On August 16, 2005, Sean Hine pulled up outside his girlfriend's house with a pit in his stomach.

He'd only just seen her the night before, and it even dropped her off at the front door at around

midnight, but since then, Alicia

Ross had not been answering her phone. He'd only called twice, but when the 25-year-old

woman didn't show up for work the next morning, Sean knew that something was definitely wrong.

Alicia's car was still parked outside of her house, but she did not answer the door.

Then, even more agitated and on edge, after seeing all this, Sean called Alicia's parents

to ask if they'd seen or heard from her. The answer was no.

Sean then called the police to report Alicia missing, and her parents rushed over to their

daughter's home to find it already crawling

with investigators.

Alicia's mother, Sharon, later wrote, quote, in Alicia's room where her cell phone, her purse,

her cigarettes, her keys.

Her bed had not been slept in.

Her laundry lay folded, ready to be put away.

Her ring was by the bathroom's sink.

The backyard was strewn with Alicia's shoes, a glass, a cigarette,

and the backyard gate had been left open.

A sickness fell over us.

It was now clear that Alicia had made it home the night before.

According to the items left at the scene,

she'd gotten herself

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