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Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

Right now there is no trace.

Investigators say evidence lead them to believe that she's dead.

Stick my nose back on the trail. That's all I can do.

This is already gone.

Already gone.

Already.

On a Friday afternoon, June.

On a Friday afternoon, June 23, 23,

Marty received a text that would eventually become the last breadcrumb in a trail that went cold.

The text was from her daughter, Amber Marie Arnett.

And the text wasn't just a check-in, it was a plea.

Amber told her mother she needed to come home for a few days because, quote,

it was not safe, where she was staying. She didn't explain why she didn't feel safe. She then

texted her brother and his wife, but the family was on a trip together and everyone was out of

town. Marty told her daughter she'd be back late the following day, June 24th, and that her home

would be the safe harbor that Amber needed. By Sunday, June 25th, Marty was back in Lansing, Michigan,

waiting for a knock on the door that never came. Her daughter, Amber, never showed up.

This week's story is more than a missing person's case.

This is about the intersection of trauma, addiction, and a systemic failure to protect the

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