Anastasia Ferriera
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Nineteen-year-old Anastasia Ferreira, affectionately known as "Stasia" by those closest to her, was the kind of person who couldn't help but be noticed. Though Anastasia stood just around 4'11", her personality loomed large, making her impossible to overlook. She was a vibrant force of nature to her family: a ball of energy with a heart big enough to embrace everyone she encountered. As a child, Anastasia was a daredevil, fearlessly climbing swing sets to the highest bar and filming herself spinning on ceiling fans. Her loved ones remember her as adventurous and bold, someone who constantly pushed boundaries and wasn't afraid to stand up for herself. Yet, beneath that fearless exterior was a young woman shaped by early childhood trauma and a relentless desire for stability in a chaotic world.
In mid-March 2023, Stasia vanished without a trace from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The details surrounding her disappearance are as perplexing as they are devastating. One moment, Anastasia was engaging with friends and posting on social media; the next, she was gone, leaving her family in a state of agony, desperately searching for answers in the face of her sudden and unexplained absence.
Upon learning that Anastasia was missing, her family began searching the streets of Albuquerque for clues about what may have happened to her. They began hearing a flurry of stories that seemed conflicting. Nearly two years later, they are still sifting through the puzzle pieces they have gathered, hoping that the truth will come into focus.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't see her leaving town, leaving the state with somebody and never contacting anybody. |
| 0:17.0 | It doesn't seem realistic. |
| 0:19.0 | Some of these stories are just ridiculous, but I'm going to follow all of them. |
| 0:24.2 | I'm going to check on all of them. |
| 0:26.9 | She was so smart and funny and loving. She could have made anything out of herself. |
| 0:33.4 | She was very cared for by her little sister and big sister and her dad and their side of the family. |
| 0:41.3 | It's really, really sad. |
| 0:43.3 | She had, you know, her whole life ahead of her. |
| 0:46.3 | So I hope and pray that she just did run away from everything. |
| 0:51.3 | 19-year-old Anastasia Ferrara, affectionately known as Stasia by those closest to her, |
| 0:58.4 | was the kind of person who couldn't help but be noticed. |
| 1:01.5 | Though she stood just around 4-11, her personality loomed large, impossible to overlook. |
| 1:07.9 | To her family, she was a vibrant force of nature, a ball of energy with a heart |
| 1:12.4 | big enough to embrace everyone she encountered. As a child, she was a daredevil, fearlessly |
| 1:18.1 | climbing swing sets to the highest bar and filming herself spinning on ceiling fans. Her loved ones |
| 1:24.1 | remember her as adventurous and bold, someone who constantly pushed boundaries and wasn't afraid to stand up for herself. |
| 1:30.3 | But beneath that fearless exterior was a young woman shaped by early childhood trauma, and an unrelenting desire for stability in a world that often felt chaotic, |
| 1:40.3 | both for her and those around her. |
| 1:42.3 | Stasia embodied a rare balance of rebellion and nurturing spirit, |
| 1:46.6 | always ready to take on the world and care for those she loved. Yet despite her tenacity and resilience, |
| 1:52.8 | in mid-March, 2023, Anastasia vanished from Albuquerque, New Mexico without a trace. The details |
| 1:59.2 | surrounding her disappearance are as perplexing as they are devastating. |
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