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
surroundings, you just never know. it started with a frightening horror movie from the 80s. this movie is we re gonna take some women into the wood and they will be hunted down. decades later something truly frightening it was happening for real. a strange vanishing in the forest. immediately, we knew something was wrong. then your heart just broke. surely, then meredith, two women missing and desperate efforts to find them. she could be alive and we just can t let up. could this old movie hold the key to these new cases? a little blood, sex, violence. a film fantasy turn chilling reality. if someone has her, she is afraid. who could be behind this and how with this real life story and? she was a blue belt in judo. if anybody could survive it was there it is. our national forests are places of refuge for folks who want to get away from the city and have a sense of peace, commune with nature but you have to be aware of your surroundings all th
georgia, with her dog, ella. her roommate, julia karrenbauer, from college days had slept in that morning. julia karrenbauer: she had left me a note, just a little note on a chalkboard. took ella, went hiking. not where, not when, not when i m going to be back. so it wasn t really anything out of the ordinary. dennis murphy (voiceover): meredith, like roomie julia, was a dog person. she doted on ella, her black lab mix, since finding her at a rescue shelter. julia karrenbauer: she had two dogs growing up, and she wanted one of her own. and so she just kind of talked about it and researched what she wanted and definitely wanted to rescue a dog. and finally found one, went out, loved her, and brought her home. and it really was the light of her life. dennis murphy (voiceover): julia, the roommate, didn t know that meredith and ella were heading 40 miles north to blood mountain in the chattahoochee national forest. despite the creepy teen slasher movie name, blood mountain is one of the m
despite the creepy teen slasher movie name, blood mountain is one of the most popular places to hike in the southeast. the famous appalachian trail takes off from just south of here. back in buford the roommates bend her new year s day with friends, and did notice that meredith hadn t come home until the next morning. she would leave a lot in my room and i would take care of her in the morning and i said ella isn t here that was strange and i called her cell phone went straight to voice mail, i thought maybe she was at work. when did you become anxious? when i got to work, she worked with a good friend of ours and the friend called me and said meredith didn t show up for work, meredith is always at work she is the first one at work. reliable meredith wasn t where she was supposed to be, julia called the sheriff s office. then she emeritus other friends assembled a search party, maybe she had twisted her ankle i can, taken a tumble,
definitely wanted to rescue a doeg. finally found one loved her and brought her home. really it was the light of her life. julia the roommate didn t know meredith and ella were going 40 miles away to blood mountain. despite the creepy teen slasher movie name, blood mountain is a popular place to hike in the southeast. the famous appalachian trail to maine takes off from just south of here. back in buford, the roommate spent the day with friends and didn t notice meredith hadn t come back home since the next morning a back to work day. she would leave ella in my room and i would take care of her in the morning. i thought, ella isn t here. that was strange to me. i called her cell phone, it went straight to voice mail. i thought maybe she was at work. when did you become anxious? when i got to work, she worked with a good friend of ours. and she called me and said, meredith didn t show to work. mare tij always went to work. reliable meredith wasn t