WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:13.679 Whispers in the dark. Night shows vanished like a phantom's breath. 2 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:16.800 Where did they go? 3 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:23.239 Onlycos no mystery? Wrapped and cold solid. 4 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:34.520 Death streets dezard it net gost caught, footsteps. 5 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:40.679 Fad into thin air. Honey tells that keep on crawling 6 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:47.759 in life just vanished. No signs nowhere, gollic cor tracemens a. 7 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:55.880 Morning, secrets hidden in the mist, See starts, taste, keeps 8 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:02.399 the fire burning, rare shoes. 9 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:14.560 Hello friends. According to NamUs, over six hundred thousand individuals 10 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.879 go missing in the United States every year. Think about 11 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.920 that number, six hundred thousand. That's enough to fill several 12 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:31.000 stadiums and more than enough to empty the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now. Fortunately, 13 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.079 many missing children as well as adults are found quickly, 14 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.879 alive and well. However, tens of thousands of individuals remain 15 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.680 missing for more than one year, what many agencies consider 16 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:47.799 cold cases. By some estimates, perhaps as many as sixteen 17 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:52.319 hundreds of these disappearances are within the US National Park System. 18 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.719 Whereas the National Park System encompasses more than eighty four 19 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.000 million acres of forest, mountains, deserts, and other wilderness areas, 20 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:03.760 it's easy to see where these numbers come from. What's 21 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:08.960 really puzzling, though, are the circumstances behind these disappearances, which, 22 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.520 in many instances are beyond the bizarre. In this video, 23 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:17.280 the ninth in our ongoing series, we'll discuss ten more 24 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.639 of the strangest disappearances in not only our national parks 25 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.639 in the US, but some from abroad as well, which 26 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:29.199 points to this being a global issue. Now, let's begin 27 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:36.000 number ten. Tom Simon Seth, sixty six year old Tom 28 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.680 Simon Seth was last seen on May twenty second, twenty 29 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:43.120 twenty one, in North Cascades National Park, located in Cedro 30 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.719 Wooley s Gadget County, Washington. According to friends and family, 31 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.560 Tom left on the morning of May twenty second, telling 32 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.319 his wife that he would be hiking up the Hidden 33 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.840 Lake Trio. However, by seven pm, Tom still hadn't arrived home, 34 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.639 and Tom's wife rose holding the help of a friend, 35 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:04.000 Mike Woodmancy, to help look for him. Tom had taken 36 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.719 up hiking in the past eighteen months, and it had 37 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.400 quickly become his new retirement hobby, according to those closest 38 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.680 to him, and he often hiked with Mike Woodmansey and 39 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:18.120 another close friend Mark Nelson. Tom had been invited to 40 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.719 hike with Mike and Mark on the weekend that he disappeared, 41 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:24.639 but he had declined, opting to go alone. When Tom 42 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.599 hadn't returned home, Rose contented Mike to go up onto 43 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:29.840 the trail and see if he could spot him, thinking 44 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:33.560 he may have gotten lost or injured. However, as the 45 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.360 hours passed and the darkness drew in, Mike knew that 46 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.240 Tom's chances of survival were slim. He told Fox thirteen 47 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.159 he was absolutely not prepared to be out overnight. He 48 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.120 just had day hiking equipment, so that's why we had 49 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:51.240 to jump on it and get out there. Between ten 50 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.000 pm and twelve midnight, Mike and Mark scoured the hidden 51 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:58.360 lake trail but found no sign of Tom. They slept 52 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:02.280 on the ground and resumed their search of for As 53 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.479 the morning sunlight slowly crept through the trees, they knew 54 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.120 that they needed help, and the Scadget County Sheriff's Office 55 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:12.400 were called and Tom was officially reported missing. The Scatget 56 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.280 County Sheriff's Office, accompanied by a Scadget County Search and 57 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.720 Rescue searched for Tom until May thirty, first, twenty twenty one, 58 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.959 when the search was officially called off due to treacherous 59 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:27.160 terrain and avalanche danger. Despite this, Tom's family still haven't 60 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.519 given up hope and have set up a GoFundMe page 61 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:35.639 to help the search continue. Number nine Adrian Alonzo Smith 62 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.680 Forty nine year old Adrian Alonzo Smith was last seen 63 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.040 on January ninth, twenty twenty one, after a friend dropped 64 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.959 him off at the Drift Creek Falls Trailhead and sees 65 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:50.959 Law National Forest, Oregon. The friend who dropped him off 66 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.079 said that Adrian had a backpack and a hammock and 67 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.680 planned to hike to other locations and stay overnight in 68 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:00.560 the park. On January twentieth, twenty twenty one, Adrian did 69 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.120 not show up for his scheduled pickup, and that's when 70 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.920 his friends and family began to worry. Adrian was reported 71 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:09.480 missing and search and rescue teams were dispatched to the trail, 72 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:12.199 but found no sign of him during the initial investigation. 73 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.800 Two weeks later, authorities discovered what they believed to be 74 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:20.319 his campsite. However, no other personal items were recovered from 75 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.399 the scene. Despite the use of drones, sniffer dogs, and 76 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:27.399 cell phone tracking, authorities have been unable to find any 77 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:31.279 trace of Adrian. One disturbing tip came into search and 78 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:36.480 rescue teams in the days following Adrian's disappearance. One witness 79 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.879 claimed to have seen Adrian's shirtless and the cold in 80 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.800 the days after he had gone missing, creating a very 81 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:46.120 warring scenario for friends and family. The search was temporarily 82 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.079 called off at the end of January due to heavy 83 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:52.680 snowfall and bad weather. Adrian is described as a white male, 84 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.240 six foot tall and one hundred and seventy pounds, with 85 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:59.000 brown shoulder lengthd hair and multiple tattoos, including a tattoo 86 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.800 of wings on his back. Authorities are asking for anyone 87 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:05.399 with information to contact him on five four to one 88 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:10.120 two seven zero three four zero zero or five four 89 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:16.560 one two sixty five zero seven seven seven number eight. 90 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:21.079 Josh Hall twenty seven year old Josh Hall, along with 91 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:25.079 his dog Happy, a Labrador mixed, set off on February third, 92 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.800 twenty twenty one for an eleven mile hike to the 93 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.000 Devil's Thumb Lake area in the Indian Peak's Wilderness Park. 94 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.399 Josh left his car at the Hessi trailhead set off 95 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:37.959 between ten thirty am and ten forty five am on 96 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:42.480 the morning of February third. The hike should have taken 97 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.120 Josh around five and a half to six hours, meaning 98 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:46.839 that he would have arrived back in his car at 99 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:50.600 around four pm, according to his mother. His mother also 100 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:53.240 told authorities that Josh had chosen to hike early in 101 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.079 the morning as he had an online class at five pm, 102 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.120 and when he didn't return home, she contacted the authorities. 103 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.600 According to his mother, Josh's phone pinged at twelve oh 104 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:06.199 three pm and in the approximate area of Devil's Thumb 105 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.439 Lake from twelve thirty pm to one fifteen pm, Hikers 106 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.079 in the area reported that a small snowstorm blew through, 107 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.160 leaving inches of snow on the trails within a matter 108 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.079 of minutes. It's believed that Josh was deep into the 109 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:24.800 trail when the snow rolled in. Authorities were contacted and 110 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.439 a team of seventy people made up of law enforcement 111 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.560 and experienced hikers, brave the cold to search for Josh, 112 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.759 battling their way through forty mile per hour winds. For 113 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.600 four days, volunteers and law enforcement searched high and low 114 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:40.040 for any sign of Josh, and on the fourth day 115 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:45.240 the search was called off due to the worsening weather conditions. Miraculously, 116 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.519 eight days later, on February eleventh, twenty twenty one, Josh's dog, 117 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:51.680 Happy was spotted on the side of a highway close 118 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.439 to where the two had been hiking. Happy was malnourished 119 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:57.800 and scared, but authorities were able to rescue him and 120 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.959 take him home to Josh's family. Sadly, nothing else has 121 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.759 been recovered, but Josh's family are not giving up hope. 122 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:08.360 Josh is described as a white male, six foot four 123 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:11.800 inches tall and weighs two hundred pounds. He was last 124 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.920 seen wearing a green khaki jacket, dark hat, and a 125 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:19.360 gray green backpack. If you have any information, you're asked 126 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.560 to contact the Boulder County Dispatch on three zero three 127 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:30.160 or four one or four or four number seven. Cassie Sheets. 128 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.120 On March twelfth, twenty twenty one, twenty four year old 129 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.600 Cassie Sheets was reported missing after last being seen hiking 130 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:42.320 in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. Cassie, along 131 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.720 with two male friends, had begun their hik on Thursday, 132 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.720 March eleventh, with the two friends claiming that they were 133 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:52.120 separated along the spruce trail. Sergeant Andrew Teeter of the 134 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.679 West Virginia State Police told Metro News they started down 135 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.600 a huckleberry trail from the top of Spruce and that's 136 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.919 where they claimed they got separated from each other. The 137 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.360 trio set off hiking on Thursday night into what is 138 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:07.960 described as a remote part of the forest. After the 139 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:10.960 trio became separated, the two friends made their way back 140 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.159 to safety and waited until Friday morning to report Cassie missing. 141 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.919 Search teams, including volunteer firefighters and the West Virginia State Police, 142 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.440 use the helicopter and attempts to locate the missing twenty 143 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:26.440 four year old girl. However, nothing was found. In June 144 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.639 twenty twenty one, the state police made a statement saying 145 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.240 that they were no longer actively searching for Cassie, but 146 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.799 were following lines of inquiry. In their statement, they also 147 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:38.759 said that they are not speaking with the two male 148 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.519 friends who were with Cassie on that hike, as one 149 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:44.840 of them has obtained a lawyer. They also stressed that 150 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.360 all leads are based on speculation and they have no 151 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:51.200 concrete evidence. In Cassie's case, Cassie did not know the 152 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.919 trail well and her family are concerned about her well being. 153 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.399 If you have any information, you're asked to contact the 154 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:05.000 West Virginia State Police Number six. Cayman Welch. The Maricopa 155 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.120 County Sheriff's Office is appealing for any information about the 156 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.639 disappearance of twenty five year old Cayman Welch. Cayman was 157 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.600 last seen near Weaver's Needle Vista at mile Post two 158 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:18.679 O three in State Route eighty eight in Maricopa County, Arizona, 159 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.840 on August twelfth, twenty twenty. Caman has spent the day 160 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.440 working with his uncle and Tortilla flats, and on the 161 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.039 drive home, they decided to pull into Weaver's Needle Vista 162 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:32.039 to watch the sunset together. According to Cayman's uncle, he 163 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.360 told him he wanted to watch the sunset from the needle. 164 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.120 He proceeded to get out of the car, walk into 165 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:42.399 the Tonto National Forest and promptly disappeared. Tonto National Forest 166 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:45.039 spans a whopping two million, eight hundred and seventy three 167 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:47.799 thy two hundred acres and is the fifth largest national 168 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:51.480 forest in the United States. The forest offers a wide 169 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:54.600 variety of scenery, from desert flats to pine forest, making 170 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.320 it the perfect destination no matter what you're looking for. 171 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.240 Cayman walked into the Tonto National Force wearing nothing but 172 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:06.000 a black Ghostbusters T shirt, black jeans, black prescription glasses, 173 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:08.759 and army boots. He didn't take any food or water 174 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.240 with him, and he was in no way equipped to 175 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.960 deal with the sweltering temperatures that reached approximately one hundred 176 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.519 and ten degrees in the area that day. When Kiman 177 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.360 didn't return home, his family reported him missing and an 178 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:27.960 investigation was quickly launched. Despite searchus using sniffer dogs, horses, drones, helicopters, 179 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:32.279 and countless volunteers, no sign of Cayman was found. Kieman's 180 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.480 family were also worried for his well being, as he 181 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.440 suffered from depression that was in the process of seeking help. 182 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.120 Caiman is described as a white male with brown hair 183 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.279 and hazel eyes. He is six foot tall, two hundred 184 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.440 pounds and has full sleeves, tattoos on his arms, and 185 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:51.679 also has gauged out ear lobes. Kieman's family haven't given 186 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.840 up hope, and if you have any information, you're asked 187 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.679 to contact the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. On sixt zero two, 188 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:05.159 eight seven six eight four seven to seven number five 189 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.559 Samuel Martinez. Twenty three year old Samuel Martinez left his 190 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:12.840 home in Nebraska on May twelfth, twenty twenty one, headed 191 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:16.639 for Kawai, Hawaii. We know that Samuel safely board his 192 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:21.320 flight from Nebraska to Kawai and landed that day. Samuel 193 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.480 had embarked on the trip with the intention of hiking 194 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.600 and camping around the island, with his return flight booked 195 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.279 for May twenty fifth to twenty twenty one. May twenty 196 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.799 fifth came, and when Samuel didn't board his flight to 197 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:38.000 go home, his family became concerned. After contacting authorities in Kawai, 198 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.559 their investigation uncovered that the last confirmed sighting of the 199 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:44.480 twenty three year old had been on May fourteenth, twenty 200 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.799 twenty one, and since that date there was no activity 201 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:52.440 on his phone or on his bank cards. Authorities began 202 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.039 their search after Samuel was reported missing, using helicopters to 203 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:59.720 navigate their way around the island. However, by June third, 204 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:04.360 this search was suspended. According to one source, searches with 205 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.080 dogs and drones are due to continue in the near future. 206 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:11.639 Samuel's family made an official statement to Omaha reporters saying 207 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.639 please keep Samuel in your prayers and with these kind 208 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.960 people as they search. Samuel is twenty three years old 209 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.279 and is described as a white male, six foot tall, 210 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:23.919 one hundred and eighty pounds. He has brown hair and 211 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.559 brown eyes. Any One with any information is urged to 212 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.679 contact the Kawhi Police on eight oh eight two four 213 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:38.559 one one seven one number four. Stanley Shushinoff, sixty eight 214 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.399 year old. Stanley's Tushinoff was last seen by his wife 215 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:46.159 Dolores on May nineteenth, twenty twenty one. Dloris told news 216 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.879 stations that on that morning, Stanley was leaving to take 217 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.600 a height near the Sandy McNab camping area in Sheep 218 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:56.200 River Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The Sheep River Provincial Park 219 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:59.960 spends sixty point two kilometers and according to the website 220 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:04.279 Alberta Parks dot Ca, visitors can hike, ski and ice 221 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:09.080 gate during their stay. Delorus told Globalneeds dot Ca. I 222 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.799 went to the door with him and I gave him 223 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:14.000 a kiss, and I said stay extremely safe. I said, 224 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.240 I'll be worried about you the entire time you're gone. 225 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.639 Stanley was only going on a short hike and it 226 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.960 promised his wife that he would be back by dinner time. However, 227 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:27.080 when he never returned home, Delorus called the police. The 228 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.879 RCMP and Calgary Police Service have both performed extensive searches 229 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.480 for the missing sixty eight year old, and so far, 230 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.320 the only evidence they have found is his abandoned car 231 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:40.240 parked at the Trailhead. Stanley was last seen at around 232 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:44.320 eleven am on May nineteenth, twenty twenty one, wearing jeans, 233 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.639 plaid longsleeve shirt, shoes or hiking boots and carrying a 234 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:52.039 Camo back back. If you have any information, you're asked 235 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.080 to police contact the Calgary Police Service on four zero 236 00:14:55.159 --> 00:15:01.360 three two sixty six one two three four number three. 237 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.879 Robert COOKSAI, forty two year old part time Butler County 238 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:10.080 public defender Robert COOKSI was last seen entering Cummins Falls 239 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.679 State Park at eleven thirty pm on February third, twenty 240 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:18.159 twenty one. Cummins Falls State Park is located in Tennessee 241 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:21.279 and spans two hundred and eighty two acres and the 242 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:25.679 terrain is described as idyllic but rugged. The details in 243 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.200 Roberts case are sparse, but what we do know is 244 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.279 that his car was discovered in the car park after 245 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.240 he failed to move it, garnering the attention to park employees. 246 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:37.600 On February fifth, twenty twenty one, the park was temporarily 247 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.600 closed while the TBI or Tennessee Bureau of Investigations performed 248 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.600 in extensive search. However, they came out empty handed. The 249 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:48.320 park was then reopen to the public on Sunday seventh 250 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.919 of February twenty twenty one. According to one article, Robert's 251 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.960 ability to practice law was suspended by the Ohio Supreme 252 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:59.159 Court on January eighth, twenty twenty one, after he failed 253 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:03.320 to respond to fur complaint. There have been few updates 254 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.240 in Robert's case, however, that the TBI is appealing for 255 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:10.320 anyone with information to please come forward. Robert is described 256 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.519 as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes. 257 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.240 He weighs one hundred and sixty pounds and was last 258 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.440 seen wearing dark pants and a gray hoodie. If you 259 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.279 believe you have some information, you are asked to please 260 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:28.559 contact the TBI on one eight hundred TBI find Find 261 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:33.039 number two. Damon Ness, thirty year old. Damon Ness was 262 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.679 last seen on October twentieth, twenty twenty while visiting the 263 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:41.480 Nitmluk National Park in the Northern Territory, Australia. On that day, 264 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.080 Damon went for a walk alone in the national park 265 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.519 and was never seen again, prompting twenty eight police officers, 266 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.960 park razors and countless volunteers to begin the search for him. 267 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:53.960 Damon set off on his walk with nothing but his 268 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.399 phone and his car keys, with Superintendent Shane telling the 269 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.679 Daily Mail he doesn't have his wallet. We have that. 270 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.480 We know he doesn't have his hotel key. We've got 271 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.880 that as well. That was left in the car. The 272 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.079 alarm was raised after Damon fell to show up for 273 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.599 a canoe tour he had booked for October twenty first, 274 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:15.559 twenty twenty. Authorities searched for five days with druges and 275 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.359 with the help of volunteers. However, no signs of the 276 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.839 thirty year old were found. Damon's family wanted to fly 277 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:24.200 up from Melbourne to assist with the search, but they 278 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.960 expressed their concerns about breaking lockdown and potentially putting Aboriginal 279 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.000 communities at risk. Damon's social media has not been updated 280 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.839 since October twenty twenty, and Australian authorities are appealing to 281 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:43.279 anyone with information to contact number one. Rob Martin. Fifty 282 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:46.119 nine year old Rob Martin was last seen on Dvenal 283 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:50.680 Road on John's Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. John's 284 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.559 Island is the largest island in South Carolina, as known 285 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:57.200 for its agriculture and angeloak, a tree that has estimated 286 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:01.279 it to be possibly fifteen hundred years old. The details 287 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.160 in Rod's case are extremely limited, but it's important that 288 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.200 we spread awareness about this case and help bring him home. 289 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.480 According to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, Rod was last 290 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:15.240 seen on foot on January tenth, twenty twenty one, wearing 291 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:19.319 a burgundy jacket with an orange lining. He's described as 292 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.200 a white male, six foot tall, two hundred pounds. He 293 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.000 has gray hair, hazel eyes, and is well known in 294 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.960 the Johns Island area. According to an article written on 295 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:32.880 January tenth, twenty twenty one, bile play is not suspected 296 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.839 at this time, and the Charleston County Sheriff's Office needs 297 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.960 your help in locating Rod. If you have any information 298 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.079 you as to please contact him on eight four to 299 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:46.279 three seven four to three, seven to zero zero. Well, 300 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:49.359 there you have it, friends, what do you make of 301 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:53.720 these strange disappearances from within these national parks. I look 302 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:58.160 forward to your thoughts in the comment section. Meanwhile, until 303 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.599 we meet again, because you sell and each other. I'm 304 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:30.160 Steve Stockton and I'll talk to you next time. Hello, friends, 305 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:37.559 welcome to episode ten of our Unsolved National Park Disappearances. 