I think it's Reggie. What's going on, Sharon? I don't know anything. >> I'll have the Ms. Reggie I'll have the detective come talk to you in just 1 second, okay? November 24th, 2025. As deputies pull into the driveway, a woman laughs with her friend, brushing it off, joking that they must be there for her dog. Uh-oh, THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU, SHARON. THEY DON'T WANT ME. THEY want Reggie. What's up? That's when the officer says, "We're here for you, ma'am." And everything comes crashing down. We're here for you, ma'am. Definitely here for you. Mhm. Because this wasn't a misunderstanding. This woman had been hiding her own daughter for 42 years, and that daughter had no idea she was ever even missing. On November 24th, 2025, a quiet driveway moment quickly turned into something much [music] more serious. Deputies weren't there by accident. They had been acting on a Crime Stoppers tip, something that led them to a woman living under a different name [music] in a retirement community in Florida. And the woman was Debra Newton, or as she had been calling herself for decades, Sharon Neely. We're uh waiting on the detective to get here, but we have uh with all the information that we do have, you have a warrant for your arrest. They're teasing. They have to be. Ma'am, we're not. Oh, oh, I'm so sorry. >> No, you're okay. I'm so sorry. Go ahead and thank you. I don't understand. Yes, ma'am. So >> You're Sharon, correct? Yeah. Okay. Sharon Neely? Yeah. All right. So, what we're going to do is we're going to put you in handcuffs, okay? Can I take my dog in and get my husband? We'll give We'll give the dog >> I'll go ahead and get your husband, and we'll get your dog taken care of. For over 40 years, she had managed to stay [music] hidden in plain sight because of this exact false identity, but not anymore. As officers moved in and placed her under arrest, what they were uncovering didn't just include a false identity. It was a case that had been buried for decades because Deborah wasn't alone when she disappeared. She had taken her 3-year-old daughter with her, and that child was Michelle Marie Newton. 42 years [music] had passed by, and by the time authorities tracked everything down, Michelle had already been located living an entirely different life under a different identity and unaware of who she really was. At some point after [music] confirming everything through DNA and records, investigators had to do the hard thing. They had to tell her the truth that her entire life, her name, her past, her identity, nothing was real, [music] and that the woman she believed was protecting her had actually been hiding her. Just came out and said, you know, you're a missing person, you're not who you think you are, and your mom's been arrested, and this is your name. But to understand how a child could disappear for over four decades, we have to go back to the beginning because how does a child vanish without anyone realizing where she [music] went? I don't think she's going to get up. Well, you don't have to do that. I'm not going to I got to still put you in the handcuffs, ma'am. Michelle Marie Newton was born on October 5th, 1979 in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph Newton and Deborah Newton. From the outside, they appeared to be a normal family, but behind closed doors, things were beginning to change around. And by the spring of 1983, when Michelle was just 3 years old, Deborah told Joseph that she had found work in Georgia and wanted to relocate there. It sounded like a step forward for the family, a fresh start, so Joseph agreed. But what happened next wasn't part of any plan. On April 2nd, 1983, Deborah left for Georgia with Michelle ahead of him saying she was going to prepare their new home. At first, nothing seemed unusual, but when Joseph followed weeks later, [music] they were gone. There was no forwarding address, no explanation, and no trace left behind. The woman he trusted had just disappeared, [music] and she had taken their daughter with her. What made this case even more weird is that this wasn't a random abduction. There were no strangers, no forced entry, and definitely no signs of struggle. [music] This was something far more calculated because it had a mother making the deliberate decision to take her child and vanish. Joseph tried to reach her. In fact, his last contact with Deborah came sometime between [music] 1984 and 1985. After that, nothing. The trail went [music] completely cold and just like that, Michelle had vanished. When Joseph Newton realized his wife and daughter were truly gone, he did what anyone would do. [music] He went to the cops. A missing person's case was quickly opened for Michelle Marie Newton and authorities began [music] searching for Deborah Newton across state lines. A nationwide alert was issued. Leads were followed and eventually a court even issued a custodial interference warrant [music] for Deborah, but this was 1983. They had no cell phones, no digital trails, and no way to track someone once they chose [music] to disappear. Investigators were left relying on tips, sightings, and paper records, [music] most of which led nowhere. They did have a name, but no way to find her. And as weeks turned into months and months slowly into years, the case slowly began to stall. As the years passed, [music] the search for Michelle Marie Newton began to fade. What started