30 years later: KY mother fights for truth in daughter's disappearance case

Tuesday marks 30 years since Sarah Teague got a phone call that would change her life forever. Three decades later, she says she feels no closer to getting answers.

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Sarah Teague believes local law enforcement ignored critical evidence in her daughter's 1995 abduction and says she has the documents to prove it.

Nearly 30 years after 23-year-old Heather Teague vanished from an Ohio River beachfront, her mother, Sarah, continues an unwavering fight for the truth that has consumed three decades of her life. What began as a mother's desperate search for her missing daughter has evolved into a complex battle against what she alleges is systematic evidence manipulation and cover-up by Kentucky State Police.