WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:05.440 Hello friends, Staves Talkton here with you. Welcome to our 2 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:09.640 latest video. Today we're going to bring you six strange 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:15.839 cases of people last seen running into the woods. Now, 4 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:19.160 the missing person epidemic not only affects just the US, 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.039 but the UK and many other parts of the world. Thankfully, 6 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.199 most missing people are discovered alive and well, but some 7 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.719 cases remain cold and unsolved, whether that be for a 8 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:34.119 few years or even decades. So take a walk with 9 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:38.880 me now as we explore these six strange cases. Number 10 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:44.039 six Craig Freer. Craig Freer was your average seventeen year old. 11 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.640 He was going into his senior year at high school 12 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:48.920 and was the co captain of the school's football team. 13 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:51.520 Craig had also picked up a part time job and 14 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.520 was looking ahead to the future, and his future was bright. 15 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:57.840 There were a few colleges interested in offering Craig a 16 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:04.200 scholarship for sporting abilities, and the world was truly his oyster. Unfortunately, 17 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.000 any chance at a bright future was taken away from 18 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.840 him one faithful day in June two thousand and four. 19 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.239 His sudden disappearance would turn the lives of his family 20 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.640 upside down, and as recently as twenty twenty one. The 21 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.359 New York State Police are still actively investigating and chasing. 22 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:20.879 Down new leeds. 23 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.439 Craig's parents were happy when they heard he'd picked up 24 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.760 a part time job at the Price Chopper supermarket in Glenville, 25 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:31.159 New York. Craig picked up a few shifts, which somehow 26 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.959 he managed to fit into his busy schedule. On Sunday, 27 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:38.640 June twenty seventh, two thousand and four, Craig walked out 28 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.439 of his home for what would be the last time 29 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.640 as far as his parents were concerned. He was headed 30 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:47.120 to work. His mother, Veronica, had seen him carrying his 31 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:50.920 uniform with him to his car, But when Veronica arrived 32 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.120 at the supermarket where Craig worked just a few hours 33 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.480 after he'd left for his shift, she was shocked to 34 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.599 find no sign of him. She was even more shocked 35 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.239 to learn that Craig hadn't been working at the supermarket 36 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.560 for quite some time. Whether it was shame, embarrassment, or 37 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:08.639 something else that made Craig guide the fact that he 38 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:12.919 got sacked, we'll never know. His parents were of course 39 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.560 very upset that Craig had lied to them, and they 40 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:17.159 called Craig's girlfriend to see if. 41 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:18.080 She knew who he was. 42 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.120 At first, she said she had no idea, but after 43 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.439 a second call, she caved in and admitted that he 44 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:25.039 was with her. 45 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:28.960 Ronica gave Craig a stern talking to, telling. 46 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:31.280 Him that he needed to come home right away and 47 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.000 that they needed to have a chat, the sentence that 48 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.800 every teenager dreads hearing. Craig said goodbye to his girlfriend 49 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.759 and left her apartment located in Scotia, New York. According 50 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.639 to his girlfriend, she watched as he walked towards his car, 51 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:47.360 but then at the last minute darted off in the 52 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:51.639 opposite direction. What had scared Craig and why did he 53 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.879 run away from his car? Surely, if he was in danger, 54 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:56.319 the best thing to do would be to head to 55 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:00.319 the car and drive away or go back inside. According 56 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.240 to reports, Craig ran into the nearby woods, and this 57 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.680 is the last confirmed sighting of him. From here, all 58 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.120 we have are alleged sightings and a few new pieces 59 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.080 of evidence that may finally help us pieces puzzle together. 