What happened to Niqui McCown? Preview Dateline: Missing In America Season 5

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1:20It begins with butterflies. The kind you feel in your stomach. when something exciting is about to happen, like the moments before you say, I do. Finding the dress, choosing the flowers, picking the music. Every little detail brings you that much closer to the day when you'll promise to spend the rest of your life with the person you love. She wanted her wedding to be perfect. When I mean perfect, I mean perfect. For Marilyn McCown, known as Nikki, July 2001 was a season of love. At 28, she was just a month away from her wedding day. And she was excited about that. Very excited. Very excited. Nikki had found the right man, and now she was making all the plans.

2:17The countdown had begun. except Nikki never made it to the altar because on July 22, 2001, she vanished. She was my best friend and just disappeared. It has been more than two decades but the people who love her have made a different kind of vow to never stop searching because that's the thing about love. It doesn't end just because someone disappears.

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