Summary
In 1994, Dorothy Lee Barnett was in the midst of a bitter divorce with then-husband Harris Todd. After losing custody of their child, Savanna, she fled the United States and eluded the FBI for over two decades until she was arrested in Australia. “48 Hours" Correspondent Maureen Maher reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 12/8/2018. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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| 0:00.0 | When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their |
| 0:05.9 | property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. |
| 0:10.3 | Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker, |
| 0:16.5 | the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy. |
| 0:21.7 | Follow and listen to Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.7 | Wee! There she goes. Samantha.'s it go. |
| 0:38.3 | Samantha. |
| 0:40.3 | Put it on, good girls. |
| 0:42.3 | How pretty? |
| 0:43.3 | How pretty? |
| 0:44.3 | Mommy. |
| 0:45.3 | A few months before my mom gave birth to me, she started writing a diary. |
| 0:50.3 | And it starts off on the first page saying, To my dear Savannah, someday I'll give this journal to you |
| 0:58.0 | so that you can hopefully understand your mother. |
| 1:04.0 | My name is Samantha Galdon Huyves. |
| 1:07.0 | I was born to Savannah, but I didn't know that. |
| 1:10.0 | Savannah Lee Barnett. |
| 1:12.6 | I grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. |
| 1:16.6 | It is the most magnificent place. |
| 1:22.6 | I knew my mom as Alex my entire life. |
| 1:28.3 | Stop it. |
| 1:29.3 | I left someone else. |
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