1 00:00:02,370 --> 00:00:04,730 [eerie music playing] 2 00:00:06,370 --> 00:00:09,700 [vocalizing] 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,430 There's always a clique at church camp. 4 00:00:14,470 --> 00:00:16,370 RACHEL: Either you fit into the group... 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:17,970 or you didn't. 6 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:21,830 REBEKAH: She definitely wanted to be part of 7 00:00:21,870 --> 00:00:24,900 the "it" crowd, and she was infatuated immediately. 8 00:00:24,930 --> 00:00:26,630 He was her life. 9 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:28,470 KELLY: I'm not saying he's a bad guy, but 10 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,200 she gave people chances that they didn't deserve. 11 00:00:31,230 --> 00:00:32,670 RACHEL: I wonder if she's faking that pregnancy 12 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:33,770 just to keep that dude? 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,700 The search is intensifying tonight for 14 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:38,400 a missing Austin mother and her baby. 15 00:00:38,430 --> 00:00:40,200 How can you vanish with a baby? 16 00:00:41,230 --> 00:00:42,830 CARESSA: But... 17 00:00:42,870 --> 00:00:45,200 I was starting to put these pieces together. 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,130 -My stomach turned. -They loved each other. 19 00:00:49,170 --> 00:00:50,230 Didn't make sense. 20 00:00:50,270 --> 00:00:53,130 I just remember screaming. I didn't see the evil. 21 00:00:53,170 --> 00:00:57,430 [theme music playing] 22 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:19,400 My full name is Jennifer Youngblood. 23 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:23,070 I go by Jay on my true crime podcast. 24 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:26,900 I cover breaking news and true crime and missing people. 25 00:01:26,930 --> 00:01:30,400 And on that day, we started the podcast talking about 26 00:01:30,430 --> 00:01:34,570 a missing mother and newborn and just getting the word out. 27 00:01:38,670 --> 00:01:41,630 JAY: Caressa was a friend who was willing to come 28 00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:45,000 on my podcast and tell us about her friend. 29 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,530 The podcast went for a good 90 minutes with nothing 30 00:01:50,570 --> 00:01:52,430 happening, uneventful. 31 00:01:52,470 --> 00:01:54,030 And then... 32 00:01:54,970 --> 00:01:56,229 CARESSA: But... 33 00:02:05,570 --> 00:02:07,470 JAY: Things were going on in real time. 34 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,070 A raid was happening, and it involves 35 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:11,830 a missing persons case. 36 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:16,230 [Jay gasps] 37 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:25,070 [girls laughing, talking indistinctly] 38 00:02:29,530 --> 00:02:31,670 One, two... 39 00:02:38,230 --> 00:02:41,329 I'm a little bit older, but my sister Rachel, Kelly, 40 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:45,930 and Heidi have been best friends for as long as I know, 41 00:02:45,970 --> 00:02:47,430 of course, as long as I remember. 42 00:02:47,470 --> 00:02:49,870 Ready? Yeah, go! 43 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:53,600 We met through church when I was around eight years old. 44 00:02:53,630 --> 00:02:55,300 We went to the same children's church, 45 00:02:55,329 --> 00:02:57,430 and they kind of took me in. 46 00:02:57,470 --> 00:03:00,330 We were, I feel like the Charlie's Angels, 47 00:03:00,370 --> 00:03:01,470 the three of us. 48 00:03:02,670 --> 00:03:06,130 Kelly was softer, I guess you'd say, in my opinion, 49 00:03:06,170 --> 00:03:07,770 more of the quieter one in the group. 50 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,570 Even though I'm not quiet today. 51 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,570 Uh, I was definitely more of the quiet one, 52 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,400 but Heidi was the one who made friends with everybody. 53 00:03:15,430 --> 00:03:18,570 She was the spunky, loving friend, 54 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,030 full of life, full of energy. 55 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:24,170 I was the wild child, 56 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,400 let's just say that -- we really were 57 00:03:26,430 --> 00:03:31,030 inseparable, and we made such a tight bond. 58 00:03:31,070 --> 00:03:33,170 NARRATOR: It's the late 1990s, 59 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,400 and for Christian teens across America, 60 00:03:35,430 --> 00:03:38,770 purity is the name of the game. 61 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,700 We wore purity rings, and it was a big part of who we were. 62 00:03:42,730 --> 00:03:44,370 I don't know if it was Britney, 63 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,800 but it was something that we did. 64 00:03:45,829 --> 00:03:48,800 You hope that you'll remain a virgin until you get married. 65 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:49,900 Yeah. 66 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:51,730 NARRATOR: And if you're a preteen girl, 67 00:03:51,770 --> 00:03:55,370 they tell you it's the purest ones who are closest to God. 68 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,400 There were girls in our youth group who would get engaged 69 00:03:58,430 --> 00:04:00,830 and stand in front of 70 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:03,100 the entire youth group and say they weren't gonna kiss till 71 00:04:03,130 --> 00:04:04,070 the day they got married. 72 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,330 That was a little extreme. 73 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:09,100 There is a lot of pressure to do things the right way. 74 00:04:09,130 --> 00:04:11,730 There's a lot of pressure to be married 75 00:04:11,770 --> 00:04:13,600 before you have children, 76 00:04:13,630 --> 00:04:14,770 to be married before you have sex. 77 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,829 You wanna save that for your husband or your wife. 78 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:20,470 KELLY: The only thing I was allowed to listen to was 79 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:21,930 Christian music. 80 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:25,030 We were not allowed to listen to secular music. 81 00:04:25,070 --> 00:04:27,700 It wasn't a thing -- I didn't even have TV. 82 00:04:28,770 --> 00:04:30,370 RACHEL: We go to church every Sunday, we go to church 83 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,570 every Wednesday -- we pray, we believe God. 84 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,470 When the doors were open at the church, we were there. 85 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:37,030 We feared God more than we feared our parents, 86 00:04:37,070 --> 00:04:38,170 not gonna lie. 87 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,300 NARRATOR: God probably isn't keeping score, 88 00:04:41,330 --> 00:04:43,470 but don't tell that to the tween-age girls 89 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:44,630 at church camp. 90 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,130 RACHEL: There was this amazing camp that 91 00:04:49,170 --> 00:04:52,000 our church had gotten involved in, 92 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:54,870 and it was called Discovery Country Camp. 93 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:57,470 Was out on campus at Texas Bible Institute in 94 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:58,970 Columbus, Texas. 95 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,330 There's always a clique at camp. 96 00:05:01,370 --> 00:05:03,500 We had so much fun together. 97 00:05:03,530 --> 00:05:05,800 It was us three. 98 00:05:05,830 --> 00:05:07,600 RACHEL: We were the "it" people. 99 00:05:08,530 --> 00:05:10,970 We didn't really care if we were popular, 100 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,670 didn't really care if we were not popular. 101 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:14,570 It made people want to be around us, 102 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,900 because we were loud and fun -- with me, 103 00:05:16,930 --> 00:05:18,970 Heidi, and Kelly, either you fit into the group 104 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,100 or you didn't. 105 00:05:21,370 --> 00:05:23,000 Heidi and Rachel and Kelly would think 106 00:05:23,030 --> 00:05:24,230 that it was the "it" group, right? 107 00:05:24,270 --> 00:05:25,970 It was their group. 108 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,330 NARRATOR: As they say, 109 00:05:27,370 --> 00:05:30,600 with great power comes great responsibility. 