ahead of the premiere, knabel's friend and missing in america founder nancy schaefer and her partner, retired denver homicide detective joe fanciulli,. nancy schaefer, the founder of missing in america, a group knabel was involved with to help find missing people and joe fanciulli, a retired homicide detective. she’s also a very good friend,” missing in america’s founder nancy schaefer said in a video posted on the finding andrea facebook page. the group's founder, nancy schaefer smith, said that knabel, a dedicated member of missing in america, is the first volunteer ever to disappear like this.
