Cold and Missing: Lina Sardar Khil

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I'm your host, Ali McLaughlin-Sulkowski.

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And I'm your co-host, Eli Sulkowski.

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And this is Cold and Missing, where we cover cold cases and missing person cases.

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Hello everyone and welcome back.

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Welcome back everyone.

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Cold and Missing, this is our 39th episode.

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Big three nine.

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Wow.

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That's very exciting, honey.

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Yeah, we're starting to, starting to knock on a year's door.

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You know what I mean?

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Yeah.

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So this week is, um...

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Yeah, we are on Missing this week.

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Alright.

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Would you like to start us off?

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Yeah, let's do it.

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Great.

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So today I have a missing person case, but just as a quick content warning at the top,

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this case does involve a child and there will be brief mentions of war and a brief mention

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of a suicide bomber.

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Today we are covering the case of Lina Sadar Khil.

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And this takes place December 20th, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

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But first a little bit about Lina.

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Lina is three years old in 2021.

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She was born February 20th, 2018 and she would be five years old today.

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Her family describes her as the life of their home, a sweet child who loved to play with

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others.

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Lina was the oldest child and her family had recently settled in the Villas Del Cabo apartments

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in San Antonio, Texas.

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Lina and her family were refugees from Afghanistan.

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Lina's father, Riaz Sadar Khil, had been a soldier in the Afghan army and had assisted

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the U.S. military.

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The family had to flee Afghanistan when threats were made against their life.

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In the U.S., Riaz was able to get work as a cross-country truck driver and Lina's

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mother, Zarmeena, made friends with the close-knit Afghan community in the Villa Del Cabo apartments.

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However, Zarmeena, Lina, and her younger brother went back to Afghanistan in August of 2021

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to take care of Zarmeena's parents who had fallen ill.

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Riaz was working as a truck driver so he couldn't stay at home with the children during this

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time.

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While in Afghanistan, the U.S. was withdrawing and Lina's family were amongst the thousands

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who fled to the airport after the fall of Kabul.

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When Lina was near Abbey Gate, a suicide bomber detonated near them and Lina was knocked unconscious

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from the blast but was otherwise unharmed.

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Ultimately, the U.S. did have to arrange for Lina and her family to get out of Afghanistan.

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When Lina returned to San Antonio, her family took her to therapy to help her cope with

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her experiences.

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And now a timeline of events.

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On Monday, December 20, 2021, after a cold and rainy weekend, Lina and her brother asked

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if they could go play at the apartment complex playground.

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The Villa Del Cabo apartments are gated but there are two entrances that are always open.

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And the playground sits in the middle of the apartment complex.

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So at around 4 p.m. Lina, her mother, and her brother head to the playground.

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As the playground is so close to their apartment, you can see it from the front door.

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Lina immediately begins playing with about a dozen other children at the playground.

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The kids also run around the area of the playground because I looked at some pictures of the apartment

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complex and this playground is really small.

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There's not even a swing set or a jungle gym or anything on it.

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There's like a little plastic tunnel you could crawl through, like a balance beam, a platform

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and like a rocking horse.

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I would say easily 15 steps and you would like clear it.

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It's very small but next door to it or right next to it is a soccer field and then there's

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a parking lot.

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So the children would kind of run back and forth through the center of this apartment

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complex.

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Now there are different stories about what happens next.

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There are kind of three versions of it.

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But I think an account given by the San Antonio Express News is the closest.

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It has elements of all three of the stories in there and it seems to make the most sense

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to me.

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So Zarmeena was watching Lina run with the other children in the parking lot near a large

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tree.

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An apartment building blocks Zarmeena's view of Lina.

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After a few minutes, when Lina doesn't run back into view, Zarmeena goes to look for her

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but can't find Lina.

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Zarmeena thought perhaps Lina had slipped past her and had ran back to the apartment already.

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But when she goes to check, Lina is not there either.

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Family and friends began to look for Lina and initially they think that she had just

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went with another family, which culturally was not uncommon.

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After around an hour and a half to two hours of searching, the family called police at

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650.

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Police arrive quickly and secure the apartment complex and they begin checking every car

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entering and exiting.

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Eventually police believe Lina was abducted and an amber alert is issued.

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The FBI get involved that evening as police search the grounds and start door to door

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canvassing.

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They also expand the search to an apartment complex next door.

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The next day, Tuesday, December 21st, police continue to search but they begin to walk

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back the abduction theory, saying at this time there was no evidence of an abduction.

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Police and FBI set up a temporary command center nearby to help coordinate the search

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for Lina.

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Lina's family, however, believe that she was abducted.

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They believe if she had wandered off with any other family, they would have returned

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her already.