110 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:33,070 Popular girls get to choose who sits 111 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:36,100 in their pew, and two other campers, 112 00:05:36,130 --> 00:05:40,970 Magen Humphreys and Caressa Nolte, want to be included. 113 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,570 RACHEL: Caressa was very pretty. 114 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,430 She had the cutest haircut, 115 00:05:44,470 --> 00:05:49,670 the cutest style, and she was also loud and fun like us. 116 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,070 She was there every year, because she lives in Columbus. 117 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,330 There was an immediate, like, friend attraction there. 118 00:05:55,370 --> 00:05:57,830 Magen... I never liked. 119 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:02,530 KELLY: I didn't like her. 120 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:04,830 She just rubbed me the wrong way. 121 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:06,600 She was weird, 122 00:06:06,630 --> 00:06:09,700 and Magen was definitely a wannabe. 123 00:06:09,730 --> 00:06:11,900 She was never one of those people, 124 00:06:11,930 --> 00:06:14,800 in my opinion, that were magnetic, 125 00:06:14,830 --> 00:06:18,770 and she definitely wanted to be part of the "it" crowd. 126 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,170 But she was a nice girl. 127 00:06:21,770 --> 00:06:23,830 NARRATOR: There's nothing more obvious than 128 00:06:23,870 --> 00:06:26,700 the girl who's trying too hard. 129 00:06:26,730 --> 00:06:28,730 She didn't fit in. 130 00:06:28,770 --> 00:06:31,070 There was many times where I definitely 131 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:32,200 walked a little faster 132 00:06:32,230 --> 00:06:35,930 to get away from her and exclude her from the crowd. 133 00:06:35,970 --> 00:06:38,400 Sometimes I wanted to go, hey, let's go early to 134 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:40,970 eat lunch, and then if Magen catches up with us, 135 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,330 she does, if she doesn't, oh, well. 136 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:45,600 NARRATOR: But there's one member of the "it" group 137 00:06:45,630 --> 00:06:48,230 who always follows the golden rule. 138 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,470 REBEKAH: Heidi loved everybody. 139 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:52,630 So she was really good at kind of 140 00:06:52,670 --> 00:06:56,130 bringing everybody in and making them feel included. 141 00:06:56,170 --> 00:06:58,530 RACHEL: Heidi would see the best in everybody. 142 00:06:58,570 --> 00:07:00,700 She was like, "I'm gonna include everybody. 143 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:02,100 I'm gonna love everybody." 144 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:05,600 If Magen would be excluded from anything, 145 00:07:05,630 --> 00:07:07,600 I don't think she ever would know it, because 146 00:07:07,630 --> 00:07:10,470 Heidi would reinclude her before she ever knew 147 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,300 so her feelings wouldn't get hurt. 148 00:07:12,330 --> 00:07:13,500 It was so annoying. 149 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:20,270 KELLY: Magen would do things to try to pull Heidi away 150 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:22,030 from everybody, 151 00:07:22,070 --> 00:07:25,230 where it would just be Magen and Heidi. 152 00:07:25,270 --> 00:07:28,970 I don't think Magen had anybody, and I hate to say that 153 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,870 Heidi couldn't have other friends, 154 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,070 but that's the way Magen treated her, like she was just 155 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:34,670 selfish with her. 156 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:37,170 Magen would have loved to have her all for herself. 157 00:07:38,470 --> 00:07:39,570 Definitely. 158 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,730 NARRATOR: As the girls get older, they outgrow 159 00:07:43,770 --> 00:07:46,730 the camp drama and start their adult lives. 160 00:07:46,770 --> 00:07:50,030 We all grew up, and after the camp in Columbus, 161 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,970 everybody kind of went their own ways. 162 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,670 I got married, Rachel and Kelly went back to Louisiana, 163 00:07:55,700 --> 00:08:00,200 Magen moved to Houston, and Caressa stayed in Columbus. 164 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:02,070 Heidi came back to Lake Charles, 165 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:04,670 and she always stayed in touch with everyone. 166 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:06,930 She was probably a better friend than all of us. 167 00:08:06,970 --> 00:08:09,770 She knew how to stay in touch with every one of us, 168 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,970 keep a pulse on all of our lives and how we 169 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,830 were doing, no matter where she was or where we were. 170 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:22,770 NARRATOR: Now a young adult, Heidi begins working at 171 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,530 a new casino in her hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana. 172 00:08:26,570 --> 00:08:30,330 And there she meets a blue-eyed charmer named Shane. 173 00:08:30,370 --> 00:08:32,230 RACHEL: It was a fairly new casino when they both started 174 00:08:32,270 --> 00:08:34,799 working there, and she fell pretty head over heels 175 00:08:34,830 --> 00:08:35,870 pretty quick. 176 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:37,900 She was infatuated immediately. 177 00:08:37,929 --> 00:08:39,370 He was her life. 178 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,970 RACHEL: They hit it off, then they started dating, 179 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,130 and then she popped up pregnant. 180 00:08:44,169 --> 00:08:45,830 So surprise baby. 181 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:49,430 REBEKAH: Heidi and Shane were not married at the time, 182 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:53,470 and they were surprised with the pregnancy of their son. 183 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,730 I don't think he ever proposed to her. 184 00:08:55,770 --> 00:08:56,930 We were always taught, 185 00:08:56,970 --> 00:08:59,130 yeah, you abstain 186 00:08:59,170 --> 00:09:03,270 from sex before you're married, and she was nervous. 187 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:05,270 But she was also very excited to tell 188 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:07,600 her mom that her mom was having a grandbaby. 189 00:09:08,770 --> 00:09:11,600 The baby was born, and she was truly happy. 190 00:09:11,630 --> 00:09:14,700 She was so happy to be a mom. 191 00:09:14,730 --> 00:09:17,000 NARRATOR: Heidi, Shane, and their new baby 192 00:09:17,030 --> 00:09:19,170 make a picture perfect young family 193 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,570 but not all is well behind closed doors. 194 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:27,130 He was a great guy from the outside, 195 00:09:27,170 --> 00:09:31,800 but Shane had his moments, which didn't cause him to be 196 00:09:31,830 --> 00:09:33,000 the best dad, 197 00:09:33,030 --> 00:09:35,530 even boyfriend, that Heidi needed. 198 00:09:35,570 --> 00:09:37,430 We learn different things about people as we get to 199 00:09:37,470 --> 00:09:40,170 know them -- we all have our flaws, 200 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,170 and she gave people chances that they didn't deserve. 201 00:09:58,230 --> 00:10:00,930 REBEKAH: After the birth of the baby, 202 00:10:00,970 --> 00:10:02,970 Shane and Heidi moved to Austin. 203 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,400 There were some rough patches. 204 00:10:05,430 --> 00:10:08,900 Heidi moved out a time or two with her son, 205 00:10:08,930 --> 00:10:13,000 and they always just ended up gravitating back to one another. 206 00:10:13,030 --> 00:10:15,840 But it was just very hard for Heidi. 207 00:10:15,870 --> 00:10:17,930 Stay broken up for a little bit, and then back together, 208 00:10:17,970 --> 00:10:20,330 break -- they were that on again, off again 209 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:23,530 constant relationship that struggled. 210 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,600 They would be really good for a long time, 211 00:10:26,630 --> 00:10:28,630 and then they would just break up. 212 00:10:30,270 --> 00:10:32,930 Heidi called me crying, and she said, 213 00:10:32,970 --> 00:10:35,170 "I don't know if I can do this relationship anymore. 