article_snippet: baby Savanna kidnapped Dorothy Lee Barnett after a bitter custody battle and absconded to South Africa and eventually Australia where Dorothy Lee Barnett lived as a fugitive under an assumed name until Dorothy Lee Barnett lie unravelled following a slip of the tongue while drinking with friends .
article_snippet: The only father Dorothy Lee Barnett knew: baby Savanna, pictured as a toddler, was renamed Samantha.
article_snippet: Samantha and Dorothy Lee Barnett real father Benjamin Todd III pictured together just months before baby Savanna disappeared.
article_snippet: A still from footage of baby Savanna before Ms Geldenhuys kidnapping by Ms Geldenhuys mother, who was only allowed supervised acess to Ms Geldenhuys daughter after a court case in which Benjamin Todd III alleged Dorothy Lee Barnett was bipolar .
article_snippet: baby Savanna now named Samantha with stepfather Juan and mother Dorothy, now known as Alex, in South Africa .
article_snippet: Savanna Todd as a baby with a single mother before Ms Barnett fled overseas and began living life under the radar until Dorothy Lee Barnett arrest in Townsville last year .
article_snippet: Loving relationship: Barnett and 11-month-old Savanna disappeared and embarked on Barnett and
article_snippet: 11-month-old Savanna lives as fugitives, travelling to Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa where Ms Barnett married Juan Geldenhuys and had a son .
article_snippet: It was on one of these visits Ms Barnett and 11-month-old Savanna disappeared and embarked on their lives as fugitives, travelling to Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa where Ms Barnett married Juan Geldenhuys and they had a son.
article_snippet: Ms Barnett referred to Samantha as 'Savanna' and said Samantha had fled an 'abusive' relationship in America.
article_snippet: Ms Barnett's South African friends went online and found a page on the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children's website.
highlights_snippet: Samantha mother Dorothy Barnett snatched Samantha in South Carolina 21 years ago .
  
highlights_snippet: Ms Barnett's big lie unravelled when friends saw a missing persons notice for baby Savanna .
  