Natasha Ryan's, the missing Australian Girl who hid in a cupboard for five years
Natasha Ryan's, the missing Australian Girl who hid in a cupboard for five years On the morning of August 31, 1998, 14-year-old Natasha Ryan's mother dropped her off at her high school in Rockhampton, Australia. Then, the teenage girl vanished without a trace. For five years after she went missing, Natasha's family feared the worst and even held a memorial service for her, assuming that she was dead. In reality, she had been hiding out at her much older boyfriend's house — less than a mile from her mother's home. During that time, Natasha had moved about the house freely with the curtains drawn, spending her days cooking, reading, sewing, and hiding in a cupboard whenever people came over. She later explained that she stayed in hiding for so long simply because "the lie had become too big." And she only re-emerged after a serial killer was wrongly charged with her murder — read more at the link in our profile. Natasha Anne Ryan (born 1984) is an Au...