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that turned up years later alive and well but first this is your friendly reminder
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number one aubry jace carroll it was on may 24 2016 when aubry j carroll was dropped off
at the bus stop by his father michael the family had recently moved from griffin georgia to jones
county an hour away despite the move it had been decided that aubry would be allowed to finish the
school year at spaulding high school and every morning they made the long drive to the bus stop
fifteen-year-old aubrey was described as sweet and
a good kid who never got into trouble so it had been a surprise when aubrey
wasn't at the bus stop after school when his stepmother leah went to pick him up
his father and stepmother called around to various friends and relatives houses
but no one was able to find the teen
they called the school and teachers and staff said nothing it seemed to miss with the student
he had gone through the school day very normally and had even sat for one of his final exams
eventually his father made the decision to report aubry missing
the case was considered a possible kidnapping though detectives had been able to piece
together a timeline of the days following his disappearance they determined that following the
end of the school day aubry had gone to a friend's house where he had been allowed to stay the night
the following morning he went to another friend's house but he wasn't allowed to stay and had been
instructed to go home to his parents but he had been given breakfast and some water
he then walked to a third friend's house where he asked for a ride to the nearest flying j
truck stop from there detectives say they lost track of the missing teen which was may 26th
aubry's father and stepmother said they had no idea why their son would want to run away
though they did admit that aubry had gotten in trouble the previous weekend
but stated that wasn't a big deal and declined to elaborate on what that incident had been
or the subsequent punishment aubrey's mother hadn't learned of his disappearance
until weeks later only learning of her son's disappearance from an amber alert on social media
she had been shocked to learn that her ex-husband and his wife actively deceived her she had
repeatedly tried to call and arrange visits with her son but had been told he wasn't home or didn't
want to talk to her it had been this that made her suspicious of michael and leah according to
her michael and leah ran a very strict household and aubry was often getting in trouble for small
things and constantly put on restriction which was a frequent punishment that put limitations on him
seeing his friends michael claimed that because it was clear aubry had run away
there had been no need to alert aubry's mother because he was likely to turn up at any point
and there was no evidence to suggest he was in danger at that point we felt like we were going
to find him and everything was going to be okay michael said of the situation aubry's case was
listed as a runaway and the investigation quickly cooled aubry's family had been critical of the
griffin police department accusing the officers involved of not doing enough to find aubry
on aubry's 16th birthday friends and family held a candlelit vigil
in honor of the missing teen and to appeal to anyone who may have information about aubry
a year after his disappearance his case was reopened a new sheriff had taken over and
wanted to start the case from the beginning the sheriff's department had even offered
a five thousand dollar reward to anyone who could confirm contact with the teen
in april of 2018 during the new investigation detectives discovered a facebook page that
seemed to be aubrey using an assumed identity they searched the identity
and discovered there were five incidents where aubry had encountered law enforcement
and given them this new name they had been able to track some of his travels from alabama to arizona
and determined that he was traveling with a group of people who were also living a nomadic lifestyle
the families were notified of the facebook page but all had
agreed to not reach out to aubry in case he went into hiding again
they decided instead to wait until law enforcement could catch up with him and pick him up
now 17 aubry connected with fbi agents and was able to give them his story he
told us that he left on his own and had not been abducted hurt abused exploited
or harmed in any way he gave this video message to prove he was okay hey my name is aubrey carroll
it's nice to see y'all uh aubry if there's anything that you wanted to say
to uh to the people that have been praying for you and looking for you
over the last you know year and a half what would you what would you want to say to them
well i'd like to tell y'all thank you all so much for all your prayers and looking out for my mama i
appreciate y'all so much i'm all right i'm okay i've been smiling and y'all should do the same
after it was determined that aubry was safe and had left on his own accord
a family member reached out to him through facebook the family member convinced aubrey
to call his mother which he did he and his mother had several conversations
and eventually he said he was ready to come home however there were certain conditions
that he wanted in place such as who he would talk to and where he would go when he got home
aubrey returned home to his mother now authorities and family members are just glad to know aubrey is
safe how the story ended doesn't matter who gets credit doesn't matter sheriff dicks said aubry's
family supported by friends and the tenacity of the investigators working on this case saw this
through to the end what matters is that he is safe healthy and unharmed aubrey has said that
in time he will come forward with his story and reveal what his two years missing had been like
number two emily paul april 13th 2013 had seemed like any other morning to pam meyer's masamani
pam said that she had left for work a little earlier than normal
and left her 14 year old daughter emily at their southport florida home
when she returned from work that day she was surprised that emily wasn't home from school yet
she looked into her room and saw a note waiting for her the three-page letter indicated that
emily had run away and that she would return when she was 18 but she didn't want to be found
pam called the police and an investigation began missing belongings showed that emily
had packed a suitcase with clothing an xbox and her favorite items
her cell phone pinged last near the home and then completely went dark
officers also found several google searches on the family computer
numerous how to run away successfully articles that popped up as a recent search
pam gave no indication why emily might have wanted to run away according to her she and emily were
extremely close and happy she resented people for insinuating that something must have been
wrong for emily to run away officers never treated emily's disappearance as suspicious
