1981 | The Day Charlotte Kinsey & Cinda Pallett Disappeared

Summary

SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 1981 | The Day Charlotte Kinsey & Cinda Pallett Disappeared
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Host: Sarah Reid

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Episode Overview

This episode of SEQUESTERED revisits the heartbreaking 1981 disappearance of 13-year-olds Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett from the Oklahoma State Fair. Through immersive storytelling, eyewitness insight, and careful attention to victim impact, Sarah Reid reconstructs the girls' final known moments, unpacks the investigation’s twists and frustrations, and reflects on the case’s unresolved legacy. With emotional interviews and archival materials, this installment explores the lingering hope and sorrow of families, the persistence of investigators, and how this loss changed the cultural landscape regarding missing children.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Final Night at the Fair ([00:57]–[05:10])

• Atmosphere & Background
  • Sarah Reid sets the scene at the bustling Oklahoma State Fair, describing its nostalgic, safe feel and allure for teenagers seeking independence.
• Charlotte & Cinda: Who They Were
  • Both 13, inseparable friends, attending Jefferson High School. Charlotte: blonde, blue-eyed, scar under her eye, wearing a maroon blouse and jeans. Cinda: brown hair, blue eyes, ZZ Top shirt, also with a scar under her brow.
  • This was a night of newfound freedom for the girls—unsupervised at the fair, supposed to end in joy.

2. The Lure & Vanishing ([04:35]–[09:09])

• Approach by a Stranger
  • A man offers a job: unloading stuffed animals with two other boys. “Nothing about it feels dangerous. Plus, it’s quick money and easy work. So the girls say yes.” (Sarah Reid, [01:33])
  • They call home, relaying the job offer—parents agree, ask them to call back by 9 PM. They never do.
• Last Known Movements
  • Last seen at the fairgrounds around 5:30 pm. By evening, missing persons reports are filed.
  • Teenage boys who also accepted the man’s offer describe leaving with him, being dropped at a truck stop, and the man leaving with just the girls.

3. The Early Investigation ([05:10]–[12:29])

• Critical Eyewitness Testimony
  • The boys’ accounts shape the composite sketch and suspect profile.
  • No physical struggle or crime scene, only “a handful of statements. There was no struggle, no panicked screams, no witness to violence.” (Sarah Reid, [08:32])
• First Suspect: Donald Michael Corey
  • Identified and extradited; eliminated after alibi confirmed—he was in Dallas, not Oklahoma, at the time ([09:57]–[11:10]).

4. The Prime Suspect: Royal Russell Long ([12:29]–[19:34])

• Background on Long

  • Carnival/circuit worker, truck driver, history of predatory behavior.
  • Testimony from his daughter and others revealed a disturbing pattern: using stuffed animals and trust to lure young girls, then abducting and harming them.
    • “There were multiple times where he would use the same scenario ... to lure young girls in and we believe, ultimately molest them, rape them, and kill them.” (Ray Elliott, [14:12])
  • Long directly linked to the fair and seen there the night of the disappearance.
  • Sketch match: Long’s ex-wife identified him from the widely distributed composite.

• Forensic Evidence

  • Rental car tied to Long discovered; trunk contained brown and blonde hair, possible bloodstains visible with luminol. At the time, forensic science (pre-DNA) could not confirm the source.
  • “Evidence pointing in one direction. Evidence that strongly suggested something terrible had happened, but never far enough to reach certainty.” (Sarah Reid, [16:51])

5. Legal Struggles & Heartbreak ([17:50]–[21:07])

• The Case Falls Apart
  • Despite pattern evidence and physical clues, inadmissible prior crimes and lack of bodies or direct evidence cripple the prosecution.
  • Judge dismisses the case mid-trial due to insufficient evidence, never allowing a jury to decide. “That was the lowest point in my career because we proved it and had the evidence to prove it. And I live with that.” (Ray Elliott, [19:41])
• Long's Callousness
  • As Long passes the families in court, he whispers: “Only I know where the bodies are and I’m not talking.” (Ray Elliott, [21:02])
  • Long dies in prison in 1993, continuing to manipulate from behind bars by offering supposed information in exchange for money up until his death.

