Gone
Michelle Warner had been living with her ex-boyfriend, Mark Castellano, when she vanished in 2012. Castellano claimed she stormed out after a fight, leaving behind their three-year-old son. Castellano was interviewed by Dr. Phil McGraw on his daytime talk show regarding Michelle's disappearance. He later told police a much different version of events. "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 4/2/2016. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.
- Duration
- 41m
- Broadcast on
- 17 Sep 2026
- Audio Format
- other
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[MUSIC PLAYING] As a mother, Michelle was awesome. I called her the picture girl, pictures, pictures, pictures. She looked like a million dollars. Wear her high heels and carry a baby on her hip. When she was a child, it was hard not to have a close friend relationship with her, even though I had to be the mom. A woman has vanished from her Houston apartment. Her family and friends are fearing the worst. I got the phone call from my son. And David said something's wrong. The authorities say Warner's a strange boyfriend claims she stormed out of the apartment following an argument. Mark Castellano was Michelle's boyfriend for a while. Mark and Michelle did meet at work. She captivates the room and she walks in. That part about her is completely true. She mesmerizes people. They had a son together who was Caden. Michelle was living with Mark the night she disappeared. We called the police. Everyone was searching. We don't have a scene. We don't have a witness. We don't have evidence. We don't have a body. The more we thought about it, we kind of looked at each other and said, let's go back and let's search. [MUSIC PLAYING] So will you explain to me how you use the iPhone and FaceTime? They tried to follow it like a treasure map. Like that kind of thing, right? Correct. Well, it was in real time. So you were at FaceTiming? FaceTiming? Yes. So it's like I'm aiming it at this tree here and you say, do I go to the right of the tree or is it more to the left of the tree, that kind of thing? Correct. Exactly what I'm looking at right now. A week went by. Michelle was still missing. We heard about Dr. Phil and Mark Castellano was going on his show. Today, we will take you inside a national news story as it unfolded in front of our cameras in real time. Mark was going to be on Dr. Phil.
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Michelle Warner had been living with her ex-boyfriend, Mark Castellano, when she vanished in 2012. Castellano claimed she stormed out after a fight, leaving behind their three-year-old son. Castellano was interviewed by Dr. Phil McGraw on his daytime talk show regarding Michelle's disappearance. He later told police a much different version of events. "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 4/2/2016. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.