214 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,470 "It's just hard. 215 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,670 "I don't know what he wants, 216 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:41,300 and I don't know what I want at this time." 217 00:10:41,330 --> 00:10:46,430 It was a very toxic situation between her and Shane. 218 00:10:46,470 --> 00:10:51,070 And she would tell me she did feel alone. 219 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:52,900 NARRATOR: Sometimes it's impossible to know 220 00:10:52,930 --> 00:10:54,570 what's happening in a relationship 221 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,700 even if it's your best friend. 222 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:58,470 At that point, 223 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:01,270 I think she had made up her mind that she really was gonna 224 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:05,400 move back to Louisiana, and then boom, 225 00:11:05,430 --> 00:11:07,430 she was pregnant with her second baby. 226 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:13,200 NARRATOR: The news is a blow to Heidi's plans. 227 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:16,170 KELLY: Heidi's second pregnancy was also very unexpected. 228 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:21,530 It was not something she was even excited about at the time, 229 00:11:21,570 --> 00:11:24,030 and not being married again, 230 00:11:24,070 --> 00:11:26,170 not having her family. 231 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,000 RACHEL: She goes, "Oh my God, what am I gonna do?" 232 00:11:29,030 --> 00:11:31,600 And I said, "It's gonna be fine, just like it's always 233 00:11:31,630 --> 00:11:33,130 been fine." 234 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,130 We don't get to decide when we're pregnant. 235 00:11:35,170 --> 00:11:37,330 Like, God always knows what's best 236 00:11:37,370 --> 00:11:39,630 and timing is always perfect when it's a baby. 237 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,000 NARRATOR: And thankfully, two of her old 238 00:11:44,030 --> 00:11:47,200 camp friends are also living in Texas. 239 00:11:47,230 --> 00:11:49,100 RACHEL: Magen was in Houston, 240 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:52,300 and she grew closer and closer to Heidi, 241 00:11:52,330 --> 00:11:55,300 and then Caressa was living in Columbus, 242 00:11:55,330 --> 00:11:58,270 Texas, and just a phone call away for her. 243 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:01,430 REBEKAH: Heidi, Caressa, and Magen got very close. 244 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:05,300 She was closer to them than she was to Lake Charles, 245 00:12:05,330 --> 00:12:06,530 and we still saw her, 246 00:12:06,570 --> 00:12:10,600 but she started to spend more time with them. 247 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:12,700 It was really just very nice for 248 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:14,840 Heidi to have that support that she needs 249 00:12:14,870 --> 00:12:15,840 during that time. 250 00:12:15,870 --> 00:12:18,400 Heidi definitely kept that relationship alive. 251 00:12:18,430 --> 00:12:21,030 Magen and Caressa also had quite a bit of a connection. 252 00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:22,770 KELLY: Caressa was always around. 253 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,100 I don't remember Caressa being possessive of anyone. 254 00:12:27,130 --> 00:12:30,230 I do remember Caressa wanting attention, 255 00:12:30,270 --> 00:12:32,130 but it was more of attention from everybody, 256 00:12:32,170 --> 00:12:33,700 not just Heidi. 257 00:12:33,740 --> 00:12:37,030 When I see Caressa, I hug her. 258 00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:40,200 I love on her, and I have no problem with her. 259 00:12:40,230 --> 00:12:42,070 We're just not close. 260 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:44,570 Magen's life -- I wasn't interested, 261 00:12:46,070 --> 00:12:48,270 and I mean that in the nicest way possible, 262 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,200 and every time Heidi would call me and say, "Oh, I'm going 263 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:54,030 to see Magen," and every time she would talk about Magen, 264 00:12:54,070 --> 00:12:56,700 I'd be like, "You're still friends with that girl?" 265 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:58,130 Like, why? 266 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,570 NARRATOR: With Magen and Caressa's support, 267 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,370 Heidi gets excited about the new addition to her family 268 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,600 and is even happier when she learns she's not alone. 269 00:13:10,630 --> 00:13:14,200 It was just a matter of weeks between Heidi announcing that 270 00:13:14,230 --> 00:13:15,800 she was pregnant and then Magen announcing 271 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,970 that she was pregnant with her on and off 272 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,030 boyfriend, Chris, that she's living with. 273 00:13:21,070 --> 00:13:24,130 It was very, very quick, extremely quick. 274 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:27,470 KELLY: Magen had even told Heidi that they had the same due date, 275 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,400 which was a shock to everybody. 276 00:13:29,430 --> 00:13:32,170 You ever heard the saying, keep up with the Joneses? 277 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,900 It was almost like, oh, Heidi's pregnant. 278 00:13:33,930 --> 00:13:36,770 I gotta get pregnant now -- didn't shock me at all. 279 00:13:39,070 --> 00:13:43,230 It's definitely like a raining on your parade. 280 00:13:43,270 --> 00:13:46,900 I mean, I'm sure I rolled my eyes, because I was never a fan, 281 00:13:46,930 --> 00:13:50,770 but Heidi never wanted to take the glow away from anybody. 282 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,740 So she definitely didn't talk about it 283 00:13:52,770 --> 00:13:54,600 in a negative light or even that it was weird. 284 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:57,000 I'll be honest, I was happy for her, 285 00:13:57,030 --> 00:13:58,270 because I've experienced that 286 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,670 and been able to walk through a pregnancy with someone that 287 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:03,200 you're close to, and it's a fun experience. 288 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,770 NARRATOR: The thought of welcoming this blessing from God 289 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,840 appears to breathe new life into Heidi and Shane's 290 00:14:11,870 --> 00:14:13,530 troubled relationship. 291 00:14:13,570 --> 00:14:17,400 After that point, Shane did an around about face. 292 00:14:17,430 --> 00:14:21,300 Shane really stepped up to the plate and became who Heidi 293 00:14:21,330 --> 00:14:23,300 needed him to be. 294 00:14:23,330 --> 00:14:27,030 Heidi chose to fight for her relationship with Shane. 295 00:14:27,070 --> 00:14:30,770 She really loved him, and she kind of set some ultimatums in 296 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,300 place, like we're gonna make 297 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:35,500 this work, and we're not gonna fight, and we're, 298 00:14:35,530 --> 00:14:37,930 you know, gonna do this for our children. 299 00:14:37,970 --> 00:14:40,770 NARRATOR: While things are looking up for Heidi and Shane, 300 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,270 Magen's journey with her boyfriend, Chris, isn't so rosy. 301 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:48,300 Magen and Chris were living in Houston together. 302 00:14:48,330 --> 00:14:52,330 Their relationship was on the rocks, but she was pregnant 303 00:14:52,370 --> 00:14:53,870 with his child. 304 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:56,740 I remember Heidi telling me that Magen had a rocky 305 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:59,100 relationship also, and she didn't know 306 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:01,740 how that was gonna happen, how she was gonna do alone. 307 00:15:01,770 --> 00:15:03,870 She was living in the same house as him, 308 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:05,470 but they were living on different ends of the house. 309 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:08,300 So they weren't spending time in the same bedroom. 310 00:15:08,330 --> 00:15:10,500 They were sleeping in opposite rooms. 311 00:15:10,530 --> 00:15:12,270 He traveled a lot, as well. 312 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:15,430 He worked out in the oil field, so he wasn't home all the time. 313 00:15:15,470 --> 00:15:17,370 She was there by herself. 