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A mother of four vanishes.

It's like she ceased to exist.

Also missing was her infant son.

You get a dependable person and they disappear.

You know something's wrong.

The search dredges up a host of small town secrets.

Maybe the relationship wasn't as good as he was reporting.

An anonymous female caller said you ought to take a look at these people.

A tip leads to an outlandish claim.

She proceeds to tell me that she used to mule drugs.

Her drug boss had gotten a hold of her.

She said, two fellas show up up and they hand me this baby.

The truth will reveal a scheming killer and a deadly obsession. When he got there, she had the

baby in her arms. She presented me as newborn, but I looked maybe three months old.

She's deceiving, she's manipulating.

It's a matter of getting attention.

I don't remember how long was missing,

but kind of often why did it have to be my family? With a population just over 10,000, residents in the riverside town of Keuk, Iowa, feel a sense of security in their

tight-knit community. But on August 29, 1996, that small-town comfort is rattled with one

alarming phone call. At approximately 10 a.m., Charlene Hyski calls the Keukuk Police Department, saying

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