Aug 25, 2026 · 24 min · 14 segments
A young woman was about to begin an exciting new career path, but missed a scheduled appointment with her father. As her family began to retrace her steps, they realized no one had seen or heard from…
She was just accepted to a nursing program, and was in the process of getting a loan approved to help finance it.
As all her major personal pieces were falling into place, she also had a great job and was enjoying life.
She was working at some kind of a bar.
It was downtown.
It was all the lawyers and stuff.
She, yeah, she, they all liked her there.
Yeah, she was doing good, yeah.
Her parents, Bob Novak and Nelly Iapace, were teenage sweethearts, and remained together despite battling addiction issues into adulthood.
The couple was apart when Barbara, who was only 14 years old, and her two brothers witnessed a horrific event.
Her three kids witnessed the attack, and thought he was being punched, but in reality, he was getting stabbed.
That violent murder scene haunted Barbara, but she didn't let it derail her future.
Her father told me she was the first in their family to get a high school diploma.
Bob Novak was so proud of Barbara, and appreciated that no matter how busy she got, she always made time for family.
That's why it was such a shock when Barbara missed an appointment with her father at a Calgary bank on Friday, January 18th, 2002.
She was just accepted to a nursing program, and was in the process of getting a loan approved to help finance it.
As all her major personal pieces were falling into place, she also had a great job and was enjoying life.
She was working at some kind of a bar.
It was downtown.
It was all the lawyers and stuff.
She, yeah, she, they all liked her there.
Yeah, she was doing good, yeah.
Her parents, Bob Novak and Nelly Iapace, were teenage sweethearts, and remained together despite battling addiction issues into adulthood.
The couple was apart when Barbara, who was only 14 years old, and her two brothers witnessed a horrific event.
Her three kids witnessed the attack, and thought he was being punched, but in reality, he was getting stabbed.
That violent murder scene haunted Barbara, but she didn't let it derail her future.
Her father told me she was the first in their family to get a high school diploma.
Bob Novak was so proud of Barbara, and appreciated that no matter how busy she got, she always made time for family.
That's why it was such a shock when Barbara missed an appointment with her father at a Calgary bank on Friday, January 18th, 2002.
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