These Strange Disappearances are STILL Unsolved

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Christopher Tompkins was last seen January of 2002 walking away
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from a survey job in a wooded area of Highway
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85 in Ellerslie. Deputies continue to ask for tips in
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this case as they remain vigilant about learning what happened
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to Tompkins. If you have any information on this missing
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person's case, you're asked to call the Harris County Sheriff's
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Office or the GBI.
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In this episode, we'll discuss the bizarre disappearance of Christopher Tompkins.
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Let's begin.
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On the morning of January 25th, 2002, 20-year-old Christopher Thompson
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left for his job as a surveyor. Christopher met up
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with the three members of his four-man surveyor team and
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went about their daily routine of survey work at an
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expanse of lightly wooded area off County Line Road near
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Highway 85 in Ellerslie, Georgia. The team moved as a unit.
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each man spaced 50 feet apart in a line as
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they worked their way in the same direction through the forest. Christopher,
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who was the last in the line, was keeping regular
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communications with the others, and he and the man in
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front of him were within eyesight of each other. At
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one point, the surveyor in front glanced back toward Christopher,
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who had just been talking to him moments before, to
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find he had vanished. It didn't make any sense because
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he had just been there several seconds before but now
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there was nothing and nowhere he could have gone without
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being seen. The surveyor called the others and they searched
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the area but what they discovered only made it even stranger.
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Nearby was one of Christopher's work boots hanging from a
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barbed wire fence with no sign of the other boot.
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In a patch of grass next to the boot were
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his work tools blue fabric from his work pants, and
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12 cents. That was it, and it seemed as if
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Christopher had simply vanished out of existence. At 1 p.m.,
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around four hours after Christopher disappeared, one of the other
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surveyors finally called their boss to say that Christopher had vanished.
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Christopher's mother was not told about the incident until 4.15 p.m.
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When a missing persons report was filed the next day,
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authorities were not able to find any additional clues as
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to what had happened to him. A more intensive search
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was launched but nothing turned up until months later when
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the missing work boot was bizarrely found by chance on
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the private property of a man who lived 900 yards
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from where Christopher had gone missing. How did Christopher just
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go missing in practically the blink of an eye in
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full view only to leave behind just one boot? Where
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could he have gotten to so fast and why were
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there no other signs of him anywhere? The disappearance has
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long remained baffling, and as with many cases of people
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who have vanished into thin air, theories as to what
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happened to him have varied from the mundane to the
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truly bizarre. One of the first theories was that there
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had been some sort of foul play involved. After all,
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the surveyors with him did not report the disappearance for
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several hours, more than enough time for them to dispose
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of the body allowing them to make up whatever story
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they liked. However, there was no motive at all for this,
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no evidence of foul play, and none of the other
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surveyors were ever seriously interrogated or investigated on the matter.
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There was also the theory that Christopher had simply walked
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off the job and run off to start a new life,
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a theory supported by his boss's claim that Christopher had
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been acting strangely in the days leading up to the vanishing.
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but his own mother adamantly denied this saying, Chris lived
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with me and I saw him every day. There was
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neither strange behavior on his part nor any distress. Many
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of his friends and family would insist that Christopher had
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been a well-adjusted, happy individual and his coworkers painted a
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picture of a respectable, hardworking individual. There's also the question of,
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if he did walk away, then how did he manage
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to do it in full view of the others And
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why did he do it minus one boot and while
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leaving behind those other bizarre clues? Another theory was he
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might have been attacked by a wild animal. But if
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that were the case, wouldn't there be more evidence of
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a struggle or injury? And how could this possibly happen
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within moments and within eyesight of the other surveyor without
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him knowing? It just doesn't make any sense.
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There was a.
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20-year-old young man who left home one morning to go
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to work. He was a part of a four-man survey
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crew that was working in the Harris County area. They
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were working in wooded areas out there.
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And three people came home and one did not. Chris
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simply vanished. And when I say vanished, I need you
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all to listen to me. Chris simply vanished.
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Sometime that afternoon, the three individuals who were with Chris
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placed a call to 911 to say he vanished. Search dogs,
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Sheriff's job in the Harris County Sheriff's Department, they brought
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out whatever.
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Resources they had.
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We found one of Chris's boots that day? Yeah. Remember now,
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we found one of his boots that very day.
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We found some of his work tools.
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And some change that they speculated or we think may
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have been from Chris's pocket. But maybe a week or
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two later, the Harris County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff John told
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us that they believed Chris had just walked away.
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He said if a man was going to walk away,
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he wouldn't take off his boots to do so. He
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probably would have kept both of them on if he
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was going to be walking.
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This is where we get into some of the more
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far-out theories that have made the rounds. One idea is
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that Christopher had seen something out there that he was
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not supposed to and was silenced by some mysterious party,
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with the authorities in on it.
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All, explaining the lag time and informing the family.
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Even weirder still is the theory that some mysterious and
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very powerful force had actually picked him up and carried
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him off, with his belongings snagged on the fence as
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he was carried away.
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Ghosts? UFO? Bigfoot? Who knows?
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There are even the theories that the culprit could have
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been some sort of vortex, a rift between dimensions. Or
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even the doings of ancient Native American spirits or curses
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from the days when the native Creek people were massacred
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and driven from these lands by encroaching settlers. Of course,
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there is no evidence whatsoever for any of these wild
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theories either, and they serve merely to add a layer
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of additional bizarreness to an already bizarre case. So, what
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happened to Christopher Tompkins? It remains a complete mystery.
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A family in turmoil over the disappearance of 33-year-old Hermelinda Alvarado,
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a Merced mother of eight children, ages 6 to 23,
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a mother, sister, and wife who just vanished.
