Her name is Pepper. I lived a secret life. She was kidnapped at age four. We got in the

car and we never went back.

She spent decades trying to find her way home again.

And she finally made it or so she thought. I said, I think I'm Rhonda Christie or do you know Rhonda Patricia Christie?

And then there was a long pause.

Pepper's story had many ups and downs.

When I looked at the email, I just couldn't even believe it.

But after so many tears, so many years, and so many turns in her story,

I was like, whoa.

There are still more stunning twists to be revealed.

It's amazing. It's the best gift ever.

I'm Lester Holt and this is Daylight.

Here's Keith Morrison with Lost and found.

Our story begins with the mother of a teenage daughter.

A woman had spent most of her life trying to figure out who she was.

What was her name? Where did she come from?

We'll tell you about her long search,

her discovery finally of what felt like truth. But as you'll soon hear, real truth can be elusive.

It can't hide.

Let's begin at the beginning.

But at the beginning, all she had was a memory.

A twin canopy bed with pink ruffles around it kind of wave over the top of it. It was dreamlike really and for years it was all that felt real in her upside down life.

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