Episode
48 Hours: What Ever Happened to Mary Day?
Overview
Detectives believe a 13-year-old girl who vanished from her California home in 1981 was murdered; more than 20 years after the disappearance, a traffic stop in Arizona turns up a woman claiming to be the missing girl.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 33
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 2020-05-02
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
What Ever Happened to Mary Day? is Episode 30 in Season 33 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2020-05-02. The runtime is 43 min.
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