When I was young and my parents had divorced, my mom and I moved to a trailer on the outskirts of town.

The trailer was situated in front with a country road and across the fence and a field in the back near an interstate.

Even though there was access to a major road, the home still felt safe, safe enough that I would often ride my bike alone

along the country road in front of my house. There were only a couple of times I recall my mom

feeling scared because of the location of our home. Once was returning home from church on a Sunday

night to find that our trailer door was wide open. I remember sitting in the car

terrified while my mom went inside to check every room and closet. In that instance, she ended up

deciding that she must have left the door cracked when we rushed out for church and the wind

had blown it open further. Another time I recall is late one night, there being a knock and crying at the front door.

Someone had a car that had broken down on the interstate behind her house,

and the woman had come to the closest home with a light on, hours, to make a phone call.

Even though my mom helped the woman, I could see that there was some fear in my mom's

eyes, not knowing if this woman were truly alone, as she said. In both of those cases, my mother and I

were still safe, despite the potential of the opposite circumstance. Armed with that sense of safety,

I would ride my bike down those roads in front of my house,

even going further than I knew I was supposed to. It never crossed my mind that going too far away

from the watchful eyes of neighbors could lead to disastrous consequences. And for me, it didn't.

But I'm one of the lucky ones. Our case today will prove that danger can lurk anywhere, even in very public places, even in broad daylight. This is the case

of Anne Gottlieb. Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold.

My name is Allison Williams.

And my name is Maggie Damron.

We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement.

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