A Captive Student
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ABC News
4.0 • 8.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2022
⏱️ 82 minutes
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| 0:29.9 | My name is Sarah Beth Meyers and I'm a former assistant United States attorney. I became |
| 0:43.6 | a prosecutor to help particularly vulnerable victims. |
| 0:46.9 | An amber alert was issued for a missing teenager believed to be in danger. Thomas was last |
| 0:51.5 | seen at 7 30 AM March 13th. A 15 year old girl taken by a 50 year old man. I was the |
| 0:58.1 | lead federal prosecutor in the tag comments case. A small town story that became a national |
| 1:04.3 | phenomenon. Authorities now sending out a nationwide alert. Tips coming in from dozens of |
| 1:09.7 | states. I've been covering the story since its first broke five years ago. I've traveled |
| 1:15.2 | thousands of miles, talked to dozens of people in this race against time and tag comments. |
| 1:22.3 | He starts out with making her feel special and smart and loved. That's what really allowed |
| 1:29.0 | him to take over her brain and her heart. Never before seen video of tag comments in |
| 1:34.5 | interrogation. I absolutely did not. I did not. I'm the nicest guy you're coming in |
| 1:48.7 | calendar in every situation. I did nothing wrong. But I came in here not knowing if I'm |
| 1:55.2 | going to check the bright. I'm afraid I've ever been in my life. We have no idea where these |
| 1:52.9 | individuals could be right now. They threw both of their phones and the Tennessee |
| 1:57.5 | rivers and it was just completely off the grid. Your head does go to the worst possible place |
| 2:02.0 | and that is that they're not going to be found alive. |
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