Oxygen True Crime’s “Dateline Unforgettable” revisits a chilling case that seems ripped from a crime novel – the brazen daytime abduction of a wife and mother. This isn’t a shadowy figure lurking in an alley; this is a woman snatched in broad daylight by another woman driving an unmarked car.
And that’s just the beginning of the unsettling details. As Josh Mankiewicz guides us through the twists and turns of this story, one nagging question hangs in the air: who was this woman, and how did she manage to vanish without a trace?
The episode quickly establishes the sheer audacity of the crime. The victim, going about her daily routine, is suddenly forced into a vehicle, leaving witnesses stunned and scrambling for information. But when the police begin their investigation, they hit a wall. There’s no record of the perpetrator’s arrest, no official documentation of the incident as described by witnesses. This absence of an official record throws the whole case into a dizzying spiral of uncertainty. Was it a case of mistaken identity? A cover-up? Or something even stranger?
“Dateline Unforgettable: The Life She Wanted” airs Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 9/8c on Oxygen True Crime.
