Clarissa frantically called 911 and told the operator that she was 36 weeks pregnant and had just given birth at home,

but the baby wasn't breathing and had turned blue.

Paramedics quickly arrived and took Clarissa and Baby Xander to the hospital, where he was rushed to intensive care.

Hospital staff noticed that Clarissa's arms, hands and face were covered in blood, presumably from the home delivery.

But when they managed to check Clarissa over, they made the chilling discovery

that she showed no signs at all of having given birth. Red Rum is a podcast focusing on the true

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On the last episode of the Springfield 3.

Most investigations like this, you leave it to the trained investigators who report to you,

you ask questions, and you might provide guidance.

But in the beginning, he essentially micromanaged the whole investigation.

And I think on occasion, when I don't think I know, frustrated the trained investigators.

In this episode, I want to talk about the questions that remain in this disappearance.

And there are so many questions.

I've spent hours and hours interviewing people throughout this series, and there are a lot of conflicting opinions about how this happened.

And a lot of questions as to why and who could have done something like this.

During many of these interviews, I would get asked my own opinion as to why and who could have done something like this. During many of these interviews,

I would get asked my own opinion as to who I think did it and why. For journalists, it's important

to stick to the impartial method of reporting. So I tried to lay it all out as clearly and as

accurately as possible. But from a human and professional perspective, too many questions remain.

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