Melissa Jeltsin
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Then, on April 7th, Chantel sees Talena's Facebook post.
Chantel tells her mom there's no way Talena wrote the post. She thinks someone else must have.
Chantel tells her mom there's no way Talena wrote the post. She thinks someone else must have.
Once the whole family is in the loop about Talena's disappearance, they start comparing notes, trying to work out the last time anyone had any real contact with her. The date they come up with is March 27th, 2020. That's the day Chantel was last Facebook messaging with her aunt.
Once the whole family is in the loop about Talena's disappearance, they start comparing notes, trying to work out the last time anyone had any real contact with her. The date they come up with is March 27th, 2020. That's the day Chantel was last Facebook messaging with her aunt.
A few days later, the Wagner County Sheriff's Department calls Talena's family and speaks to her mother and brother.
A few days later, the Wagner County Sheriff's Department calls Talena's family and speaks to her mother and brother.
Talena's family, who are spread out across multiple states, face a difficult question. Should they go to Wagner, Oklahoma to look for Talena themselves in the middle of COVID lockdowns?
Talena's family, who are spread out across multiple states, face a difficult question. Should they go to Wagner, Oklahoma to look for Talena themselves in the middle of COVID lockdowns?
Even if they went, they didn't know where to start looking. Talena had kept so much of her life their secret.
Even if they went, they didn't know where to start looking. Talena had kept so much of her life their secret.
Cheryl and her family knew of only one person in Wagner that Talena had ever mentioned.
Cheryl and her family knew of only one person in Wagner that Talena had ever mentioned.
But the last time they'd seen Talena, she told them that Marty was out of the picture.
But the last time they'd seen Talena, she told them that Marty was out of the picture.
It's the early days of COVID, April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears.
It's the early days of COVID, April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears.
Pretty quickly, a ragtag group of women on the internet start their own investigation.
Pretty quickly, a ragtag group of women on the internet start their own investigation.
But the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.