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Hello, friends, and welcome to our second episode of Land
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of the Lost. Today, we'll be discussing the disappearance of
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Hermelinda Alvarado, Please make sure you share the links in
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the description box and share this video so we can
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help Irma Linda's family spread awareness.
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Let's begin.
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Irma Linda Alvarado was last seen in Merced, California on
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April 10th, 2019. She had rented a red Hyundai Elantra
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while her husband was on a business trip to Texas.
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At 2.25 a.m., she called her sister and said she
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was driving to Florida to visit their brothers A few
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minutes later, she called her husband and said she wanted
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to drive to Texas to be with him. He told
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her to go back home and pick him up at
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the airport when he arrived home. At 9.37 a.m., she
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posted a video on one of her social media accounts.
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It showed her alone in the desert near Blythe, California.
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Her sister kept trying to call her, and later that morning,
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Irma Linda finally answered. She said she'd been in a
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car accident and two men had tried to take her
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car and keys and she had to run for her life.
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Almost three hours later, she answered a call from her
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brother-in-law and said a friend had picked her up and
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they were en route to Los Angeles, California. This is
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the last time anyone spoke to her. Irma Linda never
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arrived to pick up her husband, Jose, from the Fresno
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Yosemite International Airport. She's never been heard from again. On
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April 11th, 2019, Dorenda Hyundai was found abandoned off eastbound
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Interstate 10 in a remote desert area between the towns
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of Blythe and Indio, California, near the Arizona border. Irma
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Linda's purse, identification, cash, and credit cards went sighted, but
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her cell phone was missing. Irma Linda's family have taken
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several trips to the desert in Riverside County where the
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vehicle was discovered. They had passed out flyers and searched
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for anything that would help find her. After working with
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the Volunteer Private Investigation Service, police found a location where
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her phone pinged a nearby tower. The family then used
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Google Maps to pinpoint an area to search. Jose says,
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we searched it. It was hot, it was hard, but
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we did whatever we could. After a three-mile hike in
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the desert and a mile to the top of a mountain,
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the family discovered her shoes, but no other sign of her.
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3-11, you know, around 2 AM is when I called,
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you know, reported her missing.
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And we haven't had contact with her since.
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Irma Linda's husband says he doesn't know what to think.
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While her husband was on a work trip in Texas,
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according to Merced police, Alvarado rented a car. It was
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found days later, abandoned on eastbound Highway 10 near the
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California-Arizona border.
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30 miles from Blythe.
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Her purse was in the car.
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Her purse was in the car.
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ID, credit card, cash.
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She said, yeah, well, yeah. Since her disappearance, Jose and
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Ermelinda's sisters, Maria and Suzanne, have taken trips to the
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secluded desert area of Riverside County, where the rented vehicle
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was discovered, passing out flyers and searching for anything that
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could help find her. After working with a volunteer private
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investigation service, police found a location where her cell phone
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pinged a nearby tower. The family used Google Maps to
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pinpoint an area to search.
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We searched it.
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I mean, it was hot. But it's hard, but.
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We did whatever we could.
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Then a break after one hike about three miles in
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and about a mile to the top of a mountain,
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they discovered her shoes.
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It was very difficult terrain, rocky, honestly life-threatening, I think.
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It was very, very difficult to get up to her shoes.
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It's right next to the border. It's very terrifying to
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just think of any and every scenario that could have happened.
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Riverside County Sheriff deputies tell CBS 47 they searched the
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area but came up empty. Since her disappearance, her sisters
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have learned Irma Linda struggled with an addiction to pain medication.
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I know that Vicodin came into play. After she disappeared,
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I kind of started looking at my mom's medications. They
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were missing.
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Just weeks before she went missing, the family placed her
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on a 72-hour hold inside a rehab center. Here's what
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we know right now. On April 8th at 7.30 in
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the morning, Irma Linda dropped off her husband for a
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business trip at the Fresno airport. On April 9th around noon,
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home video cameras show her leaving her house, carrying only
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a brown paper bag under her arm. Irma Linda saw
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her in Merced. Sometime afterwards, she turned off the location
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tracker on her phone. On April 10th at 2.25 in
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the morning, she called her sister Maria. She said she
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was driving to her brother. Minutes later, she called her
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husband and said she wanted to drive to Texas to
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be with him. At 9.37 that morning, this video taken
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by Irma Linda was posted on her Snapchat account. It
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shows her alone in the desert near Blythe, California. At 10.28 a.m.,
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she finally answered a call from her sister.
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She told me that she was an offender bender and
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that two gentlemen tried to take her car, her keys away,
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and that she had to run for her life.
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Almost three hours later, she answered a call from her brother-in-law.
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She told him a friend picked her up and she
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was on her way to Los Angeles. That's the last
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time anyone heard from her. Can't lose the faith, even
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though I'm at the point where it's.
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You know, it's hard.
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I need to find her. We need to find her.
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The family stated that Irma Linda struggled with an addiction
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to pain medication. Just weeks before she went missing, the
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family placed her on a 72-hour hold inside a rehab center.
