Mother who kidnapped her daughter and fled to Australia shares her story | From the vault

For twenty years, Lee Barnett evaded the FBI, constantly moving across the globe, never able to escape the fear of being caught. But eventually, the authorities tracked her down.

Extradited to the United States, she was sentenced to prison for the crime of kidnapping her own daughter.

This story originally aired 25 March 2018.

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