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Plus twelve hundred and fifty dollars ford credit bonus cash on ford expedition when we first told you the story about pepper smith and her lifelong journey to find her family, her joidentity, it was friday night in march 2011, and the following monday morning -- >> my office received a call, and then i received an e-mail. >> attorney gloria allred found herself looking at an remarkable message. allred had been helping the two sisters deal with their new identity issues, and there it was, the ping of a message on her black berry. >> when i looked at the e-mail, i just couldn't even believe i...

It was to be a one night sleepover and instead a woman named shirley simply didn't take her home again. where did they go? the little girl had no idea, but she did know from now on she had a new name. they called her pepper. pepper smith. she was not yet 5 years old. >> we lived in cars and motels and going from state to state staying at salvation armies to get a meal here and there. you know, just -- >> what's it like to live in a car? >> it's horrible. it's embarrassing. >> she was confused, of course, and terribly frightened at first. she begged, take me home. shirley ignored her. she imagi...

Thanksgivinge her there with me. >> and pepper? >> for one thing, pepper has adopted her real birth name, the one before it was lost in the abduction and adoption. it's smith. >> i feel everything -- everything the way it's played out, finding my mom. my biological father, seeing a picture of him. all these exciting things going on. i think it's not over yet. i don't feel the journey is quite over yet. it's just starting. this part of it is just starting. >> so it is. because, of course, one of them is still missing. >> coming up -- >> our brother ray manned is still missing. >> we know he's o...

Pancreatic cancer and she literally died quickly after that. >> with surely on her deathbed, pepper tried to act like the dutiful daughter, but there was another terribly important reason to see her then, maybe the most important. one last opportunity to find out who she was. as she was dying, did you try to find, you know, maybe she'd make a deathbed confession and say, yes, i did take you and here are what your parents' names are and how to find them. did any of that happen? did you ask? >> oh, yeah. >> and shirley had a response for the girl she renamed pepper. the question was what could s...

It was to be a one night sleepover with new friend renee. instead the adult who brought her here, a woman named shirley, simply didn't take her home again. instead she packed some belongings, put the girls in the car and hit the road. where did they go? the little girl had no idea. but she did know that from now on, she had a new name. they called her pepper. pepper smith. she was not yet 5 years old. >> we lived in cars and motels and going from state to state staying at salvation armies to get a meal here and there. just -- >> what's it like to live in a car? >> it's horrible. it's embarrass...