6. The Families & Lasting Impact ([22:04]–[25:41])

• Unbearable Waiting
  • Ray Elliott recounts visiting the families’ preserved rooms—no closure, only lingering pain.
  • “The Palette family had left the room exactly the way it was the day she left … Mrs. Powlett gave me one of those Christmas decorations and said, ‘This will be your inspiration for the trial.’ I still have that decoration today.” (Ray Elliott, [22:10])
  • The families endured hoaxes and fake leads, experiencing hope that inevitably turned to heartbreak.
• No Closure, Only Determination
  • “Do you think you ever will?” [get closure]
  • “No. Only if we at some point find the girls’ bodies.” (Ray Elliott, [23:37])
  • Elliott’s belief: “Those girls' bodies are within 55 miles or less of Oklahoma County Courthouse, based on the evidence that we have…” (Ray Elliott, [25:16])

7. Broader Cultural Legacy ([23:57]–[25:41])

• A Changed America
  • 1981 was before widespread awareness of child abductions, before Amber Alerts, before DNA, and before missing children’s campaigns.
  • “Cases like Charlotte and Cinda’s helped change that, helped reshape how America thought about missing children, about stranger’s trust, about the idea that danger could exist even in the middle of a crowd.” (Sarah Reid, [24:00])
  • The case stands as a somber turning point in child safety, embedding the image of two ordinary girls lost to time.

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Memorable Quotes

• “Nothing about it feels dangerous. Plus, it's quick money and easy work. So the girls say yes.” — Sarah Reid ([01:33])
• “There was no struggle, no panicked screams, no witness to violence. There wasn't even a crime scene.” — Sarah Reid ([08:32])
• “There were multiple times where he would use the same scenario of, of stuffed animals to lure young girls in and we believe, ultimately molest them, rape them and kill them.” — Ray Elliott ([14:12])
• “Only I know where the bodies are and I'm not talking.” — Ray Elliott, quoting Long ([21:02])
• “That was the lowest point in my career because we proved it and had the evidence to prove it. And I live with that.” — Ray Elliott ([19:41])
• “Those girls’ bodies are within 55 miles or less of Oklahoma County Courthouse, based on the evidence that we have and what we were able to prove.” — Ray Elliott ([25:16])
• “For the families of Charlotte and Cinda, it’s a place frozen in time. A phone call that never came, a ride that was never arranged. A night that never ended the way it was supposed to.” — Sarah Reid ([25:41])

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Important Timestamps

• [00:57] — Setting the scene at the Oklahoma State Fair
• [01:33] — The offer the girls receive that leads to their abduction
• [05:30] — Girls’ last known sighting and police notification
• [08:32] — Lack of evidence and early uncertainty in the investigation
• [09:57] — First suspect introduced and eliminated
• [12:29] — Enter suspect Royal Russell Long
• [14:12] — Long’s predatory patterns revealed through testimony
• [16:26] — Witnesses and physical evidence link Long to the girls
• [17:50] — Charges filed and the difficulties faced by prosecution
• [19:41] — Case dismissed; emotional toll on prosecutor Ray Elliott
• [21:02] — Long’s chilling statement as he leaves court
• [22:10] — Families’ ongoing grief, preserved rooms, and poignant moments
• [23:37] — Elliott’s enduring hope and realistic outlook
• [25:16] — Assessment of search area for the girls’ final resting place

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Concluding Reflection

Sarah Reid closes by linking the case to the broader evolution in American attitudes about child safety. She underscores the families’ enduring grief and the void left by Charlotte and Cinda’s absence—a tragedy that endures even as the fair rolls on year after year. The plea to the public remains: if anyone has information, to please come forward, ensuring the memory and hope for resolution for Charlotte and Cinda remain present.

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If you have information on the disappearance of Charlotte Kinsey or Cinda Pallett, contact the Oklahoma City Police Department at 405-297-1000.

