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She had been the sole breadwinner of the family when she went missing.

So after she was no longer in the picture, eventually he had to foreclose on the house.

And it was purchased by an architect who kind of took it down to the studs and rebuilt it.

But the foundation and the basement was still there.

And so, you know, the police did go back in with cadaver dogs to try to get something for post.

During that time period where she wasn't showing up to work, one of the neighbors said that she smelled awful fumes from the chimney.

This particular woman was a nurse, I believe, and said it smelled like, you know, skin, like human flashbang and scinerated.

But by the time the cops got that information, the house had been sold and, you know, restructured.

They haven't been able to find anything they did take, you know, my mother's DNA and, you know, tried to keep that in the database.

And something at one time, they're one of the transitions where they did have remains that they did turn up to be Amy's.

You know, everything has been kind of a dead end.

We think you know what happened, but we'll never have closure until either he's prosecuted or some remains turn up.

On Monday, October 14, 2002, Amy sure left her job at the Leahy Clinic earlier than usual.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, she called in sick to work.

And then, on Thursday, October 17, her husband Robert Desmond called in sick for her and told Amy's employer that she would not be returning to work.

He called back on Friday to ask for Amy's supervisor's email address, stating that she was not able to send an email herself.

Later, when asked by police where his wife had gone, Robert Desmond told them that he had dropped her off at a train station and that he had not seen her since.

But this wasn't the first time Amy had disappeared.

She fell out of sight long before that fateful October day, when her abusive husband forced her to refuse contact with her family and friends.

Now, Amy was actually missing and there is no evidence Amy chose to leave on her own.

I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 187 of The Vanished. Amy Shur's Story.

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