been haunted by the disappearance of her son, david. now, detective donna velasquez was reaching deep into the past for clues. there she found the tale of two love-struck teenagers who married, had a baby, and divorced in quick secession. common sense and an exhaustive internet search were about to lead the investigator to a stunning discovery. here again is keith morrison. it was june 25th, 1988, ft. lauderdale, the day the mystery began. when a young man named david jackson failed to meet his brother, mark, at the airport. it was a gut feeling something was wrong. and i knew it. 15 years later, detective donna velasquez relived that puzzling time. david s ex-wife, barbara, by then remarried and living in arizona, as she told detective velazquez, got a call from david s worried mother. barbara said she wasn t worried, not then. i thought, okay, he was was with one of his girlfriends. and she was like, no, we re doing a missing person report. and i said, no, he s going to call
when a young man named david jackson failed to meet his brother, mark, at the airport. it was a gut feeling something was wrong. and i knew it. 15 years later, detective donna velasquez relived that puzzling time. david s ex-wife, barbara, by then remarried and living in arizona, as she told detective velazquez, got a call from david s worried mother. barbara said she wasn t worried, not then. i thought, okay, he was was with one of his girlfriends. and she was like, no, we re doing a missing person report. and i said, no, he s going to call me in a couple of days, i know he is. he s going to call me in a couple of days. and he never called. he never called. one day turned into the next. police, family, everybody tried to find him. couldn t. started look, searching. looking through pipes, on little dirt roads, anywhere. if you see a car that looked like his go by, you d do a u-turn and chase it.
and i knew it. 15 years later, detective donna velasquez relived that puzzling time. david s ex-wife, barbara, by then remarried and living in arizona, as she told detective velazquez, got a call from david s worried mother barbara said she wasn t worried, not then i thought, okay, he was was with one of his girlfriends. and she was like, no, we re doing a missing person report. and i said, no, he s going to call me in a couple of days, i know he is he s going to call me in a couple of days and he never called. he never called. one day turned into the next. police, family, everybody tried to find him. couldn t started look, searching looking through pipes, on little dirt roads, anywhere if you see a car that looked like his go by, you d do a u-turn and chase it. how long did that go on that went on until they found his car.
lauderdale, the day the mystery began, when a young man named david jackson failed to meet his brother mark at the airport. it was a gut feeling that something was wrong and i knew it. 15 years later, donna relived that puzzling time. david s ex-wife barbara, by then remarried and living in arizona, got a call from david s worried mother. barbara says she wasn t worried. not then. i thought, well, okay, he was with one of his girlfriends and she said, we re doing a missing person s report and i said, no, he s going to call me in a couple of days just like he always does and he never called. he never called. one day turned into the next. police, family, everybody tried to find him. but couldn t. started looking, searching, canals, pipes, little bridges on dirt roads, anywhere, a car that
david s ex-wife, barbara, by then remarried and living in arizona, as she told detective velazquez, got a call from david s worried mother. barbara said she wasn t worried, not then. i thought, okay, he was was with one of his girlfriends. and she was like, no, we re doing a missing person report. and i said, no, he s going to call me in a couple of days, i know he is. he s going to call me in a couple of days. and he never called. he never called. one day turned into the next. police, family, everybody tried to find him. couldn t. started look, searching. looking through pipes, on little dirt roads, anywhere. if you see a car that looked like his go by, you d do a u-turn and chase it.