Transcript

[Sarah Reid]

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[Sarah Reid]

There's something uniquely American about a state fair. The smell of funnel cakes in the air, the sound of rides rattling overhead. It's nostalgia and noise all at once, a place built for excess, freedom and the illusion that nothing bad could happen there. In September of 1981, the Oklahoma State Fair was in full swing. Lights stretched across the fairground, midway games stacked high with oversized stuffed animals, and the sounds of the fair drifted through the night air while families moved through the crowd and teenagers roamed in groups. It just felt safe, the kind of place where parents handed their kids a little cash, told them to be smart and trusted, that they'd be home later. It was a typical Friday night when two teenage girls walked into the fairgrounds together. Shortly after they arrive, a man approaches them and offers them a job unloading stuffed animals from a truck. There are already two boys helping him, so nothing feels unusual about it. Nothing about it feels dangerous. Plus, it's quick money and easy work. So the girls say yes. They even called home to tell their families they'd been offered work at the fair, helping to unload the stuffed animals. They're supposed to call back later to arrange a ride home, but they never do. Their names are Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett. They're both 13 years old, and whatever happened after they left that fair, they have never been seen again. I'm Sarah Reid, and this is sequestered season four. The year is 1981. We're in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and this is the disappearance of Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett. Before the fair, before their phone calls, before anyone knew something was wrong, There were just two girls, Cinda Leann Pallet and Charlotte June Kinsey, both 13 years old, both from Oklahoma City, both born in 1986, and both at that age where childhood starts to loosen its grip, when parents begin trusting you a little more and the world starts to feel bigger. They attended Jefferson High School together, and by all accounts were the kind of friends rarely seen apart. On the night of Friday, September 25th, they planned to go to the Oklahoma State Fair together without their parents. The state fair wasn't just about rides and fried food. For some, it was about independence. A place where kids were allowed to roam free to meet friends and make their own little decisions without adults hovering nearby. For Charlotte and Cinda, this was supposed to be one of those nights. The kind of night that should have become a fun memory. Charlotte stood about 5ft tall with blonde feathered hair and blue eyes. She weighed about 100 pounds and had a scar below her left eye. Her ears were pierced and she had silver caps on her lower front teeth. They're the kind of details that families memorize later when they're trying desperately to describe someone who should still be here. On the night of September 25th, Charlotte was wearing blue jeans with a maroon blouse and Nike sneakers. Cinda wore blue jeans too, and a white ZZ Top jersey style shirt with the number 81 printed on the back. She was about the same height as Charlotte and around 88 pounds. She had brown hair and blue eyes, and she also had a small scar beneath her left eyebrow. The point is, these were two normal girls, two friends eager to spend their first time alone at the fair. And before the night was over, both would vanish together. It's unclear how Charlotte and Cinda arrived at the fair that night. We don't know if they were dropped off or if they found their own way there. What matters is that once they arrived, they were on their own in the crowd. And not long after they got there, a man approached them. We don't know exactly where, we don't know exactly when, but we know he offered them work. And it's unclear exactly what was said, but he made it sound harmless enough that two 13 year old girls believed him. It was a simple job, helping unload stuffed animals from a truck. That detail matters because it explains why they ultimately left the fairgrounds with the man. This wasn't force. It wasn't panic. It wasn't a stranger dragging them into the dark. To the girls, this was an opportunity, a harmless favor. It was easy money, the kind they'd be happy to spend at the fair that night. And more importantly, the girls believed it enough to call home around 5pm and tell their parents about the job offer. Both of their moms agreed and told them to call back around 9pm so those phone calls matter because they tell us that Charlotte and Cinda did not believe they were in any danger. They thought they were doing something normal, temporary and safe. Plus they saw two teenage boys with him. Apparently, they were also there to help with the stuffed animals, which likely made the whole thing feel even more legitimate. The girls were last seen at the fairgrounds around 5:30pm and by 9 o' clock that night, when they still hadn't called home, their parents contacted the Oklahoma City Police Department to report them missing. As investigators began piecing together what happened, the two teenage boys came forward. They told police they believed they had information about the girl's disappearance. According to the boys, they had also been recruited by the same man. Turns out they had both got into his car along with Charlotte and Cinda, and together the group left the fairgrounds with the man. The boys explained that the man drove them to a truck stop off of Interstate 40. He told them that they were meeting a truck that was carrying the stuffed animals. But when they arrived, the truck wasn't there, the boys explained. That's when things changed. The man told the boys to stay behind at the truck stop while he took Charlotte and Cinda to go check on the truck. He left with the girls and never came back. And that is the last known movement of Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallet. The boys were able to give investigators a clear description of the man and helped create a composite sketch. That sketch, along with the girls descriptions, was then distributed on missing persons flyers across the country. In the days that followed, a massive search effort took shape. A dedicated task force was formed. Uniformed and undercover officers returned to the fairgrounds, walking the same paths, scanning the same crowds, looking for any sign of where the girls had gone. But there was nothing. Let's slow this down, because everything in this case comes back to just a few moments and a handful of statements. There was no struggle, no panicked screams, no witness to violence. There wasn't even a crime scene. Which meant that in those early hours, police had to consider every possibility. Did the girls run away? Were they abducted? Had they been killed? As one investigator would later say, we have suspects.

