WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:04.839 Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you. Welcome to our 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:09.640 latest video. In this episode, we bring you Volume twenty 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:13.240 three of our National Park Mysteries, where we bring another 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.839 set of cases for you to ponder. Join me, Let's 5 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:24.440 take a walk and see number ten. Matthew Charles Craft, 6 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.559 twenty four year old Matthew Charles Craft will always be 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.839 remembered by those who knew him and loved him as 8 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:33.520 a kind and caring young man. In twenty nineteen, Matthew 9 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.640 was an Infantry Marine and platoon leader with the first Battalion, 10 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:39.960 seventh Marines at Camp Pendleton in California, and he was 11 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.600 well liked and respected among his platoon. In February twenty nineteen, 12 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:46.920 Matthew took leave from the Marines to complete a two 13 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:49.520 week back backing holiday which would take him along the. 14 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:50.759 High Sierra Route. 15 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:54.759 According to sources, the route parallels to John Muir Trail, 16 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.159 with elevations ranging from nine thousand to eleven thousand, five 17 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.320 hundred feet. Matthew had planned to complete the two hundred 18 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.599 mile hike over ten days before returning to Bridgeport, California, 19 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:08.519 where he and his group would be deployed to Afghanistan. Unfortunately, 20 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.319 Matthew never made it back to base as planned, and 21 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.359 the mystery of his disappearance began on February twenty fourth, 22 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.400 twenty nineteen. On that day, Matthew started his ten day 23 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.840 long journey and had planned to be back by March 24 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.400 fourth or fifth. The Orange County Register reports that on 25 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.079 February twenty second, Matthew spoke to his father, Greg for 26 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.799 what would be the last time. Greg reported that Matthew 27 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.560 was in good spirits and the two went over Matthew's plans, 28 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.719 which included his arrival date on March fourth or fifth. 29 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:41.599 When March fifth rolled around, Matthew's parents and his Marine 30 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.079 buddies became concerned that they had not heard from him. 31 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:46.920 Of the next day, when Matthew had still not made 32 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.120 contact with him, everyone knew something was wrong, and the 33 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:53.959 search for him began in earnest. The search for Matthew 34 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.400 was a multi agency approach, with the Mono County Sheriff's Office, 35 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.280 the Annual County Sheriff's Office, the President County Sheriff's Office, 36 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:05.239 and the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Unit all joining the investigation. 37 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.680 On March eighth, twenty nineteen, the Great Jeep wrangler that 38 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.800 Matthew had been renting was discovered near Gray's Metals campground 39 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.159 above Independence, and reports indicate that there was evidence of 40 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:20.000 an avalanche in the area. According to the Orange County Register, 41 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:22.560 the search and rescue effort by Marines from the Mountain 42 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.960 Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport and thirteen agencies covered in 43 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.039 an area larger. 44 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:28.120 Than the state of Rhode Island. 45 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.360 Helicopters and ground crews were sent out along the High 46 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.080 Sierra Route, which runs through parts of the Sequoia and 47 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:38.280 King's National Parks along with other wilderness areas. However, no 48 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:41.879 sign of Matthew was found. Heat signals were captured by 49 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.759 one of the helicopters, However, this was later discovered to 50 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:49.039 be a hibernating bear. Adverse weather conditions hampened the efforts 51 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:52.000 of search and rescue crews, and heavy snowfall forced the 52 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.879 group to suspend their efforts until it was safe to proceed. 53 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.240 Despite this huge multi agency approach, no sign of Matthew 54 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.319 has ever been found, as believed that. 55 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:02.800 He perished twilight out on the trail. 56 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.680 In the wake of his disappearance, the Marine Corps posthumously 57 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:10.280 promoted him to the rank of Captain. Memorial service was 58 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.039 held for Matthew, with a Marine Corps writing that Matthew 59 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.879 Craft passed away after being overcome by severe winter storms. 60 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:20.400 No sign of Matthew has ever been found, and his 61 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.319 family are desperate to find his body and get closure. 62 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.159 Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Mono 63 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.479 County Coroner at seven six zero nine three two seven 64 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.879 five four nine in reference case number nineteen dash eight 65 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:43.560 six number nine. Alois Jacob Cross. In twenty thirteen, Olois 66 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.800 Jacob Cross arrived to the United States to attend a conference, 67 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.240 and while he was in the country, he decided. 