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WE HOPE TO HAVE THE SAME
RESOLUTION HERE.
>> THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
INVOLVE FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND EXPERTS SAY SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS CASES INVOLVE
STRANGERS .
THIS PAST SUMMER, DATELINE GOT
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO AN
INVESTIGATION IN NORFOLK,
ALABAMA AS POLICE LOOKED FOR A
11 YEAR OLD GIRL.
>> SOMEONE TOOK HER FROM THE
PARK.
>> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO LITTLE
SHEA ROSS IS SO MYSTEROUS, IT IS
STILL HARD FOR HER MOTHER TO
BELIEVE IT REALLY HAPPENED.
>> MY BABY COME UP MISSING THREE
MINUTES AND WE KNEW SHE WAS
MISSING.
>> AND ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST
19TH, SHE GRABBED HER BACKPACK
AND RAN TO THE BUS STOP AND
KNOWING HOW AFRAID SHEA WAS OF
STORMS, KEVIN RUSHED OUT TO
DRIVE SHEA AND HER SISTER
HIMSELF.
>> WHEN I GOT TO THE BUS STOP,
THEY NEVER MADE IT THERE.
>> SHE WAS NOT AT THE BUS STOP.
AND I GOT UP AND PUT MY CLOTHES
ON TOLD HIM TO CALL THE POLICE.
>> IN ONLY MINUTES.
SHEA HAD VANISHED.
>> TERRY CARROLL AN INVESTIGATOR
LED THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE
TRYING TO FIND THE 11 YEAR OLD.
>> THIS WOMAN OVER HERE SEES HER
AND WATCHING HER WALK FOR A
COUPLE OF TRAILORS AND THEN SHE
LOSES SITE OF HER.
AND GUY IN NUMBER NINE SAW THE
OLDER SISTER WALK BY BUT NOT THE
YOUNGER SISTER WALK BY.
BY THE TIME IN THESE TRAILERS
HERE, YOU HAVE LOST HER.
SHE'S GONE.
>> HELICOPTERS SEARCHED FROM
AABOVE.
>> SMELL IT, COME ON, WORK IT.
AND DOGS SEARCHED ON THE GROUND.
>> ANYONE COULD HAVE PICKED HER
UP.
A *** OR ANYBODY.
WE MAY NEVER FIND HER.
>> BUT BY THE END OF THE FIRST
WEEK, THERE WERE NO MAJOR CLUES.
A DEVASTATING SET BACK SINCE
TIME IS THE ENEMY IN SOLVING
THESE CASES.
>> THE CALLS HAVE SLOWED DOWN.
BUT WE HAVE WORKED OVER 300
TIPS.
>> AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
MISS EXPLOITING CHILDREN SENDS
IN TEAM ADAM NAMED AFTER ADAM
WALCH WHO WAS ABDUCT KILLED.
>> WE WANT TO PROVIDE ON SIGHT
ASSISTANCE TO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND USING
RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
WHO HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN
HANDLING THESE TYPES OF CASES.
>> FAMILY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS
COMB HUNDREDS OF ACHEERS.
>> WE HAVE TO START WITH WHAT WE
HAVE.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE.
YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE TO START
WITH THE FAMILY.
>> I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
>> THE SHEA'S STEPFATHER AND
MOTHER TAKE THE POLYGRAPH TEST
AND THEY BOTH PASS.
THEY START WITH THOMAS, A BLOOD
HOUND NAMED ZACK REACTED
UNUSUALLY AROUND HIM.
ZACK BECAME UPSET AND I NEVER
SAW HIM REACT LIKE THAT BEFORE.
>> HE HAS AN EXPLAN ADINGS FOR
THE EXPLANATION.
SHEA USED TO VISIT AND PLAY WITH
HIS TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND THEN THERE IS A ANALYSIS OF
THE HOME AND FINDS NOTHING.
AND THEN THE POLICE GET A BIG
LEAD.
THEY LEARN ABOUT A 21 YEAR OLD
NAMED EVAN RYLAND WHO ONCE
HELPED SHEA'S OLDER BROTHER RUN
AWAY.
>> GOES FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
>> AND A NATIONAL POLICE ALERT
IS ISSUED AND FIVE WEEKS IN THE
SEARCH THEY LOTE HIM.
>> CALL THE POLICE WHERE YOU ARE
AT AND TELL THEM TO HOLD HIM.
>> AND BOY, HE IS THERE RIGHT
NOW.
>> TELL HIM WHERE THAT IS.
I WILL GET A POLICE OFFICER OVER
THERE.
AND PUT ME ON HOLD AND CALL THE
POLICE.
>> HE'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> LEON VALLEY, TEXAS.
>> AND WHEN THEY FIND HIM, HE IS
TRAVELING WITH TWO UNDERAGE
GIRLS AND CHARGED WITH
INTERFERENCE OF CUSTODY.
NEITHER GIRL IS SHEA AND NO
INDICATION THAT SHE WAS WITH
RYLAND AT HOME.
ONE BY ONE, EVERY POTENTIAL
SUSPECT AND LEAD IS ELIMINATED
AND SHEA'S MOTHER'S BETH BECOMES
DESPERATE.
>> YOU COME OUT HARE AND TELL ME
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
YOU WANT MAY TO BELIEVE A SPACE
SHIP ZAPPED HER UP AND TOOK HER
AWAY?
>> AND THEN COMES SHEA WAS
SPOTTED IN THE ALABAMA GULF
COAST.
A SEARCH PARTY IS ASSEMBLED AND
A LOCAL MAN DONATES MONEY.
>> HERE'S $2,000 BUCKS AND IF
YOU NEED MORE CALL HIM.
>> WE'LL START WITH THIS.
>> THEY TRAVEL TO THE GULF SHORE
AND DOESN'T FIND SHEA.
THE POLICE CONCLUDE IT IS
UNLIKELY THE CHILD SPOTTED WAS
SHEA AND NOW NINE WEEKS HAVE
PASSED SINCE SHEA DISAPPEARED.
AND THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE
DWINDLED DOWN TO A FEW
INVESTIGATORS AND THE FAMILY ARE
STILL KEEPING FAITH SHE WILL BE
FOUND AND BROUGHT HOME.
>> AND SHE HAS RED HAIRED AND
SEVERAL MOLES AROUND HER MOUTH
AND EARS ARE PIERCED.
CECILIA JONG HAS BLACK HAIR AND
BLOND HIGHLIGHTS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ON THESE TWO GIRLS OR ANY