Why Did This Woman Live the Lie That She’d Been Murdered … for 31 Years?
In 1984, 24-year-old Petra Pazsitka was living in Braunschweig, Germany, studying computer science—until the day she was reported as missing after failing to return from the dentist. At one point, the main suspect in an unrelated rape and murder confessed to killing her, but later recanted. Her body was never found, and in 1989, she…