Unseen

"He's gonna do this to somebody else, and I can’t let that happen" --

When 14 year old Mary decides to hitchhike back home, a large van slows down and offers her a ride, with a driver looking like nothing but an old harmless "grand-father". As the car begins to drive in the wrong direction, she knows something is wrong, and a few hours later, Mary Vincent is fighting for her life, trying to crawl out of a 30 foot cliff, missing both arms, while the hatchet killer runs away and looks for his next victim, planning his next attack that would happen 19 years later.

External Footage From: American Journal (King World Productions, Inc.), The John Walsh Show (NBC), I Survived (A&E Television Network LLC), Vanished with Beth Holloway (A&E Television Network LLC).

“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you” -- 

June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brother flashes back to her mind — she is determined to fight until the last moment, so she grabs the pizza box, and becomes her own detective.

Footage From: A&E (I Survived: Jeannette Tamayo -- NHNZ), Lifetime (They Took Our Child: Jeannette), ALDOWORLD TV (Overnight Restaurant Footage), Paramount CBS (Fox Crime: NCIS s5 e13), Global Village (San Jose California Drone View), San Jose Police Department (Promotion 2019).  

You know her name. -- 

You’re on your way home and suddenly, your phone buzzes. Everyone around you looks down at their screen, and you know it is now everywhere: on your social media feed, on TV, even on traffic boards. You don’t pay much attention to all of it but still skim through the description while walking, just in case. When you finally look up from your screen, a weirdly familiar car catches your eye and you call 911. A kidnapped child has been saved thanks to the alert on your phone. This story is not uncommon, and it all started in Texas, in 1996 with the unsolved murder of 9 year old Amber Hagerman.

Footage From: True Crime Daily, After Amber (WFAA), News Nation, Inside Edition, WFAA-TV, CBSDFW, WFMY News 2, WPLG Local 10, Daily Blast Live. 

"Oh... he's still alive?" --

July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving another mysterious “accidental” death from a year ago.

Footage from: Cold Case Files: The Bonebreaker (Blumhouse), Escaped - Torture in Suburbia (Kurtis Production), I Survived - Thadius Phillips (Biography Channel), Madison - Wisconsin in HD (David Allen Productions), 2022 Lakefront - Milwaukee News (FOX), Municipal Newspaper (Baraboo News Republic), Getty Images, Audio Network, Motion Array. 

“Do I really need to talk about what happened?” --

September 30th 2005, at her home in Pampa, 10 year old Robin Doan wakes up to a nightmare of gunshots and realizes it is not a dream. She hears her mother’s screaming, bullets shooting off, and before she could react, the heavy footsteps approaching her door. Robin’s family becomes victim to one of the most deadly home invasions in Texas, and the police officers don’t understand how they find the 10 year old girl unharmed. Her “perhaps too calm” 911 call will offer the only living testimony of Levi King’s merciless killing spree.

Footage from: 48 Hours: Live to Tell (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Killer Speaks (ITV Studios), Most Evil (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Mind of a Murderer (Atlas Media Corporation)

"He used bleach to do what?" --

July 4th 2011, arriving on the scene of a burned down house, the Fort Collins Colorado police are shocked by what they are seeing: the fire is so hot that all of the metal handles are melted down but even so, a strong smell of bleach remains. The Bleach Monster has reappeared, but this time, she survived: Lydia Tillman jumped from the second floor and is now in a coma, but nobody expected her to be the one who would solve the case, and find the one responsible for the unsolved murder of Kenia Monge.  Learn more about Kenia's foundation: https://keniamonge.wordpress.com/

Footage from: #TextMeWhenYouGetHome: Kenia Monge (Lifetime), Deadly Connection (NBC, Dateline), Tribute to Kenia Monge (NBC News), "Lydia Tillman Tells Her Story" (Richard Mauro Ricchiuti), Crime Watch: Kenia Monge (True Crime Daily), "Kenia Monge Surveillance" (The Denver Post), Nimia - Associated Press (Getty Images)

“I saw what he did to Katie and was scared he’d do it to me”  --

On one of the last nights of 1999, Krystal is tucking herself into bed after a fun sleepover with her best friend Katie, but they are suddenly woken up by a window creaking open. As Krystal opens her eyes, a man holds a knife to Katie’s neck near the edge of the bunk bed. From that moment on, two things are on Krystal’s mind: surviving through the night, and making sure serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells is brought to justice.

Footage from: Live To Tell 48 Hours (MMX CBS Broadcasting Inc.), America's Most Wanted (20th Century Fox Television), Most Evil (MMVI Discovery Communication Inc.), The Mind of a Psychopath (ABC News Nightline)

“Shh, don’t scream.” --

On the night of July 23rd 2013, Tiffany calmly calls the police asking for help after she injured her own neck in an attempt to take her life, while her ex-husband Kris simply watches her. When the detectives arrive on the scene, it’s clear to them that she didn’t do this herself. Her ex Kris says the opposite, and calls her a liar. As they dig more into the case, time is running out as Kris carries out his own plan to “finish the job”.

Footage from: 48 Hours (CBS), "Don't Scream" (CBS), Murder For Hire (NBC Universal TV & Screening), KUTV 2 News (Sinclair Broadcast Group), Standard Examiner

“I told myself: I’m not going down without a fight”  --

On Friday the 13th, best friends Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith are walking to a high school party when they suddenly bump into a stranger, and things quickly go dark. While Misty wakes up in the hospital, investigators arrive at the crime scene and receive a disturbing phone call from a man claiming to be the attacker: time is running out almost as soon as the cat and mouse chase begins. This is what happened in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2002.

Footage from: Court TV (Crime Stories - The Abbotsford Killer), Red Letter Film (Dark Waters of Crime), I Survived (A&E, Sharon / Al & Linda / Misty), Clearbook Morning (Dustin Drone), Ross Travel (Cinematic Night), ABC 7 News (Timeline), CBC News (British Columbia), CityTV (Vancouver Everywhere).

"Hello? I found a little girl with her neck... uh..." --

Sayeh Rivazfar is the oldest of her siblings at only 8 years old and takes care of putting her little sister Sara to bed one night, but they are suddenly woken up by a man carrying them out of their bedroom, that Sayeh immediately recognizes. After a brutal attack, their abductor leaves them in the woods for dead, and only one thing is one Sayeh’s mind: avenging her little sister’s death.

Footage from: 13WHAM (Deerfield Media Inc.), Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce, Crime Stoppers, Shaw TV SSM, I Survived (A&E), Spectrum News 1, 'Vanished' With Beth Holloway (A&E), Wear TV (New at 6), Inside Crime (Angeline Hartmann)