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Lina's father, Riaz Sardar Khil says, quote, during our entire lives we have not been as

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saddened as we were yesterday and today, end quote.

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Over the next week, police will search every apartment in the apartment complex, some more

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than once.

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And this is around 300 apartments.

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Police also bring in dogs to help search the grounds, but no trace of Lina is found.

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On Tuesday, December 28th, this is eight days since Lina's disappeared, the FBI announced

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that they have security footage of Lina from a resident's home security system.

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The FBI are asking for the public's help to identify the 18-minute gap from when Lina

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was last seen on camera to when her family noticed her missing.

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The time frame is from 449 p.m. to 507 p.m.

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Federal agent Justin Garris says, quote, a lot of the tips that we have acquired are

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from outside that 18-minute window.

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Any information or leads or anything the public can provide us during that 18-minute window

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would be of huge value to the San Antonio police and FBI, end quote.

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The Temporary Command Center is taken down as police focus on different leads rather

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than coordinating searches on the apartment complex grounds.

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It's also at this time that the Islamic Center of San Antonio announced a $100,000 reward

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for information leading to Lina.

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On Monday, January 3rd, 2022, so Lina has been missing for two weeks now, but we are

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into a new year.

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Twelve members of the FBI underwater search and evidence response team joined the search

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for Lina and spend the next several days searching bodies of water around the apartment complex.

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Police say they're just following up on leads.

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Police chief William McManus says, quote, I wish I could be more uplifting.

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I know this looks like we're really on to something, but all we're doing here is following

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up, end quote.

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On Thursday, February 20th, 2022, Lina's family and friends gather to pray for her

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safe return on the two-month anniversary of her disappearance and also to celebrate what

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should have been her fourth birthday.

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Lina's father Riaz says, quote, today is to remember and pray for Lina.

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We have not forgotten her.

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Today is to remind law enforcement officers that now is two months and we don't have

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Lina with us, end quote.

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The reward for information for Lina has grown to $250,000, thanks in part to another donation

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from the Islamic Center of San Antonio and a donation from Crime Stoppers.

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Lina's father says, quote, it is a lot of money that could get Lina back, but what I

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think is we don't need money.

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Just please feel our pain and give back Lina.

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Please pray for Lina, end quote.

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On September 23rd, 2022, this is nine months now since Lina disappeared, police say they

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have exhausted every lead, even psychics, and searched every inch of the apartment complex,

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but have not found any trace of Lina.

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Police Chief William McManus says, quote, I have not talked to anyone about this case,

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family or law enforcement that are not just baffled.

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Nobody vanishes into thin air.

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And I don't believe that Lina did either.

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I never give up.

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I don't think the police ever give up on a case, end quote.

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Zarmeena, Lina's mother, often dreams of her but always wakes up heartbroken.

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Riaz says, quote, we came from Afghanistan to have a happy and safe life here, but it

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didn't happen.

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My whole life was ruined, end quote.

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On December 20th, 2022, this is one year since Lina's disappeared, police released the footage

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of Lina at the park before walking off frame, about 18 minutes before her family noticed

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she was missing.

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The family is hopeful that releasing the footage will jog someone's memory of Lina and also

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prove that the family had nothing to do with her disappearance.

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The family has had to move from their apartment because they were being harassed by people

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who thought that they were guilty.

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Lina's father Riaz says, quote, no one can imagine that which we are going through.

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We have to hold and be hopeful, but inside we are broken, end quote.

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Police do confirm that early in the investigation, there was a person of interest that has since

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been eliminated.

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Detective German Fuentes says, quote, we believe that children don't just vanish into

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thin air.

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We have not found any evidence to indicate where she's at other than where she was last

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at, end quote.

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Police also say that tips have slowed down.

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In the beginning of the investigation, they were getting hundreds of tips each month,

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but now they just get three or four a month.

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The family is being assisted by retired FBI agent Abel Marc Pina, who runs Project Absentis.

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And this is an organization that's made up of retired law enforcement officials that

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at little to no cost to families will go and help them investigate missing person cases.

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And Abel Pina, he gets involved in January and he says, quote, I think what we've determined

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is that she did leave voluntarily.

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She walked away with individuals, but we don't know after that what happened.

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There were witnesses that saw her, you know, walking with various people throughout the

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day.

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I think she walked off with perhaps individuals she knew or at least were familiar with, and

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their reasoning behind that could have been more sinister or nefarious, in that they maybe

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lured her away from the apartment complex and perhaps taken her away, taken her somewhere

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else.

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But there was no indication that she was forced, end quote.

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And the language in this quote, I know just our listeners might have this reaction as

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well, but the language of like, she did leave voluntarily.