314 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,600 Magen leaned on Heidi for support, and she was like, 315 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:24,400 "I can have you to help me if I become a single mom." 316 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:32,200 KELLY: Late in November, 317 00:15:32,230 --> 00:15:34,500 Heidi gave birth to a very healthy baby girl. 318 00:15:34,530 --> 00:15:38,000 And Magen did make the trip from Houston 319 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:41,070 to Austin to be at the delivery for Heidi. 320 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:44,070 To my knowledge, she was given a key to Shane and Heidi's 321 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:47,530 apartment to go spend the night there that night, because Shane 322 00:15:47,570 --> 00:15:50,030 did not want a pregnant girl to drive two hours back home 323 00:15:50,070 --> 00:15:51,700 that far along in her pregnancy. 324 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:55,770 Shane was close with Magen, because Heidi cared about Magen 325 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,840 so much -- Shane had sympathy 326 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:00,870 or empathy, I guess you would say, for 327 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:04,270 Magen because of what she was going through. 328 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,570 And the next morning, Magen headed back to Houston. 329 00:16:08,070 --> 00:16:12,770 NARRATOR: Just two weeks later, on December 6th, 2019, 330 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,430 Magen shares the happy news with friends that 331 00:16:15,470 --> 00:16:17,670 she's given birth to her own baby girl 332 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:19,330 she's named Luna. 333 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,970 It was awesome to see two friends share 334 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,840 their lives together and the babies grow up together. 335 00:16:23,870 --> 00:16:25,100 So it was super exciting. 336 00:16:34,570 --> 00:16:37,800 I got a phone call that afternoon from Shane 337 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,600 asking if I had heard from Heidi, 338 00:16:39,630 --> 00:16:43,070 if Heidi had taken a day trip to meet me. 339 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,430 I was like, why would Heidi be with me? 340 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:48,370 And he's like, "She didn't pick up our son from school," 341 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,470 and that's not like her. It's absolutely not like her. 342 00:16:52,370 --> 00:16:54,740 And then after that, Heidi's mother, 343 00:16:54,770 --> 00:16:58,130 Tammy, called me to ask me the same question. 344 00:16:58,170 --> 00:17:01,400 Then maybe 45 minutes to an hour later, 345 00:17:01,430 --> 00:17:02,900 we're all just calling each other. 346 00:17:02,930 --> 00:17:04,869 I've called Rachel, Kelly. 347 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:06,000 I've called my mom. 348 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:08,170 I've talked to Tammy -- at that point, 349 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,329 it was very frantic, like, somebody 350 00:17:10,369 --> 00:17:12,970 has to know where she is, right? 351 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,030 Nobody could get in touch with her. 352 00:17:15,069 --> 00:17:19,000 And I remember the pit in my stomach, 353 00:17:19,030 --> 00:17:21,400 but I didn't freak out. 354 00:17:21,430 --> 00:17:22,530 Felt like she was okay. 355 00:17:22,569 --> 00:17:25,000 She's okay. Everything is gonna be okay. 356 00:17:25,030 --> 00:17:27,700 KELLY: I tried calling Heidi, texting Heidi. 357 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:30,030 I was just hoping, you know, you don't -- 358 00:17:30,070 --> 00:17:32,230 you don't even know what you're hoping for. 359 00:17:32,270 --> 00:17:35,600 It was definitely like Heidi vanished. 360 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:37,470 But how can you vanish with a baby? 361 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:55,040 [phone number dialing, phone ringing] 362 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:57,600 Shane called the Austin Police Department to report that his 363 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,540 wife and his newborn infant had been missing that 364 00:18:00,570 --> 00:18:01,900 whole day. 365 00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:04,540 And then what's often common the next day, he comes into 366 00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:06,300 the police station, where he has 367 00:18:06,340 --> 00:18:10,900 a much more in-depth interview with the detectives to try to 368 00:18:10,940 --> 00:18:13,640 figure out what could have happened. 369 00:18:13,670 --> 00:18:15,270 Where could she be? 370 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:16,640 Where could the infant be? 371 00:18:17,570 --> 00:18:20,770 Shane told police he woke up for work. 372 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,000 About 6:30, he leaves the apartment. 373 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,070 He said Heidi, like she does every 374 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,240 other day, takes her son to elementary school. 375 00:18:30,470 --> 00:18:33,170 He claimed that he spoke with Heidi at 8:30 376 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,900 in the morning when she got back from the school, 377 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,000 and everything was fine. 378 00:18:40,770 --> 00:18:42,270 When Shane got off work that day, 379 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:44,670 he tried to call Heidi on the cell phone, wasn't able to 380 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:46,600 reach her, and then he went back to their apartment, 381 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,170 and he noticed when he pulled in that her car was there. 382 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,770 He went up to the apartment, which was unlocked. 383 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,000 JAY: And no one's home. 384 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,270 However, the apartment wasn't in disarray. 385 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,640 All the necessities they needed for their baby, 386 00:19:00,670 --> 00:19:04,500 whether that be car seats or carriers, baby food, 387 00:19:04,540 --> 00:19:07,140 were all still in the apartment. 388 00:19:07,170 --> 00:19:09,970 The only things that he could not find of Heidi's was 389 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,300 her cell phone and the keys to the car, 390 00:19:12,340 --> 00:19:15,270 but initially was not alarmed and felt she was just in 391 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:16,540 the neighborhood with the baby 392 00:19:16,570 --> 00:19:17,840 talking to a neighbor. 393 00:19:17,870 --> 00:19:20,400 And then he gets a call that their son 394 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,100 hasn't been picked up from school. 395 00:19:23,170 --> 00:19:26,570 He said he went to pick up the son and waited about 396 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,840 10, 15 minutes to see if Heidi would show up to get him. 397 00:19:29,870 --> 00:19:31,240 And when she didn't show up, 398 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:35,170 that was his first cue that something was wrong. 399 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,940 When Shane got back from the school, 400 00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:38,170 not meeting Heidi there, 401 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,040 that was when I think the panic set in. 402 00:19:41,070 --> 00:19:43,000 He said there's no way Heidi took off 403 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,870 without her other child. 404 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:48,500 So clearly, she had been abducted by somebody. 405 00:19:49,870 --> 00:19:52,400 CHRIS: In most of these cases where someone goes missing, 406 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,940 it is a spouse or someone very close who commits the crime. 407 00:19:56,970 --> 00:19:59,270 REBEKAH: Even though Shane and Heidi were happy, 408 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,900 Everybody thought that he may have been involved. 409 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:03,800 Watch a movie, watch TV. 410 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,640 That's always the first suspect, right? 411 00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:09,500 Heidi struggled with her relationship with Shane, 412 00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:11,440 and that wasn't a secret to anybody. 413 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:13,570 Their relationship was definitely off and on, 414 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,540 hot and cold, almost by the day. 415 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:18,840 CHRIS: So we needed to figure out 416 00:20:18,870 --> 00:20:21,100 if Shane is telling the truth. 