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[Music] a mother's hope to find her missing pregnant daughter I would love to see
her with her child cuz she is such a mothering person Chicago Police released new surveillance video of Kiara Kohl's
from 2018 the last moments she was seen running errands also with a person of interest the CPD video includes a plea
from Cole's mother directly you could be the one that help bring Kar home while initial surveillance video released by
CPD was not koh's investigators and Cole's family hope everyone will stop to check out these new images to try and
close this cold case if you know something say something you know this is going on too long and you know I just
hope anybody out there that knows anything have a heart and finally call in this afternoon Community organizers
prepare for the fifth annual March we walk for her at 5:00 at 35th and King the purpose to bring attention to all
the unsolved cases of missing women and girls of color what's most important is that every case Kiara Cole's case and
every Co case gets the necessary attention that it deserves in black and brown communities Kohl's was a letter
carrier she would be the mother of a young child now I can't let her down I got to do all that I can to bring her
and her child home safe Cole's mother says a painful void remains for their family but hopes someone with
information will ease their [Music] suffering in April of 2019 ABC News talked to Karen Phil
Philips Kiera's mom Phillips said she's tries to remain positive as her suspicions Run High toward her
daughter's boyfriend saying quote I've never pointed fingers at him in the beginning but all of this time has
passed so by this point captain we're talking 6 months after her daughter has disappeared she's
saying I haven't heard anything from this guy since the day the police went to do the wellness check I haven't seen
him around town haven't talked to him nothing yeah pretty shady and so she's saying given that 6 months has gone by
he must have had something to do with it NBC 5 investigates reported that there was no criminal history in Josh's past
that they were able to uncover the chief Communications officer at the Chicago Police Department told ABC news that
Josh remained a person of interest given that he may have been one of the last individuals to see her meaning kiar CPD
told NBC's Dateline that there was no proof of life for Kiara we have a pretty good idea of what transpired they said
now it's a matter of finding evidence there is a minimum of two or three people of Interest Who were the last to
see kiar before she disappeared we've narrowed down our group here to a personal associate of hers a friend who
was one of the last people to see her so that's a little insight into there investigation and who they think are
Persons of Interest but then there's this Josh and his other baby mama and their kids like you talked about briefly
yesterday Captain they move out of state now it's unclear when they moved away but several articles say it was quote
soon but what we do know is she goes missing in an October of 2018 we do know that they moved out of
Illinois before the end of the year before the end of 2018 so that's not a lot of time
between disappearing in the end of the year again we don't know the exact date from everything that we've looked at it
looks like police have not been in contact with Josh after he left Illinois in January of
2019 we have Kiera's family and several postal worker friends that held a very public vigil SL
press conference for their missing loved one this was led by Community activist and her relatives all pleading for
information in the case and also reminding the public that there was a $228,000 reward for information in this
case that reward included 25,000 from the US Postal inspection service 2500 from the Chicago branch of the National
Association for letter carriers so they're banding together hoping to find one of their own some of the relatives
called out Josh Simmons by name at this event demanding that he speak with police since he had refused to do so
since very early on in the investigation they all loudly demanded clear your name
in fact Karen said that Josh had never been officially questioned in her opinion she meant Beyond this initial
interview the crowd cheered when people question why if Josh hadn't done anything that he was afraid to talk to
the police k 's dad gave an impassioned speech pointing out that Josh's missing an action status is questionable and
should be questioned and he was begging the public for tips and for leads well just to be clear I have no problem with
joshin and a lawyer but again this is your girlfriend of six years she's caring your child you would
think you would want to give him as much information as possible well and then another sad date will be the due date
April 23rd yeah was the due date and it came and went and no new news in May of 2019 the family announced that the
reward for information leading to kier's whereabouts had increased to $46,000 this was after a rather large
donation from a local businessman and unfortunately no one has ever come to collect that money we've not found
Kiara in July of 2022 there was more bad news uh Kiara wasn't found as we stated
but the CPD announced that they were this is one of the issues that I have with this case they announced that they
were quote suspending the investigation so the case classified as suspended meaning that the case cannot
proceed further at this time right that can happen for a variety of reasons for my understanding including detectives
exhausting All Leads my understanding Captain is that this is not a permanent status and can
