How did Montana teen Danni Houchins die? Her family's decades-long search for the truth
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It was the end of September 1996, a Saturday night in a fishing area just outside of Bozeman, Montana -- a place of tranquility until this night.
A few miles up a rural highway, near the small town of Belgrade, searchers discovered the body of 15-year-old Danielle "Danni" Houchins.
Peter Van Sant: What brought your sister Danni down to this area back on September 21st, 1996?
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