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it's hard to imagine how desolate it is here it's very desolate very vast pictures don't do it
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justice I believe the spot was chosen because of the remoteness of it the spot that nobody would ever be able
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to find on a summer morning in 2014 Laura heavin was in her home in Tennessee when she received a call from
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California her daughter Aaron Corwin was missing she was 19 years old we really had no
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clue what happened it was almost like we were walking in a different world kind of numb the young wife of a marine had
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moved to the California desert to a remote base near Joshua Tree National Park called 29 Palms you know the next
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thing I hear the weekend goes by and Monday morning you know the sheriffs are there looking for this girl
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ain't home yet they have to alert the military and when they do the NCIS gets involved NCIS the naval criminal
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investigative service most of us may recognize this name from television I'm a special agent Clifton Randolph Jr with
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Naval criminal investigative service I'm Ash chin I'm an intelligence specialist
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with NCIS my name is sea Nash I'm a special agent with NCIS the tight community on base was shocked and a
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newfound Spotlight on 29 palms and the Marines residing there would make headlines all over the nation full of
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secrets lies and a dangerous romance everybody was talking about it everybody was commenting on it on social media
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people were looking for her there was Buzz on base everyone in that complex was sort of like a military Melrose
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Place it just goes back makes you wonder if she knew who she was getting involved
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with she did not see the warning signs that I'm sure were there from CBS Studios and CBS News this is 48
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Hours NCIS I'm Natalie Morales growing up in a military family I feel very connected to
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the stories of those who serve our country along with their families this season I will explore the mysterious
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disappearance of marine wife Aaron Corwin a case and CIS agents will never forget it's that proximity of tragedy
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