as an urgent investigation slowly turned into a cold case. [music] The leads dried up, any sightings stopped, and eventually the world moved on as it always does. But Joseph Newton didn't. For him, time didn't heal anything. It just stretched the distance between [music] him and his daughter. Birthdays passed, holidays came and went by, and milestones he would never get to see. Meanwhile, somewhere out there, Michelle was growing up. Not as Michelle Newton, but as someone else entirely. Now, she was Amanda, living a normal life and building [music] memories, completely unaware that she had ever been reported missing or that someone had been searching for her all along. Hi. I don't think I gave you my name when we were at the house. I'm Detective Lundorf. Um I'm just I'm assisting Detective Escobedo. Um just trying to get some basic information and everything. Your daughter, Amanda, was her middle name Marie? Yes? All right. Do you know her date of birth? You mean as Michelle? Yes, so we can so we can identify her and find her, yes, ma'am. Then you would want to look under 32679. 32679? But I can give you her phone number. Okay. What's She's She's Did I talk to you at the house? >> No, ma'am. It wasn't me. I said that was Detective Escobar. Okay. He's a little shorter than I am. She's um in Pennsylvania. I mean Uh husband uh Joe. Is this his legal name Joseph? Jose. J O S E Avanto. Do you know his middle name? Or does he have one? I don't know. Don't know. Okay. Uh and then this date of birth is that for Armando or for Michelle? Armando. Okay. And for Michelle, what would that date of birth be? October 4th. October 4th. 1979. >> 79. Okay. And is Michelle's middle name Maureen. Maureen. And last name? She was born as Newton. Newton. Okay. Like I said, I I'm not familiar with all the information cuz I'm Like I said, Detective Escobar, the one you spoke to in the back of the truck, he has all the information. Is he coming? Yes, ma'am. He will. He will. Um he's still making some phone calls and everything. He's He's uh going to be coming in soon. I asked him to try and get the basic information and everything for everybody. I'm really scared. Why? I don't know what's going to happen. Oh, so he'll be Like I said, I don't have all that information. He'll be able to come in and to explain. I don't want to tell you something and it's not the truth because I don't Like I said, I don't know everything. Um he has all that information, so he'll be coming in. Um as far as I'm aware of, all I know of is uh there was a warrant issued and in reference to to this with your daughter, I guess with some parental custody issues. And then um I guess the other side of the family has been pushing it to find out because they didn't know if you were still alive or or anything like that. And that's all I know. So, um we just need to get all of our ducks in a row, make sure we got everybody um within the situation and then and go from there. Uh the other question they had me ask is I got your phone. Um do you have a picture of your daughter? Is there a way you that way I can just like take a picture of your phone with the picture? Do you have a good relationship? Talk Every day. Every day? But she doesn't know and I wouldn't be here more recent. You can tell we text all the time. How long do I have to stay here? Oh, that I that I don't know. I know when Mr. Tony comes in here to talk to you and everything and then um and then whenever we are done talking then that would be it. I'm sorry, be patient. Okay. That's not big enough. And you said she has no idea about any of this? And she usually work during the day or she uh is a stay-at-home mom? She works. She is a a sales rep. She's pretty. She's pretty, very pretty. Pretty eyes. Okay. You want to lock the phone or push this to lock it? That way it don't Where she is like sales rep or No, she works for um emergency um restoration company for floods and um And that's That's in PA. The word that's probably kind of like our Servpro. Yeah. Restoration specialist type deal. That's them. I got you. All right. Well, let me uh get this information to Mr. Tony. Um get your order and everything. Do you know how long it will be? To him to come over here, I'd probably say probably in the next 5 minutes or so after I give him that information. I'm claustrophobic, that's why >> I got you. I got you. Here it goes. I'm breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. Yes, ma'am. Two lives moving forward on completely different paths. One was searching while the other did not even know that she was lost until something changed 42 years later. While the world believed Michelle Marie Newton had vanished, she was actually growing up, just not as herself. [music] Somewhere along the way, her mother, Deborah, had built an entirely new life with a new name, identity, [music] a new marriage, and even a new social security number. She now lives as Sharon Neely and settled [music] into a quiet life in Florida with a husband who was suspicious about certain things and had no idea about her past, but loved her enough to not ask questions. And Michelle grew up right alongside that life. To her, everything felt normal. She went through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood believing the woman raising her was simply her [music] mother and that the life she was living had always been hers. But there were moments, a few small cracks in the