be changed if more information becomes available to police but of course her family is
horrified to learn that the police were essentially abandoning the case the investigation Karen told ABC news that
she feels the police just put it meaning the case to the side because they were frustrated with it it's already
frustrating that it's going to be 2 years she said and for you all meaning the Chicago Police Department to say you
all don't have enough to go on it's really disappointing I mean if if you've not spoke to your Person of Interest who
moved out of state since he moved yeah which is ridiculous it seems to me like kind of a lazy job if you're going to go
well we're suspending the case because we're we we're lacking information pick up a phone and call
this guy yeah fly down there and try to interview him yeah see if he will talk times change people change maybe he
will talk maybe he's tired of the fingers being pointed at him or in his Direction
and he's willing to open up not that it really matters much but I would like to know if he transferred to another USPS
job because that' make it less suspicious of why he would TR transfer but because like we said before
he had a good position at the USPS in Chicago Police have stated they countered after the announcement of the
investigation being suspended that they continued to work jointly with the US Postal inspection service and the FBI
and that the case remained a high-risk missing person's investigation with Foul Play suspected so it's a little talking
out of both sides your mouth I guess in this situation it it it to say this one thing then also
almost in the same breath say that the case has been suspended doesn't seem it doesn't seem to be on point here
now it also seems like law enforcement went from being very uh connected to the family and giving them
information and again prived information hey well you're telling us this isn't your daughter we know it's not your
daughter don't tell people we're on the same team they kind of go from that to not really having much communication
with Karen at all well and here's the thing too and this became an issue so in 2021 remember the Gabby Patito
case this becomes Nationwide news everybody's kind of following this Gabby case Karen is upset at the ju toos with the
coverage received by her daughter's case she's saying look my daughter's case made national headlines for a day
maybe two and that was it Gabby's case was a headline news for weeks and Karen's friend this is
community activist George Ivy said in a September 21st press conference quote I want you all to treat Kiera Cole's case
like it was Gabby's end quote Karen said that they will cover a black person's case but you might see it one
time with a white woman you might see it all that week or even every week the family wasn't just disappointed in the
lack of media coverage they were mad at CPD and the US Postal inspection service
which they felt continue to under prioritize this case her Father Joseph Kohl's told Chicago son times in 2021
that he had heard the investigators had their eye on someone but he hadn't received any updates as of late he too
expressed frustration with the police and their failure to focus on missing black women and children because Josh
hasn't been super cooperative and and we don't really have a great idea of her movements on October 2nd other than that
she went to the store and talked to her mother about that but that's all going to change in June of 20 22 yeah this is
when a whole bunch of new information comes out and it seems a little strange to me that that they were holding on to
this so tightly and secretively for so long so in June of 2022 the Chicago Police Department
decided that they were going to release some new real some real information here
right so they issued a 8 minute long video with an update on the case this was video footage it contains some video
footage from across the street from kier's apartment on Tuesday evening October 2nd
sometime when it was still light outside it showed Kier parking her car outside her building and walking into her
apartment this is lugging groceries bags so this is returning our best guest would be
returning from that trip to the grocery store that we've talked about and then what we have too on the
video footage is a man referred to by detectives as a person of interest subsequently arrives and also enters the
apartment sometime later now it's dark outside Kier and the man slers of interest walked out of the apartment
they got into Kiara's car with kiar driving and they drove off minutes later at 10:43 p.m. Kier was seen on
surveillance footage from inside a 24-hour Walgreens located at 8628 South Cottage
Grove she walks in she goes straight to one of those Standalone ATM machines yeah she made two withdrawals and then
she leaves the Walgreens she makes two withdrawals but don't we believe that the total is roughly around
$400 yeah we don't have to go roughly or believe we know by police statements that that she withdrawed a total of $400
from her bank account that's verified by police and what's wild about this too Captain
it seems like a very it it seems I don't want to say planned out is not is not the right word
here but she's she's in that Walgreens for less than three minutes in and out so her movements and her chore her task
is is well known to her before going into those doors she doesn't shop or do anything else while she's there she just
simply goes to the ATM now of course police are they want to know from her the people that knew
her best what do you make of this and to which Karen is saying look this is incredibly and extremely out of
