Sneak peek: The Unending Search for Sara Anne Wood | Forensic Files

[Applause] I have visible holes in my memory from when I was a kid you know trauma and it's a different kind of
trauma because there's a monster involved it's 30 years later I can't imagine many things that are
as terribly lifechanging I was 2 weeks away from my 17th birthday what could I have done what
could I have done okay got command on the phone down there the week ago today uh Sarah wood
12-year-old left this church and was traveling a short distance about a mile to her home she made it about halfway
and uh we found her bicycle at around 4:30 that after known I am Dusty wood I am Sarah's older
brother I was 16 when she was abducted in 1993 we need to know where Sarah is please help us find her when I got a
call from my sergeant that there was a missing girl he didn't say Runway he said missing child which was unusual so
I immediately drove up there this is a church uh that Sarah's father was pastor at at the time the day that this
happened she was here doing schoolwork tell me where she rode she would have gone right out out here and right down
this road so this is where she took a turn yep her her house is not too far up here on the left this is the area where
the bicycle was found I remember that moment I'm standing next to my mother and that's when you know it's all
over it's all over [Music] [Music] come we set up a station there we could do everything out of that Church Des
send right up in here there were troopers from all over the state all over the state there days went
by weeks months right would either one of you have ever guessed the turn this case would take on January 7th 1994 no
and this was still back in the day where teletypes would come across one came over about an abduction or attempt at
abduction in Massachusetts 12-year-old uh Rebecca Savar she's simply walking to school she's approached by a stranger
who puts a gun to her and that broke the entire case she's the key she's the Lynch pin she she's what made it all
happen she got away okay that's what put us out to Louis lent Lewis lent came across as just kind of an ordinary guy
he was a handyman I don't think anybody would have ever conceived that he he was
doing what he was doing I'm Julia cowy retired FBI agent and profiler he was prepared with duct
tape he had a gun with him he had a knife with him he had rope with him so he was always ready he's a child
predator you he enjoyed going out and driving around and in his words hunting for
children he killed SAR enwood he did confess to it but we don't have Sarah's body finding the body is important
because then my mother could know where she is do you think Louis lent will give
that up I don't know if he does it won't be out of the goodness of his heart he does have a lot to hide
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Investigators are locked in a 30-year game of cat and mouse with a child serial killer to find the body of 12-year-old Sara. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports in an encore airing Saturday, March 15 at at 9:26 ET/8:26C on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Dusty Wood recounts his sister Sarah's abduction and the ongoing search for closure 30 years later.

Key points

The Disappearance of Sarah Wood. Sarah Wood, a 12-year-old girl, goes missing, sparking a desperate search.
A Chilling Revelation. A key abduction case in Massachusetts reveals a predator's horrifying methods.

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What could I have done?

Reflecting on the past and trauma.

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