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Boy Goes Diving With His GoPro, He Accidentally Solves a 27-Year-Old Mystery.
Max Werenka noticed a mysterious object deep beneath the water at Griffin Lake Cabins, a popular holiday spot in British Columbia, Canada.
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In August 2019, 13-year-old Max Warneke
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noticed a mysterious object deep beneath
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the water at Griffin Lake Cabins, a
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popular holiday spot in British
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Columbia, Canada. Curious about the
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unknown object in the lake, the teenager
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dove deep into the murky water with his
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GoPro, and to his surprise, he unraveled
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a 27-year-old mystery. Every summer in
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British Columbia, Canada, Max Warneke
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and his family spent their time at a
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small but popular holiday park called
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Griffin Lake Cabins, [music] which was
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owned by Max's family. However, in the
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summer of 2019,
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Max and his family came face-to-face
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with a decades-old mystery. Warneke
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lives for an adrenaline rush. He has a
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love for sledding in the mountains and
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anything with an engine. The outdoorsy
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daredevil teenager loves hunting and
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fishing, but he had no idea that his
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adventurous nature would help him
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uncover a truly mind-blowing secret.
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13-year-old Max Warneke has always been
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a curious child. "I always like to
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question things," he told CTV News. So,
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when he realized he had found something
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in the lake,
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his curiosity was piqued in ways he
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never could have imagined. But was he
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aware that what he had stumbled upon was
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a lot more gruesome than he could have
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ever anticipated.
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>> [music]
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>> The young man wasn't looking to solve a
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mystery or a potential crime when he
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went on a boat ride on Griffin Lake,
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but fate had set him on that path
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anyway. So, with destiny on his
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shoulder, he went out to see what was
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out there, not realizing he was going to
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find more than he bargained for. The
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family spent every summer on their boat
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at the same lake, so they were extremely
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familiar with the area. But, they would
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be shocked one day when they noticed
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something out of the ordinary in the
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water that would force them to reinspect
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their familiar surroundings. But before
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won't miss any new stories. Max Warneke
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regularly carried his GoPro with him
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when he wandered the popular holiday
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resort. On this particular day, he was
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chatting to another family staying at
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the lake when they spotted an unusual
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shadowy figure under the surface [music]
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of the water and asked the teenager to
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take a look with his GoPro.
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What he would find would shock them all.
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The guest told him that they had noticed
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something shiny lurking at the bottom of
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the water, which only made the teen even
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more eager to investigate. There was no
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way that he was going to leave without
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getting some answers, and that's exactly
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what he did. "You could see something
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almost like a shadow, like an imprint,"
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the Canadian teen told the Washington
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Post. But what was possibly lurking
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underneath? Warneke had a sinking
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feeling that something was very wrong.
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This wasn't just a rusty boat that had
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sunk to the bottom of the lake. After
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noticing the strange reflection of what
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appeared to be shiny metal, 13-year-old
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Warneke pushed his paddleboard closer to
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the mysterious object and jumped into
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the lake to begin his investigation.
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Upon reaching the spot in question,
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he shockingly discovered that the
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mysterious glistening object was in fact
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a car. In an interview with the
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Washington Post in September 2019, the
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teenager described how when he got
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closer to the object, he could see
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something shiny reflecting back at him,
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and then he realized that he was looking
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at an exhaust pipe. As he carried out a
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further inspection, he could see he was
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staring at a car laying upside down. The
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teenager's discovery of a car at the
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bottom of this remote lake sparked a lot
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of questions and concerns for the
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residents of the holiday park. The
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teenager and his family began to do some
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research in order to find answers as to
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why [music] a car was submerged beneath
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the lake in this quiet corner of Canada.
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Warneke and his family did an internet
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search to find out why there was a car
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submerged beneath Griffin Lake.
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Interestingly, they learned of an
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accident 10 years before where a car had
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crashed [music] into the lake, during
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which four people were rescued. The
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family were satisfied they had an
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explanation for the sunken car and
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assumed the vehicle was related to the
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accident back in 2009. "We researched,
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and there had been an accident in
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[music] 2009,
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and we initially assumed it was a
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leftover vehicle from the people who
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were rescued,"
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Nancy Warneke told Today,
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but she was very wrong. She just didn't
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know it yet. What's even worse is that
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Mrs. Warneke had no idea she was about
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to embark on a dark journey that would
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unravel a horrible secret.
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The day after the teenager's discovery,
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an off-duty police officer and his
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family visited the resort. Max's mother,
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Nancy, was chatting with the officer
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when the topic of the previous day's
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findings came up. She mentioned how it
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was strange that the car was never
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retrieved from the water, but the police
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officer was sure that the car from the
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2009 accident had, in fact, been removed
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from the lake. On August 21st, 2019,
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a team of officers showed up to the lake
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to carry out an investigation into the
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mysterious vehicle lying beneath the
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water. 13-year-old Warneke played a key
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role in the investigation with his
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first-hand account of what he saw, but
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also with the evidence he provided from
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his GoPro. The teenager led the officers
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to an area that was about 10 ft away
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from the western shore of the lake that
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hugged the highway, but there was an
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obstacle in the water that would prove
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[music] to see for everyone except the
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teen. Warneke and the officers took a
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boat out to the vehicle in question.
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However, the water conditions were
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murky, which made it difficult for the
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officers to inspect the car from the
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surface of the lake. Determined to get
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answers and, of course, evidence, the
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teenager helped the officers gather
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clues by diving into the water with his
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GoPro, capturing clear footage of the
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car. The teenager bravely dove under the
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muddy water to help authorities answer
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their questions surrounding this
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mysterious motor. The video, which has
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since been released online, captures the
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car lying with its wheels facing the
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sky. But why was this car here, and who
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did it belong to?
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The video footage captured by the brave
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13-year-old showed a car covered in a
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thick coat of mud and vegetation. Marine
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life had even begun growing inside the
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car, so it was obvious that the vehicle
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had been submerged in the water for
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quite some time.
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So, how did it end up at the bottom of
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the lake? Three days after Max Warneke
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provided the authorities with video
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footage of the car, investigators began
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their search for answers and brought in
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experienced divers to take a closer look
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at the car. What they would discover
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would shock the residents of Griffin
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Lake Cabins and reopen an unsolved case
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after almost 30 years. Once the divers
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were in close proximity to the car, they
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first took note of its registration
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plate, which provided major evidence for
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the case and linked the vehicle to a
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27-year-old missing person's case.
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Apparently, the car was registered to
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Janet Farris, a 69-year-old woman who
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was reported missing by her family back
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in 1992. Farris's case had surprisingly
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never been solved, and her family were
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left in limbo about her disappearance
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for almost 30 years. The mystery of
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But they never imagined that a boy born
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14 years after her disappearance would
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finally close this cold case for
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authorities. But first, the vehicle had
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to be raised.