Years after Carey Mae Parker went missing, her family started hearing rumors about a party. And a fight.

Buried Episode 04: A Party And A Fight

Carey Mae Parker has been missing from northeast Texas since 1991. People go missing every day, but there's something unusual about Carey's case. After two decades without answers, family members made a shocking discovery: Police never launched an investigation. We spent a year searching for clues about Carey's disappearance. And about the people who let it happen.

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Law enforcement officials say D-N-A has finally solved a decades-old disappearance. As George Hale reports, Carey Mae Parker is no longer missing.

Buried Radio: KETR News Spot 09 - June 6, 2022

Human remains found at Lake Tawakoni have been identified as belonging to a northeast Texas woman who’s been missing for decades. As George Hale reports, relatives of Carey Mae Parker say investigators used D-N-A to crack the case.

Buried Radio: KETR News Spot 08 - May 25, 2022

Jerrod Knight with KETR News. Divers returned to Lake Tawakoni on Friday to search for a missing northeast Texas woman. As George Hale reports, this time they might have found her.

Buried Radio: KETR News Spot 07 - Oct. 15, 2021

Investigators were back at Lake Tawakoni this week searching for a northeast Texas mother who’s been missing for 30 years.

Buried Radio: KETR News Spot 06 - Feb. 24, 2021

The Hunt County Sheriff's Office is convinced that a vehicle recovered from Lake Tawakoni is the 1980 Buick Skylark that Carey Mae Parker was driving when she disappeared in 1991.

Buried Episode 04: A Party And A Fight

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