417 00:20:21,140 --> 00:20:24,370 Shane had told us that Heidi went to the elementary school. 418 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,600 So detectives went there to pull that video. 419 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,640 There was surveillance footage at 8:12 showing her 420 00:20:30,670 --> 00:20:33,500 with the newborn dropping off her son at school. 421 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:35,100 So everything that Shane said 422 00:20:35,140 --> 00:20:37,970 about that morning was corroborated. 423 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,340 NARRATOR: Although Shane appears to be cooperating, 424 00:20:40,370 --> 00:20:42,400 the clock is ticking. 425 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,300 They put out an emergency ping for 48 hours. 426 00:20:45,340 --> 00:20:47,070 An emergency ping is when 427 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:51,140 the police ask a phone company to ping a cell phone 428 00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:53,470 to find its location. 429 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,740 In Heidi's case, they didn't get a response from the phone. 430 00:20:56,770 --> 00:20:59,600 So either the phone had died or it was shut off. 431 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,070 From looking at Heidi's social media, from looking at her 432 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:04,600 records from phones, 433 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,170 it was very obvious that everything was normal. 434 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:13,170 Heidi seemed happy, there was no talk of running away. 435 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,140 Everything that we saw led us to believe that, you know, 436 00:21:16,170 --> 00:21:19,440 that day, all of a sudden, everything changed. 437 00:21:19,470 --> 00:21:22,040 NARRATOR: Investigators also do a door-to-door canvass 438 00:21:22,070 --> 00:21:23,600 of the apartment complex, 439 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,500 hoping to drum up leads. 440 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:27,500 The most concerning thing is that 441 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:28,900 she didn't have any baby bottles, 442 00:21:28,940 --> 00:21:30,540 no diapers, no wipes. 443 00:21:30,570 --> 00:21:32,200 That would cause anyone to panic, 444 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,640 that someone took a newborn out of the home with nothing to 445 00:21:35,670 --> 00:21:36,770 take care of that newborn. 446 00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:40,670 NARRATOR: Meanwhile, news of Heidi's disappearance 447 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:43,240 hits those close to her hard. 448 00:21:43,270 --> 00:21:46,940 I was in Louisiana when I found out. 449 00:21:46,970 --> 00:21:50,340 Caressa was in Columbus, and Magen 450 00:21:50,370 --> 00:21:53,670 was in Houston, because she'd just given birth to her baby. 451 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,800 But everybody really came together pretty 452 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,640 quickly to try to find her. 453 00:21:57,670 --> 00:22:01,240 We were all helping from our own home hub. 454 00:22:01,270 --> 00:22:05,300 I remember making a Facebook post and saying, "My best friend 455 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:08,900 is missing, and we need all the prayer warriors to pray." 456 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:11,170 How does somebody just -- 457 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,870 how -- how did they just disappear? 458 00:22:14,570 --> 00:22:18,140 You know, people would say things like, "Oh, she ran away, 459 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,400 "she took the baby, 460 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,670 maybe it was postpartum, and she ran away," and I'd always go 461 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:26,500 back to, she'd never leave her little boy, ever. 462 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:31,900 I remember crying, like Lord help us 463 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:34,400 find her, like she's gonna be okay. 464 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,900 It's gonna be fine, like, she's somewhere out there. 465 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:38,140 Keep her safe. 466 00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:41,400 I honestly thought that she was taken for her baby, 467 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,140 for the baby to be sold. 468 00:22:43,170 --> 00:22:45,470 That was my feeling in my heart. 469 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,370 We've been working this case continually. 470 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:55,670 We have... 471 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,870 asked for the help of the FBI. 472 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:01,470 The FBI is sending in the CARD team. 473 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:04,500 That's the Child Abduction Response Deployment team 474 00:23:04,540 --> 00:23:06,600 here to Austin to assist with this investigation 475 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,600 and with this search. 476 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,000 CHRIS: Austin police was doing everything that they needed 477 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,300 to do, but one of the real benefits that 478 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:17,300 the FBI can bring to bear is massive manpower, 479 00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:21,340 a lot of specialty things, to aid those police departments. 480 00:23:21,370 --> 00:23:23,840 And that's really why the FBI got so involved. 481 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:27,540 One of the most important parts of a missing person case 482 00:23:27,570 --> 00:23:29,740 is getting the name out there, 483 00:23:29,770 --> 00:23:32,570 getting in the media so that everybody sees. 484 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,100 You add a two-week-old infant into that, 485 00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:37,000 you're really gonna gain media attention. 486 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,900 The search is intensifying tonight for a missing Austin 487 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:41,240 mother and her baby. 488 00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:42,870 A desperate search for a missing mother 489 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:44,470 and her two-week-old daughter. 490 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,570 She took their son to school 491 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,370 one morning and then just vanished. 492 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,900 We always tell families, share the story, because 493 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:51,870 you never know who might have seen something. 494 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:54,700 Heidi's parents, David and Tammy, say all they 495 00:23:54,740 --> 00:23:57,840 want is their daughter and granddaughter to come home. 496 00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:01,770 All we need right now is for Heidi to come home. 497 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,300 We miss all of them very much. 498 00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:05,940 NARRATOR: But one interview 499 00:24:05,970 --> 00:24:08,870 strikes Heidi's friends as very off. 500 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:10,400 I just want her home safe. 501 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,200 It doesn't have to be here. 502 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,370 Just drop her off somewhere safe. 503 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,900 Feed the baby. 504 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:17,240 She's only three weeks old. 505 00:24:21,070 --> 00:24:23,100 No, it's a good question. 506 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:25,070 This is just a weird situation right here. 507 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:27,640 So... [laughs] 508 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,200 He was nervous. 509 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,300 He was kind of, you know, laughing a little bit but not 510 00:24:33,340 --> 00:24:35,640 in a funny way, but in a nervous way. 511 00:24:35,670 --> 00:24:40,040 We had just covered the Chris Watts case, and he initially 512 00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:42,840 reported his wife and children missing. 513 00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:44,740 Turned out it was Chris Watts that 514 00:24:44,770 --> 00:24:48,470 had murdered them and disposed of their bodies. 