During World War II, West Virginia mother of five - Mary Jane VanGilder - left her children and abusive husband and took a job at an army depot in Shelby, Ohio. She stayed in touch with her family for a year or so, then vanished from their lives. For more than 80 years, her children - and then her grandchildren - searched for her. That mystery was solved when Shelby Det. Adam Turner took on the case and spent five years exhuming bodies and writing letters until he finally got an answer.

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