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On May 30th, 2012, a 19-year-old single mother from Mobile, Alabama, went to visit her uncle, and then vanished without a trace.

What no one could predict was that Brittany Woods' disappearance would soon crack open one of the most shocking family secrets in Alabama's history.

As investigators searched for Brittany, a multi-generational child sex abuse ring within her own family was brought to light.

Now, more than a decade later, Brittany Wood's fate remains unknown, even as many

of her relatives have been convicted of horrific crimes against children. When a person goes missing,

there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing. I want to tell you the stories of those who

never came home. Today, I want to tell you the story of Brittany Wood. I'm

Kona Gallagher. And I'm Ethan Flick. And this is, and then they were gone.

Music Welcome back, everyone.

Thank you for joining us once again.

I'm Kona.

And I'm Ethan.

And we're the husband and wife team behind this podcast.

Each week, I tell you the story of an unsolved missing person's case.

Ethan doesn't know anything about the case going into the episode and is here to provide his reactions and questions in real time, hopefully asking some of the same ones you have at home.

So this is a tough one, as you could probably guess from the intro.

Yeah, it sounds awful.

It is.

So that's why I wanted to say up front that this does involve child sexual abuse.

Unfortunately, there's just no way to talk about Britney's disappearance without also talking

about the abuse that was happening within the family.

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