306 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.160 This video will bring you ten more insolved cases of 307 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:49.960 people who went missing in national parks. Let's begin number ten. 308 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:54.680 Sean McLaughlin. Twenty seven year old Sean McLaughlin was last 309 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:58.039 seen on June eighth, twenty twenty one, by another hiker 310 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:00.000 who told police that he saw a man fitting sean 311 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.640 description in the park. Shawn had recently moved from his 312 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:08.279 home in Dublin, Ireland, to Jackson, Wyoming, and was working 313 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:12.079 to help support his adventures. Shawn's last moments are contested 314 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:16.640 and accounts differ. An article written by The Irish Times 315 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.319 wrote that the witness last saw Sean near the Surprise 316 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:24.119 Lake junction, heading into Garnet Canyon, whereas another article written 317 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:27.079 by The Independent claims the witness last saw Sewn on 318 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.680 the south side of the Bradley Taggart Moraine and that 319 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:34.319 he was headed towards Taggart Lane. Shawn was officially reported 320 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:36.720 missing on June twelfth, after he filled a turn up 321 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.920 for his scheduled shift as a snowboard instructor on June tenth, 322 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:43.839 twenty twenty one, and at full investigation was launched. A 323 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:46.640 day later, his car was found abandoned near the Lupine 324 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:50.960 Metas trailhead. Park rangers and investigators pulled together their resources 325 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.599 to widen their search. A gofunding campaign was set up 326 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:57.960 two days after his disappearance to help fly his mother, Grona, 327 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:01.680 from Dublin to Jackson. This campaign raised over forty six 328 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:04.759 thousand euro and Shawn's mother was flown to Jackson on 329 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.880 June twentieth to aid in the search for her sign. 330 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.559 Becka Jostad, the acting chief ranger of Grand Teton National Park, 331 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.599 told Irish Central mental health has not been a feature 332 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:16.920 of the profile that we developed to try and understand 333 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:21.279 where he might be. This looked like an afternoon, simple 334 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:24.440 walk in the park. We're trying to keep a really 335 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.839 open mind about where he might have gone, so we're 336 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:31.279 looking in all the possible places. Sean McLaughlin was last 337 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:34.240 seen wearing a white shirt, shorts and a hat. As 338 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:36.920 described as a male solo hiker with shoulder linked hair, 339 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.759 and he was also wearing round glasses. Despite searching over 340 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.839 three hundred thousand acres with Grand Teeton Park, no sign 341 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.799 of Sean McLaughlin has been found. If you have any information, 342 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.720 please contact the Grand Teton Park Rangers on three zero 343 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:57.680 seven seven thirty nine three three zero zero number nine. 344 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:02.119 Tatum morrell Y three year old Tatum Morrell, a Montana 345 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:05.400 State University graduate, last made contact with her family on 346 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:09.759 July first, twenty twenty one via a satellite communicator. According 347 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:14.240 to k TVQ, Tatum, efficially known to her family as Tate, 348 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:16.440 had set up camp at Shadow Lake, close to the 349 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.319 West Fort Trail near Red Lodge in the Custer Galaton 350 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:24.279 National Forest in Montana. The Custer Galaton National Force both 351 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:27.319 an area of over three million acres and seven ranger districts. 352 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:31.200 According to the website, the forest has gateways to Yellowstone 353 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:35.559 National Park and has activities for everyone to enjoy. Search 354 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:37.480 As believed that Tatum left her tenth on the morning 355 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:40.240 of July second, twenty twenty one, and was planning on 356 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.039 scaling a twelve thousand foot peak that day when she 357 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:46.519 failed to return. And had made contact with her family. 358 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:50.119 By July fifth, twenty twenty one, they called park rangers 359 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:55.960 and officially reported her missing. During their investigation, authorities found 360 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:58.319 that Tatum had planned to scale five mountain peaks during 361 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:02.039 a triptum. We told the newspapers that she was indeed 362 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.519 an avid hiker, an outdoors woman, and had been training 363 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:07.960 her whole life to scale these peaks. In a statement, 364 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.599 they also added Tate was a fiercely independent, adventurous soul 365 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:15.200 who loved the mountains. Search and rescue teams were dispatched 366 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.119 on July fifth to twenty twenty one. However, so far, 367 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.480 no sign of Tatum has been found. Incident Commander Tom 368 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:27.240 Cooks believes that Tatum is no longer live, telling reporters, Unfortunately, 369 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.000 there are hundreds of thousands of places that Tate could 370 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:32.519 have gotten into trouble on these rugged mountains when the 371 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:35.680 storms came into the area on Friday. After the extens 372 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:39.240 of search efforts, we do not believe she survived. The 373 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.240 search for Tatum Morrell will continue with a much smaller 374 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:49.000 scale back team. Number eight. Ralph Elliot, fifty one year 375 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:52.119 old Ralph Elliot was last seen on April twenty second, 376 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:54.839 twenty twenty one, after he left for a day hike 377 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:59.680 in Yosemite National Park, California. Sadly, there's very little information 378 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.720 about Ralph's case, but his story is still important and 379 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:06.119 it is important that we keep his case alive. According 380 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:09.079 to the Fresno b newspaper, Ralph was intending to hike 381 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:11.839 to the Yosemite Fall Overlook, an eagle peak in the 382 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:16.039 Yosemite National Park. Authorities are concerned for his well being, 383 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.319 and the Park Service are noted as saying that they 384 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.759 believe he may be in a state of emotional distress 385 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:25.119 incapable of harming himself. The Yosemite Park Service has declined 386 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:27.240 to comment on whighly believe that Ralph is in such 387 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:30.000 a state of emotional distress, but they have asked anyone 388 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:32.759 who comes into contact with him to bear this in mind. 389 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.920 Ralph Elliot is described as a white male with a 390 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.000 muscular build, five foot eight inches tall, with blue eyes, 391 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:42.359 a beard, and long gray hair. He was last seen 392 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:45.480 wearing earth tone clothing and if you have any information, 393 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.440 you're asked to contact the Yosemite Dispatch on two zero 394 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:54.680 nine three seven nine one nine ninety two. Charles Lyon 395 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:58.160 forty nine year old Charles Lyon was last seen on 396 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:01.480 June tenth, twenty twenty one, at the Best Western Hotel 397 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:05.839 in Tucion, Arizona. Charles had been staying there ahead of 398 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.680 his trip to the Grand Canyon and has not been 399 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:12.039 seen since. Newspapers report that Charles is from Tyler, Texas 400 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:14.519 and was making the trip to the Grand Canyon alone. 401 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:19.759 Authorities are becoming increasingly concerned for his well being. The 402 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:23.039 Grand Canyon National Park, located in Arizona, has an area 403 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.200 of four thousand, nine hundred and twenty six kilometers squared 404 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.200 as over two million visitors per year. Most tourists visit 405 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.359 the sprawling national Park to take a look at the 406 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:36.160 Grand Canyon, one point six kilometer deep and twenty six 407 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:41.960 kilometer mile wide geographic feature. The terrain can be challenging 408 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:44.759 when paired with the Arizona heat, and hikers advised to 409 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.680 travel in groups as well as to carry adequate supplies. 410 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.960 Charles Carr was found abandoned along Desert View Drive near 411 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:56.880 Lippon Point on June eleventh, twenty twenty one. Investigators believe 412 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:59.440 that Charles starred his solo hike from the spot and 413 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.799 is previous mentioned. The last confirmed sighting of Charles was 414 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:06.279 on June tenth, twenty twenty one, with him being officially 415 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:10.880 reported missing on June fourteenth, twenty twenty one. As of 416 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:13.839 this writing, Charles Lyne is still missing and the Grand 417 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.960 Canyon National Park is currently under Stage two fire restrictions 418 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:20.319 due to swelling temperatures of one hundred and fifteen degrees fahrenheit. 419 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:24.400 Charles is described as a white male six feet tall, 420 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:27.160 weighs one hundred and seventy seven pounds. He has brown 421 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.720 hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is as to 422 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:33.680 contact the Grand Canyon Rangers on eight eight eight sixty 423 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:41.079 five three zero zero zero nine, number six Shawn Higgins. 424 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:45.799 On October fourteenth, twenty sixteen, Shawn Higgins, along with his 425 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.599 twenty one year old son Trevor, and travel's uncle, no 426 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.799 name was provided for the uncle, headed out to the 427 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:55.039 Shasta Costa Drainage in the Bear Camp area in Oregon 428 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:58.200 per day of hunting. The three men had no idea 429 00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:00.599 of the tragedy that was about to unfold that day, 430 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.519 and to them, it started out just like any other 431 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:07.160 hunting trip they had been on. Sean and Trevor agreed 432 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.880 to go their separate ways and meet back at the 433 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.640 car later on in the day to discuss today's activities 434 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:14.920 and to collect Trevor's uncle again. This is Shawn's brother. 435 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.279 His name was never given in the reports. The men 436 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:20.680 parted ways, not knowing it would be the last time 437 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.839 they would ever see Sean alive. Shawn's wife, Stephanie told 438 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:28.160 the NBC News Sean was on a footpath that ran 439 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.680 alongside a road. He's an outdoorsman who knew the area, 440 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:35.079 and he knew Trevor was waiting for him. It doesn't 441 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.960 make any sense that he didn't make it out that 442 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.240 evening on the day of his disappearance. Seawan had left 443 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:43.960 his backpack and GPS device behind as he was only 444 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.839 hunting a short distance away from the car. As we said, 445 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.119 Sean was a very experienced outdoorsman and knew the area well, 446 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:54.200 according to his family, in his mind, there was no 447 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:58.000 reason to take it. When Shawn Feld returned to the truck, 448 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:01.680 Trevor and Trevor's uncle knew that something was very, very wrong. 449 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:06.839 They split up and immediately began searching for him. However, 450 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:10.799 during this search, Trevor also got lost. Shawn had passed 451 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:13.240 down his wealth of knowledge to his son, and Trevor 452 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:15.200 was able to make a shelter and wait out. Tonight, 453 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:19.960 Shawn's brother, Trevor's uncle, raised the alarm after Trevor also 454 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.720 failed to return to the truck. Now with two missing 455 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.400 family members, he called the authorities and a wide scale 456 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:28.440 search began. Thankfully, on the fourth day of the search 457 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:31.559 and rescue operation, Trevor was found two and a half 458 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:36.079 miles away. Trevor had suffered severe hypothermia due to the 459 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:41.200 cold and wet conditions, but was otherwise okay. Sadly, neither 460 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.640 Trevor nor the search and rescue teams found any sign 461 00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:47.799 of Sean. Cruise utilized drones, helicopters, and dog units, but 462 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.200 still they found nothing, and by October twenty fifth, the 463 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:54.519 search had officially been suspended. As of this writing in 464 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:57.839 twenty twenty one, Seawn Higgins is still missing and authorities 465 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:05.279 are no closer to solving the case. Number five Daileen Poah, 466 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:08.839 Eighteen year old Daileen Puah was lasting on February twenty seventh, 467 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:11.240 twenty fifteen, after he had set out to hike the 468 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:14.160 High Coup Stairs also known as the Stairway to Heaven 469 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:17.839 Way in Nay Hawaii. The High Coup Stairs are one 470 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:21.200 of Hawaii's most dangerous trails. Some of the steps have 471 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.759 been heavily damaged by winds and rain, and it is 472 00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:28.160 not a trail that's recommended for first time hikers. The 473 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:31.279 trail's been officially closed since nineteen eighty seven, with the 474 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.839 Hawaiian Police Department handing out fine so up to one 475 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.599 thousand dollars to trespassers. However, this has done little to 476 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.799 deterre thrill seekers. Even in twenty twenty one, people are 477 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:44.599 still attempting to make the hike, despite several warnings from 478 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:48.079 the Hawaiian PD and the Hawaiian government. At the time 479 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:50.960 of his disappearance, Dayleen was visiting his grandma and had 480 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:53.839 told her about his intentions to climb the stairs. His 481 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:56.039 grandma warned him that the trail was closed and then 482 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:58.279 he would be met with police officers waiting to find 483 00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:02.279 or arrest him. Despite this, Dayleen boarded a bus on 484 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.599 February twenty seventh, twenty fifteen, and told his grandma he 485 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:08.920 was going on a hike. The last confirmed movements of 486 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:11.200 Dayleen are at around eleven am, when he takes a 487 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.559 picture of himself on the hiking trail to his family. 488 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:17.359 The photo shows a wooded area, but Eagle Eid online 489 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:21.319 investigators have spotted an unknown man squatting in the bushes 490 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.960 very chilly. After this, Dayleen was never seen or heard 491 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.839 from again. When Dayleen failed to return to his grandma's house, 492 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:32.640 she called authorities and a search and rescue party was 493 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:36.319 dispatched to the forbidden trail. Despite the efforts of hundreds 494 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:39.680 of volunteers, drones, and the US Navy, no sign of 495 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:43.359 Daileen has ever been found. Volunteers even repelled down the 496 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:46.359 six hundred foot drop where Dayleen's last photograph was taken, 497 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:50.400 but sadly they found nothing. The Hawaiian police are now 498 00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:53.160 asking for the public's help and identifying the mysterious man 499 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:56.359 in the photo, and online sleuths have speculated that this 500 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.359 man may have been following Dayleen. Dayleen is the described 501 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.319 as a male Pacific Islander with black hair and brown eyes. 502 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.960 He's five to seven and weighs one hundred and fifty pounds. 503 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:10.279 If you have any information regarding this case, you're asked 504 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:13.599 to contact the Honolulu Police Department on eight zero eight 505 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:19.039 five two nine three one one one number four. Todd 506 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:22.720 Gabe twenty two year old Todd Guibe was last seen 507 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:25.960 on Sunday, June sixth, two thousand and five, when he 508 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:29.079 was attending a party in a field in Casanovia, Michigan. 509 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:32.240 Todd had been attending the cake party with friends, and 510 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:35.359 up until around twelve forty five am, nothing seemed out 511 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:39.359 of the ordinary. According to his family and friends, Todd 512 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.240 was a normal twenty two year old man. He liked 513 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:46.200 socializing with his friends after hard day's work. His family 514 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.680 have also noted that Todd did not suffer from depression 515 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.440 or any other mental health disorders, a fact that will 516 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:54.960 become very important later on in this case. At twelve 517 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:58.119 forty seven am on Sunday, June fifth, two thousand and five, 518 00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:00.920 Todd plays a several folk call, with the first being 519 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.400 to the person that had dropped him off at the 520 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:06.119 keg party. According to this friend, Todd told him that 521 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.319 he'd quote had enough that he was going to walk home. 522 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.519 The next call was at twelve fifty one am, but 523 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:16.960 this time all Todd said was I'm in a field concerned. 524 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.799 The friend called him back, but all he heard on 525 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.480 the other end of the phone was what sounded like 526 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.160 heavy breathing. Or perhaps the wind. The last set of 527 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.519 calls were made between twelve fifty one am and twelve 528 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:29.359 fifty seven am, when Todd tried to call his friend, 529 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:32.559 but he was unable to get through. After this last 530 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:36.160 call attempt, there's been no further activity on Todd's phone. 531 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:39.720 Search and rescue teams were dispatched after todd Filter return 532 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:43.720 home from the party. In total, fifteen hundred volunteers turned 533 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:45.720 out to help search for the missing twenty two year old. 534 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:49.839 Even with the assistance of helicopters and police units, no 535 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:53.799 sign of Todd was found. That was until July second, 536 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:57.119 two thousand and five, when Todd's body was discovered standing 537 00:32:57.160 --> 00:33:00.119 almost upright in a pond that wasn't too far from 538 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:04.400 where the party had taken place. Investigators were puzzled as 539 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:06.200 to how they could have missed him, as the area 540 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:10.000 around the party had been searched extensively. Todd's head and 541 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.480 shoulders round the water, and the corner noted that he 542 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.839 was not in an advanced state of decomposition, something that 543 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.200 would have been expected as he had been missing for 544 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:21.200 over three weeks. The corner ruled that Tod's cause of 545 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:25.119 death was drowning, but that the manner of death was undetermined. 546 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:29.640 Todd's family were obviously unhappy with these findings. However, the 547 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:32.960 police stuck by the story and Todd's case was considered closed. 548 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.799 In two thousand and nine, doctor Michael Sekersa, who was 549 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.960 a friendsic pathologist and the CEO of Forensic Identification and 550 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:45.000 Profiling Laboratory, reviewed Todd's case. Doctor Sekersa and his team 551 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.279 of experts found that Todd had no water in his 552 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.039 lungs and his post mortem index or PMI was listed 553 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:54.440 as between two to five days. Todd had been missing 554 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:57.519 for total of twenty one days, so what had happened? 555 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:00.519 Where had he been for all those other days? Now, 556 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:04.400 alcohol and antidepressant medication were found in Todd's system, and 557 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.400 after consulting with family members and checking health records, it 558 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:10.239 was found that Todd had not been prescribed such medication. 559 00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:14.039 As if the recording of this episode, Todd's case is 560 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:18.119 still closed and the mystery remains. Many people believe that 561 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:22.800 Todd fell victim to the infamous Smiley Face killer or killers. However, 562 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.960 the Michigan State Police have declined to comment. If you 563 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:29.119 have any information regarding this case, you're asked to contact 564 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:32.039 the Michigan State Police on five one, seven two eight 565 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:38.079 four three seven four five number three. Jeffrey John Zoltowski 566 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:41.920 twenty three year old Jeffrey John Zultowski was last seen 567 00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.079 on March thirty first, nineteen ninety three, as he was 568 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:49.599 hiking in the Wailua Valley in Molokai, Hawaii. Jeffrey was 569 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.079 a student at the Wayne State University in Detroit, and 570 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.480 when he wasn't studying, he spent his time volunteering at 571 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:57.960 the Veterans Hospital in various soup kitchens throughout the Detroit area. 572 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:02.400 According to those clo Jeffrey, he was loved by everyone 573 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:05.599 and was a popular football player in high school. On 574 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:08.440 the thirty first of March nineteen ninety three, while hiking, 575 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.960 Jeffrey signaled a Department of Land and Natural Resources helicopter 576 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:14.440 to come and vick him up from his location. He 577 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.639 told the crew on board that his feet were severely 578 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:19.239 blistered and bleeding, and that he felt he was physically 579 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:21.880 unable to make the fourteen mile trek back into the city. 580 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:25.039 The pilot dismissed Jeffrey, telling him that he would not 581 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.840 take him back as it wasn't a life threatening emergency. 582 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:31.559 He did, however, take Jeffrey's backpack and told him that 583 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:34.199 he would leave it in the service hard form. For 584 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:38.119 forty one days, Jeffrey's sixty pound backpack laid unclaimed in 585 00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:41.280 the yard before he was finally reported missing. There is 586 00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:43.519 no information as to whether search and rescue teams were 587 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:46.039 sent to look for Jeffrey and his disappearance was pushed 588 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:49.280 to the side. In two thousand and one, a woman 589 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:52.400 reported seeing a man matching Jeffrey's description begging for money 590 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.800 outside of a homeless shelter in Honolulu. This sighting has 591 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:58.480 never been verified, and people at the shelter said they 592 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.880 did not recognize Jeffrey when they were showing a picture 593 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:04.159 of him. As of this recording in twenty twenty one, 594 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.280 Jeffrey is still missing and it seems there's little being 595 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:11.639 done to find him by law enforcement. Number two. Kenny 596 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:15.760 Veach Forty seven year old Kenny Veach mysteriously disappeared in 597 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:19.639 the Mohave Desert in Nevada on November fourteenth, twenty fourteen. 598 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:23.239 Kenny was hiking near Area fifty one. I was looking 599 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:27.239 for cave systems and mine shafts. Kenny has uploaded several 600 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:29.960 videos to his YouTube channel under the user name snake 601 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:33.000 Bitt McGee, where he describes entering a cave with an 602 00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:36.840 M shaped opening. He wrote in one comment that ain't nothing. 603 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:40.280 I'm a long distance hiker. One time, during one of 604 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:42.880 my hikes out by Nellis Air Force Base, I found 605 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.960 a hidden cave. The entrance to the cave was shaped 606 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.519 like a perfect capital M. I always enter every cave 607 00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:52.400 I find, but as I began to enter this particular cave, 608 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:56.800 my whole body began to vibrate. Suddenly, I became very 609 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:59.239 scared and high tailed out of there. That was one 610 00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.119 of the strangest thing that ever happened to me. Now, 611 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:05.719 these videos gained popularity following his mysterious disappearance, and in 612 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:08.599 these videos he does indeed talk about how his whole 613 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:11.719 body vibrated and he felt scared upon entering this mysterious 614 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:15.079 M cave armed with a gun and a camera this time, 615 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:18.519 Kenny headed back out to the M cave on November tenth, 616 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:22.440 twenty fourteen, hoping to get a better look inside. However, 617 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:26.519 Kenny never returned home. Although he was a very experienced 618 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:29.519 hiker and outdoorsman, Kenny rarely took a map or GPS 619 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.519 device with him on his house. According to his family, 620 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:34.440 on the day of his disappearance, he told him that 621 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:36.679 he would only be gone for a short overnight trip. 622 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:40.360 Then when he didn't return home, they immediately called the police. 