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But suspects to what?

[Sarah Reid]

Because without proof of a crime, you don't yet have a murder case. You just have two missing girls.

[Ray Elliott]

He filed the charges and then at that point came to me and said, now prove it.

[Investigator/Reporter]

September 26, 1981. The last time Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett would be seen by their friends and family.

[Ray Elliott]

Literally, there were hundreds and thousands of people that needed to be interviewed.

[Investigator/Reporter]

The assistant district attorney at the time, Ray Elliott, says he and multiple detectives and Oklahoma City police employees were consumed by the case that went global. Two teenage girls missing from the Oklahoma State Fair.

[Sarah Reid]

The first major suspect police identified was Donald Michael Corey, a 36 year old man who worked for the fair. According to investigators, the two boys were shown a photograph taken from a fair identification badge. When they saw it, they both believed that Corey was the man who had recruited them. And for a moment, it looked like the investigators had actually caught a break. They had a name, a face, and a man who was connected directly to the fairgrounds. Corey was arrested in Alabama on October 9, 1981, then extradited back to Oklahoma City for questioning. Just when it seemed like the answers were coming quickly, the entire lead unraveled. Because when police dug deeper, Corey actually had a verified alibi. Turns out he wasn't even in Oklahoma when the girls disappeared. He was in Dallas. And just like that, the first real suspect in the case was eliminated and investigators were back to square one. But as they widened their search, a new name began to surface. A man who had been there that day. And if what they were starting to uncover was true, Charlotte and Cinda may not have been his first victims.

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[Sarah Reid]

Soon another name came to the surface. Royal Russell Long. And unlike Corey Long fit the profile in ways that immediately alarmed investigators. He was a truck driver, a drifter who moved from place to place. Someone who worked the carnival and rodeo circuit following Fairs and seasonal events, really traveling wherever the work and crowds took him. And as it turns out, Long had been in Oklahoma. He actually lived in nearby Tuttle and later admitted to investigators that he had actually visited the fair on the day the girls disappeared. According to investigators, Long had a pattern because he did not simply overpower girls. He approached them, he talked to them, earned their trust. And investigators believed he often used small incentives to do it. Incentives like money, prizes, even stuffed animals. The same kind of lure used to get Charlotte and Cinda to leave the fairgrounds that day. Long's own daughter later told investigators that she had also been one of his many victims. And according to her, this wasn't isolated behavior. She described cross country trips where Long would target young girls, sometimes giving her money to step away, go buy a soda or play a game. And when she came back, the girls he had approached would be gone.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Long's daughter confessed to investigators she herself was one of dozens of victims and she witnessed the horrific acts of her father.

[Ray Elliott]

That there were multiple times where he would use the same scenario of, of stuffed animals to lure young girls in and we believe, ultimately molest them, rape them and kill them.