story, questions that didn't quite have answers. At times, Michelle would ask about things most people take for granted like her birth certificate or her father. Where was he? Why wasn't he around? But those questions never led anywhere. Deborah [music] would avoid the topic, change the subject, or simply not explain. And eventually, like many children [music] do, Michelle just stopped asking. Because when your definition of normal is different, you don't always realize it's incomplete. [music] Because to Michelle, she wasn't missing. She simply didn't know she was someone else. For decades, the case [music] had gone nowhere until one small tip changed everything. In 2025, a Crime Stoppers tip [music] came in and it pointed the investigators towards a woman living in Florida under the name Sharon Neely. At first, it was just a possibility [music] that included a name and a location. But something about it stood out. Authorities reopened the case and began digging deeper. A U.S. Marshals Task Force detective obtained a recent photo of the woman and compared it to images of Deborah Newton from 1983. The resemblance was hard to ignore, but resemblance wasn't enough. They needed proper proof. So, investigators turned to something [music] that was fully definitive, DNA. Samples were collected from Deborah's sister back in Louisville and tested against the woman in Florida. [music] The results came back with a 99.9% match. The woman who had been living as Sharon Neely was Deborah Newton. [music] And if Deborah had been found, then so had her daughter. Slowly, piece by piece, investigators began connecting the past to the present. A missing child from 1983, now a grown woman living an entirely different life decades later. A new life built under a name that was never even hers. And just like that, a case that had been buried for over four decades was no longer a mystery. Because after 42 years, they had finally found her. So, in November, deputies closed in on the quiet driveway in Marion County, Florida, inside a retirement community [music] where life had appeared completely ordinary for decades. The retirement community was well-known for its active adult lifestyle. That is where they found Deborah Newton living under her assumed identity, Sharon Neely. According to body cam footage, the moment didn't begin with panic. There was laughter. Oh, THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU, SHARON. THEY DON'T WANT ME. They want Reggie. What's up? Well, we're here for you, ma'am. Definitely here for you. Mhm. Well, why? We're uh waiting on the the detective to get here, but we have uh with all the information that we do have, you have a warrant for your arrest. They're teasing. They have to Ma'am, we're not Oh, I'm so sorry. >> No, you're okay. I'm so sorry. Go ahead and thank you. A friend nearby even joked that officers were coming for you, Sharon. Deborah brushed it off, treating it like a misunderstanding, but that changed quickly when deputies stepped forward and clearly stated [music] they were there for her. The situation shifted from casual conversation to a formal arrest. >> But I'm not going to I got to still put you in handcuffs, ma'am. >> Yeah, let me have this. I promise I will not hurt your dog under any circumstances. We'll we'll do it in the front, okay? Look, if you're going to do me the courtesy, please. Okay. Is there any reason for any incrimination? I didn't do anything. I don't know what they're doing. Well, you got somebody that told me something was going on. She has a warrant. Well, from all the from all the information that we have A warrant for what? For her arrest. Well, I'm going to wait on the detective who can come explain to you just everything in just 1 second, okay? What's going on, Sharon? >> I don't know anything. >> I'll have the Miss Grady I'll have the detective come talk to you in just 1 second, okay? I got to make a phone call. Okay? We're not in any kind of rush. Just give us 1 minute. I understand you're in the middle of your driveway. If you want to just step step by the truck, that's fine, too. Yeah, in the shade. Just give me 1 minute. I didn't do anything. Nothing. If you want to, you can stand in the shade. I know it's probably warmer out there. Well, I was getting ready to go to to the rec center, so I Okay. Well, like I said, the detective just wanted to talk to you and your husband real quick. I've never done anything. Anything. >> Where are you taking her to? Uh, central operations to be interviewed. Like I said, he'll explain all to you in just 1 second. I thought this was something to do with the boy or something when they came in. But once the handcuffs were on and the laughter disappeared, [music] the reality of what was happening finally started to settle in. For the first time in over four decades, Deborah Newton was no longer hiding behind the name Sharon Neely. The story she had managed to keep buried for 42 years was now sitting directly in front of investigators. [music] And inside the interrogation room, deputies weren't just trying to confirm her identity anymore. They wanted answers. Why did she disappear in 1983? How had she managed to stay hidden for so long? And most [music] importantly, did Michelle ever know the truth? What followed was a long and uncomfortable conversation that slowly peeled back decades of lies, silence, and decisions that could no longer be explained