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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

'They're Coming For You Sharon': Neighbour Jokes Before Police Arrest Woman Who Vanished With Toddler in 1983

A woman who neighbours knew as Sharon in The Villages, Florida, was arrested after being identified as a mother wanted for taking her daughter and vanishing 42 years earlier (Credit: Marion County Sheriff's Office/NCMEC)

Debra Newton, whom everyone knew as Sharon Nealy, thought she was just taking her dog for a walk on a sunny morning in The Villages, the sprawling Florida retirement community where she'd built what seemed like a perfectly normal life. Her neighbour was outside too, chatting away. Then the police cars pulled up.

'They're coming for you, Sharon', the neighbour joked, probably expecting everyone to have a laugh. Except the deputies weren't laughing. Police bodycam footage captured the moment the joke turned into reality.

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