year after year, birthday after birthday until january 4th of this year. that's when joy white answered her phone and carlina, now a young adult, was on the other end. >> carlina was a missing link and we have gotten her back in the name of jesus, hal lieu ja, hallelujah. >> she was just like she had been around us all her life. she wasn't no stranger. she was just, you know, just fit right in. >> what about all those missing years? turned out she was raised under a different name in a family she never felt she belonged in. she got suspicious when her mother couldn't show her her birth certificate. she went on the internet, found the national center for missing and exploited center, and a few phone calls and she was back where she did belong. the investigation into her kidnapping goes on. now to other stories we're following. south florida's law enforcement community is reeling after losing two of its own today.