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Irma Linda and Jose have eight children between the ages
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of 6 and 23. Five of them are their biological children,
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and they adopted the other three. It's uncharacteristic of her
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to leave without warning or not be in touch with
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her family by phone, text, or social media. Her case
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remains unsolved. Irma Linda Alvarado is 5 foot 4 inches tall,
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about 100 pounds, and has shoulder-length dark hair. She has
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braces and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants,
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and running shoes. A message from Jose Alvarado. My name
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is Jose Alvarado III. I'm the husband of missing Irma
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Linda Alvarado. I've set up a Facebook account for the
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Irma Linda Alvarado case. I've also set up a GoFundMe
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account to not only raise funds while I'm out of
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work and home with the children, but any needs financially
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that may arise along the way dealing with Irma Linda's
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missing persons case. I would appreciate all the help and
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support I can get. As you can imagine, no family
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can ever be prepared for this type of situation to
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arise and I'm still taking each day at a time,
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as this experience is one that I would never wish
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upon any one of you out there ever. Any prayers
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you can send would be very encouraging and thoughtful. Shares
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to this GoFundMe and any shares to the missing flyers
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that we have created by professional. Our entire family is
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going through a very public and very painful situation, and
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all of us want to get answers about Irma Linda
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Alvarado's well-being or location. Thank you again so very much
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from the bottom of my heart for all the help
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this entire time. This has not been the easiest process
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while keeping up with five active children, but I promise
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to do my best and check back often for any
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and all updates on this account and share as many
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updates as possible each day or week. If you travel
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to or from the Coachella Festival between April 9th and
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April 11th, 2019, please check any pictures, videos, and dashcam
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media you have. We would like you to check the
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media to see if you may have caught Irma Linda traveling. Again,
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the rental vehicle was a newer red Hyundai Elantra. Thank
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you everyone for your love and support. Sincerely, Jose Angel
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Alvarado III.
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Cousins met on Ohio State's campus for the Brian Schaefer
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March for the Missing, named in honor of Schaefer, an
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Ohio State medical student who disappeared during a night out
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with friends 12 years ago. Lori Davis is a friend
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of the family.
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Unfortunately, there have not been leads that have led to
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anything in Brian's case. I think that people might be
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afraid to talk, and I think that after 12 years,
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they need to buck up and they need to start speaking.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome to the third episode of our Land of the
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Lost series. In this video, we'll be discussing the disappearance
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of Brian Schaefer. Please make sure you share the links
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in the description box and share this video so we
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can help Brian's family spread awareness.
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Let's begin.
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March 31st, 2006 started off just as hoped for 27-year-old
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Brian Randall Schaefer. Spring break had officially begun and finals
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had concluded. As a second year medical student at the
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Ohio State University, he was ready to unwind. Aside from
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the normal pressure of medical school, Brian's stress was overwhelming
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compared to most. He had suffered great loss in the
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weeks preceding that night. His mother, Renee, was a nurse
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who both encouraged and inspired her oldest son to pursue medicine.
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She was not able to see him fulfill this goal, however,
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as she was taken by myelodysplasia on March 6, 2006.
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She was only 51 years old. Brian was broken. So broken,
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in fact, that he was unable to bring himself to
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attend her funeral in a timely manner. One of Renee's
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final wishes was for her son to complete his degree.
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She also hoped he would get married and start a family.
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She was eager for her son to find happiness, and
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she hoped that he would propose to his girlfriend, Alexis Wagner.
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In perhaps an effort to nudge him in that direction,
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Her Christmas gift to Brian and Alexis included a trip
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for two to Miami. He and Alexis were to leave
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on Monday, April 3rd for a week-long trip. They were
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never to live that experience, however. On Friday, March 31st,
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Brian officially started his break by having dinner at the
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Outback Steakhouse in Reynoldsburg, Ohio with his father, Randy. Brian's
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friends wanted him to join them for drinks earlier in
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the evening, but Brian insisted he spend some time with
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his father. They were both in the midst of grief
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over losing the matriarch of the family. Brian's father reported
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that he seemed mainly concerned about his father's well-being. Brian
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was a bit tired, but otherwise well. Such fatigue would
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be unsurprising, of course, given everything he had endured that month.
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He needed respite. He deserved a night to forget all
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his troubles. After dinner with his father, Brian returned to
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his apartment to prepare for a night of revelry. Around
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9 p.m., he joined his friend, Clint Florence, with the
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intention of bar hopping. They met up at the Ugly
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Tuna Saloon, a bar that has since been closed. The
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Ugly Tuna was within a few blocks of Brian's apartment,
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so it made sense to begin the evening there. Within
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the hour, Brian took a moment to speak on the
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phone to his girlfriend, Alexis. She had driven up to
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Toledo for the weekend. She wished to spend a few
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days with her parents before she and Brian jetted off
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to Miami together. Friends and family had suggested to the
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couple that perhaps Miami would be the perfect location for
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a proposal. Alexis, certain that Brian was the love of
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her life, was eager to take such a trip with him.
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Their call was brief and he made sure to emphasize
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his love for her before saying goodbye. Unfortunately, this was
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the last time that Alexis heard Brian's voice. Brian and
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Clint decided to continue their evening by moving on to
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several other bars before they met up with a young
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woman named Meredith Reed. She was a friend of Clint's and,
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given their condition, offered to give them a ride. They
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accepted and, together, the three of them returned to the
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Ugly Tuna Saloon. Brian and his friends arrived at the
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bar around 1.15 a.m. on Saturday, April 1st. Surveillance cameras
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timestamped the trio's arrival as they ascended the escalator to
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the second-story bar. Forty minutes later, Brian was seen again
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on surveillance, standing near the top of the escalator, speaking
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with two young women. After a few moments, Brian says
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goodbye and appears to re-enter the Ugly Tuna. He is
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never seen on camera again. Clint and Meredith left around
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2 a.m., unable to find Brian in person or able
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to get him to answer his cell phone. Sunday evening,
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a few hours prior to their scheduled flight to Miami,
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Alexis was more than concerned. She had not been able
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to contact her boyfriend over the weekend, and she knew
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something was wrong. Out of an abundance of caution, she
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contacted Brian's father and brother to let them know of
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her worries. They met her that evening at Brian's apartment.
