --> 00:38:59,833
IT WAS SCARY.
1267
00:38:59,833 --> 00:39:01,300
>> Narrator: THEY GO TO THE
1268
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:02,900
POLICE STATION AND DESCRIBE THE
1269
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:04,467
CASE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, BUT
1270
00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:05,867
NO ONE THERE KNOWS ANYTHING
1271
00:39:05,867 --> 00:39:09,500
ABOUT GINNI, KELLY, OR ERVIN.
1272
00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:11,300
>> THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE,
1273
00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:13,200
YOU KNOW, ENDED THE POSSIBILITY
1274
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,233
OF OUR SEARCH.
1275
00:39:14,233 --> 00:39:16,167
AS THE TIME WORE, I STARTED TO
1276
00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:18,200
BECOME, YOU KNOW, MORE CONCERNED
1277
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,433
THAT GINNI AND KELLY HAVE FALLEN
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VICTIMS TO SOMEONE.
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>> Narrator: BACK IN
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CHOCOWINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, A
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LEAD RIVETS THE ATTENTION OF
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GINNI'S MOTHER, TAMMY.
1283
00:39:37,933 --> 00:39:39,533
FOUR MONTHS AFTER GINNI AND
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KELLY DISAPPEARED, SEVERAL TIPS
1285
00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:43,067
COME INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
1286
00:39:43,067 --> 00:39:44,667
THAT ERVIN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN
1287
00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:46,567
SEEN IN TOWN.
1288
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>> A PERSON WOULD CALL IN AND
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00:39:48,267 --> 00:39:49,833
SAY, "I SAW ERVIN WILLIAMS
1290
00:39:49,833 --> 00:39:51,667
DRIVING A WHITE TRUCK WITH TEXAS
1291
00:39:51,667 --> 00:39:52,333
PLATES."
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00:39:52,333 --> 00:39:53,900
>> Narrator: TAMMY WOOD IS
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00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:55,600
CONVINCED THAT ERVIN HAS BEEN
1294
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:56,500
BACK IN TOWN.
1295
00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:58,300
ACCORDING TO A FRIEND OF HERS,
1296
00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,167
HE'S MADE MORE THAN ONE VISIT TO
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A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE.
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00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,367
>> HE JUST COMES AND GOES AS HE
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PLEASES.
1300
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MIKE TOLD ME THE LAST TIME HE
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00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:08,500
CAME THAT HE'S CHANGED HIS LOOK
1302
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:10,033
SO MUCH THAT THEY PROBABLY
1303
00:40:10,033 --> 00:40:11,467
WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM.
1304
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:13,267
HE JUST, I THINK, PERIODICALLY
1305
00:40:13,267 --> 00:40:15,033
COMES BACK TO BEAUFORT COUNTY
1306
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AND SEES HIS MOM AND THEN GOES
1307
00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:19,867
BACK TO WHEREVER IT IS.
1308
00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:21,367
>> Narrator: BUT SHERIFF'S
1309
00:40:21,367 --> 00:40:23,000
OFFICE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
1310
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,500
FOLLOW UP ON EACH REPORTED
1311
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,233
SIGHTING, AND TO DATE, NONE CAN
1312
00:40:26,233 --> 00:40:28,700
BE CONFIRMED TO BE ERVIN.
1313
00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:30,467
>> WE'VE ACTUALLY SEARCHED
1314
00:40:30,467 --> 00:40:31,733
ERVIN'S HOME HERE IN
1315
00:40:31,733 --> 00:40:33,500
BEAUFORT COUNTY WHERE HE LIVED
1316
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,700
WITH HIS MOTHER MULTIPLE TIMES.
1317
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,467
>> WE WENT TO THE CONVENIENCE
1318
00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:38,900
STORES, LOOKED AT THE VIDEO
1319
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:40,367
SURVEILLANCE TAPE FROM THAT
1320
00:40:40,367 --> 00:40:41,933
PERIOD OF TIME AND NEVER WERE
1321
00:40:41,933 --> 00:40:43,567
ABLE TO LOCATE A SINGLE VEHICLE
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00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:45,700
WITH TEXAS PLATES ON IT AS THE
1323
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,100
TIP WAS MENTIONED.
