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Sandra Renee Cantu vanished from her Tracy California mobile home park in March of 2009

just weeks after her 8th birthday.

It was a Friday afternoon and Sandra left home at around 4 p.m.

to play at a friend's house.

She was expected home for dinner, but her mother called the police and reported

her missing at 7.53 p.m. Police didn't find Sandra that day, but they did locate surveillance camera footage showing the little

girl skipping happily toward her home before something seems to catch her eye.

And she walks off screen. Join us at the quiet end for the abduction of Sandra Cantu.

The FBI became involved in the search for Sandra early on.

Their behavioral analysis unit's profile for Sandra's abductor pointed to an adult male

between 25 and 45 years old who knew Sandra, lived in the trailer park, and had a history with sexual assault or child pornography.

But the profile was based on statistics alone.

With no crime scene, investigators had to rely on Sandra's family and neighbors for clues.

And there was one neighbor who cut their attention.

This was a neighbor who did not fit the profile, but who would soon become the primary suspect in Sandra's disappearance.

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