The Trail Went Cold

June 11, 1962. San Francisco, California. 35-year old Frank Morris, 32-year old John Anglin and his 31-year old brother, Clarence Anglin, attempt an elaborate escape from the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. After sneaking out of their cells during the night, the three convicts enter the water in order to cross San Francisco Bay on a homemade inflatable raft, but an extensive manhunt fails to find them. While the authorities are inclined to believe the escapees drowned, certain pieces of evidence, including a photograph that was allegedly taken of the Anglin brothers in Brazil in 1975, suggest they might have survived. In Part One of our special six-anniversary episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we shared the basic facts of the Alcatraz escape. This week, in Part Two, we shall explore all the different theories surrounding the escape attempt and determine the likelihood of whether or not any of the three missing convicts could have gotten away with it.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the U.S. Marshals Service’s San Francisco office at (415) 436-7677.
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Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape
https://vault.fbi.gov/Alcatraz%20Escape
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc1.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc2.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc3.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc4.htm
https://unsolved.com/gallery/alcatraz-escape/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/460678737/
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/us/anniversary-of-a-mystery-at-alcatraz.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47782343
https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/06/19/alcatraz-escapees-sister-returns-to-robbery-scene/
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/02/08/investigator-says-1962-alcatraz-escapees-likely-survived/
https://archive.today/20140320041409/http://www.11alive.com/news/article/219701/1/Rome-man-claims-he-had-role-in-escape-from-Alcatraz
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30349106
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Does-this-photo-prove-the-most-famous-Alcatraz-6568415.php
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3278098/notorious-alcatraz-escapees-may-still-be-on-the-lam-1.3278107
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alcatraz-inmates-survived-infamous-1962-escape-letter-suggests/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/24/a-man-claims-three-alcatraz-prisoners-barely-survived-a-1962-escape-and-that-hes-one-of-them/
https://musebycl.io/digital-data/can-ai-solve-58-year-old-alcatraz-escape-mystery
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

June 11, 1962. San Francisco, California. 35-year old Frank Morris, 32-year old John Anglin and his 31-year old brother, Clarence Anglin, attempt an elaborate escape from the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. After sneaking out of their cells during the night, the three convicts enter the water in order to cross San Francisco Bay on a homemade inflatable raft, but an extensive manhunt fails to find them. While the authorities are inclined to believe the escapees drowned, certain pieces of evidence, including a photograph that was allegedly taken of the Anglin brothers in Brazil in 1975, suggest they might have survived. To commemorate “The Trail Went Cold” reaching its six-year anniversary, we are covering what is probably the most famous unsolved prison escape of all time, which has not received a definitive conclusion after nearly 60 years. This story will be released as a special two-part episode and this week, Part 1 will outline the basic facts and details of the Alcatraz escape. Special thanks to listener Vanessa Maez for narrating the opening of this episode.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the U.S. Marshals Service’s San Francisco office at (415) 436-7677.
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Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape
https://vault.fbi.gov/Alcatraz%20Escape
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc1.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc2.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc3.htm
https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/alcesc4.htm
https://unsolved.com/gallery/alcatraz-escape/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/460678737/
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/us/anniversary-of-a-mystery-at-alcatraz.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47782343
https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/06/19/alcatraz-escapees-sister-returns-to-robbery-scene/
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/02/08/investigator-says-1962-alcatraz-escapees-likely-survived/
https://archive.today/20140320041409/http://www.11alive.com/news/article/219701/1/Rome-man-claims-he-had-role-in-escape-from-Alcatraz
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30349106
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Does-this-photo-prove-the-most-famous-Alcatraz-6568415.php
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3278098/notorious-alcatraz-escapees-may-still-be-on-the-lam-1.3278107
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alcatraz-inmates-survived-infamous-1962-escape-letter-suggests/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/24/a-man-claims-three-alcatraz-prisoners-barely-survived-a-1962-escape-and-that-hes-one-of-them/
https://musebycl.io/digital-data/can-ai-solve-58-year-old-alcatraz-escape-mystery
“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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel &  Spa in London on June 11-12, 2022. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo  code, “COLD22”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk.
“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.

