This is the case of Marian Bata, a mother, teacher, friend, missing for 25 years.

You know, no sign that she was going to vanish, that's for sure.

The bizarre circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

I'm not sure if it was intentional or if there's something more foul of foot.

If you could imagine a teacher coming straight from, say, a little house on the Prairie to the 80s, that was Marian Bata.

What do you know who I said?

Whether you find Marian Bata dead or alive, I honestly believe somebody has that key piece of information.

And the relentless quest of a daughter to find her mum.

If something had happened, something has happened to make her leave.

I am 100% sure, 100% sure that somebody knows something.

The Lady Banishes.

Episode 28.

The Inquest.

Heart 9.

I'm Alison Sandi.

It's Thursday, February 3rd, and Sally Layden has just finished her evidence after being recalled as a witness.

The next person who appears on the video link is a 76 year old Jeanette Gaffney Bowen.

She's the same age Marian would be now.

Though the pair never met, they have something in common.

They both knew a particular man or be it by different names.

Miss Gaffney Bowen has short brown hair, tinted glasses and dimples in her cheeks.

She's wearing a blue jacket over a dark button-up shirt and is seated in front of a bookcase.

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