WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.199 This episode maintained content of a graphic nature, including descriptions 2 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:18.760 of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals. 3 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:21.320 Listener discretion is advised. 4 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:36.000 Hi. I'm Shannon. Hi I'm Tanya, and we are Crimes 5 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.840 and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast. 6 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:46.240 Hey Shannon, Hey Tanya, how are you? I'm doing pretty good? 7 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:47.119 How are you today? 8 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.479 I am doing really well. I just made some dinner, 9 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.600 some barbecue chicken. I'm gonna tell you what. I am 10 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.679 a pulled pork girl. Chicken's okay, but give me, give 11 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:01.600 me beef and give me pork. Wow, this chicken came 12 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.840 out so freaking good. What did I use? Baby rays? 13 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:07.239 Is that? Oh? My sweet baby. 14 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.400 Rays, Baby Rays. It's my favorite. 15 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:13.560 I can't believe how much I like it. So add 16 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.640 that to my list of menu items for the week. 17 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:22.159 Barbecue chicken, What's today? Thursday? Thursday? Baby cute chicken Thursday, 18 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.319 Spaghetti Wednesdays, Young Nice Nice. 19 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.760 I had a turkey breast for dinner. Yeah, like Jenny 20 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:31.840 O makes these turkey breasts that you can find in 21 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.000 the freezer section. Oh and just pop them like from frozen. 22 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.079 You pop them in the oven and you cook them 23 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.079 like maybe between two and three hours. Yeah, and they're 24 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.400 juicy and delicious as long as you plan ahead. Yeah, 25 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.159 easy dinner. I mean, had some mashed potatoes and made 26 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:50.640 broccoli and it was delicious. Like when I stall my curts, 27 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:51.359 that's how much I ate. 28 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:54.920 But it was a good mashed potatoes run through my veins. 29 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.000 It's red blood cell count, white blood cell countsh. 30 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.319 So yeah, I'm stuffed, but yeah, I'm doing good. Tomorrow's Friday. 31 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:06.000 I'm excited. 32 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.719 I love the Yes, me too. I'm so excited. Get 33 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.199 this weather cleared up. But I got a story for 34 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.159 us today. Awesome, let's hear it all right, it's going 35 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:19.919 to bring us to Georgia. Before I get started, just 36 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.639 want to invite everyone listening to go ahead and hit 37 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.039 subscribe so you'll always hear the latest and true crime. 38 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:30.439 Let me start off. It's about a young woman named 39 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:35.400 Tiffany Witten. She's born the thirtieth of January nineteen eighty seven, 40 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:40.159 makes her an Aquarius aquarius. Yes, she was twenty six 41 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.479 years old at the time of this event out of Marietta, Georgia, 42 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:48.599 and she had dreamed of becoming a veterinarian one day, 43 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.800 but unfortunately life had not always been kind to Tiffany, 44 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.479 and along the way she had fallen into destructive habits 45 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:04.400 and behaviors i e. Drug Barron MS. Tiffany's disappearance had 46 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:09.120 not garnered the national or international media attention that others 47 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:11.919 have over the years, and many will point out the 48 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:15.479 fact that Tiffany was an addict who had convictions for 49 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.840 theft under her belt, and that somehow insinuates that she 50 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:24.240 deserved to disappear. Somehow it seems like judgmental. 51 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.960 Yeah, police or the media doesn't really focus on because. 52 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.360 Of these behaviors. It somehow makes her not human. Yeah, 53 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.479 make her someone's daughter or sister or mother. But this 54 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:40.159 is not the case. Despite Tiffany's difficult past, she is 55 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.479 surrounded by loving friends and family who are desperate to 56 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:47.159 find out what happened to her now. According to Tiffany's mother, 57 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.879 Lisa Daniels, she knew something was different about her daughter 58 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.599 when she was just two years old. Lisa had told 59 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.759 Esquire magazine quote, Tiffany couldn't keep her hands off things. 60 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.759 She began to see feeling when she was two. I'd 61 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:04.560 find things in her toy box that didn't belong to her. 62 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.039 She was stealing from daycare. I'd ask about it and 63 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:12.520 she'd say someone gave it to me. She was also 64 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.719 a pathological liar, and she just got better at it 65 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.199 over the years. End, so Tiffany she dropped out of 66 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:22.079 high school when she was sixteen years old, despite the 67 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:25.240 wishes of her mom and her grandmom. Around this time, 68 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.639 Tiffany also became pregnant, and she chose to give the 69 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.480 baby up for adoption. In the Esquire article, her mother 70 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.519 Lisa mentioned that after that, Tiffany was never the same 71 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.800 and that she began to fall into the wrong crowd. 