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12. Underground Railroad

The team is called in to locate a pregnant woman who has absconded from hospital in a desperate bid to escape her violent husband, but the investigation becomes doubly urgent by the revelation that she is suffering from a potentially fatal illness.

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Kathy Dobson, eight and a half months pregnant, goes missing from a hospital after a check up, unaware that she has pre-eclampsia, a condition that could be life-threatening to both her and her baby. Initially, there are very few clues to the motive for her disappearance, but after some odd behaviour from her husband, and speculation by her brother-in-law, the team uncover a very secret 'underground railroad' that helps abused women start new lives away from their partners. Armed with the knowledge that Kathy is likely hidden somewhere within this network, Vivian goes undercover in a life or death race against time to find the missing woman and save both her and her unborn child.

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