Grieving moms dig with ‘bare hands’ to unearth the dark truth behind their missing and murdered children

In the blistering summer heat, Cheryl Holsonbake found herself driving two hours from her home to California’s rural Kern County, where she would search with her "bare hands" any land that appeared like a shallow grave.

The matriarch was joined by two other mothers in search of answers for their children.

"We took shovels and looked for my son there," Holsonbake recalled to Fox News Digital. "I would think if I could just search with my own hands and find him, I could bring him home.