What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host, T. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.

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This one is so shocking.

I think you guys are going to be absolutely enraged at the details.

Yeah, I mean, this one has a lot of, like, cult-like behavior and abuse,

and it's truly an outrageous and infuriating story. And I know you guys are going to feel the same way.

So I don't think we really have much else to say about this. Yeah, well, we should just dive in

because there's going to be a lot of conversation in this one, because, I mean, every single

detail and as the story unravels, it's just like mind blowing.

So let's go.

All right, guys, this is episode 462 of going west.

So let's get into it.

Yeah. The

The The other In December of 1996, a 12-year-old girl went missing from her New Jersey home overnight.

Her family fell under suspicion when they took 24 hours to report her disappearance and then weeks to publicize it.

But investigators were even more wary of her family when it was revealed that they operated a religious cult and later were casually informed that this 12-year-old victim was pregnant.

This is the story of Selena Mays.

The details of this story are as confounding as they are shocking, and even the young

victim's birthday is still up for debate. But the National Center for Missing and Exploited

Children lists Selina Jeanette May's birthday as May 21st, 1984.

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