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He was nowhere to be found, so they began searching
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the immediate area. By the time the police were informed
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of the situation, nearly two days had passed. Surveillance footage
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was reviewed from the Ugly Tuna as well as other
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local areas that were on his route that evening. After
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his last appearance at 1.55 a.m., he was never seen
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again on camera. All possible exits from the bar were
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covered by cameras, so it is unknown how he left
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without being caught on video. There was only one exit
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out of the building that was not actively being monitored,
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but it was on the first floor. It was also
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a service exit that led directly to a construction site.
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According to Sergeant John Hurst, who was the lead supervisor
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of the missing persons department at the time, leaving through
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the service exit would have been extremely difficult. He said
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that there would be no reason for anyone to want
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to leave that way. It would have been a difficult task,
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even sober, and Brian had been drinking heavily that evening.
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When it became clear that something was truly amiss, word
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of Brian's disappearance spread rapidly. His picture and description were
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widely circulated across the OSU campus and the surrounding areas,
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as well as on various social media platforms. Brian is
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athletic in appearance. He's a Caucasian male, standing 6'2, and
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weighing between 160 and 170 pounds. He has brown hair
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and hazel eyes. His left iris has a distinctive black
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dot on He has a tattoo on his upper right bicep.
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It's of the Stickman logo that was on the cover
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art of Pearl Jam's single, Alive. He was last seen
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wearing an olive-colored short-sleeved shirt with a white long-sleeved shirt underneath.
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He was wearing blue jeans, a yellow cancer-awareness bracelet, and
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Adidas tennis shoes. Brian had a dream of someday becoming
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a rock star, as evidenced by a Stickman tattoo. Brian
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greatly admired the band Pearl Jam. When Brian vanished, news
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spread quickly across the band's fan message boards, with a
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thread being created titled, Columbus Area Pearl Jam Fan Gone Missing.
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The community rallied around the family, as did the band themselves,
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with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder speaking multiple times about
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Brian's disappearance. On June 24, 2006, during a concert in Cincinnati,
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Eddie took a moment to ask for any information about Brian,
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declaring that Brian is one of us and we miss
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him here tonight. Hopefully we can have a happy ending
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to this. Eddie then stated, we're going to play this
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one for Brian, before heading into Wishlist, altering the lyrics
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in places, begging Brian to come on home. There is
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love waiting at home. Brian's story has not been forgotten
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by the band over the years. In 2010, Eddie reminded
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the crowd in Columbus about Brian's disappearance before dedicating the
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song Come Back to Brian. Since his disappearance, there have
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been glimmers of hope, albeit just a few and only briefly.
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For example, Brian's apartment was broken into a few weeks
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after his disappearance. This could have been a major step
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forward in the case, but police determined it was simply
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a random crime and nothing more. A few months later,
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Alexis called Brian's phone just as she had done every
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night since she last heard his voice. Day after day
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of only getting his voicemail, in September his phone finally rang.
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No one answered, but they were able to ping the
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phone's location to Hilliard, Ohio. This, according to the cell
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phone company, was nothing more than a glitch. Brian's phone
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was never turned on again, and his credit cards were
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never used. Theories have abounded as to what happened to
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Brian that night. Perhaps he was too overwhelmed with the
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state of his life and simply left. Maybe he was
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attacked on his walk home. He was inebriated, after all,
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and that location of town was known for its crime.
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Maybe his body is still within the building somewhere. Or
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maybe it was in the construction area, later covered with concrete.
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Some have suggested that Clint knows exactly what happened as
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he refused to undergo a polygraph test. And, according to
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Brian's younger brother, Derek, the two didn't always get along.
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Clint had stated he told the police all he knew. Therefore,
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he claimed, there was no need to undergo any sort
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of lie detector test. Police have not been able to
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rule out much of anything with such a lack of
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evidence in this case. Brian's father, Randy, and his girlfriend, Alexis,
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did everything they could to keep Brian's name and image
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in the media. Randy exhausted all means of searching, including
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scouring the Olatangi River at the suggestion of a psychic.
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Randy dedicated the remainder of his life to finding his
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son and helping other families who were missing loved ones. Randy, unfortunately,
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died when struck by a falling limb during a storm
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in 2008. He never found any successful leads on the
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whereabouts of his eldest son. The sole remaining immediate family
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member of Brian's is his younger brother, Derek. Alexis has
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begun a new life. Clint Florence has moved out of state.
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Lori Davis, a friend of the families who took up
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particular interest in Brian's case, has dedicated countless hours of
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her life to finding not only Brian, but also every
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other missing person in Ohio. Life moves on, but Brian,
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of course, will never be forgotten. Unfortunately, despite tips still
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being sent in fairly regularly throughout the years, we are
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no closer to answering the question, what happened to Brian Schaefer?
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He is such a good dad.
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And it's just really frustrating when I'm trying my hardest
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to just, like, stay strong for my son.
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This little boy's father, Brittany Davis' husband, Tyler, hasn't been
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seen or heard from since February 24th, Brittany's birthday. They
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had planned a birthday celebration at the Easton Town Center
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in Columbus.
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I'm like, oh my gosh, this hotel is so nice.
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It's huge.
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You know, like, look at this whole area.
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There's the Tiffany's over there.
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Brittany says they checked into the Hilton around 5 p.m.
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On the 23rd.
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A college friend who lives nearby met them. They walked around.
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We had a couple drinks at a few local bars.
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We were laughing.
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We were having a great time.
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Then they took a 15-minute Uber ride to the Dollhouse
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Gentleman's Club for a few more cocktails. Brittany says Tyler
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was exhausted and fell asleep during the Uber ride back
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to the hotel. They returned at 3.18 in the morning.
