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Hi, I'm Josh Mankiewicz with a preview

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of Dateline Missing in America. In

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our podcast's third season, we

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share six new unsolved mysteries.

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And we hope somebody listening may

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have a clue that could help crack one of these

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cases. Could that

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someone be you? Here's

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Dateline Missing in America. Just

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between the Pacific and the mountains

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on California's central coast, Big

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Sur is a 90-mile

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stretch of breathtaking beauty. The

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author Henry Miller said, It

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was here in Big Sur that I

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first learned to say, Amen.

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To see what he was talking about, you'll need

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to brave Highway 1. Its

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two lanes wind above steep cliffs

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with waves crashing below.

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There are places to pull off to

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soak in the views. It's

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the vista of a hundred TV commercials.

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On September 22, 2022, something happened here

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that you'll never see on any postcard

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of this slice of paradise. On

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that morning, a bright red

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Honda Accord cruised south down Highway 1

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and pulled over just past mile marker 56.

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Who was in that car? And what

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happened before and after that moment? Are

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questions that haunt a family. The

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Honda belonged to 25-year-old Aurelie

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Garcia, and she

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hasn't been seen or heard from since

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that morning. It's been like a

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scary movie since the day it happened. Like, it's

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just been a nightmare. And we

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pray every night that she comes home. Veronica

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Garcia and Ellie Mendoza are

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Aurelie's sisters. Is

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there any reason why your sister would be in Big Sur? No

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idea. It's still a mystery

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till this day. A mystery

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that, to a rally's family and

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others, sounds eerily

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similar to another case.

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They're both young, you know? They're both

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one of color. They both went missing of

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the same area. It is very shady, for

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sure. I'm

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Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Dateline Missing

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in America. Today's episode is

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Mystery Down Highway 1. We

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first covered a rally's story in September, 2023.

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Her family was desperate to find a rally

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then, and they're still searching for

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her. Please listen

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closely, because you or someone

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you know might have information

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that could help solve this case and

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give a rally's family the answers they're

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looking for. Thanks

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for listening. Search

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