It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.

For many, it's their biggest fear.

Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished.

A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases,

in an effort to uncover the truth.

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This story contains adult content and language,

along with references to sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

We've got somebody abducting women.

Same victim type. Same location. Same location, same MO.

And at that point, the police really knew we've got a problem.

They were simply tricked.

The car tires were deflated and police said as an alert to women,

do not go with anyone.

If your car tire is deflated, when you get in, check your car,

make sure there's no one in the back seat.

Really terrifying sort of things to think about,

but that was what happened after these murders occurred.

I'm Kate Winkler-Doson,

a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast,

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