February 14, 1985. Colorado Springs, Colorado. The bodies of 37-year old Cassandra Rundle and her two children, 12-year old Detrick Sturm and 10-year old Melanie Sturm, are discovered inside their respective bedrooms at their residence. The two females were sexually assaulted and beaten and all three victims have been strangled to death. Since Cassandra had placed some personal ads in a local newspaper and received responses from a number of men, there is speculation that this might be connected to the crime. Years later, Philip Wilkinson, an inmate serving time on death row for the similar murders of another family, is looked at as a possible suspect, but there is no conclusive evidence to implicate him or anyone else. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore an unsolved Valentine’s Day cold case involving a mother and her children which is sometimes referred to as the “Lonely Hearts Murders”.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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Additional Reading:
https://gazette.com/colorado-cold-case/lonely-hearts/colorado-cold-case-friends-investigators-share-hope-for-justice-in-triple-homicide/article_09b105f2-6c63-11ea-bbe4-ff7d230cbb94.html
https://gazette.com/colorado-cold-case/colorado-cold-case-episode-2-looks-at-early-days-of-investigation-into-1985-triple-homicide/article_de18ef04-54c5-11ea-ba2b-4335768f1928.html
https://gazette.com/colorado-cold-case/lonely-hearts/colorado-cold-case-confession-in-north-carolina-triple-homicide-raises-questions-about-unsolved-1985-valentine/article_bd18f512-64a9-11ea-97a7-b3f5ea72b74b.html
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/mother-children-murder-colorado-springs-cold-case/73-6678d864-81f4-45a1-841e-32a5bc564023
https://apnews.com/2b7879bf5bc9db6be84fd8344123dd91
https://web.archive.org/web/20160322164426/https://gazette.com/few-left-to-remember-horrific-valentines-day-killings/article/133323/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100307083729/http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2010/02/21/family-of-3-beaten-with-hockey-stick-strangled/
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

December 31, 2010. Wilmington, Delaware. The body of 66-year old Jack Wheeler is discovered in a trash heap at the Cherry Island Landfill and his cause of death is determined to be blunt force trauma. Days earlier, Jack had left his residence in New York City to travel to Delaware and numerous eyewitnesses would report seeing Jack at numerous locations, displaying erratic behaviour which may have been caused by his struggles with bipolar disorder. It is believed that Jack’s body was transported to the landfill after he wound up inside a dumpster which was picked up by a garbage truck, but even though investigators think his injuries are consistent with a homicide, the exact circumstances of how Jack died are unclear. Was Jack Wheeler actually the victim of foul play or was his death a tragic accident brought on by a mental health crisis? We shall explore both sides of the case on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”.
If you have any information about this case, please contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Wheeler_III
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/he-helped-build-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-but-his-2010-killing-remains-unsolved/2017/05/23/91442c74-2927-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/03/Prominent-veteran-found-in-landfill/UPI-74381294097675
https://web.archive.org/web/20110112023109/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/01/03/general-us-federal-official-landfill_8234629.html
https://www.foxnews.com/us/witnesses-wheeler-appeared-disoriented-disheveled-prior-to-death
https://abcnews.go.com/US/presidential-aide-jack-wheelers-body-found-landfill/story?id=12532638
https://www.dailypress.com/military/dp-nws-john-wheeler-day1-20110409-story.html
https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-04-29-pentagon-official-wheeler-buried-arlington_n.htm
https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-jack-john-wheeler-murder-leaves-out/
https://www.thewrap.com/unsolved-mysteries-netflix-jack-wheeler-pharmacy-wilmington-delaware/
https://unsolved.com/gallery/washington-insider-murder/
“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.

December 26, 1983. Austin, Texas. After leaving her workplace, 39-year old Gracie Nash vanishes without a trace and her abandoned car is soon discovered with a large amount of blood inside. Just over one month later, Gracie’s brother, 43-year old John Davis Jr., is fatally shot outside his residence. Suspicion falls upon a woman named Naomi Easley, who had launched a campaign of harassment and violence against the victims’ brother, Melvin Davis, after a tumultuous break-up. Even though Naomi eventually goes to prison for another murder, no evidence links her to Gracie’s disappearance or John’s death. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we detail the tragic story of a family who lost two siblings just over one month apart and never received conclusive answers about what happened.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the Austin Police Department at (512) 974-5000.
Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/gracie-nell-nash
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362884233/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362884290/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362860322/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/358405108/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362873118/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/364024424/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362860411/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/363972130/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/363974758/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/362918871/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/357461817/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/357461844/
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1992/5184.html
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

