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March 11th 2017 – 14-year-old Arden Summers drives her younger siblings back to her mother's home, following her dad’s secret orders. Hours later, an employee of a nearby Walgreens calls 911 after seeing a tied up woman run out of a car: the woman is Alisa Mathewson – Arden’s mom. Before the police can arrive, the car drives away with Alisa. Nobody knows where they are heading to, and with who, but Arden, who is home alone with her other siblings, might be able to solve the case in time.
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Directed, Written, and Edited by Hannah Duncan
Researched by Tianyi Zhang
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Inside Edition
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March 23, 1993. Haylei Jordan is 8 when her mom, Elisa, asks her if she wants to leave everything behind. The little girl doesn't realize that her mother has just cut off her ankle monitor and wants to take her daughter on the run, after her father, Larry McNabney, died mysteriously.
March 18, 2002. Almost a decade later, Haylei is faced with another terrible decision after years of turbulence and uncertainty: she has to protect her mother even if it means calling the cops on her for what she has just confessed to her.
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Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
At 11:05 AM, on the 31st of January in 2004, a 911 operator answers the phone to a woman breathing heavily, but not saying anything. Another call comes through, and this time an address is given, but when the police arrive at the scene, they only find an empty handgun case, sweatpants, and a large red stain on the carpet. With time running out, and just a few clues, the police need to catch who did this, and find Teri Jendusa-Nicolai and her 2 daughters before it’s too late.
Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
On October 12th, 1980, a typical day turns into a lifelong mystery for 4-year-old LaLana Bramble and her older brother Donald. Their mother, Marlene Oakes, who vanishes earlier that same day without a trace. There are no signs of struggle, no clues pointing to her whereabouts, and no immediate suspects. Left to grow up with unanswered questions, Lalana and her brother are burdened with the emotional weight of their mother’s disappearance, which remains shrouded in secrecy for years.
As LaLana grows older, she refuses to let the mystery of her mother’s disappearance fade into the past. Driven by a deep need for closure, she begins to piece together fragments of her childhood and pursue any lead that could shed light on what happened that day in 1980. What she uncovers is far darker than she could have imagined: disturbing family secrets buried for decades, pointing to hidden motives and a tangled web of betrayal, leading back to clues she finds in her mother's diary involving her father, Bill Major.
Through years of persistence, LaLana ultimately answers the question haunting her since childhood: What really happened to her mom—and why did someone want her to disappear?
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Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
It’s April 2000, and Kristina Beard frantically tries to reach her identical twin sister, Jennifer. Time is running out—they have only six hours to escape and find safety before the consequences of their actions catch up to them. The sisters have just handed over crucial evidence to police, the very piece that will expose the deadly plot orchestrated by none other than their own mother, Celeste Beard. Celeste, who married wealthy Austin media mogul Steven Beard, masterminded a twisted scheme to murder him in a bid to secure his fortune. With manipulation and deceit, she even managed to involve her friend and lover, Tracey Tarlton, to carry out the brutal crime. For years, Celeste had carefully crafted her facade, hiding her dark intentions until her daughters’ brave decision to step forward with the truth finally revealed the shocking extent of her guilt. The secrets and lies of this chilling case, marked by betrayal, greed, and psychological manipulation, mean that Kristina and Jennifer Beard will have to run for their lives if they want to ensure justice for Steven's murderer.
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