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Narrator: A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR HER...
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ALI WAS ALWAYS
PRETTY FUN LOVING,
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ENERGETIC, AND VERY CREATIVE.
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Narrator: ...UNTIL ONE DAY
AFTER SCHOOL SHE VANISHES
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WHILE HEADING TO HER JOB.
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THIS CASE BEGINS
AND ENDS RIGHT THERE
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WHERE SHE GOT OFF THE BUS.
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ALI HAD NEVER WALKED
TO WORK BEFORE.
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Narrator: BAFFLING LEADS STEER
THE INVESTIGATION
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IN CONFLICTING DIRECTIONS...
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IF JAY WAS THE LAST PERSON
THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO,
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HE WOULD BE
THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HER.
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BRANDON HAD BURNED A WHITE TRUCK
JUST NORTH OF SPRING.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING
REALLY DOES EXIST.
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YOUNG GIRLS ARE RECRUITED
THROUGH THAT UNDERWORLD.
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Narrator: ...UNTIL A STRANGE
TURN OF EVENTS
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FORCES HER PARENTS INTO
A PERILOUS RESCUE MISSION
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FOR THEIR DAUGHTER.
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YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
ALL YOU HEARD WAS GUNFIRE.
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SPRING, TEXAS --
MONDAY APRIL 26, 2010.
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IT'S 7:00 A.M. IN
A SUBURB NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON
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WHEN JO ANN LOWITZER WAKES
HER DAUGHTER ALEXANDRIA.
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ALI, AS THE 16-YEAR-OLD
PREFERS TO BE CALLED,
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IS STARTING ANOTHER WEEK
OF HER SOPHOMORE YEAR.
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Jo Ann: I WOULD ALWAYS GO
IN THERE AND I WOULD JIGGLE HER.
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I WAS LIKE,
"ALI, IT'S TIME TO GET UP."
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ALI NEVER LIKED TO WAKE UP.
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SHE LIKED TO SLEEP
UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE.
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Narrator:
NOT WANTING TO BE LATE FOR CLASS
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AT SPRING HIGH SCHOOL,
ALI RUSHES TO GET
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DRESSED IN HER SIGNATURE STYLE.
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ALI MADE QUITE A TRANSITION
IN HER TEENAGE YEARS.
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THERE WAS A TIME WHERE
SHE KIND OF WENT THROUGH
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A REAL GIRLY STAGE.
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AND THEN SHE KIND OF FOUND LIKE,
A MORE REBELLIOUS STAGE ALMOST.
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BLACK MAKEUP, BLACK CLOTHES.
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Jo Ann: ONCE SHE KNEW HOW
TO PUT THAT EYELINER ON,
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IT WAS THERE TO STAY.
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Narrator: THE LOWITZER FAMILY
HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE-KNIT
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BUT NOT WITHOUT
CERTAIN STRUGGLES.
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ALI'S PARENTS,
JOHN AND JO ANN,
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HAVE BEEN SEPARATED
FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
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FAMILY'S ALWAYS BEEN
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME
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AND I ALWAYS MADE IT
A PRIORITY THOUGH,
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EVEN THOUGH JOHN
DIDN'T LIVE WITH US ANYMORE,
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THAT HIM AND THE KIDS STAYED
VERY CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER.
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Narrator:
JO ANN'S 18-YEAR-OLD SON, MASON,
IS FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
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THOUGH SHE AND JOHN HAVE RAISED
HIM SINCE HE WAS A TODDLER,
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THEIR PARENTS SAY THAT MASON
AND ALI LOVE EACH OTHER
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EVEN THOUGH THEY
HAVE THEIR MOMENTS.
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I CALL IT TYPICAL
TEENAGE SIBLING RIVALRY.
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LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP.
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IT WAS OFF AND ON.
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SOME BICKERING AND PETTY,
STUPID, "DID YOU TAKE THIS?"
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"NO, I DIDN'T TAKE THAT."
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YOU KNOW, TYPE OF THING.
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Narrator:
BOTH JOHN AND JO ANN
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WORK FOR SHIPPING LOGISTICS
COMPANIES IN HOUSTON
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AND TAKE THEIR JOBS
AS PARENTS SERIOUSLY.
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THEY'RE OVERJOYED TO WATCH
ALI TURN INTO A WELL-ROUNDED
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YOUNG WOMAN.
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John: ALI WAS ALWAYS
PRETTY FUN-LOVING.
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MADE YOU LOOK!
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SHE WAS ALWAYS ENERGETIC.
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SHE PLAYED SOFTBALL
IN HER EARLY TEEN YEARS.
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SHE DID LIKE READING
AND BOOKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT
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AND SHE REALLY LIKED HER ART.
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IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS
BECOMING A PASSION FOR HER.
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ART WAS HER FAVORITE
SUBJECT, OF COURSE,
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SO I KNEW THAT SHE HAD
DREAMS OF FURTHERING HER ART
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BY GOING TO COLLEGE
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
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TO DO SOMETHING
WITH HER ART SKILLS.
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SHE COULD SHARE
HER FEELINGS AND HER THOUGHTS
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THROUGH SOMETHING THAT SHE DREW
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AND I ALWAYS FOUND
THAT REALLY AWESOME.
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John:
ALI WAS VERY CREATIVE.
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SHE HAD A VERY GOOD VOICE.
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[ SUSTAINING NOTE ]
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SHE DID THE "STAR SPANGLED
BANNER" FOR A SMALL RODEO,
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I THINK IT WAS,
IN THE AREA HERE.
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SHE GOT UP THERE AND SHE BELTED
OUT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
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NO MUSIC OR ANYTHING.
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I WAS VERY PROUD
OF HER THAT DAY.
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Narrator:
ALI'S ALSO VERY SOCIAL.
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SHE HAS A LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS
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WHO SHE OFTEN CHATS WITH
OVER TEXT MESSAGE.
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ALI WAS ALWAYS ON HER PHONE.
SHE WAS NON-STOP TEXTING.
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Narrator: AND ALI EVEN HAS
A BUDDING ROMANCE
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WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY
FROM HER SCHOOL.
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Jo Ann: HIS NAME WAS D.J.
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HE WAS AT THE HOUSE
THE DAY BEFORE.
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THAT WAS ON A SUNDAY.
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HIM AND ALI HAD BEEN
SKATEBOARDING OUT FRONT.
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HE SEEMED LIKE A VERY SWEET KID.
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Narrator:
ON THAT MONDAY MORNING IN APRIL,
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ALL SIGNS WERE POINTING TO A
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ALI LOWITZER.
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AT 7:30 A.M., SHE LEAVES THE
FAMILY HOME ON LOW RIDGE ROAD
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AND HEADS TO SCHOOL.
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SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY,
"BYE, MOM!"
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AND I WOULD HEAR THE DOOR SHUT.
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AND THAT WAS
EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING.
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THE BUS,
WHEN IT WOULD COME TOWARDS
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OUR END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
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ALI WOULD GET ON RIGHT THERE
AND SHE'D GET OFF RIGHT THERE.
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Narrator: AROUND 2:30 P.M.,
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AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL DAY
AT SCHOOL,
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ALI RIDES THE BUS HOME.
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SHE CALLS HER MOTHER
JO ANN AT WORK
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TO LET HER KNOW THAT
SHE FORGOT HER HOUSE KEYS
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SO JO ANN CALLS HER SON, MASON,
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BEFORE HE HEADS OUT
TO MEET A FRIEND.
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SO I REMINDED MASON, I SAID,
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"JUST WHEN YOU LEAVE,
LEAVE THE DOOR UNLOCKED."
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Narrator: ALI'S OLDER BROTHER
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
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A YEAR EARLIER,
BUT STILL LIVES AT HOME.
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ALI TELLS HER MOM THAT
SHE'D LIKE TO STOP AT WORK
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AT THE BURGER BARN
BEFORE COMING HOME.
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ALI HAS HAD THE FOOD SERVICE JOB
FOR THE PAST FIVE WEEKS
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TO EARN HER OWN SPENDING MONEY.
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IT'S THE 16-YEAR-OLD'S
VERY FIRST JOB.
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TYPICALLY, WHENEVER ALI
NEEDS A RIDE TO OR FROM WORK
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FAMILY IS ON-HAND TO HELP.
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ALI WAS GONNA COME
HOME FROM SCHOOL,
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GET OFF THE BUS, AND THEN
WALK UP THERE TO SEE IF SHE
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CAN GET HER PAYCHECK.
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Narrator: ALI TELLS HER MOM
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THAT BESIDES
COLLECTING HER MONEY,
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SHE WANTS TO SEE IF
SHE CAN PICK UP A SHIFT
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THAT AFTERNOON.
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BUT JO ANN VETOES
HER DAUGHTER'S PLAN.
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ALI HAD NEVER WALKED
TO WORK BEFORE.
