Little Miss Nobody

About this episode

The episode discusses the decades-long search for a kidnapped girl and the unexpected information that emerges 62 years later.

A little girl is kidnapped from her grandmother’s yard. Her family searches for decades, hoping to find her. 62 years later, detectives call with information. But it’s not what anyone expected.  America’s Crime Lab is a true crime podcast about how science solves cold cases, missing persons, and other unsolved cases. Hosted by journalist and clinical psychologist Elin Lantz Lesser, and powered by Othram’s forensic DNA lab, the show connects the science to the story, revealing what really happens in the lab and why it matters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Elin Lantz Lesser

Topics covered

• kidnapping
• cold cases
• forensic science
• missing persons
• family search
• true crime

Keywords

• kidnapping
• cold case
• forensic DNA
• missing girl
• true crime
• detectives
• family search

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Othram

Places: America

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