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The Path Went Chilly

Welcome to The Path Went Chilly where Robin Warder from The Trail Went Cold will discuss his favorite cases with friends Dr. Jules from Riddle Me That! True Crime and Criminologist Dr. Ashley Wellman. This will be a deep dive and a fresh perspective, join us as we descend deeper down the rabbit hole & examine these unsolved cases with compassionate consideration towards the families left behind.

Copyright: © Copyright Robin Jules Ashley TPWC

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Shannon Green and Dewayne Bell Pt. One Sep 24, 2026

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July 6, 1986. Owensboro, Kentucky. 16-year old Shannon Green disappears after leaving her residence to visit a family friend. Days later, Shannon’s mother receives a phone call from someone calling himself “Dewayne”, who claims that he and Shannon ran away together to get married. Shortly thereafter, an 18-year old acquaintance of Shannon’s named David Dewayne Bell also goes missing. A man named John Reneer eventually provides the authorities with a tape of a recording in which Dewayne seemingly confesses to murder. Allegations surface that Dewayne killed Shannon and his father helped him cover the whole up, but if so, what actually happened to Dewayne? Could someone have been responsible for the disappearances of both victims? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore a convoluted saga involving two unsolved missing persons cases from the same town and their alleged connection to each other.If you have any information about the featured cases, please contact the Owensboro Police Department at (270) 687-8888.
Support the show:
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Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/shannon-rena-green
https://charleyproject.org/case/david-dewayne-bell
https://www.14news.com/story/4067371/14-news-investigates-killer-confession
https://www.14news.com/story/4058011/stefanie-silvey-investigatesowensboro-mystery/
https://www.14news.com/story/4138121/stefanie-silvey-investigates-the-other-side
https://www.14news.com/story/4061386/stefanie-silvey-investigatescaught-on-tape
https://www.14news.com/story/8250791/unsolved-murders-angie-dickens-shannon-green-and-dewayne-bell/
https://echoespath.com/shannon-rena-
green/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/382454414/https://www.newspapers.com/image/381928714/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/381928739/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/381929350/https://www.newspapers.com/image/381929358/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/382197728/https://www.newspapers.com/image/382197748

Amy Wroe Betchel Pt. Two Sep 17, 2026

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July 24, 1997. Fremont County, Wyoming. After spending the day running errands, 24-year old Amy Wroe Bechtel never returns home and her abandoned car is discovered on a remote road in Shoshone National Forest. Even though he claims to have an alibi, Amy’s husband, Steve Bechtel, is looked at as a potential suspect by law enforcement, due to his unwillingness to take a polygraph test. However, the investigation eventually focuses on convicted murderer Dale Wayne Eaton, who was supposedly in the area when Amy went missing, but there is no evidence to implicate him and no trace of Amy is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore the puzzling disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel, who has continued to remain a missing person for the past 26 years. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at (307) 332-5611.
Support the Show:
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Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Amy_Wroe_Bechtel
http://charleyproject.org/case/amy-joy-wroe-bechtel https://www.outsideonline.com/1829016/long-gone
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/long-gone-girl http://people.com/archive/into-thin-air-vol-49-no-11/
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/sheriff-believes-amy-wroe-bechtel-was-victim-of-killer/article_5c2b29d9-de5f-54b9-b0cb-a93aff383668.html
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/amy-wroe-bechtel-case-timeline/article_f289eca2-a639-5a75-a565-814f41b5249c.html
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/officials-killer-said-to-camp-where-wroe-bechtel-vanished-in-wyoming/article_5048323d-d60c-5e4f-ba60-e3536f0701b1.html
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Amy_Wroe_Bechte

Amy Wroe Betchel Pt. One Sep 10, 2026

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July 24, 1997. Fremont County, Wyoming. After spending the day running errands, 24-year old Amy Wroe Bechtel never returns home and her abandoned car is discovered on a remote road in Shoshone National Forest. Even though he claims to have an alibi, Amy’s husband, Steve Bechtel, is looked at as a potential suspect by law enforcement, due to his unwillingness to take a polygraph test. However, the investigation eventually focuses on convicted murderer Dale Wayne Eaton, who was supposedly in the area when Amy went missing, but there is no evidence to implicate him and no trace of Amy is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore the puzzling disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel, who has continued to remain a missing person for the past 26 years. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at (307) 332-5611.
Support the Show:
Patreon.com/julesandashley
Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Amy_Wroe_Bechtel
http://charleyproject.org/case/amy-joy-wroe-bechtel https://www.outsideonline.com/1829016/long-gone
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/long-gone-girl http://people.com/archive/into-thin-air-vol-49-no-11/
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/sheriff-believes-amy-wroe-bechtel-was-victim-of-killer/article_5c2b29d9-de5f-54b9-b0cb-a93aff383668.html
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/amy-wroe-bechtel-case-timeline/article_f289eca2-a639-5a75-a565-814f41b5249c.html
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/officials-killer-said-to-camp-where-wroe-bechtel-vanished-in-wyoming/article_5048323d-d60c-5e4f-ba60-e3536f0701b1.html
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Amy_Wroe_Bechte