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ME TELLING HER NO,
THAT SHE COULDN'T WALK TO WORK,
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WAS ME BEING MOM.
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Narrator: THE BURGER BARN IS
ONLY A 10-MINUTE WALK
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FROM THE BUS STOP, BUT IT
RUNS ALONG TREESHWIG ROAD,
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WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK.
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JO ANN TELLS ALI
TO JUST GO HOME,
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BUT SHE WON'T TAKE NO
FOR AN ANSWER.
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Jo Ann: ALI KNOWING HOW TO
PUSH MY RIGHT BUTTONS
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AND BEG, I FINALLY GAVE
IN AND I TOLD HER OKAY.
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I SAID, "TEXT ME AND LET ME KNOW
IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY AND WORK
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OR JUST GOT YOUR CHECK
AND YOU'RE COMING HOME."
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Narrator: AT 5:30 THAT EVENING,
JO ANN RETURNS FROM WORK.
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ALI!
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I GUESS I WASN'T TOO SURPRISED
THAT SHE WASN'T HERE.
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I WAS KIND OF TICKED OFF
A LITTLE BIT
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THAT SHE HADN'T
TEXTED ME ALREADY
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TO TELL ME WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
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I DID SEND HER
A TEXT AND I SAID,
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"WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE WORKING.
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LET ME KNOW WHEN I NEED TO
COME AND PICK YOU UP."
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Narrator: BUT ALI DOESN'T
RESPOND TO THE TEXT.
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THE REASON IN MY HEAD FOR NOT
GOING INTO FULL PANIC MODE
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WAS THAT THEY HAD JUST
LET HER WORK
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AND SHE PROBABLY WASN'T
ALLOWED TO BE ON HER PHONE.
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IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE 9:00 I DECIDED
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I SAID SCREW IT,
I'M JUST GONNA DRIVE UP THERE.
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Narrator: AS JO ANN PULLS UP
TO THE BURGER BARN,
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THE HAIR RAISES
ON THE BACK OF HER NECK.
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Jo Ann:
ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OUT,
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THE CHAIRS WERE
UP ON THE TABLES,
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AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
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AND THEN THAT'S WHEN
MY GUT INSTINCT TOLD ME
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SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
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NARRATOR: AT THIS POINT, SHE
HASN'T HEARD FROM HER DAUGHTER
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FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS
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AND HAS NO IDEA
WHERE SHE COULD BE.
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I GOT A CALL THAT NIGHT
FROM JO ANN IN A PANIC
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AND OBVIOUSLY UPSET BECAUSE
SHE HADN'T HEARD FROM ALI.
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SO I WAS TELLING HER IT'S OKAY,
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MAYBE SHE'S GOT
A RIDE HOME OR SOMETHING,
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JUST TRYING TO RATIONALIZE
WHY ALI WOULDN'T BE THERE.
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Jo Ann:
AND HE'S TRYING TO CALM ME DOWN.
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HE'S LIKE,
"ALI'S PROBABLY WITH A FRIEND.
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MAYBE THE BATTERY
ON HER PHONE HAD DIED.
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CALL SOME OF HER FRIENDS AND
SEE IF THEY'D HEARD FROM HER."
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Narrator: BUT NONE OF ALI'S
GIRLFRIENDS HAVE RECENTLY
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SPOKEN TO HER.
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TRYING NOT TO BECOME HYSTERICAL,
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JO ANN DRIVES
TO ALI'S BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE.
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AND HE HAD ALSO TOLD ME
THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLING
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AND TEXTING ALI
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AND COULDN'T GET ANY
RESPONSE FROM HER, AS WELL.
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WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE ALI COULD BE
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OR HOW TO GET AHOLD OF HER.
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JO ANN DRIVES
ALL AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
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BUT ALI IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.
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SHE GETS BACK
TO HER HOUSE AROUND 11:00 P.M.
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HER DAUGHTER'S NOT THERE EITHER,
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SO JO ANN IS FORCED TO PLACE
THE MOST TERRIFYING PHONE CALL
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OF HER LIFE.
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John: JO ANN CALLED
THE POLICE THAT NIGHT
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AND ASKED THEM TO COME
OVER TO REPORT HER MISSING.
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SEE IF THEY COULD HELP OUT.
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Narrator:
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT,
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A PATROL DEPUTY
FROM PRECINCT FOUR
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OF THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S
OFFICE ARRIVES AT JO ANN'S.
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BY THIS TIME, ALI'S DAD
HAS ALSO SHOWN UP TO HELP.
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SHE JUST HAD
A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER
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THAT SHE WROTE OUR NAMES
DOWN WITH OUR PHONE NUMBERS.
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THE LOWITZERS DESCRIBE
THEIR DAUGHTER
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AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.
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THE DEPUTY ASKS PERMISSION
TO HAVE A LOOK IN ALI'S BEDROOM.
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SHE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT ALI
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AND SHE'S LIKE, "ARE YOU SURE
Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE A FIGHT
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AND SHE TOOK OFF?"
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SHE JUST KIND OF TOOK A QUICK
LITTLE REPORT AND SAID,
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"SHE'LL BE FINE,
SHE'LL BE BACK SOON.
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CALL US IN THE MORNING
WHEN SHE COMES HOME."
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I ASKED HER WHAT DO WE DO
IF SHE DOESN'T COME HOME?
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AND SHE SAID,
"WELL, JUST CALL US TOMORROW."
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Narrator: JO ANN AND JOHN
RACK THEIR BRAINS,
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TRYING TO THINK
OF WHERE ALI COULD BE.
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I WAS LIKE, LOOK,
MAYBE SHE'S JUST BEING
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A REBELLIOUS TEENAGER.
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MAYBE SHE IS OUT SOMEWHERE AND
SHE'LL BE BACK IN THE MORNING
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AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS IT
AT THAT TIME.
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Jo Ann:
MASON GOT A COUPLE OF FRIENDS
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AND THEY DROVE AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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WE WERE FULLY EXPECTING
HER TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR.
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I DON'T REMEMBER HOW
LATE JOHN STAYED OVER,
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BUT HE EVENTUALLY
LEFT AND WENT HOME
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TO TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP.
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I WAITED UP ALL NIGHT.
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John:
THE NEXT MORNING, AROUND 5:00,
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JO ANN CALLED ME AND SAID
SHE'S STILL NOT HOME.
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IT WAS DEVASTATING.
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WHEN YOU THINK OF
A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE,
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I WOULD SAY
IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT.
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Narrator: IT'S BEEN 18 HOURS
SINCE 16-YEAR-OLD ALI LOWITZER
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WENT MISSING AFTER
GETTING DROPPED OFF
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ON HER STREET BY THE SCHOOL BUS.
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AT 9:00 A.M., HER PARENTS
JO ANN AND JOHN CALL POLICE
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A SECOND TIME.
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ADAMANT THAT THEIR DAUGHTER
IS A MISSING PERSON.
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THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME
TRYING TO CONVINCE US
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THAT ALI WAS A RUNAWAY.
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AND WE SPENT JUST AS MUCH
TIME TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM
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THAT SHE WASN'T
'CAUSE WE KNOW OUR DAUGHTER.
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Jo Ann:
IF SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE
THIS HOUSE OF HER OWN FREE WILL
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THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY
NOTICE THINGS MISSING,
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ESPECIALLY HER MAKEUP, HER
CELLPHONE CHARGER, HER MONEY,
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OF ALL THINGS.
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IF YOU WERE GONNA
LEAVE INTENTIONALLY,
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YOU WOULD MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAD MONEY.
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Narrator: BUT IN SPITE
OF THE LOWITZERS CONCERNS,
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POLICE DON'T OPEN
A MISSING-PERSON CASE.
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SO JOHN AND JO ANN DECIDE
TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING
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OF THEIR OWN.
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IF ALI DID RUN AWAY,
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IT'S POSSIBLE SHE WASN'T
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT
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WHERE SHE WAS HEADING
AFTER SCHOOL.
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SO JOHN TRACKS DOWN
THE SCHOOL BUS COMPANY.
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John: FORTUNATELY, THEY HAD
CAMERAS ON THE BUS
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AND THEY SHOWED ME
FOOTAGE FROM THE TIME
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THAT SHE WALKED
OUT OF THE SCHOOL
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TO THE TIME
THAT SHE GOT ON THE BUS
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ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THE WHOLE ROUTE
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TO THE BUS STOP
WHERE SHE GOT OFF,
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SO I WAS ABLE TO VALIDATE
THAT SHE WAS ON THE BUS
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THE WHOLE TIME.
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TIME STAMPS AND EVERYTHING.
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Narrator: ON THE VIDEO,
JOHN SEES THAT TWO OTHER BOYS
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EXIT AT THE SAME TIME AS ALI.
