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On the morning of November 25, 1991, in Placer County, California, 36-year-old

Cindy Wanner works cleaning the home of her sister Susan Rye.

She came over typical time around 8 o'clock in the morning and Phil and I had an appointment with an attorney for his parents trust.

So we were gone all morning.

Susan and Phil Rye returned home around 1130 and leave again a little afternoon.

Cindy goes into the bathroom and begins to clean.

A little more than an hour later, her husband Bob arrives at the Rye home.

He walks through an unlocked front door to find his 11th month old still in the high chair

crying.

Cindy's cleaning supplies are in the bathroom, and Cindy herself is gone.

I mean, it's crazy.

What do you mean she's not there?

And what do you mean the baby's still there?

I knew right then that something was bad.

Five minutes later, Bob Woner is on the phone with the Placer County Sheriff's Department.

Bill Summers is called to the scene.

At first, we thought possibly that she just could have wandered off.

Then after interviewing the family and started realizing that her lifestyle was of a very low

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