623 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.199 Police volunteers, and search and rescue teams all scattered the 624 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.519 area where Kenny was last known to have been. On 625 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:51.960 November twenty second, twenty fourteen, volunteers found Kenny's phone. According 626 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.920 to those volunteers, the trail went cold soon after they 627 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:57.440 located his phone, and there have been no signs of 628 00:37:57.519 --> 00:38:00.920 Kenny ever since. At the time of this episodis the 629 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:04.119 mysterious disappearance of Kenny Beach is very much alive in 630 00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:07.239 true crime and paranormal circles, but it appears that we 631 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:11.719 are still no closer to uncovering the truth. Number One 632 00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:16.599 Henry mccab thirty two year old Henry mcab of Moundsview, Minnesota, 633 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:20.320 was the last thing live on September sixth, twenty fifteen, 634 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:24.079 when he and two friends William Pappus Kennedy and Calvin Johnson, 635 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:28.239 spent the night party. At around two am. On September seventh, 636 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.679 Henry allegedly has to be dropped off at a Super 637 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:35.719 America gas station in Fridley, Minnesota. His two companions noted 638 00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:38.039 this is odd as Henry's house was several miles in 639 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:41.800 the opposite direction. Nonetheless, they honored his wishes and dropped 640 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:44.920 him off at the gas station. The two friends also 641 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:47.039 took Henry's wallet and keys from him earlier in the 642 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:49.440 night to prevent him from buying any more drinks as 643 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:54.199 he was apparently very intoxicated. At two twenty eighth am, 644 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:57.400 Henry's wife received a disturbing phone call from her husband. 645 00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:00.519 Henry was screaming down the phone, saying that someone had 646 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:04.000 shot him. Before the call disconnected. Henry tried to call 647 00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:06.800 his wife again. However, he was met with her voicemail 648 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:10.119 as she was trying to call Henry's brother Tim. The 649 00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:13.920 creepy voicemail captured high pitched moting and growling sounds along 650 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.519 with Henry screaming. Some of the audio is hard to 651 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:20.119 pick out due to the low call quality, however, but 652 00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:22.880 at the end of the voicemail, a male voice can 653 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:26.800 be heard saying stop it before the voicemail disconnects. 654 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:34.360 It's a voicemail unlike anything you've ever heard before. There 655 00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:41.800 are two minutes worth of noises, the bizarre ones with 656 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:46.280 very little actual talking. Authorities confirmed the disturbing middle of 657 00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:49.320 the night call came from Henry McCabe's cell phone. It 658 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:52.280 was Labor Days, September seventh, at two twenty eight in 659 00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:55.199 the morning. McCabe's worried wife heard the. 660 00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:57.559 Message is and my cell phone connected. 661 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:01.960 Minnesota Community Policing Services is a nonprofit agency and acts 662 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.039 as a go between with police in the Liberian community. 663 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:07.960 The leader is trying to help the family makes some 664 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.440 sense of this recording. 665 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:15.719 The growls turned to high pitch molds so like he's 666 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.440 moaning in pain. 667 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.639 Like moaning in pain. 668 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:24.880 The torture drunks suddenly stop. There is silence. Then someone, 669 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:28.320 either Henry or another person says stop it. 670 00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:33.280 I try to picture where he was, what it might 671 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:40.559 have been like, what circumstances would have made him sound 672 00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.000 like that. 673 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:45.039 The voicemail is in star contrast to other articulate recordings 674 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:48.159 of McCabe speaking at an event. He's a state auditor. 675 00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:50.280 What is it justification to do? 676 00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.840 The message is one piece of evidence mounts view. Police 677 00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:57.320 are reviewing. The police chief tells me. Even the FBI 678 00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:00.840 is analyzing the recording and voices for clues. The chief 679 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:06.440 says the investigation took deputies here on Tuesday to Rice 680 00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:09.679 Creek Park, which borders New Brighton, mounts View, and Fridley, 681 00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:13.280 all areas where McKay was reported seen or a cell 682 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:17.159 phone ping placed him. Ramsey County water patrols searched but 683 00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.280 came up empty. 684 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:22.519 When Henry's wife reported these calls, police began the search 685 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:26.559 for Henry. They searched Spring Lake Park, New Brighton as 686 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:29.519 the cause that Henry made pinged from these cell phone towers. 687 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:33.039 Despite an extensive search by land and air, there was 688 00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:35.519 no trace of Henry to be found and the investigation 689 00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:40.039 went cold. Then on November second, twenty fifteen, Henry's body 690 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:44.119 was discovered in Rush Lake, New Brighton, Minnesota. There were 691 00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:46.800 no gunshot warns to Henry's body, and his cause of 692 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:50.760 death was ruled as drowning. Obviously, Henry's family do not 693 00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:53.039 agree with this verdict and believe that the voicemail is 694 00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:55.440 proof that Henry met with some sort of foul play 695 00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:59.320 that night. Some people even believe that what Henry encountered 696 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.559 was not even here. If you have any information, you're 697 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:05.159 asked to contact the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office on sixty 698 00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:12.679 five one seven six seven zero six four zero. Well there, 699 00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:16.800 Cabet folks, what do you think of these mysterious unsolved cases? 700 00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:21.280 Some of these simply defy description. I look forward to 701 00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:25.039 your comments. We do ask that you please remain courteous 702 00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.880 to the victims, the families and victims into the comments 703 00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:31.679 of others. Thank you for listening. Until we meet again, 704 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.400 be good to yourselves and each other. I'm Steve Stockton 705 00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:41.039 and I'll talk to you next time. Hello, friends, Steve 706 00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:45.159 Stockton here with you. Welcome to our latest video. In 707 00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:48.960 this episode, we bring you volume twenty one of our 708 00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:53.960 National Park Mystery series, where we bring ten more disappearances 709 00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:57.800 for you to ponder. Join us. Let's take a walk 710 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:04.599 and see number ten. Michael William doan forty seven year 711 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:06.920 old Michael Done of Las Vegas, Nevada, and had a 712 00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:09.199 rough patch in his life in two thousand and nine. 713 00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:11.360 You've been out of work for some time and this 714 00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:15.840 was causing anguished in mental pain. Michael's living girlfriend said 715 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:18.079 that in January of two thousand and nine, Michael was 716 00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:21.119 depressed and unhappy and desperately wanted life to get better. 717 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.519 On January twenty eighth, two thousand and nine, Michael and 718 00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:27.400 his girlfriend got into an argument, which resulted in Michael 719 00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:31.079 get into his car and leaving home. His girlfriend believed 720 00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:33.239 that Michael was just trying to drive to clear his head, 721 00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:36.920 but he never returned home. There are a few details 722 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:39.760 about Michael's disappearance, and all we know is that on 723 00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:42.719 January twenty ninth, two thousand and nine, his car was 724 00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:45.960 found in the Desert National Wildlife Range by a park ranger. 725 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.719 Cars found forty miles away from Interstate ninety five and 726 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:54.000 Lee Canyon Road. According to the Charlie Project, the ranger 727 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:56.960 saw footprints leading away from the vehicle, but there was 728 00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:00.199 no sign of Michael. There have been little to no 729 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:02.880 reports about Michael's disappearance, and we do not know to 730 00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:06.639 what extent the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police search for him. 731 00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:09.360 Bone records indicated that shortly after he walked out of 732 00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:11.800 the house, he tried to call his girlfriend, that the 733 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:15.679 call never went through. This is the last known movement 734 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:18.440 of Michael Doan, and he has been missing ever since. 735 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:21.760 Michael Doan is described as a white male with gray 736 00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:25.639 brown hair, blue eyes that's approximately five foot ten inches 737 00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:29.440 tall and weighs around one hundred and eighty pounds. Michael 738 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:32.960 has the following tattoos, a long horn skull on his chest, 739 00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:36.480 an eagle on his back, a Tasmanian devil on his 740 00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:39.320 left shoulder, and a picture of the Beatles on his 741 00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:43.480 right shoulder. According to both NamUs and the Charlie Project, 742 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.880 Michael was last seen wearing a yellow jacket, blue jeans, 743 00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:51.320 and black shoes. Anyone with any information regarding Michael or 744 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:54.159 his disappearance is asked to contact Dan Holly of the 745 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:58.280 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at seven zero two eight 746 00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:03.679 two eight three to one, reference case number zero nine 747 00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:07.920 zero one three to one dash zero nine three six 748 00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:14.960 number nine. Lee Sterling Cutler, eighteen year old Lee Sterling 749 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:19.440 Cutler was described as a kind, responsible, an outgoing person 750 00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.320 who wanted nothing more than to ease the pain of others. 751 00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:27.599 While attending adelaide E Stevenson High School in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 752 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.239 Lee founded a group called b b Yo, a Jewish 753 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:34.559 youth organization that hosted events and acted as support for 754 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:38.199 those who observed the Jewish faith within the community. Lee 755 00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:40.920 was a shining star within the group and was dedicated 756 00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:43.519 to them. He never missed an event and was always 757 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:46.440 there to support someone when they needed it. In two 758 00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:50.039 thousand and six, Lee started showing signs of depression and 759 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:53.159 expressed that he wanted to harm himself, possibly take his 760 00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:57.559 own life. This manifested in Lee taking a knife into school, 761 00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.719 so he explained he could bear the pain no longer. Thankfully, 762 00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:04.599 Lee got the help he needed and was hospitalized and 763 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:08.599 given therapy. After this, Lee was slowly getting his life 764 00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:11.239 back on track and was looking forward to the future. 765 00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:15.039 He had plans to either continue his education or maybe 766 00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:19.679 start something different altogether. By two thousand and seven, Lee 767 00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:21.880 was in his senior year and it was time to 768 00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:25.760 decide his future. Lee had many plans and thought long 769 00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:28.239 and hard about what he wanted to do, but before 770 00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:32.599 he could enact those plans, he would disappear under bizarre circumstances. 771 00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:36.199 On October nineteenth, two thousand and seven, Lee spent the 772 00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:38.440 night at a friend's house and promised to call his mother, 773 00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:41.639 Beth in the morning. Beth waited all morning for a 774 00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:43.119 son to call her and let her know that he 775 00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:45.559 was safe and that he made it to work. Sadly, 776 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:48.719 that call never came. Lee was due to start a 777 00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:50.960 shift at the clothing store where he worked part time 778 00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:53.440 the next morning, and his employers knew that he was 779 00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:56.320 a reliable employee, so when he failed to show up, 780 00:46:56.519 --> 00:47:00.280 no call, no show, they knew something was wrong. His 781 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.119 mother also sensed that something was wrong. It wasn't unusual 782 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:06.679 for him to forget to charge his phone, but this 783 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:11.159 time things just somehow felt different. Throughout the day, Beth 784 00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:13.440 called the store where Lee worked and asked if he'd 785 00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:17.280 shown up, but he hadn't. At five pm, Beth was 786 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:20.480 beside herself with worry, and after calling the clothing store 787 00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:23.320 for a final time, she then immediately dialed nine to 788 00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:27.280 one one. The Buffalo Grove Police Department responded to the 789 00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:30.880 call and arrived at the Cutler household. An initial search 790 00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:34.360 of Lee's room showed no clues, but investigators did notice 791 00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:37.119 that his overnight bag was missing, which he most likely 792 00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:39.079 took when he spent the night at a friend's house. 793 00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:44.079 Investigators then began retracing Lee's steps and found that the 794 00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:46.599 last sighting of him was around nine to fifty am 795 00:47:46.760 --> 00:47:49.440 on the morning of October twenty, two thousand and nine. 796 00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:54.199 As investigators interviewed Lee's friends, They found out that on 797 00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:56.840 the morning he disappeared, Lee had dropped a friend off 798 00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:58.840 in his home in Buffalo Grove at around nine to 799 00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:04.320 fifty am, leaving and presumably heading toward his workplace. From there, 800 00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:07.880 the trail goes cold. Beth made hundreds of calls to 801 00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:10.639 Lee's flown but they either didn't connect or went straight 802 00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:14.000 to voicemail. After finding no sign of Lee in or 803 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.440 around his home or near his workplace, the search radius expanded. 804 00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:21.440 Just today, after Lee disappeared, investigators would get their first 805 00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:23.519 break in the case. When it is two thousand and seven, 806 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:27.800 Toyota Corolla was discovered abandoned in Wisconsin near the Barboo River. 807 00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:30.599 The car was locked and abandoned, and there was no 808 00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:35.000 sign of Lee anywhere. After the car was discovered, investigators 809 00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:37.400 theorized that Lee had likely gone into the woods. It 810 00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:39.920 was known that Lee liked the hiking camp and was 811 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:43.480 familiar with the Barboo River area. The further add to 812 00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:47.079 this theory, investigators found a receipt from the Kettle Moraine 813 00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:51.039 State Forest which was dated October twentieth, two thousand and nine, 814 00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:55.159 at one forty one pm. Investigators now channeled their search 815 00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:58.079 on the Kettle Moraine State Forest and the Barboo River 816 00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:02.320 Area Search and Rescue Cruise, along with Lee's family and volunteers, 817 00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:05.159 began to scour the area, and they quickly found their 818 00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:09.840 next clue. Somewhere near the Baraboo River, searchers found Lee's 819 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:11.800 over night back that he had taken out with him 820 00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:15.320 the night before his disappearance. Some of his personal items, 821 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:19.000 including pants, id card, wallet, cash, and car keys were 822 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:22.239 in this bag found by the Barber River. Also inside 823 00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:26.599 the bag, searchers found paid medication, sleep, paid tablets, The 824 00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:30.119 book Into the Wild and handwritten letters to his family 825 00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:34.199 and his girlfriend. Into the Wild is a popular book 826 00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:37.599 that follows the journey of Christopher mccandles's Christopher sets out 827 00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:40.679 of the wilderness of Alaska, only to perish while out 828 00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:44.079 looking for his next big adventure. None of the notes 829 00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:47.440 mentioned anything about his disappearance, but there was another note 830 00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:50.599 found inside the book. This note was addressed to his 831 00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:53.760 mother and read, my head is too big for my shoulders. 832 00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:57.639 Finally I'll be able to sleep. I know I'm not crazy. 833 00:49:58.159 --> 00:50:02.039 I love you, mom, Please be happy. He also apologized 834 00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:04.199 to his mother for being a coward, but did not 835 00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:08.599 refer to harming himself. The search was now focused exclusively 836 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:12.119 on the Baraboo River, but despite days of intensive searching, 837 00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:16.039 no sign of Lee was ever found. His mother and father, 838 00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:18.719 who had divorced years earlier, came together to try and 839 00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:22.880 find their son. Beth made various TV appearances pleading for 840 00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:26.440 her son to come home. Private investigators and dive teams 841 00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:29.000 have been called into search for Lee, but nothing was 842 00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:33.159 ever uncovered. Investigators believed that Lee left of his own volition, 843 00:50:33.639 --> 00:50:36.119 as living a new life elsewhere and doesn't want to 844 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:41.119 be contacted. Lee's case was officially closed by law enforcement. However, 845 00:50:41.159 --> 00:50:43.280 he is still listed as a missing person and his 846 00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:45.679 friends and family have never given up the fight to 847 00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:50.440 find him. Lee Sterling Cutler was last seen on October twenty, 848 00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:53.599 two thousand and nine, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He is 849 00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:55.760 described as a white male with light brown hair and 850 00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:58.800 brown eyes, bending six foot tall and weighing about one 851 00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:02.719 hundred and fifty pounds. Lee always wore a yarmuica and 852 00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:05.840 expressed an interest in moving to Israel after he graduated. 853 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:08.679 He had a small bump on his upper lip and 854 00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:12.360 slight webbing between two of his toes. Lee was last 855 00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:14.800 seen wearing khaki pants and a dark blue jacket with 856 00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:18.920 a red stripe. Anyone with any information as asked to 857 00:51:18.960 --> 00:51:22.840 please contact Detective Tara Anderson of the Buffalo Group Police 858 00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:27.360 Department at eight four seven four five nine two five 859 00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:34.360 eight three in reference case M seven E four two 860 00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:41.519 two two number eight. Celeste Waina Hensley Group, Twenty year 861 00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:44.880 old Celeste Waina Hensley Group was last seen on August tenth, 862 00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:47.679 nineteen seventy six, and a Cloud Peak Wilderness in the 863 00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:52.280 Bighorn Mountains in Casey, Wyoming. On August tenth, Celeste and 864 00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:55.280 two of her female friends entered the wilderness area intending 865 00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:58.679 to hike to Cloud Peak. According to those two friends, 866 00:51:59.039 --> 00:52:02.239 Celeste decided to rest on the trailhead. They continued up 867 00:52:02.239 --> 00:52:04.880 to Cloud Peak, and the arrangement was that they would 868 00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:07.920 meet her on the way back down. A five PM, 869 00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:10.000 the two friends had completed their hike, and as they 870 00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:12.320 made their way down to the trailhead, they saw that 871 00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:16.239 Celeste was gone. Her friends searched for calling her name, 872 00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:19.360 but found no sign over. The two rushed to the 873 00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:23.840 nearest ranger station to report their friend missing. Within a 874 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:26.639 few hours, the Johnson County Sheriff's office had responded to 875 00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:31.159 the incident and had officially begun their search. Now. According 876 00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:33.639 to the Charlie Project, between two hundred and three hundred 877 00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:36.760 people turned up to help search for Celeste. Many of 878 00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:40.639 these were search and rescue professionals, while others were simply volunteers. 879 00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:44.280 This group covered about eighty square miles but failed to 880 00:52:44.280 --> 00:52:48.480 find any sign of Celeste. There were rumors that at 881 00:52:48.519 --> 00:52:51.960 the time her disappearance, Celeste was having metal issues, which 882 00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:53.920 may have led her to run away and start a 883 00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:57.039 new life. However, we will point out that these rumors 884 00:52:57.039 --> 00:53:01.440 have never been confirmed. Two long weeks, the search for 885 00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:04.480 Celeste Grubb was called off as the Johnson County Sheriff's 886 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:07.199 Office and the group of volunteers failed to find any 887 00:53:07.239 --> 00:53:10.679 sign of her. When she disappeared, she had no supplies 888 00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:13.000 with her and only a small number of suites on 889 00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:17.119 her person. Since August tenth, nineteen seventy six, there's been 890 00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:19.800 no sign of Celeste and she remains a missing person. 891 00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:24.360 Celesti Grub is described as a white female, standing five 892 00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:26.920 foot two inches tall and weigh one hundred and fifteen pounds. 893 00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:30.679 Anyone with any information is as to police contact Deputy 894 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:34.239 Paul Caussek of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office at three 895 00:53:34.320 --> 00:53:37.440 zero seven six eight four five to five to eight 896 00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:41.840 one in reference case number one eight s zero zero 897 00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:49.719 seven to five number seven Delicia Annette Waddy. Before she disappeared, 898 00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:52.719 twenty four year old Delicia Annette Waddy left a message 899 00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:55.559 on her Facebook page which read, it's never too late 900 00:53:55.599 --> 00:54:00.119 to do the right thing. Don't get discouraged speaking to myself. Also, 901 00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:04.599 just days later, Delicia would be reported missing and there's 902 00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:08.199 been no sign of her since. According to reports, Delicia 903 00:54:08.280 --> 00:54:11.159 was last seen in the King's Dominion Camp Wilderness Campground 904 00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:15.440 in the one thousand block of King's Dominion Boulevard in Oswell, Virginia, 905 00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:20.199 on March ninth, twenty seventeen. Alicia entered the campground and 906 00:54:20.239 --> 00:54:24.199 tried to get a spot. Unfortunately, the campground was full 907 00:54:24.559 --> 00:54:27.480 and no matter how hard she begged, Delicia wasn't given 908 00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:31.880 a spot. After being refused to spot, Delicia left the 909 00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:36.559 campground on foot, leaving her silver Ford Explorer behind. Reports 910 00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:38.840 indicate that her car was in good working condition and 911 00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:42.000 had plenty of gas insight, so why would she leave 912 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.239 it behind. There's also a large chunk of time where 913 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:48.800 Delicia's movements are unaccounted for, and the next sighting of 914 00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:51.760 her wasn't made until around three or four pm that afternoon. 915 00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:57.000 According to an NBC article, witnesses saw Delicia walking barefoot 916 00:54:57.039 --> 00:55:01.639 along Meta Farm Road in Caroline County, Virginia. Delicia's behavior 917 00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:05.000 both worried and disturbed passers by, and two people even 918 00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:09.400 filled her walking along the road barefoot. These same passers 919 00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:12.239 by tried to intervene and offer her help, but according 920 00:55:12.239 --> 00:55:15.800 to them, she declined. These are the last known movements 921 00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:19.079 of Delicia, and after this she simply dropped off the map. 922 00:55:20.039 --> 00:55:22.559 Her absence was noted by her family, and her mother 923 00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:26.039 knew that she always kept in contact. After failing to 924 00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:30.039 reach Delicia, her mother contacted the authorities and reported her missing. 925 00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:34.639 From there, the two forces, Hanover County Sheriff's Office and 926 00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:38.719 the Caroline County Sheriff's Office began retracing Delicia's last movements. 927 00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:42.280 It wasn't long until they found her abandoned silver Ford, 928 00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:47.079 exploring the King's Dominion Camp Wilderness Campground. Investigators noticed, as 929 00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:49.079 we said, that the car was in good working order 930 00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:54.840 and had plenty of gas. Bizarrely, Delicia's phone, purse, wallet, 931 00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:58.079 and license were scattered behind the Mental Event Park, which 932 00:55:58.119 --> 00:56:01.239 was close to where she abandoned her car. As news 933 00:56:01.239 --> 00:56:04.360 of Delicia's disappearance went public, witnesses came forward with the 934 00:56:04.440 --> 00:56:08.440 video of her walking barefoot in Caroline County. The search 935 00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:11.360 radius expanded and sent dogs were also brought into eight 936 00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:15.239 in the search. According to the Charlie Project, doggs also 937 00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:19.000 tracked her sent to a home in Caroline, Virginia. Was 938 00:56:19.079 --> 00:56:22.599 Delicia headed to a specific location or was she perhaps 939 00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:26.079 taken against her will. Another twist in the case came 940 00:56:26.199 --> 00:56:28.639 days later, when a friend of Dealsiu's reported seeing her 941 00:56:28.679 --> 00:56:33.239 on Bendale Avenue in Richmond, Virginia on March twelfth, twenty seventeen. 