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THE LOWITZERS RECOGNIZE
ONE OF THEM AS A NEIGHBOR
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AND GET HIS ACCOUNT
OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
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Jo Ann: ALI DID GET OFF
THE BUS WITH THEM
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BUT INSTEAD OF HER WALKING
DOWN THE STREET WITH THEM,
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SHE TURNED AROUND TO
WALK OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
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WHICH WOULD PUT HER ON
THE PATH TO THE BURGER BARN.
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Narrator:
THE BOY'S ACCOUNT INDICATES
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THAT ALI TOLD HER MOTHER
THE TRUTH.
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SHE WAS GOING TO WORK.
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THAT SAME AFTERNOON, HER
FATHER GOES TO THE BURGER BARN
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TO TALK TO THE OWNER.
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John: IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
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IF SHE WAS GOING TO THE BURGER
BARN TO WORK THAT NIGHT,
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AND MAYBE SHE GOT THERE
AND MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED.
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Narrator: BUT THE OWNER DELIVERS
TROUBLING NEWS.
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HE NEVER SAW ALI THE DAY BEFORE.
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SHE DIDN'T COME
TO THE RESTAURANT
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AND SHE DIDN'T PICK UP
HER PAYCHECK.
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AS JOHN LEAVES, HE NOTICES A
BUSINESS JUST ACROSS THE STREET
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FROM THE BURGER BARN.
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I HAD A THOUGHT OF,
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WELL, LET ME GO TO
THE CORNER GAS STATION
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TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
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EXTERNAL CAMERAS
THAT MIGHT SHOW HER WALKING
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TO THE BURGER BARN.
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THAT WOULD PROVE THAT
SHE ACTUALLY WENT THAT ROUTE.
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Jo Ann: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM
THE CAMERA POINT-OF-VIEW,
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YOU COULD VIEW THE ENTIRE
FOUR-WAY RED LIGHT.
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AND SHE NEVER PASSED
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
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Narrator:
THE VIDEO APPEARS TO CONFIRM
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THE RESTAURANT OWNER'S ACCOUNT.
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ALI NEVER MADE IT THERE.
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BY NOW, MORE THAN
24 HOURS HAVE PASSED
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SINCE ANYONE HAS SEEN
OR HEARD FROM ALI LOWITZER.
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HER PARENTS HAVE LEFT NUMEROUS
VOICEMAILS AND TEXTS,
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BUT THEY'VE ALL GONE UNANSWERED.
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THEN, HER MOTHER JO ANN
REMEMBERS SOMETHING CRUCIAL.
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Jo Ann: AT&T HAD WHAT WAS CALLED
A FAMILY MAP PLAN,
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LIKE A GPS TRACKING WHERE
YOU COULD LOOK ON A MAP
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AND IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHERE YOU ARE ON THE MAP
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AND THE LAST PLACE IT SHOWED ALI
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WAS RIGHT HERE JUST ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Narrator: IT'S ALMOST AS IF
RIGHT AFTER SHE EXITED
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THE SCHOOL BUS, ALI VANISHED
OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
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ON MONDAY, MAY 3rd,
SHE'S BEEN MISSING FOR A WEEK
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WHEN JOHN AND JO ANN
GIVE DEPUTIES FROM THE LOCAL
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CONSTABLE'S OFFICE ALL THE
INFORMATION THEY'VE GATHERED.
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INCLUDING THE SECURITY FOOTAGE
FROM THE SCHOOL BUS
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AND THE GAS STATION.
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ALTHOUGH POLICE STILL CLASSIFY
ALI AS A RUNAWAY,
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THEY HEAD BACK
TO THE LOWITZER HOME
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FOR ANOTHER LOOK AROUND.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKED THROUGH
HER ROOM, SEE IF THEY COULD
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PICK UP ON ANY CLUES
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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THEY DID FIND SOME JOURNALS
THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN IN.
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Narrator: DETECTIVES PAGE
THROUGH ALI'S JOURNALS
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AND COME ACROSS AN ENTRY
WHERE SHE ALLUDES TO PLANS
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TO RUN AWAY, BUT ALI'S PARENTS
BELIEVE HER WRITING
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DIDN'T ALWAYS REFLECT
HER TRUE FEELINGS.
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I THINK WHAT THEY
FOUND IN THE JOURNALS,
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THEY KIND OF STARTED
TO REST THEIR HAT ON
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AND SAID,
"WELL, SHE WROTE RIGHT HERE
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THAT SHE WAS GONNA DO THIS."
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BUT YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE ALI WAS.
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YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHO SHE WAS
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AND THE STORIES
THAT SHE WOULD FABRICATE
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THAT SHE WOULD MAKE UP
IN THOSE JOURNALS.
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Cooke: SHE HAD NO HISTORY
OF BEING A RUNAWAY.
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A RUNAWAY IS SOMEONE WHO,
IN MY OPINION,
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AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE,
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SEPARATES THEMSELVES
FAIRLY WELL FROM HOME
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AND THE INTENT IS TO BE GONE
MORE THAN JUST A FEW HOURS.
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FOR A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO
LEAVE HER WHOLE LIFE BEHIND,
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ALL OF HER CLOTHES,
ALL OF HER MONEY,
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CELLPHONE, STUFFED ANIMALS,
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ANYTHING THAT WAS
NEAR AND DEAR TO HER,
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HER JOURNALS EVEN.
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FOR A GIRL TO LEAVE
ALL OF THAT BEHIND?
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THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
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Narrator: POLICE CHANGE
ALI'S STATUS FROM RUNAWAY
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TO ENDANGERED RUNAWAY.
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EVERY KID THAT IS RUNAWAY
OR MISSING IS ENDANGERED.
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Narrator:
POLICE HAVE SINCE EXPLAINED
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THE CLASSIFICATION
OF ENDANGERED RUNAWAY
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INDICATES A MISSING CHILD
WHO LEAVES WITHOUT WARNING
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AND THAT DANGEROUS ISSUES
COULD BE AT PLAY
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SUCH AS MENTAL ILLNESS
OR SUICIDE.
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THE THOUGHT
OF ALI HURTING HERSELF
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HAS NEVER ENTERED MY MIND.
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I DON'T THINK THAT SHE WOULD
BE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
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SHE WAS TOO KIND-HEARTED.
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Narrator:
MORE DAYS PASS WITH NO LEADS
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COMING INTO THE LOWITZERS.
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EVERY NIGHT,
HER MOTHER JO ANN SENDS A TEXT
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TO HER DAUGHTER'S PHONE
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AND EVERY NIGHT
SHE GETS NO REPLY.
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IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOW,
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THE LOWITZERS ENLIST THE HELP
OF THE LAURA RECOVERY CENTER,
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AN ORGANIZATION
THAT TRIES TO FIND
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MISSING AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN.
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Jo Ann: FOR ME,
IT WAS A LIFE SAVER BECAUSE
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THEY SEEMED TO REALLY CARE
THAT ALI WAS MISSING.
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WE STARTED BECOMING
A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED.
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MADE AN OFFICIAL FLIER FOR ALI
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AND I PRINTED OFF
HUNDREDS OF PAGES.
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Narrator: THE FAMILY OFFERS
A REWARD OF $25,000
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TO ANYONE WITH
PERTINENT INFORMATION.
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AND I STARTED RUNNING
AROUND TOWN LIKE A MADMAN
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SLAPPING THESE PICTURES
ON ANYTHING I COULD.
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I WAS IN AWE OF WHAT
MY COMMUNITY DID FOR ALI.
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Narrator: BY THE THIRD WEEK
OF ALI'S DISAPPEARANCES,
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THE GROUND SEARCHES CONDUCTED
BY LAURA RECOVERY CENTER
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HAVE GOTTEN
THE MEDIA'S ATTENTION
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AND BY LATE MAY,
ALI'S CASE IS TRANSFERRED
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TO THE HARRIS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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WITHIN HOURS WE HAD HOMICIDE
GUYS KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR
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TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY CAN HELP US OUT
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AND BASICALLY STARTING
THE INVESTIGATION.
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Jo Ann: ONCE THE HOMICIDE
DEPARTMENT HAD THE CASE,
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IT WAS KIND OF LIKE DOING
EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN.
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00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:13,718
WE NEED TO FILL THEM IN
ON WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW
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SO THAT THEY CAN FIND ALI.
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Narrator:
EXCEPT NOW THE INVESTIGATION
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TAKES A DIRECTION THAT
THE LOWITZERS HADN'T EXPECTED.
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HOMICIDE DETECTIVES BEGIN THEIR
PROBE WHERE THEY ALWAYS DO.
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CLOSE TO HOME.
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I GUESS TYPICAL
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION.
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THEY'RE GONNA START
FROM INSIDE OUT
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00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:37,241
AND INTERVIEW THE FAMILY.
