She told her family she was coming home.
She packed her bags.
And then—April Beth Pitzer vanished.
In this episode, we dive into the haunting disappearance of April, a 30-year-old mother of two who went missing from Newberry Springs, California in 2004. She was supposed to be boarding a bus back to Arkansas… but she never made it.
Rumors of drug activity.
A history of cooperation with law enforcement.
And a desert full of secrets.
Join us as we unravel the tangled story of a woman who may have known too much—and trusted the wrong people. Interviews, leads, heartbreak—and questions that still don’t have answers.
What happened to April Beth Pitzer?
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