2020-07

July 31, 1986. Silver Spring, Maryland. The body of 19-year old Keith Warren is found in a wooded area, hanging from a tree in a noose. Even though there are some unexplained discrepancies, as well as suspicious behaviour from the authorities, Keith’s death is ruled to be a suicide. Nearly six years later, Keith’s mother receives an envelope containing never-before-seen photos of the crime scene, revealing that Keith’s body had been dressed in clothing which did not belong to him. When Keith’s body is exhumed, an autopsy reveals the presence of toxic chemicals in his system, and a former acquaintance of Keith’s who may have had information about the case also turns up dead in a suspicious accident. In spite of these new developments, the authorities refuse to waver from their original suicide ruling. Did Keith Warren really take his own life, or was a massive cover-up orchestrated to cover up his death? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” offers an in-depth exploration into a very controversial case.
Additional Reading:
https://www.thekeithwarrenjusticesite.com
https://unsolved.com/gallery/keith-warren/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/sister-on-mission-to-prove-brother-didnt-take-his-own-life/2012/02/17/gIQATe2ZAS_story.html?utm_term=.f54f2fc36d68
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-sister-fights-for-justice-for-her-brother-25-years-after-hanging-126177263.html
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

July 22, 1985. Nolensville, Tennessee. After failing to pick up his wife from the bus station, 79-year old George Owens and his car are discovered to be missing from his home. One week later, George’s abandoned vehicle is found on a hilltop in a rural wooded area over 100 miles away and piles of kindling are found outside and in the back seat. Eyewitnesses report having seen George in the area looking disoriented, leading to speculation that he wandered off into the woods, but an extensive search effort is unable find to him.
June 5, 1998. Cincinnati, Ohio. Gary Adams contacts the police and reports that his 98-year old father, Walter Munson, has gone missing during a shopping trip at Findlay Market, but almost none of the other witnesses from the market remember seeing Walter there that day. Even though Gary claims that his father has lived with him for the past 20 years, the official paper trail for Walter seems to end in 1980 and virtually no one else can recall having seen him since then. Investigators soon uncover evidence that Gary was committing fraud by cashing his father’s Social Security checks and while he serves time in prison for that crime, no trace of Walter is ever found.On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold’, we will be chronicling a pair of unsolved missing persons cases involving elderly victims.
If you have information about the disappearance of George Owens, please contact the Perry County Sheriffs Department at (931) 589-8803. If you have any information about the disappearance of Walter Dunson, please contact the Cincinnati Police Department at (513) 352-3542.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/George_Owens
http://charleyproject.org/case/george-owens
https://www.newspapers.com/image/112397889/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/113113271/
http://charleyproject.org/case/walter-dunson
https://cite.case.law/f-appx/39/52/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/102278366/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/102256146/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/102402055/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/98734213/
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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

April 23, 1995. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Eight-year old Dimitric Moore tells his mother, Ora Lee Moore, that is he going out to visit a friend, but he fails to return home that night. The following afternoon, Dimitric’s nude body is discovered inside the trunk of his mother’s car and his cause of death is determined to be asphyxiation. Months later, Ora is indicted for voluntarily manslaughter after she is accused of drowning Dimitric in her bathtub, but winds up being acquitted when she goes on trial for the crime, Ora is acquitted. Rumours circulate that Dimitric may have actually been killed by some local neighbourhood kids before his body was placed in Ora’s trunk in order to frame her. Was Ora Lee Moore actually guilty of killing her own son? Or was Dimitric’s death the result of some violent bullying which escalated out of control? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” chronicles a controversial story about the death of an eight-year old boy which has yet to find a conclusive resolution after 25 years.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dimitric_Moore
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-04-30/news/9504290814_1_dimitric-new-smyrna-alex
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-05-14/news/9505140232_1_dimitric-moore-trunk
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-06-15/news/9506150494_1_smyrna-beach-police-new-smyrna-dimitric
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-12-19/news/9512190085_1_new-smyrna-moore-grand-jury
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-05-27/news/9605260385_1_dimitric-moore-smyrna-beach
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-05-31/news/9605301668_1_lee-moore-smyrna-beach-new-smyrna
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-06-05/news/9606041350_1_dimitric-moore-smyrna-beach
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-02-28/news/9702280407_1_smyrna-beach-dimitric-tanner
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-05-24/news/9705231644_1_unsolved-mysteries-dimitric-moore
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-10-23/news/9710221032_1_dimitric-smyrna-beach-tanner
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/sport/perry-baker-rugby-sevens-usa-eagles-intl/index.html
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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

