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In December of 2011, a 911 dispatcher went missing in Arkansas after leaving a

Christmas party when her body was found in a secluded area days later, suspicions immediately fell on someone in her inner circle.

This is the story of Donna Natsky. Donna Smith was born on November 17th 1965 in Hammond, Indiana about 25 miles or 40 kilometers south of Chicago.

Her family consisted of parents Doris and Homer and three sisters named Debbie, Vicki and Kathy.

Doris held various positions over the years, including working as a bank teller, a realtor, a secretary for a private investigator's office, which sounds really fun, and a seasonal decorator at Christmas time.

Homer served in the army before working as a superintendent for an engineering company and after Homer retired, he and Doris opened a ceramic store right there in Hammond that they kept in business for 22 years, which also sounds very fun.

Friends and family described Donna as fun loving and gregarious and remember her super infectious laugh.

Every post on the Memorial Facebook page just talked about how kind she was and her obituary says she quote never met a stranger.

The life of the party, she loved to go out dancing, like to sing, and had a large circle of friends.

Her son later said quote, I don't think she had an enemy or a person that didn't like her.

Donna graduated from Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana, in 1984, and shortly after her high school graduation, Donna married Ronald Moller, and in July of 1986, the two welcomed a baby boy named Ronald Jr.

The marriage ultimately did not work out and Donna soon found herself single again, but she wouldn't be for long.

A few years later, in 1989, Donna's parents, Doris and Homer relocated to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, which is a small community located about 50 miles or 80 kilometers west of the capital city of Little Rock.

Afterly named, the lush and very picturesque area is dotted with Hot Springs, encompassed in Hot Springs National Park, and is also near the Washtaw River and the Washtaw National Forest.

I mean, who would have thought that there would be Hot Springs and Hot Springs Village?

Yeah, what a shock.

So an entirely gated town of about 13,000 residents, it's become popular as a resort and retirement destination, boasting a dozen lakes, hiking trails, golf courses, and year-round outdoor sports.

I mean, that honestly sounds like a really nice place to retire. They've got all these activities to do.

So in 1992, while living in Merrillville, Indiana, about a half hour away from Hammond, where she grew up, Donna married a man named Todd Natsky, and the two along with her young son Ronald Jr. or Ronnie, moved down to join her parents in Hot Springs Village.

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