away. There's a lot of unanswered questions throughout the years. Multiple agencies have been working on this case. The FBI, the US Marshals, multiple sheriff's offices, the Louisville Police Department. So, I want to kind of give you the opportunity to just explain what happened. Like how we ended up here today. I don't even know if I can remember all the details. It's a long time ago. But when I was married to him, he got married when I was 17 and things were pretty good, but then he wanted some sort of open marriage and he took picture pictures of me and then when I tried to leave, Amanda was a baby. What was her name, Joseph? Yeah. Okay. Joseph. My husband. And he took pictures of me with two different men, two different times, not together, but two different times. And said that if I left him, divorced him, he would take those films. They weren't videos, they were like film, kind of old-fashioned film and he would share them and show them to my family, my mom and dad. And so I had an opportunity to run and I went to Atlanta, Georgia. What year do you think that was? 1983, I think. And the person there helped me to get false identification. And so I just kind of rebuilt a life because he was really mean and I became this mean person and I just didn't really look back. My husband doesn't know. He has nothing to do with this. He doesn't know. My daughter doesn't know. I think I think they probably both have suspected things in my life like why I didn't get a driver's license in the state of Florida. Now, I'm I'm kind of coming into this I told you before I don't know everything. Um So, Joseph was your your first husband. Correct? And where And where was this at? Where did y'all originally live? In Kentucky. >> In Kentucky? Do you remember the the city of Kentucky? It was in Louisville. Louisville? Okay. Sorry, I didn't mean to to interrupt. I just I'm kind of trying to get all the information. I never spoke to him again. And when I was kind of going through the process, he said that I couldn't leave him. Um what process? Like divorce or I wanted to get a divorce because I didn't want to be that kind of person. But I can still remember the two men. I can still remember their names. I can still remember that. But he took pictures. How did you leave Kentucky? Like under like a false pretense or did you >> No, I told them I was going to a job in Georgia. I don't know if it was Atlanta or somewhere around Atlanta. I don't remember, but I I think it was Atlanta. It was with a trucking company. And then I was going to go down there to work and he was okay with that. My parents weren't real happy, but he was okay with that. And when I got there, I knew that that's how I was going to get away. How long were you there for? I don't think it was a whole year. Now, the person who helped you kind of create a new identity, um did Did you go by Did you immediately switch over to Sharon or were you somebody else before or the name that you used before? Was it Sharon? When I'm not sure if I understand. So, when you created your new identity, was it now the name that you went to was Sharon? Okay, there was nobody There's not another name you used throughout the years. Mhm. Where did you go after Georgia? Florida. Okay. Where in Florida? Tampa. Tell me about that. Like, what You You left Georgia and you went to Tampa. I got a little efficiency type apartment. I don't even remember how I got it because well, I had a I had an identification and a driver's license, but I got the driver's license with fake information that I had from the state of Florida. But then I got a job at a daycare center. And I think during that time the social security number that I was using was not the social security number that I have today. I think I don't remember why, but I do remember having to go to the Social Security Administration and getting a social security number. At the same time, I think I got my daughter's. And it was easily done because back then, you didn't have to have that number when you were born. But for whatever reason, I seem to remember having a a reason to change the social security number when I was working at the daycare center. And this is the social you use now? That's the one I got through the Social Security Department. That's the one you use now? Correct. Okay. The 004 at the end, 593. Okay, yeah, that was issued in '83. So, you came down to Tampa. Were you married? Were you single? Were you Single. Okay. You lived in low efficiency and you worked at a daycare. How did you How did you meet Michael? Michael? Um you were married to a Michael Broekover? No. All right. You were not married to him. No. Not Michael. I was married to a Wayne. Wayne? Michael was Wayne's brother who is deceased. Okay. Michael Wayne, my ex-husband, is still alive. Okay. Um what's Michael's last name and what's Wayne's last name? Broekover. Broekover? Yeah. I'm not sure how that got twisted, but That's okay. And there's a lot of information throughout the years and just Some things start to like mix up. But um where did you guys live together in Tampa? Okay. So how did you leave Tampa? I was dating someone and I just wanted to get away and we kind of sort of just picked a place on the map and it was Pennsylvania and I went to Pennsylvania and started working for a restaurant and at the restaurant is where I met Wayne. And his real name is not Wayne, it's Chester. I don't know if that's probably important somewhere along the line. With a J or C H? C H. So Chester? >> Chester. And that's Broekover? Yeah. Cuz if you're whatever you're doing with that, you probably need to know that's his real name. And he lives in I think it's Virginia. Um are you confident that friend's name Chester's name before somewhere cuz I've looked into Michael and I saw Chester's name there. So you you met Wayne in Tampa? Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Okay. Okay. Did you know anybody in Tampa? I wouldn't doubt it. I lived I had a roommate that was a girl. And what year do you think you moved from Tampa to Pennsylvania? 8 cents. 8 cents. Is this Michael Wayne's brother? Can I get up and look? >> No, I'm talking to you. I got a lot of people to talk to. I think so. I'm going to say I didn't know him very well. Um and like I said, he passed away fairly young. I think that's something. He's from Ohio. West Virginia, Ohio, one of those. But there was never any relationship between us. So, you moved to Pennsylvania and that's where you met Wayne. How long were you and Wayne together? I think 10 years. 10 years. Did he ever suspect that Did you tell him the truth or did you just kind of No one in this world knows the truth but me. No one. No one knows this story. And over the years, Amanda, did she go by different names as well or just Amanda? No, I mean nicknames. Like Manda. What about her last name? Did she ever change her last name? She got married. Yeah, what was her maiden name? She was always Amanda Marie Blake. Was she ever Amanda Brookover or anything? No. Okay. No. Did you ever keep up with like your case in Kentucky? Like you never researched it? No, I was afraid to. I wanted to. I wanted to look online and see if my parents were still alive, but I was afraid to because I know when you look for things sometimes there can be little traps out there and I just I was afraid to. Did you know there was a warrant out for your arrest back in the 80s and 90s? No. No, I didn't. I know that I know that what I did was was wrong. Now that I'm older and wiser a bit I didn't see a way out. Kind of like just what did you tell me that happened with like her birth certificate or like her social or any records of her? Or did you already have that? She asked me for a lot of times she asked me questions about her father. And as she got older I kind of told her she needed to stop asking because it could get me killed is what I told her. And she finally just stopped, but she doesn't have a birth certificate. Did she ask you for her birth certificate? Yeah, she asked. I just lied. So, being as she doesn't have a birth certificate, does she drive at all or does she have any like, you know, how does that How does she go about that? She drives and I suspect that what she did was take the name that she has and the information that she could put together and I believe she probably got a birth certificate, a true real birth certificate of the person who has that true name. But I don't um she should not she didn't do anything. Yeah, no, we don't She shouldn't get in trouble. I don't want her to get scared. I don't want her to No, she's not. She's not. She's not. She's She's not in trouble or anything. It's just It's because she's still technically she's Michelle Newton. She's still listed as a missing person. So, we have to cross those bridges to take her out of the missing person and everything to where that's not out there where if something happens in an aspect to where you know, they do you know, something to where they find you know, evidence or anything like that and it's like, "Hey, well, this is showing that this is Michelle." But, this lady goes by Amanda. So, we have to make sure that that's taken care of as well. That she's not listed as a missing person anymore, also. She always told me that if I think she kind of always suspected something because she always said, "Mom, Mom, love you even if you killed somebody, Mom, I would always love you." But, I couldn't tell her because when you tell somebody that puts them in guilt and I don't They don't want to do that. Yes, ma'am. Same with my husband. Did he ever have any questions like kind of what you told him down the years? No. No, I I I think he was a little frustrated because I've always driven and when we came to Florida my license expired and I didn't get it renewed and I think he thinks I have a state ID card because I just told him, which is true, I don't like to drive. I'm scared of driving. That's a whole different subject, but it's hard to drive here. He just loves me so much, I think he's kind of maybe believed me. Okay. Could you just kind of go back a little bit. It's kind of a quick question. Back in Georgia, um did anybody ever come looking for you and Michelle? You mean like knock on the door and question? Like Joseph, did he ever come looking for you? >> Oh, no. No. No. Honestly, maybe he was glad with the distance between us because it left him free to do the things he wanted to do, which was being with other people. He So, he did come looking for you guys in Georgia. I guess you filed some paperwork there for a divorce. He actually tried knocking on the door to where you guys were living at. Do you remember that at all? >> Never. Never. And that's kind of That's kind of two sides to it. This is what he said throughout the years back in the '90s and this is what you're saying now. I understand