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The Day Akia Disappeared

2024/9/17
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Akia Eggleston, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, vanished before her baby shower, leaving her family distraught. Initial searches and police involvement yielded no results, raising concerns about her complicated pregnancy and sudden social media silence.
  • Akia was 8 months pregnant and vanished before her baby shower.
  • Her family reported her missing after she didn't arrive at the event.
  • Initial police searches and community efforts yielded no clues.
  • Akia's social media activity abruptly stopped days before her disappearance.

Shownotes Transcript

When a woman who is eight months pregnant vanishes before her own baby shower, her family begins a desperate search. As detectives struggle to unravel the chilling mystery, they wonder: is it a missing persons case, or something far more sinister? Josh Mankiewicz reports.