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The Collar, the Chains, and the Bunker: The Girls Who Escaped Hell | The Cases of Jeannette Tamayo & Elizabeth Shoaf | UNSEEN

7/29/2025
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“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you”

June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brother flashes back to her mind — she is determined to fight until the last moment, so she grabs the pizza box, and becomes her own detective.

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“It was like a vacation for her”

On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself.

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A World Of Plucking - Frank Schlimbach -

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Pathogen - Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner

Track And Trace - James Copperthwaite & Jonathan Buchanan

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Hidden Case - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock & Ellie Kidd

Vital Signs - Dave James, Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner

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Shadow Of A Memory - Mark Petrie

Final Conclusion - Mark Petrie

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