68 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.080 To go on a few hikes. 69 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.240 Alois worked as a professor at the universit near Mandenburgh 70 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:55.520 in Germany and was well like in respect to among 71 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.960 his colleagues. On August first, twenty thirteen, he headed out 72 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.919 to the Sam Bernardino Mountains in California with a hiking group. 73 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:05.919 The plane was with the group to hike the Pinnacle 74 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:09.639 Trail in the Lake Arrowhead area. However, around five forty 75 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:14.719 five PM, Alois became separated from the group. According to reports, 76 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.720 Alois was an experienced hiker, however, at the time of 77 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.240 his disappearance, he was not carrying any hiking equipment. He 78 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.319 was also proficient in hunting, but without the right equipment, 79 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:25.639 the group knew that he would. 80 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:26.519 Not survive for law. 81 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.639 When his absence was noted, the sam Bernardino County Sheriff's 82 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.240 Office was notified and began their extensive search for Alois. 83 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:38.759 The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, search and rescue groups 84 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:42.279 and volunteers scoured the San Bernardino Mountains for Alois, but 85 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.079 ultimately no sign of him was ever found. Since October 86 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:50.240 twenty thirteen, Alois case has got cold, and his family 87 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.199 and friends in Germany are desperate for answers. Alois is 88 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.040 described as a white male with brown hair, blue eyes, 89 00:04:57.240 --> 00:04:59.600 around five foot ten inches tall at one hundred and 90 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:03.120 eighty five I found. He speaks fluent English and German 91 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.720 and was last seen wearing a long sleeved light blue 92 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:09.399 button down shirt, dark blue jeans, and lightweight hiking shoes. 93 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:12.879 The Charlie Project notes that his name may be spelled 94 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:18.839 Alois or alyof Anyone with any information is asked to 95 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.560 contact Detective Scott T's of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's 96 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.879 Office at nine zero nine three three six zero six 97 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:31.079 zero zero in reference case number zero five to one 98 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:39.759 three zero one nine one four number eight. Vernon Cody Matthews. 99 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:44.000 In June twenty fourteen, twenty three year old Vernon Cody Matthews, 100 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.360 who went by Cody, was excited to state at his 101 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.519 family's cabin in the lower Sierra Nevatto Mountains in California. 102 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.040 At the time, Cody was an anthropology student, and he 103 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.160 was looking forward to spending the summer living off the 104 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.720 land and putting to use the techniques he had learned 105 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:02.000 during his studies. In early June twenty fourteen, Cody headed 106 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.160 down to his family's summer cabin to get a head 107 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.000 start on his parents. The agreement was that in a 108 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.399 few days they would join him and they would enjoy 109 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.680 their vacation together. However, when his parents, Vernon Cindy, arrived 110 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.759 at the cabin, they found it empty. Not only was 111 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:18.920 there no sign of their son, but the cabin had 112 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.319 been completely ransacked and around eighteen thousand dollars worth of 113 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:26.000 items had been stolen. Cody had called them within the 114 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:28.120 first days of his arrival to let them know that 115 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:30.759 the cabin had been broken into and that he planned 116 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.079 to secure it in anticipation of their arrival. 117 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:34.800 The Mt. 118 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.360 Democrat reported that a large saw only capable of being 119 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:40.959 moved by more than one person, was sitting in the driveway. 120 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.519 A camera meant to catch wildlife set up in the 121 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.480 front driveway area was missing. Another security camera's line had 122 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:51.319 been cut. The side of the house had been forcibly 123 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:54.680 opened by bending the locking bar and destroying the doorframe. 124 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.199 Verdon and Cindy knew that something was very wrong. Their 125 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.800 cabin had been broke get into, in ransacked, and now 126 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.519 there was no sign of their son. They contacted the 127 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:07.920 El Dorado County Sheriff's Office to report both incidents, and 128 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.360 during the initial investigation, the sheriff's office did not believe 129 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:15.480 that the two incidents were connected. With Cody now missing, 130 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:19.199 the Eldorado County Sheriff's Office launched a missing person investigation, 131 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.079 and it's been reported that Cody was last seen on 132 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:26.839 June sixth, twenty fourteen. The Charlie Project reports that on 133 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.199 that day, Cody left a family cabin to go out 134 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:33.279 a hike, leaving behind most of his personal belongings. Cody 135 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.199 