a neighbor believed that they saw emily get into a vehicle with someone the morning she disappeared
but after that there were no more confirmed sightings officers had gone as far as looking
in canada and spain to track down the missing teen emily hadn't logged into
her facebook page since she disappeared and seems to have left everything behind
her case soon went cold without new leads leaving pam hopeful that on emily's 18th
birthday she would return however emily's birthday came and went without anything
in july 2018 a letter came in the mail addressed to pam the writer claimed to be emily and though
the contents of the letter were never released it had convinced pam that it was truly emily
investigators analyzed the letter but they weren't positive it wasn't a cruel hoax
they made this plea on facebook to try and connect with the now 19 year old emily if you'll do this
then i can just i can close this case and uh and i can have a peace of mind knowing you're okay
30 minutes after the video went live they received a call from emily
she said that she was safe and claimed her call wasn't made under duress
they asked if she could come into her nearest police department to which she agreed within an
hour from the video being posted to social media emily paul was standing in a police department
with various pictures and evidence used to confirm her identity officers said that she arrived at the
police station alone and in good health emily said that she was happy had a support system
and was good where she was the bay county sheriff's office is not disclosing where emily is
but said in a statement the missing person's case of emily paul is officially closed adding we would
like to thank everyone who spent countless hours trying to locate emily over the last five years
number three sabrina allen
it was 2002 when greg allen's life changed forever on the tale of what had been a messy divorce and
even messier custody battle for his four-year-old daughter sabrina things had started to look up
greg an engineering scientist had been granted primary custody and after months of fighting
with his ex-wife dara things had started to get easier they were falling into a good routine
and the parents were beginning the road to cooperatively co-parenting
greg brought sabrina to her mom on april 19th 2002 for the weekend it had been
agreed that dara would return sabrina on sunday evening but she never showed up
greg recalled the last goodbye before the drop-off sabrina had looked at him and said daddy
don't ever forget me at the time he thought it had been a silly little exchange but had turned into
an almost sinister warning in the early stages of the divorce dara had often threatened to take
sabrina away dara was from mexico and had wanted to return there with sabrina since the beginning
when gregg was granted primary custody the courts had agreed that sabrina should stay in texas
there had even been several wild attempts to convince the little girl to lie
in order to be granted protective orders from greg
sabrina had been taken from school once by child protective services where she allegedly
told a social worker that my daddy hits my mommy that's a lie my mommy told me to say
greg called the police two hours after the time of drop-off had passed
he had made several attempts to reach dara but all efforts went to voicemail
but by then it was too late dara and sabrina were long gone
in addition to the police and texas rangers greg also hired a private detective
they tracked their whereabouts to the texas-mexico border and they were able to confirm that dara and
sabrina had purchased bus tickets to mexico greg alerted all of the missing children agencies and
started his own website to generate tips he also took a leave of absence from his job and went to
mexico city where he tried to search for his daughter himself greg quickly learned that his
lack of spanish skills was holding him back so he enrolled in an immersive spanish class to learn
the language as quickly as possible greg had been in mexico for almost a year when he got his first
solid tip a teacher reached out and said that she had a student who she believed was his daughter
she was blonde the same age and didn't speak much spanish
she had been called blanca because of her fair hair the teacher said that blanca had
been extremely distressed she would get upset because she couldn't understand the other children
and had begged the teacher to help her find her daddy in texas
only then did the teacher look online and saw greg's website she had looked greg up and was
shocked to discover that greg was living 30 minutes away from his daughter greg brought
the information to u.s police and officers in mexico but because of the need to coordinate
by the time both agencies worked out a game plan dara had taken sabrina out of school and relocated
greg was devastated but continued the search for his daughter he stayed in mexico took
every opportunity to get his case in the media and offered a twenty thousand dollar reward
for information greg eventually remarried he had fallen in love with the woman teaching him spanish
and the couple married after three years they now have three children together
twelve years after his daughter had been kidnapped there was a new tip brought in from one of
the private investigators greg had hired they found dara in a small town outside mexico city
they staked out the apartment for two weeks until they confirmed what appeared to be a teenage girl
in the apartment she had dark hair and was now 17 but showed no signs of physical harm
officers moved quickly they arrested dara and had sabrina who now went by the name of fair
on a plane back to the u.s sabrina had not gone to school since 2003 had her blonde hair dyed dark to
conceal her identity and had not been allowed to leave the apartment for fear of being recognized
dara had also undergone several operations to change her appearance sabrina was not immediately
released to greg and his family she underwent extensive therapy to work through many of the
traumas she had experienced for the last 12 years she had been confused and frightened about the
relocation and years of hearing bad things said about her father made her not want to see greg
in fact she had been told he had committed suicide and abandoned her eventually with family
trauma counseling they were able to rekindle their relationship and sabrina moved into greg's home he
shared with his wife mariana and their children daryl was extradited back to the u.s where a
judge sentenced her to six years in prison for aggravated kidnapping and interfering with child
custody tara's sister also testified against her citing strange unhinged behavior such as writing
to their elderly mother pretending to be their deceased father greg said in a statement sorry
for all the silence but we have been necessarily focused on healing the past year has been quite a
rollercoaster ride but i like to think that we are past the hardest parts i'm happy to report that i
have a strong and growing relationship with her we still have trials ahead but we are doing well
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