72 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.319 During this time of teenage angst, Tiffany desperately tried to 73 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:49.360 navigate her way through the world, despite coming across many 74 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:52.600 of the wrong people. Those who knew her best described 75 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.160 her as happy and outgoing and said that she always 76 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.480 held her dreams of becoming a veterinarian close to her heart. 77 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.360 Two thousand and eight, Tiffany gave birth to her second child, 78 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.879 a daughter name is Addison, who was in the care 79 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.040 of her grandmother, Lisa, Tiffany's mom. The birth of her 80 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.160 second child was somewhat of a turning point for Tiffany, 81 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.279 but unfortunately it was not a positive one. Tiffany, who 82 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:23.199 had once experimented with substances, now found herself addicted to 83 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:27.800 oxy contin and other substances. An addiction quickly took hold 84 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.360 of her, as it does with thousands of people, and 85 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:35.519 Tiffany's life quickly changed. Addiction takes people to dark and 86 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:40.439 scary places, and in twenty eleven, Tiffany, along with another 87 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:45.079 young woman, were arrested in charged with armed robbery. Articles 88 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:49.079 and arrest records indicate that on March seventh, twenty eleven, 89 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:52.600 Tiffany and the other unnamed woman broke into the home 90 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.040 of Tracy Chambers and stole sixty dollars before fleeing the scene. 91 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:00.920 Tiffany later told arresting officers that the sixty bucks she 92 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:05.000 had stolen was quote unquote rightfully hers, and that Tracy 93 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:08.560 had taken it from her days ago. From reports, it 94 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:12.759 appears that investigators believed that the transaction was related to 95 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:17.079 the purchase of illicit substances, and as a result, Tiffany, 96 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.319 the young woman, and another man were charged with armed 97 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.800 robbery and a slew of other charges for her involvement. 98 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.360 Tiffany was sent to prison, this time with an ultimatum. 99 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.680 Not only did she have to serve prison time, but 100 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.120 her mother gave her two choices. She could either continue 101 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.079 down the path she was traveling along now and never 102 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:40.720 see her daughter again, or she could complete rehab and 103 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:44.360 her prison sentence and see her daughter after proving she 104 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:48.680 could stay clean and responsible. So after being released from prison, 105 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.040 Tiffany chose the latter, and with the help of her grandmother, 106 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:56.600 Anita Boyette, she checked herself into a rehab facility. Anita 107 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:00.079 would also tell Esquire that just a month after Tiffany 108 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.680 had accepted treatment, she walked out. Quote, it was always 109 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.639 a month with Tiffany. I'm always going to keep the 110 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:10.319 lines of communication open. I have to. It doesn't matter 111 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:14.279 if she's using or not. I am her grandmother. Unquote. 112 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.000 Tiffany had begun to turn over a new leave, but 113 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:22.040 overcoming addiction is not an easy battle to fight. After 114 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.560 leaving rehab, she began using again, and that is when 115 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.560 the trouble started. Following her release, Tiffany moved in with 116 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.519 a roommate, and for a while things were going well. 117 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.279 Tiffany found herself a job as a waitress at ihop 118 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.759 and appeared to be steadying herself. However, as the months 119 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.040 went on, the toll of addiction began to show on Tiffany, 120 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:48.800 and she would often turn into work under the influence. Eventually, 121 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:51.399 her roommate kicked her out and her position as a 122 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:57.000 waitress came under fire. Then Tiffany met Ashley Red was 123 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.000 his nickname Caddle, and the two hit it off. According 124 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:04.360 to friends, their relationship was tumultuous, and the two would 125 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:09.560 frequently use together, which only exacerbated their problems. Like Tiffany, 126 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.519 Ashley also had a young daughter, and Tiffany began spending 127 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.720 all of her free time with Ashley. Anne began living 128 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:21.360 with him. In twenty twelve turned into twenty thirteen, and 129 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:25.240 Ashley and Tiffany were still together. Those around them since 130 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.519 that the relationship was rocky, but the two were never 131 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.039 without each other. The two would constantly argue before reconciling 132 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:37.720 hours later. On September eighth, twenty thirteen, it would be 133 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.600 the last time that anyone in Tiffany's family ever heard 134 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:46.600 or saw her again. On that day, Tiffany called her grandmother, Anita, 135 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.879 and asked if she could get her and Ashley something 136 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:53.639 to eat and wash their clothes. Anita told Esquire about 137 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:57.879 the last exchange she had with Tiffany, saying quo, I 138 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.480 met her and the little girl at the laundry rant. 139 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:03.440 Then I took her home and hugged her tight. I said, honey, 140 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.360 why don't you just come home? And she said, I 141 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:10.080 won't go without Ashley. I said, doesn't he have a home, 142 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.639 and she said he wouldn't go without me. End quote. 