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,
at this early stage we are retaining an open mind concerning motive, but we are treating these crimes as linked. i know this will cause concern amongst the community, but i would like to reassure the public that we have a dedicated team of officers who are tasked with finding lee, and i would once again appeal to anybody that sees him to call 999. let s take a look at the latest coronavirus figures here in the uk. there were 32,058 positive cases and 104 people have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test in the latest 24 hour period.. looking at the vaccinations figures, 87.5% of those aged 16 and over in the uk population have received both jabs. around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors are to be made available to schools in england next term, to help improve ventilation and lessen covid outbreaks. the department for education should said, the portable monitors could be used to identify areas where more air flow is needed. however, the 25 million pound order for co2 monitors
of the taliban takeover. police have released an image of a man wanted in connection with a suspected double murder in central london. a 45 year old woman and a 59 year old man were found dead, having sustained knife injuries. detectives told the public not to approach lee peacock, a9, who officers want to question, after they discovered two bodies at separate addresses half a mile apart in westminster. at this early stage we are retaining an open mind concerning motive, but we are treating these crimes as linked. i know this will cause concern amongst the community, but i would like to reassure the public that we have a dedicated team of officers who are tasked with finding lee, and i would once again appeal to anybody that sees him to call 999. let s take a look at some of today s other news. the trial of r&b artist r kelly has heard how his former tour manager