June 23, 1997. San Francisco, California. After completing her shift at a coffee shop at the Crocker Galleria, 18-year old Kristen Modafferi vanishes without a trace. Even though co-workers report seeing Kristen with a blonde woman at the mall, this woman is never identified, and a police bloodhound tracks Kristen’s scent to the edge of the Pacific Ocean at Lands End over six miles away. Weeks later, a man named Jon Onuma phones in a fake tip in which he falsely accuses two women of murdering Kristen, but even though Onuma does a number of suspicious things and multiple women accuse him of abuse, no conclusive evidence can be found to link him to Kristen’s disappearance. Was Kristen Modafferi harmed by Jon Onuma? If not, then how did she wind up going missing? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the perplexing disappearance of a young university student where all the pieces of the puzzle just don’t seem to fit together. Special thanks to listener Gretchen Piening for narrating the opening for this episode.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the Oakland Police Department at (510) 238-3641.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Kristen_Modafferi
https://unsolved.com/gallery/kristen-modafferi/
http://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi
http://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2134466/
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Kristen-Modafferi-cold-case-Oakland-Jayne-DNA-13005068.php
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Kristen-Modafferi-Dennis-Mahon-Onuma-missing-Lampo-12988187.php
http://www.findkristen.com
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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 19, 1992. Menasha, Wisconsin. After leaving her workplace, 20-year old Laurie Depies drives to her boyfriend’s apartment complex and parks her car before she vanishes without a trace. Even though witnesses heard her vehicle pull into the lot, they do not report hearing or seeing anything unusual and the only evidence is a cup of soda left on top of the car’s roof. Eighteen years later, a convicted kidnapper named Larry DeWayne Hall confesses to abducting and murdering Laurie, but a search for her remains turns up nothing and no corroborating evidence is found to support his story. Was Larry DeWayne Hall actually responsible for Laurie Depies’ disappearance or could she have been abducted and harmed by someone she knew? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the unsolved disappearance of a young woman who seemingly vanished into thin air during a very narrow window of time.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the Menasha Police Department at (920) 720-7109
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Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/laurie-jean-depies
https://www.wbay.com/2021/08/19/laurie-depies-disappeared-29-years-ago/
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/laurie-depies-best-friend-says-080048936.html
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2019/04/22/laurie-depies-dr-phil-highlights-missing-appleton-woman/3511606002/
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/laurie-depies-years-gone/32111947/
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2017/08/17/what-happened-laurie-depies-who-vanished-1992/551743001/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wisconsin-cold-case-cracked-inmate-confesses-laurie-depies/story?id=13622809
https://www.newspapers.com/image/360102981/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/360103075/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/290436962/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/360546240
https://www.newspapers.com/image/360546242/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/ibf4qk/the_laurie_depies_disappearance_after_teresa/
“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.

July 4, 1988. San Angelo, Texas. 16-year old Shane Stewart and his 18-year old girlfriend, Sally McNelly, go out to watch a fireworks show together, but never return home and Shane’s abandoned car is found in a park the following morning. Four months later, the couple’s skeletal remains are discovered in a remote pasture and they have both been murdered by shotgun blasts to the head. For years, rumours circulate that Shane and Sally were members of a Satanic cult and were killed for attempting to leave the group. In 2017, a person of interest is named after evidence which seems to be connected to the crime is found inside his residence, but no charges are ever filed in relation to Shane and Sally’s deaths. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the unsolved double murder of a young couple which was sometimes overshadowed by Satanic panic.
If you have any information about this case, please contact San Angelo Crime Stoppers at (325) 658-HELP (4357).
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Sally_McNelly_and_Shane_Stewart
https://unsolved.com/gallery/sally-mcnelly-shane-stewart/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Shane_Stewart_and_Sally_McNelly
https://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/unsolved-murder-haunts-father-investigators-ep-440761552-357255691.html
https://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/dna-evidence-eyed-in-1988-slayings-ep-458032062-354911441.html
http://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/officials-make-developments-in-cold-case-ep-503215001-354714431.html
https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2017/06/22/new-evidence-found-29-year-old-cold-case/421822001/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/06/25/blood-fingernail-found-at-home-of-texas-man-link-him-to-1988-slayings-of-2-teens-authorities-say/
https://sanangelolive.com/news/crime/2018-07-04/30th-anniversary-unsolved-murders-shane-and-sally-remembered
“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.
 

Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 300 cold cases and unsolved mysteries on the podcast and a decent amount of them have either wound up being solved or had significant developments take place. Two years ago, we released a special “update” episode which detailed a lot of these developments, but there have since been many more new updates to share. Examples include the identification of the Sumter County Does; an arrest in the murders of Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee, a.k.a. “The Orange Sock Murders”; the overturning of a wrongful conviction for the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain, and a number of shocking revelations in the murder of 12-year old Jonelle Matthews. These are just a few of the cases we are going to discuss in our second special “update” episode of “The Trail Went Cold”.
To listen to our previous “update” episode from January 2020, click here:https://www.trailwentcold.com/2020/01/01/the-trail-went-cold-episode-155-update/
Additional Reading:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jonelle-matthews-murder-kidnapping-steve-pankey-person-of-interest-48-hours/
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/steve-pankey-trial-verdict/73-48c6aa60-d61a-401d-ac43-d375ce25955e
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/13/steve-pankey-arrested-jonelle-matthews-murder-greeley-1984/
https://denver.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909806/2020/10/Steve-Pankey-Indictment.pdf
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19735658.renee-macrae-murder-accused-face-trial-next-year/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58719355
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/jose-rodriguez-cruz-sentenced-second-killing/2021/04/09/4dce72d6-995a-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/12/man-accused-of-lying-in-tracy-kroh-case-accepts-sentence-gets-immediate-parole.html
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/woman-charged-with-perjury-related-to-tracy-kroh-cold-case-sentenced/521-2c0a860a-f2d6-4fd7-a49b-680a8f911a3d
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/03/03/alan-lee-phillips-bobbie-jo-oberholtzer-annette-schnee-park-county-arrest-murder-breckenridge/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/phillips-colorado-sos-murder.html
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/04/09/cold-case-arrest-michael-jefferson-charged-murdering-roger-dean-1985/
https://people.com/crime/dna-taken-water-bottle-1985-cold-case-killing-arrest/
https://www.ktoo.org/2020/09/09/23-years-ago-the-state-of-alaska-tried-the-wrong-man-for-the-murder-of-a-sitka-teenager-now-police-say-theyve-found-the-real-killer-why-wasnt-he-a-suspect-all-along/
https://people.com/crime/bethany-decker-missing-virginia-woman-boyfriend-charged-murder/
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-man-identified-44-years-after-being-found-dead-in-south-carolina-cold-case-reopened/article_951c9398-5cb5-11eb-bac3-5737c46afda3.html
https://www.twincities.com/2021/11/12/14-year-old-girl-identified-as-victim-in-1980-texas-cold-case-homicide-had-forest-lake-stillwater-connections/
https://meaww.com/angela-hammond-ransom-note-abduction-pregnant-mistaken-identity-informant
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/us/dennis-perry-charges-dropped-swain-murder-case.html
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2021/05/20/state-attorney-agrees-to-let-tommy-zeigler-perform-dna-testing/
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2021/10/20/debate-over-dna-testing-for-death-row-inmate-headed-to-florida-supreme-court/
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Christmas Eve 1924. Babbs Switch, Oklahoma. A fire breaks out at a Christmas party taking place at a schoolhouse and claims the lives of 36 people. The remains of one of the presumed victims, three-year old Mary Elizabeth Edens, cannot be found and since Mary’s aunt recalls handing the child to an unknown person, her family believes Mary might have been abducted. Over 32 years later, evidence is found to suggest that a California woman named Grace Reynolds might be Mary and she winds up having a reunion with the Edens family. However, in 1999, it is revealed that additional evidence was uncovered to indicate that Grace was not actually Mary after all, so the actual fate of the missing child remains unknown. For this year’s final holiday-themed episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will be exploring a tragic Christmas Eve mystery that has gone from unsolved to solved to back unsolved again over the course of a century.
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Additional Reading:
https://oklahoman.com/article/2679856/journalist-honors-pledge-to-family-of-missing-girl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbs_Switch_fire
http://rebelcherokee.labdiva.com/babbsfire.html
http://genealogytrails.com/oka/kiowa/babbsfire.html
https://oklahoman.com/article/5378711/deadly-1924-christmas-eve-fire-in-oklahoma-brought-reform
https://www.newspapers.com/image/596063048/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/455386905/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/603696188/
“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.