[Sarah Reid]

And investigators would later learn Long's pattern had limits. According to testimony, he had said, quote, no girl over the age of 13 would ever satisfy him. Long was no stranger to law enforcement. By the time investigators in Oklahoma wanted to question him, he was already behind bars, serving time in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. He had pleaded guilty to kidnapping two young girls, one who was 12 and the other 16. And even from prison, he was watching. According to prosecutors, Long had been following news coverage of Charlotte and Cinda's case from inside the penitentiary. Then came the sketch, the composite drawing created from the boys description. It was widely circulated even across state lines, and someone recognized it. Long's ex wife, she saw the sketch in Wyoming and contacted investigators because to her, it looked exactly like him.

[Investigator/Reporter]

The boys also helped in creating this sketch of the suspect, which was posted around the country. Years later, one of Long's ex wives saw the sketch in Wyoming and called police. The sketch in the photo of Long nearly identical. Long was then brought to Oklahoma from a Wyoming prison where he'd face his fate. In the case of the missing fair girls, he was charged with kidnapping and murdering the teens.

[Sarah Reid]

At that point, investigators believed they had their man. Witnesses had already placed Long at the Oklahoma State Fair the day Charlotte and Cinda disappeared. Some even say they saw him with the girls. And then there was the car the boys had described, the vehicle that the man Drove them to the truck stop in. And eventually investigators traced that description to a rental car used by Royal Russell Long.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Elliot says the evidence was there. They knew Long was the man responsible for the disappearance of Kinsey and pallet. He says two witnesses, a pair of teenage boys who left the fair with Kinsey and Pallet, agreed.

[Ray Elliott]

They described the car. We learned that it was a rental car. So then we were able to determine that a car fitting that description was rented by Roel Russell Long.

[Sarah Reid]

When that vehicle was examined, they found brown scalp hairs in the trunk, Hairs investigators believed had belonged to Cinda. Additional blonde hairs were also recovered. And then there was the trunk. Matt. Using luminol in what would become one of the first cases in Oklahoma to use the technique, Investigators revealed what appeared to be blood stains. But the testing available at the time could not determine whether that blood was human or animal. And that would become the defining frustration of this entire case. Evidence pointing in one direction. Evidence that strongly suggested something terrible had happened, but never far enough to reach certainty. In August of 1985, Royal Russell Long was officially charged with the kidnapping and murder of Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett. Ray Elliott, the assistant district attorney at the time, would later say, we were

[Ray Elliott]

able to show he did this multiple times and perhaps killed as many as 20 or more young girls.

[Sarah Reid]

He also told reporters, we believed then

[Ray Elliott]

and I believe today we had the right man.

[Sarah Reid]

The case appeared strong. There was witness testimony, There was physical evidence, and there was a pattern. For the families, it may have actually felt like their nightmare was finally nearing an end. Finally, someone would answer for what happened. But the case never made it to that point, because no matter how suspicious Long appeared, the prosecution had a problem they could not overcome. There were no bodies, no confirmed murder scene, no witness to a crime. And in 1985, the science simply wasn't there. Hair analysis was not DNA. It could suggest, but it could not prove. And just like the blood found in the trunk, it pointed in one direction but couldn't say definitively what it was. Even worse, much of the evidence prosecutors believed established Long's pattern of predatory behavior was going to be excluded from the trial. This included his prior crimes, Other victim testimony, and behavioral evidence. The jury would never hear it. So what remained was a circumstantial case, A strong one, but not strong enough. Then, mid trial, the judge dismissed the case, saying there were, quote, many unaddressed and unanswered questions, end quote.

[Investigator/Reporter]

The case was never heard by a jury, but was dismissed by a judge who said the evidence was wasn't strong enough.

[Ray Elliott]

What I remember the most, and probably the only thing I remember from his ruling was that he said the prosecution picked him green, meaning that we had filed the case before we had enough evidence. My reaction was then and is today. That was the lowest point in my career because we proved it and had the evidence to prove it. And I live with that.

[Sarah Reid]

For Elliot, it wasn't just a legal loss. It was personal. He had sat in the Powlett family's living room and made them a promise that he would convict Royal Russell Long. He didn't, and he would later say that he has carried that with him. Elliot feels he has let them down. And from that day forward, he has never promised another victim's family anything except that he would do the best he could. The day after the case was dismissed, Long was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. The families were seated in the front row, just as they had been every day of the proceedings. And as he passed them, he leaned in and whispered something. Later, the families told the investigators what he said.

