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25 Yards - Bessie Walker

25 Yards - Bessie Walker

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In August 2021, Bessie Marie Walker — a 27-year-old Western Mono mother of three — vanished from the Big Sandy Rancheria in Auberry, California. For eighteen days, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office chased tips across the county.

They searched a dozen locations. They logged nearly a thousand hours. They never found her. Her family did. Twenty-five yards from her mother's front door. Her cause of death remains undetermined. Her case remains unsolved.

And just weeks later, the nation turned its full attention to another missing young woman — one who looked nothing like Bessie.

This is a story about who gets searched for, who gets found, and who gets forgotten.

To see more about this case, as well as the sources used to create this episode, visit our Blog Here.


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