Episode Summary
When 17-year-old Hang Lee leaves for a job interview and never comes home, police are quick to dismiss her as a troubled runaway. But when they finally take a deeper look into her case, they discover that the last man she was seen with has a violent criminal history, and no explanation for what happened to her.
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Episode Info
If you know something about Hang’s disappearance, and can help bring her family closure, you can call Crime Stoppers of Minnesota’s hotline at 800-222-8477, or visit crimestoppersmn.org and click ‘submit a tip’.
Hang Lee
Mark Wallace
Hang Lee
A 2017 photograph of Hang’s mother and brother, Chong Vang (left) and Kuoa Lee (right).
Episode Source Material
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Foul play feared in teen’s disappearance, by Conrad deFiebre.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI): Missing teen still missed, by Knight-Ridder.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): ‘WE NEED TO KNOW’ – TWO MISSING-PERSON CASES — ONE A YEAR OLD, THE OTHER MORE THAN A DECADE — HAVE LEFT FAMILIES HAUNTED BY QUESTIONS AND INVESTIGATORS STYMIED BY DEAD ENDS., by Mara H. Gottfried.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): A mystery that tortures her family, a photo that haunts St. Paul police, by Mara H. Gottfried.
- Star Tribune (St. Paul, MN): Age-enhanced image of woman released, by Pat Pheifer.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Police kick in Woodbury motel door, find kidnapped woman, by Richard Chin.
- 12 News (Phoenix, AZ): Family hopes for answers in 23-year-old cold case, by Lou Raguse.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Sex offender’s case might bring answers in St. Paul girl’s 1993 disappearance, by Mara H. Gottfried.
- Polk County, Wisconsin: 1993 “Jane Doe” Identified as Pearline Walton.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Lead fizzles in Hang Lee’s 1993 disappearance, by Emily Gurnon.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): ‘IF YOU’RE ALIVE, COME HOME’ – MOTHER MAKES PLEA AS POLICE RENEW INVESTIGATION OF GIRL’S 1993 DISAPPEARANCE, by Mara H. Gottfired.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Sex offender who allegedly bragged about woman’s 1993 disappearance gets prison for 2016 kidnapping, by Maureen McMullen.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Jayme Closs’ return brings bittersweet hope to families of others who are missing, by Mara H. Gottfried.
- In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of Mark Steven Wallace.
- Kare 11: Minnesota Unsolved: The Saint Paul teen who never returned from a job interview, by Lou Raguse.
- Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Family of teen missing from St. Paul for 24 years says goodbye, by Mara H. Gottfried.