161 - The Disappearance of Mary Opitz - Part 1

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It was a chilly Friday night, by Florida standards, when seventeen year old Mary Opitz took a trip to the Edison Mall with her mother and brother. Less than an hour later she would mysteriously vanish from the parking lot, leaving no trace behind. Investigators at the time believed she had runaway, and would soon return.

One month later, when eighteen year old Mary Hare vanished from the same parking lot, and nearly the same parking space, it became clear that something more sinister was at play. The vital hours lost in the early days of Mary Opitz's disappearance may have been just the space the assailant needed to strike again.

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0:00.0	These days, it's nice to know what you're getting.
0:03.4	Like the same, mmm.
0:05.0	When you're took into our tasty breakfast, the same, yes!
0:08.3	When your kids stay in eat breakfast for free.
0:10.5	The same, woo!
0:12.0	Knowing there are over 800 hotels and the same, ah!
0:16.2	Every time you sink into one of our super comfy beds.
0:19.4	Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.
0:21.7	Premier in, rest easy.
0:23.6	Only available to book at premierin.com.
0:26.4	Like Tisncy's apply up to two kids stay in eat breakfast free with a full paying adult.
0:39.3	The early 1980s were the heyday for malls, with hundreds of people flocking under the neon
0:44.6	lights to shop and eat or just hang out with friends on the weekend.
0:49.3	Every city had their big mall, the one everyone considered best.
0:53.6	For the residents of Fort Myers, Florida, the place to be was the Edison mall.
0:58.8	It boasted dozens of stores, an air-conditioned break from the broiling sun and of course,
1:04.1	sales and fun.
1:05.7	However, there was also something sinister lurking just beyond the bright lights in the shadows
1:11.4	of the parking lot.
1:13.7	17-year-old Mary Opitz accompanied her mother Nancy and her brother on a trip to the
1:18.5	mall one cool Friday night.
1:21.1	The trio hit the stores, grabbed a few items and were preparing the head home when they
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