Pearl Pinson left her school one morning and in full view of witnesses was kidnapped as she walked.

A shootout with the prime suspect changed the course of this investigation, but the answer to

where is Pearl is something

the right tip can bring in. I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines.

Hello and welcome to crime lines. This is the second case of the month, and that means we are

highlighting a cold case that just really needs more eyes on it. And this month, we were talking

about the disappearance of 15-year-old Pearl Pinson, and I want to thank her sister Rose

for going over my script and helping with some insights and some corrections.

Pearl was born in December of 2000 and she grew up in Concord and Vallejo, California,

with her older sister and a younger brother.

Pearl was close to both of her siblings and I always say that if you really want to know about a victim's

life, you need to ask their siblings. They're the ones who are going to give you the good,

the bad, and the in-between. In an interview with Thomas Gase with the Times Herald,

her sister Rose said that Pearl had a big heart, and she loved people and animals, but she also had her

not so kind moments. In other words, she was a pretty typical 15-year-old little sister.

Truly, Pearl was a typical teenager in so many ways. She had a good group of friends. She sometimes had

boyfriends, and she also had people

she didn't get along with. She was working out her own sense of style, and when you look up pictures of her,

you will definitely see this. Her hair is naturally a dark blonde or a really light brown,

but the pictures show everything from blonde to red to dark brown,

and in May of 2016, she dyed it partially green. Pearl loved to hang out at the park,

skateboard, and just generally be outside with her friends. And if she had problems with her friends,

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