Things seemed normal on the morning of September 10, 1999, as the residents of Albuquerque got up and went about their day. However, when colleagues of bank teller Girly Chew noticed her absence from work, they began to sense that something had gone terribly wrong.

Instead of tardiness or traffic, this would be a story far from the norm, encapsulating everything from con men to cults to even conspiracy theories, in one of the most bizarre cases that we have covered yet.

Tune in to find out more.

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