Hello, I'm Keith Morrison with a special preview of Season 3 of Dateline Missing in America, brought to you by Progressive.

Our first episode is a case of Arele Garcia, a young California woman who loved her custom color bright red car.

So when police found it parked along the Pacific Coast Highway miles from her home, and

A rally was nowhere to be found. A mystery began.

Josh Manchowich tells a story.

Tucked between the Pacific and the mountains on California's Central Coast,

Big Sur is a 90-mile stretch of breathtaking beauty.

The author Henry Miller said it was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say a Amen.

To see what he was talking about, you'll need to brave Highway 1.

It's two lanes wind above steep cliffs, with waves crashing below.

There are places to pull off to soak in the views.

It's the vista of a hundred TV commercials.

On September 22, 2022, something happened here that you'll never see on any postcard of this slice of paradise.

On that morning, a bright red Honda Accord cruised south down Highway 1

and pulled over just past Mile Marker 56.

Who was in that car and what happened before and after that moment are questions that haunt a family.

The Honda belonged to 25 year old-old Arellie Garcia, and she hasn't been seen or heard from since that morning.

It's been like a scary movie since the day it happened. Like it's just been a nightmare.

And we pray every night that she comes home.

Veronica Garcia and Ellie Mendoza are Arelli's sisters.

Is there any reason why your sister would be in Big Sur?

No idea. It's still a mystery till this day.

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