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When he got out of the Uber, he just seemed
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really confused, like he didn't exactly.
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Know where he was.
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Like we weren't in the place we were supposed to
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be in his eyes.
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So he just took off walking and our friend was like, no, Brittany,
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don't worry about it.
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I'll go get him.
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And I was like, okay. Brittany says somehow their friend
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and Tyler separated and Tyler never came back. She says
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he called her at 3.37. He's like, I'm sorry.
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I'm just taking a walk around the block.
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26 minutes later, another call.
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But when I had talked to him around 4.03, he said,
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I'm walking through the woods.
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I see the Hilton.
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I'll be there in five minutes.
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A third call came in minutes later. Brittany says she
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heard dead air for four seconds, then lost the call.
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It just makes no sense. Two months later, Brittany says
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she's still searching for answers.
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Like, I'm not giving up.
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I'm not ever going to stop.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome to another episode in our Land of the Lost series. Today,
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we'll be discussing the disappearance of one Tyler J.
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Davis.
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We ask that you please share the links in the
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description box and share this video with your family and
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friends on social media so we can help raise awareness
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of Tyler's disappearance and help find answers for his family
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and friends. We also ask that you use courtesy and
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respect for others in the comment section while discussing this case.
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Let's begin.
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By February of 2019, Brittany and Tyler Davis had recently
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celebrated their first year of marriage. Proud parents of a
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one-year-old boy, the couple did not go out much. In fact,
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they remained close to their Wilmington, Ohio home more often
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than not. They reserved any solo adventures for anniversaries and birthdays.
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The weekend of February 23rd, however, happened to be one
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of those rare occasions. Brittany was turning 23, and the
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young parents wanted an adults-only weekend away to celebrate the occasion.
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The early morning hours of the 23rd began not too
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differently than normal. Tyler, a 29-year-old local business manager, came
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home from work around 3 a.m. after working his sixth
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10-to-12-hour shift for the week. When he arrived home, Brittany
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was still awake. A bartender by trade, she was not
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unaccustomed to being awake at such an hour. This morning, however,
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she was packing everything they and their son would need
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for their weekend getaway. After finishing the packing and spending
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a bit of time together, The couple went to bed
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around 5 a.m. Within a few hours, their weekend of
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celebration would officially begin. Brittany and Tyler planned to meet
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up with his parents at the Texas Roadhouse on Stringtown
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Road in Columbus at noon. Understandably, they overslept. They eventually
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arrived shortly after 1 p.m. They enjoyed dinner and conversation
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for a while before leaving their son with his grandparents
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as they headed out to enjoy some alone time together.
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Their plans were not overly extravagant.
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The weekend would be spent hanging out with one of
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Tyler's best friends at the Easton Town Center, which is
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a shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Columbus. The couple
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rented a hotel room at the Hilton, checking in around
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5 p.m. Their friend arrived shortly thereafter. Together, the trio
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visited for a while at the hotel until heading over
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to Easton Town Center around 9 p.m. Once at the complex,
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They explored for a while before heading into their first
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bar of the evening, Bar Louie. This bar has since
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been permanently closed for those familiar with the area. Around 10.15 p.m.,
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the group hopped next door to a bar called Adobe
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Gillis for a few more drinks. Around midnight, they walked
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back to the hotel. Their night of birthday celebration was
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not over, however. They wanted their final stop to be
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at the Dollhouse of Columbus, so they called an Uber
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to give them a ride. They arrived at the dollhouse
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at 12 45 AM on February 24th. They had more
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drinks and stayed there until after last call around 2
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30 AM. Another Uber picked them up around three and
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drove them back to the hotel. Brittany stayed awake for
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the short 18 minute duration of the ride, but the
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men fell asleep, tired and intoxicated. Once they arrived at
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the hotel, Brittany awoke the friend and together they roused Tyler.
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Tyler was exhausted and confused. As he exited the vehicle,
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Tyler fell. When he got up and noticed that the
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driver was leaving, Tyler grew increasingly agitated. He believed that
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they were abandoned at the wrong location. They were unable
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to convince Tyler that they were indeed at the proper spot.
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It is important to stress that Brittany has emphasized this
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moment of Tyler's utter confusion and exhaustion as pivotal. When
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neither Brittany nor their friend could convince Tyler that they
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were at the Hilton, Tyler stormed off in anger. Brittany
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attempted to follow him, but their friend insisted that she
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return to the hotel for a while. He assured her
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that he had seen Tyler upset like this before, and
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said that he would follow Tyler and help him calm down.
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Brittany's phone battery was nearly depleted, and she needed to
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head up to the restroom. With the assurance of their friend,
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Brittany went back to the room for a few minutes.
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When she returned outside, she was unable to find neither
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Tyler nor their friends. At 3.37 a.m., Tyler called Brittany's
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phone and apologized for his behavior. He said that he
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needed to walk for a few more minutes but would
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return soon. The friend returned shortly thereafter without Tyler by
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his side. He insisted that Tyler would be back shortly.
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Tyler seemed adamant that he just needed a few minutes
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alone to cool down. This was not uncharacteristic behavior for
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him when he had been drinking and was so tired,
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the friend reiterated. He wasn't worried and felt Brittany should
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try not to.
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Worry as well.
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Brittany, however, was uneasy with the entire situation. She had
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only a brief moment of reprieve when Tyler called her
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again at 4.10 a.m. He informed her that he wasn't
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far away. He said he was in a wooded area
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but could see the hotel in the distance. His best
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guess was that he would be back at the hotel
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within a few minutes. They exchanged I love you's and
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hung up. For an instant, it seemed that all would
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be well. Unfortunately, that was the final time that Brittany
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heard her husband's voice. As soon as their call ended,
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Brittany's phone rang again. It was Tyler calling her again,
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but this time the connection only lasted about four seconds.
