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Listen or discretion is advised. Oh, By early 2006, 2006, Brandy Matthews had realized it was time to take control of her future.

The young Missouri mother had spent years trying to turn her life around.

Brandy knew it was time to stop being a victim for the sake of both herself and her

young son Caleb.

Unfortunately, like countless other women, Brandy had become trapped in a cycle of

abuse. And in September of 2006, Brandy disappeared, leaving behind a distraught family who refused to give up on finding answers.

Join me now as we look into the sudden disappearance of Brandy Matthews.

You'll hear how her loved ones fought against all odds to find her, never giving up hope.

Even in the midst of Brandy's case growing cold, you'll learn how law enforcement

eventually played a crucial role in ensuring justice was served. enforcement eventually

coming to an end,

following a string of chance circumstances,

or what Brandy's mother considered could have only been accomplished by the

hand of God. You're going to be here. In 1983, when Dina was 20 years old, it was more than a little bit of a surprise.

When she discovered she was pregnant, living in Missouri, she traveled to Arkansas for the weekend,

to visit her parents with her husband Mark,

when she suddenly felt deathly ill.

I was so sick that day so I remember telling Mark that I needed to go to the doctor

because I knew I had a fatal disease I didn't know whether it was cancer or what, but I had never

been sick like that before and I knew that I was dying. So my mom ended up taking me up to the city doctor and I was telling him that I was sick and I lived in Missouri and that I knew that there was something bad wrong and saw the little while they

came back and they was laughing and told me I was pregnant. On October 31st, when Dina was in her seventh month of pregnancy,

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