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At first glance, when you come to this area in Oklahoma, it is very beautiful. It's serene, but we have missing people
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that are never found. There are homicides that are never solved. There's lots of dark secrets that live here.
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My name is Dakota Black. I'm a tracker and detective with the Pawatami County Sheriff's Office.
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and I was brought into the missing person's case for Michaela Mi. And as soon as we arrived on scene, we
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started tracking the area and trying to locate her. We had multiple deputies and detectives
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in the woods looking for her. We were searching every place that we could potentially think of to try to
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locate Michaela. >> There's something strange. >> She might be in there. >> She might be. She may not be alive.
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I was not looking for an individual that was breathing. I was looking for my daughter's body. And I don't know why.
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>> Sometimes it's hard to not take cases personal. They tug at your heartstrings.
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And this one was one of those. >> What was it about this woman that fueled you this way?
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>> Just who she was? My sister Michaela is the strongest person I know. Has the biggest heart. Is the most caring. Wants
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to take care of everyone and put everyone before herself. >> I love you. >> I love you most.
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>> I love you more. >> Her main goal in life was to be around children, to help children, especially
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ones in need. >> Everybody that knew Michaela had nothing but love for her. We had a huge response from our
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community. Everybody really wanted her found. >> We just went out there looking for her.
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Didn't sleep for days. Didn't eat for days. Was raining cold. We were just out there for days.
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>> Was there a part of you that say, you know, there's a chance we may not find her?
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>> Yes. It seemed day after day the chances were getting more slim of finding her alive.
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>> I just knew that she was gone. I can't imagine how scared she was. It's just sad.
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Sad that it ended the way it did. It didn't have to end this way. >> I was driven and I was not going to go
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home. I was not going to stop until this case was solved.