instant horror of where is she what had happened to baby savanna? the answer would come decades later and astonish the world. it happened so fast, couldn t fathom what was going on imagine, your mother fugitive. your father stranger. your home, your name your past was any of it real? the first thing i felt, jus a pit in my stomach. i jus felt like it was my fault. a mother s crime. a father pain what kinds of emotions di it stir up when you would se that crib? it would just make me cry a daughter forced to face the shattering truth i was shocked and i was jus terrified. hello and welcome t dateline a father left childless and daughter left questioning he very identity. it was a case that started as custody battle, but turned int an international mystery tha spanned two decades and took investigators nearly 10,00 miles around the world all driven by a determined dad searching for answers and hi daughter here s andrea canning with finding savanna. in
i didn t know which one t give, so i gave all of them. and i said, samantha mulga geldenhuys. i said, savanna le todd, or savanna lee barnett or savanna catherine todd. i spoke the truth. i spoke fro the heart. and i remembe saying that she gave me ever opportunity and she s given me the most incredible life reporter: the judge sentenced lee to 21 months i prison. what did you think should be the punishment for lee? over a third of my life was essentially taken from me. the most important thing in my life. even if my daughte disagrees with it, i think her mother deserved to spend mor time in jail for what she did. if for nothing else than a warning to any other abductive parent reporter: there s been a lo of claims of revenge. that you put on this facade of trying t find your daughter when it was really about finding lee and making sure she paid
give, so i gave all of them. and i said, samantha mulga geldenhuys. i said, savanna lee todd, or savanna lee barnett, or savanna catherine todd. i spoke the truth. i spoke from the heart. and i remember saying that she gave me every opportunity and she s given me the most incredible life. reporter: the judge sentenced lee to 21 months in prison. what did you think should be the punishment for lee? over a third of my life was essentially taken from me. the most important thing in my life. even if my daughter disagrees with it, i think her mother deserved to spend more time in jail for what she did. if for nothing else than a warning to any other abductive parent. reporter: there s been a lot of claims of revenge. that you put on this facade of trying to find your daughter when it was really about finding lee and making sure she paid. no. i m not seeking revenge,