143 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:17.240 So once her clothes were clean, Tiffany and Ashley's daughter 144 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.279 left her grandmother's house for what would be the last time. 145 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:23.759 The next time she would hear about her granddaughter wouldn't 146 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:27.639 be until November twenty thirteen, when a letter from a 147 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:32.360 lawyer came through the door. From September twelfth into September thirteenth, 148 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:37.120 twenty thirteen, Tiffany and Ashley spent the evening with Stephen 149 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:42.240 Weinstein and Jason Zuperini. According to Weinstein, the group spent 150 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:46.519 the evening taking substances before Tiffany and Ashley decided to 151 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.279 visit a twenty four hour, seven day a week Walmart 152 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.919 and Marietta. Ain't nothing good happened at the twenty four hour, 153 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:59.879 seven day a week Walmart. I know, right it is. 154 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.000 I believe that Tiffany and Ashley were under the influence 155 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.000 at the time, and CCTV footage shows them entering the 156 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:10.039 store at around one am. The two stayed in Walmart 157 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:13.919 for about an hour, piling clothes and items into their trolley. 158 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:18.720 CCTV footage captures the couple at multiple points around the store, 159 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:23.440 and according to Tom Janad, the author of the Esquire article, 160 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.879 it is clear to see that Tiffany is under the influence. 161 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:31.240 Tom wrote, quote, For one thing, she's shoplifting at two 162 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.039 in the morning. For another, she's clearly high. She never 163 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:37.960 stops moving, and it is almost as if she is 164 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.320 dancing or trying to stay on a horse. She throws 165 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:44.679 shirt after shirt and outfit after outfit into the cart 166 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.559 and behaves so suspiciously that to see the tape is 167 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.320 to wonder if she's trying to get caught, and if 168 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:55.000 she's trying to get caught in order to escape. End quote. 169 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:59.559 As two am drew closer, Ashley confirmed to investigators that 170 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:03.120 he told Tiffany he wanted to leave Walmart, and after 171 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.480 a small argument, he headed to the self service machines 172 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:11.279 to pay. Cc TV footage confirms that Tiffany left the 173 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:14.600 full trolley behind and headed for the exit waiting for 174 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.360 Ashley to pay, and as Tiffany and Ashley leave Walmart, 175 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.840 Tiffany is pulled back by security the Lost Prevention officers, 176 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:26.679 who accuse her of stealing twenty dollars worth of clothes, 177 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.919 and while Tiffany is being stopped, Ashley continues walking towards 178 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.919 the exit, seemingly ignoring his girlfriend's called for help. What 179 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.879 happens next is something that replays over and over in 180 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:41.519 the minds of those closest to Tiffany. Instead of surrendering 181 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.840 herself to the two officers, she pulls herself out of 182 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:48.840 her handcuffs, ditches her flip flops, and takes off, running 183 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.480 out of the front door. CCT footage shows Ashley and 184 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.000 the two officers watching Tiffany as she runs through the 185 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.919 car park and out of view. This was the last 186 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:02.440 time that Tiffany and was ever seen or heard from. 187 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:06.440 Ashley spent the remainder of the evening traveling around Marriotte 188 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.320 looking for his girlfriend, but to no avail. Ashley would 189 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.720 later recount the details of that fateful evening to Esquire magazine, 190 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:19.440 telling journalists Tom Janad quote, when we went to check out, 191 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.039 I was getting some shirts to leave with. I was 192 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.679 checking out and she was in her purse pulling stolen 193 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.879 items out, and there's all these Walmart workers in the front. Okay, 194 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.120 so we go to leave. I guess I was on 195 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:34.240 my phone and the Lost Prevention people come out, but 196 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:37.879 they didn't identify themselves as Lost Prevention, right, And she 197 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:41.200 said read and I didn't answer. Then she said my 198 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:44.080 first name, and I turned around and looked, and they 199 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:47.360 got her by both arms, and another dude has her purse. 200 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:50.240 So I pulled a knife out. They didn't see it. 201 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.480 I had it by my side. I'm like, look, let 202 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.720 her go, and she's struggling with them. They let her 203 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.919 go and she took off, running by me. End quote. 