Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And you know, once in a while, you come

across a story that is so full of twists and turns that you practically get whiplash

from it. And the story I have for you today is one of those. When a young woman vanishes

after telling a friend that she's getting arrived at the hospital, police quickly zero

in on a suspect. But a bizarre development throws the investigation off course. And years

later, her mom is still desperate to know what happened to her. This is the story of Jamie

Fraley.

It's Thursday, April 10, 2008, and in Gaston County, North Carolina, Kim frailies morning

is just getting started when her phone rings.

On the other end of the line is her daughter, Jamie's case worker, and Kim is surprised

to hear from her because she's never called her before.

Jamie's had some health and developmental issues since she was born, but she's 22 now,

and for the past few years she's been making major strides towards independence.

Like in 2006, she got her own apartment about 15 minutes away from her mom, right outside

of a city called Gastonia.

Now Jamie's case worker is there to like check in on her, she helps her with like day-to-day

stuff, like budgeting, the monthly social security benefits that she gets, she also gives

her rides sometimes because Jamie doesn't drive.

And in fact, the reason that she's calling her mom now was because she was supposed

to take Jamie to an appointment the day before, but the case worker says that when she stopped

by that Wednesday morning as planned, Jamie didn't answer the door or her telephone.

Kim feels a twinge of fear.

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