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THEY CALLED ME DOWN TO
THE STATION AND INTERROGATED ME
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00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,215
FOR HOURS.
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Jo Ann: THE QUESTIONS,
JOHN DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TELL ME
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SOME OF THE QUESTIONS 'CAUSE
HE KNEW IT WOULD UPSET ME.
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John: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
WHO DO YOU KNOW?
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00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,593
WHERE WERE YOU?
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00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,094
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
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00:19:57,096 --> 00:20:00,831
THEY ACTUALLY ASKED ME, "DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT ALI'S DEAD?"
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HOW, AS A FATHER
OF THE MISSING CHILD,
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DO YOU ANSWER
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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♪
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Narrator:
FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS,
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JOHN AND JO ANN LOWITZER
HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET POLICE
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TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE
OF THEIR MISSING DAUGHTER, ALI.
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00:20:27,493 --> 00:20:29,560
NOW THEY HAVE THE FULL ATTENTION
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00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:31,862
OF HARRIS COUNTY
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES,
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BUT THE LOWITZERS LEARN
THAT THE INCREASED SCRUTINY
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COMES AT A COST.
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I COULD ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT JOHN WENT THROUGH
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DURING THE INTERROGATION
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00:20:42,809 --> 00:20:48,546
AND HOW HE'S ONE OF THE
STRONGEST PEOPLE THAT I KNOW.
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♪
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Narrator: JOHN TELLS POLICE
THAT SINCE HE AND JO ANN
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SEPARATED TWO YEARS EARLIER,
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HIS DAUGHTER HAS BEEN
VERY ANGRY WITH HIM.
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00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,963
ALI AND I WERE
KIND OF AT OUR DIFFERENCES
428
00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:08,966
BECAUSE JO ANN
AND I HAD SPLIT UP
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00:21:08,968 --> 00:21:15,606
AND I BELIEVE ALI TOOK
IT PRETTY HARD AND...
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[Voice breaking]
JUST AS SHE WAS GETTING BETTER
431
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:20,177
IS WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED.
432
00:21:24,017 --> 00:21:27,285
Narrator: DETECTIVES ALSO TAKE
A LONG AND SERIOUS LOOK
433
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:30,521
AT ALI'S OLDER BROTHER, MASON.
434
00:21:30,523 --> 00:21:32,957
AND THEY HAD TAKEN
MASON FOR SEVERAL HOURS
435
00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:34,825
TO INTERROGATE HIM.
436
00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:36,927
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ASK
MASON TO EXPLAIN
437
00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:39,363
WHERE HE WAS
WHEN ALI WENT MISSING.
438
00:21:39,365 --> 00:21:41,032
John:
SO, YEAH, AT THAT TIME OF DAY,
439
00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:44,669
MASON WAS HOME AND HE SAID
THAT SHE NEVER SHOWED UP
440
00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:49,540
OR HE HAD HEARD THE BUS COMING
441
00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:52,710
AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT
HE HAD LEFT, LEFT THE HOUSE.
442
00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:55,546
SO HE NEVER SAW HER.
443
00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:04,188
WELL, SEEING BOTH OF THEM...
444
00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,690
[Voice breaking]
IT BROKE MY HEART
445
00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:10,194
BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT IT BROKE THEM.
446
00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:20,104
♪
447
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:22,473
NARRATOR: DETECTIVES ASK
BOTH FATHER AND SON
448
00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:25,609
TO TAKE POLYGRAPH EXAMS.
449
00:22:25,611 --> 00:22:31,015
♪
450
00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:33,718
Cooke: JOHN LOWITZER WAS FOUND
NOT TO BE DECEPTIVE
451
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,754
TO THE QUESTIONS HE WAS ASKED.
452
00:22:36,756 --> 00:22:39,724
AND MASON WAS FOUND
NOT TO BE DECEPTIVE
453
00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:42,660
TO THE QUESTIONS HE WAS ASKED.
454
00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:44,462
Narrator: AND AFTER
THE INTERVIEWS ARE COMPLETED,
455
00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:47,665
DETECTIVES SAY THAT JOHN IS
CLEARED OF ANY INVOLVEMENT
456
00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,701
IN HIS DAUGHTER'S DISAPPEARANCE.
457
00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,437
BUT EVEN THOUGH MASON
ALSO PASSED THE POLYGRAPH,
458
00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:56,774
POLICE SAY THEY DON'T OFFICIALLY
CLEAR HIM FROM SUSPICION.
459
00:22:56,776 --> 00:22:59,377
CLEARING IS SAYING
THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
460
00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:00,878
THIS PERSON CAN BE INVOLVED
461
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,782
AND SOMETIMES
YOU CAN'T EVER GET THERE.
462
00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:07,351
Jo Ann:
I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD FOR MASON.
463
00:23:07,353 --> 00:23:10,221
AT THE TIME HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD.
464
00:23:10,223 --> 00:23:11,589
AUTHORITIES SAY THAT MASON
465
00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:14,024
REFUSES TO TALK
TO THE POLICE OR REPORTERS
466
00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,026
ABOUT HIS SISTER
AND MAINTAINS
467
00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:21,198
THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH ALI'S DISAPPEARANCE.
468
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,535
THEN, AS DETECTIVES SCOUR
THE FAMILY'S CELLPHONE RECORDS,
469
00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:28,305
AN UNEXPECTED CLUE SURFACES.
470
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:31,175
ALI'S MOTHER, JO ANN, WAS NOT
THE LAST PERSON TO COMMUNICATE
471
00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,244
WITH HER THAT DAY.
472
00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:35,546
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:50 P.M.,
473
00:23:35,548 --> 00:23:38,582
JUST MINUTES BEFORE
SHE GOT OFF THE SCHOOL BUS,
474
00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,484
ALI TEXTED A FRIEND.
475
00:23:40,486 --> 00:23:44,422
AN OLDER BOY FROM
SPRING HIGH SCHOOL NAMED JAY.
476
00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:46,724
ALI WAS WANTING HIM
TO COME OVER AFTER SCHOOL
477
00:23:46,726 --> 00:23:49,860
TO HANG OUT.
478
00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:52,830
JAY AND ALI HAD BEEN FRIENDS
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
479
00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,666
BECAUSE JAY WAS
THE LAST ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER
480
00:23:55,668 --> 00:24:01,205
ON ALI'S RECORDS,
WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
481
00:24:01,207 --> 00:24:04,275
John: IF JAY WAS THE LAST PERSON
THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO,
482
00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:08,646
IT WOULD SEEM THAT HE WOULD
BE THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HER.
483
00:24:08,648 --> 00:24:12,349
Narrator: DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY
TRACK JAY DOWN AT HIS HOME.
484
00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:15,186
THE GUYS THAT SPOKE
TO HIM HAD SOME EXPERIENCE.
485
00:24:15,188 --> 00:24:17,788
JAY EXPLAINS THAT
HE NEVER MET UP WITH ALI
486
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,690
AFTER SHE TEXTED HIM.
487
00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:22,259
HE SAID,
"NO, HE HAD OTHER PLANS."
488
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:26,330
AND THEIR OPINION WAS
THAT HE WAS EASILY MARKED OFF,
489
00:24:26,332 --> 00:24:29,934
AND ALIBI-WISE, HE DID HAVE ONE.
490
00:24:29,936 --> 00:24:36,040
♪
491
00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:38,075
Narrator:
WEEKS TURN TO MONTHS.
492
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:39,910
THE GROUND SEARCHES STOP.
493
00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,847
THE NEWS STORIES SLOW DOWN.
494
00:24:42,849 --> 00:24:45,916
AND ALI'S INVESTIGATION
GOES COLD.
495
00:24:49,188 --> 00:24:51,555
THE LOWITZERS STILL HAVE
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
496
00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:55,226
WORKING THE CASE, WHO THEY HAD
HIRED IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS
497
00:24:55,228 --> 00:24:59,630
WHEN POLICE WEREN'T
ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ALI.
498
00:24:59,632 --> 00:25:02,566
IF I WERE A PARENT,
EVEN WORKING WITH GOOD POLICE
499
00:25:02,568 --> 00:25:05,135
THAT KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
DOING AND SEEMED TO CARE,
500
00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:07,505
I WOULD PROBABLY
STILL USE MY OWN RESOURCES
501
00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:10,508
TO TRY TO AUGMENT THAT
BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE
502
00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:13,477
TO LET A DAY GO BY
NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED
503
00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:16,614
OR WHERE MY CHILD WAS.
504
00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:18,983
Narrator: TWO YEARS AFTER
ALI'S DISAPPEARANCE,
505
00:25:18,985 --> 00:25:21,485
THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
TAKES NOTE OF A RECENT
506
00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:24,221
AND HIGHLY PUBLICIZED
BRUTAL CRIME
507
00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:28,359
250 MILES AWAY THAT
HE THINKS COULD HAVE DIRECT TIES
508
00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:31,428
TO ALI'S DISAPPEARANCE.
