In 1985 Carole Packman left a note to say she was leaving the family home for good. This explanation was widely accepted, that was until almost 10 years later when her husband Russell committed insurance fraud by faking his own death.

This episode chronicles Carole's daughter Sam's desperate search to find out what happened to Carole and with the help of police it turns out her disappearance wasn't as it first appeared.

Shafilea Ahmed from Cheshire ran away from home a number of times before her parents attempted to force her to marry a cousin in Pakistan. After friends reported her missing, the police launched a missing persons enquiry, while Shafilea's friends told police of how she spoke about rows at home.