Lale Arpaci

Oct 20, 2023 | abcnews.go.com | Gary Wynn |Lale Arpaci |Tom Berman

When Todd Smith went public with the news that his wife Katrina had left their home on the evening of Oct. 22, 2012 and never returned, it sent shockwaves through the couple’s Rockford, Illinois, community. Katrina Smith was one of their own. Seeing Todd Smith on local TV emotionally pleading for the safe return of his wife resonated with the people of Rockford, and they joined the Smiths’ friends and family in organized searches to locate Katrina.