1324
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>> AND I BELIEVE WITH THE AMOUNT
1325
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,367
OF TIME THAT HE'S FACING AS A
1326
00:40:51,367 --> 00:40:53,067
RESULT OF HIS CHARGES, I FIND IT
1327
00:40:53,067 --> 00:40:54,767
UNLIKELY THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO
1328
00:40:54,767 --> 00:40:55,667
BEAUFORT COUNTY.
1329
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:56,967
>> Narrator: THE SHERIFF'S
1330
00:40:56,967 --> 00:40:58,133
OFFICE HASN'T HAD HAD A
1331
00:40:58,133 --> 00:40:59,567
CONSTRUCTION LEAD IN THE CASE
1332
00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:00,533
FOR YEARS.
1333
00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:02,800
THEIR INVESTIGATION IS AT A DEAD
1334
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,600
END.
1335
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:05,967
>> SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE KNOWS
1336
00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:07,200
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM.
1337
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,733
IF IT'S IN THE UNITED STATES, I
1338
00:41:08,733 --> 00:41:10,133
THINK WE STAND A REALLY GOOD
1339
00:41:10,133 --> 00:41:11,267
CHANCE OF FINDING OUT.
1340
00:41:11,267 --> 00:41:13,700
IF IT HAPPENED IN MEXICO...
1341
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:17,100
NOT SO GOOD.
1342
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,700
>> Narrator: THE FACT THAT GINNI
1343
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:20,133
AND KELLY HAVE NOT CONTACTED
1344
00:41:20,133 --> 00:41:21,667
THEIR PARENTS IN THE LAST FOUR
1345
00:41:21,667 --> 00:41:23,100
YEARS IS OF GRAVE CONCERN TO
1346
00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,200
INVESTIGATORS.
1347
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,733
>> YOU WOULD REALLY THINK THAT
1348
00:41:26,733 --> 00:41:28,267
SOMEHOW THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO
1349
00:41:28,267 --> 00:41:29,900
LET SOMEONE KNOW THAT, "HEY, I'M
1350
00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:30,333
OKAY.
1351
00:41:30,333 --> 00:41:31,933
DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE I'M
1352
00:41:31,933 --> 00:41:33,533
AT, DON'T WANT TO COME BACK, BUT
1353
00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:34,767
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME."
1354
00:41:34,767 --> 00:41:36,333
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY MAKES YOU
1355
00:41:36,333 --> 00:41:38,067
WONDER AND WORRY ABOUT ALL THOSE
1356
00:41:38,067 --> 00:41:39,733
POSSIBILITIES THAT INCLUDES THEM
1357
00:41:39,733 --> 00:41:40,233
DYING.
1358
00:41:40,233 --> 00:41:41,433
YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS
1359
00:41:41,433 --> 00:41:43,067
UNFORTUNATELY JUST SOMETHING WE
1360
00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:44,567
CAN'T RULE OUT RIGHT NOW.
1361
00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:46,267
>> I'M NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO
1362
00:41:46,267 --> 00:41:47,967
JUST STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS
1363
00:41:47,967 --> 00:41:49,833
CASE UNTIL THERE IS SOME SORT OF
1364
00:41:49,833 --> 00:41:51,767
RESOLUTION.
1365
00:41:51,767 --> 00:41:52,933
>> Narrator: ATTORNEY
1366
00:41:52,933 --> 00:41:54,633
GILBERT ARRAZOLO CAN'T LET GO OF
1367
00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:55,733
THE CASE EITHER.
1368
00:41:55,733 --> 00:41:57,467
SO HE IS NOW OFFERING A MORE
1369
00:41:57,467 --> 00:41:58,900
SUBSTANTIAL REWARD FOR
1370
00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:01,067
INFORMATION.