Holly Staker Pt. Two Sep 03, 2026

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August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, but no physical evidence links Rivera to the crime and the veracity of his confession is called into question. After Rivera serves 19 years in prison, DNA evidence eventually links Holly’s death to another murder… but could another innocent person also be serving time in prison for that particular crime?
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(wrongful_conviction)https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3850
https://courts.illinois.gov/opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/2ndDistrict/December/2091060.pdf
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/documents/rivera_brief.pdf
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-10/news/chi-dna-links-murder-and-rape-of-holly-staker-11-to-second-murder-8-years-later-20140610_1_holly-staker-dna-evidence-dna-match

Holly Staker Pt. One Aug 27, 2026

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August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, but no physical evidence links Rivera to the crime and the veracity of his confession is called into question. After Rivera serves 19 years in prison, DNA evidence eventually links Holly’s death to another murder… but could another innocent person also be serving time in prison for that particular crime?
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(wrongful_conviction)https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3850
https://courts.illinois.gov/opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/2ndDistrict/December/2091060.pdf
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/documents/rivera_brief.pdf
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-10/news/chi-dna-links-murder-and-rape-of-holly-staker-11-to-second-murder-8-years-later-20140610_1_holly-staker-dna-evidence-dna-match

Patreon Summer Sampler: Elizabeth Campbell Aug 26, 2026

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Join us for our last installment of our Patreon Summer Sampler, we hope you sign up for our Patreon and have been enjoying these episodes.
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April 25, 1988. Copperas Cove, Texas. After an argument with her boyfriend, 20-year old college student Elizabeth Campbell storms out of his house and receives a ride to a convenience store. After phoning her boyfriend and making an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to pick her up, Elizabeth vanishes without a trace. Over the next few weeks, there would be multiple sightings of a woman resembling Elizabeth in the company of a possessive man, leading to speculation that she was being controlled by a pimp. Was Elizabeth abducted and murdered, or was she actually kept alive and forced into prostitution?
Additional Reading:
http://unsolved.com/archives/elizabeth-campbell
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/campbell_elizabeth.html https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Campbell

Nyleen Kay Marshall Pt. Two Aug 20, 2026

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June 25, 1983. Jefferson County, Montana. While attending a picnic with her family in Helena National Forest, four-year old Nyleen Kay Marshall goes off to play with some other children until she vanishes without a trace. An extensive search of the forest fails to find her, but other kids report having seen an unidentified man in a jogging suit speaking to Nyleen shortly before she went missing. Over two years later, the authorities receive a series of anonymous letters and phone calls from a man who claims to be raising Nyleen, but he is never identified and Nyleen cannot be found. Was Nyleen Kay Marshall actually the victim of a stranger abduction and, if so, who was responsible? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore a disturbing unsolved missing children’s case which has featured a number of surprising twists and turns these past four decades. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at (406) 225-4075.
Support the show:
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Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nyleen_Marshall https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Nyleen_Marshall
https://charleyproject.org/case/nyleen-kay-marshall https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/nyleen-kay-marshall-statistic-or-sadistic
https://www.newspapers.com/image/393478114/https://www.newspapers.com/image/393478143/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/405882338/https://www.newspapers.com/image/394181486/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/526972062/https://www.newspapers.com/image/526972802/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/409663551/
https://www.kxlh.com/news/2017/02/07/cold-case-what-happened-to-nyleen-marshall/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Monica_Bonilla

Patreon Summer Sampler: Patricia Meehan Aug 16, 2026

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The latest episode in our Patreon Summer Sampler:
April 20, 1989. Circle, Montana. While driving on the wrong side of a rural highway, 37-year old Patricia Meehan gets into a collision with another car. After staring blankly at the vehicle’s driver, Patricia walks out onto the prairie and disappears. During the next few months, there would be numerous sightings of a disoriented-woman resembling Patricia. This leads to speculation that the trauma of the car crash caused Patricia to develop amnesia and forget who she was, but she is ultimately never found.
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Nyleen Kay Marshall Pt. One Aug 13, 2026

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June 25, 1983. Jefferson County, Montana. While attending a picnic with her family in Helena National Forest, four-year old Nyleen Kay Marshall goes off to play with some other children until she vanishes without a trace. An extensive search of the forest fails to find her, but other kids report having seen an unidentified man in a jogging suit speaking to Nyleen shortly before she went missing. Over two years later, the authorities receive a series of anonymous letters and phone calls from a man who claims to be raising Nyleen, but he is never identified and Nyleen cannot be found. Was Nyleen Kay Marshall actually the victim of a stranger abduction and, if so, who was responsible? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore a disturbing unsolved missing children’s case which has featured a number of surprising twists and turns these past four decades. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at (406) 225-4075.
Support the show:
Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold
Patreon.com/julesandashley
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nyleen_Marshall https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Nyleen_Marshall
https://charleyproject.org/case/nyleen-kay-marshall https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/nyleen-kay-marshall-statistic-or-sadistic
https://www.newspapers.com/image/393478114/https://www.newspapers.com/image/393478143/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/405882338/https://www.newspapers.com/image/394181486/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/526972062/https://www.newspapers.com/image/526972802/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/409663551/
https://www.kxlh.com/news/2017/02/07/cold-case-what-happened-to-nyleen-marshall/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Monica_Bonilla

Patreon Summer Sampler: Michael Chucky Palmer Aug 09, 2026

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Welcome to our annual Patreon Summer Sampler, where we dig into the archives and share an episode to give you an idea of what you could expect from us monthly on Patreon.
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