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
so that s a big break. yes, sir, and then upon viewing that video in leon county, it was clear it was not her. this was a male subject using her card. he was disguising his face. so we knew at that point definitely that it was probably not going to be a good outcome for ms. dunlap. dennis murphy (voiceover): the disguised man made three separate withdrawals of $700. the atm he tapped was in downtown tallahassee near the campus of the state u, miles from where cheryl s car was found. so you and the team stake out the atm machine. annie white: we stayed there several days, day and night, watching the atm. and he never came back to that one. dennis murphy (voiceover): the search for cheryl stretched on for weeks. tanya land: and a lot of us went out on our own and searched the woods and went to places we thought, you know, she could possibly be. dennis murphy: but the more time goes on, inevitably laura walker: i just remember just the fear sets in, huh? yeah, just sleepless dennis mu