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For months, this mother barely left her house because she was waiting for the phone to ring. After 7-year-old Susie
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Jaeger was kidnapped from her family tent, her mother, Marietta, became consumed by one thing. Waiting. Because
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the kidnapper had called not just once, but he was demanding money, taunting the
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family, and claiming that Susie was still alive. So, Marietta basically turned her entire life into one job.
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Stay near the phone and answer the next call from the kidnapper. She barely left
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the house, and the FBI even helped the family set up recording equipment in case the kidnapper called again. And
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every time the phone rang, Marietta answered. She answered calls from psychics and strangers, people having
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well wishes, even false leads, but it didn't matter. She picked up every single call because what if that next
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call was the one she was waiting for? Well, one day, her son called from church asking for a ride home, and
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Marietta leaves the house just for a few minutes. And of course, that is when the
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phone rang. And it's the man who took her daughter, David Meyerhofer. Listen to our full episode on the case
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this week, only on Crime Junkie.