Full Cases · Macomb, OK
Makayla Meave: the stranger who never existed
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
- 0:00The man in the white truck
- 0:31Who she was
- 1:06The last ordinary day
- 1:43The morning call
- 2:36The deputy's instinct
- 3:35The search
- 4:21Found
- 5:03The lie and the deal
- 5:58The undercurrent
- 6:44In her name
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