48 Hours The Daughters Who Disappeared (Season 36, Episode 14)
TV Episode | Documentary, Crime

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48 Hours

The Daughters Who Disappeared (Season 36, Episode 14)

TV Episode | Documentary, Crime

This installment outlines the following murdered women and children left along Interstate 45 from Houston, Texas to south Oklahoma: Laura Kate Smither, age 12, who went missing on April 3, 1997; Kelli Ann Cox, age 20, who went missing on ...See moreThis installment outlines the following murdered women and children left along Interstate 45 from Houston, Texas to south Oklahoma: Laura Kate Smither, age 12, who went missing on April 3, 1997; Kelli Ann Cox, age 20, who went missing on July 15, 1997; Tiffany Johnston, age 19, who went missing on July 26, 1997; Jessica Cain, age 17, who went missing on August 17, 1997. Also detailed is Sandra Sapaugh, who was kidnapped on May 16, 1997 and survived by jumping out of the kidnapper's vehicle. For years, detectives had suspected that sex offender William Reece was behind the crimes. In 2016, Reece agreed to talk to the Texas Rangers. He was arrested and convicted of several of the crimes through his interviews and also DNA. Reece is currently serving a life sentence. See less

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Name	Known for
James Holland Self - Texas Ranger (archive footage) (as Ranger Holland) Self - Texas Ranger (archive footage) (as Ranger Holland) See fewer	The 93 Victims of Samuel Little (2020)
Erin Moriarty Self - CBS 48 Hours Correspondent Self - CBS 48 Hours Correspondent See fewer	48 Hours (1988)
Mary Ellen O'Toole Self - FBI Profiler Self - FBI Profiler See fewer	Wild Crime (2021)