Crime Beat

I'm Nancy Hixt, a senior crime reporter with Global News.

Today on Crime Beat, I share how investigators uncovered the truth about what happened to Barbara Iapace.

This is the conclusion of Last Call.

Exactly 100 days, three and a half months after Barbara Iapace vanished, her parents got the phone call that they had been dreading.

I want to thank Bob and Kevin, and both former detectives Howland and Cole, along with Deputy Chief O'Brien, for their help in sharing Barbara's story.

And thank you for listening.

Crime Beat is written and produced by me, Nancy Hixt, with senior producer Dila Velasquez.

Audio editing and sound design is by Rob Johnston.

If you're not doing well, let's find a way to get well, look well, and of course, you already know it, be well.

Right now, we are gonna tune into the Crime Beat.

It's like story time.

[gentle music] Cold winter day in early 2002, Bob Novak waited outside a Southeast Calgary bank for his 24-year-old daughter.

It's the hardest thing in my life.

[suspenseful music] I'm Nancy Hixt, a senior crime reporter for Global News.

Today, on Crime Beat, I share details of Barbara's mysterious disappearance and the desperate search that ensued.

This is Last Call.