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Pretty soon up over the hill, I saw a caravan of dark vehicles with dark tinted windows.

They're all in FBI or U.S. Marshals' jackets.

They've got their sunglasses.

They've got their weapons.

And they come to my house.

They rang the doorbell. I let them in.

I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most,

and the deceptions that change everything.

Andrea Merriman came from money.

A lot of money.

As a kid, her family had a huge house, a vacation home in Hawaii, and even a private plane.

We flew everywhere. We didn't do road trips. It was so my family to hop in the plane at midnight and fly to Arizona for the weekend to enjoy the sun and then be back when school started on Monday.

But if you met Andrea, you wouldn't know that's how she grew up. She's not flashy. She's hardworking and honest. Her parents raised her that way. We had jobs around the house. We didn't

get allowance for it, or if we did, it was a dollar a week, because my parents wanted to teach us responsibility and accountability.

Her family belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Some people call it the Mormon Church, but that's not the name she uses.

That's a name given to church members who are not of our faith.

It's just a mouthful to say the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From a young age, Andrea took her faith very seriously.

When you're a child, they give you a ring and it says CTR on it. That stands for

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