Makayla Meave: the stranger who never existed

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For twenty-four hours, an entire county searched for a bald man in a white truck. He never existed. This is the case of Makayla Meave — a 30-year-old teacher's aide, mother, and sister from Macomb, Oklahoma — and the lie that fell apart in five days.

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Chapters

1. 0:00Makayla Meave: the man in the white truck
2. 0:31Who Makayla Meave was
3. 1:06Makayla Meave's last ordinary day
4. 1:43Makayla Meave case: the morning call
5. 2:36Makayla Meave case: the deputy's instinct
6. 3:35The search for Makayla Meave
7. 4:21Makayla Meave found
8. 5:03Makayla Meave case: the lie and the deal
9. 5:58Makayla Meave case: the undercurrent
10. 6:44Makayla Meave: in her name

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