that, but never. Neither did my mother-in-law or my father. Um I don't know truthfully if anyone had the street address of where I was living at because it was a house that had a couple of rooms for rent. So, I can't even tell you where I was going to ask if you remember the street address or anything. I don't. Um kind of going back at that time, when you found like or when they assumed that you were going to the job in Georgia, did you go there first and then come back? Yes. Okay. So, you kind of came You went to Atlanta or into Georgia in the Atlanta area, kind of got something established there, went back, and then that's when you got your daughter? Or did she go with you the first time? I don't think she went with I don't think she went with me the first time. It was a very quick trip. Okay. And basically, I just was really trying to make sure that I could do what I felt like I needed to do. Right. Now with um what you were saying that Joseph with the photographs and everything like that was was there any other type of um domestic abuse or anything like that? Anything else going on? Anything physical or anything like >> Yeah. >> What all what all happened with the >> would hurt me. Yeah. He would hit me. He would hurt me. He would force me. But most of all it was the threats. But yeah, he was >> and everything like Yeah. And there was a a time the biggest thing that I remember that has nothing to do with this, but his family [snorts] brothers and sisters were were at the house and I mean spaghetti and he was coming home from work with one of his colleagues and they were late and there was no more spaghetti Right. because everybody ate it and he took a knife and bam slammed it on the table. And his family was there. His brothers and his sisters were there. I mean he was he was not even afraid to show that side in front of his family. Who did you live with then? Did you live by yourself in Tampa? Was it just you and the show? Well, we did, but then I moved into a house with a roommate. Who was your roommate? Pat Johnson, Patricia. Did you also Did she live in Georgia with you at all or no? Okay. No. Do you know a Yes. Who is he to you? He's the one who helped me get the false identification. Did he move down to Tampa with you at all or He did not move down to Tampa with me, but I heard rumors that he did move to St. Petersburg. Okay. No, never lived with him in Tampa. Did he Did any other roommates move down from Georgia? Okay, just Michael. Michael He didn't move with you, but he moved down to that area. >> I heard that he moved with someone else down to St. Petersburg. I don't know if that's true or not. I don't even know if he's still alive, either. And you said And you said you were in Atlanta for approximately a year around 1983 and then left Tampa to Pennsylvania in '86. I think so. I'm kind of trying to count the years by this, but the the time in Georgia, I don't really think I don't think it was a whole year. I think I'm left in March or April and I don't remember being there at Christmas time. How long were you in in Pennsylvania? Until 2008. 2008? Then I got a job transfer to Charlotte, North Carolina. Okay. Where are you working now? Wells Fargo. And then I moved up here in 2013. To where is this? Retired 2 years ago because I don't know if it makes any sense, but I've been me for so long. I've just been me. I don't know how else to explain it. It's been a long time. A very long time. And when I met Reggie, I was just me and I think there were always times when I felt bad. But it How do you go backwards? How do you tell somebody how do you tell somebody who's been a member of the law enforcement he's probably one of the best people you'll ever meet. He's involved in the community. He's in the Marine Corps League. He does all these things for Toys for Tots and people. And I didn't want to ruin that and I guess now I have ruined it anyway. I wouldn't doubt it, you know. I wouldn't go really say you ruined anything. I mean it's Yeah, you had your reasons of you know, protecting you and your daughter. I mean that's But I should have told the truth a long time ago. Do you know if my parents are alive? They are not alive, no. Your sister is. Do you know if Joseph is alive? Joseph is still alive. Your sister has was made aware that we located you. Okay. Um I'm going to make sure that you're in contact with the detective up there as well. I mean they've been I've found Facebook posts of them wanting to make contact with you and just they miss you and they just they just want you back. Your sister, so. I never saw anything. I never But then again, I really didn't look. And I know her married name and I thought about maybe just to see if she had a family and I know she has a daughter named Jennifer, but that's all I know. And Jennifer is probably 40, 45 years old. Yeah. How did you uh like throughout the years, how did you enroll uh Amanda to school? I don't know what you mean. >> Like you didn't need a birth certificate, like just >> fake one. Fake one? The name Amanda on it? They just And was it in Pennsylvania? The school? Mhm. She went to first grade in Tampa and then when we moved she went to school in Exeter and then Exeter? Exeter, Pennsylvania. Oh, that's okay. And then I bought a house in Reading and she went to school in Reading and then Catholic school. I was a good mom. I was a good mom. When did you meet Mr. Reggie? Um it's been We've been