Josh Mankiewicz
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Well, thank you. Thank you very much. A brand new season of Missing in America, season four, six brand new missing persons cases debuts June 10th. And it's six episodes which will be released on a weekly basis. And they are six very good stories.
Thanks, Andrea.
Thanks, Andrea.
Thanks, Andrea.
You know, I mean, this is small town America where everybody knows everybody else. Maybe not everybody else, but you know a lot of your neighbors when people drive by you and things like that. This is sort of the quintessential small town where neighbors look out for each other and people don't lock their doors.
You know, I mean, this is small town America where everybody knows everybody else. Maybe not everybody else, but you know a lot of your neighbors when people drive by you and things like that. This is sort of the quintessential small town where neighbors look out for each other and people don't lock their doors.
And she was the kind of young lady that grows up in a town like that, sweet and a nice person and trusting of other people. Hollywood couldn't write this any more effectively than real life did.
And she was the kind of young lady that grows up in a town like that, sweet and a nice person and trusting of other people. Hollywood couldn't write this any more effectively than real life did.
No, this is someplace even cooler, Brooklyn, Iowa.
No, this is someplace even cooler, Brooklyn, Iowa.
I mean, I don't know that I, having done this job and also having been a reporter for nearly half a century, would ever go to sleep without locking my door. I don't know that there is a city on earth or a town on earth where I would not lock the door. So I can't say that that would be the case. But I will say that clearly everything about Brooklyn, Iowa, said you're safe here.
I mean, I don't know that I, having done this job and also having been a reporter for nearly half a century, would ever go to sleep without locking my door. I don't know that there is a city on earth or a town on earth where I would not lock the door. So I can't say that that would be the case. But I will say that clearly everything about Brooklyn, Iowa, said you're safe here.
And she clearly did not feel in any danger.
And she clearly did not feel in any danger.
And for investigators, I think that was a big help. I mean, here in Los Angeles, you see a black Chevy Malibu. I mean, you go to DMV, there are going to be thousands of those, but not in that area. So, I mean, that kind of, that smallness definitely helped in the investigation.
And for investigators, I think that was a big help. I mean, here in Los Angeles, you see a black Chevy Malibu. I mean, you go to DMV, there are going to be thousands of those, but not in that area. So, I mean, that kind of, that smallness definitely helped in the investigation.
And it required... Endless, lengthy, repeated viewing of all the video that was available from people's houses, from Ring cameras and other security cameras around town, because they just got all the video, is what they did. And they just looked and looked. Now, the interesting thing about seeing the witness's van is that, you know...
And it required... Endless, lengthy, repeated viewing of all the video that was available from people's houses, from Ring cameras and other security cameras around town, because they just got all the video, is what they did. And they just looked and looked. Now, the interesting thing about seeing the witness's van is that, you know...
One of the things that we've learned and that detectives across the country know is that witness statements, particularly involving people who are trying to be helpful to law enforcement, aren't always correct. Sometimes something the investigator says will find its way accidentally into the witness statement. So it's great for investigators to be able to see that.
One of the things that we've learned and that detectives across the country know is that witness statements, particularly involving people who are trying to be helpful to law enforcement, aren't always correct. Sometimes something the investigator says will find its way accidentally into the witness statement. So it's great for investigators to be able to see that.