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Episode #453

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#453 Shoulders Back
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credit: Dr. John Snow pump in Broadwick Street, Soho, London (Nathaniel Noir / Alamy Stock Photo)

Georgia:

The disappearance of Delimar Vera

Episode sources:

  1. “My mother was told I’d died in a house fire at 10 days old. In fact, I was kidnapped” by Anna Moore (The Guardian, October 24, 2024)

  2. “10-day-old Baby Dies in North Philadelphia Fire” by Clea Benson and Rusty Pray (The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 16, 1997)

  3. “After fire, an obvious absence of clues” by Jennifer Lin (The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 2004)

  4. “Abductor of infant gets 9 to 30 years” by Jaqueline Soteropoulos (The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24, 2005)

  5. “A daughter lost and found settles in with true mother” (Tampa Bay Times, July 5, 2004)

  6. “Her Side of the Story” by Nicole Weisensee Egan (Philadelphia Daily News, October 13, 2005)

  7. “Heater Blamed in Fire that Claims Infant” by Mister Mann Frisby (Philadelphia Daily News, December 16, 1997)

  8. “Back From The Blaze“ by Sean Gregory (Time Magazine, March 13, 2004)

  9. “Woman who took baby surrenders“ (Associated Press, March 3, 2004)

  10. “Girl Found and Woman Held After a Ruse Lasting Years” by Jason George (The New York Times, March 3, 2004)

  11. “These 9 True Stories Of People Mistakenly Believed To Be Dead Are Scarier Than Any Horror Movie” by Austin Harvey ( All That’s Interesting, October 14, 2022)

  12. “Girl Presumed Dead Is Returned to Real Mother” by David Zucchino (The LA Times, March 9, 2004)

  13. “Woman accused of kidnap, arson turns herself in” (Associated Press, March 2, 2004)

  14. “New Twist in Baby ID Case” (Associated Press, March 9, 2004)

  15. “Dad’s Turn with ‘Dead’ Daughter” (Associated Press, March 2, 2004)

  16. “'I believe in my heart she'll accept me'” by Audrey Gillan (The Guardian, March 11, 2004)

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