The Trail Went Cold

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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 281 - Byron Carr Jun 15, 2022

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November 12, 1988. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. After he is not heard from in over 24 hours, the body of 36-year old Byron Carr is discovered inside the bedroom of his residence. He has been strangled with a towel and stabbed with a kitchen knife and the words, “I will kill again”, are scrawled on the bedroom wall. The evidence indicates that Byron had sex with another man before he was murdered, but even though the perpetrator left his DNA behind, all attempts to match it to anyone are unsuccessful. Over the years, investigators receive a number of compelling tips, including the name of an accomplice who supposedly helped the killer cover up the crime, but the killer himself remains unidentified. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will travel back to our podcast’s home country of Canada to explore the only known unsolved homicide from Prince Edward Island.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Charlottetown Police Service at (902) 629-4172 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Additional Reading:

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/cold-case-warm-memories-byron-carrs-friends-family-want-his-1988-pei-murder-solved-100638596/

https://ucfiles.com/Files/1988/bcarr.php

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/byron-carr

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/byron-carr-murder-accomplice-identified-by-police-1.2355330

https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/on-the-hunt-76479/?location=nova-scotia

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/provincial/charlottetown-police-release-sketch-of-possible-byron-carr-killer-105499/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/503004708/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/730208131/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 280 - Peter Watts Jun 08, 2022

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January 18, 1976. Colwyn Bay, Wales. The family of 15-year old Peter Watts returns to their residence and discovers he has left behind a note to say that he went to see a friend. Ten hours later, Peter’s unconscious body is discovered on the Euston Road underpass in London over 250 miles away and he dies after being rushed to the hospital. While Peter’s injuries are consistent with a fall from a great height, his body and clothing appear to have been washed, suggesting that he was seriously injured at another location before someone placed his body on the underpass. While an inquest jury rules that Peter’s death was murder, there are no conclusive answers about who killed him or why he made a lengthy trip to London to begin with. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a truly baffling mystery from the United Kingdom about a victim who wound up dead at a location they had no known connection to.

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Additional Reading:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/how-mysterious-death-teenager-peter-10758183

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/london-police-car-kill-colwyn-10759848

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-35350080

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-01-18/the-40-year-mystery-of-the-murder-of-15-year-old-peter-watts

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/i-dont-think-ill-ever-10755834

https://www.newspapers.com/image/805476984/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/805446833/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/805445872/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/303725746/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 279 - Colonel Philip Shue Jun 01, 2022

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April 16, 2003. Kendall County, Texas. 54-year old Colonel Philip Shue, who works as a staff psychiatrist for the United States Air Force, leaves his residence to drive to work. Two-and-a-half hours later, Colonel Shue’s car is seen driving erratically down the interstate before it crashes into some trees and Shue is found dead in the driver’s seat. Even though his death is ruled to be a staged suicide, there are a number of suspicious discrepancies, as duct tape is wrapped around Shue’s wrists and feet, a large gash is carved into his chest, and both of his nipples have been removed. There is suspicion that Shue’s ex-wife had him tortured and killed in order to cash in on some life insurance policies, but even though a judge later makes a public ruling at a civil trial that Shue was the victim of a homicide, his official cause of death is never changed. Did Colonel Shue intentionally crash his car and take his own life, or did was killed while attempting to escape from someone who did him harm? We’re going to explore both sides of this perplexing case on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, which chronicles one of the most bizarre unexplained deaths you’ll ever hear about.

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Additional Reading:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-curious-case-of-col-shue-26-03-2009/

https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/BCME_autopsy.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/psychological_autopsy.pdf

“From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Examining the Mysteries” by Dr. Cyril Wecht & Dawna Kaufmann

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colonel-philip-shue_b_1424756

https://setexasrecord.com/stories/510609568-judge-clears-usaa-in-colonel-s-death

https://www.newspapers.com/image/410551210/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/410551622/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/356794566/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 278 - Alexis Patterson May 25, 2022

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May 3, 2002. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven-year old Alexis Patterson is walked to school by her stepfather, who claims that he last sees her crossing the street and heading in the direction of the school playground. Even though numerous students report seeing Alexis crying on the playground that day, she never attends any of her classes and is eventually reported missing. Over the years, investigators explore a number of potential leads and direct some suspicion towards Alexis’ family, but there are no conclusive answers about what happened to her. Was Alexis Patterson the victim of a stranger abduction or do the real answers lie closer to home? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore an unsolved missing children’s case which recently passed its 20-year anniversary. Special thanks to listener Michelle Matthews for narrating the opening of this episode.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Milwaukee Police Department at (414) 935-7360 or Milwaukee Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS (8477).

