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Sneaker in a Tree: How Marilyn Left One Clue to Survive

Sneaker in a Tree: How Marilyn Left One Clue to Survive

A single white canvas left-foot sneaker, size seven, was found four feet up in a tree with a taped matchbook-sized map and a name pressed through the paper - but no footprints, no broken fence, and no sign the shoe came from the road. Who placed it there, and why would a woman who never missed a weekly volunteer shift leave behind one deliberate, encoded clue?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from Marilyn Johnson's routine life and Tuesday volunteer texts to the day she disappeared, the untouched apartment, and the three anomalies…

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