The Merrifield girls had a tough upbringing, no father and an alcoholic mother.

Almost every trusted adult had some sort of drug addiction.

The girls were suddenly ripped apart after a sexual

abuse allegation. This affected 13-year-old Deanna the hardest. Deanna was last seen getting

into a car with two unknown men in the early hours of the morning, never to be seen by her

beloved siblings again.

Sadly, there is very little information about this case. What you will hear today is only due to

the Merrifield siblings' tireless work spreading Deanna's story on social media. This case did not get any

investigation to speak of, and there was no extensive media campaign at the time or since.

No one was interested in providing the resources necessary to provide answers to a grieving family.

This is why it was important to us here at Stolen Lives to start this podcast, to be the

voice for those without one.

This is Deanna's story.

Deanna Michelle Merrifield was born on February 2, 1977, to mother Laurel Maryfield.

She had a fraternal twin sister, Rebecca.

Unfortunately, Laurel either did not know who the girl's father was or chose not to tell them.

Rebecca would not find out the identity of her father until many years after Deanna vanished. This would be a similar

situation for Deanna's older sister, Amy, who was three years her senior, and Melissa, who was two years her junior.

But both Amy and Melissa would never learn their father's identities.

All is known as that all the children, except for Deanna and Rebecca, of course, they would have

different fathers.

The family lived in Colleen, Texas. Colleen is located 55 miles north of

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