60 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.719 When Craig failed to return home to have a chat 61 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.479 with his parents, they waited and waited and waited as 62 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.719 the hours ticked by. It eventually dawned on them that 63 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.319 something just wasn't right. Craig was in trouble, but it 64 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.599 wasn't like him to run away and leave without telling 65 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.439 his parents where he was going. Some people naturally leaned 66 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.639 towards the flight side of the fight or flight feeling, 67 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.000 but his parents knew he would have to come home 68 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.199 at some point, But at some point never came, and 69 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.199 by five pm that day, Veronica had picked up the 70 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:49.520 phone and reported her seventeen year old son missing. It 71 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.719 appears that the investigators weren't all too interested at first, 72 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:56.639 as is the case with most missing young people, after 73 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.759 hearing about their disagreement earlier that day, they believed that 74 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.599 Greig just wanted time to cool. 75 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.159 Off and that he would eventually come back. 76 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.919 Unfortunately, ours turned into days, and when the investigators found 77 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:09.719 that he didn't have his phone or wallet with him 78 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.560 at the time of his disappearance, they agreed that something 79 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:17.079 was wrong and began to further investigate. Those investigators found 80 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.560 that Craig had left his wallet and forty dollars behind 81 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.040 in his house, something he would have needed if he 82 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:24.360 planned on spending a few days away from his family. 83 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.079 His driver's license was also missing. However, his parents explained 84 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:31.519 that it had been lost before his disappearance and he 85 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.560 was in the process of getting a new one. So 86 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:38.920 without money, ID or driver's license, it was clear that 87 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.360 Craig wouldn't have gotten very far. All he had was 88 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:44.399 his car, but that had been left abandoned in the 89 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:46.759 parking lot of his girlfriend's apartment complex. 90 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:48.959 So where was he? 91 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.680 Investigators hit a big lead when interviewing witnesses from that day. 92 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:56.800 A group of teenagers came forward to tell the police 93 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.480 that they had seen Craig, or at least someone matching 94 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:03.040 his description, walking along the railroad tracks behind his girlfriend's 95 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.800 apartment complex, shortly after he was seen entering the woods. 96 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:10.240 It appears that they tried to engagement in conversation, but 97 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.480 he motioned for them to be quiet and then just 98 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.120 kept on walking. This event stuck in their mind due 99 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.000 to the strange behavior and the bizarre nature of the incident, 100 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.879 and it wasn't until news of his disappearance was made 101 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:25.680 public that they connected the dots. Armed with this new lead, 102 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:28.839 investigators began searching up and down the railway line behind 103 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:31.639 Craig's girlfriend's apartment, but no sign of him was to 104 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.279 be found. As the days pressed on, and the investigation 105 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.480 began to heat up. Officers with dog units and ground 106 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.879 teams were sent to the area where Craig was last seen. 107 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.879 They also sent units to the Mohawk River, wondering whether 108 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.759 he had gotten injured and fallen in but all of 109 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:51.360 these searches turned up nothing. It seemed as if Craig 110 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:53.839 had vanished into thin air, as if he were here 111 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.759 one moment and then gone the next. Creig's family and 112 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.839 friends were all administered polygraph tests, and it appears that 113 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.079 everyone passed, although as we know, polygraph tests are a 114 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.560 debatable technique in and of themselves and are not admissible 115 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.360 in court in most countries. Hundreds of hours of interviews 116 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.959 were conducted, but nothing ever came to fruition. How could 117 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:18.920 a bright, promising seventeen year old just vanish into the woods. 118 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.040 Searchers continue for Craig, and have done so over the years, 119 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.720 although they have been majorly scaled back, of course, Craig's 120 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:31.199 family are still desperately seeking answers, of course, and two 121 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.759 years after he disappeared, the New York State Police became 122 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:38.319 involved in his case. In twenty twenty one, a new 123 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.199 lead was discovered and investigators hope this is the clue 124 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.519 they need. One of Craig's co workers at the Price 125 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.879 Shopper supermarket told investigators that sometime between June twenty seventh 126 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.800 and July second, two thousand and four, he saw Craig 127 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.000 in the passenger seat of a car traveling north on 128 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:58.879 Route fifty in Glenville. According to this witness, the car 129 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.199 stopped at the traffic light on Sheffield Road before turning left, 130 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:04.639 and that's when the witness lost sight of the car. 131 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.959 This sighting has not been confirmed as off yet, However, 132 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.079 it is the largest piece of information in regards to 133 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:16.480 Craig's whereabouts that's turned up lately. Greig's parents have never 134 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.000 given up and are hoping that one day they will 135 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:22.519 learn the truth about what happened to their son. Craig 136 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:26.480 Freer is described as a white male, red hair, brown eyes, 137 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.639 five foot eleven inches tall and weighs approximately one hundred 138 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.639 and ninety pounds. He was last seen going into the 139 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.199 woods behind the Cambridge Manor apartment complex in Scotia, New York, 140 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:40.600 on June twenty seventh, two thousand and four. When last seen, 141 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.120 he was wearing a white short sleeved t shirt, blue 142 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.600 jeans or jean shorts, why Adida's tennis shoes with three 143 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.240 black stripes and a gold chain with the Saint Christopher medallion. 