character for my daughter she was very conservative with her money and she didn't have an answer as to why her
daughter would simply walk in and get $400 cash for you're in law enforcement the first question is who's this cash
for is it for her or is it for somebody else the there's another news article out there by CBS
Chicago that reported that Chicago detectives told the family that the couple went to
an ATM nearby where the video captured kiar taking out 400 from her bank account
and handing it over to her boyfriend okay so this is interesting to me because what we're hearing here in this report
in this statement if this is true police for some reason seem to have reason to believe that after they went to the
ATM that Kiera gave the money to who they are referring to in this story as her boyfriend right so that go goes to
what you were saying there Captain uh she goes to this ATM mom has no clue why her daughter
would take out $400 cash and police according to this reporter saying she gave it to Josh old red
flag so now there's more information here less than an hour later this is before
11:45 p.m. kier's car was again captured on video from a another area of the city
the car drove up parked in a mail person not not a male carrier right right not a
US Post Service a man a man climbed out of the passenger seat and closed the door and walked away and what the what
the footage does not show us so it shows us this man getting out of the car passenger side it does not show anybody
else ever getting out of that vehicle and how weird is that exactly how weird is that so what I'm
guessing is this man drove drove the car parked it scooted on to the passenger side and then left that way yeah that's
that's why I'm guessing I'm guessing he didn't drive the vehicle with his mind yeah that there was no Ghost Rider I'm
the only one that can do that but but there's but there's but there's more evidence of where that car goes yeah so
daytime video surveillance from kier's neighborhood it's unclear what time of day it shows a person of interest
driving up to Kiera's Block in her car in her car the man parked the car got out walked into the apartment building
into Kiara's apartment and soon exited after and seen carrying some unidentified items out of the place he
then climbs into what is described as his vehicle which had been parked nearby on
the Block overnight and drives off so in the 8-minute video it shows some still shots of the interior of Kiera's
apartment and two shots of the interior of her car with what could be tiny drops
of blood splashed on the inside of the vehicle this is what what people have said that they think they're seeing when
they see the pictures of the interior of her vehicle yeah there's red drops but that's not confirmed by police
so for 4 years everyone believed that kiar was alive and last seen wearing a postal uniform on that wind October 3rd
that's a big misstep by law enforcement so we now learn that that's absolutely incorrect she was actually last seen at
an ATM the night before dressed in a dark jacket or hoodie leggings knee high socks and sneakers and a
hat so the new giv money to her boyfriend the new timeline putting her missing at about 10:45
p.m. Tuesday and no one really alerting to her being missing until Thursday day meant that someone had plenty of time to
dispose of Kiera and dispose and hide and we we say it every week hide bury burn conceal
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is how you pronounce his name will slar slar spoke with nbc5 investigates he told the investigative news team that he
believes Kiara was not alive for long after the handoff of the $400 cash so this is hearing it right from the mouth
of a detective right from the horse's mouth that there how dare you speak of detective will slar maybe that's an
upgrade who knows uh hand off of the $400 cash so they seem to have reason to believe that she gets this money from
the ATM hands it off to the person of interest he specified that the person of interest is not a stranger in this talk
with nbc5 he said that this person of interest has regular access to the apartment but the fact that he came back
to the residence after Kar was last seen was significant and the good detective goes on to say in the totality
of what happened the night before that's a big deal end quote note that CPD refers to this person only simply as a
person of interest repeatedly and never uses this person's name they have never confirm that Josh is or was the person
of interest seen on the video with kiar heading out on Tuesday night and then parking her car on Wednesday alone right
but everyone knows that it was Josh that they are referring to remember that a couple of years earlier police had said
that they had two or three people of interest and a good idea of what may have happened to Kiera two or three
people Captain so Josh and who but I just want to point out that it seems like law enforcement is like well we
have video footage of Kiera going into her apartment and then who follows behind her Josh and then they leave and
they take kier's car and and who does she leave with Josh but then when they start talking about these other
movements they never confirm that it's Josh it's it's very strange well and you know this is something that we should
have talked in great detail with Williams about but again it's this is a whole different state we're in Ohio so I
don't know that it that it's the same everywhere but right you would think the United Postal Service is a pretty
uniform outfit so you would think what whatever goes on here probably is going on in other states but the reason why
