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
savanna and i were in the yard, and it was a warm day, and she was barefoot walking o the grass. reporter: what do you hea on this phone call the judge awarding me full, sole custody reporter: harris was to emotionally depleted from th vicious custody battle to jump for joy, but he was surprise by what he suddenly felt that overwhelming sense t protect and care for a child. didn t anticipate the depth. reporter: were you feelin an intense bond with savanna a this point oh, tremendous. i d never been happier in my entire life reporter: but lee was reeling from the verdict tha allowed her to see savanna onl every other weekend. the judge wrote in his ruling that the psychological and emotiona problems experienced by th mother, if left untreated, wil create conflict and havoc in the child s life she was angry. she though it was corrupt reporter: babs mccambridg