144 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:52.319 Craig also had all. 145 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.560 Four of his wisdom teeth removed in April two thousand 146 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.160 and four and may wear his facial hair in a 147 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.959 go tea. Anyone with any information is as to please 148 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.920 contact the New York State Police at five point eight 149 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.120 six three zero one seven zero. 150 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.680 Zero number five. 151 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.079 Jeremy Alex twenty eight year old Jeremy Alex was doing 152 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.920 well for himself. He and his girlfriend were in the 153 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.560 process of moving in together in Northport, Maine, and he 154 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:27.600 was working as a self employed landscape gardener in Lincolnville, Maine. 155 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.399 When not at work, Jeremy enjoyed skateboarding and playing the guitar, 156 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.360 and he spent much of his young adult life traveling 157 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.519 around in the US and had even gotten involved with 158 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:41.080 the organization Greenpeace at one point. By all accounts, Jeremy 159 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.720 seemed like a fun, loving free spirit who was great 160 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.200 to be around. In April two thousand and four, Jeremy 161 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.519 turned twenty eight years old and was a keep one 162 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.639 in his life. Has previously mentioned, he and his girlfriend 163 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.080 were getting ready to move in together, and they were 164 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:00.080 excited to start this new chapter in their lives. On 165 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.639 April twenty third, two thousand and four, Jeremy's parents drove 166 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.080 from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to his home in Lincolnville, Maine, 167 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:10.159 to celebrate his twenty eighth birthday that had just passed. 168 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:11.480 They sat down for. 169 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.559 Her meal, spoke about Jeremy's upcoming move, and talked about 170 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:19.600 any possible plans he had for the future. Sadly, however, 171 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.919 his parents' world would be turned upside down just twenty 172 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.840 four hours later. On April twenty fourth, two thousand and four, 173 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:31.000 the day after Jeremy's birthday dinner with his parents, Jeremy 174 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.679 arrived at his girlfriend's house at around eleven. 175 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:34.440 Am to help her move. 176 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:38.039 From the moment he arrived, she could tell that something 177 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:42.480 was off. The once happy, smiling Jeremy had been replaced 178 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:46.519 with a scared and paranoid person. Jeremy was very frustrated 179 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:49.759 and blurted out to his girlfriend that quote bad people 180 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.440 were after him. No amount of consoling or comforting could 181 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.279 change Jeremy's mind, and he decided to leave instead of 182 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:59.720 staying to help her move. This in itself was incredibly 183 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.519 busy they are and very out of character, and the 184 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:06.080 following events of that day would bring about even more questions. 185 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:10.360 At around five twenty pm, a woman saw Jeremy running 186 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:12.399 out of the woods and into her back garden on 187 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.360 Pound Hill Road, a mile and a half from Jeremy's 188 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.360 new home that he was in the process of moving 189 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:18.559 into with his girlfriend. 190 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:19.639 Now. 191 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.440 This woman also happened to be an old teacher of Jeremy's, 192 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.320 and she recognized him readily. She got closer to him, 193 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.399 trying to console him and ask him what was wrong. Again, 194 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:32.320 he rambled off that bad guys were trying to hurt him, 195 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.320 and she reported that it appeared as if he was hallucinating. 196 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.039 The woman called for her husband, who ran out into 197 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.639 the garden and kept Jeremy there while she called the police. 198 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:44.320 The couple noticed that Jeremy was clutching money in his hand. 199 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:47.320 By the time the woman had gone inside to call 200 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.120 the police, Jeremy had broken free from her husband's grip 201 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.559 and took off, running into the woods once more. Other 202 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:57.200 witnesses reported seeing a man fitting Jeremy's description on Route one, 203 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:00.320 and after this he's never been seen or heard from again. 