it happened on a wednesday afternoon in freeport, texas. 12-year-old dana stinson walked to her bible study at church just a few blocks from home. two hours later, when the class was over, dana didn't return home. >> her mother went looking for her and was advised by the teacher that she had never appeared in class, and then the police got involved. >> i knew right away. my stomach went into knots. my legs were shaking. i was just certain something had happened. >> their neighbors joined in the search but found no sign of the young girl. dana's father was a local prison guard and he feared that an exconvict had taken revenge by targeting his daughter. >> i thought one of the offenders might abduct her. that was the first thought that came to my mind. might have been right or wrong about it at the time. i don't know. >> several hours passed. then shortly after 10:00 p.m., a few miles away in oyster creek, texas, dana walked up to some boys playing basketball and claimed she had been kidnapped. >> this was a deserted road. it was dark. not a lot of traffic. if you were there at night, y

it happened on a wednesday afternoon in freeport, texas. 12-year-old dana stinson walked to h