00:00She was just six years old, and all she wanted was to catch fireflies.
00:05June 9th, 1995.
00:08Alma, Arkansas.
00:11Little Morgan goes to a baseball game with her mom.
00:14A normal night, safe, happy.
00:17Wow, Mommy, look at all the people!
00:20It's wonderful, isn't it, sweetie?
00:22I love this.
00:23Nothing feels wrong.
00:25Around 10.30 p.m., two kids come up to her.
00:28Do you want to catch fireflies? Morgan asks her mom.
00:32At first, she says no, but then she changes her mind.
00:37She hugs her daughter, kisses her, and lets her go.
00:42Ten minutes later, the game ends.
00:44Her mom looks around. The two kids are back.
00:47But Morgan is gone.
00:50Morgan! Morgan!
00:53She runs everywhere, calls 911.
00:56Morgan disappears.
00:58Without a trace.
01:00Witnesses describe a man.
01:02Scruffy beard.
01:03No shirt.
01:04Driving a red pickup truck.
01:07Just eight miles away.
01:08A man tries to kidnap another girl.
01:10Same type of truck.
01:12His name, Billy Jack Links.
01:15Police catch him.
01:17But here's the shocking part.
01:19He takes a polygraph test and is cleared, released.
01:23And he wasn't the only suspect.
01:25Two more names come up.
01:27Albert Harvey, Charles Ray Vines.
01:30Over 1,000 tips come in.
01:32But nothing works.
01:33No evidence, no answers.
01:35Police have suspects, but no truth.
01:38And Morgan is still missing.
01:40So what do you think?
01:42Was it Billy or someone else?
01:4529 years later, they finally found the truth.
01:49And it's worse than anyone imagined.
01:52The suspect, Billy Jack Links, was arrested months later.
01:56Inside his red truck, police found tape, rope, tarp, even blood.
02:02But in 1995, DNA technology wasn't strong enough.
02:07So he walked free in this case.
02:10Morgan's mother never gave up.
02:12Not for one year.
02:13Not for ten.
02:15But for decades.
02:17She even helped other missing children cases.
02:20While still searching for her own daughter.
02:22Then, in 2023, new DNA technology is used.
02:27Evidence is tested again.
02:29And finally, a match is found.
02:32It was Billy Jack Links.
02:35After 29 years, the truth comes out.
02:39But here's the heartbreaking part.
02:41In 29 August 1995, he died in prison.
02:46So he never confessed.
02:48And never told what really happened to Morgan.
02:50A mother waited her whole life for answers she may never fully get.
02:55Billy Jack Links is that he stole Morgan from me.
02:59He stole her from her dad.
03:02And he stole her from Logan and Taryn.
03:08But he didn't see that he could never win.
03:12Because our love for Morgan, her memory, and her voice, outlasted his life.
03:19Do you think justice was served?
03:21Or is this still an unsolved mystery?
03:24Comment your thoughts.
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