204 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.480 The police quickly arrived at the scene and took statements 205 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.559 from the husband and wife duo. The next day, Jeremy's 206 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:10.360 van was found abandoned near Pound Hill Road at the 207 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:14.519 Waldo County Humane Society. Inside the van where his keys 208 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:18.759 and phone, but sadly no sign of Jeremy. Searches of 209 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.399 the woods where Jeremy's car had been found were conducted, 210 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:23.720 but no sign of him could be found there either. 211 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.679 Investigators then began interviewing his girlfriend and found out that 212 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:32.600 Jeremy may have fallen into old habits. Jeremy was in 213 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:36.000 recovery from drug addiction, and according to his girlfriend, in 214 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:41.159 recent months he had unfortunately relapsed. Jeremy's girlfriend also stated 215 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.519 that on the day he disappeared, he had been using 216 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.759 illicit substances and that he had been experiencing these paranoid 217 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.200 states for a while, and that she and his friends 218 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:53.559 were concerned for him. Was Jeremy's disappearance and his ramblings 219 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:57.600 about the bad Men substance related psychosis or was someone 220 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:02.320 really after him? Of two thousand and four, a full 221 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:06.399 five months after Jeremy disappeared, a contractor in Jackson, Maine 222 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:09.960 reported seeing a man fitting Jeremy's description again coming out 223 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:13.360 of the woods. According to this workman, the man he 224 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.720 saw was acting erradically and strangely and couldn't seem to 225 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.480 understand what was being said to him. Apparently, this kind 226 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:23.440 of stranger offered the man some food, but Jeremy, if 227 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:27.919 it was Jeremy, refused. There was also another possible sighting 228 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:30.919 in October two thousand and four where someone claimed to 229 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:34.320 have seen Jeremy in the woods in Owl's Head, Maine. 230 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:37.720 After that, Jeremy's case went cold for another four years, 231 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.200 and then in April, this case took another bizarre turn. 232 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.960 His driver's license was found to be in the possession 233 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.279 of a couple living in Northport, Maine, the area that 234 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.200 Jeremy was in the process of moving to with his girlfriend. 235 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.320 According to this couple, they had begun building their house 236 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:56.120 in May of two thousand and four, and over the years, 237 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.120 random items that belonged to Jeremy began washing up on 238 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.039 the shore near their The couple held on to the 239 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.840 driver's license and some money that washed ashore, and it 240 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.600 wasn't until years later that they connected the dots to 241 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:11.759 Jeremy's disappearance. What's even more bizarre is that their newly 242 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.759 constructed home is connected to the woods that Jeremy was 243 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.360 last seen running into. Did Jeremy fall off a cliff 244 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.919 while running in the woods or is there something more 245 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.919 nefarious at play. His family believes that he likely met 246 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:27.960 with foul play, although they did comment that he knew 247 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:32.000 how to survive in the wilderness. Jeremy Alex was last 248 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.000 seen on April twenty fourth, two thousand and four, running 249 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:36.200 into the woods. 250 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:37.639 In Northport, Maine. 251 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.799 He is described as a white male with brown hair, 252 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.279 brown eyes, tands about five foot seven inches tall, and 253 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.240 weigh approximately one hundred and fifty pounds. Investigators have stated 254 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.720 that Jeremy did indeed appear to be under the influence 255 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:53.480 and confused at the time of his disappearance. Jeremy was 256 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:56.360 known to smoke hand roll cigarettes and was last seen 257 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:00.320 wearing an olive green flannel Timberland sweatshirt, blue jeene for 258 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:04.159 brown Corroy pants, tennis shoes, and carrying a red backpack. 259 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:09.360 Anyone with any information regarding Jeremy's disappearance is urged to 260 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.039 please contact the Maine State Police at two zero seven 261 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:21.879 six two four seven zero seven six, number four. Willie Hodge. Unfortunately, 262 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.879 there's not a lot of information surrounding the disappearance of 263 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.200 thirty nine year old Willie Hodge in January of twenty nineteen, 264 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.879 but here's what we do know. On January twenty third, 265 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:35.559 twenty nineteen, Willie was last seen by his family as 266 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:37.759 he was leaving his home in the eleven hundred block 267 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:42.039 of Island Drive in Sumter County, South Carolina. According to 268 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.559 