942 00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:36.440 This friend told investigators that she was not aware that 943 00:56:36.480 --> 00:56:39.719 Delasia was missing, and no further information about this sighting 944 00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:44.039 has been released. These sightings and the fact that Delicia 945 00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:47.079 did not ask passers by for help, have led investigators 946 00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:49.239 to believe that she may not have been in trouble, 947 00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:51.880 although given how much time has passed since she was 948 00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:57.239 last seen, their viewpoint has most likely changed. Delicia's mother 949 00:56:57.400 --> 00:56:59.360 told the media that it was out of the ordinary 950 00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:02.000 for Delusa not to contact her friends or family, and 951 00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:06.599 that her behavior was bizarre. Delicia's friends and family want 952 00:57:06.639 --> 00:57:09.639 her home and are asking the public to help. She 953 00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:12.199 has not accessed her social media or bank accounts since 954 00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:15.239 she disappeared, and her family now fears for her safety. 955 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:19.320 Delicia Waddie is described as an African American female with 956 00:57:19.400 --> 00:57:23.519 black hair, hazel eyes, standing five foot one and weighing 957 00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:27.320 one hundred and forty five pounds. Delicia has the following 958 00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:32.039 tattoos arts on both sides of her collarbone, leopard spots 959 00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:35.480 on one arm and shoulder, Brian on her breast, an 960 00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:38.920 anchor on the other breast, and script writing that runs 961 00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:42.360 across her abdomen, the name Matria on her wrist, and 962 00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:46.199 tattoos on her Laura, abdomen, hip and calf. Delicia also 963 00:57:46.239 --> 00:57:49.360 has her nose and ears pierced, and some agencies may 964 00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:53.159 spell her name de e l Cia rather than the 965 00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:57.440 el e Cia. She was last seen wearing a black 966 00:57:57.480 --> 00:57:59.920 and white tank top, black pants with a white strap 967 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:03.320 down the leg, a multicolored ball cap, and no shoes. 968 00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:07.559 Anyone with any information just asked to contact Monica Fagin 969 00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:10.840 of the Caroline County Sheriff's Office at eight zero four 970 00:58:11.119 --> 00:58:14.880 six six three one one two zero or the Hanover 971 00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:18.280 County Sheriff's Office at eight oh four three sixty five 972 00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:25.519 six 's one four zero number six. Leonyard Taku, forty 973 00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:27.840 four year old Leonard Tacu, was last seen on Christmas 974 00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:30.800 Day two thousand and six at the Tampa International Airport 975 00:58:30.840 --> 00:58:34.679 in Tampa, Florida. At the time of his disappearance, Leonard 976 00:58:34.760 --> 00:58:37.639 was on vacation in Florida from Ramsgate, England, where he 977 00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:41.079 worked as a school teacher. Leonyard was excited about his 978 00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:43.360 vacation and told his colleagues that he would be back 979 00:58:43.400 --> 00:58:46.280 on January third, two thousand and seven to start the 980 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:49.559 school year afresh. Those who knew Leonard said he was 981 00:58:49.639 --> 00:58:52.079 kind and outgoing and loved his life and his job. 982 00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:55.400 Leonyard was last seen at the car rental desk at 983 00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:58.119 the airport, where he was attempting to renew his contract 984 00:58:58.199 --> 00:59:01.440 for a rented car. He'd been driving a two thousand 985 00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:04.960 and five black christ Or Crossfire convertible around Florida, and 986 00:59:05.039 --> 00:59:06.559 this would have been the third time he would have 987 00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:11.280 extended the contract. After leaving the rental desk, Leonyard was 988 00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:14.559 never seen again, but when his family realized he was missing. 989 00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:18.920 There were a few puzzling clues left behind. When Leonard 990 00:59:18.920 --> 00:59:21.719 failed to return home to England, his family and colleagues 991 00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:24.960 knew something had gone wrong. Leonard was due back on 992 00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:27.800 January third, two thousand and seven, and it was unlike 993 00:59:27.880 --> 00:59:31.880 Leonard to miss work. His family contacted the authorities in 994 00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:36.239 Florida and officially reported him missing. The Altamonte Springs Police 995 00:59:36.239 --> 00:59:39.000 Department responded to the report, and the search for Leonard 996 00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:43.119 officially began. Leonard was openly gay, and the police appealed 997 00:59:43.119 --> 00:59:47.920 to Florida's LGBTQ plus community to help them search for him. 998 00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:51.199 Investigators began retracing his steps and found that his credit 999 00:59:51.280 --> 00:59:53.800 card had been used on December twenty sixth two thousand 1000 00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:57.320 and six at a Gap store. Whoever used the card 1001 00:59:57.400 --> 01:00:00.000 purchased forty six dollars and fifty five cents worth of clothes. 1002 01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:03.639 Now it's never been confirmed whether this transaction was made 1003 01:00:03.639 --> 01:00:07.039 by Leonard himself. It was also found that Leonard's emails 1004 01:00:07.039 --> 01:00:09.599 were accessed on December twenty eight, two thousand and six, 1005 01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:13.000 but again, investigators have never been able to confirm whether 1006 01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:15.800 it was actually Lenard or not. Access In the account, 1007 01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:19.480 The trail went cold for a while, and his family 1008 01:00:19.559 --> 01:00:23.880 desperately waited for updates. Then on February ninth, two thousand 1009 01:00:23.880 --> 01:00:27.920 and seven, they received a call from investigators. The Altamonte 1010 01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:31.239 Springs Police had found that Chrysler crossed fire abandoned deep 1011 01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:34.119 in the Okalla National Force close to the Little Lake 1012 01:00:34.159 --> 01:00:38.559 George Wilderness area. At the time, the Department of Agriculture 1013 01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:41.880 was performing a controlled burn, and while the car was unharmed, 1014 01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:44.480 any evidence that may have been around it was destroyed. 1015 01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:47.960 With diminished evidence, the police concluded that there was no 1016 01:00:48.000 --> 01:00:50.320 sign of a struggle and the car did not hold 1017 01:00:50.320 --> 01:00:54.840 any clues as to Leonard squarebounds. Investigators found themselves stuck 1018 01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:57.239 at square one and with no clues to work with, 1019 01:00:57.639 --> 01:01:03.000 the case quickly ran cold. Florida is LGTBQ plus community 1020 01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:06.079 banded together to help find Leonard, and the community kep 1021 01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:09.679 a watchful eye out for him. Unfortunately, no sign of 1022 01:01:09.760 --> 01:01:13.360 Leonard has ever been found. There was one final transaction 1023 01:01:13.440 --> 01:01:15.840 on his credit card in January of two thousand and seven, 1024 01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:19.840 when a room was purchased at a fancy hotel in Orlando, Florida. 1025 01:01:20.679 --> 01:01:23.599 Leonard was not known to stay in lavish hotels while traveling, 1026 01:01:23.639 --> 01:01:25.679 and this is when his family knew that Leonard was 1027 01:01:25.719 --> 01:01:29.199 probably not the one using the card. It does not 1028 01:01:29.239 --> 01:01:31.639 appear that the hotel was able to verify who checked in, 1029 01:01:32.119 --> 01:01:35.000 and if this information is available, police are keeping it 1030 01:01:35.039 --> 01:01:39.639 close to their chest. Leonard Taku remains missing and his 1031 01:01:39.760 --> 01:01:42.119 family and friends in the UK and the US are 1032 01:01:42.159 --> 01:01:45.440 searching for justice and answers. His family believed that he 1033 01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:48.719 met with foul play, although investigators are stated there is 1034 01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:53.280 no evidence to point to this. Leonard Taku is described 1035 01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:57.159 as a Pacific Islander as black hair, brown eyes, stands 1036 01:01:57.159 --> 01:01:59.840 about five foot nine inches tall and weighs about a 1037 01:02:00.079 --> 01:02:03.880 hundred and seventy five pounds. Leonard has the following tattoos, 1038 01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:07.000 some of which are relevant to his Pacific islunder culture. 1039 01:02:07.639 --> 01:02:10.599 A checkerboard pattern and circles on his upper right arm, 1040 01:02:11.039 --> 01:02:13.800 solid triangles with lines from his elbow to wrist. Also 1041 01:02:13.840 --> 01:02:16.880 on his right arm, the zig zag pattern from elbow 1042 01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:19.679 to wrist on his left arm, a tribal design was 1043 01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:21.840 hurling patterns on his legs running from the knee of 1044 01:02:21.880 --> 01:02:25.199 the thigh, a Celtic design on his lower back, and 1045 01:02:25.239 --> 01:02:28.920 Gothic lettering on his upper back. Leonard has a distinctive 1046 01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:32.039 Kiwi or New Zealand accent, and is an active and 1047 01:02:32.079 --> 01:02:36.440 out member of the LGBTQ plus community. Anyone with any 1048 01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:39.840 information is asked to contact the Altamonte Springs Police Department 1049 01:02:40.440 --> 01:02:44.280 four zero seven five seven one eight two eight zero 1050 01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:48.400 in reference case number two zero zero eight c J 1051 01:02:49.159 --> 01:02:56.639 zero zero one one two five number five. Ronald Gail Selee, 1052 01:02:57.199 --> 01:02:59.639 forty year old Ronald Gail Sili, moved from his home 1053 01:02:59.639 --> 01:03:02.760 in Ville to Fresno County in August of nineteen eighty 1054 01:03:02.840 --> 01:03:05.119 nine take a job as an X ray technician at 1055 01:03:05.159 --> 01:03:08.800 one of the Fresnel County Hospitals. Unfortunately, there's not a 1056 01:03:08.840 --> 01:03:11.519 lot of information about Ronald, and the only information available 1057 01:03:11.599 --> 01:03:16.760 is pertaining to his disappearance. On September second, nineteen eighty nine, Ronald, 1058 01:03:16.840 --> 01:03:19.760 along with three other men, entered the Ansel Adams Wilderness 1059 01:03:19.800 --> 01:03:23.119 Area in Madeira County and planned the hike there. Ronald 1060 01:03:23.239 --> 01:03:25.480 was last seed at around four thirty PM, and after 1061 01:03:25.519 --> 01:03:28.079 that he became separated from the group as the rough 1062 01:03:28.159 --> 01:03:31.800 terrain forced them apart. According to a news article from 1063 01:03:31.800 --> 01:03:34.400 the Times Herald, the group had planned a camp overnight 1064 01:03:34.639 --> 01:03:36.960 and the three men headed towards their campsite in the 1065 01:03:36.960 --> 01:03:40.679 hopes that Ronald would eventually catch up with them. A 1066 01:03:40.760 --> 01:03:43.920 September third, nineteen eighty nine, rolled around, and there was 1067 01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:47.239 still no sign of their traveling companion. They reported missing 1068 01:03:47.239 --> 01:03:50.960 to the Madeira County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department, along 1069 01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:53.559 with search and rescue cruise, searched a twenty square mile 1070 01:03:53.679 --> 01:03:57.159 area before calling off. The search crews were in the 1071 01:03:57.159 --> 01:03:59.039 air and on the ground, but failed to find any 1072 01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:02.920 sign of Ronald. Tommy Tomlinson, the Sheriff's sergeant of Madera 1073 01:04:03.000 --> 01:04:07.039 County Sheriff's Office, told The Times Harold no signs evidence 1074 01:04:07.159 --> 01:04:10.320 or any of his gear has been found. It's unusual 1075 01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:14.000 for nothing to be found. There's no evidence of foul play, 1076 01:04:14.239 --> 01:04:18.079 it doesn't mean it's been ruled out. In the same article, 1077 01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:21.880 Ronald's sister, Pam Dorazzo told reporter Glenn Cardy how she 1078 01:04:21.960 --> 01:04:25.679 planned to still celebrate Ronald's upcoming forty first birthday. She 1079 01:04:25.719 --> 01:04:28.840 told Glynn, I bought him a birthday card already, and 1080 01:04:28.840 --> 01:04:31.880 I'm not going to let him go to this day. 1081 01:04:32.079 --> 01:04:34.199 His family still holds out hope that Ronald will be 1082 01:04:34.239 --> 01:04:36.960 found and if they can finally get the answers they deserve. 1083 01:04:37.920 --> 01:04:41.480 His mother, Marcine, believes that Ronald may have had amnesia 1084 01:04:41.679 --> 01:04:45.079 and may have forgotten who he was. Almost thirty three 1085 01:04:45.159 --> 01:04:47.559 years later and there's still no sign of Ronald, and 1086 01:04:47.599 --> 01:04:49.800 it's unlikely that he simply ran away and started a 1087 01:04:49.800 --> 01:04:53.400 new life, as some have suggested. Ronald is described as 1088 01:04:53.440 --> 01:04:56.199 a white male with brown hair, green eyes, standing six 1089 01:04:56.199 --> 01:04:58.320 foot tall and weighing one hundred and eighty five pounds. 1090 01:04:58.800 --> 01:05:01.039 He has a tattoo of a son with rays, and 1091 01:05:01.079 --> 01:05:03.199 the Charlie Project notes that he may have suffered from 1092 01:05:03.199 --> 01:05:06.719 a head injury prior to his disappearance. Ronald was last 1093 01:05:06.719 --> 01:05:09.280 seen wearing a red and white strip tank top, cut 1094 01:05:09.280 --> 01:05:12.920 off Levi jeans, hiking boots, and a straw cowboy hat, 1095 01:05:13.159 --> 01:05:15.039 and he was carrying a blue backpack with a red 1096 01:05:15.079 --> 01:05:19.440 sleeping bag. Anyone with any information this has to please 1097 01:05:19.480 --> 01:05:23.480 contact Detective Louise Paget of the Madera County Sheriff's Office 1098 01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:26.840 at five point five nine sixty sixty four four nine 1099 01:05:26.920 --> 01:05:31.000 zero eight and reference case number zero one zero one 1100 01:05:31.119 --> 01:05:38.199 eight one seven five number four. Simon Owen, twenty one 1101 01:05:38.280 --> 01:05:40.599 year old Simon Owen was described as a kind and 1102 01:05:40.639 --> 01:05:43.800 easygoing young man, and at just twenty one years old, 1103 01:05:44.079 --> 01:05:47.920 the world was his oyster. During term time, Simon lived 1104 01:05:47.920 --> 01:05:51.320 in Fort Worth, Texas and attended the Texas Wesleyan University, 1105 01:05:51.840 --> 01:05:54.559 but during the summers, Simon spent his time in Hawaii. 1106 01:05:54.719 --> 01:05:57.719 With plenty of sun and endless beaches, Hawaii was a 1107 01:05:57.719 --> 01:06:00.719 perfect place for Simon's relax center its extra money for 1108 01:06:00.760 --> 01:06:04.079 school next year, and in nineteen ninety four he went 1109 01:06:04.119 --> 01:06:08.079 to the Islands, but would never come back. In June 1110 01:06:08.079 --> 01:06:11.400 of that year, nineteen ninety four, Simon arrived in Hawaii 1111 01:06:11.440 --> 01:06:14.599 and got himself a job at Chile's Restaurant in Waikiki. 1112 01:06:15.599 --> 01:06:17.840 He was also renting a room and planned to split 1113 01:06:17.880 --> 01:06:21.559 his time between work and play. Simon was a keen outdoorsman, 1114 01:06:21.599 --> 01:06:24.519 which made Hawaii the perfect place for him. He loved 1115 01:06:24.559 --> 01:06:26.760 to climb and hike and want better place to do 1116 01:06:26.840 --> 01:06:29.880 it than Hawaii. Simon was seen for the last time 1117 01:06:29.960 --> 01:06:33.400 on June twenty ninth, nineteen ninety four. After that, he 1118 01:06:33.440 --> 01:06:38.000 seemed to simply disappear. When his colleagues and family realized 1119 01:06:38.039 --> 01:06:40.800 he was missing, they reported this to the police, and 1120 01:06:41.039 --> 01:06:45.239 days later a large scale search was in operation. According 1121 01:06:45.280 --> 01:06:49.119 to an article by The Honolulu Advertiser, billionaire Ross pro 1122 01:06:49.400 --> 01:06:52.039 even aided financially in the search by paying for a 1123 01:06:52.079 --> 01:06:56.119 private helicopter to look for Simon. Volunteers turned out in 1124 01:06:56.159 --> 01:06:59.000 their hundreds to help search for the promising student, but 1125 01:06:59.079 --> 01:07:04.360 they only ever one clue. Days into the search, investigators 1126 01:07:04.360 --> 01:07:07.320 found Simon's bicycle changed the tree at the base of 1127 01:07:07.360 --> 01:07:11.079 Manoa Falls. The search expanded to Manoa Falls, but no 1128 01:07:11.199 --> 01:07:14.920 sign of Simon has ever been found. Investigators believe that 1129 01:07:14.920 --> 01:07:18.280 Simon had an accident wilaut climbing and possibly fell from 1130 01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:22.519 a considerable height. Simon was well versed in hiking and climbing, 1131 01:07:22.800 --> 01:07:26.760 but the landscape of Manoa Falls can be unpredictable. The 1132 01:07:26.800 --> 01:07:29.800 Honolulu Police Department does not believe that foul play is 1133 01:07:29.880 --> 01:07:34.119 involved in Simon's case. Simon Owen was seen for the 1134 01:07:34.199 --> 01:07:38.519 last time on June twenty ninth, nineteen ninety four, in Waikiki, Hawaii, 1135 01:07:38.679 --> 01:07:43.280 and investigators are now seeking information. Simon's described as a 1136 01:07:43.320 --> 01:07:46.760 white male with brown brown eyes, standing six foot tall 1137 01:07:46.920 --> 01:07:49.800 and weighing one hundred and fifty five pounds. He has 1138 01:07:49.840 --> 01:07:52.760 the Christian fish simple tattooed on his right ankle and 1139 01:07:52.840 --> 01:07:55.159 has scars on the back of his neck, right hip, 1140 01:07:55.239 --> 01:07:58.679 and left shoulder. When last seen, he was wearing based 1141 01:07:58.719 --> 01:08:03.039 shorts and was possibly carrying his maroon backpack. Anyone with 1142 01:08:03.079 --> 01:08:05.679 any information or who may have spotted the young man 1143 01:08:06.199 --> 01:08:09.480 is asked to police contact the Honolulu Police Department at 1144 01:08:09.480 --> 01:08:12.920 eight zero eight five two nine three to one one 1145 01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:16.680 one and reference case number nine four NASH two seven 1146 01:08:16.760 --> 01:08:24.960 three nine zero three number three. Michael Hugh Cabialetti fifty 1147 01:08:25.000 --> 01:08:28.119 six year old Michael Hugh Cabilletti as a retired Army colonel. 1148 01:08:28.479 --> 01:08:30.960 As time in the army taught him many valuable survival 1149 01:08:30.960 --> 01:08:34.640 and outdoor skills, Michael loved to explore the great outdoors, 1150 01:08:34.760 --> 01:08:37.359 and according to reports, is believed that he entered the 1151 01:08:37.359 --> 01:08:41.680 Grandbury Wilderness on May twenty third, twenty eleven. His family 1152 01:08:41.720 --> 01:08:43.319 said that it was unlike Michael to go on a 1153 01:08:43.359 --> 01:08:46.079 hiking tramp without telling anyone, and after he failed to 1154 01:08:46.079 --> 01:08:49.720 return home, he was reported missing. A month later. On 1155 01:08:49.800 --> 01:08:53.359 June twenty seventh, twenty eleven, Michael's car was found abandoned 1156 01:08:53.359 --> 01:08:57.079 by state trooper Marca g. The state trooper found Michael's 1157 01:08:57.079 --> 01:08:59.680 car abandoned on Williams River Road, and when he checked 1158 01:08:59.720 --> 01:09:02.720 the line Lison's plate, he found it belonged to Michael Camleetti, 1159 01:09:02.920 --> 01:09:06.439 who had been reported missing weeks earlier. Inside the car, 1160 01:09:06.520 --> 01:09:08.560 it was a handwritten note that stated he was playing 1161 01:09:08.640 --> 01:09:11.279 to hike on the North South Trail from May twenty 1162 01:09:11.279 --> 01:09:15.520 third to May twenty seven. This discovering alarmed officers and 1163 01:09:15.520 --> 01:09:17.960 a search of the North South Trail was conducted, but 1164 01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:22.000 they were unable to find any evidence of Michael. Sent dogs, 1165 01:09:22.159 --> 01:09:25.399 search and rescue crews, and volunteers all flocked to the 1166 01:09:25.439 --> 01:09:28.520 Cranberry Wilderness to aid in the search for Michael, but 1167 01:09:28.640 --> 01:09:32.520 despite all this, the searchers came up empty handed. Since then, 1168 01:09:32.960 --> 01:09:35.720 there's been no sign of Michael. His family is now 1169 01:09:35.760 --> 01:09:40.039 looking for answers and closure. Michael Cambaletti is described as 1170 01:09:40.079 --> 01:09:43.399 a white male with brown hair, blue eyes, standing five 1171 01:09:43.439 --> 01:09:46.840 foot five inches tall, weighing one hundred and sixty five pounds. 1172 01:09:47.479 --> 01:09:50.840 He has a scar on his chin. Anyone with any 1173 01:09:50.840 --> 01:09:53.920 information is asked to contact the West Virginia State Police 1174 01:09:54.399 --> 01:09:58.000 at three zero four seven nine to nine Bore one 1175 01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:05.840 zero one, number two. Harold Loris Drake seventy six year 1176 01:10:05.880 --> 01:10:08.800 old retired math teacher Harold Loris Drake was joining his 1177 01:10:08.840 --> 01:10:12.000 retirement after dedicating many decades of his life to teaching 1178 01:10:12.199 --> 01:10:16.800 newer generations. Harold was especially excited to get out and about, 1179 01:10:16.840 --> 01:10:19.600 and he loved nothing more than hiking. Was said to 1180 01:10:19.600 --> 01:10:23.640 be in great physical condition for his age. On July eighth, 1181 01:10:23.760 --> 01:10:27.159 twenty fifteen, Harold entered the fire for Bigshurst State Park 1182 01:10:27.199 --> 01:10:29.520 with a friend, and the two planned on camping and 1183 01:10:29.600 --> 01:10:33.399 hiking there over the coming days. According to Harold's friend, 1184 01:10:33.640 --> 01:10:35.960 on July eighth, Harold told him that he was going 1185 01:10:36.000 --> 01:10:38.159 for a hike and would be back by that afternoon, 1186 01:10:38.840 --> 01:10:41.159 But as the afternoon came and went, there was no 1187 01:10:41.239 --> 01:10:45.000 sign of Harold. His friend began to panic As the 1188 01:10:45.039 --> 01:10:48.319 hours ticked by and his friends still hadn't returned. Harold's 1189 01:10:48.359 --> 01:10:51.840 camping companion reported missing to the Monterey County Sheriff's Department, 1190 01:10:51.960 --> 01:10:55.359 and a search was underway. Within a few hours. The 1191 01:10:55.399 --> 01:10:58.640 Sheriff's Department, along with search and rescue crews, searched throughout 1192 01:10:58.640 --> 01:11:02.560 the park for Harold, ultimately found no sign of him. 1193 01:11:02.920 --> 01:11:05.439 The friend who Harold was camping with told investigators that 1194 01:11:05.479 --> 01:11:07.560 Harold had left with a gallon of water and some 1195 01:11:07.640 --> 01:11:10.159 snacks that it appears that he left his sleeping bag 1196 01:11:10.239 --> 01:11:14.720 and camping gear behind. Despite searching the fire for Big 1197 01:11:14.720 --> 01:11:18.039 Surch State Park, which spans over a thousand acres, no 1198 01:11:18.119 --> 01:11:21.800 sign of Harold has ever been located. The most likely 1199 01:11:21.880 --> 01:11:24.119 theory is that he got lost or injured during his 1200 01:11:24.199 --> 01:11:28.239 hike and was unable to cry for help. Harold's friends 1201 01:11:28.239 --> 01:11:30.800 and family have never given up hope that one day 1202 01:11:30.880 --> 01:11:35.159 they'll find him. Harold lors Drake is described as a 1203 01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.560 white male with white hair, blue eyes. He stands five 1204 01:11:38.600 --> 01:11:41.880 fot nine inches tall, weighs one hundred and sixty five pounds, 1205 01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:46.000 and wears prescription glasses. Harold was last seen wearing a 1206 01:11:46.000 --> 01:11:51.960 gray shirt, black pants, black suspenders, and hiking boots. Unfortunately, 1207 01:11:52.039 --> 01:11:54.359 Harold's case has not yet been submitted to name US, 1208 01:11:54.439 --> 01:11:58.119 and no further details are available at this time. Anyone 1209 01:11:58.159 --> 01:12:00.760 with any information or may have seen herald that day, 1210 01:12:01.600 --> 01:12:05.199 please contact the Monterey County Sheriff's Department at eight three 1211 01:12:05.239 --> 01:12:12.039 to one seven five five three seven two two number one. 1212 01:12:12.439 --> 01:12:17.119 Richard Harville, sixty seven year old Vietnam veteran Richard Harvelle 1213 01:12:17.399 --> 01:12:20.399 and his friend set off into the Mojave Desert October 1214 01:12:20.479 --> 01:12:23.479 twenty fifteen, hoping to set up camp and eventually hike 1215 01:12:23.600 --> 01:12:27.119 to the Hachepee Mountains well, not caring for his family. 1216 01:12:27.439 --> 01:12:29.960 Richard loved to be outdoors, and his family even joked 1217 01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:33.520 that he preferred the wilderness to people. On October fifteen, 1218 01:12:33.760 --> 01:12:36.960 twenty fifteen, tragedy would strike when Richard and his friend 1219 01:12:37.000 --> 01:12:40.239 were camping at the foot of the Tahatchepee Mountains. According 1220 01:12:40.279 --> 01:12:42.760 to reports, the two were camping in a trailer near 1221 01:12:42.800 --> 01:12:45.520 one hundred and fifty Street to Highgate Avenue when the 1222 01:12:45.560 --> 01:12:48.560 heavens opened up at around ten PM and torrential rains 1223 01:12:48.640 --> 01:12:51.600 began to pour down. No one could have anticipated just 1224 01:12:51.640 --> 01:12:53.800 how bad the rains were about to be, and those 1225 01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:57.000 in Kern County or California were completely caught off guard. 1226 01:12:58.039 --> 01:13:00.600 Within minutes, the rains had turned lethal and began to 1227 01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:03.640 sweep the mud and stand through the Mohave Desert. This 1228 01:13:03.760 --> 01:13:07.000 flood quickly overwhelmed residents and those hiking in the area, 1229 01:13:07.199 --> 01:13:10.119 and Richard and his friend were sadly at the epicenter 1230 01:13:10.159 --> 01:13:13.560 of it. As the rains poured down, Richard went outside 1231 01:13:13.600 --> 01:13:15.239 the trailer to try and move his car. All of 1232 01:13:15.239 --> 01:13:18.960 the way, and that is when tragedy struck. His friend 1233 01:13:19.039 --> 01:13:20.960 watched as Richard was hit by a rock and was 1234 01:13:21.000 --> 01:13:24.680 knocked under the current. As his body floated away, with 1235 01:13:24.760 --> 01:13:27.279 little time to react, his friend desperately tried to grab 1236 01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:29.920 hold of Richard, but the current was just too strong. 1237 01:13:30.600 --> 01:13:33.399 Within seconds, Richard had been pulled away from his trailer 1238 01:13:33.439 --> 01:13:37.279 and he was now missing. His family were understandably devastated 1239 01:13:37.279 --> 01:13:39.359 when the news hit them, and they vowed to never 1240 01:13:39.439 --> 01:13:43.119 give up looking for his body. When the rains finally 1241 01:13:43.159 --> 01:13:46.760 calmed and the flood subsided, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 1242 01:13:46.800 --> 01:13:49.800 and the KCSO Desert Search and Rescue Team took to 1243 01:13:49.880 --> 01:13:53.640 the skies to try and find Richard. Searches were temporarily 1244 01:13:53.680 --> 01:13:56.119 suspended due to conditions, but when he was safe to 1245 01:13:56.159 --> 01:13:59.279 do so, brown teams were also dispatched, but even they 1246 01:13:59.319 --> 01:14:02.640 were unable to behind any sign of the man. The 1247 01:14:02.800 --> 01:14:05.479 La Times supported that the Harville's family also let his 1248 01:14:05.600 --> 01:14:08.920 dog loose, hoping the animal would be able to locate him, 1249 01:14:09.079 --> 01:14:11.359 but the dog sat near the trailer for three days. 1250 01:14:11.560 --> 01:14:13.960 It was unfortunately clear that the dog didn't know where 1251 01:14:14.039 --> 01:14:18.720 to start. Despite wide scale searches. No sign of Richard 1252 01:14:18.720 --> 01:14:21.439 has ever been found, but his family still haven't given 1253 01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:24.920 up hope of closure. He's described as a strong and 1254 01:14:24.960 --> 01:14:28.920 determined person and a keen survivalist. His family hopes that 1255 01:14:28.960 --> 01:14:31.479 his army days and timing the great outdoors might have 1256 01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:33.760 given him the skills to stay alive, and that one 1257 01:14:33.800 --> 01:14:37.880 day they may be reunited. Richard Harvell is described as 1258 01:14:37.880 --> 01:14:40.800 a white male with brown hair, brown eyes, standing five 1259 01:14:40.800 --> 01:14:43.359 foot eleven and weighing one hundred and eighty five pounds. 1260 01:14:44.319 --> 01:14:46.920 Anyone with any information is asked to please contact the 1261 01:14:46.960 --> 01:14:51.079 current County Sheriff's Department at sixty sixty one three nine 1262 01:14:51.119 --> 01:14:55.600 one seven six two three in reference case number SR 1263 01:14:55.920 --> 01:15:02.039 one five to two seven three seven nine. Well, folks, 1264 01:15:02.079 --> 01:15:05.279 there you have it. That wraps up this edition of 1265 01:15:05.399 --> 01:15:09.279 National Park Mysteries and Disappearances. What do you think of 1266 01:15:09.399 --> 01:15:14.399 these strange cases? We'd love to hear your opinion on 1267 01:15:14.439 --> 01:15:17.439 these cases of the comments, but please keep it friendly 1268 01:15:17.479 --> 01:15:21.359 and respectful till we meet again. Be good to yourselves 1269 01:15:21.439 --> 01:15:25.520 and each other. Stay safe out there. As for me, 1270 01:15:26.119 --> 01:15:27.920 I'll see you a little further on down the trail. 1271 01:15:28.800 --> 01:15:31.560 I'm Steve Stockton, and I'll talk to you next time. 1272 01:15:44.720 --> 01:15:47.960 Hello friends, Steve Stalkton here with you. Welcome to our 1273 01:15:48.039 --> 01:15:52.640 latest episode. In this video, we're going to discuss the 1274 01:15:52.680 --> 01:15:57.800 strange disappearance of Osha Kramer. Join me, let's take a 1275 01:15:57.840 --> 01:16:02.279 walk and see. Now. We come across many strange vanishings 1276 01:16:02.279 --> 01:16:05.439 and disappearances on this channel, some in the woods and 1277 01:16:05.560 --> 01:16:08.239 others while the person is going about their regular lives. 1278 01:16:09.239 --> 01:16:11.560 When something happens to a person in the woods, or 1279 01:16:11.840 --> 01:16:15.000 even when they're abducted, it's a little easier to understand 1280 01:16:15.079 --> 01:16:18.439 how something like that could have happened. In most of 1281 01:16:18.479 --> 01:16:21.880 these cases of abduction, at least, they are almost always 1282 01:16:21.920 --> 01:16:27.000 clues to follow, and sometimes even an eyewitness to the event. However, 1283 01:16:27.279 --> 01:16:29.359 when someone who is in the middle of a possible 1284 01:16:29.399 --> 01:16:32.840 mental break or who is already having emotional trouble, it's 1285 01:16:32.840 --> 01:16:35.479 hard to imagine how they could slip off the face 1286 01:16:35.520 --> 01:16:39.399 of the earth, leaving no clues behind and unreliable witness 1287 01:16:39.399 --> 01:16:43.920 statements at best and extremely confusing at worst. That's just 1288 01:16:44.159 --> 01:16:46.520 some of what we're dealing with here in this case 1289 01:16:46.720 --> 01:16:49.840 about the extremely bizarre and very concerning case of the 1290 01:16:49.920 --> 01:16:54.680 vanishing of Asher Kramer in twenty fifteen, A twenty six 1291 01:16:54.720 --> 01:16:57.159 year old woman named Asha Kramer was living with her 1292 01:16:57.199 --> 01:17:02.359 boyfriend Jamia Gale and Albioncea, California. Asha was an Australian 1293 01:17:02.479 --> 01:17:04.920 national and by all accounts, she was living her best 1294 01:17:04.960 --> 01:17:07.760 life and she and Jemi were a happy couple together 1295 01:17:08.119 --> 01:17:12.000 devoted each other. There were no known problems or issues 1296 01:17:12.039 --> 01:17:17.279 in the relationship and all seemed perfectly normal. However, in 1297 01:17:17.319 --> 01:17:20.840 September that same year, Asha is reported to have started 1298 01:17:20.880 --> 01:17:24.359 showing signs of some mental disturbance. She would suddenly and 1299 01:17:24.359 --> 01:17:27.279 without warning, scream at the top of her lungs, shout 1300 01:17:27.319 --> 01:17:30.560 and rant, and would also go into justice sudden convulsions. 1301 01:17:31.199 --> 01:17:33.319 She would refuse to eat or sleep for days at 1302 01:17:33.319 --> 01:17:36.079 a time, staying up and starving herself for as long 1303 01:17:36.119 --> 01:17:39.079 as she possibly could, for as long, it's said, as 1304 01:17:39.079 --> 01:17:42.720 her body would let her. She was also constantly slipping 1305 01:17:42.800 --> 01:17:45.960 in and out of catatonic trances, according to her living 1306 01:17:46.079 --> 01:17:49.840 boyfriend Jami. Around this time, she also began discussing some 1307 01:17:49.960 --> 01:17:53.239 vague childhood traumas she claims to happen to her, but 1308 01:17:53.359 --> 01:17:56.319 she would never elaborate on what and when asked, she 1309 01:17:56.319 --> 01:17:59.000 would either shut down or fly into a blind rage. 1310 01:18:00.000 --> 01:18:03.640 Concerned for her welfare understandably, and this, combined with her 1311 01:18:03.680 --> 01:18:06.439 going four straight days without eating, forced him to bring 1312 01:18:06.479 --> 01:18:09.399 her in for an evaluation at a local mental health facility. 1313 01:18:10.000 --> 01:18:12.479 Asha had no previous history of having any sort of 1314 01:18:12.479 --> 01:18:15.359 mental health issues, and even though there was a bit 1315 01:18:15.399 --> 01:18:17.520 of history of it in her family, she had never 1316 01:18:17.640 --> 01:18:20.960 shown any signs of anything like this up until this point. 1317 01:18:21.479 --> 01:18:23.640 When nothing was found to be physically wrong with her, 1318 01:18:23.880 --> 01:18:26.880 the mental health doctors all concluded that she was indeed 1319 01:18:26.920 --> 01:18:30.199 suffering from some sort of psychotic break and possibly a 1320 01:18:30.279 --> 01:18:34.760 quote manic bipolar episode end quote. Now the staff at 1321 01:18:34.800 --> 01:18:37.079 this institution deemed her not to be a danger to 1322 01:18:37.119 --> 01:18:40.319 herself for others, though, and despite them finding she was 1323 01:18:40.399 --> 01:18:43.359 experiencing a mental health crisis, they released her back into 1324 01:18:43.359 --> 01:18:45.960 the custody of her boyfriend, who had no choice but 1325 01:18:46.039 --> 01:18:48.199 to take her back home with him. This was the 1326 01:18:48.199 --> 01:18:50.960 beginning of what would end up being an extremely strange 1327 01:18:50.960 --> 01:18:55.279 and bizarre and still unsolved disappearance. The issue seemed to 1328 01:18:55.279 --> 01:18:58.359 continue right from the hospital when she was released, because 1329 01:18:58.359 --> 01:19:02.000 her boyfriend reported that wild drive home, she randomly confessed 1330 01:19:02.039 --> 01:19:04.159 she had cheated on him, and then proceeded to try 1331 01:19:04.199 --> 01:19:07.000 and jump from the moving vehicle. Despite all of this, 1332 01:19:07.319 --> 01:19:09.720 the two made it back to their apartment, and Jamia 1333 01:19:09.840 --> 01:19:13.079 was relieved when one of Asha's lifelong friends from Australia 1334 01:19:13.399 --> 01:19:16.199 decided to come to California to visit, and he was 1335 01:19:16.239 --> 01:19:18.840 hoping that maybe seeing and spending time with this friend, 1336 01:19:19.079 --> 01:19:22.399 whose name was Sally Scales, would help bring Asha out 1337 01:19:22.439 --> 01:19:25.840 of whatever this was that she was going through. Once home, 1338 01:19:26.199 --> 01:19:29.560 Osha started confessing to murdering her neighbor, who was very 1339 01:19:29.640 --> 01:19:32.920 much alive at the time. She was refusing to sleep 1340 01:19:33.279 --> 01:19:35.840 and that very night burning a piece of paper and 1341 01:19:35.920 --> 01:19:39.640 trying several times to start her car. It's unknown what 1342 01:19:39.680 --> 01:19:41.640 the paper was she was burning and while she was 1343 01:19:41.720 --> 01:19:44.960 unable to start her car, what her efforts were for naught. 