had called his mother beforehand to let her know he 136 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:37.199 was going on that short hike and that he would 137 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:41.680 call her later, but sadly that call never came. Cody 138 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.040 only intended to go for a short hike, and as such, 139 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.279 the only things he took with him was a water bottle, 140 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.319 a hunting knife, a compass, a bag of trail mikes, 141 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:53.319 and his phone. Investigators did manage to track Cody's phone 142 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.000 and at last painted around six thirty pm that night 143 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:59.680 around the south fork of the American River. The Democrat 144 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.360 led reported that the painting showed him going back in 145 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:04.680 the direction of the cabin before ending in the water, 146 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.199 but there's no evidence Cody's in the river or on 147 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:11.639 the banks. Booth steps were found leading out of the river, 148 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:16.639 which were thought to likely be Cody's. Search and rescue teams, volunteers, 149 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.639 and the Eldorado Sheriff's Office continue to search the American 150 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.279 River and the area around the cabin for eight days 151 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.800 until the search was finally called off. Despite the sheer 152 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.439 amount of ground that was covered, no sign of Cody 153 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.279 was ever found. Cody's parents noted that he was an 154 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.720 experienced hiker and also loved to kayak and canoe, although 155 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:37.120 there is no evidence that Cody went into the river. 156 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.960 Just two months after Cody's disappearance, the family's cabin burned 157 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:45.720 down during a wildfire that ravaged the area. The perpetrator 158 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.639 of the fire was arrested and charged, but investigators do 159 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.279 not believe that the fires linked to Cody's disappearance. Since 160 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:55.320 twenty fourteen, vern and Cindy had been at the forefront 161 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.360 of the search for their son, with Verne quitting his 162 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:00.679 job in order to dedicate himself to the investigation full time. 163 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.720 In a twenty fourteen interview, Verne told The Democrat, with 164 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.360 his skills and knowledge of the back country, the chance 165 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:12.440 of him, with his skills and knowledge of the back country, 166 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:16.960 the chance of him not being able to thrive is slim. Vernon, 167 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:20.279 Cody Matthews is still missing and his family needs your help. 168 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:23.399 Cody's described as a white male with blonde hair, a 169 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:27.159 reddish beard, blue eyes, standing six foot three inches tall 170 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.639 and weighing two hundred and twenty pounds. He has a 171 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.039 slight scar on the left side of his nostril and 172 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.519 was last seen wearing shorts, no T shirt, and toe 173 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.919 shoes or barefoot style shoes. 174 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:38.759 And leave a footprint. 175 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.440 Anyone with any information is asked to please contact the 176 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:46.440 Eldrado County Sheriff's Office at five three zero six two 177 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.639 one six six zero zero in reference case number one 178 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:57.399 four dash zero five to two three two seven number seven. 179 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:02.759 Terry Jay Medder On October nineteenth, twenty eighteen, Terry met 180 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.840 her headed out on a solo hiking trip in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 181 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.480 and has never been seen or heard from again. There 182 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.159 a scant few details in Terry's case, and it has 183 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.000 been reported that Terry had previously been hospitalized for psychiatric intervention, 184 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.559 but was taking medication for the bipolar disorder he suffered 185 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.879 and was stable at the time of his disappearance. Terry 186 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.960 was known to go off into the wilderness alone to 187 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:27.399 hike and hunt, but when he failed to return home 188 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:30.759 or make contact by October twenty fifth, twenty eighteen, his 189 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.000 family reported him missing. Shortly after he was reported missing, 190 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.600 his twenty thirteen Chevrolet pickup truck was found abandoned on 191 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.840 an access road two and three quarter miles from the 192 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:45.000 summit of Pine Mountain in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. According to 193 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.000 The Cowboys State Daily, it was found high centered in 194 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.840 a large rud with Terry's rifle, monoculars, hunting license, and 195 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.639 a small cooler containing a couple of bottles of water 196 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.000 and a can of soda, along with some other snacks. 