was alissa trying to make her way there? >> michael turneyion of that phone booth and he starts handing out these flyers with alissa's picture on it, trying to get information, but he doesn't find anyone who recalls seeing her at any point. so it's like another dead end. >> all i thought was, you know, she went to california for the summer, went with some friends, whatever, she'll be back. you know, that's exactly what i thought. >> i hope that she made it to california. i hope that she made it to california in good circumstances. and, is happy, and -- but, in my heart, i, i don't think she did. >> i think that at some point once we knew she was 18, that if alissa were able to, that she would have made some kind of contact with someone in our family. and we held onto that, we held onto that for that whole year, hoping that that's just what was going to happen. >> the days turn to months, months turn into years. her friends graduate. some of them move out of state. some people start to think that maybe she really did get away. >> my dad obviou

i was reporting on a vibrant teenage girl named alissa turney. she had disappeared in 2001.med death of alissa turney. >> she hasn't been seen in seven years. >> just a bombshell arrest tonight almost 20 years after phoenix teen alissa turney vanished. >> reporter: my report on her case went on to have a life of its own. >> this is story of alissa turney. >> reporter: showing up in countless stories about alissa on the internet and podcasts. recently it was even at the center of a trial aimed at answering once and for all what really happened to alissa? >> that two-hour "20/20" since you've been gone airs tonight on abc and tomorrow on hulu. now let's head to ginger. hey, ginge. >> hey, rebecca. more than 500 miles southeast of the center of hurricane lee. we are already seeing the cloud shield and are getting blasted by the winds between the high and hurricane on the beach on the jersey shore. bermuda, they have 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts. that's what a lot of folks are going to say. it is going to move fast and make, quote, landfall 'cause it's going to be probably extra