On Super Bowl Sunday, 2004, 11-year-old Carlie Brucia vanished in broad daylight from a Sarasota car wash. Within days, a chilling surveillance video would shock the nation—showing Carlie being led away by a stranger. In this gripping episode, we retrace the events leading up to her disappearance, explore the disturbing footage, and recount the desperate manhunt for her abductor.



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Episode Sources:

Actual footage of Carlie being abducted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgd0I77Rao



911 Call Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJRcCMPNKMk



See No Evil: Season 7, Ep 1: Come Home Carlie



https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2005/11/17/smith-convicted-in-carlie-brucia-murder/25909147007/



https://www.mysuncoast.com/2021/07/26/convicted-killer-carlie-brucia-dies-prison/



https://www.fox13news.com/news/memorial-garden-honoring-carlie-brucia-rededicated-after-much-needed-repairs



https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/04/05/justices-toss-out-death-sentence/12811497007/



https://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/15/taped.abduction/



https://fdc-media.ccplatform.net/historical-archive/2004-2005.html#:~:text=On%20March%2015%2C%202006%20Circuit,in%202021%20while%20awaiting%20resentencing.



https://nypost.com/2004/02/07/carlie-fought-fiend-to-the-end/



https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2005/11/17/smith-convicted-in-carlie-brucia-murder/25909147007/



https://www.heraldtribune.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2004/02/13/carlie-brucia-memorial-service/878285007/



https://allthatsinteresting.com/carlie-brucia



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HtI25JP9c4



https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/the-carlie-brucia-kidnapping-what-happened



https://www.heraldtribune.com/in-depth/news/crime/2020/11/19/carlie-brucia-killer-tara-reilly/3430676001/



https://people.com/crime/carlie-bruscia-killer-dies-prison-death-row/



https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2017/04/12/mother-of-carlie-brucia-died-monday-medical-examiner-says/21388590007/



https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2004/02/06/murdered-girl-remembered-as-loving-respecful/26099012007/



https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/374892/file/06-747_ini.pdf