1344 01:19:45.239 --> 01:19:47.439 At one point during the night, after being released to 1345 01:19:47.479 --> 01:19:50.840 the custody of her boyfriend, he and OSHA's best friend Sally, 1346 01:19:51.039 --> 01:19:53.720 found her outside and after searching for her for a 1347 01:19:53.760 --> 01:19:57.479 few minutes, they found her standing very still behind a tree. 1348 01:19:57.760 --> 01:19:59.880 She had been watching them search for the whole time, 1349 01:20:00.159 --> 01:20:03.079 but hadn't said a word or moved it all. On 1350 01:20:03.159 --> 01:20:05.960 another occasion, while her friend was still visiting and staying 1351 01:20:05.960 --> 01:20:08.720 with her and Jamia, she went outside in the midll 1352 01:20:08.760 --> 01:20:11.119 of the night and started running full speed away from 1353 01:20:11.159 --> 01:20:13.279 the two of them, and they couldn't catch up with her. 1354 01:20:14.159 --> 01:20:17.640 She eventually came back though that same night and explained 1355 01:20:17.680 --> 01:20:21.680 she had simply felt like running throughout all of this insanity. 1356 01:20:21.800 --> 01:20:24.279 She was also refusing to eat and was said to 1357 01:20:24.319 --> 01:20:28.960 be generally acting bizarrely and completely out of character. The 1358 01:20:29.079 --> 01:20:32.800 morning after the running incident, both Jamia and Sally thought 1359 01:20:32.800 --> 01:20:34.239 it would be good to get Ash out of the 1360 01:20:34.239 --> 01:20:36.920 house during the daytime and let her get some fresh 1361 01:20:37.000 --> 01:20:39.239 air in order to maybe help her get her head 1362 01:20:39.239 --> 01:20:42.399 straight again. They wanted her to go back to being 1363 01:20:42.439 --> 01:20:45.079 the young and vibrant woman they knew so well and 1364 01:20:45.119 --> 01:20:48.239 love so much. The three of them got into the 1365 01:20:48.279 --> 01:20:51.119 car and embarked on the approximately three hour drive from 1366 01:20:51.119 --> 01:20:55.319 albiond to San Francisco to see Asha's mother. The hope 1367 01:20:55.560 --> 01:20:57.359 was that seeing her mother would help to put her 1368 01:20:57.359 --> 01:21:00.600 life into perspective again, ease her mind, and bring her 1369 01:21:00.640 --> 01:21:02.399 out of whatever it was in her mind that was 1370 01:21:02.439 --> 01:21:05.199 causing this funk. It was a lofty hope and a 1371 01:21:05.199 --> 01:21:07.199 shot in the dark, for sure, but he didn't know 1372 01:21:07.239 --> 01:21:09.960 what else to do, and Sally agreed that this was 1373 01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:13.479 a good idea. Little did they know, though, that this 1374 01:21:13.640 --> 01:21:16.760 one well meaning decision would change the course of all 1375 01:21:16.760 --> 01:21:19.159 through their lives forever and be the start of a 1376 01:21:19.199 --> 01:21:23.039 mystery that still continues to this very day. At some 1377 01:21:23.159 --> 01:21:25.640 point early on in their trip, they all stopped to 1378 01:21:25.680 --> 01:21:28.680 have breakfast at a place called the Rollerville Cafe, which 1379 01:21:28.720 --> 01:21:32.960 was near Point Arena in Ploomeville. While at the table 1380 01:21:33.039 --> 01:21:35.920 and ordering their food, Asha refused to speak or make 1381 01:21:35.960 --> 01:21:38.680 eye contact with the waitress and wouldn't touch her meal. 1382 01:21:39.800 --> 01:21:43.680 Jamia and Sally decided not to leave despite OSHA's odd behavior, 1383 01:21:43.880 --> 01:21:48.199 because she wasn't being overbly obnoxious. She was simply acting strangely, 1384 01:21:48.680 --> 01:21:51.880 which by now they were becoming somewhat used to. Unfortunately. 1385 01:21:52.800 --> 01:21:55.279 During their meal, Sally excused herself to go to the 1386 01:21:55.359 --> 01:21:58.960 ladies room and walked in that direction. A minute or 1387 01:21:58.960 --> 01:22:01.319 so later, Osha said she also had to go to 1388 01:22:01.359 --> 01:22:04.880 the restroom and got up, seemingly following closely behind her 1389 01:22:04.880 --> 01:22:09.560 best friend. After a few minutes had passed, Sally returned 1390 01:22:09.560 --> 01:22:13.640 to the table without Asha. When Jemia asked where Asha was, 1391 01:22:14.239 --> 01:22:16.279 Sally told him that Asha had never come into the 1392 01:22:16.279 --> 01:22:20.000 restroom at all, and she didn't know where she'd gone. 1393 01:22:20.319 --> 01:22:22.720 Jamai was sure Asha had gone in the direction of 1394 01:22:22.760 --> 01:22:25.239 the restroom, but when he and Sally went back to 1395 01:22:25.239 --> 01:22:28.640 look for she wasn't in there and nowhere inside at all. 1396 01:22:29.800 --> 01:22:32.399 The restaurants staff and even some of the other customers 1397 01:22:32.399 --> 01:22:34.439 helped the two of them search the general vicinity and 1398 01:22:34.479 --> 01:22:38.319 surrounding areas for Usha, but to no avail, And despite 1399 01:22:38.359 --> 01:22:42.079 being called almost immediately, the authorities didn't have any more luck. 1400 01:22:43.159 --> 01:22:45.600 No one could find Asha, and no one had any 1401 01:22:45.640 --> 01:22:49.439 idea where she possibly could have gone. It's another case 1402 01:22:49.479 --> 01:22:52.039 of someone being there one moment and gone the next, 1403 01:22:52.439 --> 01:22:56.239 disappeared in the blink of an eye. After searching in 1404 01:22:56.319 --> 01:22:59.520 and around the restaurant, the police expanded their search efforts. 1405 01:23:00.000 --> 01:23:03.000 When they did, they found their first clue on a 1406 01:23:03.039 --> 01:23:06.840 trail near the Point Arena lighthouse. They found OSHA's jacket 1407 01:23:07.119 --> 01:23:09.239 this garden lying there on the side of the trail. 1408 01:23:10.399 --> 01:23:13.720 The first thought of everyone involved was that perhaps due 1409 01:23:13.720 --> 01:23:16.279 to her recent mental state, Asha had jumped to her 1410 01:23:16.319 --> 01:23:20.439 death into the dark and rough sea below the lighthouse itself. However, 1411 01:23:20.560 --> 01:23:24.560 there was never any evidence to corroborate this, no signs 1412 01:23:24.560 --> 01:23:29.439 she'd approach the ledge and nobody ever washed up. Other 1413 01:23:29.479 --> 01:23:31.760 clues soon turned up, but each one seemed to only 1414 01:23:31.800 --> 01:23:35.880 further confuse the mystery. OSHA's cell phone was eventually found 1415 01:23:35.920 --> 01:23:38.239 in some bushes near the home she shared with Jemia, 1416 01:23:38.359 --> 01:23:40.520 and it was later found that two messages had been 1417 01:23:40.520 --> 01:23:43.520 deleted from it. This seems to have been done very 1418 01:23:43.520 --> 01:23:46.840 close to when she disappeared, but the authorities could never 1419 01:23:46.920 --> 01:23:50.520 tell if her phone or the deleted messages had anything 1420 01:23:50.560 --> 01:23:53.439 to do with their disappearance, and the contents of those 1421 01:23:53.479 --> 01:23:57.960 messages have never been released to the public. Several witnesses 1422 01:23:58.000 --> 01:24:00.359 did come forward claiming to have seen a woman matching 1423 01:24:00.359 --> 01:24:04.800 OSHA's description on or near the day she disappeared, but sadly, 1424 01:24:05.119 --> 01:24:07.640 none of these sightings could ever be confirmed as actually 1425 01:24:07.680 --> 01:24:11.000 being Asha. One witness came forward and said he had 1426 01:24:11.000 --> 01:24:13.279 seen Asha at the beach on the day she disappeared, 1427 01:24:13.960 --> 01:24:15.880 and another person claimed to have seen her in a 1428 01:24:15.920 --> 01:24:20.680 grocery store four days after she'd gone missing. Despite the 1429 01:24:20.720 --> 01:24:24.439 authorities working tirelessly on this case and her family continuing 1430 01:24:24.479 --> 01:24:27.840 their search never giving up hope, no new leeds or 1431 01:24:27.920 --> 01:24:31.720 clues have ever come up or been found. Many people 1432 01:24:31.800 --> 01:24:34.680 familiar with this case agree that the extreme shifts in 1433 01:24:34.800 --> 01:24:37.800 OSHA's personality, plus the fact that she seems to have 1434 01:24:37.840 --> 01:24:40.680 disappeared right before the eyes of not just her boyfriend 1435 01:24:40.920 --> 01:24:44.000 and her best friend Sally, but of many other potential 1436 01:24:44.000 --> 01:24:46.880 witnesses in the form of customers at the restaurant that day. 1437 01:24:47.920 --> 01:24:50.520 There are several theories, and as we go through some 1438 01:24:50.560 --> 01:24:53.159 of them, please keep in mind that no one has 1439 01:24:53.199 --> 01:24:56.359 ever been charged with anything relating to her disappearance, and 1440 01:24:56.399 --> 01:24:58.920 there's never been any mention by the authorities of any 1441 01:24:58.960 --> 01:25:03.520 sort of foul play. The most widespread theory is that 1442 01:25:03.600 --> 01:25:08.279 OSHA's boyfriend was involved somehow in her disappearance. Again, this 1443 01:25:08.399 --> 01:25:11.479 is unsubstantiated. No one has been named as a suspect 1444 01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:14.840 or a person of interest. Many people put a lot 1445 01:25:14.880 --> 01:25:16.640 of stock in the fact that her cell phone was 1446 01:25:16.680 --> 01:25:20.399 found with messages recentably deleted, and the bushes near home 1447 01:25:20.640 --> 01:25:24.159 not long after a disappearance, with OSHA's state of mind 1448 01:25:24.159 --> 01:25:26.439 in the time leading up to the disappearance, and how 1449 01:25:26.439 --> 01:25:28.960 many times she was caught hiding in the bushes or 1450 01:25:29.079 --> 01:25:32.199 running around in her night clothes. The authorities haven't named 1451 01:25:32.199 --> 01:25:34.399 anyone as a person of interest, and it's in the 1452 01:25:34.479 --> 01:25:37.319 end unknown whether or not this theory holds much water. 1453 01:25:38.720 --> 01:25:41.159 Another theory is that perhaps she had a full blown 1454 01:25:41.239 --> 01:25:45.079 psychotic break and perhaps suffered some form of amnesia due 1455 01:25:45.079 --> 01:25:47.520 to the seeming severity of her mental state leading up 1456 01:25:47.560 --> 01:25:51.079 to the time she disappeared. Is Asha out there somewhere 1457 01:25:51.239 --> 01:25:54.199 wandering around not knowing who or perhaps even where she is. 1458 01:25:55.399 --> 01:25:58.039 This is thought to be the best case scenario, and 1459 01:25:58.079 --> 01:26:00.840 if it is true, we hope that desperading the word 1460 01:26:00.880 --> 01:26:05.840 about her strange and tragic disappearance, perhaps someone somewhere will 1461 01:26:05.840 --> 01:26:09.279 come across her and realize who she is. There's also 1462 01:26:09.279 --> 01:26:12.560 a lot of speculation regarding where Osh's jacket was found 1463 01:26:12.560 --> 01:26:15.079 the day she disappeared, and some people who put weight 1464 01:26:15.119 --> 01:26:17.920 on this clue think perhaps she did take her own 1465 01:26:17.960 --> 01:26:21.359 life right there at the lighthouse. Maybe she did it 1466 01:26:21.399 --> 01:26:25.119 unknowingly and thought, interfrazzled and confused state of mind that 1467 01:26:25.239 --> 01:26:28.199 she was just going for a swim. Maybe, though, if 1468 01:26:28.239 --> 01:26:30.680 she did go under the water, she did it on purpose, 1469 01:26:31.359 --> 01:26:35.039 there's just no way of really knowing. One more theory 1470 01:26:35.119 --> 01:26:37.279 is that Asha wandered off on purpose to start a 1471 01:26:37.319 --> 01:26:40.800 new life somewhere as the pressures of her relationship and 1472 01:26:40.840 --> 01:26:42.840 everything else she was going through and dealing with in 1473 01:26:42.840 --> 01:26:45.319 her life got to her and she just doesn't want 1474 01:26:45.359 --> 01:26:49.319 to be found. Her family and those who knew her best, though, 1475 01:26:49.479 --> 01:26:52.680 say this isn't possible, and that if Ash had done 1476 01:26:52.720 --> 01:26:55.319 this in seeing how much her loved ones were and 1477 01:26:55.399 --> 01:26:58.359 still are suffering, she would have at the very least 1478 01:26:58.680 --> 01:27:01.640 reached out to at least one of them. But she've 1479 01:27:01.760 --> 01:27:04.079 just wandered off and come across someone who had less 1480 01:27:04.079 --> 01:27:08.199 than honorable intentions. Again, like everything else we mentioned here, 1481 01:27:08.439 --> 01:27:14.039 it is a possibility, however unlikely it may be. Regardless 1482 01:27:14.079 --> 01:27:21.520 of all the theories, thoughts, speculations, the mystery certainly remains well. Friends, 1483 01:27:21.560 --> 01:27:24.039 there you have it. What do you think of this 1484 01:27:24.159 --> 01:27:28.119 strange disappearance? I look forward to your comments, but please 1485 01:27:28.279 --> 01:27:32.680 keep it friendly and respectful. Till we meet again. Be 1486 01:27:32.760 --> 01:27:35.760 good to yourselves and each other. Stay safe out there. 1487 01:27:37.239 --> 01:27:39.600 As for me, I'll see you a little farther on 1488 01:27:39.640 --> 01:27:43.239 down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton, and I'll talk to 1489 01:27:43.239 --> 01:27:48.399 you next time. Hold your animals close and tell them 1490 01:27:48.479 --> 01:27:57.800 I said hi, Hello, friends, Steve's talking here with you today. 1491 01:27:57.880 --> 01:28:01.439 We're bringing you an unusual case, calling it seven years 1492 01:28:01.479 --> 01:28:06.399 without an answer. The strange disappearance of Jesse Farber. Let's 1493 01:28:06.439 --> 01:28:11.079 walk and see. On August eleventh, twenty fifteen, twenty nine 1494 01:28:11.119 --> 01:28:14.239 year old Jesse Farber, also known as Rex, called his 1495 01:28:14.279 --> 01:28:16.560 girlfriend in a panic and conveyed to her that he 1496 01:28:16.640 --> 01:28:19.039 was being chased by coyotes and was in a tree. 1497 01:28:19.520 --> 01:28:22.600 Barbara was walking in the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania area, near a 1498 01:28:22.640 --> 01:28:25.000 place called the Coal Hills when he set a pack 1499 01:28:25.039 --> 01:28:27.560 of coyoties chased him up a tree, purting to his 1500 01:28:27.600 --> 01:28:30.520 girlfriend Rachel Carroll, who were going to talk to in 1501 01:28:30.560 --> 01:28:34.359 an exclusive interview. Towards the end of this video, at 1502 01:28:34.359 --> 01:28:36.880 around seven to twenty pm, a man reported seeing Farber 1503 01:28:36.920 --> 01:28:39.319 walking around the s curves on Hunter Street, headed south 1504 01:28:39.359 --> 01:28:42.199 away from Tamaqua. This area leads to the trail that 1505 01:28:42.239 --> 01:28:45.439 has coal fields littered with mining holes in the ground, 1506 01:28:45.720 --> 01:28:48.760 some as deep as one hundred and forty feet. Tamacott 1507 01:28:48.760 --> 01:28:52.760 Police Chief Henry Wood stated it was possible Farber imagined 1508 01:28:52.840 --> 01:28:56.119 coyotes in some sort of hallucination before he ran and 1509 01:28:56.159 --> 01:28:58.199 fell into one of the hundreds of deep coal pits 1510 01:28:58.239 --> 01:29:01.840 on the mountain. Police Chief Woods went on to say, 1511 01:29:02.359 --> 01:29:05.000 our theory is that he was under the influence thinking 1512 01:29:05.079 --> 01:29:07.239 cowodies were chasing him, and he comes down from the 1513 01:29:07.279 --> 01:29:09.960 tree and he runs west, runs all the way by 1514 01:29:10.000 --> 01:29:14.760 these stripping holes and falls into one Norma Fritz Jesse. 1515 01:29:14.960 --> 01:29:18.800 Faber's mother thinks otherwise, though there's been talk about a 1516 01:29:18.800 --> 01:29:21.720 little drug gang and lots of rumors that they did 1517 01:29:21.760 --> 01:29:24.760 away with him, that it wasn't animals chasing him at all, 1518 01:29:25.000 --> 01:29:28.119 it was a gang called the Cooties. His rumors that 1519 01:29:28.159 --> 01:29:30.640 he was shot and put through a wood shipper, that's 1520 01:29:30.680 --> 01:29:34.520 the most horrendous rumor, the grieving mother said. Police have 1521 01:29:34.600 --> 01:29:37.079 followed the rumors and have found no supporting evidence that 1522 01:29:37.119 --> 01:29:41.520 the rumors are true. In December of twenty sixteen, a 1523 01:29:41.560 --> 01:29:43.800 man hunting in the area where Farber said he was 1524 01:29:44.199 --> 01:29:46.560 not a pair of sweatpants, and knowing about the case, 1525 01:29:46.800 --> 01:29:50.239 called Farber's grandparents to identify the piece of clothing. While 1526 01:29:50.279 --> 01:29:52.439 in the area, and having established that the pants did 1527 01:29:52.439 --> 01:29:55.720 in fact belongs to their grandson, the grandmother spotted a 1528 01:29:55.720 --> 01:29:58.479 bag tied in the tree near where the sweatpants were found. 1529 01:29:59.119 --> 01:30:01.960 Allegedly iteams in the bag also belonged to Farber, which 1530 01:30:01.960 --> 01:30:05.119 included a pen his grandfather had given him. The police 1531 01:30:05.159 --> 01:30:07.000 were able to use the area where the items were 1532 01:30:07.000 --> 01:30:09.920 found to piece together timeline with the eyewitness sighting at 1533 01:30:09.960 --> 01:30:12.960 seven to twenty pm on August eleventh, twenty fifteen, when 1534 01:30:13.000 --> 01:30:15.800 Farbert was spotted by passing motorists and when the phone 1535 01:30:15.800 --> 01:30:18.840 call was placed to his girlfriend. Police stated that it 1536 01:30:18.880 --> 01:30:21.000 takes an hour and forty nine minutes to walk from 1537 01:30:21.039 --> 01:30:23.520 the s Curve where the motors saw Farbr to the 1538 01:30:23.560 --> 01:30:27.199 coal Hill tree where the items were found. Woods went 1539 01:30:27.239 --> 01:30:30.079 on to say if Farber were panicked and went running 1540 01:30:30.119 --> 01:30:32.640 moments later, he probably plunged down a deep hole in 1541 01:30:32.640 --> 01:30:35.479 the dark. The holes are all around the path and 1542 01:30:35.520 --> 01:30:37.560 there's no way you could run through there without falling 1543 01:30:37.600 --> 01:30:41.680 into one of those holes. Immediately after Farber was reported missing, 1544 01:30:41.960 --> 01:30:44.399 search and rescue teams descended on the area and began 1545 01:30:44.479 --> 01:30:46.840 to search for him. This was the area where he 1546 01:30:46.880 --> 01:30:50.079 was initially reported as being They went up behind the 1547 01:30:50.159 --> 01:30:53.560 high school yelling for him, and they didn't hear anything. Actually, 1548 01:30:53.600 --> 01:30:55.439 they were nowhere close to where the bag was found 1549 01:30:55.439 --> 01:30:59.680 in the tree. It was miles away. Wood stated. Barber's 1550 01:30:59.720 --> 01:31:02.079 mother said that she'd been to the Skinny Tree several 1551 01:31:02.079 --> 01:31:04.399 times since her son went missing, and said she had 1552 01:31:04.600 --> 01:31:07.000 no sense that her son died on that mountain, or 1553 01:31:07.039 --> 01:31:10.199 that her son would wander off, frighten my visions of cowties, 1554 01:31:10.520 --> 01:31:13.800 climb any tree, then run off a cliff. She also 1555 01:31:13.880 --> 01:31:16.159 doubts that Farvard left a sweat pants and bag in 1556 01:31:16.199 --> 01:31:19.319 the tree and thinks that evidence was planted, adding that 1557 01:31:19.359 --> 01:31:21.560 it was more likely the Cavity Gang they planted the 1558 01:31:21.560 --> 01:31:25.199 items to throw police off the investigation. Fritz wants the 1559 01:31:25.199 --> 01:31:28.239 police to investigate the drug gang angle and believes they 1560 01:31:28.359 --> 01:31:32.319 targeted her son. I personally eat, sleep and breathe looking 1561 01:31:32.319 --> 01:31:35.560 for my son, and the police they're physically not doing anything, 1562 01:31:35.640 --> 01:31:38.039 Fritz stated when asked how she thought the police were 1563 01:31:38.039 --> 01:31:41.640 handling the case. Tamica police, however, say that they have 1564 01:31:41.720 --> 01:31:44.880 investigated the gang angle and have even offered several people 1565 01:31:44.960 --> 01:31:47.600 arresting a deal if they can provide information as to 1566 01:31:47.640 --> 01:31:50.840 the whereabouts and farver, but no one knew anything. According 1567 01:31:50.840 --> 01:31:54.000 to the police, there have been several searches done with 1568 01:31:54.039 --> 01:31:56.399 cadaver dogs that have turned up nothing, but the police 1569 01:31:56.399 --> 01:32:01.279 staid there're still willing to keep searching. Eleven was the 1570 01:32:01.319 --> 01:32:05.359 seventh anniversary of Jesse Fober's disappearance. His mother has set 1571 01:32:05.439 --> 01:32:08.000 up a Facebook page for outside tips and information from 1572 01:32:08.000 --> 01:32:11.720 the public. Terms for Jesse Fober missing will have a 1573 01:32:11.760 --> 01:32:15.920 link in the description. This case also caused new legislation 1574 01:32:16.000 --> 01:32:18.640 to be passed in how missing persons cases are handled 1575 01:32:18.640 --> 01:32:22.239 in the state. Norma Jeene fitz Yasko helped get a 1576 01:32:22.239 --> 01:32:25.000 bill pass that requires law enforcement to collect the person's 1577 01:32:25.119 --> 01:32:27.880 DNA within ten days of them being reported missing and 1578 01:32:28.039 --> 01:32:32.039 entering into NAMOS, a national DNA database. Currently, there are 1579 01:32:32.079 --> 01:32:35.520 only ten states with such laws, with Pennsylvania making the eleven. 1580 01:32:36.720 --> 01:32:38.880 On average, there are about six hundred and sixty thousand 1581 01:32:38.880 --> 01:32:41.960 people reported missing, and Pennsylvania ranks tenth in the nation 1582 01:32:42.159 --> 01:32:45.279 with unsolved missing person cases at four hundred and sixty seven. 1583 01:32:45.960 --> 01:32:49.159 NamUs also allows family members to enner information about their 1584 01:32:49.159 --> 01:32:51.760 missing load ones, which could aid in helping them to 1585 01:32:51.800 --> 01:32:55.279 be found. Do you have any information on the whereabouts 1586 01:32:55.279 --> 01:32:57.600 of Jesse Farber or any details about the night he 1587 01:32:57.640 --> 01:33:01.720 went missing, Please contact the Tamacow Police Department at five 1588 01:33:01.800 --> 01:33:06.119 seven zero six six eight five zero zero zero and 1589 01:33:06.199 --> 01:33:09.960 reference name is case I D three zero seven three two. 1590 01:33:11.359 --> 01:33:14.680 And now here's that exclusive interview with Jesse's ex girlfriend 1591 01:33:14.800 --> 01:33:18.920 and the mother of his children. Steve's talking here missing 1592 01:33:19.000 --> 01:33:21.880 Persons and Mysteries. Today on the phone with me is 1593 01:33:22.039 --> 01:33:24.960 Rachel Carroll, who reached out to us to help her 1594 01:33:25.000 --> 01:33:28.560 find the father of her children who went missing in 1595 01:33:28.600 --> 01:33:32.399 the woods seven years ago. Yesterday, Rachel, how are you 1596 01:33:32.399 --> 01:33:32.960 doing today? 1597 01:33:33.439 --> 01:33:34.359 Pretty good? How are you? 1598 01:33:34.680 --> 01:33:37.399 I'm doing good And I understand that that's probably a 1599 01:33:37.439 --> 01:33:40.399 hard anniversary for you anytime the time of the year 1600 01:33:40.439 --> 01:33:45.079 comes around again, especially your children. Yes, yeah, but want 1601 01:33:45.079 --> 01:33:46.960 to say thank you for reaching out to us. We'd 1602 01:33:46.960 --> 01:33:49.640 love to help keep his name out there and boost 1603 01:33:49.640 --> 01:33:51.359 the signal and get it in front of him. 1604 01:33:51.439 --> 01:33:51.840 Thank you. 1605 01:33:52.000 --> 01:33:55.399 Yeah, absolutely, So if you would there, go ahead, and 1606 01:33:55.439 --> 01:33:58.760 it's a strange case, go ahead there and tell us 1607 01:33:58.840 --> 01:34:00.720 your version of what happened. 1608 01:34:01.159 --> 01:34:01.520 Okay. 1609 01:34:01.640 --> 01:34:06.119 So. Jesse Foarnber, also known as Jesse Wreck, he went 1610 01:34:06.239 --> 01:34:11.119 missing on August eleventh, twoenty fifteen, into Maak with Pa. 1611 01:34:12.279 --> 01:34:15.840 What happened was is that Jesse called me at eight 1612 01:34:15.920 --> 01:34:20.119 forty three pm. The first thing he told me was 1613 01:34:20.199 --> 01:34:23.479 to bring guns. He said he was in the mountain 1614 01:34:23.520 --> 01:34:26.920 behind the Timokher Area High School. He told me he 1615 01:34:27.000 --> 01:34:29.880 was in a tree and attend to eleven coyotes were 1616 01:34:29.920 --> 01:34:30.479 after him. 1617 01:34:30.960 --> 01:34:34.000 He also said that his phone was about to die. 1618 01:34:34.920 --> 01:34:37.920 He switched his location from the high school to the 1619 01:34:37.960 --> 01:34:41.000 elementary school mountain, and then he went back to the 1620 01:34:41.079 --> 01:34:44.720 high school. When I asked him for sure where he was, 1621 01:34:45.199 --> 01:34:45.760 he said. 1622 01:34:45.600 --> 01:34:48.279 To high school. And I asked him again, he said, yeah, 1623 01:34:48.319 --> 01:34:50.800 the high school. And just as I. 1624 01:34:50.760 --> 01:34:55.199 Asked him for his exact location there, he started to 1625 01:34:55.239 --> 01:34:59.199 speak and then his phone hung up. I called back 1626 01:34:59.319 --> 01:35:03.000 immediately a bunch of times, and it just went right 1627 01:35:03.039 --> 01:35:06.520 to the voicemail. And so within just a few minutes, 1628 01:35:07.359 --> 01:35:10.479 I went right up to the high school mountain and 1629 01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:13.039 me and my brother were up there searching for quite 1630 01:35:13.079 --> 01:35:17.359 a while. We were driving around, beeping, We turned the 1631 01:35:17.399 --> 01:35:20.560 car off and listen. We walked around on foot. We 1632 01:35:20.560 --> 01:35:23.760 were yelling to him, and there was nothing up there 1633 01:35:23.800 --> 01:35:27.239 at all. There was We couldn't find anything. So then 1634 01:35:27.279 --> 01:35:29.560 after we were up there for a few hours, I 1635 01:35:29.680 --> 01:35:33.279 went and I called it to Michael Police and they 1636 01:35:33.319 --> 01:35:36.720 took a report and they put him on They said 1637 01:35:36.720 --> 01:35:40.399 it was like a national missing person's list or whatever. Immediately, 1638 01:35:41.279 --> 01:35:46.920 and so after that, you know, searches were involved. There 1639 01:35:46.920 --> 01:35:49.920 were searches on foot, cad iver dogs, there was a 1640 01:35:49.960 --> 01:35:54.319 search of an air shaft, there was underwater searches. There 1641 01:35:54.359 --> 01:35:59.319 was drones, military helicopters, A lot of things were done, 1642 01:36:00.359 --> 01:36:04.199 but nothing was ever found. And his book bag was 1643 01:36:04.239 --> 01:36:08.359 found later I think it was December of twenty sixteen, 1644 01:36:08.399 --> 01:36:13.279 where his family identified it as his. But in my opinion, 1645 01:36:13.560 --> 01:36:15.840 I don't believe that that is his bag. I was 1646 01:36:15.880 --> 01:36:18.960 never able to see that bag myself. I can't even 1647 01:36:18.960 --> 01:36:22.119 get to look at a picture of it or anything 1648 01:36:22.159 --> 01:36:28.119 to know for sure. And pretty much that's where I'm 1649 01:36:28.119 --> 01:36:30.920 at now. I'm looking for help in any way that 1650 01:36:31.000 --> 01:36:34.399 I can to get more searches done or get any 1651 01:36:34.479 --> 01:36:38.520 groups or organizations that will help me in spreading his 1652 01:36:38.640 --> 01:36:42.880 name and his story and hopefully in finding answers and 1653 01:36:42.920 --> 01:36:43.720 bringing him home. 1654 01:36:44.680 --> 01:36:47.359 Yeah, we're happy to help you spread that awareness and 1655 01:36:47.439 --> 01:36:50.239 keep his name out there. Understand that you have two 1656 01:36:50.279 --> 01:36:53.359 young children together, and you said earlier that they suffer 1657 01:36:53.439 --> 01:36:55.880 his disappearance every day, so that's got to be rough 1658 01:36:55.920 --> 01:36:56.319 on them. 1659 01:36:57.520 --> 01:37:02.000 Yeah, it is the hard they're doing, Okay, I mean 1660 01:37:02.039 --> 01:37:05.079 they have a hard time every now and then, but 1661 01:37:05.560 --> 01:37:06.840 they're doing the best they could. 1662 01:37:06.840 --> 01:37:11.880 They're strong, God bless them. Now you mentioned I have 1663 01:37:12.199 --> 01:37:14.199 just a couple of questions here for you that we're 1664 01:37:14.239 --> 01:37:17.000 putting together a video here to go along with this. 1665 01:37:17.479 --> 01:37:19.600 But now you mentioned that it was he said there 1666 01:37:19.680 --> 01:37:22.800 was ten or eleven coyotes that chased him up a tree. 1667 01:37:22.840 --> 01:37:23.520 Is that correct? 1668 01:37:23.960 --> 01:37:25.920 Yeah, that's what he told me. He said he was 1669 01:37:26.279 --> 01:37:28.479 in the tree at the time that he called me. 1670 01:37:28.880 --> 01:37:31.760 And that's I mean, kyudy attacks are rare, it does happen, 1671 01:37:31.880 --> 01:37:35.439 especially when they travel. Impacts like that, it looks to 1672 01:37:35.479 --> 01:37:38.199 me like if it had been coyotes. And then my 1673 01:37:38.319 --> 01:37:41.159 first question really was did he mean kayoties like the 1674 01:37:41.159 --> 01:37:44.960 animals or sometimes human traffickers or smugglers are referred to 1675 01:37:45.000 --> 01:37:47.239 as coyotes. I thought maybe people were after him, But 1676 01:37:47.319 --> 01:37:49.079 you think based on what he said, that it was 1677 01:37:49.199 --> 01:37:50.720 animal coyoties. Correct. 1678 01:37:50.960 --> 01:37:53.920 Yeah, from what he told me or what it sounded 1679 01:37:54.000 --> 01:37:57.159 like to me, I think that he meant the animals. 1680 01:37:57.239 --> 01:38:01.399 But I don't necessarily pull believe that it was animals 1681 01:38:01.399 --> 01:38:04.760 because I really think that there would have been some 1682 01:38:04.840 --> 01:38:06.840 kind of evidence found if there was any kind of 1683 01:38:06.880 --> 01:38:09.600 animal attack, because I mean there's mount lions and bears 1684 01:38:09.640 --> 01:38:12.319 here and stuff also, but there would have been some 1685 01:38:12.439 --> 01:38:15.920 kind of evidence left behind if any kind of animal 1686 01:38:15.920 --> 01:38:17.520 attack had happened. 1687 01:38:17.239 --> 01:38:18.079 And there was nothing. 1688 01:38:18.479 --> 01:38:21.000 I totally agree if there was any kind of animal predation, 1689 01:38:21.520 --> 01:38:24.760 there would be some physical or forensic evidence left behind there. 1690 01:38:25.000 --> 01:38:27.800 I mean, even if they eat the entire person. Sorry 1691 01:38:27.880 --> 01:38:30.039 to say that, but you know, they don't eat your clothing. 1692 01:38:30.119 --> 01:38:32.319 They don't eat your belt buckle, they don't eat your shoes, 1693 01:38:32.720 --> 01:38:34.920 things like that. Plus there would have been a disturbance 1694 01:38:34.920 --> 01:38:38.439 in the groundcover and other, like I said, forensic evidence 1695 01:38:38.439 --> 01:38:39.920 and things. There would have been some sign of a 1696 01:38:39.920 --> 01:38:43.079 struggle and stuff beyond that. So that's that in and 1697 01:38:43.119 --> 01:38:46.279 of itself is kind of strange. Now, Also the part 1698 01:38:46.319 --> 01:38:48.880 about him being confused about which mountain he was on, 1699 01:38:48.880 --> 01:38:50.840 it sounds like there's one behind the high school and 1700 01:38:50.880 --> 01:38:53.319 then a different one behind the elementary school. 1701 01:38:53.520 --> 01:38:56.720 Yeah, like into Marqua, it's like kind of like in 1702 01:38:56.800 --> 01:38:59.479 a ditch and it's surrounded by mountains. 1703 01:38:59.560 --> 01:39:01.960 And we spent a lot of time on the mountains. 1704 01:39:01.960 --> 01:39:04.119 And that's kind of like the names that we had 1705 01:39:04.199 --> 01:39:06.600 for them, Like we would call the mountain that was 1706 01:39:06.640 --> 01:39:08.560 behind the high school the high School Mountain, and that 1707 01:39:08.920 --> 01:39:11.439 the one behind the elementary the Elementary Mountain. So that's 1708 01:39:11.439 --> 01:39:13.880 what he'd been when he said that, And I understood that, 1709 01:39:14.119 --> 01:39:17.720 but Yeah, that bothers me a lot. Why you know, 1710 01:39:17.840 --> 01:39:20.600 he he changed it as if he wasn't sure where 1711 01:39:20.680 --> 01:39:25.039 he was. And the other thing that bothers me too is, 1712 01:39:25.039 --> 01:39:27.159 like I said, we've spent a lot of time back there, 1713 01:39:27.560 --> 01:39:30.800 you know, me, Jesse, our friends, our family, And if 1714 01:39:30.840 --> 01:39:34.079 he would have been able to tell me something like, 1715 01:39:34.279 --> 01:39:38.159 you know, a certain area, most likely I would have 1716 01:39:38.239 --> 01:39:41.159 known exactly where he's meant. So for the phone to 1717 01:39:41.159 --> 01:39:43.640 cut out at that exact time that bothers me a 1718 01:39:43.640 --> 01:39:45.760 lot because I feel like if I would have got 1719 01:39:45.760 --> 01:39:48.680 that piece of information, I probably would have known exactly 1720 01:39:48.720 --> 01:39:51.439 where he was talking about because we knew those mountains 1721 01:39:51.479 --> 01:39:55.840 so well. So that far, you know, that's bothersome too, 1722 01:39:55.960 --> 01:39:56.720 because it. 1723 01:39:56.560 --> 01:40:00.560 Was unfortunate timing there for that to happen. So he 1724 01:40:00.720 --> 01:40:02.520 was familiar with the area, and you said, it's somewhere 1725 01:40:02.560 --> 01:40:05.079 where you all spent a lot of time together, so 1726 01:40:05.279 --> 01:40:07.520 he knew the area. Well. Now, have you ever encountered 1727 01:40:07.600 --> 01:40:10.319 kaody or anything? And then you mentioned bears, mountain lions. 1728 01:40:10.319 --> 01:40:13.119 Have you ever seen any big animals in there before? 1729 01:40:13.680 --> 01:40:17.000 I've seen bears, I've seen a mountain lion once, I've 1730 01:40:17.039 --> 01:40:21.159 seen a coyote one time, and it was by itself 1731 01:40:21.279 --> 01:40:23.319 and it was like pretty big, and I was kind 1732 01:40:23.319 --> 01:40:26.800 of shocked to see it. But otherwise I have never 1733 01:40:26.840 --> 01:40:30.840 seen any coyotes or anything. So yeah, there's definitely a 1734 01:40:30.880 --> 01:40:33.800 lot of different animals up there, but yeah, I've. 1735 01:40:33.399 --> 01:40:35.720 Never seen coyotes except for that one time. 1736 01:40:36.520 --> 01:40:38.600 And I'm thinking since he was up a tree and 1737 01:40:38.680 --> 01:40:41.680 obviously afraid of what was about to happen, that might 1738 01:40:41.720 --> 01:40:45.199 have been why he was confused about the location exactly. 1739 01:40:46.479 --> 01:40:46.680 Yeah. 1740 01:40:46.880 --> 01:40:50.520 Possibly Again here, I'm just just throwing things out there, 1741 01:40:51.039 --> 01:40:53.840 but yeah, the whole thing sounds kind of strange. I mean, 1742 01:40:53.880 --> 01:40:56.399 you don't hear that many koty attacks. I read some 1743 01:40:56.520 --> 01:41:00.560 statistics and you're more likely to be killed by an 1744 01:41:00.680 --> 01:41:03.760 eric golf ball or a champagne for then you are 1745 01:41:03.840 --> 01:41:04.840 a coyote. 1746 01:41:04.439 --> 01:41:09.000 Attack, So right, I think it's strange. Also, I really do. 1747 01:41:09.359 --> 01:41:11.199 I spend every day trying to. 1748 01:41:11.119 --> 01:41:13.600 Figure that phone call out every single thing that he 1749 01:41:13.840 --> 01:41:16.039 said to me, and that call is weird, like him 1750 01:41:16.039 --> 01:41:18.560 even mentioning to bring guns at that time, I didn't 1751 01:41:18.560 --> 01:41:22.640 even own guns, so it's just everything about it was 1752 01:41:22.680 --> 01:41:25.159 really weird. And I also wondered, like if he was 1753 01:41:25.800 --> 01:41:28.600 in the woods like Why did he wait till that 1754 01:41:28.760 --> 01:41:31.319 exact point to call me? Like, why didn't he try 1755 01:41:31.359 --> 01:41:33.680 and call earlier? Maybe he didn't have the opportunity, but 1756 01:41:33.800 --> 01:41:36.319 it just so happened that he called right when the phone. 1757 01:41:36.119 --> 01:41:37.279 Was about to die. 1758 01:41:37.800 --> 01:41:40.399 And it's just it's all very strange and it doesn't 1759 01:41:40.439 --> 01:41:41.000 make sense. 1760 01:41:41.279 --> 01:41:44.239 Yeah, Now, just out of curiosity, do you know what 1761 01:41:44.319 --> 01:41:45.880 he was doing in that area? Was he just out 1762 01:41:45.880 --> 01:41:48.199 there hiking or just enjoying nature. 1763 01:41:48.000 --> 01:41:51.800 Or well on like on the Marqua side of that mountain, 1764 01:41:53.039 --> 01:41:55.119 On the other side of the mountain, you can say, 1765 01:41:55.279 --> 01:41:58.279 is Lewistown Valley, and his grandmother lived out there and 1766 01:41:58.319 --> 01:42:01.479 that's where he was staying. But also on the other 1767 01:42:01.520 --> 01:42:04.800 side of that mountain, we both worked at Livey's Theairy. 