While Netflix has had mixed success with original films and series over the years, its true crime documentaries rarely disappoint.
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While Netflix has had mixed success with original films and series over the years, its true crime documentaries rarely disappoint. Into The Fire: The Lost Daughter, Netflix’s latest addition to the genre, is a gripping, tragic two-part series that showcases yet another heartbreaking case where a child is failed by the system meant to protect her. This time, the story is about Aundria Bowman, a young girl who went missing at 14, and the complicated role her birth mother, Cathy Terkanian, plays in uncovering the truth.
The docuseries begins by focusing on Cathy, a woman who gave her daughter up for adoption when she was just a teenager. It was a closed adoption, meaning Cathy had no knowledge of where her daughter ended up. Then, 35 years later, Cathy receives a devastating letter informing her that her daughter, Aundria, had disappeared decades ago from her adoptive…