509
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:35,533
ON AUGUST 17, 2012,
A MAN NAMED BRANDON LAVERGNE
510
00:25:35,535 --> 00:25:38,402
PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING
20-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
511
00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:41,572
MICKEY SCHUNICK
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
512
00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:44,608
WHEN THE MICKY SCHUNICK CASE
REALLY KIND OF BROKE LOOSE,
513
00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:47,344
IT GOT A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.
514
00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:51,715
SHE WENT TO THE LOCAL COLLEGE
IN LAFAYETTE,
515
00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:53,651
SO SHE RODE HER BIKE EVERYWHERE.
516
00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:56,820
HE HAD SIDESWIPED HER AND
MADE HER FALL OFF OF HER BIKE
517
00:25:56,822 --> 00:26:00,324
AND HE HAD STOPPED
TO OFFER HER HELP.
518
00:26:00,326 --> 00:26:01,792
SHE ENDED UP
GETTING IN HIS TRUCK,
519
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:04,495
PUTTING THE BIKE IN
THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
520
00:26:04,497 --> 00:26:06,430
Narrator: SCHUNICK'S KILLER,
BRANDON LAVERGNE,
521
00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:10,534
DROVE A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
522
00:26:10,536 --> 00:26:13,804
THE LOWITZER'S P.I. RECALLS
READING ABOUT A SIMILAR VEHICLE
523
00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:16,040
IN ALI'S CASE FILE.
524
00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:18,175
THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
WAS GOING THROUGH
525
00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:20,444
ALL OF HIS NOTES AND SAID,
526
00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,713
"WELL, THERE'S A WHITE TRUCK
THAT SOMEBODY
527
00:26:22,715 --> 00:26:26,350
GAVE A LEAD OR A TIP
ON FOR ALI'S CASE."
528
00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:28,586
Jo Ann: SOMEBODY AT THE
BEGINNING WHEN ALI WAS MISSING,
529
00:26:28,588 --> 00:26:31,589
SAID THAT THEY SAW A
GIRL TALKING TO SOMEONE
530
00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:33,490
IN A WHITE TRUCK.
531
00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:38,128
Narrator:
ACCORDING TO AN EYEWITNESS,
532
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:41,966
THE ENCOUNTER OCCURRED
ON THE ROAD TO THE BURGER BARN.
533
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:45,336
THE P.I. DISCOVERS
ANOTHER REMARKABLE FACT --
534
00:26:45,338 --> 00:26:48,505
THE KILLER HAS TIES
TO THE SPRING COMMUNITY.
535
00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:51,609
BRANDON LAVERGNE,
HE HAD FAMILY HERE IN THE AREA,
536
00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:54,745
NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE
ALEXANDRIA LOWITZER LIVED.
537
00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:56,847
Narrator: AND THERE'S A THIRD,
OMINOUS CONNECTION,
538
00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:58,983
BETWEEN THE TWO CASES.
539
00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:01,652
POLICE REALIZE
THAT AFTER HIS CRIME,
540
00:27:01,654 --> 00:27:06,774
LAVERGNE DUMPED HIS TRUCK JUST
50 MILES FROM ALI'S HOMETOWN.
541
00:27:06,776 --> 00:27:11,412
HE HAD BURNED A WHITE TRUCK
JUST NORTH OF SPRING.
542
00:27:11,414 --> 00:27:18,652
♪
543
00:27:18,654 --> 00:27:25,859
♪
544
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:33,867
Narrator:
BY THE SUMMER OF 2012,
545
00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:36,904
ALI LOWITZER HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR TWO YEARS
546
00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:38,605
AND HER PARENTS,
JOHN AND JO ANN,
547
00:27:38,607 --> 00:27:40,841
HAVE HIRED
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
548
00:27:40,843 --> 00:27:42,776
TO ASSIST IN THEIR SEARCH.
549
00:27:42,778 --> 00:27:46,647
NOW THE P.I. IS LOOKING
AT A CHILLING NEW LEAD.
550
00:27:46,649 --> 00:27:49,416
THE CONVICTED KILLER
OF ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN
551
00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:53,654
COULD'VE BEEN IN THE AREA
WHEN ALI WENT MISSING.
552
00:27:53,656 --> 00:27:56,457
BRANDON LAVERGNE HAD
STARTED BEING LOOKED AT
553
00:27:56,459 --> 00:28:00,127
AS MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING
TO DO WITH ALI.
554
00:28:00,129 --> 00:28:01,662
John:
WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT IT,
555
00:28:01,664 --> 00:28:04,631
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T
LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED.
556
00:28:04,633 --> 00:28:07,701
Narrator:
POLICE QUESTION BRANDON LAVERGNE
IN STATE PRISON,
557
00:28:07,703 --> 00:28:11,905
BUT HE DENIES ANY CONNECTION
TO ALI LOWITZER.
558
00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:14,274
AND ALTHOUGH HE DID FREQUENT
THE SPRING, TEXAS AREA
559
00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:15,609
WHERE ALI LIVED,
560
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:17,811
HE'S ABLE TO PROVE
THAT WHEN SHE WENT MISSING
561
00:28:17,813 --> 00:28:21,782
IN APRIL OF 2010, HE WAS
OUT OF STATE IN LOUISIANA.
562
00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:25,185
I CONTACTED HIS EMPLOYER AND
THROUGH THE SUBPOENA PROCESS
563
00:28:25,187 --> 00:28:28,822
FOUND OUT HE WAS OUT OFFSHORE
WORKING ON DIESEL ENGINES
564
00:28:28,824 --> 00:28:31,992
AND HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS OWN
LITTLE BOAT TO GO TO SHORE
565
00:28:31,994 --> 00:28:34,128
AND RUN TO SPRING, TEXAS.
566
00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:39,967
♪
567
00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:43,103
Jo Ann: THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF A DISAPPOINTMENT ON MY END
568
00:28:43,105 --> 00:28:45,105
AND A LITTLE BIT
OF RELIEF AT THE SAME TIME
569
00:28:45,107 --> 00:28:48,742
AFTER WE LEARNED THAT HE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
570
00:28:48,744 --> 00:28:50,577
Narrator:
IN THE FALL OF 2012,
571
00:28:50,579 --> 00:28:53,647
THE LOWITZERS HIRE
A SECOND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
572
00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:57,050
NAMED AMBER CAMMACK,
WHO TAKES ALI'S CASE
573
00:28:57,052 --> 00:29:00,287
IN AN ENTIRELY NEW
AND DISTURBING DIRECTION.
574
00:29:00,289 --> 00:29:02,489
AMBER WAS THE ONLY ONE
THAT WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR
575
00:29:02,491 --> 00:29:07,227
AN ALIVE ALI AND SHE WAS
BASICALLY THE FIRST ONE
576
00:29:07,229 --> 00:29:09,763
TO COME UP WITH
MAYBE ALI WAS KIDNAPPED
577
00:29:09,765 --> 00:29:12,099
AND IS BEING TRAFFICKED.
578
00:29:12,101 --> 00:29:14,501
WELL, HUMAN TRAFFICKING
REALLY DOES EXIST,
579
00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:17,337
THERE'S NO JOKE ABOUT THAT.
580
00:29:17,339 --> 00:29:20,841
BEING A BORDER STATE THERE'S
A LOT OF MOVEMENT THAT WAY.
581
00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:22,209
Narrator:
THE I-10 INTERSTATE,
582
00:29:22,211 --> 00:29:25,179
TWO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS,
AND A MASSIVE PORT
583
00:29:25,181 --> 00:29:27,448
ALL CONVERGE
IN THE HOUSTON AREA,
584
00:29:27,450 --> 00:29:30,918
MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST
HUBS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
585
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,586
IN THE NATION.
586
00:29:32,588 --> 00:29:35,989
TRAFFICKERS TYPICALLY
GROOM THEIR VICTIMS FIRST.
587
00:29:35,991 --> 00:29:43,297
♪
588
00:29:43,299 --> 00:29:47,468
YOUNG GIRLS USUALLY
ARE RECRUITED
589
00:29:47,470 --> 00:29:50,537
THROUGH THEIR CONTACTS
WITH THAT UNDERWORLD GROUP
590
00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:53,073
IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
591
00:29:53,075 --> 00:29:54,975
Narrator: ONCE TFFICKERS
HAVE LURED THEM IN
592
00:29:54,977 --> 00:29:57,811
THEY KIDNAP AND FORCE
THEM INTO THE SEX TRADE,
593
00:29:57,813 --> 00:30:00,881
WHERE TEENAGE GIRLS
HAVE THE HIGHEST VALUE.
