By Chuck Hustmyre
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The social autopsy—an examination of a person's life and the circumstances leading up to their death—revealed that Brianna Wilkins was a troubled teen.
She had battled drug problems and psychological troubles. She dropped out of high school but later managed to earn a G.E.D. According to relatives, Brianna had a tumultuous relationship with her mother. The two fought frequently.
Just hours before Brianna disappeared, a sheriff's deputy found her wandering down a nearly deserted highway at two o'clock in the morning. An hour or two later, she picked up her boyfriend at the bus station in Livingston. She went to sleep around 5:00 a.m., but by 10:00 that morning she told her mother and her boyfriend that she was going for a walk.
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Two people saw her late that afternoon walking through a field headed east, away from Livingston.
Brianna's mother, Cheryl "Chera" Walsh, reported her daughter missing later that day. For more than nine months, no one knew where Brianna was or if she was even alive.
During that time, search and rescue times scoured the countryside around Livingston looking for her. Brianna's disappearance was reported by both the local and national press, including extensive coverage by Crime Library.
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