Unsolved Mysteries Cases That Are Solved Now
6 Cases That Were Solved After Unsolved Mysteries Aired Episodes on Them
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Episode air date: Feb. 12, 1992
Eleanor Platt Wozniak and John Elias had a baby out of wedlock. While they planned on getting married, Wozniak's father forced her to put her daughter, Rose Marie, up for adoption in 1954 because Elias was Black. Wozniak and Elias eventually reconnected later in life. They went on Unsolved Mysteries hoping that they would get a lead as to where their daughter was.
Rose Marie was now Sally Lou Briggs Riley, age 37. Riley's friend saw the broadcast and shared it with her because he knew Riley was adopted and the names on the program sounded familiar. (Riley's adoptive mother had shared her birth name and her biological mother's name.) Riley reached out to Wozniak and Elias and learned that she really was their daughter.