594
00:30:00,883 --> 00:30:03,450
John:
FOR ALI'S PHONE TO JUST SHUT OFF
595
00:30:03,452 --> 00:30:06,653
AT 2:54 IN THE AFTERNOON,
10 MINUTES AFTER
596
00:30:06,655 --> 00:30:09,656
SHE GOT OFF THE BUS TELLS ME
THAT WHOEVER DID IT
597
00:30:09,658 --> 00:30:12,893
KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
598
00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:15,529
Narrator: IF ALI WAS KIDNAPPED
BY TRAFFICKERS,
599
00:30:15,531 --> 00:30:21,835
IT MEANS SHE COULD NOW
BE ANYWHERE.
600
00:30:21,837 --> 00:30:25,439
IN OCTOBER 2012,
JO ANN RECEIVES A CALL
601
00:30:25,441 --> 00:30:28,509
FROM A WOMAN WHO HAD SEEN
ALI'S MISSING-PERSON WEBSITE,
602
00:30:28,511 --> 00:30:31,612
WHICH LEADS THE SEARCH
OVER 1,000 MILES NORTH,
603
00:30:31,614 --> 00:30:33,413
TO COLUMBUS, OHIO.
604
00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:35,649
Jo Ann: IT WAS A LADY FROM OHIO
SAYING THAT SHE THOUGHT
605
00:30:35,651 --> 00:30:38,986
THAT SHE HAD SEEN ALI
AT A CHURCH FUNCTION
606
00:30:38,988 --> 00:30:41,388
FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
607
00:30:41,390 --> 00:30:44,691
SHE KIND OF DESCRIBED ALI
AND HOW QUIET SHE WAS
608
00:30:44,693 --> 00:30:47,027
AND SHE JUST FELT LIKE
SOMETHING WAS WRONG
609
00:30:47,029 --> 00:30:49,696
WITH THIS GIRL,
LIKE SHE WAS BEING FORCED
610
00:30:49,698 --> 00:30:53,500
TO BE QUIET AND NOT LOOK
ANYBODY IN THE EYES.
611
00:30:53,502 --> 00:30:55,502
Narrator: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
AMBER CAMMACK
612
00:30:55,504 --> 00:30:58,005
CONTACTS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN COLUMBUS
613
00:30:58,007 --> 00:31:00,908
AND DISCOVERS THAT BOTH
DRUG AND SEX TRAFFICKING
614
00:31:00,910 --> 00:31:04,344
RUN RAMPANT
IN THE COLUMBUS AREA.
615
00:31:08,484 --> 00:31:11,318
CAMMACK TAKES
THE NEXT FLIGHT TO OHIO.
616
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,154
WITHIN DAYS SHE DEVELOPS
A WORKING RELATIONSHIP
617
00:31:14,156 --> 00:31:16,490
WITH THE COLUMBUS
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
618
00:31:16,492 --> 00:31:18,959
SHE EVEN STARTS
GOING UNDERCOVER FOR THEM
619
00:31:18,961 --> 00:31:23,063
AND GAINS ACCESS TO SEVERAL
CRACK HOUSES AND BROTHELS.
620
00:31:23,065 --> 00:31:26,033
AND SO I PRETTY MUCH STARTED
LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE.
621
00:31:26,035 --> 00:31:28,101
GAINING THE TRUST
OF EVERYBODY ON THE STREETS,
622
00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:30,437
WE COULD FIND
THE UNDERAGE GIRLS.
623
00:31:30,439 --> 00:31:36,343
MY GOAL, MY MOTIVE
WAS JUST TO FIND ALI.
624
00:31:36,345 --> 00:31:38,078
Narrator:
OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS,
625
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,846
CAMMACK POSES AS A STREET PERSON
626
00:31:39,848 --> 00:31:43,984
WHO'S LOOKING
TO SELL SEX OR BUY DRUGS.
627
00:31:43,986 --> 00:31:45,986
ONCE SHE SENSES
SHE'S BEEN ACCEPTED,
628
00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:49,022
SHE STARTS ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT ALI.
629
00:31:49,024 --> 00:31:50,791
THERE WAS AN UNDERCOVER COP
630
00:31:50,793 --> 00:31:53,627
THAT PRETENDED
TO BE A PEDOPHILE.
631
00:31:53,629 --> 00:31:56,396
I'M STANDING THERE, I GO
"HEY, DO YOU KNOW THIS GIRL?"
632
00:31:56,398 --> 00:31:58,532
Narrator: THE OFFICER
DOESN'T YET KNOW AMBER
633
00:31:58,534 --> 00:32:02,235
IS ALSO WORKING UNDER COVER.
634
00:32:02,237 --> 00:32:04,271
Cammack: AND HE GOES
"YEAH, THAT'S ALI CATS."
635
00:32:04,273 --> 00:32:07,708
NO ONE KNEW THAT ALI'S NICKNAME
ACTUALLY WAS ALI CAT.
636
00:32:07,710 --> 00:32:09,042
HE GOES,
"I KNEW SHE WAS FROM TEXAS
637
00:32:09,044 --> 00:32:10,877
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
SHE WAS MISSING."
638
00:32:10,879 --> 00:32:12,879
Narrator:
CAMMACK SAYS FINDING ALI CAT
639
00:32:12,881 --> 00:32:16,183
COULD BE A PROMISING LEAD,
BUT SHE KNOWS SHE'LL NEED MORE
640
00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:19,553
TO BRING BACK TO JOHN
AND JO ANN.
641
00:32:21,256 --> 00:32:25,459
IN LATE NOVEMBER, 2012,
COLUMBUS POLICE STEER CAMMACK
642
00:32:25,461 --> 00:32:27,227
TO A PROSTITUTE NAMED AMY
643
00:32:27,229 --> 00:32:30,263
WHO WORKS WITH DETECTIVES
AS AN INFORMANT.
644
00:32:30,265 --> 00:32:33,467
CAMMACK SHOWS AMY
A PHOTO OF ALI LOWITZER.
645
00:32:33,469 --> 00:32:37,638
Cammack: DO YOU KNOW THIS GIRL,
THEY'RE LIKE "YEAH, THAT'S ALI."
646
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,741
SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE
SOME PERSONAL DETAILS.
647
00:32:40,743 --> 00:32:43,410
Narrator: AMY RECALLS A SCAR
ON ALI'S FOREHEAD,
648
00:32:43,412 --> 00:32:47,581
AND ALSO REFERS
TO HER AS ALI CAT.
649
00:32:47,583 --> 00:32:50,584
IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY,
CAMMACK ASKS AMY TO TAKE HER
650
00:32:50,586 --> 00:32:54,721
TO ALI SO SHE CAN
SEE FOR HERSELF.
651
00:32:54,723 --> 00:32:58,892
I WENT WITH AMY
INSIDE THESE HOUSES.
652
00:32:58,894 --> 00:33:00,927
NOW THE POLICE WERE
ALL SUPPLYING US
653
00:33:00,929 --> 00:33:02,963
WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
TO GET THE DRUG DEALERS
654
00:33:02,965 --> 00:33:06,299
BASICALLY TO MAKE A DEAL SO
WE COULD GET INTO THESE HOUSES.
655
00:33:06,301 --> 00:33:08,669
Narrator: AS AMBER WALKS
THROUGH THE DRUG DEN,
656
00:33:08,671 --> 00:33:11,238
SHE LOOKS AROUND
AT THE DIFFERENT WOMEN,
657
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,440
AND SEES A YOUNG GIRL
WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE
658
00:33:13,442 --> 00:33:15,709
THE PHOTOS SHE'S SEEN OF ALI.
659
00:33:15,711 --> 00:33:19,346
IT'S LIKE MY EYES
IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HER.
660
00:33:19,348 --> 00:33:23,183
I KNEW THAT IT WAS THE GIRL
THAT WE HAD BEEN CHASING,
661
00:33:23,185 --> 00:33:26,420
BUT I HAD NO WAY TO ACCESS HER.
662
00:33:26,422 --> 00:33:28,355
Narrator:
CONVINCED THAT SHE'S SEEN
663
00:33:28,357 --> 00:33:30,123
THE LOWITZER'S DAUGHTER,
664
00:33:30,125 --> 00:33:32,893
AMBER HEADS BACK TO TEXAS,
AND BRINGS JOHN AND JO ANN
665
00:33:32,895 --> 00:33:35,162
UP TO SPEED
ON HER INVESTIGATION.
666
00:33:35,164 --> 00:33:37,364
WHEN JO ANN HEARD
ALI CAT, SHE GOES
667
00:33:37,366 --> 00:33:39,366
"OH MY GOD.
THAT'S HER NICKNAME."
668
00:33:39,368 --> 00:33:41,001
Narrator: JOHN IS INTRIGUED
BY AMY'S DESCRIPTION
669
00:33:41,003 --> 00:33:44,471
OF THE SCAR
ON ALI CAT'S FOREHEAD.
