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Detective Perspective

99: MISSING: Danielle Bell

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On the night of September 28, 2001, 14-year-old Danielle Bell attended a party in Cantonment, Florida.

By the next morning, she was gone.

Investigators later learned Danielle believed she was pregnant with a 24-year-old man’s baby. She was scheduled to see a doctor the following week to confirm the pregnancy, but she never made it.

More than 23 years later, Danielle has never been found. Police believe she was murdered, but no one has ever been charged, and those closest to the case say the people who know what happened are still out there.

14-year-old Danielle Bell was last seen at around 2:00 a.m. on September 29, 2001, at Robert Bassett’s home at 588 Cedar Tree Lane in Cantonment, Florida. At the time, she believed she was pregnant with 24-year-old Alfredo Sanchez’s baby.

Alfredo’s brother, Alex, told investigators he dropped Danielle off at Bassett’s home and never saw her again. That was the last time anyone reported seeing Danielle. 

If you have any information about Danielle’s disappearance, please contact the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at 850-436-9620.

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On the night of September 28, 2001, 14-year-old Danielle Bell attended a party in Contonement, Florida.

0:16.2

By the next morning, she was gone.

0:18.9

Investigators later learned that Danielle believed she was pregnant

0:22.2

with a 24-year-old man's baby. She was scheduled to see a doctor the following week to confirm

0:28.0

the pregnancy, but she never made it. 24 years later, Danielle has never been found. Police

0:34.4

believe she was murdered, but no one has ever been charged, and those closest

0:38.4

to the case say the people who know what happened are still out there.

0:42.3

The Hey everyone. Welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed

1:16.3

private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case

1:21.0

and story format. I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide

1:25.2

contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly and maybe you can help solve a case.

1:34.8

So if you're someone who's interested in true crime specifically unsolved cases and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider subscribing whether you're watching on YouTube

1:44.6

or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform you use. And I know I say that same

1:50.8

line every single week, but I do that because, yes, many of you have been here for a while,

1:55.4

but we're getting new listeners and viewers every single week. So it's important that they not

2:00.0

only know who I am and what I'm doing, but also how they

2:03.4

can follow along to future cases because we really can make a difference.

2:07.8

I know we just covered the Amy Bradley case and that case skyrocketed.

2:12.1

We had over 100,000 views on YouTube alone and only a week, all because you guys were sharing and liking the video and talking about it in the podcast forums.

2:21.9

So basically Google started recommending it and now we have all these people coming over not only to hear about Amy's case, but they're also going back and listening or watching the catalog of cases we've already covered over the years,

2:34.5

which is extremely important because in most instances, they'll have never heard of them

2:38.6

before and maybe, just maybe, they or someone they know has something that can contribute to solving

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