[Ray Elliott]

Only I know where the bodies are and I'm not talking.

[Sarah Reid]

And then it was over. Royal Russell Long walked out of court without conviction for the kidnapping and murders of Charlotte Kenzie and Cinda Pallet. Royal Russell Long would die in a wyoming Prison in 1993, but not for Charlotte and not for Cinda. Before his death, he began writing letters to media, to investigators claiming he knew what happened, hinting he held the key to solving the case and demanding money in exchange for his information. He demanded thousands of dollars. Sometimes he would outright deny any involvement and other times implying he knew everything. He was a manipulator to the end, and if he knew where those girls were, he took that information with him.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Before the trial, Elliott says he visited the homes of both Kinsey and Pallett.

[Ray Elliott]

Both of the parents took me into the girls rooms. The Palette family had left the room exactly the way it was the day she left to go to the state fair. She was working on some little crocheted Christmas decorations prior to her going to the fair. Mrs. Powlett gave me one of those Christmas decorations and said, this will be your inspiration for the trial. I still have that decoration today.

[Sarah Reid]

In the days after the girls disappeared, their families waited by the phone through the night, hoping for something, anything. A call, a sighting, a mistake that could be undone. But that call never came. At one point, someone falsely claimed to be Cinda. It was a hoax, a cruel, false lead that briefly reopened hope, only to shatter it again. And over time, waiting turned into something Else questions. Where did they go? What happened after they left the fairgrounds? And maybe hardest of all, where are they now? There is no gravesite or final resting place. We have no confirmed answer, just absence.

[Investigator/Reporter]

You have ever gotten that closure?

[Ray Elliott]

No.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Do you think you ever will?

[Ray Elliott]

No. Only if we at some point find the girls bodies.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Long died in prison in 1993. And while Elliot says in his heart he knows who committed the crime, there's one more thing he wants to do. Find the bodies of Kinsey and Pallett.

[Sarah Reid]

To understand this case, you have to understand 1981. Because in 1981, America still believed places like fairs were safe. Parents let their kids roam freely, and teens disappeared into crowds for hours without a cell phone, GPS or social media keeping track of them. The Amber Alert hadn't even been established yet. So if a child vanished, sometimes all you had was a description on a flyer. And hope. Cases like Charlotte and Cinda's helped change that, helped reshape how America thought about missing children, about strangers trust, about the idea that danger could exist even in the middle of a crowd. This was the era that would soon give rise to milk carton faces, national missing child campaigns, and a generation of parents who no longer viewed public space as the same way. For Charlotte and Cinda's families, this was never about cultural change, never about statistics or cautionary tales. It was their two little girls who went to the fair and never came home,

[Investigator/Reporter]

based on evidence of where Long drove the rental car.

[Ray Elliott]

So I truly believe in my heart of hearts, those girls bodies are within 55 miles or less of Oklahoma County Courthouse, based on the evidence that we have and what we were able to prove.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Now he says his goal before leaving this earth to return Cinda Pallet and Charlotte Kinsey home.

[Sarah Reid]

Every year, the Oklahoma State Fair returns to the same grounds with the same rides and the same booths lined with stuffed animals waiting to be won. And for most people, it's just a fair. But for the families of Charlotte and Cinda, it's a place frozen in time. A phone call that never came, a ride that was never arranged. A night that never ended the way it was supposed to. Charlotte June Kinsey Cinda Leanne Pallett, 13 years old. Last seen on September 25, 1981 at the Oklahoma State Fair. Still missing. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallet, please contact the Oklahoma City Police Department at 405-297-1000. Our thanks to KOCO News for their continued coverage of this case. Next time on Sequestered, a seven year old girl is walking home from school in Tampa, Florida. She is only a block from home and in a matter of seconds, she's gone. More than 40 years later, no one has ever brought her home. That and more on the next episode. Sequestered is created by Sarah Reed and Andrea Clive, Hosted and produced by Sarah, written and researched.