1768 01:42:05.640 --> 01:42:08.760 So I wondered if he was because there was a 1769 01:42:08.760 --> 01:42:11.159 way that he used to him and his brother's used 1770 01:42:11.159 --> 01:42:13.000 to like there was a short cut they had over 1771 01:42:13.000 --> 01:42:14.439 the mountain and they would be able to come. 1772 01:42:14.399 --> 01:42:16.279 Right out into their gram's backyard. 1773 01:42:16.680 --> 01:42:18.720 So I was thinking, was he trying to get there 1774 01:42:18.840 --> 01:42:21.199 or was he trying to get to take a short 1775 01:42:21.199 --> 01:42:23.399 cut to work? But I still find it strange that 1776 01:42:23.439 --> 01:42:25.920 he would try to walk that distance instead of just 1777 01:42:26.119 --> 01:42:26.680 calling for a. 1778 01:42:26.800 --> 01:42:29.039 Ride, going for a ride. Yeah, the whole thing. And 1779 01:42:29.119 --> 01:42:31.439 it almost and this is just to me an outsider, 1780 01:42:31.800 --> 01:42:34.119 almost sounds like he may have been talking in code 1781 01:42:34.239 --> 01:42:36.880 or trying to say something to you without coming right 1782 01:42:36.880 --> 01:42:39.760 out and saying it. But I don't know. It's just 1783 01:42:39.840 --> 01:42:42.199 I get I said the whole thing. There's just lots 1784 01:42:42.199 --> 01:42:44.239 of bizarre pieces about it. And then you said the 1785 01:42:44.279 --> 01:42:47.239 book bag was later found in a tree, but you 1786 01:42:47.479 --> 01:42:49.439 since you haven't been able to see it, you're not 1787 01:42:49.600 --> 01:42:51.760 even sure if it was his book bag or not. 1788 01:42:52.159 --> 01:42:53.720 And yeah, I'm not. 1789 01:42:54.039 --> 01:42:58.720 So was that taken into evidence by the police or. 1790 01:42:57.840 --> 01:42:58.319 It was not? 1791 01:42:59.079 --> 01:43:03.840 His family He had identified it by a pin they 1792 01:43:03.880 --> 01:43:07.680 said that was on the bag. But that's another reason 1793 01:43:07.680 --> 01:43:09.760 that I have trouble believe in that, because my son 1794 01:43:09.840 --> 01:43:13.239 has possession of that pin right now. So that's the 1795 01:43:13.279 --> 01:43:16.319 weird thing. And the police don't have it in evidence. 1796 01:43:16.359 --> 01:43:18.840 They never took it into evidence. They released it to 1797 01:43:18.920 --> 01:43:21.760 his mom, which I've asked her to show me, you know, 1798 01:43:21.840 --> 01:43:24.439 even a photo of the bag, and she just refuses 1799 01:43:24.479 --> 01:43:27.000 to do that because I feel like if I had 1800 01:43:27.000 --> 01:43:29.840 a better if I could see that bag, I wouldn't 1801 01:43:29.840 --> 01:43:33.119 know if it was his or not, And by that 1802 01:43:33.199 --> 01:43:35.000 I'd be able to tell if he was really ever 1803 01:43:35.079 --> 01:43:37.399 there or not. But I mean, I could be wrong, 1804 01:43:37.439 --> 01:43:39.439 but I just do not believe that was his. 1805 01:43:40.640 --> 01:43:44.439 Again, another strange circumstance. And as I mentioned, there seven 1806 01:43:44.520 --> 01:43:48.479 years ago yesterday that it happened. Now, there are several 1807 01:43:48.479 --> 01:43:51.239 different theories that we've spoken up. Some we can talk about, 1808 01:43:51.279 --> 01:43:54.680 some we can't, just because now is it but the 1809 01:43:54.840 --> 01:43:57.000 police did they considered a cold case or is it 1810 01:43:57.119 --> 01:43:59.239 still an open investigation and ongoing? 1811 01:44:00.520 --> 01:44:02.600 The last that I talked to them, they said it's 1812 01:44:02.640 --> 01:44:06.600 considered open still, but that nothing new has really come 1813 01:44:06.840 --> 01:44:08.279 come up in a while. 1814 01:44:08.399 --> 01:44:12.399 So now is there a tip line or a Facebook 1815 01:44:12.479 --> 01:44:15.159 page or a website where anybody can go if they 1816 01:44:15.199 --> 01:44:17.479 did have some information to share about the case. 1817 01:44:18.279 --> 01:44:21.760 Usually there's They usually like what I put on the 1818 01:44:21.800 --> 01:44:24.840 missing fly or I just made I put the police's 1819 01:44:24.920 --> 01:44:27.840 phone number, and then like I have a contact number. 1820 01:44:27.920 --> 01:44:31.520 I know his family has their own number to contact 1821 01:44:31.560 --> 01:44:36.479 them also, and I know his mother has a missing person. 1822 01:44:36.159 --> 01:44:37.720 Page for him on Facebook. 1823 01:44:39.039 --> 01:44:41.439 Okay, we'll put links to all that in the video 1824 01:44:41.520 --> 01:44:44.720 you did for me a copy of the fire there, Okay, 1825 01:44:44.960 --> 01:44:48.359 I'll put that information in there. Well, Rachel, we appreciate 1826 01:44:48.600 --> 01:44:50.960 you taking the time to talk with us, and we'll 1827 01:44:50.960 --> 01:44:53.720 certainly do all we can to keep his name and 1828 01:44:53.760 --> 01:44:56.319 his memory out there in case somebody does. You know, 1829 01:44:56.399 --> 01:45:00.600 somebody somewhere knows something. Somebody knows exactly. I believe that, 1830 01:45:01.279 --> 01:45:04.279 and it can be that one little piece of information, 1831 01:45:04.359 --> 01:45:07.159 no matter how inconsequential it might seem to someone, that 1832 01:45:07.279 --> 01:45:10.600 might be what's needed to make it to crack the 1833 01:45:10.600 --> 01:45:13.720 case open. But again, thank you, and our hearts go 1834 01:45:13.800 --> 01:45:17.039 out to you and your children, and hopefully we get 1835 01:45:17.039 --> 01:45:19.439 some tips in or at least make people aware of it. 1836 01:45:20.399 --> 01:45:21.920 Yes, and thank you so much. 1837 01:45:22.039 --> 01:45:24.960 Oh absolutely, that's what we're here for. You have any 1838 01:45:25.159 --> 01:45:27.439 parting words or requests or anything you'd like to share 1839 01:45:27.479 --> 01:45:28.119 with the audience. 1840 01:45:28.640 --> 01:45:30.720 I would just like to say thank you for listening 1841 01:45:30.760 --> 01:45:35.239 to Jesse's story, and thank you for you know, you know, 1842 01:45:35.399 --> 01:45:38.319 listening and helping in any way that you can. 1843 01:45:38.239 --> 01:45:41.800 Spread spread his name and story around. And if anyone 1844 01:45:41.840 --> 01:45:44.159 has any information, if you could, you. 1845 01:45:44.079 --> 01:45:47.039 Know, report it to its markl Please, even if it's anonymous. 1846 01:45:47.239 --> 01:45:49.199 Anything, anything is helpful. 1847 01:45:49.760 --> 01:45:53.560 Even the littlest thing that you think wouldn't connect could 1848 01:45:53.680 --> 01:45:56.399 mean a lot in this case, and thank you very 1849 01:45:56.560 --> 01:45:57.039 very much. 1850 01:45:57.119 --> 01:46:00.560 Oh you're quite welcome our pleasure to help you and 1851 01:46:00.560 --> 01:46:03.479 your children out there. And uh, if the audience, if 1852 01:46:03.479 --> 01:46:06.319 the listeners have any further questions, all forward those to 1853 01:46:06.399 --> 01:46:10.119 you and we'll do an update at some point. All right, 1854 01:46:10.199 --> 01:46:12.600 well we will let you go. Thanks again for your time, 1855 01:46:12.920 --> 01:46:15.119 and I hope for the best, and you know, hug 1856 01:46:15.159 --> 01:46:17.479 your kids for me. That's just breaks my hearty till 1857 01:46:17.560 --> 01:46:20.199 those children involved. We've got a case out here in 1858 01:46:20.199 --> 01:46:23.800 New Mexico that we covered involves missing murdered indigenous women, 1859 01:46:23.840 --> 01:46:27.000 which is almost an epidemic out here, and it talked 1860 01:46:27.000 --> 01:46:30.359 about the little boy would text his mom every day 1861 01:46:30.560 --> 01:46:32.600 say Mommy, when are you coming home? And she's been 1862 01:46:32.600 --> 01:46:34.840 missing for a couple of years, and that just that 1863 01:46:34.960 --> 01:46:36.680 just tears your heart out to think about that. I mean, 1864 01:46:36.720 --> 01:46:38.359 I can't imagine it is. 1865 01:46:38.439 --> 01:46:40.760 It's very sad because they're so young and they and 1866 01:46:40.800 --> 01:46:43.960 they don't understand and uh, they just want, you know, 1867 01:46:44.159 --> 01:46:48.000 their parents, and it is very sad. I give my 1868 01:46:48.119 --> 01:46:50.960 kids a lot of credit for their strength. I really 1869 01:46:51.000 --> 01:46:54.479 do thank you again, Steve. I really appreciate just like 1870 01:46:54.560 --> 01:46:57.199 I can't be saying words like what this means to me, 1871 01:46:57.399 --> 01:46:58.439 my kids, my family. 1872 01:46:58.600 --> 01:47:00.960 I understand, and just not knowing would have to be 1873 01:47:01.000 --> 01:47:04.079 the worst. I mean closure either way, to find out, 1874 01:47:04.479 --> 01:47:06.119 you know where he is and what happened, But to 1875 01:47:06.199 --> 01:47:08.760 not know one way or the other, that that's torture. 1876 01:47:09.720 --> 01:47:14.960 It is it's having to grieve like continuously and it's hard. 1877 01:47:15.119 --> 01:47:16.680 But I have hope. 1878 01:47:16.960 --> 01:47:19.439 Okay, well, we'll bless your heart. God bless all of you. There. 1879 01:47:20.359 --> 01:47:21.079 Thank you. 1880 01:47:22.479 --> 01:47:25.279 Well, friends, there you have it. What do you think 1881 01:47:25.319 --> 01:47:29.399 of this strange case? Look forward to your comments, but 1882 01:47:29.520 --> 01:47:32.560 please keep it friendly and respectful, as we do expect 1883 01:47:32.720 --> 01:47:35.319 the family to watch this video and read the comments 1884 01:47:36.640 --> 01:47:39.399 till we meet again. Be good to yourselves and each other. 1885 01:47:40.000 --> 01:47:43.600 Stay safe out there. As for me, I'll see a 1886 01:47:43.640 --> 01:47:47.439 little farther on down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton and 1887 01:47:47.479 --> 01:47:50.319 I'll talk to you next time. Tell your pets I said. 1888 01:47:50.399 --> 01:47:50.520 Hi. 1889 01:47:59.119 --> 01:48:16.720 No, Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode. 1890 01:48:17.039 --> 01:48:19.600 This time we invite you to join us as we 1891 01:48:19.680 --> 01:48:24.039 discuss some of the absolute strangest missing person cases that 1892 01:48:24.159 --> 01:48:27.479 we've ever encountered. You have theories on any of these, 1893 01:48:28.039 --> 01:48:35.159 if so, please share, We'd love to hear them. Jared negrite. 1894 01:48:35.880 --> 01:48:38.520 Thirteen year old Jared Negrete was a boy scout who 1895 01:48:38.560 --> 01:48:41.960 was on his first overnight backpacking trip. He was last 1896 01:48:41.960 --> 01:48:45.079 seen on Friday, nineteenth of July nineteen ninety one at 1897 01:48:45.079 --> 01:48:47.960 about six pm, when he fell behind his fellow scouts 1898 01:48:47.960 --> 01:48:50.119 on a hike to the summit of the eleven five 1899 01:48:50.279 --> 01:48:54.319 hundred foot mount San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino National Forest, 1900 01:48:54.520 --> 01:49:00.439 southern California. Another group of hikers spotted Jared straggler behind 1901 01:49:00.439 --> 01:49:02.800 and notified the scout troop leader at the mountain summit, 1902 01:49:02.880 --> 01:49:05.119 but the leader had experienced hiker said he would pick 1903 01:49:05.159 --> 01:49:08.600 up Jared on the way down. When the leader finally 1904 01:49:08.600 --> 01:49:11.600 decided to descend the mountain, Chared was nowhere to be seen. 1905 01:49:12.920 --> 01:49:15.600 As soon as the troop leader realized that Jared had disappeared, 1906 01:49:15.640 --> 01:49:17.920 he accompanied his five other scouts back to the base 1907 01:49:17.920 --> 01:49:20.119 camp and then hiked about five miles in the dark 1908 01:49:20.199 --> 01:49:24.920 to get help. Sam Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies, along with 1909 01:49:24.960 --> 01:49:27.520 search and rescue teams from as Farest Way, As, Sierra Madre, 1910 01:49:27.640 --> 01:49:30.439 and San Dimas, began searching one hundred and thirty square 1911 01:49:30.479 --> 01:49:33.840 mile area of the San Gorganio wilderness a rocky tree 1912 01:49:33.880 --> 01:49:39.439 lined terrain. Within three days, their search was focused on 1913 01:49:39.479 --> 01:49:42.039 a six square mile area where a footprint to believe 1914 01:49:42.119 --> 01:49:44.720 to match one of Jared's high top tennis shoes was found. 1915 01:49:46.119 --> 01:49:49.199 Searchers also discovered beef, jerky and candy wrappers believed to 1916 01:49:49.199 --> 01:49:51.880 have been dropped by the scout, and most importantly, his 1917 01:49:51.960 --> 01:49:57.239 camera was located. On the film role were twelve pictures. 1918 01:49:58.199 --> 01:50:00.960 Most of the photos were landscape scenes, apparently taken before 1919 01:50:01.000 --> 01:50:04.479 Jared went missing, but the final picture on the role 1920 01:50:04.520 --> 01:50:06.960 of film was a photograph of the scout's eyes and nose, 1921 01:50:07.239 --> 01:50:09.520 taken with the aid of the camera's flash, possibly at 1922 01:50:09.640 --> 01:50:14.680 night after he disappeared. Family members said it appeared Jared 1923 01:50:14.680 --> 01:50:17.000 had pointed the camera at his face and snapped the picture. 1924 01:50:17.920 --> 01:50:20.079 It seemed possible that the boy had lost the camera 1925 01:50:20.079 --> 01:50:25.119 while sliding down a portion of the mountain side. At 1926 01:50:25.199 --> 01:50:27.439 least seventy officers, some of whom were lifted by an 1927 01:50:27.439 --> 01:50:30.199 helicopter into the forest, and horseback riders as well as 1928 01:50:30.199 --> 01:50:34.479 helicopters of the infrared were deployed. Over the next two weeks. 1929 01:50:34.479 --> 01:50:37.039 As many as three thousand people had logged forty five 1930 01:50:37.079 --> 01:50:40.439 thousand hours scouring fifty square miles of the San Bernardino 1931 01:50:40.560 --> 01:50:46.239 National Forest Fromangelus Oaks to Whitewater Canyon. Almost thirty years later, 1932 01:50:46.880 --> 01:50:49.800 no other clues to Jared's disappearance of surface, and he 1933 01:50:49.880 --> 01:51:00.760 remains missing. Casey Hathaway and the Bear. Three year old 1934 01:51:00.920 --> 01:51:05.720 Casey Hathaway disappeared from his great grandmother's backyard on January 1935 01:51:05.760 --> 01:51:09.640 twenty fifth, twenty nineteen. Casey was playing with two other 1936 01:51:09.720 --> 01:51:12.920 relatives in his great grandmother's backyard the day he went missing. 1937 01:51:13.520 --> 01:51:15.800 When he didn't come inside when the others did, his 1938 01:51:15.840 --> 01:51:19.880 family started searching for him. After forty five minutes past, 1939 01:51:20.079 --> 01:51:23.479 his grandmother called nine one one. He was walking in 1940 01:51:23.520 --> 01:51:25.640 the woods back there and we can't find him, his 1941 01:51:25.680 --> 01:51:29.000 great grandmother told the nine one one dispatcher. The other 1942 01:51:29.039 --> 01:51:31.479 ones came through the house but left him there, and 1943 01:51:31.520 --> 01:51:34.960 he walked off somewhere and we can't find him. Search 1944 01:51:35.000 --> 01:51:37.840 and rescue teams from across the state immediately came together 1945 01:51:37.920 --> 01:51:40.760 to brave the treacher's terrain and low temperatures, hoping to 1946 01:51:40.800 --> 01:51:45.800 find a Casey. Three days later, rescuers were still combing 1947 01:51:45.800 --> 01:51:48.359 the woods when they heard the missing through old boy 1948 01:51:48.640 --> 01:51:53.119 call out for his mother. In the emergency room, Casey 1949 01:51:53.159 --> 01:51:56.680 started talking about what happened in the woods. He said 1950 01:51:56.680 --> 01:51:59.479 he had a friend that was a bear. The bear 1951 01:51:59.520 --> 01:52:01.479 took care of him and campin warm while he was 1952 01:52:01.520 --> 01:52:04.920 lost in the woods. Casey goes on to say that 1953 01:52:04.920 --> 01:52:09.640 the bear also fed in berries. Now, the local sheriff 1954 01:52:09.680 --> 01:52:12.399 stated that there are bears in the woods of Craven County, 1955 01:52:12.399 --> 01:52:15.680 North Carolina, but there's no evidence to prove one was 1956 01:52:15.720 --> 01:52:19.920 with Casey. He goes on to say, all that matters 1957 01:52:20.039 --> 01:52:22.279 is that something was there to come for Casey during 1958 01:52:22.319 --> 01:52:29.479 the three days he was missing. Carol van Houla heerie 1959 01:52:29.479 --> 01:52:32.399 o Ca van Holla, went missing on June twenty eighth, 1960 01:52:32.560 --> 01:52:36.680 nineteen fifty nine, in the Dickinson County Picnic Grounds in Michigan. 1961 01:52:38.000 --> 01:52:40.279 Van Hula's had four daughters and took them to the 1962 01:52:40.279 --> 01:52:43.239 Dickson County Picnic Grounds at Norway Lake for an afternoon 1963 01:52:43.279 --> 01:52:47.479 of outdoor fun. Carol's mother was reading the group for 1964 01:52:47.520 --> 01:52:52.159 dinner when she noticed Carrol was missing. After a quick search, 1965 01:52:52.359 --> 01:52:56.920 law enforcement was notified. A large scale search was conducted 1966 01:52:57.000 --> 01:53:01.920 using five hundred searchers, a helicopter in canines. Although the 1967 01:53:01.960 --> 01:53:04.800 canines picked up on her scent, they would then lose it. 1968 01:53:05.880 --> 01:53:08.800 About thirteen hours into the search, the search and rescue 1969 01:53:08.840 --> 01:53:12.279 team could hear a faint cry from a child in 1970 01:53:12.359 --> 01:53:16.319 an area having laden with swamp and underbrush. Authorities found Carol. 1971 01:53:17.359 --> 01:53:20.119 The previous September, a four year old boy had vanished 1972 01:53:20.199 --> 01:53:23.479 under similar circumstances, but he was found dead of exposure 1973 01:53:23.640 --> 01:53:27.279 four days after he went missing. Carol was taken to 1974 01:53:27.399 --> 01:53:34.800 hospital with scratches and signs of exposure. David Gonzalez David 1975 01:53:34.800 --> 01:53:39.079 Gonzalez disappeared while camping with his family in Fawnskin, California, 1976 01:53:39.600 --> 01:53:44.399 on July thirty first, two thousand and four. David asked 1977 01:53:44.399 --> 01:53:47.119 his mother if he could have the truck keys. There 1978 01:53:47.199 --> 01:53:49.119 was a box of cookies in the truck and he 1979 01:53:49.199 --> 01:53:53.680 wanted a treat. The vehicle was only fifty yards forty 1980 01:53:53.720 --> 01:53:57.199 six meters away, and his mother watched him as he 1981 01:53:57.239 --> 01:53:59.399 walked to the parking lot near the Big Bear Lake 1982 01:53:59.479 --> 01:54:05.439 campsite in northern California San Bernardino National Forest. She turned 1983 01:54:05.439 --> 01:54:08.600 her back for a second, and when she looked around again, 1984 01:54:09.000 --> 01:54:13.039 David was gone. David's mother reported that she heard no 1985 01:54:13.159 --> 01:54:15.880 sound at all while her back was turned, though she 1986 01:54:15.960 --> 01:54:18.520 did see a baige truck speeding out of the campground 1987 01:54:18.640 --> 01:54:23.079 around the time that her son went missing. Since there 1988 01:54:23.119 --> 01:54:26.640 were no signs of abduction, authorities did not pursue that lead. 1989 01:54:28.079 --> 01:54:30.159 The cookies that David went to get were still in 1990 01:54:30.199 --> 01:54:33.479 his family's locked vehicle, so he never made it to 1991 01:54:33.560 --> 01:54:37.800 the truck. Rescue teams in San Bernardino County scoured the 1992 01:54:37.800 --> 01:54:41.520 woods for David. They found no signs of struggle or 1993 01:54:41.560 --> 01:54:44.960 of the boy. The search went on for nine days, 1994 01:54:45.560 --> 01:54:50.359 but rescuers never found him alive. In twenty fifteen, hikers 1995 01:54:50.359 --> 01:54:54.239 stumbled upon David's remains about a mile from his family's campsite. 1996 01:54:55.159 --> 01:54:58.319 Authorities chuck this up to a mountain lion attack, but 1997 01:54:58.399 --> 01:55:00.840 how could a mountain lion have signed only dragged a 1998 01:55:00.920 --> 01:55:04.560 nine year old boy a mile without leaving any blood 1999 01:55:04.640 --> 01:55:07.960 or signs of struggle. Surely David would have screamed and 2000 01:55:08.039 --> 01:55:12.000 cried out, but nobody at the campground, including his mother, 2001 01:55:12.680 --> 01:55:19.960 reported hearing or seeing anything. Ambrose Smith gone for twenty 2002 01:55:19.960 --> 01:55:25.439 four hours. Ambrose Smith normally played happily at home in 2003 01:55:25.560 --> 01:55:30.920 Newego County, Michigan, but on October eighth, twenty thirteen, Ambrose 2004 01:55:30.960 --> 01:55:33.279 was sitting in the lounge with her father when he 2005 01:55:33.319 --> 01:55:36.000 briefly left the room, and upon his return, she was 2006 01:55:36.000 --> 01:55:40.079 nowhere to be found. A massive search involving hundreds of 2007 01:55:40.119 --> 01:55:45.119 volunteers was immediately activated, covering the entire surrounding area. It 2008 01:55:45.199 --> 01:55:48.239 wasn't until the next day that Ambrose was found a 2009 01:55:48.279 --> 01:55:51.720 few miles from her home. Strangely, she was discovered in 2010 01:55:51.800 --> 01:55:54.840 a location that had been extensively searched the previous day. 2011 01:55:55.880 --> 01:55:58.359 How the little girl had managed to traverse such a 2012 01:55:58.439 --> 01:56:01.319 huge distance and evade the search teams who sprang into 2013 01:56:01.359 --> 01:56:05.319 action so soon after her disappearance remains a complete mystery. 2014 01:56:07.000 --> 01:56:12.239 Catherine van Alst, eight year old Katherine van Alst, disappeared 2015 01:56:12.279 --> 01:56:16.920 from Devil's Den State Park, near Arkansas's Ozark National Forest 2016 01:56:17.560 --> 01:56:21.600 when she and her family were camping. Catherine apparently was 2017 01:56:21.640 --> 01:56:24.359 playing with her brothers when she wandered off and got lost. 2018 01:56:25.760 --> 01:56:29.520 What makes Catherine's disappearance remarkable is she was found six 2019 01:56:29.640 --> 01:56:33.520 days later. When found, she was wandering the woods and 2020 01:56:33.720 --> 01:56:38.760 was eerily calm. University of Arkansas student Border Chadwick was 2021 01:56:38.800 --> 01:56:42.399 part of the search party that found Catherine. He told 2022 01:56:42.439 --> 01:56:45.359 the Pittsburgh Press that when he found her, she walked 2023 01:56:45.399 --> 01:56:47.880 starically out of a cave and just said, here I am. 2024 01:56:49.720 --> 01:56:51.880 Many other hikers have gotten lost in that part of 2025 01:56:51.920 --> 01:56:55.439 the Ozarks and haven't been as lucky as Catherine. A 2026 01:56:55.479 --> 01:56:59.039 grown woman was lost there for seventeen days and died 2027 01:56:59.199 --> 01:57:03.119 just fifty yards cards from the road. How did Catherine 2028 01:57:03.159 --> 01:57:07.279 survive in the woods for six days? Did someone take 2029 01:57:07.319 --> 01:57:10.479 her only to return her six days later? Or is 2030 01:57:10.520 --> 01:57:13.680 there an explanation of this story that we simply can't comprehend. 2031 01:57:15.159 --> 01:57:19.520 Either way, someone or something might just be lurking in 2032 01:57:19.760 --> 01:57:26.760 Devil's den. Larry Jeffrey. In nineteen sixty six, a young 2033 01:57:26.800 --> 01:57:29.399 boy by the name of Larry Jeffrey disappeared near the 2034 01:57:29.399 --> 01:57:32.600 peak of twelve thousand foot Mount Charleston in the Humboldt 2035 01:57:32.600 --> 01:57:36.439 Toyabi National Forest, just a short drive from Las Vegas. 2036 01:57:38.000 --> 01:57:41.560 The search began immediately after Jeffrey wandered away from his brothers, 2037 01:57:42.119 --> 01:57:44.880 and within days the National Guard and a team of 2038 01:57:44.920 --> 01:57:49.560 bloodhounds had joined the search. When Jeffrey disappeared, he was 2039 01:57:49.600 --> 01:57:52.399 wearing light clothing, and authorities were doubtful that he could 2040 01:57:52.399 --> 01:57:56.560 survive the cold temperatures of the desert. At night, searchers 2041 01:57:56.600 --> 01:57:59.399 found and lost the trail a few times, and they 2042 01:57:59.439 --> 01:58:03.119 discovered evidence that Jeffrey had been eating insects and forged 2043 01:58:03.159 --> 01:58:08.479 berries along the way. Overall, around one thousand people searched 2044 01:58:08.479 --> 01:58:13.600 for sixteen days but never found him. One searcher said 2045 01:58:13.600 --> 01:58:19.680 it was though Jeffrey had just walked into oblivion. Douglas Leg. 2046 01:58:21.279 --> 01:58:25.439 On July tenth, nineteen seventy one, eight year old Douglas 2047 01:58:25.600 --> 01:58:29.119 Leg was on a hike in the Adirondack Forest Santanoni 2048 01:58:29.239 --> 01:58:32.560 Preserved when his uncle spotted poison ivy and told Douglas 2049 01:58:32.600 --> 01:58:36.800 to put on long pants to protect himself. Douglas quickly 2050 01:58:36.840 --> 01:58:39.359 headed back towards the family's cabin, which was a straight 2051 01:58:39.399 --> 01:58:44.439 and short distance away, but he never returned. Unlike a 2052 01:58:44.479 --> 01:58:46.000 lot of the kids who have gone missing in the 2053 01:58:46.079 --> 01:58:50.600 National Parks, Douglas was very familiar with these woods. His 2054 01:58:50.680 --> 01:58:53.760 family owned the cabin where they were staying, and described 2055 01:58:53.800 --> 01:58:57.039 Douglas as a mini woodsman because they all hiked there 2056 01:58:57.079 --> 01:59:01.920 together so often. Blas disappearance sparked one of the Southern 2057 01:59:01.960 --> 01:59:05.800 Adirondacks's largest search and rescue missions, with more than six 2058 01:59:05.920 --> 01:59:11.079 hundred people searching the woods. But like David Gonzalez, Douglas 2059 01:59:11.199 --> 01:59:17.640 left no trail, unlike in the Gonzales case, though rescuers 2060 01:59:17.760 --> 01:59:22.159 used dogs in their search. Some accounts describe dogs following 2061 01:59:22.239 --> 01:59:26.119 douglas scent over a thirty mile trail through difficult terrain. 2062 01:59:27.479 --> 01:59:31.279 How could a young child, even one experiencing the woods, 2063 01:59:31.840 --> 01:59:35.880 have traveled alone for such a distance. The family became 2064 01:59:35.960 --> 01:59:39.119 so desperate to find Douglas that they began suspecting each 2065 01:59:39.159 --> 01:59:44.760 other and even close friends, of abducting Douglas, but investigators 2066 01:59:44.760 --> 01:59:49.000 were certain that Douglas had simply gotten lost. It's been 2067 01:59:49.039 --> 01:59:54.920 nearly fifty years and Douglas has never been found. Alfred 2068 01:59:54.960 --> 01:59:59.439 bill Harts, five year old Alfred bill Hearts is the 2069 01:59:59.479 --> 02:00:04.239 first drowning in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, though whether 2070 02:00:04.439 --> 02:00:10.640 Alfred actually drowned as controversial. On July second, nineteen thirty eight, 2071 02:00:10.920 --> 02:00:13.239 Alfred had gone on a fishing trip with his parents 2072 02:00:13.279 --> 02:00:18.279 and ten older siblings for the Independence Day weekend. Alfred 2073 02:00:18.359 --> 02:00:20.760 was with his family on a trail near Fall River 2074 02:00:21.359 --> 02:00:23.720 when he fell behind the rest of them and vanished. 2075 02:00:24.800 --> 02:00:28.159 A search began immediately and expanded to more than one 2076 02:00:28.199 --> 02:00:32.479 hundred Civilian Conservation Corps members Within forty five minutes, but 2077 02:00:32.600 --> 02:00:37.479 there was barely any sign of Alfred anywhere. The authorities 2078 02:00:37.520 --> 02:00:42.039 originally believed Alfred had fallen into the river. They dammed 2079 02:00:42.079 --> 02:00:44.399 it up and dragged it for six miles, but didn't 2080 02:00:44.439 --> 02:00:48.880 find any sign of him. Bloodhounds tract Alfred sent five 2081 02:00:48.920 --> 02:00:51.840 hundred feet uphill before they reached a fork in the 2082 02:00:51.880 --> 02:00:56.039 trail and lost the scent. A couple hiking in another 2083 02:00:56.079 --> 02:00:58.640 part of the park, six miles away and twenty five 2084 02:00:58.720 --> 02:01:01.520 hundred to three thousand feet higher elevation than the spot 2085 02:01:01.560 --> 02:01:05.800 Alfred disappeared from, reported hearing a cry and seeing a 2086 02:01:05.840 --> 02:01:09.680 small boy resembling Alfred on a high ridge in a 2087 02:01:09.760 --> 02:01:13.520 treacherous area called the Devil's Nest near the top of 2088 02:01:13.560 --> 02:01:18.119 Mount Chaplain. By the time investigators arrived there a day later, 2089 02:01:18.399 --> 02:01:22.359 the boy was gone. An extensive ten day search involving 2090 02:01:22.359 --> 02:01:25.520 one hundred and fifty volunteers turned up no indication of 2091 02:01:25.640 --> 02:01:29.479 the child's whereabouts. Due to the passage of time since 2092 02:01:29.520 --> 02:01:33.880 Alfred's disappearance, his case is no longer being investigated. He 2093 02:01:34.039 --> 02:01:41.359 was never found. John Doe and his robot Grandma on 2094 02:01:41.399 --> 02:01:44.600 October first, twenty ten, three and a half year old 2095 02:01:44.800 --> 02:01:48.159 John Doe, as he's being reported, and his relatives were 2096 02:01:48.159 --> 02:01:51.720 camping by a popular fly fishing location near Mount Shasta. 2097 02:01:53.239 --> 02:01:56.399 Around six pm, the child's parents realized their son had 2098 02:01:56.439 --> 02:02:01.039 suddenly gone missing. According to mister Doe, his youngster was 2099 02:02:01.079 --> 02:02:04.600 there one second and gone the next. They scoured the 2100 02:02:04.640 --> 02:02:07.840 area he had last been seen in complete panic, stricken horror. 2101 02:02:08.840 --> 02:02:11.920 After hours of feverishly searching, the little boys still had 2102 02:02:11.960 --> 02:02:16.439 not turned up. Now desperate, the distraught father decided to 2103 02:02:16.479 --> 02:02:20.640 call local police deputies in the United States for service officers. 2104 02:02:21.319 --> 02:02:24.640 Rescue personnel calmed the forest well into the night, yet 2105 02:02:24.680 --> 02:02:28.520 there was no sign of the toddler. Five hours after 2106 02:02:28.760 --> 02:02:32.479 John had disappeared, authorities found him laid down on the 2107 02:02:32.479 --> 02:02:35.800 brush directly next to the trail that had been previously searched. 2108 02:02:36.840 --> 02:02:39.520 He appeared to be in a dazed, semi conscious state. 2109 02:02:40.840 --> 02:02:43.920 Mister Missus Dowe attributed this to exhaustion and were simply 2110 02:02:43.960 --> 02:02:48.399 grateful that little One returned physically unharmed. Medical staff gave 2111 02:02:48.479 --> 02:02:51.840 full cleance, so the freshly reunited family were permitted to 2112 02:02:51.880 --> 02:02:57.079 return home. Everyone's lives quickly went back to normal, yet 2113 02:02:57.119 --> 02:02:59.520 only a few weeks later, the small boy would share 2114 02:02:59.520 --> 02:03:04.840 a disturbing tale about his terriforing ordeal. One day, Little 2115 02:03:04.920 --> 02:03:10.680 John's grandmother, Kathy, who he called Cappy, was playing with him. Suddenly, 2116 02:03:10.720 --> 02:03:12.600 he looked towards her and said that he didn't like 2117 02:03:12.680 --> 02:03:17.479 the other Grandma Cappy. Confused, she asked him what exactly 2118 02:03:17.560 --> 02:03:20.760 he meant. Little John explained that while he was lost 2119 02:03:20.800 --> 02:03:24.000 in the woods, he'd been taken deep inside a mountainside 2120 02:03:24.159 --> 02:03:28.079 cave by woman he thought was Grandma Cappy. She led 2121 02:03:28.119 --> 02:03:31.159 him into a cool, dark, spider infested room filled with 2122 02:03:31.239 --> 02:03:37.039 motionless humanoid robots. Scattered across the floor were dusty purses, guns, 2123 02:03:37.199 --> 02:03:41.840 and other various types of weapons. As John anxiously faced 2124 02:03:41.920 --> 02:03:45.680 his grandmother, he noticed an eerie light radiating from her head. 2125 02:03:46.760 --> 02:03:51.399 In this moment, he realized she was not as real Granny. 2126 02:03:51.760 --> 02:03:54.640 Grandma Cappy firmly and stroked the boy to defecate on 2127 02:03:54.680 --> 02:03:59.239 a piece of paper. When he refused, she became increasingly 2128 02:03:59.279 --> 02:04:04.279 agitated and repeatedly requested him to do so. Eventually, the 2129 02:04:04.359 --> 02:04:07.279 grandma look alike to come to frustration and moved on 2130 02:04:07.319 --> 02:04:12.199 to a different topic. Allegedly, she informed little John that 2131 02:04:12.239 --> 02:04:14.319 he had been planted in his mother's womb and was 2132 02:04:14.359 --> 02:04:19.079 actually from outer space. Shortly after this extraordinary account, she 2133 02:04:19.119 --> 02:04:21.920 took the boy back outside to a thicket and advised 2134 02:04:22.000 --> 02:04:25.960 him to wait for help. Upon hearing this disturbing story 2135 02:04:25.960 --> 02:04:29.520 from her grandson, an outraged Grandma Kathy called her son 2136 02:04:29.880 --> 02:04:32.359 and demanded to know what he was laying her grandchildren 2137 02:04:32.359 --> 02:04:36.399 to watch on television. Mister Doelt lamented that he had 2138 02:04:36.439 --> 02:04:40.760 heard an identical recollection only a few days prior. Initially, 2139 02:04:40.800 --> 02:04:44.399 the two chalked it up to an overactive imagination. Yet 2140 02:04:44.439 --> 02:04:47.119 the more Grandma Cathy thought about it, the more Little 2141 02:04:47.199 --> 02:04:51.159 John's story perplexed her. What kind of TV show would 2142 02:04:51.159 --> 02:04:54.319 feature some of the ludicrous topics that the boy was describing. 2143 02:04:55.479 --> 02:04:58.520 Even more chilling was the idea that she might have 2144 02:04:58.600 --> 02:05:01.680 some kind of doppelgangeress usuming her identity in order to 2145 02:05:01.680 --> 02:05:06.119 abduct ennis and victims. With those particular thoughts in mind, 2146 02:05:06.319 --> 02:05:08.960 Kathy decided to share a haunting experience of her own. 2147 02:05:10.279 --> 02:05:12.479 Only a year before, she had gone on a camping 2148 02:05:12.520 --> 02:05:17.159 trip within close proximity toward Little John's Ordela occurred in 2149 02:05:17.199 --> 02:05:21.159 the morning, she awoke face down in the dirt. Somehow 2150 02:05:21.319 --> 02:05:24.359 she had been inexplicably removed from the sleeping bag within 2151 02:05:24.399 --> 02:05:29.159 her tent and transferred a short distance away. Upon rousing, 2152 02:05:29.359 --> 02:05:31.680 she felt an intense pain at the base of her neck. 2153 02:05:32.640 --> 02:05:35.439 Two punctured wounds were present, and the surrounding skin was 2154 02:05:35.479 --> 02:05:39.760 red and inflamed. Another friend, who accompanied her on the excursion, 2155 02:05:39.840 --> 02:05:44.439 suffered a matching affliction. The pair originally attributed these injuries 2156 02:05:44.479 --> 02:05:48.880 to a possible spider bite. Both Kathy and her travel 2157 02:05:48.920 --> 02:05:52.960 companion became violently ill. In fact, she was so sick 2158 02:05:53.000 --> 02:05:54.960 that she could not even muster the strength to pack 2159 02:05:55.000 --> 02:05:58.960 her things. Her mind raised as she desperately tried to 2160 02:05:58.960 --> 02:06:04.640 recall what happened hours ago. Only one thing surfaced, glowing 2161 02:06:04.800 --> 02:06:08.840 red eyes. While she was drifting into slumber, she remembered 2162 02:06:08.840 --> 02:06:12.279 seeing several creatures gazing through the darkness. At the time, 2163 02:06:12.399 --> 02:06:14.279 she assumed they were produced by a herd of deer. 2164 02:06:15.520 --> 02:06:19.239 Following this traumatizing outing, Cathy felt completely drained of her 2165 02:06:19.279 --> 02:06:23.720 creativity and emotions. Several months would pass before she felt 2166 02:06:23.760 --> 02:06:27.600 like her old self again. Admittedly, Grandma Cappy would have 2167 02:06:27.640 --> 02:06:30.640 dismissed her episode had Little John not come forward with 2168 02:06:30.680 --> 02:06:34.640 his first hand in counter. Now, listeners to this channel 2169 02:06:34.640 --> 02:06:37.359 are no doubt familiar with the legends of lore pertaining 2170 02:06:37.399 --> 02:06:40.960 to Mount Shasta that existed throughout the centuries. We've done 2171 02:06:40.960 --> 02:06:44.239 a video about it. The indigenous peoples of the area 2172 02:06:44.359 --> 02:06:47.079 chronicle the fallen race of prehistoric giants that were set 2173 02:06:47.119 --> 02:06:51.640 to inhabit the region. Others claimed beings known as Lemerians 2174 02:06:51.800 --> 02:06:55.079 used local caves as entrances to an underground crystalline city 2175 02:06:55.159 --> 02:07:00.159 called Telos. Some allege a large energy vortex is is 2176 02:07:00.199 --> 02:07:04.079 it within the territory. In modern times, there are many 2177 02:07:04.239 --> 02:07:08.560 UFO and big Foot sightings reported each year. Though twenty 2178 02:07:08.600 --> 02:07:11.880 six thousand visitors flocked to the Severed Mountain from countries 2179 02:07:11.880 --> 02:07:15.680 across the globe, there have been an alarmingly high number 2180 02:07:15.680 --> 02:07:20.000 of curious missing person cases within this picture Esquterraine by 2181 02:07:20.039 --> 02:07:24.279 Little John Doe's incident seems unbelievable. It's important to consider 2182 02:07:24.439 --> 02:07:28.359 the odd history and happenings afflicting this area. An open 2183 02:07:28.439 --> 02:07:31.079 mind may be the only thing that we'll finally resolve 2184 02:07:31.159 --> 02:07:35.600 this age old mystery. Well, folks, there you have it. 2185 02:07:36.000 --> 02:07:38.720 What do you think of these cases? Make sure you 2186 02:07:38.760 --> 02:07:42.039 let us know in the comments below. Also, if you 2187 02:07:42.119 --> 02:07:44.880 enjoyed this video, please like and share it with your 2188 02:07:44.880 --> 02:07:48.720 friends on social media. By liking and sharing our videos. 