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All Brittany heard was silence before the line disconnected. She
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immediately called him back, but his phone went straight to voicemail.
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That has not changed since that morning. Brittany waited for
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Tyler outside the hotel until her phone needed to be
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charged again.
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He didn't return as he'd promised.
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After recharging her phone a second time, Brittany called a
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friend of hers while she continued to search the immediate
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area for Tyler. After a short while, Brittany called his
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friends who lived nearby for any possible assistance. Within a
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few hours, Brittany had contacted Tyler's parents and the Columbus
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Police Department. The police department informed her that little could
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be done by them officially until he was missing between
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48 and 72 hours. The eastern area is canvassed by
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over 600 cameras but the last time that Tyler was
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seen on camera was outside of the Hilton as they
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exited the Uber that morning. Many friends, family members, and
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volunteers have worked tirelessly to find any possible evidence regarding
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Tyler's disappearance. Multiple searches have been conducted from sonar and
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helicopters to dive teams and canvassing locations on foot. Tyler
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has yet to be found. Questions have yet to be answered.
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Tyler disappeared in the early morning hours of February 24th, 2019.
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He was last seen walking on foot. He was wearing
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dark blue jeans and a white t-shirt. He had a
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bluish green flannel shirt and white and black Nikes. Tyler
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is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 170 pounds.
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He has brown hair and brown eyes and his.
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Most distinguishing feature is the visible red birthmark that extends
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from his right hand all the way up his arm
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to his neck. Brittany deserves answers about the whereabouts of
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her husband. His parents want their son to return, and
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Tyler's son wants to see his father again. His family
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wants him home. If you have any information regarding the
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disappearance of Tyler J. Davis, please contact the Columbus Police
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Department at 614-645-2358. There's also an active Facebook group, which
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we'll link in the description. Hello friends, welcome to the
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latest installment of our Land of the Lost series. This
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time we're delving into the cases of Keaslin Roberts and
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Caleb Smith. Now with all the bizarre and seemingly unexplainable
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disappearance stories going around on YouTube and other places these days,
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it's easy to get caught up in them and forget
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that these are real people, real possible victims who had
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family and friends. loved ones whose lives were affected in
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every possible way by the person's disappearance. It could also
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be true that with all the books coming out, and again,
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all the videos made and the information online about these cases,
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it's quite easy to become numbed or jaded to these stories,
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to these people. Couldn't it also be true that maybe
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this numbness, this nonchalance and somewhat boredom with cases like these,
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one after another, after another, after another, Could be exactly what, who,
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or whatever is involved in orchestrating these disappearances and murders
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counts on? In this episode, we're going to discuss two
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different cases that have a strange similarity and also a
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bit of a connection. Please keep in mind, though, that
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these are real human beings, and though their cases may
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or may not be similar to those you've heard over
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a thousand times already, be sure and pay attention to
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the details here. Listen closely. and focus on the similarities
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and strangeness of both of these cases, while being sure
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to bear in mind that there is one big difference.
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One of them could very well still be alive, and
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one of them, unfortunately, has already been found deceased. Let's
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start with the tragedy of Caleb Smith. On January 15, 2020,
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Caleb Smith told his grandmother that he was driving to Rome, Georgia,
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to spend the day hanging out with some friends who
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lived there. This wasn't anything out of the ordinary for
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the 21-year-old, so when he requested that she leave the
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deadbolt to the front door of their house unlocked for
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him so he could re-enter when he got back home
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later on that night, she happily obliged and thought nothing
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of it. Little did she know that while she would
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speak to her grandson at least one more time over
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the phone that same day, as he walked out the
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front door of their house that ill-fated cold day in January,
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it would be the last time she would ever actually
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see him alive. Technically, the next day, at 12.32 a.m.,
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Caleb entered the Flying J gas station in Resaca, Georgia.
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This was on the way to Rome, Georgia. We know
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Caleb entered this establishment at this exact time because he
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was seen on the gas station's minimal surveillance footage. Three
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minutes later, at 12.35 a.m., Caleb called his grandmother and
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informed her that he had to pull into the rest
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stop because he realized he didn't have enough gas to
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get to Rome as he'd initially planned. He told her
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there was one man sitting at a table on the
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other side of the restaurant that he was going to
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ask to help him with $ 5 for gas money so
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he can continue on his journey to go and see
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his friends. Though his phone records have not been made
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public at this time, Caleb is seen on the same
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surveillance footage sitting at his table for a few minutes,
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seemingly sending texts but possibly browsing the internet. Caleb did
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eventually get up and approach the man, Assumingly, he asked
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the man for the $ 5 for gas monies he told
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his grandmother he was going to do. However, it is
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unclear whether or not the man gave Caleb the $ 5,
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and Caleb actually ended up approaching the man twice in
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a matter of just a few minutes. It is still
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unknown exactly what the exchanges were between the two men.
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No word either on whether or not this man was
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ever identified or questioned. No information one way or the
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other can be found. After approaching and speaking to this
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man the second time, Caleb returns to his own table
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and sits down, facing this unknown man. After just a
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minute or two, Caleb gets up and leaves the gas station,
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rest stop area, never to be seen alive again. When
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morning came and Caleb's grandmother realized that his bed had
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been slept in, she became very concerned. If Caleb had
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planned on staying out, he never would have asked her
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to leave the deadbolt unlocked for him. She decided to
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go to the last place she knew him to be
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when he wasn't answering his phone or returning any of
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her texts, so she got into her own car and
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drove down to the Flying J rest stop and searched
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the surrounding area and the parking lot for Caleb's car.