515 00:24:54,570 --> 00:24:55,740 Uh, like I left the house... 516 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,400 uh, I left the house at 6:40. 517 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,170 Uh... 518 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:05,800 And, uh, that's the last time I spoke to, 519 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,740 uh, my, uh... 520 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,700 Listen... 521 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,240 yeah, I can't. This is -- this is weird. 522 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:23,470 I thought his interviews were fake and just not genuine. 523 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,540 It just felt like he wasn't really there. 524 00:25:25,570 --> 00:25:26,870 So, uh... 525 00:25:28,370 --> 00:25:30,370 she called me around 8, 526 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,500 and, uh, she told me that she went to 527 00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:35,770 the book fair, and, uh, I told her, "I love you. Goodbye." 528 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,540 And, uh... 529 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,270 -This is hard. -Take your time. 530 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:49,940 It brought back the Gone Girl feeling for everyone, 531 00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:53,000 the movie, the Gone Girl, where you got 532 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,470 the boyfriend in the media, the news. 533 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:57,340 So it made everybody look at him. 534 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,600 [voice breaking] I just want her home safe. 535 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,640 We miss all of them very much. 536 00:26:13,670 --> 00:26:17,670 All we need right now is for Heidi to come home. 537 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,340 NARRATOR: For one heartbreaking week, 538 00:26:21,370 --> 00:26:24,370 Heidi Broussard's best friends have been doing everything 539 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,700 they can to find her and her newborn daughter. 540 00:26:26,740 --> 00:26:28,940 REBEKAH: I wanted her face everywhere. 541 00:26:28,970 --> 00:26:31,570 I wanted everybody to see, this is Heidi. 542 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,600 If you see her anywhere, please let us know. 543 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,000 Please let the authority know, this is the baby, 544 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,700 this is what she looks like. 545 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:40,040 NARRATOR: And while all eyes are on Shane, 546 00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:43,100 there is still no evidence to prove he's involved with Heidi 547 00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:44,840 and his daughter's disappearance. 548 00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:48,400 There were a lot of comments online about Shane, about 549 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,740 how he was acting, about the interview that he did. 550 00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:52,770 Was he genuine? Was he not? 551 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,900 You know, we don't run investigations 552 00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:59,470 by posts made by anonymous people on the internet. 553 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,240 You can't let it drive you, because that'll drive you 554 00:27:02,270 --> 00:27:05,770 to a bad place, and you'll waste a lot of energy. 555 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,740 There was really nothing that we could do except for pray 556 00:27:09,770 --> 00:27:12,570 and spread the news on social media 557 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,800 and spread the news on the news and hope and pray that 558 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,070 the cops were doing their job. 559 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:21,700 CHRIS: As time goes by, 560 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:24,870 we certainly started to think that unfortunately, 561 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:27,470 the longer we go, the worse this is gonna get. 562 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,440 And we did have a belief that hey, we may not find 563 00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:33,470 Heidi alive, but we really did feel like 564 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:34,600 we were gonna find that baby. 565 00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:51,470 Caressa was wanting to come on and spread the word 566 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:53,670 about her friend Heidi and getting the information 567 00:27:53,700 --> 00:27:54,870 out there. 568 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:57,400 Caressa wanted to talk about Shane. 569 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,370 Heidi and Shane had some struggles. 570 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,140 They had a rocky relationship. 571 00:28:01,170 --> 00:28:04,600 We talked a lot about their past relationship issues, 572 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,900 some minor breakups, get back together type things. 573 00:28:17,370 --> 00:28:20,470 I felt like Caressa was overstepping her bounds. 574 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:26,700 Hearing her go on and act like she knew everything, 575 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,100 "Oh, I lost my best friend." 576 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,940 Listen, we've all lost her, we've all lost her. 577 00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:34,070 It's not just you -- it was very hard to 578 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:38,000 kind of process that with her being the spokesperson. 579 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,600 She didn't ask permission to the family 580 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,040 or anything like that to go out and do it. 581 00:28:42,070 --> 00:28:44,570 NARRATOR: Heidi's friends can't help but wonder 582 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,900 why Caressa is acting this way. 583 00:28:57,100 --> 00:29:01,640 The podcast was not Caressa's finest hour. 584 00:29:01,670 --> 00:29:05,440 You know, if she wanted her 15 minutes of fame, 585 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:07,240 she got it. 586 00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:10,200 CARESSA: But... 587 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:13,540 Suddenly in chat, 588 00:29:13,570 --> 00:29:16,800 someone says there's a raid going on in Houston, 589 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,040 and it involves a missing persons case, 590 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:23,800 and they sent an article, this one with a video 591 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,270 of the police and the FBI at this home in Houston. 592 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:29,570 So I click on the link, and I go to 593 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,670 the video, and they're showing this house on Bo Jack Drive. 594 00:29:54,270 --> 00:29:55,870 Caressa said she wouldn't be in Houston. 595 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:56,970 That's not Heidi. 596 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:15,500 So someone in the chat searches 597 00:30:15,540 --> 00:30:17,470 up the real estate on that house. 598 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,840 They find a Christopher Green. 599 00:30:19,870 --> 00:30:21,400 Then they search Christopher Green. 600 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,240 They find a baby registry. 601 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,740 Looking at every piece of this case, 602 00:31:30,770 --> 00:31:35,900 we were more looking at the angle as was Heidi taken 603 00:31:35,940 --> 00:31:37,140 because of the baby? 604 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,370 So one of the interviews that occurred was 605 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,070 going to the hospital and interviewing the nurses. 606 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:46,570 And it was during one of those interviews where a really 607 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,500 important piece of information came out, where one of 608 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:53,740 the nurses described how Heidi's friend Magen was 609 00:31:53,770 --> 00:31:57,000 present during the delivery, and she seemed 610 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,040 almost possessive about the baby. 611 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,070 REBEKAH: Tammy, Heidi's mom, said that Magen was acting 612 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:04,270 very, very odd, 613 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:07,740 but Magen also kind was putting herself in between 614 00:32:07,770 --> 00:32:10,240 Tammy and David to get to the baby. 615 00:32:10,270 --> 00:32:13,400 It was very strange behavior. 