2189 02:07:49.079 --> 02:07:51.680 You're helping our channel and videos to get noticed by 2190 02:07:51.720 --> 02:07:56.319 the YouTube algorithm. Till we meet again, take care of 2191 02:07:56.399 --> 02:08:00.000 yourselves and each other. I'm Steve Stockton and I'll tell 2192 02:08:00.239 --> 02:08:13.239 to you next time. Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you. 2193 02:08:13.920 --> 02:08:20.119 Welcome to our latest episode. Join me, let's walk and see. 2194 02:08:22.279 --> 02:08:25.720 The Pine Barns in New Jersey is the largest remaining 2195 02:08:25.760 --> 02:08:29.640 example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across 2196 02:08:29.680 --> 02:08:32.600 more than seven counties of New Jersey. In the United States, 2197 02:08:33.640 --> 02:08:37.079 the Pine Barons remained mostly rural and undisturbed despite its 2198 02:08:37.119 --> 02:08:40.079 proximity to the sprawling metropolis of places like New York 2199 02:08:40.119 --> 02:08:43.479 City and Philadelphia, and it's in the center of the 2200 02:08:43.640 --> 02:08:48.239 very densely populated Boston Washington Corridor. Along the eastern seaboard. 2201 02:08:49.439 --> 02:08:52.520 The heavily traveled Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City 2202 02:08:52.560 --> 02:08:56.399 Expressway traverse sections of the Eastern and Southern Pine Barons, respectively. 2203 02:08:57.560 --> 02:09:00.640 The protected wilderness covers more than one millionaire of land. 2204 02:09:01.600 --> 02:09:04.239 The Pine Barons, or simply the Pines, as it's sometimes 2205 02:09:04.279 --> 02:09:07.720 called locally, is also a place of much local legend 2206 02:09:07.800 --> 02:09:11.680 and lore from alleged mob dumping sites to the Jersey 2207 02:09:11.680 --> 02:09:14.640 Devil himself. There is so much mystery in this area 2208 02:09:14.680 --> 02:09:17.159 of the Garden State, we could never know the truth 2209 02:09:17.159 --> 02:09:20.279 of it all. In this episode, we're going to discuss 2210 02:09:20.399 --> 02:09:24.039 one more mystery and long line of many at Midley, 2211 02:09:24.199 --> 02:09:26.399 one that most people probably haven't heard of and may 2212 02:09:26.399 --> 02:09:31.399 never be solved. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance and demise 2213 02:09:31.439 --> 02:09:34.720 of a local couple to this area are very strange. Indeed, 2214 02:09:35.560 --> 02:09:39.000 here's what we know so far. Here's the story of 2215 02:09:39.079 --> 02:09:42.359 the strange and suspicious disappearance and demise of Gary and 2216 02:09:42.439 --> 02:09:48.560 Lorraine Parker. On November twenty third, twenty twenty one, Gary 2217 02:09:48.720 --> 02:09:52.119 Lorraine Parker's daughter sent out a Facebook message and notified 2218 02:09:52.119 --> 02:09:55.479 the local authorities that our parents were missing. The couple 2219 02:09:55.560 --> 02:09:58.680 were residents of Warren Grove, which is a small unincorporated 2220 02:09:58.680 --> 02:10:02.760 community located within the Bearns Scant thirty seven miles north 2221 02:10:02.760 --> 02:10:06.520 of Atlantic City. It seems that Gary sixty seven and 2222 02:10:06.640 --> 02:10:09.800 his wife, Lorraine sixty decided to take a trip on 2223 02:10:09.840 --> 02:10:12.920 their all terrain vehicle into the Pine Bearings, which was 2224 02:10:12.960 --> 02:10:16.279 located right near their home. This is something they did 2225 02:10:16.319 --> 02:10:19.439 often and was not unusual in and of itself. What 2226 02:10:19.600 --> 02:10:24.199 happened next, though, was very strange. Gary Lorraine's daughter Lindsay, 2227 02:10:24.239 --> 02:10:26.840 posted on Facebook that her parents went missing at twelve 2228 02:10:26.880 --> 02:10:30.880 forty one in the morning on the seventeenth. She later wrote, 2229 02:10:31.199 --> 02:10:33.720 my parents quad has been found along with my father's 2230 02:10:33.760 --> 02:10:37.199 shotgun which was strapped to it. Still no sign of 2231 02:10:37.239 --> 02:10:40.119 either of my parents. Their quad was found stuck in 2232 02:10:40.159 --> 02:10:42.159 a field not far from their home that my dad 2233 02:10:42.239 --> 02:10:45.760 had used for years to bait deer. Trailcam footage has 2234 02:10:45.800 --> 02:10:50.319 nothing after footage captured last week. Now, there was no 2235 02:10:50.399 --> 02:10:53.079 exact date released as to when the couple actually went missing, 2236 02:10:53.119 --> 02:10:55.399 aside from the fact that Lorraine was last seen on 2237 02:10:55.439 --> 02:11:00.520 the seventeenth. Captain James Vaughan of the Stafford Police said 2238 02:11:00.520 --> 02:11:03.079 he didn't believe the couple went hunting, noting that in 2239 02:11:03.119 --> 02:11:07.439 the rural community many people have shotguns readily available. Captain 2240 02:11:07.520 --> 02:11:10.199 Vaughan continued that even if the couple were out in 2241 02:11:10.239 --> 02:11:12.520 the almost for a few nights, he was hopeful they 2242 02:11:12.560 --> 02:11:16.319 could survive because they are both avid outdoors people. He said. 2243 02:11:17.279 --> 02:11:19.640 When the two day search effort, which included more than 2244 02:11:19.680 --> 02:11:23.880 one hundred searchers, police dogs ATVs drones and air support 2245 02:11:24.039 --> 02:11:26.760 failed to find the couple. Stafford Police turned the search 2246 02:11:26.800 --> 02:11:30.039 over to its detectives and the Ocean County Prosecutor's office. 2247 02:11:30.520 --> 02:11:33.840 The couple's disappearances somewhat shilling and only lends to the 2248 02:11:33.960 --> 02:11:37.359 terrifying mystique of the land itself within the pine bearings. 2249 02:11:38.439 --> 02:11:40.960 The Stafford Police hadn't given up their search even though 2250 02:11:40.960 --> 02:11:44.479 they had officially handed it over. It was the same 2251 02:11:44.600 --> 02:11:46.800 drone that had been used previously in the searches that 2252 02:11:46.840 --> 02:11:50.760 eventually found the couple. Captain Vaughan stated about to discovery 2253 02:11:50.800 --> 02:11:53.279 the couple's bodies, the only way we were able to 2254 02:11:53.279 --> 02:11:56.600 find them was by using a drone. He was describing 2255 02:11:56.600 --> 02:11:59.359 the density of the woods in that area. We did 2256 02:11:59.359 --> 02:12:01.720 have people in the area, but I can tell you 2257 02:12:02.159 --> 02:12:04.159 it's the thickest part of the pine barons you're going 2258 02:12:04.199 --> 02:12:07.199 to find. The couple's remains were found at around one 2259 02:12:07.199 --> 02:12:10.159 pm the following Tuesday, after they had been reported missing 2260 02:12:10.199 --> 02:12:13.920 by their daughter, Lindsey. Captain Vaughn himself had taken part 2261 02:12:13.920 --> 02:12:16.199 in the grid search, and he said there were wooded 2262 02:12:16.239 --> 02:12:20.600 areas there that were virtually impassable. He continued, there were 2263 02:12:20.640 --> 02:12:23.119 times I couldn't see six inches in front of my face, 2264 02:12:23.800 --> 02:12:25.800 and there were times I had to crawl underneath things 2265 02:12:25.800 --> 02:12:28.600 to get through the brush. Again, without the use of 2266 02:12:28.680 --> 02:12:31.840 the drone, it was nearly impossible. You could have walked 2267 02:12:31.880 --> 02:12:34.520 by them and not seen them unless you were directly looking. 2268 02:12:35.000 --> 02:12:39.800 It was very thick, very dense. The question still remains, though, 2269 02:12:40.119 --> 02:12:42.800 what exactly were the couple doing in such a dense 2270 02:12:42.840 --> 02:12:46.479 and virtually impassable part of the Pine Barons. They were 2271 02:12:46.479 --> 02:12:48.560 found about two hundred to two hundred and fifty yards 2272 02:12:48.600 --> 02:12:50.840 from their home, at about seventy yards from the ATV 2273 02:12:50.960 --> 02:12:54.119 they're believed to have driven into the woods. The search 2274 02:12:54.159 --> 02:12:56.880 party was estimated to have covered over a thousand acres, 2275 02:12:56.920 --> 02:13:00.640 Captain Vaughn said, citing the New Jersey State Police Person's 2276 02:13:00.720 --> 02:13:04.520 Unit now about a week earlier, and the details are 2277 02:13:04.520 --> 02:13:07.720 a bit sketchy. Here a small amount of methamphetamine was 2278 02:13:07.720 --> 02:13:11.159 found on the Parker's property. The law enforcement rate of 2279 02:13:11.199 --> 02:13:13.880 a suspected drug lab approximately two miles away from the 2280 02:13:13.920 --> 02:13:18.479 Parker residents fueled online sluice and conspiracy theorists alike everywhere. 2281 02:13:19.319 --> 02:13:21.760 The speculation grew so widely out of hand that the 2282 02:13:21.800 --> 02:13:24.319 Stafford Police felt compelled to write a statement in a 2283 02:13:24.359 --> 02:13:28.560 news release regarding the investigation into the meth lab. It 2284 02:13:28.640 --> 02:13:32.560 stated this investigation, meaning the lab raid, was not related 2285 02:13:32.600 --> 02:13:36.199 to the missing person's investigation involving Gary and Lorraine Parker 2286 02:13:36.239 --> 02:13:39.760 of Warren Grove. While authorities said they do not suspect 2287 02:13:39.760 --> 02:13:42.319 foul play, they are being rather tight lipped as to 2288 02:13:42.399 --> 02:13:45.680 what they do think occurred. They said they believe most 2289 02:13:45.720 --> 02:13:47.720 likely scenario is that one of the pair had some 2290 02:13:47.760 --> 02:13:50.439 sort of medical emergency and the other was unwilling to 2291 02:13:50.560 --> 02:13:53.239 leave them to go for help. Now, there are plenty 2292 02:13:53.239 --> 02:13:55.920 of flaws with this theory, though, How did they both 2293 02:13:56.039 --> 02:13:58.760 end up dying? Then? Why were they in such a 2294 02:13:58.800 --> 02:14:01.760 deep and dense, relatively unpassable part of the pine bearings. 2295 02:14:02.840 --> 02:14:05.800 The couple would go out there often, remember and presumably 2296 02:14:05.880 --> 02:14:08.319 knew which areas were for hiking and writing, walking and 2297 02:14:08.359 --> 02:14:12.680 recreation and which areas clearly weren't. Why they left their 2298 02:14:12.720 --> 02:14:15.960 ATV in the first place, and why leave the shotgun 2299 02:14:16.000 --> 02:14:19.960 strapped to the ATV? The police stated in their initial 2300 02:14:20.000 --> 02:14:22.760 report upon finding the off road vehicle that it didn't 2301 02:14:22.760 --> 02:14:25.239 seem as though it had crashed and wasn't damaged in 2302 02:14:25.279 --> 02:14:29.119 any way. This as with everything else, only lends more 2303 02:14:29.199 --> 02:14:33.199 mystery to this already very strange case. If they didn't 2304 02:14:33.199 --> 02:14:35.439 have an accident, then why leave the vehicle at all. 2305 02:14:36.600 --> 02:14:39.199 Gary and Lorraine were found lying together some distance from 2306 02:14:39.239 --> 02:14:43.119 their ATV, though the injuries weren't listed or relayed to 2307 02:14:43.119 --> 02:14:46.239 the public anyway, it was reported that they were heavily 2308 02:14:46.279 --> 02:14:52.000 injured from sharp vegetation. In the underbrush of this implausible mystery, 2309 02:14:52.079 --> 02:14:55.000 Captain James Bond stated, I don't think we're ever going 2310 02:14:55.039 --> 02:14:58.600 to know. I mean, there wasn't an ATV crash per se, 2311 02:14:59.079 --> 02:15:01.079 but why they got off and why they ended up 2312 02:15:01.079 --> 02:15:03.000 in the thicket the way they did that far from 2313 02:15:03.039 --> 02:15:07.399 their house, We're never going to know. And there you 2314 02:15:07.439 --> 02:15:10.279 have it. I look forward to reading your opinions on 2315 02:15:10.319 --> 02:15:14.560 this case, but please remain respectful of the victims, victims families, 2316 02:15:15.000 --> 02:15:18.399 and the opinions of others. Be good to yourselves and 2317 02:15:18.479 --> 02:15:21.439 each other. I'll see you a little farther on down 2318 02:15:21.479 --> 02:15:24.760 the road. I'm Steve Starkon and I'll talk to you 2319 02:15:24.800 --> 02:15:25.359 next time. 2320 02:15:47.359 --> 02:15:51.079 Annette Swanson is joining us. She is the mother of 2321 02:15:51.439 --> 02:15:54.560 Brandon Swanson, joining us from Minnesota. Thank you so much 2322 02:15:54.600 --> 02:15:57.600 for joining us from Marshall, Minnesota. Actually, first of all, 2323 02:15:57.640 --> 02:15:59.279 I want to ask you, miss Swanson, you were on 2324 02:15:59.319 --> 02:16:02.479 the phone with your son a large part of those 2325 02:16:02.520 --> 02:16:04.760 early hours when you were trying to find him and 2326 02:16:04.800 --> 02:16:08.399 he was trying to find you. He wasn't hurt at all, right, 2327 02:16:08.439 --> 02:16:10.840 I mean the car went into a ditch, but he 2328 02:16:10.880 --> 02:16:12.079 seemed to be okay. 2329 02:16:13.199 --> 02:16:16.800 Correct, He said he was fine, that he was not injured. 2330 02:16:17.279 --> 02:16:20.239 And you know, in fact, when we did find his vehicle, 2331 02:16:20.479 --> 02:16:22.960 there was no damage to it. It was simply muddy 2332 02:16:23.119 --> 02:16:26.439 from being on a gravel road, but no damage to 2333 02:16:26.479 --> 02:16:26.960 the vehicle. 2334 02:16:28.159 --> 02:16:32.120 What was it like that night to be going through 2335 02:16:32.159 --> 02:16:36.440 this and so close to your son, but so far 2336 02:16:36.559 --> 02:16:37.799 from your son? 2337 02:16:38.680 --> 02:16:44.840 Yeah, you knows. As you know, as Brandon tried to 2338 02:16:44.879 --> 02:16:47.159 explain to us where his location was, and he was 2339 02:16:47.239 --> 02:16:51.639 extremely sure of himself. He felt confident in where he 2340 02:16:51.760 --> 02:16:54.479 was at and that we were the ones that were 2341 02:16:54.520 --> 02:16:57.200 confused about, you know, how to get to him. And 2342 02:16:59.360 --> 02:17:02.799 as the convert station went on, as the minutes ticked by, 2343 02:17:02.920 --> 02:17:05.600 you know, it came to a point where it's as 2344 02:17:05.639 --> 02:17:08.840 long as Brandon was on the phone, as long as 2345 02:17:08.920 --> 02:17:11.399 he was talking, as long as we had contact, it 2346 02:17:11.520 --> 02:17:15.840 was okay. We would be okay. But the minute that 2347 02:17:15.879 --> 02:17:21.520 he that that call dropped, I just became sick. I 2348 02:17:21.600 --> 02:17:25.159 knew it was wrong. I knew it was very, very bad, 2349 02:17:25.360 --> 02:17:31.040 and just could hardly fathom, you know, what was happening 2350 02:17:31.040 --> 02:17:31.639 at that point. 2351 02:17:32.239 --> 02:17:36.200 Well I can imagine, I mean to take a breath now, 2352 02:17:36.399 --> 02:17:40.159 when the call just hung up like that with Brandon 2353 02:17:40.600 --> 02:17:44.280 in dire distress. I mean, those were the words that 2354 02:17:44.360 --> 02:17:47.000 he seemed to utter when he said, Oh, oh, did 2355 02:17:47.079 --> 02:17:47.719 you try to call. 2356 02:17:47.680 --> 02:17:48.159 Him after that? 2357 02:17:48.200 --> 02:17:48.840 And what happened? 2358 02:17:49.319 --> 02:17:52.319 Oh? Yes, we did, you know, we we didn't immediately 2359 02:17:52.360 --> 02:17:54.559 hang up the phone. We you know, we called his name. 2360 02:17:54.680 --> 02:17:58.440 We tried to you know, thinking that he still had 2361 02:17:58.479 --> 02:18:00.200 the phone, that it was very near him, that he 2362 02:18:00.239 --> 02:18:02.239 could pick it up. We'd he'd hear our voice, and 2363 02:18:02.280 --> 02:18:06.319 we called out to him several times, and we realized, 2364 02:18:06.360 --> 02:18:11.600 you know, he's he's not there, So we did We 2365 02:18:11.680 --> 02:18:16.760 called him back several times, thinking, you know, he'll he'll 2366 02:18:16.760 --> 02:18:18.959 see the phone light up, even if he didn't have 2367 02:18:19.040 --> 02:18:21.319 it on ring, he would see his phone light up 2368 02:18:21.319 --> 02:18:24.680 when the call came in and he'd find it, you know, 2369 02:18:24.879 --> 02:18:29.120 he'd answer the call. And it just didn't happen. Time 2370 02:18:29.159 --> 02:18:31.559 and again just it just went unanswered. 2371 02:18:35.959 --> 02:18:41.559 Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you in this video 2372 02:18:41.719 --> 02:18:45.760 we bring you the strange case of Brandon Swanson. On 2373 02:18:45.840 --> 02:18:48.879 the night of May thirteenth, two thousand and eight, nineteen 2374 02:18:48.959 --> 02:18:52.360 year old Brandon Swanson from Marshall, Minnesota, went out with 2375 02:18:52.399 --> 02:18:54.319 some friends to have a few drinks and some fun. 2376 02:18:55.159 --> 02:18:57.920 It was a Tuesday night, but Brandon had just completed 2377 02:18:57.959 --> 02:19:01.559 his first year of Minnesota West Community Technical College that day, 2378 02:19:02.040 --> 02:19:03.920 so he and his friends went to the nearby town 2379 02:19:04.000 --> 02:19:08.159 of Lynn to hang out and celebrate. Between ten thirty 2380 02:19:08.200 --> 02:19:11.200 and eleven PM, Brandon left the friends he originally set 2381 02:19:11.239 --> 02:19:13.799 out with and drove to another friend's house in Camby 2382 02:19:13.879 --> 02:19:17.479 to say goodbye to yet another friend. His friends who 2383 02:19:17.520 --> 02:19:19.280 were with him and Lynn said that when he got 2384 02:19:19.280 --> 02:19:22.520 into his car to make the short drive he wasn't intoxicated, 2385 02:19:22.879 --> 02:19:25.440 and other witnesses who saw him that night all agreed 2386 02:19:25.479 --> 02:19:28.000 he was not by any means intoxicated when he arrived 2387 02:19:28.000 --> 02:19:31.000 at the friend's house either. They said he had one 2388 02:19:31.000 --> 02:19:33.920 shot of whiskey and then left some time after midnight 2389 02:19:34.000 --> 02:19:36.760 to head back to Marshall. Presumably he was head at 2390 02:19:36.760 --> 02:19:39.360 home at that point. The director route from Camby to 2391 02:19:39.399 --> 02:19:44.040 Marshall is a thirty minute drive on Highway sixty eight. Technically, 2392 02:19:44.239 --> 02:19:47.319 the next day, on May fourteenth, at around one thirty 2393 02:19:47.319 --> 02:19:49.680 in the morning, Brandon got his car stuck in a 2394 02:19:49.719 --> 02:19:53.440 ditch along the gravel road. He tried calling multiple friends 2395 02:19:53.440 --> 02:19:56.479 for help, but unfortunately no one answered the calls and 2396 02:19:56.559 --> 02:20:00.120 Brandon remained stuck on the side of the road. One 2397 02:20:00.280 --> 02:20:02.879 fifty four am. Brandon called his parents and told him 2398 02:20:02.879 --> 02:20:05.079 who he was and what had happened, and asked if 2399 02:20:05.120 --> 02:20:06.600 they could come and get him as he needed a 2400 02:20:06.680 --> 02:20:11.159 ride home. His parents, Annette and Brian Swanson, agreed to 2401 02:20:11.200 --> 02:20:13.040 come and pick him up and ask where he was 2402 02:20:13.200 --> 02:20:15.799 so they knew where to go to find him. He 2403 02:20:15.840 --> 02:20:18.159 told them he was between Marshall and Lynn, and he 2404 02:20:18.200 --> 02:20:20.799 assured them he wasn't injured at all, but just wanted 2405 02:20:20.799 --> 02:20:24.200 to get home. When his parents arrived at the location 2406 02:20:24.360 --> 02:20:27.280 Brandon had given them, he wasn't there and was nowhere 2407 02:20:27.319 --> 02:20:30.440 in sight. His mother called him on his cell phone 2408 02:20:30.479 --> 02:20:32.760 and the two decided to start flashing their lights to 2409 02:20:32.799 --> 02:20:35.879 alert the other of where they were. They all assumed 2410 02:20:35.879 --> 02:20:37.639 at this point that they must have been very close 2411 02:20:37.680 --> 02:20:40.479 to one another but were just missing the other somehow 2412 02:20:41.159 --> 02:20:43.680 Annette could hear her son flashing his lights, and she 2413 02:20:43.799 --> 02:20:47.200 informed him she was doing the same. She told him, 2414 02:20:47.280 --> 02:20:50.600 we're flashing our lights. We're flashing our lights, to which 2415 02:20:50.639 --> 02:20:55.239 Brandon replied, don't you see me. Both Annette and Brandon 2416 02:20:55.280 --> 02:20:58.239 were very frustrated at this point, and Brandon ended up 2417 02:20:58.280 --> 02:21:01.479 hanging up on his mother. She immediately called him back 2418 02:21:01.520 --> 02:21:04.000 with the intention of apologizing to him for getting worked 2419 02:21:04.040 --> 02:21:07.280 up a bit herself. Brandon answered and told his mother 2420 02:21:07.360 --> 02:21:09.799 that he could see the town's lights referring to Lynn, 2421 02:21:10.079 --> 02:21:11.799 and that he was just going to start walking in 2422 02:21:11.840 --> 02:21:14.479 the direction of town. He told her to just meet 2423 02:21:14.520 --> 02:21:16.440 him in the parking lot of a local tavern in 2424 02:21:16.520 --> 02:21:19.280 the town of Lynn. She agreed to meet him there. 2425 02:21:20.399 --> 02:21:23.479 As his parents drove to the tavern, they maintained contact 2426 02:21:23.479 --> 02:21:26.079 with Brandon, with Brian staying on the phone with him. 2427 02:21:26.920 --> 02:21:28.920 Brandon told his father he was going to cut through 2428 02:21:28.959 --> 02:21:31.360 some fields to take a kind of shortcut and save 2429 02:21:31.440 --> 02:21:35.239 some time on his trip. Since he was walking along 2430 02:21:35.280 --> 02:21:37.639 the way, Brandon was telling his father over the phone 2431 02:21:37.719 --> 02:21:41.239 what he was seeing and passing. He walked on gravel roads, 2432 02:21:41.719 --> 02:21:45.719 saw two fence lines, and heard running water about forty 2433 02:21:45.719 --> 02:21:49.760 seven minutes into the call, Brandon yelled, and then the 2434 02:21:49.799 --> 02:21:53.959 call disconnected. Brian Swanson later said it sounded as though 2435 02:21:54.000 --> 02:21:58.239 his son had fallen down or possibly slipped. Brian Annanette 2436 02:21:58.239 --> 02:22:01.239 tried repeatedly to call Brandon back, but he never answered 2437 02:22:01.239 --> 02:22:04.520 the phone again. It would just ring and ring until 2438 02:22:04.559 --> 02:22:07.040 sometime the next day, when the call started going straight 2439 02:22:07.079 --> 02:22:09.840 to voicemail and it was assumed that the phone had died. 2440 02:22:11.079 --> 02:22:13.639 Brandon Swanson hasn't been seen or heard from since the 2441 02:22:13.760 --> 02:22:16.000 end of that faithful call with his father that night. 2442 02:22:17.559 --> 02:22:21.000 That same morning, May fourteenth, two thousand and eight, Brandon's 2443 02:22:21.040 --> 02:22:24.040 parents called the police to report him as missing. As 2444 02:22:24.040 --> 02:22:26.239 it's usually the case, the police didn't take the call 2445 02:22:26.440 --> 02:22:30.040 very seriously, insisted that they wait a little while, as 2446 02:22:30.079 --> 02:22:32.879 it wasn't unusual for young men Brandon's age to go 2447 02:22:33.000 --> 02:22:37.760 missing voluntarily for a bit without telling their parents. Later 2448 02:22:37.840 --> 02:22:40.639 on in the day, cell phone records for Brandon's phone 2449 02:22:40.719 --> 02:22:43.440 were retrieved, and they showed his last things were from 2450 02:22:43.479 --> 02:22:47.319 near Porter, Minnesota, which is about twenty five miles away 2451 02:22:47.360 --> 02:22:49.399 from where he seemed to have thought he was in Lynn. 2452 02:22:50.360 --> 02:22:54.360 There's no way the town he saw was Lynn. Shortly 2453 02:22:54.440 --> 02:22:57.479 before noon. The authorities began their official search for Brandon. 2454 02:22:58.360 --> 02:23:02.040 At around twelve thirty pm, his vehicle, a Chevrolet Lumina, 2455 02:23:02.440 --> 02:23:04.799 was found in a ditch bordering the towns of Lincoln 2456 02:23:04.879 --> 02:23:09.440 and Yellow Medicine. Lacoy County Sheriff Jack Mazeki stated that 2457 02:23:09.440 --> 02:23:12.239 the ditch was positioned where Brandon wouldn't have been able 2458 02:23:12.280 --> 02:23:14.639 to gain any traction to be able to drive himself 2459 02:23:14.639 --> 02:23:17.319 out of it. There was no visible damage to the 2460 02:23:17.440 --> 02:23:20.239 vehicle and no signs of foul play or injury at 2461 02:23:20.239 --> 02:23:24.239 the scene. In the months following his disappearance, law enforcement 2462 02:23:24.319 --> 02:23:29.280 conducted searches on horseback, using ATVs and even foot searchers, 2463 02:23:29.479 --> 02:23:33.000 but to no avail. They even utilized sniffer dogs and 2464 02:23:33.040 --> 02:23:36.760 searched around and near several bodies of water. The dogs 2465 02:23:36.840 --> 02:23:38.719 ended up leading their handlers to the edge of the 2466 02:23:38.799 --> 02:23:41.479 Yellow Medicine River, which led authorities to come to the 2467 02:23:41.520 --> 02:23:45.920 conclusion that Brandon had somehow fallen into the water. This 2468 02:23:46.000 --> 02:23:48.799 led them to conduct extensive searches in the river, but 2469 02:23:48.920 --> 02:23:52.360 they came up empty every time. Because of this, they 2470 02:23:52.399 --> 02:23:55.440 then concluded that if Brandon did indeed fall into the water, 2471 02:23:55.840 --> 02:23:57.719 he must have made his way back out of it 2472 02:23:57.760 --> 02:24:00.879 at some point and didn't drown. They believed he just 2473 02:24:00.920 --> 02:24:02.879 got himself out of the river and continued on his 2474 02:24:02.959 --> 02:24:07.000 way walking. Their conclusion then was that he must have 2475 02:24:07.040 --> 02:24:09.840 died of hypothermia due to the temperature dropping below forty 2476 02:24:09.879 --> 02:24:13.719 degrees on the night that he went missing. Search dogs 2477 02:24:13.760 --> 02:24:17.000 also alerted to human remains being near Mud Creek. However, 2478 02:24:17.079 --> 02:24:19.920 authorities never found any remains at all in this area, 2479 02:24:20.079 --> 02:24:24.719 let alone Brandon's. Authorities believed Brandon could have been anywhere 2480 02:24:24.760 --> 02:24:26.959 within one hundred and twenty two square mile radius of 2481 02:24:27.000 --> 02:24:31.200 the river ten years after he seemingly disappeared into thin 2482 02:24:31.280 --> 02:24:36.120 air the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff Bill flood Instead. It's 2483 02:24:36.120 --> 02:24:39.200 a huge area if you take that immediate area where 2484 02:24:39.200 --> 02:24:41.639 the car was and in the timeframe when he was 2485 02:24:41.680 --> 02:24:44.120 talking on the phone with his parents. Who knows what 2486 02:24:44.239 --> 02:24:47.920 direction he went and how far he traveled. A volunteer 2487 02:24:48.040 --> 02:24:51.000 firefighter named Darren E. Delzer came up with his own 2488 02:24:51.040 --> 02:24:53.959 theory as to what could have happened to Brandon. He 2489 02:24:54.000 --> 02:24:56.120 took everything he had learned about the case and put 2490 02:24:56.159 --> 02:24:59.840 it all together. He noted that Brandon always wore glasses 2491 02:25:00.000 --> 02:25:03.399 because he was legally blind in his left eye. However, 2492 02:25:03.680 --> 02:25:06.239 on the morning he went missing, he'd left his glasses 2493 02:25:06.239 --> 02:25:10.120 in his car. Based on Darren's theory, we could assume 2494 02:25:10.200 --> 02:25:12.479 Brandon also left him in his car when he left 2495 02:25:12.559 --> 02:25:14.639 in the ditch to start walking to go and meet 2496 02:25:14.680 --> 02:25:17.319 his parents, and therefore wasn't wearing them the whole time 2497 02:25:17.319 --> 02:25:19.319 he was on the phone with his folks that night. 2498 02:25:20.040 --> 02:25:22.159 He made a note of the fact that right before 2499 02:25:22.200 --> 02:25:25.440 Brandon said oh shit and possibly slipped when the phone 2500 02:25:25.479 --> 02:25:29.879 disconnected for the final time, he also said, not another fence. 2501 02:25:31.239 --> 02:25:33.920 He concluded that Brandon must have fallen into an unmarked 2502 02:25:33.920 --> 02:25:36.799 well or system, which are very common in rural areas 2503 02:25:36.840 --> 02:25:40.639 like the ones where Brandon went missing. There are theories 2504 02:25:40.680 --> 02:25:43.760 such as Brandon simply left on purpose and orchestrated the 2505 02:25:43.799 --> 02:25:47.479 whole disappearance. This theory alleges he is living under an 2506 02:25:47.520 --> 02:25:52.280 assumed identity somewhere. Most people don't give this theory much credit, 2507 02:25:52.319 --> 02:25:55.000 as if you remember Brandon was calling his parents and 2508 02:25:55.040 --> 02:25:58.719 several friends that night trying to find someone to help him, 2509 02:25:59.040 --> 02:26:01.200 it makes more sense he really was trying to get 2510 02:26:01.239 --> 02:26:05.399 help that night, and not trying to purposely disappear. Theories 2511 02:26:05.399 --> 02:26:08.680 of Brandon suffering some kind of nervous or mental breakdown 2512 02:26:08.959 --> 02:26:11.719 also don't hold much water, as his parents say he 2513 02:26:11.799 --> 02:26:14.239 was loocid while on the phone with him, and also 2514 02:26:14.319 --> 02:26:16.879 that he had no history of any kind of mental illness. 2515 02:26:17.719 --> 02:26:20.120 The initial theory that he had drowned and the theory 2516 02:26:20.120 --> 02:26:22.360 that followed stating that he may have made it back 2517 02:26:22.399 --> 02:26:25.040 out of the water and then died of hypothermia has 2518 02:26:25.079 --> 02:26:29.079 been highly criticized as well. His phone was working for 2519 02:26:29.159 --> 02:26:31.840 quite a while after the call with his father disconnected. 2520 02:26:32.719 --> 02:26:35.200 It's been said that if the phone had entered the water, 2521 02:26:35.600 --> 02:26:38.239 which it presumably would have since Brian was holding it 2522 02:26:38.280 --> 02:26:40.639 when this theory states he went into the water, it 2523 02:26:40.680 --> 02:26:43.879 would have immediately started going to boyshmail right away, as 2524 02:26:43.920 --> 02:26:48.000 it wasn't waterproof and would have been immediately broken. Sure, 2525 02:26:48.200 --> 02:26:50.120 some people count of that by saying that the phone 2526 02:26:50.159 --> 02:26:52.639 could have fallen onto the ground when Brandon slipped into 2527 02:26:52.639 --> 02:26:55.200 the water. But if that was the case, then why 2528 02:26:55.280 --> 02:26:59.000 was the phone never found? Remember, there were extensive searches 2529 02:26:59.040 --> 02:27:01.520 in and around all bodies of water in a large 2530 02:27:01.559 --> 02:27:04.799 area surrounding where Brandon's car was found and where he 2531 02:27:04.920 --> 02:27:08.680 alleged he was the night he went missing, so it's 2532 02:27:08.719 --> 02:27:10.760 safe to assume here that the phone would have been 2533 02:27:10.799 --> 02:27:14.600 found at some point. It simply wasn't. All of the 2534 02:27:14.600 --> 02:27:17.399 abandoned buildings in the area were also searched, and no 2535 02:27:17.559 --> 02:27:20.479 human remains and none of Brandon's personal facts were found 2536 02:27:20.479 --> 02:27:24.040 in any of them. This discredits the theory that Brandon 2537 02:27:24.120 --> 02:27:26.360 might have sought refuge and shelter in one of them 2538 02:27:26.399 --> 02:27:30.760 and died some other way while inside. Yet another theory 2539 02:27:30.920 --> 02:27:32.920 is that perhaps Brandon was involved in a hit and 2540 02:27:33.000 --> 02:27:36.319 run or otherwise abducted, and that his remains were disposed 2541 02:27:36.319 --> 02:27:40.159 of by the perpetrators. However, there's no evidence at all 2542 02:27:40.239 --> 02:27:42.680 to prove this theory or that foul play was involved 2543 02:27:42.719 --> 02:27:47.040 in any way in Brandon's case. Brandon's parents believed their 2544 02:27:47.040 --> 02:27:50.200 son's disappearance might have been solved had police immediately started 2545 02:27:50.200 --> 02:27:52.719 investigating instead of telling them to wait it out for 2546 02:27:52.799 --> 02:27:56.040 a while. There's no law that says there needs to 2547 02:27:56.040 --> 02:27:57.959 be a waiting period for someone to be able to 2548 02:27:57.959 --> 02:28:02.920 be reported as missing. However, unofficially, of course, priority is 2549 02:28:03.000 --> 02:28:05.520 usually given to cases where a foul play is obvious, 2550 02:28:05.680 --> 02:28:08.719 where people are mentally or physically impaired, and when younger 2551 02:28:08.799 --> 02:28:12.239 children are involved. A missing eighteen year old who disappeared 2552 02:28:12.280 --> 02:28:14.920 after a night out drinking with some friends just didn't 2553 02:28:14.920 --> 02:28:17.719 seem too important to the police until hours after the fact, 2554 02:28:18.000 --> 02:28:21.680 and so much precious time had been wasted. Annada and 2555 02:28:21.719 --> 02:28:24.280 Brian Swanson proposed in law be written up in their 2556 02:28:24.280 --> 02:28:29.360 son's name, Brandon's Law, which would quote require law enforcement 2557 02:28:29.440 --> 02:28:32.920 to take a missing person's report without delay after notification 2558 02:28:33.000 --> 02:28:36.719 of someone missing under dangerous circumstances, no matter the missing 2559 02:28:36.799 --> 02:28:41.280 person's age, immediately conduct a preliminary investigation to determine if 2560 02:28:41.319 --> 02:28:44.280 the person is missing and whether the person is in danger, 2561 02:28:44.799 --> 02:28:48.639 and promptly notify all other law enforcement agencies of the situation. 2562 02:28:50.559 --> 02:28:54.159 Brandon's Law, which was sponsored by former House Minority Leader 2563 02:28:54.280 --> 02:28:58.079 Marty Seifert and Senator Dennis Frederickson, was signed into law 2564 02:28:58.079 --> 02:29:01.799 by Minnesota's then Governor Tim Any on May seventh, two 2565 02:29:01.840 --> 02:29:04.799 thousand and nine. The law officially went into effect on 2566 02:29:04.920 --> 02:29:09.440 July first, two thousand and nine. This still leaves one 2567 02:29:09.559 --> 02:29:14.360 very big question, though, what happened to Brandon Swanson. How 2568 02:29:14.399 --> 02:29:16.639 could he have been so off about where he was 2569 02:29:16.719 --> 02:29:18.680 when he was telling his parents he was near Lynn 2570 02:29:19.000 --> 02:29:21.200 and they were flashing their lights at each other but 2571 02:29:21.360 --> 02:29:24.280 not seeing one another. What led him to yell the 2572 02:29:24.319 --> 02:29:27.559 expletive into the phone and hang up? Why wasn't his 2573 02:29:27.680 --> 02:29:31.120 phone or any of his other belongings ever found. There 2574 02:29:31.159 --> 02:29:33.680 has literally been no trace of him since the last 2575 02:29:33.719 --> 02:29:36.239 time he was heard shouting into the phone that faithful night. 2576 02:29:37.159 --> 02:29:39.799 These are all questions we may never know the answers to, 2577 02:29:40.520 --> 02:29:43.000 but that doesn't ever mean we should stop asking the 2578 02:29:43.040 --> 02:29:47.319 hard questions. As always, our hearts, prayers, and thoughts go 2579 02:29:47.399 --> 02:29:49.799 out to the loved ones of not only Brandon Swanson, 2580 02:29:50.319 --> 02:29:53.079 but the countless others who similarly vanished off the face 2581 02:29:53.120 --> 02:29:58.040 of this earth without a trace. Well, folks, there you 2582 02:29:58.079 --> 02:30:00.840 have it. What do you think of this on new disappearance? 2583 02:30:02.239 --> 02:30:04.760 I look forward to your comments, but please keep it 2584 02:30:04.799 --> 02:30:09.159 friendly in your space. Meanwhile, be good to yourselves and 2585 02:30:09.239 --> 02:30:11.600 each other. I'll see you just a little farther on 2586 02:30:11.680 --> 02:30:15.120 down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton, and I'll talk to 2587 02:30:15.120 --> 02:30:15.760 you next time. 2588 02:30:48.520 --> 02:30:50.280 I just r soft art coming, my resident. 2589 02:30:50.399 --> 02:30:51.959 I just came up with series two rounds. 2590 02:30:52.280 --> 02:30:52.719 Be a posit. 