Bethany Vanished

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When a young woman goes missing in Virginia, her family embarks on a frantic search. Years later, another woman’s harrowing story may hold the key to solving the case. Keith Morrison reports.

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0:00.0	Tonight on Date Live.
0:02.0	Bethany, our little shining star,
0:05.0	it was devastating, that emptiness.
0:09.0	We had to believe that we would find her someday.
0:13.0	Bethany Decker was a dedicated student, a dedicated mother.
0:19.0	The last thing she said to me is, Mom, I love you.
0:21.0	Where did Bethany go?
0:22.0	Is this a missing person? Is it a homicide? We don't know yet.
0:26.3	There's no obvious bloodstains. There's no weapon that's found inside of the apartment.
0:35.0	One clue that came along was Vicky Willoughby. I tried to get away once, but he pulled me back.
0:38.0	She was a woman in fear.
0:40.0	Just kept beating me in the head.
0:42.0	He said, I could kill you right now if I wanted to.
0:45.3	What she went through, unimaginable.
0:47.6	Two women turned targets.
0:49.9	Could one help solve the mystery of the other.
0:53.0	There is this evil person out there.
0:55.5	It's chilling to think the amount of violence
0:57.8	that he's bestowed on this world.
0:59.3	We had to hope.
1:01.0	We had to pray.
1:05.0	There are still people at risk is got to be put away.
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