197 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.559 Still inside. The driver's window was found roll down to 198 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.480 allow Terry to presumably climb out of the vehicle given 199 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.000 the steep angle of the truck. The Cowboys State Daily 200 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.879 also wrote that dried mud inside the vehicle and on 201 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:12.240 a shovel tossed in the back of the truck indicated 202 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.720 that Terry had attempted and failed to dig his truck 203 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.559 out of the rut. Investigators found footprints leading away from 204 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.840 the truck and onto an access road. However, these prints 205 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:26.440 mysteriously stopped. A half smoked cigarette was also found, with 206 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:28.600 Terry's son confirming that it was the brand that his 207 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:32.559 father smoked. It appears that DNA testing thus performed on 208 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:37.000 the cigarette. However, the results came back inconclusive. A wide 209 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.799 scale search showed no clues, and on November fourteenth, twenty eighteen, 210 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:45.200 the search was officially called off. The Sweetwater County Search 211 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.600 and Rescue, tip Top Search and Rescue, the University of 212 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:53.519 Utah airmed dog units, volunteers, and the Sweetwater County Sheriff's 213 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.120 Office all turned out to help in the search for Terry, 214 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.679 but no sign of him has ever been found. His 215 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.120 family do not believe that he left of his own volition, 216 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:04.879 and insured investigators that he was stable at the time 217 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:08.960 of his disappearance. Terry had previously confided in friends and 218 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.080 he would like his life to end on his terms, 219 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:13.559 and that he would like to do it alone, but 220 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.120 there were no indications that Terry wanted to take his 221 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.120 own life at the time of his disappearance. His family 222 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:22.679 are still desperately seeking answers and appealing to anyone with 223 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:27.639 information to police come forward. Terry Jay Medder is described 224 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.440 as a white male with gray hair, blue eyes, standing 225 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.720 five foot ten inches tall and weighing one hundred and 226 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:37.279 eighty pounds. Terry requires medication for his bipolar disorder, and 227 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.360 he's previously been hospitalized as a result of this condition. 228 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:43.519 Terry has known to smoke cigarettes and was last seen 229 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:47.600 wearing an orange jacket. Anyone with any information is asked 230 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:51.480 to police contact Detective Matthew Wharton of the Sweetwater County 231 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:55.320 Sheriff's Office at three zero seven nine two to two 232 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.519 five three zero zero. In reference case numbers se eight 233 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:04.639 one eight, five three eight and R one eighth three 234 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:11.600 two zero eight nine number six Ralph Allen Neukeomb. On 235 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.320 April seventeenth, nineteen eighty nine, Ralph Nukeomb kissed his wife 236 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:17.480 goodbye as she headed out the door of their Seattle, 237 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.799 Washington home. She had no idea this would be the 238 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.039 last time she would ever see or hear from her husband, 239 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.799 and when she returned home later that night, he was gone. 240 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.480 There are very few details available in Ralph's case, but 241 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.960 what we do know is that in nineteen eighty eight, 242 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:36.000 he moved from Kodiak, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington to set 243 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.919 up his business in Alaska. Ralph worked as a carpenter 244 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.080 and somewhat of a house flipper, and also attended college 245 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:47.399 in Alaska. After realizing that her husband had disappeared, missus 246 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.559 Newkelemb reported missing to the King County Sheriff's office, and 247 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.120 on April eighteenth, nineteen eighty nine, Ralph's red and white 248 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.320 Ford three hundred series truck Washington plate A six nine 249 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.759 five one four he's found abandon across the road from 250 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.919 the Alaska Ferry Terminal in Seattle. Inside the truck or 251 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:10.080 his tools, wallet, and ID. According to the Charlie Project, 252 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.320 Ralph had left both his glasses and contact lenses at home, 253 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:17.759 along with an uncashed check. Since April of nineteen eighty nine, 254 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.679 Ralph has never made contact with his family or friends 255 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.080 and they are desperate to find out what happened to him. 256 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.840 Many believe that Ralph simply walked away and started a 257 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.120 new life, and according to the Charlie Project, there are 258 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:34.320 indications that Ralph was in Wyoming and Montana after his disappearance. 259 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:38.159 Ralph also has connections to Missouri and that is where 260 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:42.039 he grew up and Illinois as he attended Southern Illinois University. 261 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:46.200 His wife, family, and friends are desperate to hear from 262 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.279 him or hear any news as to what happened to 263 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.679 him all those years ago. Ralph has described as a 264 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.320 white male with brown hair, a full beard, blue eyes. 265 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.000 He stands five foot eleven inches tall and weighs one 266 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:02.200 hundred and seventy pounds. Anyone with any information is asked 267 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.159 to contact Detective Jim Allen of the King County Sheriff's 268 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.039 Office at two zero six two nine six or one 269 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.159 five five in reference case number eight nine NASH zero 270 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:20.840 nine six eight five zero number five Charles Edwin Palmer. 