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She eventually found his car parked in the Flying J
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parking lot, but in the back of the Denny's restaurant building,
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assuming where the back entrance or garbage exit would be.
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This location could be important because it seems Caleb was
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parked almost purposely out of view of any of the
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surveillance cameras. His grandmother states that she didn't immediately get
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out of her car to search Caleb's car because she
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saw a suspicious-looking white Nissan that, in her words, she said,
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freaked her out and decided it was safer to remain
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in her vehicle until Caleb's other family members, whom she
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had just called, arrived. She never elaborated on why this
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white Nissan was suspicious-looking to her or why it freaked
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her out so. Although it's speculated it was because the
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windows were tinted very dark and the vehicle had pulled
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in and parked directly facing her in front of her
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vehicle and nobody exited the Nissan. Immediately upon the arrival
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of the other two family members she'd called to come
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and assist her, the white Nissan pulled out of the
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parking lot. There's no information regarding whether or not this
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white Nissan had any involvement in what happened to Caleb.
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Upon searching Caleb's car, the family found it was unlocked.
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The cell phone and battery were separated and both in
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the glove box. The keys to the vehicle were on
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the floor underneath the seat. Although Caleb had called his
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grandmother the previous night and explained to her that he
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was almost out of gas, his car had a half
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a tank of gas.
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In it when it was found.
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This would have been more than enough to get him
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to Rome. Essentially, Caleb called his grandmother to explain about
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his being low on gas for seemingly no reason. It's
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been said that he did it to give a reason
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as to why he would be later than expected coming
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home if he was stuck trying to get money for gas.
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but that hasn't been verified. Caleb's jacket was also found
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in the car. It was a very cold night in
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Georgia in the middle of January. The family couldn't understand
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why he would leave his jacket behind. After searching his vehicle,
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his family called the police to report Caleb as missing.
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Gordon County Sheriff's Office spent all of the next two days,
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January 16th and 17th, searching the areas around the Flying
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J rest stop for any additional evidence or for Caleb himself,
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with no results. It's also worth mentioning here that the
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GCSO never processed Caleb's car for additional evidence, forensic or otherwise,
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and immediately released it to the family. On February 3rd, 2020,
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Caleb Smith's body was found five miles away from the
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Flying J. He was in a marshy and overgrown area
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of the county between the Sugar Valley and Hill City communities.
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The Sheriff's Office reported that a passerby found him in
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a heavily overgrown and poorly drained area. Caleb was completely
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naked and, oddly enough, the fire department had been dispatched
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to that same area his body was found earlier in
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the day in response to a small brush fire and
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didn't come across Caleb's remains. This is another odd fact.
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Despite not knowing whether or not this brush fire was
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connected to Caleb's death or not, it was an incredibly
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wet few weeks there in Georgia at the time, so
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for a brush fire to have been started on its
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own was almost impossible. The initial report stated, however, No
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immediate indications of violence were apparent regarding Caleb's body, and
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the GBI revealed that there were no indications of violence
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or evidence of foul play. The results of the toxicology
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report were as follows. Caleb died as a result of
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methamphetamine intoxication. There is no known information as to whether
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or not Caleb ever had a problem with any kind
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of drugs, and the death was ruled accidental. If it
775
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weren't for something eerily similar happening to a young woman
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just two days later at the same exact Flying J
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gas station, that may have been the end of Caleb's story. However,
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when you add up the similarities with the story I'm
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about to relate to you, even when sprinkling in the differences,
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one can't help but wonder. We in the true crime
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community know there's usually no such thing as coincidence, and
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we all also know that nobody knows this better than
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law enforcement. So why exactly Are they trying so hard
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to make us believe that coincidence is exactly what seems
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to connect these two cases? Are we really to believe
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that a young man, supposedly with enough methamphetamine in his
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system to kill him, stripped off his clothes and then
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not only decided to walk five miles in the bitter cold,
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high and naked, but that he managed to do so
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without calling any attention to himself at all? Is it
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reasonable to think that not a single person would have
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noticed a naked young man walking on the side of
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the road for an entire five miles? There are so
794
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many facts that just do not seem to fit with
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the accidental death ruling. Let's review just some of them now.
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First of all, even if we asked no questions and
797
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accepted that Caleb was able to walk all that way
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without being noticed despite the condition he was in both
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physically and mentally, keep in mind Caleb was found completely naked.
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This means no socks, no shoes, nothing. Are we also
801
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to believe that he could have accomplished this naked and
802
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five mile walk without not only doing no damage to
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but also.
804
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Not dirtying his feet at all?
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There is no explanation as to why or how the
806
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police have been able to reconcile themselves to calling this death,
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with all the strange facts and evidence, an accident. Caleb
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was found in a very muddy, marshy area. Not even
809
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a drop of mud on his feet? His clothes were
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never found either, but again, there is no information as
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to the extent of the police investigation into where his
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clothes went either. Why wasn't Caleb's family allowed to identify
813
00:46:30.449 --> 00:46:33.789
the body? Some say it's simply because of the state
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of decomposition of the body after being outside the marshland
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for so long, but others aren't so sure. Remember, this
816
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was during the cold winter in January. Speculation and rumors
817
00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:47.579
surround this case, and it seems no one knows enough
818
00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:51.559
to be able to separate fact from fiction. Our research
819
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was only able to find two that weren't absolutely off-the-wall
820
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wild conjectures and made just a tiny bit of sense.
