Netflix has a knack for finding and tellingtrue crime storiesthat have to be seen to be believed.
Its latest offering,Into The Fire: The Lost Daughter,is no exception.
Heres the true story about Terkanians search and her devastating discovery.
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Spoilers ahead for NetflixsInto the Fire: The Lost Daughter.
Terkanian agreed to a closed adoptionand never learned who the adoptive parents were.
Why did they write to her so long after the disappearance?
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Because police had discovered a body and wanted to test Terkanians DNA to see if it was a match.
After the DNA wasnota match, Terkanian decided to look into what had happened toher birth daughter.
She even joined forces with Carl Koppelman, an accountant and amateur detective.
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Did Cathy find her daughter?
Eventually, Cathy managed to help the police discover the truthbut it wasnt easy.
Dennis was arrested for the crime in 2019 and confessed.
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Dennis then confessed to the murder of his adopted daughter, Aundria.
Aundrias dead, he told his wife, Brenda, who had no knowledge of the truth.
Shes been dead from the start.
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Dennis revealed that he got into a fight with Aundria, who had tried to run away from home.
He hit her, and she fell down the stairs and died.
Eventually, Dennis confessed that she was buried in their own backyard.
Aundrias body was retrieved along with a garbage can that contained diapers and a Peppermint Pattie wrapper from 1989.
When does the documentary come out?
A version of this post was originally published onGlamour UK.
