For family members haunted by the unanswered questions about what happened to a loved one, there’s one cold case specialist they want on their side.

That’s prosecutor Kelly Siegler, who leads Oxygen’s Cold Justice team and has re-examined dozens of cold cases over years as part of the successful investigative series, in some cases leading to arrests or providing families with the long-awaited justice they need. 

It was that impressive resume that brought Sarita Woerheide to tears in an exclusive preview for the all-new episode Saturday Sept. 20, 2025, when she finally came face-to-face with Siegler, who agreed to take on her mother’s missing persons case. 

“Oh my God,” Woerheide exclaimed as Siegler walked into the interview room. “I’m going to cry, just looking at you.”

“Don’t do that cause you’ll make me cry,” Siegler replied, before adding, “We’re so excited to see you.” 

Siegler and Woerheide shared a warm embrace as Woerheide wiped away tears. 

“I didn’t think this would ever happen,” she admitted. 

Later, Woerheide opened up to producers about what it means to her to have the Cold Justice team look into her mother’s case. 

“I’m a mom. I have three kids. We talk about my mom as much as we—we can,” she said. “Each of my kids has a picture of her in their room and I tell them what I know and what I can, but I don’t know my mom’s smell. I don’t know her presence, her voice. Those are all things I don’t know.” 

During the one-hour episode, titled “Road to Nowhere,” Siegler, homicide investigator Lt. Lesa Hodgkins and investigators from the Will County Sheriff’s Office will take a new look at the case in an effort to discover what happened to Bernal more than three decades earlier. 

According to a description of the episode: “The “Cold Justice” team tackles the disappearance of a loving mother who allegedly disappeared during a family vacation. The investigation uncovers evidence that she never left town alive.”

To learn more about Bernal’s case, watch Cold Justice Saturday Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Oxygen.