2591 02:30:52.920 --> 02:30:55.079 The smoke and smoked and I can't get answer to 2592 02:30:55.120 --> 02:30:55.440 the door. 2593 02:30:55.680 --> 02:31:01.079 Stay outside and send forth Listen d Inch case of 2594 02:31:01.239 --> 02:31:05.959 Jessica Boynton. At the time of this incident, Jessica Boynton 2595 02:31:06.120 --> 02:31:08.479 was nineteen years old and living with her husband, matt 2596 02:31:08.879 --> 02:31:12.159 and their two small children, Tolland and Tyler, in the 2597 02:31:12.239 --> 02:31:15.879 town of Griffin, Georgia. Jessica and matt were high school 2598 02:31:15.879 --> 02:31:19.680 sweethearts who met in twenty twelve, almost immediately after the 2599 02:31:19.760 --> 02:31:22.680 birth of their first son, Tlan. The couple married on 2600 02:31:22.799 --> 02:31:27.440 October twenty fourth, twenty fifteen, when Tolland was about a 2601 02:31:27.520 --> 02:31:30.200 year and a half old. The family welcomed another baby boy, 2602 02:31:30.319 --> 02:31:35.079 who they named Tyler. Not long after this, Matthew became 2603 02:31:35.120 --> 02:31:37.600 a Griffin police officer, and the couple settled into a 2604 02:31:37.680 --> 02:31:40.760 new three bedroom apartment in a complex where Jessica quickly 2605 02:31:40.799 --> 02:31:44.399 made friends with many of their neighbors. Although most of 2606 02:31:44.440 --> 02:31:46.479 the couple's family and friends would go on to say 2607 02:31:46.559 --> 02:31:49.760 they thought the pair had an ideal relationship, most of 2608 02:31:49.799 --> 02:31:52.000 the neighbors who shared walls with the couple, and some 2609 02:31:52.120 --> 02:31:54.520 who had gotten to know Jessica fairly well, told a 2610 02:31:54.559 --> 02:31:59.120 different story. According to Jessica's close friend, who also happened 2611 02:31:59.120 --> 02:32:01.120 to be the woman who lived below them, the couple 2612 02:32:01.239 --> 02:32:04.760 fought all the time. This woman would later tell police 2613 02:32:04.840 --> 02:32:07.639 that Jessica kept a secret diary which she hid in 2614 02:32:07.680 --> 02:32:11.479 her closet, that documented all of Matthew's transgressions, such as 2615 02:32:11.559 --> 02:32:13.680 the affair he was having with a dispatcher for the 2616 02:32:13.719 --> 02:32:16.600 Spaulding County Police, and also how he would take the 2617 02:32:16.639 --> 02:32:19.760 two children and disappear for days and sometimes weeks at 2618 02:32:19.799 --> 02:32:22.440 a time and not answer or return any of Jessica's 2619 02:32:22.479 --> 02:32:26.600 calls or text messages. According to those closest to her, 2620 02:32:26.840 --> 02:32:29.079 Jessica was relieved to have finally been able to prove 2621 02:32:29.159 --> 02:32:31.479 matt was having an affair because now she felt she 2622 02:32:31.520 --> 02:32:34.200 could file for divorce and give full physical custody of 2623 02:32:34.239 --> 02:32:38.159 the children. Matthew actually agreed with Jessica that they should 2624 02:32:38.200 --> 02:32:40.559 divorce and both move on with their lives, and while 2625 02:32:40.600 --> 02:32:43.520 they waited to start the divorce proceedings, the couple remained 2626 02:32:43.559 --> 02:32:47.479 living together in the three bedroom apartment. Things were very 2627 02:32:47.520 --> 02:32:51.840 amicable in the beginning. However, this didn't last long. The 2628 02:32:51.879 --> 02:32:54.760 whole process of going through a separation while still living 2629 02:32:54.840 --> 02:32:56.799 with the other person and trying to copare it while 2630 02:32:56.879 --> 02:32:59.719 under the same roof caused tremendous strain on the family 2631 02:33:00.120 --> 02:33:04.200 and things soon took a very dark turn. While Jessica 2632 02:33:04.280 --> 02:33:07.559 continued secretly documenting everything in her notebook she had hidden 2633 02:33:07.600 --> 02:33:10.799 in the closet of the master bedroom, Matthew began complaining 2634 02:33:10.840 --> 02:33:13.719 to his friend's family and even co workers that Jessica 2635 02:33:13.799 --> 02:33:17.000 had become physically violent towards him. He told him that 2636 02:33:17.079 --> 02:33:19.000 she would poke him in the chest and slap him, 2637 02:33:19.079 --> 02:33:20.879 and that he didn't want to live under the same 2638 02:33:21.000 --> 02:33:24.760 roof with her anymore. With the future of herself and 2639 02:33:24.840 --> 02:33:27.559 her two sons in mind, Jessica went and got herself 2640 02:33:27.600 --> 02:33:30.719 a job at a doctor's office. Her official job title 2641 02:33:30.799 --> 02:33:32.879 is unknown, as she never made it to her first 2642 02:33:32.959 --> 02:33:36.760 day of work on April fifteenth, twenty sixteen. Just the 2643 02:33:36.840 --> 02:33:40.360 day before, on April fourteenth, twenty sixteen, Jessica and Matthew 2644 02:33:40.440 --> 02:33:43.360 had a huge argument. Here's a timeline of events for 2645 02:33:43.440 --> 02:33:45.360 that night and the early morning hours of the next 2646 02:33:45.440 --> 02:33:48.680 day leading up to and immediately after the incident in question. 2647 02:33:50.520 --> 02:33:53.680 At around nine pm on April fifteenth, Matthew called his 2648 02:33:53.799 --> 02:33:56.040 lieutenant on a personal phone call and told him that 2649 02:33:56.200 --> 02:33:59.559 Chessca was once again physically abusing him by poking him 2650 02:33:59.559 --> 02:34:02.200 in the chest and slapping him about his body and face. 2651 02:34:02.920 --> 02:34:05.680 While Matthew was on the phone with a superior, Jessica 2652 02:34:05.760 --> 02:34:08.319 brought her kids over to her downstairs neighbors and now 2653 02:34:08.479 --> 02:34:12.639 close friend's house. According to this neighbor, Jessica was extremely 2654 02:34:12.760 --> 02:34:15.000 upset and was just trying to get some space between 2655 02:34:15.040 --> 02:34:18.760 her and Matthew at this time. After being there just 2656 02:34:18.799 --> 02:34:21.760 a few minutes, Matthew began to text Jessica and asked 2657 02:34:21.760 --> 02:34:23.760 if she and the boys would come to Walmart with him, 2658 02:34:23.760 --> 02:34:26.520 as the youngest child needed formula and Matthew wasn't sure 2659 02:34:26.600 --> 02:34:31.200 which kind of buye. After receiving multiple texts from Matthew 2660 02:34:31.280 --> 02:34:34.399 in just a few short minutes, Jessica reluctantly agreed to 2661 02:34:34.440 --> 02:34:36.559 go to the Walmart with him to pick up the formula. 2662 02:34:38.319 --> 02:34:40.879 Before Jessica left, though, she told her neighbor that when 2663 02:34:40.959 --> 02:34:43.079 they returned from Walmart, she and the boys would be 2664 02:34:43.120 --> 02:34:46.280 coming back to spend the night. Jessica was supposed to 2665 02:34:46.319 --> 02:34:48.639 start her new job early the next morning and was 2666 02:34:48.680 --> 02:34:50.680 afraid to be up all night upset and arguing with 2667 02:34:50.760 --> 02:34:54.879 their soon to be ex husband. At ten point fifteen pm, 2668 02:34:55.120 --> 02:34:58.280 surveillance cameras at the Walmart show the family arriving together 2669 02:34:58.399 --> 02:35:02.520 and walking into the store. Video footage from the store 2670 02:35:02.639 --> 02:35:05.040 also shows the couple having some kind of argument in 2671 02:35:05.079 --> 02:35:08.120 the baby formula aisle, which led to Jessica's storming out 2672 02:35:08.120 --> 02:35:12.879 at around ten thirty pm, but since there is no audio, 2673 02:35:13.159 --> 02:35:16.680 we are unsure what the argument was all about. While 2674 02:35:16.760 --> 02:35:19.200 Jessica was storming out of the store, Matthew was making 2675 02:35:19.239 --> 02:35:21.079 a phone call to one of his co workers and 2676 02:35:21.159 --> 02:35:23.559 informing them that Jessica had stormed out and was refusing 2677 02:35:23.639 --> 02:35:25.559 to go home in the same vehicle as he and 2678 02:35:25.639 --> 02:35:30.719 the children. About ten minutes later, however, Jessica does re 2679 02:35:30.840 --> 02:35:32.879 enter the store, and the couple and their two children 2680 02:35:32.959 --> 02:35:35.760 are all seen leaving the store together in the family's vehicle. 2681 02:35:37.399 --> 02:35:39.719 They arrived home a couple of minutes before eleven PM, 2682 02:35:39.879 --> 02:35:42.079 with a trip taking about forty five minutes to an 2683 02:35:42.120 --> 02:35:46.440 hour in total. According to the reports from that night, 2684 02:35:46.719 --> 02:35:50.120 at around ten fifty three PM, while Jessica's supposedly inside 2685 02:35:50.120 --> 02:35:52.399 her walking closet trying to find the right outfit to 2686 02:35:52.479 --> 02:35:54.040 wear to a first date or a new job. The 2687 02:35:54.120 --> 02:35:57.719 next morning, an officer responded to a non emergency call 2688 02:35:57.799 --> 02:36:01.600 at the Boynton residence. Apparently Matthew had called the police 2689 02:36:01.639 --> 02:36:03.719 and reported that Jessica was poking him in the chest 2690 02:36:03.799 --> 02:36:08.479 and physically assaulting him again. Responding officer's name was Trammel, 2691 02:36:08.600 --> 02:36:11.360 and his report from that night contains what Matthew had 2692 02:36:11.399 --> 02:36:15.440 said happened up until that point. According to Matthew, right 2693 02:36:15.479 --> 02:36:17.879 before the Walmart trip, he was on his cell phone 2694 02:36:17.959 --> 02:36:20.760 when Jessica stormed in and grabbed his phone. She was 2695 02:36:20.799 --> 02:36:24.639 accusing him of having an affair. Jessica started slapping and 2696 02:36:24.680 --> 02:36:27.200 poking Matthew in the chest while insisting he admit to 2697 02:36:27.239 --> 02:36:31.360 the affair if he wanted his phone back. Jessica refused 2698 02:36:31.360 --> 02:36:33.399 to give the phone back until he admitted to the affair, 2699 02:36:33.520 --> 02:36:35.879 and so he did, with Jessica storming out of the 2700 02:36:35.959 --> 02:36:39.479 house at that point and going to the neighbors. The 2701 02:36:39.559 --> 02:36:42.360 second incident Matthew reported that night that happened was at 2702 02:36:42.399 --> 02:36:46.000 the Walmart. He told officer Trammel that while in the store, 2703 02:36:46.079 --> 02:36:48.479 he had received a text message, which once again made 2704 02:36:48.559 --> 02:36:50.840 Jessica flying to her rage and storm out of the store, 2705 02:36:51.079 --> 02:36:54.680 refusing to leave with him and their two sons. Matthew 2706 02:36:54.719 --> 02:36:57.239 also reported that he didn't know how Jessica had gotten 2707 02:36:57.280 --> 02:36:59.559 home because she had never come back in after storming 2708 02:36:59.559 --> 02:37:02.000 out of the world, leaving him no choice but to 2709 02:37:02.040 --> 02:37:04.520 pay for the formula and take the children home. While 2710 02:37:04.600 --> 02:37:09.639 leaving her there, Officer Trammel took Matthew's report and left, 2711 02:37:09.840 --> 02:37:12.079 never entering the house or attempting to speak with Jessica 2712 02:37:12.120 --> 02:37:16.079 at all. Now you will note that this information is 2713 02:37:16.159 --> 02:37:21.559 contrary to what the Walmart surveillance footage shows. At twelve 2714 02:37:21.680 --> 02:37:25.120 fifty am the following morning, Matthew began testing his best 2715 02:37:25.159 --> 02:37:29.959 friend and fellow officer, Josh Guthrie. The two men decided 2716 02:37:30.000 --> 02:37:31.520 to go for some food and to talk at the 2717 02:37:31.600 --> 02:37:34.280 nearby waffle house, just four miles away from the boy 2718 02:37:34.399 --> 02:37:37.920 in residence. According to Matthew, right before he left to 2719 02:37:37.920 --> 02:37:40.680 meet Guthrie, Jessica told him to call an ambulance before 2720 02:37:40.680 --> 02:37:43.520 he left. When he repeated last why she would need 2721 02:37:43.559 --> 02:37:46.799 an ambulance, he claims, Jessica refused to answer, eventually just 2722 02:37:46.879 --> 02:37:50.440 slamming the front door in his face. According to cell 2723 02:37:50.440 --> 02:37:54.280 phone records, throughout this entire night, Matthew was texting his mistress. 2724 02:37:55.000 --> 02:37:57.719 In fact, they showed he had texted his mistress sixty 2725 02:37:57.760 --> 02:38:01.319 eight times throughout the course of that night. At twelve 2726 02:38:01.399 --> 02:38:04.479 fifty four am, Matthew's cell phone received a text message 2727 02:38:04.520 --> 02:38:08.440 from Jessica's phone stating, I can't do this anymore. Take 2728 02:38:08.520 --> 02:38:11.000 care of Toland and Tyler. Please tell them I love 2729 02:38:11.079 --> 02:38:14.760 them every day. I've been suffering for a while now 2730 02:38:14.920 --> 02:38:17.840 and no one has noticed here. Lately, I have not 2731 02:38:17.959 --> 02:38:20.319 been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. 2732 02:38:21.000 --> 02:38:25.079 This is not the first time I've had thoughts. I 2733 02:38:25.200 --> 02:38:29.040 love you and the boys. Instead of responding to Jessica, 2734 02:38:29.239 --> 02:38:32.079 Matthew first sends a text to his ministress, saying, haha, 2735 02:38:32.280 --> 02:38:36.639 I'm sorry, I didn't think about that. At twelve fifty 2736 02:38:36.719 --> 02:38:40.559 five am, Matthew dials nine to one one and requests ems. 2737 02:38:41.280 --> 02:38:43.280 He tells the dispatcher that he is worried about his 2738 02:38:43.399 --> 02:38:45.440 wife and a text he'd received from her, and that 2739 02:38:45.520 --> 02:38:47.719 he is driving home at ninety miles an hour. While 2740 02:38:47.760 --> 02:38:49.520 on the phone with him, and says he will be 2741 02:38:49.680 --> 02:38:52.959 home in about two minutes. He explains that his wife 2742 02:38:53.040 --> 02:38:56.280 is having thoughts and tells her about the message he 2743 02:38:56.319 --> 02:38:58.959 had received from Jessica's phone just a minute or so before. 2744 02:39:00.159 --> 02:39:02.399 He also explains that Jessica's alone in the house with 2745 02:39:02.479 --> 02:39:04.760 their two small children and he is rushing home just 2746 02:39:04.840 --> 02:39:06.879 to make sure nothing is going to happen to them. 2747 02:39:07.559 --> 02:39:10.040 The dispatcher asked if there are any weapons in the home, 2748 02:39:10.079 --> 02:39:12.239 and Matthew tells her that his service weapon is the 2749 02:39:12.319 --> 02:39:12.879 only one. 2750 02:39:14.280 --> 02:39:17.440 Can you please dispatch your unit out in my location? 2751 02:39:17.840 --> 02:39:21.639 Form a reference to my wife. I left the location. 2752 02:39:22.079 --> 02:39:24.600 I'm backing around on Carver Road now. I'll be back 2753 02:39:24.680 --> 02:39:27.760 there in about two minutes. She's having faults. My kids 2754 02:39:27.799 --> 02:39:29.799 are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry 2755 02:39:29.879 --> 02:39:31.840 up and get back there. I'm driving. She just said 2756 02:39:31.840 --> 02:39:34.319 that she's been experiencing faults right now. She told me 2757 02:39:34.360 --> 02:39:35.920 to take care of the boys, So I'm trying to 2758 02:39:35.959 --> 02:39:37.559 hurry up and get back home, just to make sure 2759 02:39:37.600 --> 02:39:39.840 that nothing's going to happen to them. Any weapon inside 2760 02:39:39.879 --> 02:39:42.639 the house, just my service weapons. 2761 02:39:43.399 --> 02:39:45.559 Around four or five minutes after hanging up with nine 2762 02:39:45.559 --> 02:39:48.440 to one one and arriving back at his residence, Matthew 2763 02:39:48.520 --> 02:39:51.200 again texas mistress and says, give me a few to 2764 02:39:51.280 --> 02:39:57.120 text back. Long story, I'll tell you later. Matthew reported 2765 02:39:57.159 --> 02:39:59.399 that he immediately ran into the home and directly to 2766 02:39:59.440 --> 02:40:02.079 the master where he noticed the closet door was closed 2767 02:40:02.079 --> 02:40:06.120 and locked and Jessica was nowhere in sight. He says 2768 02:40:06.159 --> 02:40:08.239 he started trying to bust the closet door open or 2769 02:40:08.280 --> 02:40:10.879 even kick it down, but with no luck, all the 2770 02:40:10.920 --> 02:40:15.399 while screaming Jessica's name and getting no response. After trying 2771 02:40:15.479 --> 02:40:17.719 and failing at his attempts to get the closet door open, 2772 02:40:18.079 --> 02:40:20.520 Matthew ran into the kitchen and grabbed his police radio 2773 02:40:20.639 --> 02:40:24.040 and called for help. He said, quote, I believe I 2774 02:40:24.159 --> 02:40:26.959 just heard a shot fired coming into my residence. I 2775 02:40:27.159 --> 02:40:30.440 just came up the stairs two rounds, he advised, I 2776 02:40:30.520 --> 02:40:33.639 smelled gun smoke and can't get an answer to the door. Unquote, 2777 02:40:34.399 --> 02:40:36.200 I just heard a soft fire coming to my resident. 2778 02:40:36.319 --> 02:40:37.840 I just came up with series two rounds. 2779 02:40:38.200 --> 02:40:39.159 The avosite a smoke. 2780 02:40:39.200 --> 02:40:42.360 Gunsmoked, and I can't get answer to the door. Stay outside, 2781 02:40:42.559 --> 02:40:47.200 said forth. According to the official reports, multiple officers arrived 2782 02:40:47.280 --> 02:40:49.600 unseen at the boy and home within seconds and began 2783 02:40:49.719 --> 02:40:54.159 making their way inside. The officers reported hearing eight months 2784 02:40:54.200 --> 02:40:56.719 old Tyler crying and seeing two year old Tolans still 2785 02:40:56.799 --> 02:41:00.840 fast asleep. They approached the locked closet door and started 2786 02:41:00.920 --> 02:41:05.639 yelling Jessica's name, but also received no answer. Then they 2787 02:41:05.719 --> 02:41:08.840 kicked the closet door in and found Jessica Boyington lying 2788 02:41:08.920 --> 02:41:11.040 on the floor with her long blonde hair drenched in 2789 02:41:11.159 --> 02:41:15.760 blood to the point that the color was unrecognizable. There 2790 02:41:15.840 --> 02:41:18.319 was a pillow with a large bloodstain on it underneath 2791 02:41:18.360 --> 02:41:22.280 her head. Her husband's forty calval glock service weapon was 2792 02:41:22.399 --> 02:41:26.239 underneath her body. As the officers were going through the 2793 02:41:26.280 --> 02:41:28.959 closet in search of evidence and just examining the scene, 2794 02:41:29.239 --> 02:41:32.319 they were completely shocked to see Jessica moving. She was 2795 02:41:32.360 --> 02:41:37.239 still breathing and alive. Jessica was not only alert enough 2796 02:41:37.280 --> 02:41:39.440 to try and fend off certain officers who were trying 2797 02:41:39.440 --> 02:41:41.040 to help get her out of the closet and onto 2798 02:41:41.079 --> 02:41:43.959 the floor where EMTs could work on her, she also 2799 02:41:44.040 --> 02:41:46.000 had the strength to somehow reach up and grab one 2800 02:41:46.000 --> 02:41:48.559 of the EMT's hands while he felt for her pulse 2801 02:41:50.399 --> 02:41:52.000 what was thought at first to be due to the 2802 02:41:52.040 --> 02:41:55.040 amount of blood in Jessica's hair. Neither the EMT nor 2803 02:41:55.120 --> 02:41:57.159 the police were able to find the gunshot wound in 2804 02:41:57.239 --> 02:42:01.680 Jessica's head ceeded to load her into the ambulance so 2805 02:42:01.799 --> 02:42:04.040 she could be rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment. 2806 02:42:04.959 --> 02:42:09.360 The police found two bullet holes in the closet while 2807 02:42:09.399 --> 02:42:12.280 forensics evaluated the crime scene in the closet. Later on, 2808 02:42:12.719 --> 02:42:14.959 they determined the trajectory of the bullets to be one 2809 02:42:15.040 --> 02:42:17.360 going up with at a fifty four degree angle and 2810 02:42:17.479 --> 02:42:22.520 one going upward at a twenty five degree angle. It 2811 02:42:22.639 --> 02:42:24.879 was also determined that each bullet hole was found in 2812 02:42:24.920 --> 02:42:29.040 a different wall of the closet. At one thirteen am, 2813 02:42:29.280 --> 02:42:33.200 Spalding County Sheriff Wendelbeam was notified of the situation by dispatch. 2814 02:42:34.079 --> 02:42:36.680 Wendell was not only the county sheriff, but also Matthew 2815 02:42:36.719 --> 02:42:41.719 Boyton's grandfather. Immediately after notifying Sheriff Beam, the Georgia Bureau 2816 02:42:41.760 --> 02:42:45.840 of Investigation or GBI, was also notified and asked to 2817 02:42:45.840 --> 02:42:49.440 assist in investigating this case, which was already being called 2818 02:42:49.479 --> 02:42:54.760 an attempt. At around four am, the investigator started canvassing 2819 02:42:54.799 --> 02:42:58.200 the neighborhood for potential witnesses. They started with the other 2820 02:42:58.239 --> 02:43:01.040 people in the apartment complex. Math and Jessica were living 2821 02:43:01.120 --> 02:43:05.040 in the downstairs neighbor and Jessica's close friend informed the 2822 02:43:05.079 --> 02:43:08.479 officers of a few things. Well. The first things either 2823 02:43:08.600 --> 02:43:10.639 she told them was Jessica was not now, nor had 2824 02:43:10.680 --> 02:43:14.120 she ever been. She told him about Matthew's affair with 2825 02:43:14.239 --> 02:43:17.200 his coworker, the dispatcher, and she even told them an 2826 02:43:17.239 --> 02:43:19.760 interesting story about something that had happened just a couple 2827 02:43:19.799 --> 02:43:22.680 of days earlier. The neighbor told the police that a 2828 02:43:22.760 --> 02:43:25.200 couple of nights earlier, Jessica had actually called the police 2829 02:43:25.239 --> 02:43:27.760 on Matthew and reported that he had taken off once 2830 02:43:27.760 --> 02:43:30.079 again with the couple's two young children and was not 2831 02:43:30.239 --> 02:43:34.440 answering calls or returning text messages, and Jessica was extremely worried. 2832 02:43:35.959 --> 02:43:38.440 Matthew ended up returning home before the police could even 2833 02:43:38.479 --> 02:43:41.120 start an investigation, though, as he had been tipped off 2834 02:43:41.159 --> 02:43:44.479 by his mistress dispatcher messaging him through Facebook and warning 2835 02:43:44.559 --> 02:43:47.600 him that he should head home immediately because Jessica had 2836 02:43:47.719 --> 02:43:49.799 just called and reported that he had taken the children 2837 02:43:49.840 --> 02:43:53.440 without her knowledge. She also told the investigators where they 2838 02:43:53.479 --> 02:43:57.159 could find Jessica's secret notebook containing all of Matthew's indiscretions 2839 02:43:57.239 --> 02:43:59.840 and everything going wrong in the relationship that Jessica had 2840 02:43:59.840 --> 02:44:04.879 been documenting for over a year at that point, the 2841 02:44:04.959 --> 02:44:07.440 couple's pending divorce, and the fact that Jessica had an 2842 02:44:07.440 --> 02:44:10.319 appointment to see a divorce lawyer and officially file. The 2843 02:44:10.399 --> 02:44:13.399 following Monday was also called to their attention by several 2844 02:44:13.440 --> 02:44:18.079 other neighbors as well. Some neighbors also reported hearing a 2845 02:44:18.159 --> 02:44:21.079 single gunshot coming from the Boyton residence at around ten 2846 02:44:21.200 --> 02:44:24.360 forty five PM, which would have been almost immediately after 2847 02:44:24.440 --> 02:44:28.280 the couple had returned home from their Walmart trip, right 2848 02:44:28.319 --> 02:44:30.879 about the same time when Officer Trammell was called out 2849 02:44:30.920 --> 02:44:33.879 to interview Matthew about his non emergency call to report 2850 02:44:34.120 --> 02:44:37.040 Jessica physically abusing him and him having to leave her 2851 02:44:37.040 --> 02:44:39.200 at the Walmart as she stormed off and refused to 2852 02:44:39.239 --> 02:44:42.799 return home with the family, which, if you'll remember, was 2853 02:44:42.920 --> 02:44:46.239 not in alignment with the surveillance video from Walmart parking lot, 2854 02:44:46.399 --> 02:44:49.479 which shows the entire family just concluded, all getting into 2855 02:44:49.520 --> 02:44:54.200 the family vehicle and driving off together. Later that same morning, 2856 02:44:54.399 --> 02:44:57.120 Matthew Boyden was interviewed by his coworkers at the griff 2857 02:44:57.239 --> 02:45:01.120 And Police Department in the GBI. Immediately admitted to having 2858 02:45:01.120 --> 02:45:03.639 an affair, but claimed that Jessica had had affairs too. 2859 02:45:04.719 --> 02:45:07.040 Matthew even went so far as to tell investigators that 2860 02:45:07.120 --> 02:45:09.840 the couple's youngest son, Tyler, wasn't his and was in 2861 02:45:09.959 --> 02:45:12.479 fact a product of one of these alleged affairs Jessica 2862 02:45:12.559 --> 02:45:16.399 had had on him. He reiterated that Jessica was physically 2863 02:45:16.440 --> 02:45:18.879 abusive towards him, and admitted that they both were looking 2864 02:45:18.959 --> 02:45:21.600 forward to the divorce being finalized and moving on with 2865 02:45:21.639 --> 02:45:26.239 their lives. The GBI agent interviewing him asked if he 2866 02:45:26.280 --> 02:45:28.399 had changed his clothes from the time he'd called police 2867 02:45:28.440 --> 02:45:30.440 to his house earlier in the nine one one call 2868 02:45:30.760 --> 02:45:33.280 to when he was currently being interviewed, and Matthew claimed 2869 02:45:33.280 --> 02:45:37.440 that he had. This too, is incorrect, as the Walmart 2870 02:45:37.479 --> 02:45:40.159 footage of the couple Matthews seen very clearly wearing a 2871 02:45:40.239 --> 02:45:43.399 gray sweater, and on the police bodycam footage of when 2872 02:45:43.399 --> 02:45:45.840 they first showed up to the house after Matthew's nine 2873 02:45:45.840 --> 02:45:49.040 one one call, he's wearing a bright red sweatshirt or hoodie. 2874 02:45:50.360 --> 02:45:52.920 Matthew informed the investigators that he had been careful not 2875 02:45:53.040 --> 02:45:55.600 to change his clothes or wash his hands, as being 2876 02:45:55.639 --> 02:45:58.280 a police officer himself, he knew his clothes and hands 2877 02:45:58.319 --> 02:46:02.479 would be swabbed for gunshot resident. When the agent informed 2878 02:46:02.520 --> 02:46:04.639 Matthew that they would be taking his clothes from him 2879 02:46:04.639 --> 02:46:07.040 so they could run some tests on them, Matthew responded 2880 02:46:07.079 --> 02:46:10.399 with okay, that's fine. Absolutely, I didn't try to brush 2881 02:46:10.479 --> 02:46:13.520 off anything. I didn't try to wash off anything because 2882 02:46:13.520 --> 02:46:18.280 I knew GSR and all that would be involved. While 2883 02:46:18.319 --> 02:46:20.879 Matthew was being interviewed, police back at the house were 2884 02:46:20.920 --> 02:46:24.639 starting to process the scene. They started with a theory 2885 02:46:24.680 --> 02:46:26.680 that Jessica had entered the closet and locked it, and, 2886 02:46:26.920 --> 02:46:30.520 while facing the back wall, took Matthew's Service revolver and 2887 02:46:30.600 --> 02:46:33.760 fired it upon herself. This was a shot they found 2888 02:46:33.799 --> 02:46:36.040 that entered the top left portion of the closet wall. 2889 02:46:37.159 --> 02:46:40.120 The second shot, however, was much more confusing and hard 2890 02:46:40.200 --> 02:46:43.600 for the investigators to explain. This bullet had entered the 2891 02:46:43.680 --> 02:46:46.280 back wall of the closet, and based on the trajectory, 2892 02:46:46.639 --> 02:46:48.559 the gun would either had to have been fired from 2893 02:46:48.600 --> 02:46:50.520 the floor or very close to it in order for 2894 02:46:50.600 --> 02:46:53.760 the bullet to have ended up where it did. Forensic 2895 02:46:53.840 --> 02:46:57.239 analysis later on also discovered that the first shot Jessica 2896 02:46:57.319 --> 02:47:00.559 had allegedly fired would have injured her enough she would 2897 02:47:00.600 --> 02:47:03.840 have been rendered completely incapable of firing the second shot. 2898 02:47:05.440 --> 02:47:08.719 Investigators also came across the diary Jessica's friends and neighbors 2899 02:47:08.799 --> 02:47:11.840 had told them about. Although it wasn't hidden but in 2900 02:47:11.920 --> 02:47:14.120 plain sight on a shelf on top of some clothes, 2901 02:47:14.520 --> 02:47:16.959 and was missing a few pages that obviously had been 2902 02:47:17.000 --> 02:47:19.959 torn out, but to this day have never been recovered. 2903 02:47:21.520 --> 02:47:24.879 Further testing of Matthew's service weapon did find Jessica's DNA 2904 02:47:25.040 --> 02:47:27.600 on it, but neither her hands nor Matthews were ever 2905 02:47:27.719 --> 02:47:32.840 swaveed for GSR analysis. Although Matthew's clothes were collected the 2906 02:47:32.920 --> 02:47:36.280 morning he did his interview, they also were never analyzed 2907 02:47:36.319 --> 02:47:40.760 for GSR or any other evidence at all. Another interesting 2908 02:47:40.840 --> 02:47:43.920 bit of information forensics came across while examining the crime 2909 02:47:44.000 --> 02:47:46.639 scene was that, aside from the large pool of blood 2910 02:47:46.680 --> 02:47:49.559 on the pillow underneath Jessica's head, there was no other 2911 02:47:49.600 --> 02:47:53.680 blood anywhere in or near the closet, including but not 2912 02:47:53.879 --> 02:47:56.879 limited to, there not being any gunspatter at all that 2913 02:47:57.000 --> 02:48:00.360 investigators would normally see on the walls, ceiling, impossibly floor 2914 02:48:00.600 --> 02:48:02.600 or it would be found ninety nine percent of the 2915 02:48:02.639 --> 02:48:06.799 time in the case of gunshot victims. The police recovered 2916 02:48:06.840 --> 02:48:09.040 one bullet from the scene but couldn't find the second, 2917 02:48:09.159 --> 02:48:11.159 so they just assumed it would be recovered later and 2918 02:48:11.319 --> 02:48:14.159 was probably lodged either inside Jessica's skull or somewhere in 2919 02:48:14.200 --> 02:48:19.319 her body. However, the doctor treating Jessica not only never 2920 02:48:19.399 --> 02:48:21.920 found that bullet, but he concluded that Jessica had been 2921 02:48:21.959 --> 02:48:24.920 the victim of blunt force trauma and wasn't shot at all, 2922 02:48:25.479 --> 02:48:27.479 not in the head or anywhere else for that matter. 2923 02:48:28.520 --> 02:48:31.280 He found no bullets, no bullet fragments, and her head 2924 02:48:31.319 --> 02:48:35.200 wound wasn't consistent with a gunshot wound. This doctor had 2925 02:48:35.239 --> 02:48:38.200 more than thirty years of experience in treating trauma patients, 2926 02:48:38.280 --> 02:48:41.200 including victims of gunshot, and was highly respected in his 2927 02:48:41.280 --> 02:48:48.159 field of expertise. Jessica had a severely fractured skull and 2928 02:48:48.200 --> 02:48:49.719 would have had to have held the gun at a 2929 02:48:49.799 --> 02:48:52.200 near impossible angle in order to even hit herself with 2930 02:48:52.280 --> 02:48:55.520 the butt of it. It simply wasn't possible that Jessica 2931 02:48:55.520 --> 02:48:57.920 had inflicted any of the wounds on herself. According to 2932 02:48:58.040 --> 02:49:02.840 this doctor's report. Other evidence he found that was inconsistent 2933 02:49:02.879 --> 02:49:05.280 with Jessica having fired a gun was her hands being 2934 02:49:05.399 --> 02:49:09.040 in pristine condition, with no powder, birds or blood on 2935 02:49:09.120 --> 02:49:13.600 her hands. Lastly, this doctor pointed out that there was 2936 02:49:13.680 --> 02:49:16.600 no investigation done by the police or the GBI during 2937 02:49:16.639 --> 02:49:21.239 Jessica's hospital stay. In fact, he stated that nobody had 2938 02:49:21.239 --> 02:49:23.680 even reached out to him for his findings and examination 2939 02:49:23.799 --> 02:49:27.440 report until July twentieth, three whole months after the incident 2940 02:49:27.520 --> 02:49:32.520 took place. Due to severe swelling of the brain and trauma, 2941 02:49:32.840 --> 02:49:35.200 Jessica was put in a medically induced coma for three 2942 02:49:35.239 --> 02:49:39.559 weeks after initially arriving at the hospital. Family and friends, 2943 02:49:39.600 --> 02:49:42.079 as well as hospital staff, thought it unlikely she would 2944 02:49:42.079 --> 02:49:44.360 ever pull through due to the severity of her wounds. 2945 02:49:45.799 --> 02:49:49.479 Matthew Boyden never once visited his wife during entire hospital stay. 2946 02:49:50.440 --> 02:49:53.159 In fact, even while she was in her coma, Matthew 2947 02:49:53.239 --> 02:49:55.799 was moving in with his mistress and removing Jessica's things 2948 02:49:55.840 --> 02:49:59.120 without the knowledge of permission of obviously Jessica nor that 2949 02:49:59.280 --> 02:50:01.920 of her family, from the couple's home where the incident 2950 02:50:01.959 --> 02:50:05.840 had taken place. On May tenth, Jessica was out of 2951 02:50:05.879 --> 02:50:08.760 her coma stable and ready to speak to investigators about 2952 02:50:08.799 --> 02:50:11.239 what happened the night before and early morning hours of 2953 02:50:11.280 --> 02:50:15.600 the incident. Due to the severe brain trauma and severity 2954 02:50:15.639 --> 02:50:18.200 of her injuries, though Jessica can't recall most of what 2955 02:50:18.360 --> 02:50:22.120 happened that night, here's the official report she allegedly gave 2956 02:50:22.200 --> 02:50:25.399 to the Griffin police department or to its investigators in 2957 02:50:25.520 --> 02:50:29.559 charge of her case. Jessica reported that she and Matthew 2958 02:50:29.600 --> 02:50:32.319 had been arguing before going to Walmart about an explicit 2959 02:50:32.399 --> 02:50:35.719 photo he had received from his mistress, and continued arguing 2960 02:50:35.840 --> 02:50:38.239 during the drive there and also while in the Walmart, 2961 02:50:38.639 --> 02:50:43.079 which is why she stormed out. She remembers arriving home 2962 02:50:43.159 --> 02:50:46.200 from buying the baby formula, and while Matthew went directly 2963 02:50:46.280 --> 02:50:48.760 to lay down in their bed, she realized she needed 2964 02:50:48.799 --> 02:50:50.559 to go and take care of something at the apartment 2965 02:50:50.639 --> 02:50:55.159 complex's main office. She had to use the fax machine there, 2966 02:50:55.280 --> 02:50:57.719 and it was a pressing issue involving a medical bill 2967 02:50:57.799 --> 02:51:00.360 for one of their children. It couldn't wait until the 2968 02:51:00.440 --> 02:51:03.959 next morning. She asked Matthew to either drive her over 2969 02:51:04.040 --> 02:51:06.159 to the office or watch the children while she drove 2970 02:51:06.200 --> 02:51:08.559 herself so she didn't have to drag them inside with 2971 02:51:08.639 --> 02:51:10.120 her and could just be in and out, as it 2972 02:51:10.200 --> 02:51:12.079 was getting late and she had her first day of 2973 02:51:12.159 --> 02:51:15.840 work early the following morning. Matthew refused to do either 2974 02:51:15.840 --> 02:51:18.520 of these things, and after asking him three or four times, 2975 02:51:18.680 --> 02:51:20.559 she packed the children in the car and went within 2976 02:51:20.639 --> 02:51:24.559 the facts of the paperwork. This only took a few minutes. 2977 02:51:25.479 --> 02:51:28.079 Upon returning to the house, Jessica put the children down 2978 02:51:28.159 --> 02:51:30.920 for bed, and after arguing with Matthew about his deciding 2979 02:51:31.000 --> 02:51:32.639 to go to the waffle house with his friend and 2980 02:51:32.719 --> 02:51:35.360 co worker so late at night, she slammed the door 2981 02:51:35.399 --> 02:51:38.559 in his face and he left. This is when she 2982 02:51:38.719 --> 02:51:41.079 entered the walking closet to choose an outfit for her 2983 02:51:41.120 --> 02:51:45.000 first day of work. This is all Jessica can remember 2984 02:51:45.040 --> 02:51:47.559 from that night, and to this day, she has no 2985 02:51:47.799 --> 02:51:52.799 recollection of anything that happened after this point. Jessica vehemently 2986 02:51:52.879 --> 02:51:55.600 denies the fact that she was ever and also that 2987 02:51:55.719 --> 02:51:58.959 she sent the seemingly text from her phone to Matthew's 2988 02:51:59.000 --> 02:52:02.639 on the night in question. She believes Matthew grabbed her 2989 02:52:02.719 --> 02:52:05.120 unlocked phone and sent the message from her phone to 2990 02:52:05.239 --> 02:52:08.799 his himself. She stated that she was extremely happy to 2991 02:52:08.879 --> 02:52:11.360 be getting the divorce and was actually relieved she had 2992 02:52:11.440 --> 02:52:14.120 proved Matthew was having an affair and she could finally 2993 02:52:14.200 --> 02:52:16.000 prove it because she felt this would help her to 2994 02:52:16.040 --> 02:52:19.159 gain full custody the children in the divorce proceedings, which 2995 02:52:19.239 --> 02:52:22.399 was her main goal. She also claims that she didn't 2996 02:52:22.440 --> 02:52:24.760 even know how to remove Matthew's gun from its holster, 2997 02:52:24.959 --> 02:52:28.040 let alone how to fire it. She knew this because 2998 02:52:28.120 --> 02:52:30.000 one night Matthew had asked her to grab it for 2999 02:52:30.079 --> 02:52:31.879 him so he could clean it, and she struggled to 3000 02:52:31.920 --> 02:52:34.000 get it out and Matthew ended up having to do it. 3001 02:52:34.920 --> 02:52:37.520 This is backed up by multiple family members and friends 3002 02:52:37.559 --> 02:52:39.879 who agreed Jessica had no knowledge of how to handle 3003 02:52:39.920 --> 02:52:43.840 a firearm. After completing what they say was a thorough 3004 02:52:43.920 --> 02:52:47.520 investigation into all the evidence, the GBI and the Griffin 3005 02:52:47.559 --> 02:52:51.280 Police Department ruled this was an attempt a Jessica and 3006 02:52:51.360 --> 02:52:55.200 closed the case. The evidence they point to which say 3007 02:52:55.280 --> 02:52:58.760 brought them to this conclusion was the text sent from 3008 02:52:58.840 --> 02:53:01.959 Jessica's phone to Matthew in Jessica's DNA being founding on 3009 02:53:02.120 --> 02:53:07.879 Matthew's service weapon, which the investigators still claim Jessica used 3010 02:53:07.920 --> 02:53:11.719 to try and herself by shooting herself in the head, 3011 02:53:12.319 --> 02:53:15.319 even despite the doctor's report that Jessica wasn't shot at all. 3012 02:53:17.479 --> 02:53:20.200 Matthew was granted full custody of the couple's two children, 3013 02:53:20.319 --> 02:53:23.639 with Jessica being given only supervised visitation once a week 3014 02:53:23.799 --> 02:53:26.120 due to her officially having tried to end her life 3015 02:53:26.200 --> 02:53:29.399 while loan in the house with the children. The court 3016 02:53:29.479 --> 02:53:32.120 felt she was unstable and forced her into many services 3017 02:53:32.319 --> 02:53:35.680 such as, but not limited to, parenting classes and extensive 3018 02:53:35.799 --> 02:53:41.040 psychiatric evaluations and treatments. Jessica gets visitation of the children 3019 02:53:41.120 --> 02:53:44.479 now with Matthew still having primary care and custody of 3020 02:53:44.559 --> 02:53:49.319 them to this very day. Well there you have the 3021 02:53:49.360 --> 02:53:53.079 strange case of Jessica Boyington. I'd love to know what 3022 02:53:53.239 --> 02:53:58.079 you think about this in the comments, so many unanswered questions. 3023 02:54:00.520 --> 02:54:03.360 In the meanwhile, take care of yourselves and each other. 3024 02:54:04.040 --> 02:54:06.760 I'm Steve Stockton and I'll talk to you next time. 3025 02:54:15.639 --> 02:54:21.840 Whispers in the dark night shows vanished like a phantom's breath. 3026 02:54:23.680 --> 02:54:24.799 Where did they go? 3027 02:54:25.879 --> 02:54:31.280 Only ghost, no mystery, wrapped in cold solid. 3028 02:54:31.120 --> 02:54:42.239 Death, seems dezard It and net ghost called footsteps fade 3029 02:54:42.440 --> 02:54:43.639 into thin air. 3030 02:54:45.319 --> 02:54:51.079 Honey tells that keep on crawling in life just vanished, 3031 02:54:51.200 --> 02:54:55.840 no signs nowhere else go on my collage, chasing some 3032 02:54:56.040 --> 02:55:04.399 morning secret hidden the mist. Sea starts tas keep the 3033 02:55:04.559 --> 02:55:07.799 fire burning, O where true? 3034 02:55:08.159 --> 02:55:14.319 Long a force