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It's like she's three years old, how can she leave voluntarily?

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But I think all that this quote is saying in very technical language is that she walked

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away with somebody that she felt comfortable with, like she wasn't snatched or grabbed

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that this is somebody that she would have felt comfortable walking to and walking with.

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So I just want to point that out because the language is a little technical and cold, in

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my opinion.

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On February 20th, 2023, a vigil is held on Lina's fifth birthday and a new age progress

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photo is released.

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Pamela Allen, the CEO of Eagles Flight, an organization that helps families in crisis,

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says quote, the harshest part about this is sitting next to her parents and seeing their

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pain on full display as they speak of their daughter, end quote.

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Lina's father says quote, Lina, you are in our hearts and we have not forgotten you.

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We will do everything we can to find you.

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Anybody who knows anything about Lina, please share this information with the police department

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or with me, end quote.

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And then most recently on April 25th, 2023, so this is just a few weeks prior to the recording

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of this podcast, Lina's father Riaz takes a polygraph test at an FBI office.

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He hopes that by passing a polygraph test, both him and his wife will be cleared and

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that will enable police to focus on different avenues.

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The family had previously declined taking a test because they were worried that their

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fragile emotional state would affect the outcomes.

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At the time of recording this podcast, the test results are unknown.

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Riaz begs for his daughter's return and says that he would forgive whoever took her

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as long as she was returned safe.

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And with that, if you know anything about the whereabouts of Lina Sardar Khil, please

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call the San Antonio Missing Person Unit at 210-207-7660.

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And there is an active $250,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts.

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And the sources for today's timeline come from the San Antonio Police Department, Box

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29, Ken's 5 News, the San Antonio Express News, and People Magazine.

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So that's the missing case of Lina.

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Lina Sardar Khil.

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Well, while we were recording, you know, I just saw her picture.

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What an expressive little soul.

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I'll just say that.

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And it should be noted for our listeners out there that Lina would probably only respond

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in Pashto or understand Pashto.

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So that's just something to keep in mind if you think you see somebody who looks like

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Lina.

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I don't really have questions.

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So one point that I wanted to clarify in that critical timeline of when Lina disappeared,

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just because there are some different stories out there, and even within this podcast, you

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know, it mentions there's the video of when Lina was last seen and that 18 minute gap.

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But based off of the language, it does seem as if in that 18 minute gap, her running into

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the parking lot and kind of running around with the kids and then being blocked by this

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apartment building, it does seem like that could have happened in that 18 minute block

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still.

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And there were some witnesses that could put Lina in the parking lot as well.

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But they were looking for more people to come forward to try to pin in those last 18 minutes,

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because that's where the case is really, is in those 18 minutes when she's last seen on

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camera and before her family.

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It's always in the unknown.

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Yeah.

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It's just so frustrating, especially because it's right now.

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Like, I'm like, there's too much technology out there for, they're listening on our phones.

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How is there no nothing?

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You know, like...

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But no trace of her at all.

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No evidence.

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And they looked in every apartment building in that apartment complex.

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And she's so young.

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And just that she's so small.

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It's yeah, I mean, I don't need to go into detail.

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But like, that's, it's easy.

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It's easy to do something bad to someone when they're small, if that's like what happened.

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And I just like really don't like that.

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I like, I mean, I want justice for everyone.

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But like, I want justice for this family.

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You can feel the pain.

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Their community in San Antonio, the way that they showed up for this family, like, this

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child is loved.

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Deeply loved.

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This child is loved.

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And like the community care aspect within that community seems like, like loyal and

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sacred, you know, from what they've done down to the like reward, the reward that they were

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like, we're gonna come up with it.

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Yeah, this is our family too.

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Like, if anyone there is listening, we're like thinking of y'all.

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For sure.

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Like, what you did is awesome.

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It's like an example of like, what a community is.

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Again, if you know anything about Lina's disappearance or her whereabouts today, you can call the

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San Antonio Missing Person Unit at 210-207-7660.

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And there is a $250,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.

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Yeah, information.

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Anything like, let's like, let's bring Lina home.

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And this week, we have one kind of exciting announcement.

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We have a website now.

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We do.

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You can go to www.coldandmissing.com.

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And everything that I ramble about at the end of this podcast, you can do there.

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You can subscribe on your favorite podcast app.

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It's all at coldandmissing.com.

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So please check it out.

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Utilize the site, please.

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Please just for my wife, you guys, please.

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She worked so hard on this.

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Ali, don't take this out.

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Please go to the site.

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It's beautiful.

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So if you're already doing that, thank you.

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But that's all I have.

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Have a good week and stay safe, y'all.

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Stay safe, y'all.