On April 17, 2019, Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes dropped her six-year-old son off with his babysitter and went to work, planning to pick him up at 7:30 like always. By that evening she had argued with a coworker, fought with an ex over lunch, and spent hours alone at a Dallas bar.

Around 6 p.m. she slipped into her ex-boyfriend's apartment garage in Old East Dallas, confused and crying, calling everyone she knew. Then her phone went silent.

Prisma was born in Veracruz, Mexico. She arrived in Texas speaking only a few words of English and finished high school a year early. She became a paralegal while raising her son as a teen mom, and she served in the National Guard.

Police searched every floor, every door, and every elevator shaft of that building. They cleared everyone she called that day. They still can't say how she left, or whether she did.

In this episode, we follow Prisma's last day hour by hour, go through what investigators found and the theories that remain, and share how her family is still fighting for answers for her son.

If you have any information about Prisma's disappearance, please contact the Mesquite Police Department at 972-285-6336 (case #19038244). Anonymous tips: North Texas Crime Stoppers, 1-877-373-TIPS (8477).

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