204 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:04.440 Now it's to note Ashley's account does not exactly line 205 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:08.600 up with the confirmed events of September thirteenth, twenty eleven, 206 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.600 and Stephen Weinstein, the friend who the pair had spent 207 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.960 the evening with, would later go on to describe Ashley 208 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.840 as full of shit and a piece of shit. And 209 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:26.279 that's a quote. So many in Tiffany's life believe that 210 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.240 Ashley is somehow involved. However, there has never been enough 211 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:34.320 evidence to prove it either way. After Tiffany disappeared, Ashley 212 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:38.399 waited two weeks before telling his probation officer that he 213 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:42.360 hadn't been able to make contact with his girlfriend. Investigators 214 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:46.559 would later confirm by a witness, accounts, and phone records 215 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.919 that in the weeks and months after Tiffany disappeared, Ashley 216 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:55.879 had called hospitals, prisons, and Tiffany's associates in hopes of 217 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.039 finding her, but each avenue led to a dead end. Then, 218 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:05.600 in November twenty thirteen, Anita, Tiffany's grandmother, received a letter 219 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:09.240 from a lawyer on behalf of Walmart, asking for one 220 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:13.080 hundred and fifty dollars to settle the suit out of court. Now, 221 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.279 this letter was the first inkling that something was wrong, 222 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.600 and her family set out looking for her. According to Anita, 223 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:23.720 she tried to make contact with her granddaughter but was 224 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.840 unable to get through to her. After being unable to 225 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.960 contact her granddaughter, she called Ashley and that's when she 226 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.360 learned the terrifying truth. Ashley confessed that Tiffany was last 227 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.480 seen running away from the Walmart store on September thirteenth. 228 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:44.399 What is perhaps just as disturbing as Tiffany's disappearance and 229 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:48.799 Ashley's inaction was one of the comments he made to Anita. 230 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:52.600 In response to Anita asking why hadn't he called them 231 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.320 to let them know Tiffany was missing, he responded, I 232 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.879 wish I had that perse I bought her. It was 233 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:04.159 a coach purse and it was really expensive. What real 234 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.679 piece of work here, right? Tiffany's family waited for the 235 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.600 holidays to pass, desperately hoping that Tiffany would resurface and 236 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.480 make contact with them as she did every year. Her mother, Lisa, 237 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.399 waited for presents to arrive in the post to put 238 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:23.960 under the tree for Addison, but Christmas twenty thirteen would 239 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:27.279 be a year without presence, handpicked by Mom. The new 240 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.679 year rang in, and the family hoped that twenty fourteen 241 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.320 would be the year they found Tiffany. But by January tenth, 242 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:37.399 it was clear that Tiffany wasn't coming home, and that 243 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:42.039 is when Lisa contacted the Marietta Police Department and officially 244 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.159 reported her daughter missing. Due to the amount of time 245 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.480 that had a lapse between the report being taken and 246 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:53.639 Tiffany's disappearance, investigators were not hopeful that much, if any, 247 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:58.000 forensic evidence would be left. Multiple witnesses were interviewed, and 248 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:02.240 flyers and posters were placed around town. Tiffany's old roommate, 249 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.799 whom Tiffany had lived with before she moved in with Ashley, 250 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:09.720 came forward to investigators with a bizarre tip. She told 251 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:13.279 them that on the morning of September thirteenth, twenty thirteen, 252 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:17.240 she went to the walmart where Tiffany had disappeared from 253 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:20.879 to purchase a few items when she came across Ashley. 254 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:24.200 At this point, she didn't know that Tiffany was missing, 255 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:27.480 but all of that was about to change. According to 256 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:31.279 the roommate, she saw Ashley at the nearby eye hop 257 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.799 where Tiffany had worked in twenty thirteen. Ashley had asked 258 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.320 whether she had seen Tiffany and went on to explain 259 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:42.919 what had happened earlier that morning. The roommate later told 260 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:46.399 Esquire quote, he said his friends were going to come 261 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.679 and get him in a few minutes. It took an 262 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:51.840 hour and a half. Then an suv pulled up with 263 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:55.240 a guide driving and two girls inside. Ashley got in 264 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.600 the backseat with one of the girls and they drove 265 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:01.399 off end quote. She also told him investigators that Ashley 266 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.319 had claimed he was looking for Tiffany that day, but 267 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:07.599 it appears at the time he was making very little effort. 