271 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:25.000 In June nineteen ninety nine, the Palmer family were blindsided 272 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:28.399 by tragedy when their fifteen year old son Michael mysteriously 273 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.440 disappeared after attending a graduation party near Meadow Lake in Walsilla, Alaska. 274 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.759 The disappears of Michael hit the family hard, including his 275 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:41.399 older brother Charles Chucky Palmer. The family did the best 276 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:44.080 they could to find Michael, but then they had to 277 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:48.919 move on without him. Just eleven years after Michael Palmer disappeared, 278 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.240 the Palmer family would find themselves facing a similar scenario 279 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:57.320 when Chucky also disappeared. Since then, the Palmer family had 280 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:00.600 been fighting for justice and answers for their two below sons. 281 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:04.320 Chucky was one of five children, with his older brother 282 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.000 Chris and younger brother Michael, who was also the youngest child. 283 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:11.200 By twenty ten, Chucky was a father himself to three 284 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.159 children and was working towards securing a bright future for them. 285 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:17.279 On April tenth of twenty ten, though, would be the 286 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.399 day that the lives of the Palmers would be turned 287 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:24.559 upside down yet again. On April tenth, Chucky, Chris, their stepfather, 288 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.600 and two friends headed out to the Talkkeaton of mountains. 289 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.600 The group of fellows had planned to ride their snowmobiles 290 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.879 through the thick blankets of snow that had fallen, and 291 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.519 also do some camping and honey. The boy's trip was 292 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.799 the perfect break for Chucky, and he was looking forward 293 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.759 to being out in nature once more. The men piled 294 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:47.240 into a cabin near Sheep Creek and began their snowmobiling adventures. Unfortunately, 295 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:51.360 just hours into the trip, the handlebar on chucky snowmobile snapped, 296 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.320 which forced him to use a different one. This change 297 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:57.240 of equipment didn't spoil their fun, and after acquainting himself 298 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:59.879 with a new snowmobile, the group quickly rode off in 299 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.120 the distance. Chucky was seen by the group for the 300 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.279 last time at seven fifteen pm. According to those with 301 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.960 him that day, he was at the back of the 302 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:10.440 group and took a wrong turn which separated him from 303 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.079 the rest. When they realized that Chucky was missing, it 304 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:16.240 was already too late and he had driven off along 305 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:19.799 the wrong track on his snowmobile. The group hoped that 306 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.279 Chucky would find his way back to the cabin, but 307 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:24.240 as the morning sun rose and there was still no 308 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.680 sign of him, They called the Alaska State Troopers and 309 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.079 reported him missing. The Palmers now had two members of 310 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:34.000 their family who had disappeared into the wilderness. A search 311 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.759 was coordinated by the Alaska State Troopers and local search 312 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.319 and rescue teams, and shortly after Chucky was reported missing, 313 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:45.000 the Alaska State Troopers found a snowmobile. The vehicle was 314 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:47.680 several miles away from the cabin at Sheep Creek and 315 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.720 had been covered with several feet of snow. There was 316 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.279 no sign of Chucky and no footprints in the snow, 317 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.359 and the fact that there were no tracks of footprints 318 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:01.599 deeply puzzled investigators. So where was Chucky? He was dressed 319 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.920 appropriately for the weather, but had no food or water 320 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.440 with him and no GPS personal locator device. Despite a 321 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.759 wide scale search that was eventually called off due to 322 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.759 bad weather, no sign of Chucky has ever been found, 323 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:16.960 with no tracks or footprints to suggest where he may 324 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.279 have been headed. His family has since had him declared 325 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.799 deceased to in absentia. His family are desperate to find 326 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.519 out what happened to Chucky and are appealing to anyone 327 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:30.240 with information to police come forward. Charles Chucky Edwin Palmer 328 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:33.319 is described as a white male with brown hair, blue eyes, 329 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.119 standing approximately five foot eleven inches tall and weighing about 330 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.039 one hundred and fifty pounds, whose last scene wearing a 331 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:44.400 black gortex jacket, invest black snow pants, black boots, and 332 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:48.200 a black snowboarding helmet. Anyone with any information is asked 333 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:51.400 to please contact Melia Miller of the Alaska State Troopers 334 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:55.039 at nine zero seven two six nine by five one 335 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:59.119 one in reference case number one zero zero zero two 336 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:08.160 nine won three number four. Timothy Verne Perryman. In late 337 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.240 two thousand and two, Timothy Verne Perryman's world fell down 338 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.400 around him after he lost his job as a financial analyst. 