the tiny west wendover police department jumped on the case right away. donald burnham was the detective in charge. there s no point in waiting. the longer you wait, the bigger problem you have and the harder it is going to be to find them. hours now since mickey was due home. scared. upset. panicked. worried. because it was dark now and it was cold and she had no jacket and in the bottom of my heart, i knew something was really, really wrong. and you try to tell yourself no, no, no. can t be. yeah. and the police had an idea. maybe mickey s cellphone, the one she always used to keep in touch, would give them a clue. so, they checked her most recent calls and there it was. one particular number that kept popping up, just before mickey
hands to talk them through, it to try to get them a break, to take a minute, i think this younger group of patients, has been particularly challenging for us, there are many weeks that we have people who have families at home, and so the covid patients that are dying, or leaving children. that are still living in their homes. and we re dealing with the impacts of, that and the sadness of watching these families grieve from windows. and it s a heartbreaking situation. are you also dealing with some people who are simply shocked, that their relative has covid, that they didn t think it was going to happen to them? absolutely, people, and even patients, that are admitted to have had a positive covid, test to have at times denied to, us will this can t be, covid you must be lying to, me i wouldn t be admitted with that. so yes many families, who are here, who they just didn t realize the ramifications of how serious covid could be. and how significant it could,
forensic released under investigation. forensic officers continue to study the scene forensic officers continue to study the scene behind me. detectives in this case the scene behind me. detectives in this case say those on site investigations are likely to continue for a number of days. thank ou, continue for a number of days. thank you. megan continue for a number of days. thank you, megan patterson continue for a number of days. t iag ia; you, megan patterson reporting. hospital emergency departments in wales have recorded their worst ever performance. on nearly eight thousand occasions in august, people had to wait more than 12 hours in urgent care. the target is that nobody should be waiting that long. some patients are also waiting hours for an ambulance to arrive, as our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. an emergency service struggling with its own crisis. the wait for an ambulance in wales can be hours, even for those in desperate need. stuart knows what that
daughter down to a motel in orange county where the trail ended. her clothes where there, but she wasn t. again, she called the police. and they said, oh that happens, sometimes prostitutes just work circuits prostitute? and i said, no. that can t be. but then the truth came crashing down. undeniable. kianna had missed a scheduled court date in santa ana for a prostitution charge. but wait a minute, you talk to her every day? this is exactly. and you knew you nothing of the secret? nothing. what does it feel like as a mom to hear that that that was going on all that time and you do know? it heartbreaking. when she heard kathy story, detective trapp began thinking she was on to something. then she discovered two and a half weeks after kianna disappear, there was another one. josephine monique vargas.
we weren t able to determine what the injuries were. we saw there was blood coming from her head. she had her purse. she had a water bottle. lipstick. keys. that kind of thing all coming down the staircase. and the first thing i m wondering is, was there a struggle? was her wallet there? the wallet was there. and money in it? it must ve been because at first, we didn t think it was a robbery. edith, who knew none of this, now rushed to denita s building where she hoped to find her close friend. but instead, was greeted by several of the university s professors. i was like what are you all doing here? and they were like, you know, unfortunately, she s not alive. everything in me, you know, just went into shock, of course. and i i was i kept saying you know i want to see her. maybe it s mistaken identity. she s not dead. this can t be. denita monique smith was