Synopsis:
A baby born with eight limbs in a poor, remote Indian village is worshipped by some as the reincarnation of a goddess, but to her parents faced a dilemma - should they agree to a perilous operation which could give her the normal life they desired, or should they leave Lakshmi's body like the famed Hindu goddess of wealth and fortune? "20/20," in conjunction with a National Geographic Channel documentary, goes behind the scenes of the two-year journey of the intersection of religion and science. Then, a report on two fathers who began their own investigation after they realized the same man may have been the last person to see their daughters alive. Because of their detective work, the FBI has now joined the case, and the man the fathers have identified is being investigated in connection with the disappearances of their daughters and at least two other people.
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