the Charlie Project, Willie had an argument or altercation with 269 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.759 his mother and left the house upset. This was the 270 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.679 last time he was seen by his family. Police records 271 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.559 indicate that later that evening, Willie was pulled over at 272 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.159 the intersection of Pine One Road in Columbia Circle during 273 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:02.639 a traffic STOPTX News notes that Willie was pulled over 274 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.679 for a traffic violation, but what the violation was has 275 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:10.120 never been specified. The South Carolina arrest database does show 276 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:13.159 that Willy has been arrested five times previously before his 277 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:17.919 traffic stop in twenty nineteen, with offences ranging from burglary, larceny, 278 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.919 driving under suspension, to possession of narcotics and assault. These 279 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.159 arrests may or may not be linked to his disappearance. However, 280 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:30.159 it may explain what happened next. As the police pulled 281 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:32.720 him over, Willie jumped out of his car. 282 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.840 And ran into the woods. 283 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.159 Did Willy have a distrust of the police because of 284 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:40.080 his previous charges or was he scared of getting yet 285 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:44.759 another charge? According to officers, they searched the immediate area 286 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.679 for Willie, but there was no sign of him. As 287 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.960 the days passed, his car remained abandoned, and they continued 288 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:54.440 in their search for the missing man. Charles Bonner, a 289 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.919 senior investigator with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, told News 290 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:01.279 nineteen in February of twenty nineteen. We don't want to 291 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.159 get him in trouble because of that. I just want 292 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:06.559 to talk to him and make sure he's okay. Because 293 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.279 he is a missing person. I take these very seriously, 294 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:12.519 so I want to make sure. 295 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.120 That he's okay. 296 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.039 There was also another person in the car with him 297 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:19.759 that night he disappeared. However, this witness has been unable 298 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:24.960 to provide any further information. Willie's mother, Sadie Hodge, told 299 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:28.759 News nineteen. In my heart, I don't feel like. 300 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:32.039 He's alive anymore. It's just kind of a sense of peace. 301 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.480 That I have. 302 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.279 In a way, it's a good thing, but I still 303 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.279 hold out hope. I just want to know he's okay, 304 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.759 whether it's here, whether he's found eternal peace. I just 305 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:48.399 want to know he's okay. Willie Hodge was last seen 306 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:50.759 running into the woods after being stopped by police at 307 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:54.679 the intersection of Pine One Road in Columbia Circle in Sumter, Coli, 308 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.240 South Carolina. 309 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.960 Willie is described as a. 310 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.759 White male with brown hair and brown eyes, standing five 311 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:02.000 foot eight inches tall. 312 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:03.399 And weighs one hundred and forty pounds. 313 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:08.359 Willie has letters intab tattooed on his knuckles, Street on 314 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.599 the back of one arm, and dreams on the other. 315 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:14.200 He also has a thug life tattooed across his stomach 316 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.160 with a name Sadie over her heart, and a tattoo 317 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.319 of a woman on his calf. Anyone with any information 318 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:23.400 is asked to please contact the Sumter County Sheriff's Office 319 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.359 at eight zero three four three six two zero zero 320 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:33.599 zero or crime Stoppers at one eight eight eight Crime sc. 321 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.279 Number three. 322 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:41.279 Terrence Woods Junior, twenty six year old Terrence Woods Junior 323 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.319 was working as a TV production assistant for the UK 324 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:48.440 production company Raw TV in conjunction with the Discovery Channel 325 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:52.799 in twenty eighteen and was out on location in Idaho. Unfortunately, 326 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.359 one night, while filming, Terrence ran off into the woods 327 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.359 and hasn't been seen or heard from since. Terrence was 328 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.680 working as part heart of a twelve person crew who 329 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:05.200 were tasked with filming gold Rush Dave terrans Lost Mine. 330 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.039 Filming and production were going well, with the crew following 331 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.400 Dave Turin around seeing what he could dig up in 332 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.880 the remote parts of the western United States. Then on 333 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:18.920 the evening of October fifth, twenty eighteen, everything changed. According 334 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.240 to Vice, the crew had wrapped up filming for the 335 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:25.039 day in Penman Mine near Oral Grande, Idaho County, when 336 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:27.079 Terrence told two of the other crew members that he 337 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:30.440 had to go and use the bathroom. Then, just seconds later, 338 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:34.640 the associate producer, Simon g who Terrence worked under, saw 339 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:37.559 Terce drop his radio and take off running into the trees. 