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Isis Romero anchors the Nightbeat and creates long-form reporting series for KSAT. She joined the KSAT 12 news team in 2010.

Isis Romero anchors the Nightbeat and creates long-form reporting series for KSAT. She joined the KSAT 12 news team in 2010.

SAN ANTONIO – KSAT 12 Nightbeat anchor Isis Romero returns with two new episodes of her original news program, “Up Close with Isis Romero.”The two 30-minute episodes will air back to back beginning at 9 p.m. on Thursday on KSAT 12 and on KSAT.com. You will also be able to find the episodes on Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV. This episode of “Up Close with Isis Romero” explores the issue of missing persons in Bexar County and beyond. Host Isis Romero takes an up close look at the mysterious disappearance of HEB employee Pauline Diaz in 2010, and the notorious case of Heidi Seeman, whose disappearance prompted an unprecedented search and the subsequent founding of the Heidi Search Center in the early ‘90s. With cesarean sections on the rise across the country, Romero shares her own experience with the procedure and welcomes viewers inside the operating room as she undergoes her third C-section and the birth of her third child.

SAN ANTONIO – Photographer Eddie Latigo takes a unique, music-filled look at how much trash the city of San Antonio produces.

SAN ANTONIO – Austin Borjas-Ewell, 16, is climbing the ladder in the world of competitive Men’s Figure skating, with dreams of someday landing a spot on Team USA. Austin was adopted from Cambodia as an infant by two loving and supportive fathers who are helping him chase his dream.

SAN ANTONIO – All dogs may go to Heaven, but not all of them go to loving homes. We take an up close look at the need for adoptive pet parents in San Antonio through the eyes of an orphaned dog, Salem.

SAN ANTONIO – Gary Jones is HIV-positive, with a positive disposition on life. Diagnosed with HIV in 2000, he opens up about living with the disease. About 82,745 Texans are living with HIV. Some 78 percent of them are male.

The first episode, entitled “Final Days,” gives an in-depth look at the 1992 murder of Theresa Rodriguez, with Romero bearing witness to the execution of her killer in Huntsville earlier this year.

SAN ANTONIO – KSAT 12 News and Graham Media will debut a new innovative and creative news program that features unique storytelling, in-depth interviews and original stories that are different from traditional news reports. KSAT 12 will premiere “Up Close with Isis Romero” with two back-to-back episodes starting at 9 p.m. Sept. 7, with subsequent episodes to follow in December. “We’re very proud of the breakthrough storytelling Isis has created with this program, and we’re excited for viewers in South Texas to see it,” said KSAT 12 Vice President/General Manager Phil Lane. The first episode, entitled “Final Days,” gives an in-depth look at the 1992 murder of Theresa Rodriguez, with Romero bearing witness to the execution of her killer in Huntsville earlier this year. Romero worked closely with veteran KSAT photographer Eddie Latigo on the project and also serves as executive producer and host of each half-hour episode.