670
00:33:44,473 --> 00:33:49,142
ALI HAD A CHICKEN POX SCAR
LOCATED BETWEEN HER EYES.
671
00:33:50,112 --> 00:33:53,380
THAT DECEMBER, HOPING THAT
THEY WILL SOON BE REUNITED
672
00:33:53,382 --> 00:33:57,117
WITH THEIR LONG-LOST DAUGHTER,
JOHN AND JO ANN FLY WITH CAMMACK
673
00:33:57,119 --> 00:33:58,885
TO COLUMBUS, OHIO.
674
00:33:58,887 --> 00:34:03,223
I WENT ON THE PREMISE
THAT MAYBE IT IS TRUE.
675
00:34:03,225 --> 00:34:05,092
WE HAVE TO LEAVE
NO STONE UNTURNED,
676
00:34:05,094 --> 00:34:07,360
SO IT WASN'T GOING
TO HURT ANYTHING,
677
00:34:07,362 --> 00:34:09,463
AND IF IT BECAME
A RECOVERY MISSION,
678
00:34:09,465 --> 00:34:12,466
THEN IT WOULD BE A WIN.
679
00:34:15,471 --> 00:34:17,771
Narrator:
IN COLUMBUS, CAMMACK INTRODUCES
680
00:34:17,773 --> 00:34:19,773
JOHN AND JO ANN TO AMY.
681
00:34:19,775 --> 00:34:23,744
TOGETHER, THEY DEVISE A STRATEGY
TO RESCUE ALI FROM THE BROTHEL.
682
00:34:23,746 --> 00:34:26,980
THE GAME PLAN AT THAT TIME
WAS TO TRY TO BUY HER BACK.
683
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:28,949
Narrator:
BUT THEY WILL NEED HELP.
684
00:34:28,951 --> 00:34:31,852
CAMMACK BRINGS HER FINDINGS
BACK TO THE DETECTIVES
685
00:34:31,854 --> 00:34:34,321
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
686
00:34:34,323 --> 00:34:38,325
IT'S ENOUGH TO GET A WARRANT
AND BACKUP FROM POLICE.
687
00:34:38,327 --> 00:34:40,560
THE LOWITZERS RETURN TO TEXAS
688
00:34:40,562 --> 00:34:45,565
WHILE AMBER STAYS
AND PREPARES FOR HER MISSION.
689
00:34:45,567 --> 00:34:51,538
BY JANUARY 2013, THE OPERATION
TO RECOVER ALI IS READY TO GO.
690
00:34:51,540 --> 00:34:54,608
WITH THE SWAT TEAM WAITING
IN THE WINGS AROUND THE CORNER
691
00:34:54,610 --> 00:34:56,877
AMBER RE-ENTERS THE CRACK HOUSE,
692
00:34:56,879 --> 00:34:59,613
WEARING A WIRE,
POSING AS A MADAME.
693
00:34:59,615 --> 00:35:01,515
IT'S PRETTY DANG TRAUMATIZING,
YOU KNOW,
694
00:35:01,517 --> 00:35:03,316
GOING THROUGH THERE FOR SOMEONE,
695
00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:05,418
"WHAT THE HELL DID
I GET MYSELF INTO?"
696
00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:13,794
♪
697
00:35:18,066 --> 00:35:22,736
Narrator: BY JANUARY 2013,
16-YEAR-OLD ALI LOWITZER
698
00:35:22,738 --> 00:35:25,138
HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR THREE YEARS,
699
00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,741
AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,
AMBER CAMMACK,
700
00:35:27,743 --> 00:35:29,476
BELIEVES SHE COULD HAVE
BEEN SEX TRAFFICKED
701
00:35:29,478 --> 00:35:34,514
FROM HER HOME TOWN
IN TEXAS TO COLUMBUS, OHIO.
702
00:35:34,516 --> 00:35:37,350
NOW CAMMACK
IS ENTERING A CRACK HOUSE
703
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:39,719
DISGUISED AS A MADAME IN A RUSE
704
00:35:39,721 --> 00:35:43,323
TO RESCUE ALI
FROM HER ALLEGED CAPTORS.
705
00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:50,230
I WAS AFRAID FOR AMBER'S
LIFE BECAUSE I KNEW
706
00:35:50,232 --> 00:35:53,400
THAT SHE COULD BE
KILLED IF THEY FOUND OUT
707
00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:55,468
WHY SHE WAS THERE.
708
00:35:55,470 --> 00:35:56,937
Narrator:
JO ANN AND JOHN ARE WAITING
709
00:35:56,939 --> 00:36:00,440
BACK AT HOME IN TEXAS,
PRAYING FOR THE SAFE RETURN
710
00:36:00,442 --> 00:36:02,008
OF THEIR CHERISHED DAUGHTER.
711
00:36:02,010 --> 00:36:03,243
John: I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL.
712
00:36:03,245 --> 00:36:07,180
IT COULD BE A MISTAKE
OR IT COULD BE TRUE.
713
00:36:07,182 --> 00:36:11,117
AND SO WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE
BUT TO TRY TO PROVE IT.
714
00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:13,386
Narrator: THROUGH AMBER'S WIRE,
COLUMBUS POLICE
715
00:36:13,388 --> 00:36:15,956
HEAR CONFIRMATION
THAT A DEAL IS BEING MADE
716
00:36:15,958 --> 00:36:18,358
AND THEY RAID THE HOUSE.
717
00:36:21,463 --> 00:36:24,831
Cammack: BASICALLY THEY TOLD ME
WHEN YOU HEAR KNOCKERS,
718
00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:27,601
YOU HIT THE FLOOR
AND YOU DON'T LOOK BACK UP,
719
00:36:27,603 --> 00:36:31,838
SO YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
ALL YOU HEARD WAS GUNFIRE.
720
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,675
[ GUNFIRE ]
721
00:36:35,677 --> 00:36:37,477
Narrator:
S.W.A.T. MAKES SEVERAL ARRESTS
722
00:36:37,479 --> 00:36:39,346
FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
723
00:36:39,348 --> 00:36:43,216
WHILE SEIZING
ILLEGAL DRUGS AND WEAPONS.
724
00:36:43,218 --> 00:36:46,119
THE RAID SUCCEEDS
IN RESCUING EIGHT WOMEN
725
00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:50,957
WHO HAD BEEN TRAFFICKED
AND FORCED INTO THE SEX TRADE,
726
00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:54,828
BUT ALI LOWITZER
IS NOT AMONG THEM.
727
00:36:56,598 --> 00:36:58,632
I ALREADY KNEW SHE WASN'T THERE,
728
00:36:58,634 --> 00:36:59,933
BECAUSE WE HAD GONE
THROUGH ALL THE HOUSE
729
00:36:59,935 --> 00:37:01,835
AND I DIDN'T SEE HER.
730
00:37:01,837 --> 00:37:04,804
CAMMACK STILL THINKS
SHE SAW ALI IN THIS SAME HOUSE
731
00:37:04,806 --> 00:37:07,540
THE MONTH BEFORE,
BUT THAT HER CAPTORS
732
00:37:07,542 --> 00:37:08,708
MAY HAVE BEEN TIPPED OFF
733
00:37:08,710 --> 00:37:11,411
BEFORE AUTHORITIES
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
734
00:37:11,413 --> 00:37:14,447
♪
735
00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:16,016
Cammack:
THESE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS,
736
00:37:16,018 --> 00:37:17,617
THEY GET WIND OF THE POLICE
737
00:37:17,619 --> 00:37:19,052
BEFORE THE POLICE
EVEN HIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
738
00:37:19,054 --> 00:37:21,488
AND THEY'RE DRIVING IN,
AND THEY HAD SWITCHED UP
739
00:37:21,490 --> 00:37:24,024
ALL THE GIRLS IN THE HOUSES.
740
00:37:24,026 --> 00:37:25,692
JOHN AND JO ANN
SAY THEY HAD LET THEMSELVES
741
00:37:25,694 --> 00:37:27,994
BELIEVE THAT ALI
MIGHT BE COMING HOME,
742
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:31,598
SO THE NEWS FROM AMBER
IS A CRUSHING BLOW.
743
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,099
Jo Ann:
GETTING THE PHONE CALL SAYING
744
00:37:33,101 --> 00:37:37,137
THAT ALI WASN'T IN THAT
HOUSE, IT WAS DEVASTATING.
745
00:37:37,139 --> 00:37:40,206
I HAD REALLY
LET MY HOPES GET HIGH,
746
00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:43,310
AND BEING LET DOWN, YOU KNOW,
I TOLD MYSELF I WAS NEVER
747
00:37:43,312 --> 00:37:48,014
GONNA GET THAT HIGH AGAIN.
748
00:37:48,016 --> 00:37:50,083
Cammack:
JO ANN LOVES HER DAUGHTER,
749
00:37:50,085 --> 00:37:51,651
JUST LIKE I LOVE MINE.
