downs. when i looked at the email, i just could not even believe it. but after so many tears, so many years and so many turns in her story. i was like, wow. there are still more stunning twists to be revealed. it is amazing, the best gift ever. welcome to dateline. a four year old girl was adopted and raised by her kidnappers. for decades, she searched for her family, and her identity. her story has an extraordinary ending, but as it turns out, that ending was just the beginning. here is keith morrison. our story begins with this much mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent much of her life trying to figure out who she was. what was her name? where did she come from? we will tell you about her long search, hurt discovery, finally of what s felt like truth. but as you will soon see, real truth can be elusive. it can hide. let s begin at the beginning. but at the beginning, all she had was a memory. a twin canopy bed, with pink ruffles
her name is pepper. i lived a secret life. she was kidnapped at age four. we got in the car, and we never went back. she spent decades trying to find her way home again, and she finally made it. or, so she thought. i said, i think that i am rhonda patricia christine. i said, do you know her? and there was a long pause. her story had many ups and downs. when i looked at the email, i just could not even believe it. but after so many tears, so many years and so many turns in her story. i was like, wow. there are still more stunning twists to be revealed. it is amazing, the best gift ever. welcome to dateline. a four year old girl was adopted and raised by her kidnappers. for decades, she searched for her family, and her identity. her story has an extraordinary ending, but as it turns out, that ending was just the beginning. here is keith morrison. our story begins with this much mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent much of h
four. we got in the car, and we never went back. she spent decades trying to find her way home again, and she finally made it. or, so she thought. i said, i think that i am rhonda patricia christine. i said, do you know her? and there was a long pause. her story had many ups and downs. when i looked at the email, i just could not even believe it. but after so many tears, so many years and so many turns in her story. i was like, wow. there are still more stunning twists to be revealed. it is amazing, the best gift ever. welcome to dateline. a four year old girl was adopted and raised by her kidnappers. for decades, she searched for her family, and her identity. her story has an extraordinary ending, but as it turns out, that ending was just the beginning. here is keith morrison. our story begins with this much mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent much of her life trying to figure out who she was. what was her name? where did s
when i looked at the e-mail, i just couldn t even believe it. but after so many tears, so many years, and so many turns in her story i was like whoa. there are still more stunning twists to be revealed. it s amazing. it s the best gift ever. lost and found. hello. welcome to dateline extra. a young girl was abducted at the age of four and raised by her kidnapper. for the next four decades she searched for her family, her name, and herself. her story has an extraordinary ending and as it turns out, that ending was just the beginning. here is keith morrison. our story begins with this mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent most of her life trying to figure out
was absent mostly. long stretches away, punk wa. we would go see him because he was coming in from the navy, and so it was an exciting moment, and she would get us all dressed up, and it was the anticipation of going to the shipyard and having a lot of attention. i think as a child. the memorie
Childless home. nothing left but the photographs of the little girl who stopped a growing up for, them. at four. but now, out of the blue had a phone call. and here she was. how are you? i m good. it s definitely a gift. not only do we get a daughter, we got a granddaughter. just in time. barbara had terminal cancer i would die a year later. still, back then kill, they celebrated will renee joined them for rhonda s birthday and the christie s 30th wedding anniversary. an amazing reunion. of course dateline was happy to broadcast all around the country. on march 25th, 2011. we had no idea that something quite unbelievable would happen. because one of the people who tuned in that night was a woman named jeri. and oh what a story she had to tell. it was a story to sisters had waited a very long time to hear. coming up. 99. 99%. this just confirmed. when dateline continues.