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Everything I hear, I tell her, you know, hey, I heard this today.

I hate someone, someone told me this. We just go based on what people tell us and go to wherever the spots they tell us.

And we see it's there. There's something there we see. But every time we go, it's just like a dead end.

It's either somebody's trying to throw us off or something. But eventually we're going to find her. We will find her.

And I know we will find her. We just hope that they can bring her home. That somebody will say something.

Her mom needs to have this closure. And she shouldn't have to suffer no more.

On January 27, 2022, 23-year-old Angelina Morales got a pizza and went to her great-ance house in Santa Ana, California to share a meal with her.

No one quite knows what happened after this. But on February 2, Angelina, who often went by Angie, was seen by her cousin in the area of her great-ance house.

The two didn't interact, but her cousin would later share that it wasn't uncommon for Angie to be seen in that area.

Angelina has never been seen again. And what happened to her remains a dark mystery, woven from cautionary tales, risk-taking, and shady characters who seem to want to forget Angie altogether.

I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 403 of The Vanished. Angelina Morales' story.

Imagine you're walking down the street and you see someone famous. Really famous. What do you do?

Play it cool or stop and stare? Play it cool. But also, yes, stop and stare.

Now others have spotted this a-lister. They're staring too and some of them aren't playing it cool at all.

Now imagine you're not the one staring at the celebrity. You are the celebrity, staring back.

Oh! You've got pots of money, adoring fans and a big house. But look, you've also got all of us watching, judging.

Being really, really famous, it's not easy. From Wondery, I'm Anneli Young-Braphy, and I'm Emily Lloyd-Sainy.

And this is terribly famous. Our new podcast with chicks you right inside the lives of our most dazzling celebrities to find out what it's like to walk in their shoes.

Listen to terribly famous from August 1st, wherever you get your podcasts. Who knows Emily, you may even gain a newfound appreciation for being a nobody.

I don't think that came out how you meant it. I know what I said.

Angelina Morales was a young woman from Southern California. She had a large family that was close-knit. And though her life wasn't always easy,

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