268 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:12.319 The searches for Tiffany continued into twenty fourteen, and on 269 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:16.920 March thirteenth, twenty fourteen, the home that Ashley and Tiffany 270 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:21.480 once shared was searched by Marietta police. Not only was 271 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.279 the home searched, but the garden was excavated and the 272 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:29.880 police brought with them cadaver dogs. And despite intensive searches, 273 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.240 Tiffany's body was not found. But as a result of 274 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:38.319 the search, Ashley Coddle was arrested after multiple firearms and 275 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.720 substances were found at his property. According to Georgia Department 276 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:47.759 of Corrections, Ashley Red Coddle served ten years at the 277 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:51.720 Muskogee County Jail and was released in September of twenty 278 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:57.720 twenty four Unfortunately, investigators and prosecutors have never been able 279 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:01.200 to find enough evidence to charge Ashley in connection with 280 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:07.279 Tiffany's disappearance. In twenty fifteen, two years after Tiffany disappeared, 281 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:12.319 Cobb County officials received another bizarre tip, this time in 282 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:16.279 connection with a big time drug trafficker. The witness had 283 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:20.920 come forward and told investigators that they had heard quote 284 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.920 that Ashley and some associates had driven to Lake Alatuna 285 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.519 and thrown a barrel filled with concrete off the side 286 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:32.440 of Bethany Bridge unquote. A full search of this area 287 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:37.000 was conducted by divers and a sonar squad, and whilst 288 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:40.720 a block of concrete was found, it did not contain 289 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:44.480 any sign of Tiffany. Lisa Daniels, her mom, confirmed to 290 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.839 investigators that the last sign of Tiffany on her social 291 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:52.799 media outlets was on September one, twenty thirteen. But a 292 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:57.119 few years later, Tiffany's half brother, Blake, came forward with 293 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:01.440 some new bizarre information. As outlined in the Esquire article, 294 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.200 Blake claimed to have received a call on January fifth, 295 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:10.359 twenty fourteen, from Tiffany from what he described as quote 296 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:14.640 one of those calling apps with a weird return number unquote. 297 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.799 Blake told us Square that he knew it was his 298 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:19.839 sister as she called him by his nickname, and he 299 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.119 has adamant that the call was placed on January fifth, 300 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:27.720 twenty fourteen. Lisa Daniels and those who know Tiffany do 301 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:31.640 not believe she is alive, and this is aside from Ashley, 302 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:35.160 who firmly believes that she is still out there. A 303 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:40.200 friend of Tiffany's took to Reddit in September twenty twenty two, saying, quote, 304 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:43.000 I know for a fact Tiffany would never go this 305 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:46.519 long without talking to her daughter. Yes, she could go 306 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:51.000 and would go months, but even whilst still using I 307 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.680 just don't see it. For years, having known her, especially 308 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:58.279 not her daughter's birthday and Christmas, I want to believe 309 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.279 she saw this as her way out and away from him, 310 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.640 But I don't believe she's still alive, and I understand 311 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:08.319 how improbable that sounds, but she was my friend. I 312 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:11.039 think she ended up getting a ride from someone and 313 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:16.039 something bad happened. Now, there are many theories in Tiffany's case, 314 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:20.319 and those in Unresolved Mysteries Subreddit have been quick to 315 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:24.640 point out the inconsistencies in Ashley's story, along with the 316 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.960 fact that he may not be involved at all. After 317 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.599 Tiffany went missing, he tried to look for her by 318 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:35.400 calling ex boyfriends, friends, hospitals, and prisons, and this was 319 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:38.559 backed up by his call records. Some people believe that 320 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:42.640 Ashley is involved in Tiffany's disappearance, but if that is 321 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:46.079 the case, then wouldn't the guards at Walmart have seen 322 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:51.480 the two after Tiffany ran off. With endless theories and possibilities, 323 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.519 it is impossible to say either way what happened to Tiffany. 