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The episode explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Sherri Dally in Ventura, California.

When a devoted wife and mother is handcuffed in a Target parking lot in broad daylight by an official-looking woman wearing a badge, witnesses assume they are watching a real arrest. When the woman doesn’t return home and no police department can find any record of the detention, suspicion falls on those closest to her. Sources 1.  Dateline NBC . 1992. 2.  Deadly Women . 2008. 3. Diskin, Megan. “Ventura Man Seeks Clemency in Wife’s 1996 Killing.”  Ventura County Star , Ventura, 31 Aug. 2018,  https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2018/08/31/ventura-man-1996-killing-seeks-clemency/1115644002/ . 4.  Forensic Files . 1996. 5. “Jury Finds Haun Guilty of Dally’s Kidnap-Murder - Los Angeles Times.”  Los Angeles Times , Los Angeles Times, 27 Sept. 1997,  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-27-mn-36594-story.html . 6. Sederstrom, Jill. “Mike Dally and Mistress Diana Haun Kill His Wife Sherri Dally.”  Oxygen , Oxygen, 21 Feb. 2025,  https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-unforgettable/crime-news/mike-dally-mistress-diana-haun-kill-wife-sherri-dally . 7. “Sharri Renee Guess Dally (1961-1996) - Find…

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