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At approximately 7.30am on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Mobile, Alabama resident Julie Dix

Thomas received a phone call from an unfamiliar number. A man on the other line said he had

found a mobile phone that contained photos of a baby and he assumed the owner would want

it back. Julie soon established that the phone in question belonged to her son's 25-year-old

girlfriend, Daniela Vienn. Julie thanked the man and asked if he could drop the phone

off at Daniela's workplace, the Asian themed restaurant chain PF Changs in Mobile's Belair

Mall. Julie wasn't alarmed by the call. Daniela

had purchased a new car the day prior and to Julie thought she must have gone out to celebrate

and had lost her phone at some point during the evening. This wasn't unusual for Daniela

as she had lost other phones in the past. Julie assumed it would only be a matter of

time before Daniela showed up and would be relieved to know her phone had been found.

At 9am, Julie called the building manager of Daniela's apartment complex and asked

them to have Daniela return her call. The building manager said that Daniela wasn't

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