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TIL Hannah Upp, who was diagnosed with dissociative fugue, disappeared three separate times (2008, 2013, 2017) & remains missing today. Her disappearances spanned 20 days, 2 days, and 7 years & counting. All three occurred in September & were in some way connected to a body of water.

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