I'm really honing in on this police statement that where they say time and time again we've narrowed it down to two
or three people of Persons of Interest so we everybody John Q public out there and and John Q garage out there they all
believe that they're seeing Josh Simmons on that footage that was finally put out
by police so if they're saying we've narrowed it down to two or three people so it's Josh and who do they have reason
to believe that he had an accomplice and the reason why I'm kind of circling around this little detail like a like
some kind of hungry vulture here is that if if you have to not only punch in codes and whatnot when you're calling
off but also give some kind of voice uhhuh well we do know we have reason to believe there's information out there
that says suggest that the other woman involved in this love triangle Kiera who know this is weird too was
also pregnant at the time but there's information out there that tells us that she worked for the Postal Service as
well right so is she the one that calls off for our missing person it does she punch in the codes and have to give
voice a woman's voice and call off for her well make a lot of sense and and guess who's
missing Josh miiaa and Kiara he's like you got a missing persons investigation on my uh
long-term girlfriend he gave him the old smell you later and went down to Louisiana yes smell you later losers so
in March of 2023 finally we're we're in this year Captain current year Kiera's family announced yet another increase in
the reward somebody out there if they know something speak up because you stand to make a whole lot of money here
this is $63,000 that they announced well just do the right thing be a good person donate the money to charity if
you had any reason to be quiet before $63,000 might make up for those reasons so they they held another birthday party
for their their missing daughter this in September of 2023 and they stated quote
as the years go on gets harder and harder definitely with the police not doing what they're supposed to do it
makes it even harder Karen told CBS News we should note here captain that a namus
profile the website namus if you go there there is a namus profile that was created for our missing person Kiera
this was created in 2019 right and on that profile it states that she has a tattoo of a heart on her
right wrist a jaguar on on her shoulder and a tattoo reading lucky Libra on her back so some identifying marks there I
think it's pronounced jacku she would be 31 years old today so very sad here very young woman
here with her whole life ahead of her and she had everything in place she had worked hard to put everything in place
to have a successful life and Not only would she be 31 years old today her baby would be four years old
yeah well like Karen says it's it's frustrating I couldn't imagine being the mother of a victim and it just not
getting the traction and we've seen this for years I mean the cases we covered but sometimes it's just because there's
not enough information or there's not a fascinating twist or turn or we don't have any video
footage this case has all those this case should have been talked about more but sometimes it's only five years
old yeah but again sometimes a a bigger more juicy story The the sexier story comes out and then cases don't get
the coverage they deserve well we covered a case just a couple weeks ago here in the garage that was 20 years old
it was it was at the 20e marker for a missing loved one and right oddly enough the person of interest in that case
moved to Louisiana as well I love the state of Louisiana I I love New Orleans uh but it seems like lately from the
garage we got a lot of Persons of Interest fleeting fleeing to that state and but I bring that up only because to
to compare this 5-year-old case with the 20-year-old case remember in that one the family after getting no answers and
not being able to give a proper burial to their daughter are so broken and beaten down after 20 years remember the
father said like I don't even blame the guy anymore I don't even really care I don't even know if he should go to
prison anymore maybe it was just an accident I just want to know what happened and where my daughter is right
so that's what the time will do to these people to these victims yeah they they start grabbing at straws willing to
settle just so they can bury their loved one so I'm hoping here captain and we're not the first
ones to bring this up but there's some startling parallels to another case and I'm hoping
that this case and where this case is today may offer some form of Hope to Kiera's family and that maybe that
that Justice is on its way so this case is Akia eagleston so in May of 2017 Akia she's eight months pregnant at
this time she failed to show up for her own baby shower she's 22 years old at the time
attractive vivacious young black woman with everything going for her just like who we've been talking about for the
past two days Kiera she already had a little girl who she adored her Facebook post in
Communications with family members ended abruptly on May 3rd some of the information says literally in the middle
of a conversation with a friend just stops dead air it took a few days before the family
reported her missing just like in kier's case and in fact in a lot of missing person's cases especially when the
missing person is an adult but Akia was pregnant with her boyfriend's baby uh his name is Michael
Robertson he was the last person to see her alive again startling parallels to kier's case this from CBS News Akia was
last seen withdrawing money from a BB&T Bank in downtown Baltimore to put a down