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Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/alexis-s-patterson

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2022/05/03/elizabeth-smart-alexis-patterson-missing-children-racial-bias/7384510001/

https://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/disappearance-of-alexis-patterson-journal-sentinel-archives-385123251.html

https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-alexis-patterson-missing-20-years-since-disappearance/39894820

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2021/01/20/laron-bourgeois-stepfather-alexis-patterson-has-died/4225015001/

https://fox8.com/news/man-believes-woman-missing-since-2002-is-living-in-ohio-police-take-dna-samples/

https://newsone.com/3479238/dna-test-to-determine-if-woman-is-alexis-patterson/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91531&page=1

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/14/connie.missing.media/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-tale-of-two-kidnappings/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 277 - Wil Hendrick May 18, 2022

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January 10, 1999. Moscow, Idaho. While attending a party at an apartment complex, 25-year old University of Idaho theatre student Wil Hendrick vanishes without explanation and his abandoned car is soon discovered downtown. Three-and-a-half years later, Wil’s skull and jawbone are found in a rural wooded area and even though his exact cause of death cannot be determined, he is ruled to be the victim of a homicide. Since Wil was gay, it is speculated that his murder might have been a hate crime. While investigators explore a number of different angles, including the involvement of a truck driver who had once worked for Wil’s partner, no conclusive answers are ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the perplexing unsolved death of a beloved stage actor.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Moscow Police Department at (208) 882-2677.

Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/william-hendrick/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Wil_Hendrick

https://www.newspapers.com/image/394691372/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/575375908/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/575375972/

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/575385669/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/575492764/

https://web.archive.org/web/20060128160446/http://www.argonaut.uidaho.edu/archives/020601/newsstory1.html

http://dnews.com/local/hendrick-case-gets-assist-from-fbi/article_43106165-3eec-5f6a-bc92-7681493ab6c5.html

https://www.khq.com/news/what-happened-to-wil/article_bb295859-b707-5b79-b35a-2f5f1e9f5a18.html

https://lmtribune.com/northwest/a-party-leads-to-murder/article_a2be6edf-84fb-5cec-83b6-367d08f2eb84.html

https://www.nwpb.org/2022/05/04/remembering-wil-hendrick-a-cold-murder-case-kept-alive/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 276 - Paul Armstrong, Steven Lombard & Karen Wright May 11, 2022

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December 17, 1993. Merced, California. 27-year old Paul Armstrong, a tow truck operator employed by RTS Towing, vanishes without explanation from his home. Later that day, 34-year old Steven Lombard, another tow truck operator from the same company, goes to the towing yard to pick up his paycheque before he also disappears and his abandoned pick-up truck is found in a K-Mart parking lot the following morning. Over 15 years later, the owner of RTS Towing, Randal Wright, becomes a person of interest in the disappearance of his 50-year old estranged wife, Karen Wright, who vanishes from their vacation home in Mexico. While there is suspicion that Randal might have been involved in all of these disappearances, no trace of any of the victims is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will be covering a trio of unsolved missing persons cases and explore whether or not they are actually connected to each other. After that… the trail went cold.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Merced County Sheriff’s Office at (209) 385-7445.

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Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/paul-henry-armstrong

https://charleyproject.org/case/steven-lincoln-lombard

https://www.mercedsunstar.com/latest-news/article3240379.html

https://abc30.com/archive/6719241/

https://sanbenito.com/updated-former-local-missing-in-mexico-for-3-months/

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/crime/article24554236.html

https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article3251777.html

https://www.modbee.com/latest-news/article3127847.html

https://www.modbee.com/latest-news/article3133722.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/784386582/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/784386631

https://www.newspapers.com/image/667636945/

“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.

The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 275 - Leonard Dirickson May 04, 2022

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March 14, 1998. Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. 39-year old Leonard Dirickson prepares breakfast for his son, Jared, before a man driving a pick-up truck shows up at their ranch. After Leonard goes outside and speaks to the driver, he tells Jared that the man is interested in looking at one of his stud horses and he will accompany him to the locations where they are being kept. After Leonard climbs into the pick-up truck and leaves, he does not return and is eventually reported missing. Even though there are a couple of reported sightings to suggest that Leonard might still be alive, he cannot be found and the driver of the pick-up truck is never identified. Could Leonard Dirickson have staged his own disappearance or did he become the victim of foul play? And if he was murdered, what could the motive have been? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a truly perplexing missing persons case and we’ll also take some time to briefly examine the unsolved disappearance of 56-year old Lee Young, who vanished from Scottsdale, Arizona in May 1990.

If you have any information on the disappearance of Leonard Dirickson, please contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-522-8017. If you have any information on the disappearance of Lee Young, please contact the Scottsdale Police Department at (480) 312-5155.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/lenny-dirickson/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Lenny_Dirickson

http://charleyproject.org/case/leonard-neal-dirickson

https://www.newspapers.com/image/454813496/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/454835130/

https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2705422/disappearance-of-father-haunts-family-strong-city-man-missing-since-1998?

http://crimeblogger1983.blogspot.com/2017/08/quick-entry-3-peculiar-disappearance-of.html?m=1

http://www.unsolved.com/gallery/lee-young

http://charleyproject.org/case/lee-roy-young

https://www.newspapers.com/image/122376865/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/123255446/

“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.