616 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,440 RACHEL: Tammy said to me she should have 617 00:32:15,470 --> 00:32:17,370 never even been here in the first place. 618 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,040 And I thought to myself for a split second, 619 00:32:20,070 --> 00:32:21,970 I wonder if she's faking that pregnancy just to keep 620 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,570 that dude, like I wonder if she's just saying 621 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,070 she's pregnant so that way she doesn't lose her boyfriend. 622 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:28,400 And I just kind of left it at that. 623 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,900 With Magen's behavior and strange 624 00:32:32,940 --> 00:32:34,200 reaction in the delivery room, 625 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,540 we started to look into her, and we had learned one of 626 00:32:37,570 --> 00:32:39,000 the people that lives at Heidi's 627 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,500 apartment building said they saw a four-door, 628 00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:47,540 light-colored car parked where Heidi's apartment was, and she 629 00:32:47,570 --> 00:32:51,500 saw a woman walk out of the apartment building holding 630 00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:55,340 a newborn, and another woman get out of the car and greet them. 631 00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:58,240 And then the witness said the woman got into 632 00:32:58,270 --> 00:33:03,000 the back seat of this car, and then the car drove away. 633 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,300 Now we have a description of a vehicle 634 00:33:05,340 --> 00:33:07,840 that we can start doing some research on. 635 00:33:07,870 --> 00:33:11,940 Then we find out Magen has a four-door, light-colored car. 636 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,870 NARRATOR: With Magen as their primary suspect, 637 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,970 investigators quickly get boots on the ground in Houston. 638 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,970 CHRIS: The FBI and the Texas Rangers 639 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,300 put surveillance around Magen's house in Houston. 640 00:33:25,340 --> 00:33:28,600 Part of that surveillance included the Texas Department 641 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,440 of Public Safety aerial surveillance asset, and they 642 00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:34,070 could clearly see, in the back of her house, 643 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:37,100 her car that was registered to her, which also fit 644 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:38,400 the description of the car that 645 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,100 was seen in front of Heidi's apartment when she went missing. 646 00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:44,140 While surveilling Magen's house, 647 00:33:44,170 --> 00:33:46,400 Chris, Magen's boyfriend, leaves, 648 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,300 gets in his car, and drives away. 649 00:33:49,340 --> 00:33:51,540 So surveillance assets followed him all 650 00:33:51,570 --> 00:33:53,100 the way to a Target store, 651 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,540 where he went inside. 652 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,940 When Magen's boyfriend leaves the Target, 653 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:01,770 and it's obvious that he bought baby supplies, 654 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,240 the Texas Rangers that were there on the surveillance 655 00:34:04,270 --> 00:34:06,900 go up and stop him and start to question him. 656 00:34:06,940 --> 00:34:09,639 He admitted that yes, there's a baby at my house. 657 00:34:09,670 --> 00:34:11,770 My girlfriend had a baby recently. 658 00:34:13,170 --> 00:34:16,739 He said Magen had the baby, she had it while he was 659 00:34:16,770 --> 00:34:18,800 not there, she brought it home, 660 00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:22,500 and then they showed him the picture 661 00:34:22,540 --> 00:34:24,670 of the missing two-week-old infant. 662 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:31,100 He said, "That's the baby at my house." 663 00:34:31,139 --> 00:34:32,800 He believed that she was pregnant. 664 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,440 He saw that through the course of 665 00:34:34,469 --> 00:34:37,370 the summer, that she was getting bigger. 666 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,469 They were no longer romantically involved. 667 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:40,940 So he said, "I didn't see 668 00:34:40,969 --> 00:34:43,840 her naked, but I think she was pregnant." 669 00:34:43,870 --> 00:34:46,100 He came home, and there it was, 670 00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:49,040 and we believe the boyfriend had nothing to do with this. 671 00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:51,840 Based on the interview that 672 00:34:51,870 --> 00:34:54,540 the Texas Rangers did with Magen's boyfriend, 673 00:34:54,570 --> 00:34:57,070 they determined that there was a life safety risk and that 674 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:58,800 they had to immediately enter that home 675 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,870 and search for that baby. 676 00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:02,840 When the Texas Rangers went into the house, 677 00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:04,800 they found Magen, 678 00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:09,140 and they immediately found a baby, as well. 679 00:35:09,170 --> 00:35:11,970 NARRATOR: The newborn is quickly removed from the home. 680 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,470 When the Texas Rangers interviewed Magen, 681 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,440 and she gave 'em a story that she had 682 00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:18,340 had the baby at a birthing center. 683 00:35:18,370 --> 00:35:20,340 She couldn't remember the name of the birthing center. 684 00:35:20,370 --> 00:35:22,240 She didn't know where it was. 685 00:35:22,270 --> 00:35:24,400 The only people present were the doctors 686 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,640 and the nurses from the birthing center. 687 00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:30,500 So obviously that story immediately did not hold water. 688 00:35:30,540 --> 00:35:32,870 NARRATOR: A DNA test confirms the baby 689 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,240 is Heidi's daughter. 690 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:38,640 But there's still no sign of Heidi. 691 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,070 CHRIS: One of the Texas rangers walked by Magen's car, 692 00:35:45,770 --> 00:35:49,140 and smell the very distinct odor 693 00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:51,370 of a dead body and decaying flesh. 694 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,700 If you've been around dead bodies, unfortunately, 695 00:35:54,740 --> 00:35:56,600 it's not an odor that you can easily forget. 696 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,000 The search was stopped, 697 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,170 and then a warrant was requested so that they could 698 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,270 search that vehicle. 699 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,440 Once they search the vehicle, 700 00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:10,740 unfortunately, they found Heidi in 701 00:36:10,770 --> 00:36:12,700 the trunk of the car in a bag. 702 00:36:16,770 --> 00:36:18,500 NARRATOR: The police quickly determined that 703 00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:20,440 Heidi has been strangled to death. 704 00:36:22,970 --> 00:36:24,970 Magen was arrested that night at her house. 705 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,400 This is where she was taken, the Harris County jail, 706 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,070 on two charges of kidnapping and a charge of 707 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:32,500 tampering with a corpse. 708 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,770 When I found out that it was Magen, 709 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,370 I was in disbelief. 