was unlisted. She then asked her mother-in-law to make a note of everyone who called for Marcy and get their contact information. According to Sara, her mother-in-law did just that and every time someone called, she would report to Sara, who would call the person and ask them to tell her the last time they had seen or heard from Marcy. For a week, Sara could not find anyone who had seen or heard from Marcy. On the weekend, Sara drove to the family's second home in Michigan to check if Marcy had gone there and collect some of her old address books, where she hoped she could find Dori's telephone number. To Sara's dismay, however, there were no signs that Marcy had been inside the Michigan home.
WhileSara was in Michigan, she received a telephone call from her mother-in-law saying that Dori had called and left a telephone number. Sara called Dori from Michigan, and after speaking with her, Sara decided to immediately call the police. Upon her return to Chicago, Sara also filed a missing person's report with the Chicago police department, providing the police with descriptions and photographs of Marcy and any other relevant information.
Sara testified that she did not hear from the police in the next few days, but that she continued "to call anybody she could," including her sister in Paducah, her parents, and other relatives, asking if they had heard from or seen Marcy. Sara also called Marcy's employer, who told her that Marcy had not shown up for work.