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 you are?

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 vanishes.

Episode 46.

I'm Alison Sandy.

And I'm Brian Seymour.

Back in 2019, Sally Layden and I went to Luxembourg, hoping to track down Fernand Remekkel, the man who placed the personal ad in 1994.

At the time, we had no idea his identity had been stolen and used by Rick Bloom.

We door-knocked every home belonging to relatives of Fernand Remekkel, including his ex-wife, Manique Cornelius.

This is Fernand Remekkel's first wife.

So we are knocking on the door.

It's the age of time and beef she knows anything about Marian.

All right, here we go.

I also recruited the editor of the Luxembourg word newspaper Tom Rudell to help our cause.

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