710 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,440 I knew she was expecting a baby. 711 00:36:40,470 --> 00:36:41,970 It didn't make sense to me. 712 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,740 I tried to connect the dots in my head, like why -- 713 00:36:46,770 --> 00:36:48,600 why would she do that to Heidi? 714 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,840 She was her friend, 715 00:36:50,870 --> 00:36:53,170 claimed to be her best friend at the time. 716 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,870 Like, why would she wanna hurt Heidi? 717 00:36:59,070 --> 00:37:01,200 KELLY: I just remember screaming. 718 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,270 I was by myself, 719 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:05,140 and, um, 720 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:09,070 we didn't know Magen was gonna hurt anybody. 721 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,170 That's not even -- that's not 722 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,770 a thought that crosses your mind ever. 723 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,470 Even -- even -- I feel like even if 724 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:18,000 somebody warns you that there -- it's gonna happen, 725 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,240 you don't believe it's really gonna happen. 726 00:37:20,270 --> 00:37:24,840 It's -- but you -- I didn't see the evil in Magen then. 727 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,640 NARRATOR: Although Magen has never spoken about the case, 728 00:37:32,670 --> 00:37:35,400 investigators have their theories. 729 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:36,700 From the evidence, 730 00:37:36,740 --> 00:37:40,900 our speculation and hypothesis was that Heidi came downstairs, 731 00:37:40,940 --> 00:37:42,500 got in the car, 732 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:44,300 and then Magen strangled her in the car. 733 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,000 It's called maternal desire, 734 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,570 and what that is, is unfortunately, some people, 735 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,470 who are obviously having some mental distress, 736 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,200 maybe they can't have babies. 737 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,000 Maybe they've lost a baby. 738 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:02,400 They have this burning desire in them to have a child. 739 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,470 Magen wanted a baby, and she couldn't have 740 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,140 a baby, for whatever reason. 741 00:38:06,170 --> 00:38:10,170 And when she went through her friendship with Heidi 742 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,470 and saw her pregnant, 743 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:14,770 I think at the delivery of that child is when she decided 744 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,670 I have to have a baby, I want this baby. 745 00:38:17,740 --> 00:38:20,200 And then she used her friendship 746 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,340 to murder Heidi and to steal her child. 747 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:27,600 Magen had a plan to steal her baby girl 748 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,240 in the beginning of Heidi's pregnancy. 749 00:38:30,270 --> 00:38:32,640 REBEKAH: I could see Magen being jealous of Heidi. 750 00:38:32,670 --> 00:38:34,070 I could. 751 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,870 Heidi didn't have everything in the world, but Heidi was 752 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:39,970 so happy and so infectious and had 753 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,300 these two beautiful children. 754 00:38:42,340 --> 00:38:46,070 Why wouldn't Magen want to have that type of life? 755 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:47,300 Why wouldn't she want to be 756 00:38:47,340 --> 00:38:49,240 happy or have an ounce of happiness? 757 00:38:49,270 --> 00:38:55,500 Heidi and Magen were friends for years, and Heidi never ever 758 00:38:55,540 --> 00:38:59,100 had any hint that Magen could have done something like this. 759 00:38:59,140 --> 00:39:02,300 KELLY: She had this obsessiveness over Heidi. 760 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,800 Do I think she wanted to be Heidi? 761 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,400 Maybe the answer is yes. 762 00:39:08,270 --> 00:39:10,270 Because what other -- what else could it be? 763 00:39:11,770 --> 00:39:13,070 But she'll never be Heidi. 764 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,500 NARRATOR: Two days before Christmas, the baby girl 765 00:39:19,540 --> 00:39:22,070 is reunited with her father. 766 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:23,670 You are so beautiful. 767 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:26,800 Yes, you are. Yes, you are. 768 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,500 I had to admit it to Shane, that I thought he did it, 769 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:32,840 that I thought he had something to do with it. 770 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:36,070 There was a lot I had to admit to him, and it was hard. 771 00:39:37,140 --> 00:39:40,170 And the baby is now thriving. 772 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,900 She is beautiful. 773 00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:42,900 She is healthy. 774 00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:44,540 She is smart as a whip. 775 00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:48,570 NARRATOR: Three days after Christmas, 776 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,300 Heidi is laid to rest in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 777 00:39:52,340 --> 00:39:55,070 KELLY: As beautiful as it could be for a funeral, 778 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,570 it was hard for me to deal with. 779 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,900 You don't think this could happen to somebody that 780 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:00,970 you know. 781 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,940 It's not supposed to happen to somebody 782 00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:04,340 you know -- I shouldn't be here. 783 00:40:05,540 --> 00:40:08,070 I should not be here doing this interview. 784 00:40:10,070 --> 00:40:14,400 NARRATOR: On February 2, 2023, Magen pleads guilty to 785 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,800 murder and is sentenced to 55 years in prison. 786 00:40:21,370 --> 00:40:23,870 RACHEL: I will always remember Heidi as 787 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:26,170 the girl who always had my back. 788 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,300 She never let me down. 789 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:30,400 She was always there for me, 790 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,270 and she taught me how to see the good in people, 791 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:37,570 even when I didn't want to. 792 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,000 REBEKAH: I miss her laugh, and I miss her smile. 793 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,870 If I close my eyes and think about Heidi, 794 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:50,400 I envision her with her arms wide out, twirling in circles, 795 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:54,400 with a big smile on her face, 796 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,600 and her bright blue eyes. 797 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,840 That was, like, the definition of Heidi's spirit. 798 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,600 It's her freedom, it's her beauty, it's her life. 799 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,140 She is amazing. 800 00:41:08,170 --> 00:41:09,300 And today, I know today, she's still touching people's lives. 801 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,200 On the next Mean Girl Murders... 802 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,000 The hoodlum girls had a lot of attitude. 803 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,940 They all smoked, had sex, and they fought. 804 00:41:24,970 --> 00:41:28,600 As the queen bee she wanted people to fear her. 805 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,670 They did it with full joy in their heart. 806 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,400 They wanted that girl to suffer. 807 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,570 There is no hell big enough for these girls. 808 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,170 ♪