payment on a new home she planned to share with her boyfriend Michael Robertson she was last seen taking cash
out of an ATM just like K and then this Robertson's cousin also told the report that eagleston had confided in
her about physical attacks by Robertson's other baby mother her name is Hannah pay just two weeks before she
disappeared I guess there was some kind of altercation that was known about Robertson and and this other woman they
move out of state as well they go to Michigan just within a couple of months of Akia
disappearing akia's family took it upon themselves to keep her case in the media
just like Karen is doing and and the family's doing and keep the case in the media in
the spotlight and also conducted their own search throughout Baltimore looking in
abandoned buildings behind structures and wooded areas just like what we know Kiara's dad did right and continues to
do akia's body was never found neither was her baby the baby's father Michael Robertson did some suspicious things
that Drew the the old cold eye drew the old uh eye of Suspicion yeah old red flag from the
family and got the attention of Baltimore Police so he searched on his computer or phone for dumpster and trash
collection schedules in landfill locations in the city dozens of times oh God so either he's really concerned
about trash or he's looking to conceal something well he was trash so he lied about needing money for their apartment
there turns out there was no apartment no preparations had been made to buy or rent a a home or an apartment for them
this was just something that he was leading this young woman on evidence on his cell phone tracked his movements to
akia's apartment on May 3rd so this proved inconsistencies in his statements with police he was interviewed three
times by police and in his statements they evolved according to police then he admitted that he did see her and then
argued because said that they argued because she wanted him to choose between her and the other
woman well police were unable unfortunately to find AIA but they belied that Robertson killed her in her
home and put her in a dumpster according to the Baltimore son using information from Robertson's phone they traced the
trash route from the dumpsters outside of the apartment to a northern Virginia landfill Engineers narrowed in on 20
acres of landfill that were filled with 500,000 tons of compacted municipal waste filled 40 ft deep within the
3month window around her disappearance but they weren't able to dig there's some kind of safety
regulations that prohibit Excavating more than 4T down of landfill in this area it took 4 and a half years Captain
but Baltimore Police and the FBI put together a circumstantial nobody case against
Robertson he was arrested and charged with two counts of murder in February of 2022 in July of 2023 a Baltimore jury
found Robertson guilty of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and the jury deliberated for just
two hours so he was found guilty Robertson appears to be even more of a captain term piece of [ __ ] than
Josh yeah he a piece of [ __ ] or maybe just not as smart because he didn't get away with it and Josh is down in
Louisiana might even be having a good time for all we know ah he's he's looking over his shoulder it seems that
if Josh had any kind of cell phone or GPS or video trail that he might have been arrested by now that's what I'm
hoping anyway right if not those are avenues that need to be pursued in this case should not be suspended if you have
Avenues to pursue which I I think they do I think there's some meat on on the bone here and I just don't like the the
the status of suspended on this case no and you wonder if that's like is that a decoy to maybe have people relax a
little bit and and we can gather information and put together a better case I would hope that's the case but
who knows but see what I want to know is did they collect DNA evidence from the car and are they able to connect that to
Josh's other girlfriend and I think police at some point correct me if I'm wrong but they
made a a statement to the fact of oh well we have we had a suspect but we don't believe that he had any uh motive
for murder well when you're dating two people and they're both pregnant there could be a motive for
murder yeah and I want to speak to Kiara for a minute not Kiara or missing person
to Kiara the other woman who it's believed is living down in Louisiana with Josh and their kids which might
have been involved in this murder and cover up correct but also may not have been involved at all if you know some
information about this and now this dude's out running around on you again go get that $63,000 and and give
the police the evidence that they need to recover this young woman's remains and
build a case against Josh yeah and this is why Kiera's mother Karen is so correct you need to shine light and
bring attention to these cases it puts pressure on law enforcement to do their job but it also puts pressure on
eyewitnesses to come forward it puts pressure on Josh it puts pressure on Josh his current girlfriend to come
forward with information the more people are talking about it the more people start realizing this ain't going to go
away and so you share these cases on social media you tell your friends and family about these cases and could you
imagine if you're you're Josh and you're sitting and you moved away to try to get
away from all this and it starts becoming more national news then you have a individual that's getting scared
he's looking over his shoulder he starts wonder about all the mistakes he made and something some Somewhere Out
There something's going to catch up to him and like you said I mean it could be his girlfriend sitting around going well
