person. then she vanished. i called the police. something is wrong. and something was. days passed, then months, no leads, no clues, no progress. we ve got to get going. we ve got to get moving on this. enter the a-team. a band of tough guy privatize. yes something to hide. a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. on the train coming home, she had met this woman. did that hold the answer? she s talking about how someone is trying to assume her identity. a chilling case of a daughter in danger. somebody was after her. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusting, and sometimes troubled. a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise and life right up to the day she vanished. when the police seemed unable to find her, her family had to plan, and the usual strategy to solve the mystery. here is keith morrison. it began on the bright morning in may. slipped from its platform in washington stat
dennis murphy (voiceover): cheryl s daughter-in-law tabitha called the sheriff s office to report her missing. when tanya said she didn t show up for work, i knew that there was a problem. dennis murphy (voiceover): after that missing persons report was filed, the friends heard about a car that looked like cheryl s spotted on the side of the highway leading into tallahassee. they headed up there. tanya land: it was cheryl s car and immediately, they sent a deputy up there and just took over from that point. are you apprehensive? yeah, i was very uneasy. i knew that there was something wrong. dennis murphy (voiceover): cheryl s car was parked well off the highway. florida department of law enforcement agent annie white. it was pretty clear from the beginning that that s not someplace that she would have parked it, as well as the tire looked like it had been purposely flattened on the vehicle. dennis murphy (voiceover): an abandoned car, a slashed tire. lord, where is she? dennis murphy