340 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.119 Terrence apparently ran down a steep cliff into a forest 341 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:45.240 before disappearing into the thick woods. Those on set called 342 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.839 out Terrence's name and desperately tried to catch up with 343 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.079 him to see what was the matter, But the area 344 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:53.279 he had apparently run into was rough and unpredictable. According 345 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.000 to the crew, The crew spent some time searching for 346 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:58.680 Terrence before realizing that they needed to call it in 347 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.079 to the police. But six p forty one pm, Terrence 348 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:05.680 Woods Junior was reported missing to the Idaho County Sheriff's Office. 349 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.440 Somewhat Disturbingly, the Sheriff's office didn't arrive at the scene 350 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:11.839 to begin the search for Chance until the next morning. 351 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.440 Their excuse was that the call was made at a 352 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:18.000 late hour. This is just one of the disturbing facts 353 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:22.960 surrounding Terrence's case. When the Idaho County Sheriff's Office finally arrived, 354 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:27.079 they sent dog units ATVs helicopters, as well as boots 355 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:29.160 on the ground to look for any sign of Terrence. 356 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:32.759 The Idaho County Sheriff's Office found no sign of him. 357 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:36.079 The dogs failed to pick up on any scent, and sadly, 358 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:40.119 after six days, the search was called off. The Idaho 359 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:43.319 County Sheriff's Office fail to act quickly in Terrence's disappearance, 360 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:46.359 but they are not the only ones who acted strangely 361 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:52.039 following his vanishing act. According to Valerie Woods, Terrence Junior's mother, 362 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.279 the first thing Simon said on the phone and when 363 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.640 I met him in the police department, was I had 364 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:00.839 high expectations for your son, but when I met him, 365 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:04.039 he didn't stand up to them. Weiss ran an article 366 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:07.519 in twenty twenty about Terrence's disappearance and the allegations of 367 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:10.839 the toxic work culture at raw TV, and included an 368 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:15.640 interesting detail. The article reads, quoting here the original Idaho 369 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:19.200 County Sheriff's Office report see by vice, says that Terrence 370 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:22.240 was having a really hard time emotionally and had a 371 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.720 mental breakdown earlier today. When the nine to one one 372 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:28.079 call was made, the caller, who was not part of 373 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:31.200 the Raw TV crew, alleged that Terrence had been dealing 374 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:34.920 with mental issues throughout the shoot. However, when pushed to 375 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.799 confirm these statements by Terrence's family in the week's following 376 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:43.119 his disappearance, they were retracted end quote. This article also 377 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:48.400 includes information from Terrence's mother, Valerie. She says he was responsible. 378 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.799 He wouldn't run away without good reason unless he was scared. 379 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:55.799 The article goes on to say they believed Terrence felt 380 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.880 intimidated or mistreated by his colleagues. They say that he 381 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:02.039 was wanted to return to his home in Maryland. 382 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.640 An ex raw. 383 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.200 TV employee also told Weiss there was a laddie culture 384 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.359 at the company. There was a toxic undercurrent which made 385 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:14.039 me feel very uncoachable. There were conversations where they would 386 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:16.839 make disparage and comments about people they were looking to hire. 387 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.680 It made me feel quite uncomfortable. 388 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:24.839 With all this information about raw TV, it still remains 389 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:26.759 to be seen whether they had anything to do with 390 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:31.559 Terrence's disappearance. As of twenty twenty, the Idaho County Sheriff's 391 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:34.640 Office said that Terrence's case is still open but not active, 392 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:38.519 in that they are not actively searching for him. Terence Woods, 393 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:41.440 Junior was last seen running into the woods near Orogrand 394 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.960 in Idaho County, Idaho, on October fifth, twenty eighteen, after 395 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:48.880 telling two colleagues that he needed to use the bathroom. 396 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.160 Terrence is described as an African American male with black hair, 397 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:55.319 brown eyes, five foot nine inches tall at one hundred 398 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:58.200 and fifty pounds. Terrence has a tattoo of a black 399 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.519 oval on the inside of his left wrist and was 400 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.039 last seen wearing a light brown jacket and black cargo pants. 401 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:08.920