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Podcast: And Then They Were Gone
Episode: Yasmin Acree
Description: After facing a lifetime of abuse and instability. 15-year-old Yasmin Acree had managed to become a bright, athletic student at Chicago’s Austin Polytechnical Academy. She was getting ready to start her first job, and her life was on an upward trajectory. On January 15, 2008. Yasmin went to sleep planning to attend school the next morning. But when dawn broke on January 16, there were signs of forced entry into her basement room, and Yasmin was gone. Despite the worrisome circumstances behind her disappearance, police initially classified Yasmin as a runaway, and key evidence was overlooked. Evidence that included a fe...