married 23 years so probably 26 years ago. So 2000 so you're in Pennsylvania? Yeah. So right around 2000. Are you going on 26 years or 25 years? No, um we've been married 23 years. >> 23? Is he okay? Your husband? Is he okay? >> to talk to him. Yeah, I want you to talk to him. While we're here I she is still considered a missing person so we are going to have a local police department reach out to her. Would you like to talk to her on the phone? Okay, we'll get that. We'll make sure that happens, okay? Before they do or after? I thought they were fortunately has to be after. She's going to be terrified. So we we need to just be aware she's still considered a missing person, visually see her and then kind of we're going to make sure that it's explained in a way where she understands. She might not understand but in a way where somebody who is not just a regular patrol deputy who has facts to the case can go to the house and say hey this is what's going on and then we'll make that phone call They're not going to like ambush her like We're going to make sure that it's not, you know >> Cuz this was really scary. I'm sorry. I would have come to you if I knew. I really would have. I'm not I'm not a bad person. I'm just not a bad person. And we're not saying you are. We're not saying that at all, ma'am. Um You be It's just certain things, um especially in our profession, uh we have where people will run I know. and and hide and stuff. And >> I can't do that anymore. Too old. And and to be 100% honest with you, uh we were trying to do it in a way to where we didn't really cause attention. Um but we also wanted kind of the same same outcome as you do. Like to go ahead and like resolve this. Um That way it wasn't another you know, 15, 20 years of this case remaining open. Um so that's why we kind of kind of all teamed up and and waited uh cuz we didn't want to spook you. And then we were out there as long as you've been a long A long time. Um as Miss Sharon, we didn't want to, you know, like scare you or anything in the aspect of where you would have went higher or you know, deeper hidden than we could get to. >> I'm done. So, yeah, we And when I saw that name on the folder, it was just like so much like a knife going through me to see that last name. I mean that's I know that I know that's I know that's who it is, but that's not me. I don't want to be that person. Which is from what you've told us and everything and we we understand, you know, why. You know, there's I've had I've >> [clears throat] >> I have a past and I'm I'm not that person anymore. I had to move from away from my family and everything as well. Um, met my wife here in this this county and everything. I'm not from here. So, I mean it's been a better life for me. Um, I mean I didn't do it the same way you did, but you know, I was I was able to to do that. I'm sure you didn't break any laws like I did. Uh, uh, not not to get away in a minute, but I did break rules. Um, I didn't want to do it that way. Yeah, I and we we understand that, too, because we understand that you know, it's different from how it is in the '80s and compared to now. You know, we know that back in the '80s there domestic violence was was not a thing like it is now. Um, you know, a lot of times, you know, back in the day that we know that that a lot of females didn't have a voice. So, but we we understand that. I tried when I was in Charlotte to do things like with Dress for Success and domestic violence survivors. Even here, I tried to behind the scenes working, donating stuff because I know what it's like to not have a place to go. I mean, there's just nowhere to go. And it's not perfect now, but we definitely got some of those avenues and everything now, but this is still a work in progress, though. Do you have any questions for us right now? What What happens next? Okay, since you do have a warrant for your arrest, okay, we're going to process you and book you. And then, I'm not sure what the timeline is, but Kentucky has a certain amount of time to extradite you back to Kentucky. Okay? Um, you'll have a court hearing with at criminal judge, but honestly, we don't know what happens after we drop you off. There's There's a process. Just because you're out of Kentucky, there There's legal proceedings and It's going to be a little bit. What's a little bit mean? Like how many days do they have to bring her back? They're going to extradite her for like 7 days, 10 days, depending on the monitor. So, I'm going to be I'm going to be honest with you. It's going to be a couple of weeks. I'm I'm not sure if they're going to, you know, extradite you back to Kentucky. We're not the state of Kentucky. We don't know what they're going to do. We've been in contact with them. We don't really know what they're going to do. But, what >> You're going to go to the jail today. You do have a warrant, so you're going to jail today. But, what does bonding do? A yellow bond, that means there's there's You have to put up cash um in order to get released from jail with a court date. The problem is that we're not in Kentucky. Um so, they would have to extradite you back to Kentucky where they give that bond, correct? I believe in the state of Florida right now, you're you're held under no bond. So, you don't have a bond in the state of Florida. When you go back to Kentucky, you will have a bond. 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