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When a young mother vanishes after a meeting with her estranged husband, her dad, a former cop. fears the worst.
When a young mother vanishes after a meeting with her soon-to-be ex-husband, her loved ones, including her retired cop father, fear the worst, in the March 2 episode of the Oxygen True Crime series Fatal Family Feuds.Ā
Heather DeWildās father worries about his daughterās meeting with her exĀ
Heather DeWild was just days away from finalizing her divorce from her husband Daniel DeWild when she agreed to stop by his house late one morning to pick up health insurance cards for their 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter.
Heather and Daniel had a ācontentiousā relationship, particularly when it came to their children, explains Russ Boatright, a senior investigator with the Jefferson County, Colorado, DAās office, in a clip from the episode āKiller Custody Battle.ā
āDaniel was supposed to produce insurance cards for the children,ā says Robert Weiner, a former senior chief deputy DA for Jefferson County. āHeatherās father was very concerned that she not even go over there, knowing that the divorce was going to be finalized in a couple of days. But she wanted to get these insurance cards quickly.ā
The trip from Heatherās parentsā house, where she was living, to her exās home should have taken a couple of hours at most. So, when she did not return by late afternoon, her family became concerned.Ā
Heatherās ex claims she left his house hours earlierĀ

Heatherās mother, Carol, called Daniel. He told her that Heather had stopped by but then left to go shopping, leaving the children in his care. He claimed to have not seen her since. That immediately raised alarm bells.Ā
āWhat really triggered Carol was when she found out the kids were still there,ā Boatright says. āHeather would never leave the kids alone with him in an unscheduled visitation. [Carol] immediately told Daniel she was coming over to pick up the kids.ā
When Heatherās sister heard that her sibling had gone missing, she also had a bad feeling.Ā
āInstantly, my stomach just dropped,ā Rebecca Barger says. āMy mom said Daniel didnāt seem bothered in any way. But she knew something was wrong.āĀ
What happened to Heather? And did Daniel play in her disappearance? The surprising answer involves a pair of twins holding a dark secret that threatens to destroy their close bond.Ā
Fatal Family Feuds airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Oxygen True Crime.
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