In the winter of 1999, a young woman called Margaret Fleming disappeared.

But what makes this case so chilling isn't the fact that she disappeared?

It's that for two decades no one reported her missing and it seems that no one realized that she had completely vanished.

No friends reported her missing, no doctors, no neighbours, no

dentists, no one. The only proof she supposedly existed at all were a couple of letters

penned way back 20 years ago and the steady stream of disability benefits that kept rolling in

right into the pockets of the two

people who were supposed to be caring for her. This is Red Rum, stories about the true victims of

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Inverkip is 30 miles west of Glasgow.

It's a combination of rural atmosphere, natural beauty.

It's close to the River Clyde and its community connection has this really friendly vibe.

But also it has its share of social challenges like deprivation and unemployment.

And this is where Margaret Fleming lived.

She was born in November of 1980.

And it was clear from early on that Margaret didn't operate in the same way that most people did.

She needed a lot of extra care.

She had learning difficulties.

And that meant that she pretty much needed around-the-clock supervision from her parents. Now, after her parents split up, she was solely in the

care of her dad, really, and this was all the way up until he passed away. Before he died, he had

penned a will, and in that will, he had said that Margaret

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