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Taken Together - The Disappearance of Lyric and Elizabeth · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: A father in search of answers regarding the murders of
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  his daughter and niece, is optimistic that a new documentary
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  focusing on the twelve year old case will generate fresh
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  leads and exert pressure on investigators to apprehend the perpetrator.
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  Cousins Elizabeth Collins, aged eight, and Lyric Cook Morrissey, age ten,
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  disappeared while cycling in the small town of Evansdale, Iowa,
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  on July thirteenth, twenty twelve. The bodies of Elizabeth Collins
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  and Lyric Cook Morrissey were discovered in December twenty twelve,
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  five months after their disappearance in Evansdale, Iowa. Shortly after
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  the girls went missing, their bicycles and a pink purse
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  belonging to Elizabeth were located abandoned near a recreational lake,
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  Yet there was no trace of the two young girls.
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  As hours turned into days and days into weeks, the
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  search continue nude without resolution, until a tragic discovery was made.
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  On December fifth, twoenty twelve. Hunters exploring the remote Seven
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  Bridges wildlife area stumbled upon two sets of remains, which
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  were subsequently identified as belonging to Elizabeth and Lyric. These
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  remains were found approximately twenty five miles from the location
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  where the girls were last seen alive. A nationwide media
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  uproar and an extensive investigation followed, yet no arrests have
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  been made in connection with the case. For Drew Collins,
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  Elizabeth's father, the prolonged search for answers has been excruciating.
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  Investigators have maintained silence regarding the evidence they possess, including
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  details about how the girls were discovered and the circumstances
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  of their murders. To this day, Drew remains unaware of
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  the manner in which his dead daughter and niece lost
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  their lives, as law enforcement believes that keeping this information
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  confidential will ultimately aid in apprehending the perpetrator. In an
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  interview with the US Sun, Drew expressed that he has
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  become accustomed to the burden of his frustrations and the
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  ambiguity that has persisted over the past twelve years. However,
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  he remains hopeful that the case will soon reach a
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  resolution and that answers will be revealed. His optimism is
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  further bolstered by the upcoming release of a new three
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  part documentary titled Taken Together, which focuses on The Disappearance
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  of Elizabeth and Lyric and is set to premiere on
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  HBO's Max platform today August eighth. I'm an impatient person
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  and I'm really sick of waiting for answers I want
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  to know, said Collins. I want this person to be arrested,
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  but I don't know who it's going to be and
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  when it's going to be, and that's difficult to deal with.
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  But with the documentary, I'm really hoping it gets people
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  talking and pulls on the heartstrings of someone who knows
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  something about what happened. I'm just hoping it shakes something
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  loose and somebody comes forward. At the very least, this
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  will help to keep Elizabeth and Lyric in the public
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  eye while also putting a little pressure on the state
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  of Iowa to increase what they're doing to solve this.
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  Will it work, I don't know, but We've put a
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  lot of work into it and I'm really pleased with
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  how it turned out. Monster Hiding in Plain Sight, the
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  three part series helmed by local news photographer Dylan Syers,
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  who was involved in the case, is set to be
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  broadcast weekly. Collins plays a pivotal role in the narrative
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  and discreetly challenges a person of interest regarding their possible
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  connection to the deaths of Elizabeth and Lyric. On the
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  morning of July thirteen, twenty twelve, Elizabeth and Lyric were
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  dropped off at their grandmother's residence in downtown Evansdale for
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  supervision while their parents were at work. Unbeknownst to Drew
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  or Elizabeth's mother, Heather, their grandmother, Wilma Collins, permitted the
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  girls to embark on a solo bike ride around noon. However,
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  when the girls did not return after an hour, Wilma
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  became anxious and reached out to both sets of parents,
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  ultimately leading to a call to the police around three pm.
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  The last confirmed sighting of the girls occurred between twelve
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  thirty pm and one PM along Gilbert Drive, which is
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  in close proximity to Meyers Lake, a well known local
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  fishing and recreational site. Later, their bicycles and Elizabeth's purse
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  containing her cell phone were discovered on a trail at
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  the southeast corner of the lake at four PM. The
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  subsequent events remain unclear, However, authorities have indicated their belief
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  that the perpetrator employed subtle coercion to abduct Lyric and Elizabeth.
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  Investigators have noted that the site where the girl's remains
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  were discovered may provide crucial insights that could assist in
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  identifying the murderer. Collins echoes this sentiment, expressing to the U. S.
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  Sun his long held conviction that the assailant is a
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  local individual who is likely still present within the nearby community.
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  If you knew the area and where they were found,
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  how remote it is, and also how remote the area
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  where their bikes were found is, then you would know
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  it was somebody local. So I always have that feeling
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  in the back of my mind, said Collins. If I
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  go to the bar or something, I always wonder after
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  speaking to someone or see uh,