1371
00:42:01,067 --> 00:42:02,367
>> I DON'T LIKE HAVING
1372
00:42:02,367 --> 00:42:04,100
UNFINISHED BUSINESS OUT THERE.
1373
00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:05,567
I'D BE WILLING TO GO INTO
1374
00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:07,400
MEXICO AND MEET WITH SOMEONE WHO
1375
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,733
I THOUGHT HAD RELIABLE
1376
00:42:08,733 --> 00:42:11,867
INFORMATION AND PAY THEM $10,000
1377
00:42:11,867 --> 00:42:14,667
IN CASH SO I COULD CLOSE THIS
1378
00:42:14,667 --> 00:42:15,433
BOOK.
1379
00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:18,067
THESE PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW
1380
00:42:18,067 --> 00:42:20,133
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR KIDS.
1381
00:42:20,133 --> 00:42:21,733
>> Narrator: AS THE MONTHS AND
1382
00:42:21,733 --> 00:42:23,300
YEARS PASS, GINNI AND KELLY'S
1383
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:24,900
MOTHERS STRUGGLE TO MAKE SENSE
1384
00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:26,433
OF WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO
1385
00:42:26,433 --> 00:42:27,533
THEIR DAUGHTERS.
1386
00:42:27,533 --> 00:42:29,433
>> FOR US TO HAVE GONE THIS LONG
1387
00:42:29,433 --> 00:42:31,500
WITHOUT HEARING ANYTHING,
1388
00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:34,467
EITHER, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WON
1389
00:42:34,467 --> 00:42:36,233
THE LOTTERY SOMEWHERE OR THEY'RE
1390
00:42:36,233 --> 00:42:38,667
NOT -- THEY'RE NOT ALIVE.
1391
00:42:38,667 --> 00:42:40,267
YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO SAY
1392
00:42:40,267 --> 00:42:40,700
THAT.
1393
00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:42,233
YOU HATE TO COME RIGHT OUT AND
1394
00:42:42,233 --> 00:42:44,200
SAY IT.
1395
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:45,633
I TRIED TO BE POSITIVE FOR A
1396
00:42:45,633 --> 00:42:47,100
LONG TIME AND THINK THAT, YOU
1397
00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:48,700
KNOW, THAT'S TOTALLY OUT OF THE
1398
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:50,167
QUESTION, BUT I THINK AFTER A
1399
00:42:50,167 --> 00:42:51,600
WHILE, YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST
1400
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:52,967
WITH YOURSELF.
1401
00:42:52,967 --> 00:42:54,800
I'M A REALIST.
1402
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,300
AND I THINK THAT'S THE REALITY
1403
00:42:56,300 --> 00:43:00,333
OF IT.
1404
00:43:00,533 --> 00:43:02,100
>> Narrator: GINNI'S MOTHER,
1405
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:03,767
TAMMY, GETS THROUGH THE DAY BY
1406
00:43:03,767 --> 00:43:05,100
HOPING FOR THE BEST.
1407
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:06,933
>> I HAVE TO THINK THAT SHE'S
1408
00:43:06,933 --> 00:43:08,567
ALIVE OUT THERE AND DOING
1409
00:43:08,567 --> 00:43:10,233
SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
1410
00:43:10,233 --> 00:43:11,767
THAT'S HOW I GO THROUGH EVERY
1411
00:43:11,767 --> 00:43:12,967
DAY AND KEEP SMILING.
1412
00:43:12,967 --> 00:43:14,433
I CAN'T THINK ABOUT ALL THE
1413
00:43:14,433 --> 00:43:15,900
MORBID THINGS THAT COULD'VE
1414
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:17,433
HAPPENED TO HER.
1415
00:43:17,433 --> 00:43:20,933
YOU ALWAYS ASK WHY, BUT WE'RE
1416
00:43:20,933 --> 00:43:22,267
PUT ON THIS EARTH TO LIVE, SO
1417
00:43:22,267 --> 00:43:23,467
WE ALL HAVE TO GET UP EACH
1418
00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:26,900
MORNING AND DO THE BEST WE CAN.
1419
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,867
AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.
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