750
00:37:51,653 --> 00:37:53,586
YOU BECOME SO CLOSE WITH THEM
751
00:37:53,588 --> 00:37:55,588
THAT IT'S ALMOST
LIKE FINDING YOUR OWN FAMILY.
752
00:37:55,590 --> 00:37:59,726
AND IT WAS LIKE
LOSING HER AGAIN.
753
00:37:59,728 --> 00:38:01,728
Narrator:
FIVE MORE YEARS PASS WITH
754
00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:04,664
NO NEW LEADS IN
ALI'S DISAPPEARANCE.
755
00:38:04,666 --> 00:38:07,267
THE LOWITZERS ENDURE
MORE FAMILY BIRTHDAYS
756
00:38:07,269 --> 00:38:09,602
AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HER.
757
00:38:09,604 --> 00:38:13,640
HER BROTHER MASON
HAS MOVED TO SEATTLE.
758
00:38:13,642 --> 00:38:17,043
ALI'S FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL
ARE ALL GROWN UP NOW.
759
00:38:17,045 --> 00:38:19,980
I'LL SEE MY FRIENDS
WHO ARE GETTING MARRIED
760
00:38:19,982 --> 00:38:22,215
AND THEY HAVE
BRIDESMAID'S PICTURES
761
00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:24,684
AND I THINK,
"IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALI,"
762
00:38:24,686 --> 00:38:27,787
OR,
"THAT COULD BE US RIGHT NOW."
763
00:38:27,789 --> 00:38:30,890
Narrator: JO ANN REFUSES
TO DISRUPT ALI'S ROOM.
764
00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:33,660
IT REMAINS EXACTLY
AS IT WAS WHEN SHE LEFT
765
00:38:33,662 --> 00:38:36,096
FOR SCHOOL THAT MONDAY MORNING.
766
00:38:36,098 --> 00:38:38,264
Jo Ann: [Crying]
EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY IN HERE,
767
00:38:38,266 --> 00:38:42,068
IT DEFINITELY SCREAMS ALI
AND WHO SHE IS AS A PERSON
768
00:38:42,070 --> 00:38:46,206
AND HER PASSION AND HER
CREATIVITY IS ALL AROUND YOU
769
00:38:46,208 --> 00:38:48,675
AND YOU JUST KNOW
WHO SHE IS AS A PERSON
770
00:38:48,677 --> 00:38:53,380
AND WHO SHE WANTED
TO BE ONE DAY.
771
00:38:53,382 --> 00:38:56,383
AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY,
I JUST CAN'T --
772
00:38:56,385 --> 00:38:58,551
I CAN'T TOUCH IT,
I CAN'T CHANGE IT.
773
00:38:58,553 --> 00:39:01,554
FOR ME, THAT WOULD
BE PART OF ADMITTING
774
00:39:01,556 --> 00:39:05,258
THAT MAYBE SHE MIGHT
NOT COME HOME ONE DAY.
775
00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:10,397
♪
776
00:39:10,399 --> 00:39:12,298
Narrator: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
AMBER CAMMACK
777
00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:15,001
IS STILL CONVINCED
ALI HAS BEEN TRAFFICKED,
778
00:39:15,003 --> 00:39:20,206
AND WAS, AT LEAST
AT SOME POINT, IN COLUMBUS OHIO.
779
00:39:20,208 --> 00:39:22,609
BUT DETECTIVE CHRIS COOKE
RUNS ALI'S FINGERPRINTS
780
00:39:22,611 --> 00:39:25,111
THROUGH NUMEROUS
CRIMINAL DATABASES
781
00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:27,514
AND HE SAYS THE LACK
OF ANY POSITIVE RESULT
782
00:39:27,516 --> 00:39:30,417
MAKES HIM QUESTION
CAMMACK'S THEORY.
783
00:39:30,419 --> 00:39:33,686
WE SENT IT OUT FAIRLY WELL,
INTERPOL, EVERYTHING,
784
00:39:33,688 --> 00:39:36,523
TO SEE IF MAYBE
SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
785
00:39:36,525 --> 00:39:39,893
FOR A FORGED CHECK OR ANYTHING.
786
00:39:39,895 --> 00:39:43,129
AGAIN IF SHE'S TRAFFICKED
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
787
00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:47,033
I WOULD THINK
THAT EVENTUALLY THINGS LEAK,
788
00:39:47,035 --> 00:39:48,701
PEOPLE GET OUT,
PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES,
789
00:39:48,703 --> 00:39:50,804
SHOPLIFT, WHO KNOWS WHAT?
790
00:39:50,806 --> 00:39:54,107
AND IT WAS NOTHING.
791
00:39:54,109 --> 00:39:55,708
Narrator:
ACCORDING TO DETECTIVE COOKE,
792
00:39:55,710 --> 00:39:58,478
HIS INVESTIGATION
IS CURRENTLY AT A STANDSTILL,
793
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,714
WAITING FOR
A SOLID LEAD TO MATERIALIZE.
794
00:40:01,716 --> 00:40:03,316
THIS CASE BEGINS AND ENDS
795
00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:09,823
RIGHT THERE WHERE
SHE GOT OFF THE BUS.
796
00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:13,693
WE WOULD LOVE FOR
SOMETHING VIABLE TO RUN ON,
797
00:40:13,695 --> 00:40:18,431
BUT RECENTLY, I HAVEN'T
GOTTEN ANYTHING VIABLE.
798
00:40:18,433 --> 00:40:19,599
Narrator:
MORE THAN ANYTHING
799
00:40:19,601 --> 00:40:23,436
JO ANN AND JOHN LOWITZER
YEARN FOR ANSWERS.
800
00:40:23,438 --> 00:40:25,138
THEY SAY THEY REFUSE TO BELIEVE
801
00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:28,208
THAT THEIR 16-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER JUST DISAPPEARED
802
00:40:28,210 --> 00:40:31,377
WITHOUT ANYBODY SEEING
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
803
00:40:31,379 --> 00:40:35,615
♪
804
00:40:35,617 --> 00:40:39,385
SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.
805
00:40:39,387 --> 00:40:44,307
IT'S BEEN ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.
806
00:40:44,309 --> 00:40:49,129
IT STILL HURTS.
807
00:40:49,131 --> 00:40:53,266
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
THAT THE PICTURES
808
00:40:53,268 --> 00:40:57,003
FROM THE BUS WHEN SHE WAS
GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUS
809
00:40:57,005 --> 00:40:59,873
ARE THE LAST ONES
THAT I HAVE OF HER.
810
00:41:02,511 --> 00:41:07,447
AND IT KILLS ME,
811
00:41:07,449 --> 00:41:10,183
AS HER FATHER,
THAT THE DAY THAT THAT HAPPENED
812
00:41:10,185 --> 00:41:14,387
THAT I WASN'T THERE
TO PROTECT HER.
813
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:15,955
Narrator: THE LOWITZERS SAY
THEY'RE CERTAIN
814
00:41:15,957 --> 00:41:18,591
THAT SOMEONE,
SOMEWHERE, KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
815
00:41:18,593 --> 00:41:21,227
TO ALI AND WHERE SHE IS,
816
00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:24,030
AND THEY WILL DO ANYTHING
TO FIND THOSE ANSWERS.
817
00:41:24,032 --> 00:41:29,169
♪
818
00:41:29,171 --> 00:41:32,805
Jo Ann: FINDING MY DAUGHTER
WOULD CHANGE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
819
00:41:32,807 --> 00:41:35,608
YOU WANT TO PROTECT
YOUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW?
820
00:41:35,610 --> 00:41:38,444
AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
821
00:41:38,446 --> 00:41:40,513
THE FREEDOM TO GROW,
822
00:41:40,515 --> 00:41:43,917
BUT WHEN YOU ALLOW
THEM THESE FREEDOMS,
823
00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:48,721
IT ALLOWS IN THE EVIL.
824
00:41:48,723 --> 00:41:51,124
IF THERE'S ANY
ONE REGRET IN MY LIFE,
825
00:41:51,126 --> 00:41:56,062
IT'S THAT GIVING
THAT ONE LITTLE INCH.
826
00:41:56,064 --> 00:42:04,771
♪
827
00:42:04,773 --> 00:42:07,307
I WOULDN'T BE
SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW,
828
00:42:07,309 --> 00:42:12,412
YOU KNOW,
I WOULD HAVE MY DAUGHTER.
829
00:42:12,414 --> 00:42:13,780
Narrator:
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
830
00:42:13,782 --> 00:42:16,516
ABOUT ALI LOWITZER,
OR HER DISAPPEARANCE,
831
00:42:16,518 --> 00:42:19,519
PLEASE CONTACT THE HARRIS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
832
00:42:19,521 --> 00:42:24,390
AT 713-274-9100.