I’m your host Kate and today’s tale tells the incredible survival story of a badass 14 year old girl. Elizabeth Shoaf was abducted by Vinson Filyaw in 2006, spent 10 days in an underground bunker with him, and was able to use her smarts to save herself.

 Thank you to my sources:

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/06/29/mom-drove-her-kids-to-prison-then-lay-topless-in-view-of-inmates/amp/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/business/uber-lost-and-found-list-trnd/index.html#:~:text=The%20annual%20report%2C%20which%20is,the%20driver's%20time%20and%20effort. 

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/elizabeth-shoaf/

https://biographymask.com/elizabeth-shoaf/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-20-na-abduct20-story.html 

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/elizabeth-shoaf/ 

https://peoplepill.com/people/vinson-filyaw

https://meaww.com/vinson-filyaw-girl-in-bunker-kidnapper-dead-prison-rape-torture-14-elizabeth-shoaf-421-year-sentence 

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/vinson-filyaw-man-who-raped-and-tortured-teen-in-underground-bunker-dies-in-prison/news-story/ae0fb0cce313181f2737b4dd0215aa25

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/crimes-punishable-by-death 

https://www.wistv.com/story/5393737/accused-kershaw-co-kidnappers-mother-posts-bond/ 

https://alchetron.com/Vinson-Filyaw 

https://www.caycedentistry.com/meet-our-team/ 

Documentary: Elizabeth Shoaf: Girl in a Bunker from A&E Crime Central