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You know, I believe that he truly could have done something and show no emotion towards doing something not bad.

And growing up, yeah, I was intimidated by him. He's a big guy.

I remember police officers coming to my house to talk to me and Jackie would be scared and hide under the bed.

She didn't want to talk to them. But I remember like sitting at the kitchen table talking to detectives or police officers.

We have a couple of cold cases here in Musquego and this one obviously is a case that we're continuing to work because you just have to take a look at it from a fresh perspective and read through all of the different case files and interviews that were done and try not to put yourself in the moment.

You know, the moment you have to keep an open mind when you look at these investigations and think, well, what can we do in 2018 that wasn't done in the 70s, 80s, 90s and even 2000s in regards to this case in order to try to figure out what happened.

38-year-old Donna May Barra disappeared from her home in Musquego, Wisconsin on May 6, 1979.

According to Donna May's husband, John, the two hadn't argued that evening and Donna May left in her car.

John claims that he went to bed that night but awoke later when he heard doors slamming inside the house and someone rushing about.

He assumed this was Donna May. He then heard a car turn around in the gravel parking lot across the street and then slowly drive away.

He later got up to investigate and found Donna May's car parked in the garage but Donna May was gone.

14,258 days. That's how long Donna May's family has been searching for her.

Her parents passed away without ever knowing what happened to their daughter and her children have grown up wondering if their mom was murdered or if she simply abandoned them.

What happened at Donna May on May 6, 1979? Many believe they know the answer but those suspicions have never led to finding her.

I'm Marissa and from Wondry this is episode 124 of The Vanished, part 1 of Donna May's story.

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One of Donna May's daughters Jackie contacted me at the beginning of the year. Jackie was just four years old when her mom vanished but as she grew up she became very involved with her mom's case.

Over the past several months she got me in contact with the detective handling Donna May's case. I was lucky enough to speak to him and review her case file.

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