this guy I'm still not enough in his eyes I've had three children by this guy and I'm still not enough cuz he keeps
running around on me and maybe you were involved in the murder maybe you were involved in the cover up
but police I'm sure would still be willing to make a deal with you and then he could get his and and
make no mistake about it this guy's a piece of [ __ ] he dated her for six years
and he didn't search for her he didn't put up Flyers he didn't knock on doors he lied to the family he lied to law
enforcement he changed his story he basically said hey I I didn't see on the second and then we have video footage
and guess who's in that video footage everybody believes it's him Josh Simmons and then on top of that you have your
pregnant girlfriend then go withdraw money $400 what do you need that $400 for this person is not answering
questions lawyered up moves out of state doesn't know anything I mean he's a real piece of
[ __ ] we will certainly have images photos of Kier on our website and on social but a great
resource in this case for everybody out there in listener land is missingpersonsvevo
but more importantly you're going to get links to the videos that that came out right
the ATM video you're going to get links to the other videos and to links to seeing her mother Karen
speaking so passionately about her daughter and trying to find her daughter uh the website according to the website
if you have any information you are encouraged to contact the Chicago Police Department or this is a unique City
scenario here Captain we don't get this every week but one outfit that you can get in touch with in this case would be
the US Postal inspection service right and you can from my understanding is that this is
um they they investigate all kinds of stuff all kinds of different crimes uh all kinds of different missing person
stuff so if it were me here and I had information I would reach out to the US Postal inspection service there number
is 877-876-2455 877 8762 455 the HBO I'm sorry uh Max or whatever we're going to call it these days I I feel
like I feel like it's HBO Max call it HBO man because well it was HBO Max for a while now it's just max so there was
an HBO documentary series called Black and missing it did feature aia's case that we talked about now like kier's it
was noted that her case got a lot less attention than similar cases involving white women Robertson's guilty
verdict May provide a glimmer of hope for Kiera's family that they may yet see Justice for her at some point we can
only hope that Chicago prosecutors and investigators are doggedly working to put together their case against Josh
Simmons and he gets what's coming to him but given that the investigation was suspended for a time may still be
suspended and Chicago PDS less than lustrious record of solving cases where the victim is a missing black female
unfortunately we're just not that [Music] optimistic want to thank you so much for
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do we have any recommended reading for the beautiful beautiful listeners this week Captain we have a combo platter we
have a little recommended listening and a little recommended reading I love when
good people team up for the greater good and so these are two things that we've recommended in the past one is the
missing person's podcast we have Mike Morford over there and Jessica bort who have been great friends of our show for
many years they run the missing person's podcast and do a fantastic job and I just noticed that last week their guest
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Kierra Coles is a United States Postal Service employee who went missing in October of 2018. This year marks five years since her disappearance and unfortunately her case is getting cold. Where is she? Did Kierra really call off from the job she loved on the same day that she seems to have vanished? Some say something happened to the young woman in the middle of the night and then someone else with working knowledge of Postal Service Employee business called off for her to cover their tracks and buy some time. Join Nic & the Captain for this almost “unbelievable” Missing Endangered - Foul Play case out of Chicago, Illinois. There is a reward for information in Kierra’s case, $68,000 last time it was reported. If you have any information regarding Kierra Coles and persons that knew her please call the United States Postal Inspection Service 877-876-2455. For more information go to Missingpersoncenter.org (http://missingpersoncenter.org/) and search Kierra Coles.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses Kiara Kohl's disappearance, her boyfriend's involvement, and the family's ongoing search for justice.

Key points

A Mother's Hope. Kiara Kohl's mother pleads for help in finding her missing daughter.
Suspended Investigation. The Chicago Police Department suspends Kiara's case, leaving her family horrified.
Media Coverage Disparity. Kiara's family expresses frustration over lack of media attention compared to other cases.
Detective Insights. A detective shares crucial details about the person of interest in Kiera's case.
Kiera's Family's Plea. Kiera's family announces a reward for information about her disappearance.
Parallels to Akia Eagleston's Case. Exploring the similarities between Kiera's case and that of Akia Eagleston.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

You could be the one that helps bring Kar home.

A plea from Kiara Kohl's mother.

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Tension

65/ 100Some tension

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