Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt and the story I have for you today is about a young mom who sets out on this quick weekend trip

But what was meant to be a simple getaway spirals into a tragedy that baffles her family and investigators alike.

This is the story of Francesca Alvarado. The Oh, It's Monday, March 19, 2012, and a young woman named Mia is getting worried because she's

been trying to get in touch with her sister, Francesca, for like the past day and she can't

seem to get a hold of her.

Now she knows her sister lost her phone earlier that month,

but she also knows that she's kind of rigged up her laptop for texting

so she's been using that to message people.

So there's no reason for her to be radio silent like this.

Now normally Mia would just head to Francesca's place

in the hunting park section of Philadelphia

to look for her, but she has school that day,

so she asked someone she knows to just pop over

and check on her.

And when that person calls me back, he says,

okay, I'm here at the house and I'm gonna put her on the phone.

So Mia immediately starts to breathe easier,

thinking that her means Francesca. But that relief only lasts for like a second because when she

hears the voice come in on the other end of the line it is a her but not like her her you know what I mean not her

sister it's her sister.

It's her sister's roommate, a girl that we're going to call Tara.

And Tara tells Mia something surprising.

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