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NEW YORK, NY — ABC News is turning to a new docuseries to revisit some of the country’s most painful unsolved cases. Somebody Knows Something begins Monday, Aug. 10, on Freeform and streams the next day on Hulu, with each episode built around a disappearance or killing that has continued to haunt families, investigators and online sleuths.

The series follows true crime influencer Kara Robinson Chamberlain, who also has experience in law enforcement and survived a violent crime herself. The show presents her working with families, police and the broader true crime community in hopes that renewed attention will surface the one tip or overlooked detail that could move a case forward.

Kara Robinson Chamberlain leads the search for the one missing clue

The format centers on the idea that a single viewer may hold the piece of information investigators have not been able to find. Each episode ends with a direct appeal to the audience, underscoring the show’s message that even long-dormant cases can still break open if someone comes forward.

The program’s focus is not just on facts, but on the emotional weight carried by families who have waited years for answers. Chamberlain’s background gives the series a different angle from a standard true crime recap. She is portrayed as someone who can speak to victims’ families, law enforcement and online investigators with the credibility of personal experience and professional understanding.

The network is also extending the conversation beyond television. Viewers are invited to join live discussion and reporting on the show’s YouTube channel beginning Aug. 10, keeping attention on the cases after each episode ends.

Sabrina Aisenberg and Lashaya Stine open the series

The first two episodes examine disappearances that drew intense public attention for very different reasons. The premiere, “The Baby in the Yellow Blanket,” revisits Sabrina Aisenberg, who vanished in 1997 at five months old from her crib in a home near Tampa, Florida. Her disappearance quickly became a national story and initially centered suspicion on her parents, though the case has never been resolved.

The second episode, “Lost In the Night,” looks at Lashaya Stine, a Colorado teen who hoped to become a nurse before she disappeared in 2016. Police first treated her as a runaway, but evidence later suggested foul play. The episode raises questions about whether she was forced into sex trafficking, what her ex-boyfriend knew and who else may have been near her last known location.

From Nevada to the Gulf, the series tracks baffling disappearances

Later episodes widen the scope with cases that span the West, the Midwest and the South. Steven Koecher vanished in 2009 after leaving his car in a Nevada cul-de-sac nearly two hours from his Utah home. The episode, “Disappeared in the Desert,” explores unexplained travel patterns and road trips that may point to hidden parts of his life.

Another episode, “Lost at Sea,” centers on Kevin McGrath, a 26-year-old Army veteran who disappeared from a Carnival cruise while celebrating his father’s 60th birthday over Labor Day weekend in 2023. Despite a 3,300-mile Coast Guard search, McGrath was never found. The series presents his case as one that left his family with no physical answers and few clear explanations.

By pairing those stories with cases involving a desert, a cruise ship and multiple state lines, the show underscores how differently disappearances can unfold while still ending in the same place: uncertainty.

A Texas garage sale shooting and a Oregon school disappearance add new angles

Two of the episodes focus on killings and disappearances that were captured or framed by startling local details. “Garage Sale Murder” revisits the 2019 shooting death of Liz Barraza, a 29-year-old Texas woman and devoted member of a “Star Wars” costuming fan group. She was shot four times while preparing for a garage sale outside her home, and a disguised figure was recorded on her doorbell camera carrying out the attack.

“Lost at the Science Fair” returns to the 2010 disappearance of Kyron Horman from a Portland-area school. Investigators initially focused on his stepmother after rumors of a murder-for-hire plot, though she denied involvement and was never charged. The episode says law enforcement is now using newer digital evidence tools in the hope of solving the case.

Wyoming, Florida and the promise of cold cases that still move people

The final episodes in the lineup turn to cases that have long remained part of local and national memory. “Vanished on Loop Road” revisits Amy Wroe Bechtel, an accomplished distance runner who disappeared while jogging in the Wyoming mountains in 1997. Her case led to the largest search in state history and produced leads involving several area men, including a convicted serial killer.

“Secrets in the Swamp” focuses on Brandy Hall, a 32-year-old mother of two and career firefighter who vanished after leaving the Malabar Fire Station in 2006. Days later, her truck was found submerged in a Palm Bay pond with blood inside, but she was missing. Two decades later, police are still looking at new leads. Together, the episodes aim to show why these cases continue to draw attention: each one still leaves families waiting for the truth.