The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 274 - Cary Sayegh Apr 27, 2022

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October 25, 1978. Las Vegas, Nevada. Six-year old Cary Sayegh disappears from his schoolyard during lunchtime recess and a student reports seeing Cary being forced into a vehicle by a man. Hours later, the Sayegh family receives a phone call from a kidnapper demanding a sizable ransom for Cary’s safe return, but the caller never makes contact with them again. A man named Jerry Burgess draws suspicion from the authorities when he keeps inserting himself into the investigation and he is eventually charged with Cary’s kidnapping in 1981. However, Burgess winds up being acquitted of the kidnapping charge at his trial and all attempts to find Cary are unsuccessful. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we chronicle the frustrating story of an unsolved ransom kidnapping which would become one of the infamous cold cases in the history of Las Vegas.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 795-3111.

Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/cary-daniel-sayegh

https://news3lv.com/news/local/special-report-wheres-cary

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/las-vegas-boys-kidnapping-case-remains-open-40-years-later/

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/oct/13/suspect-in-boys-disappearance-arrested-by-fbi/

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/aug/03/where-i-stand–classic-hank-an-offer-for-return-of/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/149183331/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/64115730/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/62719939/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/150768963/

https://pissedoffprosecutor.vegas/tag/cary-sayegh/

https://pissedoffprosecutor.vegas/latest-news/the-federal-case-is-opened-in-mid-2000-fbi-agent-henry-schlumpf-with-whom-i-had-worked-the-harrahs-casino-robbery-case-came-to-me-with-a-cold-case-an-atypical-federal-matter/

https://pissedoffprosecutor.vegas/latest-news/cary-sayegh-part-iii-target-jerald-burgess-mission-not-accomplished/

“My Life in Crime: A Moderate Look at Crooks” by Will Cavanaugh

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 273 - Laurie Murninghan Apr 20, 2022

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July 9, 1970. Lansing, Michigan. 16-year old Laurie Murninghan, the daughter of the city’s former mayor, is abducted from her workplace by a black male during a robbery gone wrong. Eleven days later, Laurie’s decomposed body is discovered in a remote swampy pond and her cause of death is determined to be manual strangulation. Since Laurie’s employer witnessed the abduction, she picks out a promising suspect from a photo line-up who has an extensive criminal record. However, the authorities do not believe they have enough evidence to arrest this man, so the murder is never solved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover the unsolved abduction and murder of Laurie Murningham and we will also briefly discuss another cold case involving the murder of 14-year old Karen Oatley, which took place in Lansing nine years later. Special thanks to listener Michelle Beleski for narrating the opening of this episode.

If you have any information about the murders of Laurie Murninghan and Karen Oatley, please contact the Lansing Police Department at (517) 483-4600.

Additional Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/21/archives/body-of-girl-16-seized-in-holdup-found-in-michigan.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/204070287/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/206091802/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/206091804/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/204884983/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/204885016/

https://99wfmk.com/lauriemurninghan/

http://mja–inc–investigations.webs.com/apps/blog/show/5016525-laurie-murninghan-still-seeks-justice-after-40-years

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/mi-laurie-murninghan-16-lansing-9-july-1970.12877/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/98969533/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/206180693/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/109188751/

“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 272 - Kimberly McAndrew Apr 13, 2022

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August 12, 1989. Halifax, Nova Scotia. After her shift ends 40 minutes earlier than scheduled, 19-year old Kimberly McAndrew clocks out and leaves her workplace before she vanishes without a trace. Over the years, investigators check out a number of different leads and even consult with a so-called “psychic detective”, but fail to find any conclusive answers about what happened to Kim. Even though a sex offender named Andrew Paul Johnson is looked at as a potential suspect in Kim’s disappearance and a couple of other unsolved murders from the Halifax area, there is no conclusive evidence to implicate him. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel back to our podcast’s home country of Canada to explore one of the most prominent unsolved missing persons cases from the province of Nova Scotia.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Halifax Regional Police at (902) 490-5333 or Canadian Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Additional Reading:

https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Kimberly_McAndrew

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/29dfns.html

https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2013000007

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/kimberly-mcandrew-s-family-searching-for-answers-25-years-after-disappearance-1.1955101

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kimberly-mcandrew-case-unsolved-after-25-years-1.2731770

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/missing-persons-halifax-crime-kimberly-mcandrew-police-1.4239917

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dangerous-offender-andrew-paul-johnson-parole-denied-1.5123720

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kimberly-mcandrew-30-years-1.5244420

https://globalnews.ca/news/530032/halifax-major-crimes-unit-returns-to-shad-bay-to-search-nearby-property/

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/07/psychic-detective-noreen-renier/