August 3, 1980. AuSable Township, Michigan. 20-year old Cherita Thomas borrows her friend’s car in order to pick up her daughter from a babysitter, but the vehicle breaks down before she arrives. Witnesses see Cherita climbing into a blue pick-up truck driven by a white male, but she is never heard from again. Jimmie Allen Nelson, the babysitter’s brother-in-law, is suspected of harming Cherita in a racially motivated hate crime, and even though Cherita’s body is not found, Nelson is charged and convicted of her murder three decades later. However, Nelson’s conviction is overturned when newly discovered evidence surfaces which reportedly implicates another suspect, so the murder charge against him is dismissed in 2014. Was Jimmie Allen Nelson actually responsible for Cherita Thomas’ disappearance? If not, then what actually happened to her? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” chronicles a convoluted missing persons case which has had a number of surprising twists and turns over the past 40 years.
Special thanks to Chris Wimmer for providing the opening narration on today’s episode. Be sure to listen to Chris’ podcast, “Infamous America” (https://blackbarrelmedia.com/infamous-america/).
Additional Reading:
http://charleyproject.org/case/cherita-janice-thomas
http://www.iosconews.com/news/article_165d5202-3706-5394-8298-92de7a5a7925.html
https://www.macombdaily.com/news/nation-world-news/michigan-court-strikes-murder-conviction-in-case/article_d03714a2-e37b-5665-8ca4-00f7e736789c.html
https://abc7news.com/archive/7771114/
http://www.michbar.org/file/opinions/appeals/2012/082312/52533.pdf
http://www.michbar.org/file/opinions/appeals/2014/022514/56526.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2008/20081223-c271768-41-271768-opn.html
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4394
“True Police Stories of the Strange & Unexplained” by Ingrid P. Dean
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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

July 5, 2004. Regina, Saskatchewan. Five-year old Tamra Keepness heads for bed while her mother, Lorena Keepness, goes out drinking, leaving Tamra and her five siblings alone at their house. Lorena eventually returns home, but when she wakes up later that morning, she discovers that Tamra is missing. Since Tamra lives in a dysfunctional home alongside adults who have substance abuse issues and a history of troubles with the law, there is suspicion that they might know more about her disappearance than they’re saying. Ten years later, an anonymous Reddit user posts a photo of a hand-drawn map for Tamra’s alleged burial location, but an investigation turns up nothing and no trace of Tamra is ever found. Was Tamra Keepness the victim of an abduction, or was someone in her household responsible for her disappearance? On this week’s special Canada Day edition of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a tragic unsolved case from our host country involving a missing Indigenous child.
Additional Reading:
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/tamra-jewel-keepness
https://thewalrus.ca/little-girl-lost/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tamra-keepness-a-haunting-reminder-of-an-unsolved-mystery/article21490589/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/map-of-missing-regina-girl-belonged-to-late-grandmother-reddit-user-claims-1.2084242
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/11/07/search_yields_no_evidence_of_tamra_keepness_map_not_authentic.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/keepness_tamra/night.html
https://thetruecrimefiles.com/tamra-jewel-keepness-disappearance/
https://old.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/brkve3/lorena_keepness_social_services_apprehansion_file/
“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 now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.