3 Theories That Could Account for Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker's Disappearances

Investigators also looked into whether or not a serial killer or pedophile was on the loose hurting children. Someone had even called up Glover to tell her that Shane was buried in an abandoned building. However, the police couldn't find anything in their investigation. They also ruled out ransom as a motive, as no one contacted the families for money.

There's a murder that's often been analysed alongside Christopher and Shane's cases. Before Christopher and Shane went missing, six-week-old Andre Bryant also disappeared from the Brooklyn area in March of 1989. Monique Rivera, his mother, was found slain in the Bronx after going on a shopping trip with two women she apparently knew from middle school. The women insisted she bring Andre, her youngest son. He was never seen again. If the assailant went after Andre, could they have gone after the other boys? The connection is a little tenuous, but it's not completely outside the realm of possibility.

Exploring what could've happened to the boys, the episode looks at the case of Carlina White, who was taken from Harlem Hospital when she was only 19 days old. A woman dressed as a nurse had smuggled Carlina out when her parents brought her in for a fever. Over two decades later, Carlina went by the name Nejdra "Netty" Nance. While applying for insurance, she discovered that her birth certificate had been forged. Browsing archives from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Netty noticed that Carlina's baby picture looked like her own child. After a DNA test, she discovered that she was Carlina. Ann Pettway, the woman who raised her, had abducted Carlina after suffering a series of pregnancy losses.

Around the time Christopher and Shane disappeared, investigators looked into a potential illegal adoption ring. It's possible that there were people who could not adopt through legal means, so they flew under the radar and resorted to a black market of sorts.