MISSING: Donyelle Johnson
When a young woman goes missing under mysterious circumstances, questions swirl around a local businessman. But throughout the next 15 years, authorities figure out he may be involved in much more.
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Episode Source Material
- Unchained at Last: About Child Marriage in the U.S.
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL): Vanished, by Janet Leiser and William Yelverton.
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): A Legacy of Pain, by Mary Claire Molloy and Caroline Petrow-Cohen.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Largo woman searched for in Orlando.
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL): Clues fail to surface in digging, by Janet Leiser.
- ABC Action News (Tampa, FL): Pinellas investigators continue excavation for 2nd day after tip on cold case, by Veronica Beltran and Sarah Hollenbeck.
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL): Cops hope to dig up clues to mysteries, by Janet Leiser.
- Tampa Bay Times: Conviction is the real thing.
- AP News (Largo, FL): Undercover Agents Trade Coca-Cola for Cocaine.
- St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Officials dig for clues in old case, by Jane Meinhardt.
- The Tampa Tribune (Clearwater, FL): Charges Reduced for Man in Pinellas Shooting Spree, by Staff Writer.
- WTSP/10 Tampa Bay (St. Petersburg, FL): Tip in 1982 cold case leads to excavation in Largo, by Andrew Krietz and Liz Crawford.
- St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Death renews family’s pain, by DeMoreis A. Lee.
- WTSP/10 Tampa Bay (St. Petersburg, FL): Excavation in Largo prompted by tips in 1982 cold case turns up nothing, by Andrew Krietz.
- YouTube: WTSP/10 Tampa Bay (St. Petersburg, FL): After 40 years of searching, family of missing woman makes decision to give up search for her.
- Fox 13 News (Tampa, FL): Cold case investigators dig up property that once belonged to Florida man connected to 3 missing women, by John Cascio.
- St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Again, tragedy strikes family by DeMorris A. Lee.
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