339 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.200 Timothy had obtained his degree in business administration years earlier, 340 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.759 and it worked incredibly hard to establish his career. 341 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.240 By early two thousand and four. 342 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:26.039 However, the shock and depression of losing his job went 343 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.400 full swing. For now the fifty three year old and 344 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:32.200 the lives of the Perrimans would be further turned upside down. 345 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:36.319 On one March day, March twenty eighth, two thousand and four, 346 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.839 Timothy left his home at around two pm of the 347 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:42.480 twenty nine thousand blocks of a Guarden Oak Court apartment 348 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.839 in a Gore Hills, California. That day, he and his 349 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.440 wife got into an argument, and it's unclear whether Timothy 350 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:52.319 left during the argument or after His neighbors were called 351 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.839 seeing him walking briskly south along Daylight Drive, and that 352 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.599 was the last time he was ever seen. When he 353 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:01.640 failed to return home later that his wife reported him 354 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:05.839 missing to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The concern 355 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:08.400 for Timothy's welfare grew as time went by, with his 356 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.119 family and authorities fearing that he may have harmed himself. 357 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.920 Reports indicate that he took his driver's license and some 358 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:17.839 photographs when he left the house, leaving behind his Social 359 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:22.720 Security card, automobile, medicine, phone, credit cards. 360 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.000 And cash. 361 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:26.960 Timothy's son, Steve later told the La Times He's a 362 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:30.720 very methodical man who thinks things too clearly before doing them. 363 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:34.039 It's pretty scary. Timothy had served as a Boy Scout 364 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.759 leader for over eighteen years, which meant he was adept 365 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:38.359 at surviving in the great outdoors. 366 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.960 He had many. 367 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:42.519 Hunting, hiking, and survival skills up his sleep, and his 368 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:45.079 son believes that he likely headed to the Santa Monica 369 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.400 Mountains to go for a hike. Timothy enjoyed hiking, and 370 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:51.000 his son theorized that his father went to the mountains 371 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.319 to take such a hike to clear his mind. Multiple 372 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:57.200 searches have been conducted, however, but no sign of Timothy 373 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.200 has ever been found. His family does not belie believe 374 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:02.559 that he would abandon them, and his wife confirmed that 375 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:05.920 the argument that day was only minor. Timothy Paarman is 376 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:08.839 still missing and his family is desperate to find out 377 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:12.400 what happened to him. Timothy was last seen on March 378 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.960 twenty eighth, two thousand and four, at around two pm. 379 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:17.960 As described as a light male with brown hair hazel eyes, 380 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:20.640 standing five foot nine inches tall and weighing one hundred 381 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:24.160 and eighty five pounds. Timothy has scars from skin grafts 382 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:26.440 on the side of his nose behind his left ear, 383 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:29.279 and a red and purple port wine birthmark on the 384 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:31.519 left side of his face from his eyebrow to his 385 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:35.839 upper lip, and he also wears prescription glasses. He depends 386 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:38.599 on medication to manage his conditions, and at the time 387 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:41.880 of his disappearance was suffering from chronic heart, urinary tract, 388 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.559 and kidney problems. According to the Charlie Project. His kidneys 389 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.680 were infected and he was undergoing test to see if 390 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:51.799 he was suffering from prostate cancer. Without his medication, Timothy 391 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:55.079 could become seriously ill or even die. He may have 392 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:59.039 also been depressed at the time of his disappearance. Timothy 393 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:00.920 was last seen wearing a lew and white stripped a 394 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:05.759 long sleeve Polo Oxford dress shirt, blue jeans, white tennis shoes, 395 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:10.640 and a gold Seiko watch. Anyone with any information was 396 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:13.960 asked to contact Detective Tamar Abram of the Los Angeles 397 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:17.640 County Sheriff's Department at three two three eight nine zero 398 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:21.960 five to five zero zero in reference case zero four 399 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:28.839 DASH zero one eight nine zero two two number three. 400 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:34.400 Shannon joy Shell thirty four Yaro. Shannon joy Shell was 401 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:37.319