324 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.799 We know for certain that she ran out of the 325 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:02.240 Walmart and Marriott on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen, and has 326 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:06.160 never been seen or heard from again. Media outlets were 327 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:10.599 quick to stigmatize Tiffany and her disappearance due to her past, 328 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.279 but that's not what is important here. Regardless of Tiffany's 329 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:18.799 addictions and past behaviors, She's still missing, and she, along 330 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.000 with her family, deserves to know what happened to her, 331 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.119 and she deserves to have justice. Tiffany Michelle Whitten was 332 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.480 last seen running away from a Walmart store in Marietta, Georgia, 333 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:34.799 on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen. She is described as a 334 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:39.680 white female with blonde strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, five 335 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:42.680 two to five five and one hundred and five pounds 336 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:46.559 according to the Charlie Project. At the time of her disappearance, 337 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:50.039 her hair had been bleached or dyed light blonde, but 338 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:53.640 her natural color was brown. Tiffany has tattoos on her 339 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:58.319 lower back, right shoulder blade, both hips, butterfly on her right, 340 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:02.319 on her right buttock, right foot, and left wrist some 341 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:06.039 Chinese symbols. She was last seen wearing a vest top 342 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:10.160 underneath a light colored VMX shirt with a design on 343 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:14.279 the front, dark blue jeans, a tan colored belt, and 344 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:18.200 a dark hair band, with no shoes or socks. Before 345 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:21.160 she disappeared, she had kicked off her flip flops and 346 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:24.119 left her handbag behind at the scene, and anyone with 347 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:28.240 information is asked to contact Detective Michael Sellek of the 348 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:32.599 Marietta Police Department at seven seven zero seven nine four 349 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:37.519 fifty three hundred, quoting case number one four zero zero 350 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:42.720 zero or seven to one, or Detective Ed Stockinger of 351 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.720 the Cop County Cold Case Unit at seven seven zero 352 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:50.960 five two eight three zero ninety four. And that is 353 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:54.119 the story of Tiffany Witten's disappearance. 354 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.759 What do you think happened? 355 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:58.559 I think, like what her friend said, I think someone 356 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:01.839 picked her up in some bad happened, especially if she 357 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:06.200 was high and using something, you know, Yeah, because you're 358 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:10.000 not thinking with a straight mind, obviously, and it didn't 359 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:13.200 sound like she had her wits about her at the time, 360 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:16.079 especially if she was hearty and before the Walmart trip 361 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:19.759 with some friends. I do I lean towards that, what 362 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.279 about you. 363 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:24.279 Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, because like she 364 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:26.920 just sort of vanished into thin air. And I was 365 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:29.599 thinking too, like if Ashley had something to do with it, 366 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:34.519 I don't think he would have spent time calling hospitals 367 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:38.759 and calling the jails and whatever. I mean, great, you 368 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.119 don't think about that as far as like, Okay, if 369 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:43.680 you're trying to cover your tracks and whatever, you might 370 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:46.240 make one or two phone calls I'm guessing to make 371 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:48.519 it look good or whatever. I don't think he would 372 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:50.759 have put that much effort into it if he knew 373 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:54.119 that she was gone. Yeah, they want to say I 374 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:56.880 think that because he didn't report her missing right away, 375 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.640 or that's a reason to say, like maybe he had 376 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.519 something to do with it. 377 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.920 But I don't. I don't know. 378 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.400 I don't know. 379 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:07.000 I'm not feeling that failing Ashley. Yeah, I feel she. 380 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:12.160 Came into just some bad a bad situation or something like. 381 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:16.400 That person that took advantage of her state. I agree. Yeah, 382 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:20.440 he's not gonna call several people over a two month period. 383 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:22.160 Right and your friends. 384 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:26.519 When you're out on probation, you do not want any 385 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:30.880 police contact. I can see him stalling, not excusing it. 386 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:33.160 It's just the nature of the beast of drug addiction, 387 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:36.480 you know, like you don't want the police to come 388 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.400 to your house and find your firearms and the stuff 389 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:42.880 that you're using, which is exactly what happened, you know. 390 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:46.160 And that's why I don't believe it was him. I 391 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:49.319 don't think he had the wherewithal to be a planner 392 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:54.839 like that. Yeah, sounded like a very codependent relationship. Yeah, 393 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:57.400 you know, after she told her grandma, you know, no, 394 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:00.359 I can't I can't without him, and he won't without me. 395 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.400 Right right. 396 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:03.720 Yeah, So I don't know, maybe she ended up like 397 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.440 hitchhiking or ending up like she might have hitchhiked out 398 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:10.200 of Georgia. We don't know, you know, or something could 399 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:13.960 have happened, who knows. That's really unfortunate, and that's really sad. 400 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:17.400 I always hate these stories that are unsolved, or like 401 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.799