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The first of these theories is that he may have
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gotten into someone else's car to smoke the methamphetamine. A dealer,
823
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or perhaps maybe the man he was seen on camera
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having multiple conversations with, who, to the best of the
825
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public's knowledge, was never even found, let alone questioned or
826
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investigated in any way. And as tends to happen sometimes
827
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to people who partake in this particular substance, Kalem became
828
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overheated and started taking off his clothes. Before anyone knew
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what was happening, Caleb started overdosing and whoever he was with,
830
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if he was with anyone, didn't want to be involved
831
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in any way with this overdose death for fear, especially
832
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if they were the one that sold or gave it
833
00:47:35.309 --> 00:47:38.300
to him. But even if they were just using with
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him and drove Caleb's body to the marshland and left
835
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it there, did whoever this person or people were Think
836
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about DNA evidence or forensics and possibly instead of Caleb
837
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stripping himself did the perpetrators or witnesses strip him of
838
00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:54.420
his clothes after he died to eliminate any kind of
839
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touch or fiber evidence eventually coming back to link them.
840
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Or their car to his death?
841
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The fact of the matter is we just don't know
842
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and it seems as though if the investigators in this
843
00:48:04.570 --> 00:48:08.190
case have it their way we never will. Caleb's case
844
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is officially closed at this point. Two days after the
845
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incident with Caleb at this Flying J gas station an
846
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eerily and almost shockingly similar disappearance happened. Many people who
847
00:48:21.429 --> 00:48:24.070
are familiar with Caleb's case feel like what happened to
848
00:48:24.210 --> 00:48:27.340
Keaslin Roberts, or at least what everyone knows happened to
849
00:48:27.380 --> 00:48:29.760
her because she is yet to be found, should have
850
00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:33.260
initiated at least a little bit more investigation into his case.
851
00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:36.639
They believe it should have led the police, as it
852
00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:39.409
did for most of the public, into asking some serious
853
00:48:39.469 --> 00:48:44.989
questions regarding that accidental death ruling. So, what happened to Keaslin?
854
00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:48.079
Let's find out. Now please keep in mind as we
855
00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:50.260
go over the details that we know in her case
856
00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:53.800
that she is still considered missing and should be presumed
857
00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:55.780
alive until it can be proven that she is not.
858
00:48:56.309 --> 00:49:02.869
So pay close attention. On January 18, 2020, a 21-year-old
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00:49:02.889 --> 00:49:05.429
young woman named Kieslin Roberts was seen at the same
860
00:49:05.530 --> 00:49:09.429
Flying J gas station, only she was encountered entering an
861
00:49:09.489 --> 00:49:13.150
employees-only entrance in the back on the Denny's side. Remember,
862
00:49:13.309 --> 00:49:16.639
this is also where Caleb's car was found the same
863
00:49:16.820 --> 00:49:21.679
Flying J gas station in Resaca, Georgia. Some reports state
864
00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:23.699
that Kiesland was simply told by an employee that she
865
00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:26.320
could not be back there, and this employee's only kitchen
866
00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:28.679
area entrance, and others state that she actually got into
867
00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:30.940
some kind of altercation with the person who informed her
868
00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:34.139
of this, and was then told to leave. There is
869
00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:38.659
nothing official to confirm or disprove either one of these statements. Remember,
870
00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:40.699
there are no cameras in this part of the parking lot.
871
00:49:41.929 --> 00:49:44.690
What is known, however, is that when she was told
872
00:49:44.750 --> 00:49:46.710
or asked to exit the area, she was allegedly just
873
00:49:46.750 --> 00:49:49.730
standing there, staring blankly out the door she'd just entered.
874
00:49:50.769 --> 00:49:53.289
Kiesland had dropped all of her belongings, these included a
875
00:49:53.329 --> 00:49:56.730
backpack containing her ID, credit and debit cards, cash and
876
00:49:56.750 --> 00:50:00.780
phone charger, and ran off. The employees of either the
877
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gas station side or the Denny's side, again, these reports conflict,
878
00:50:05.389 --> 00:50:09.170
ended up calling 911 and described Kiesland as a suspicious-looking
879
00:50:09.210 --> 00:50:13.289
young woman and described the odd encounter. Kiesland was never
880
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seen or heard from again. Where did Kiesland go, and
881
00:50:17.449 --> 00:50:20.400
how did she get there without her car? Her vehicle
882
00:50:20.460 --> 00:50:22.980
was found two days later on January 20th with more
883
00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:26.880
belongings inside, parked very near where Caleb's car was found
884
00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:31.000
in the exact same parking lot. Witnesses would later come
885
00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:33.639
forward stating that they had briefly spoken to Kiesland that
886
00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:36.320
fateful night, and she had allegedly told them she was
887
00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:41.260
there meeting a male friend. However, this alleged meeting has
888
00:50:41.300 --> 00:50:44.949
never been elaborated on. The person she was supposedly meeting
889
00:50:45.010 --> 00:50:47.869
and also her boyfriend were questioned by police shortly after
890
00:50:47.909 --> 00:50:50.750
she was reported missing, but so far, nobody has been
891
00:50:50.789 --> 00:50:52.949
named either a suspect or even a person of interest
892
00:50:52.989 --> 00:50:57.050
in the case. It's worth mentioning that Kiesland did have
893
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a history with drug use, mainly methamphetamine, and had blown
894
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off a mandatory probation appointment the day before she went missing,
895
00:51:04.210 --> 00:51:08.010
resulting in a warrant being issued for her arrest. Many
896
00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:11.000
speculate that Kiesland so quickly fled from the Flying J
897
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that day due to not wanting to be there when
898
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the police were called because she would have been arrested
899
00:51:15.179 --> 00:51:15.860
on this warrant.
900
00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:18.679
But why not take her car?
901
00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:23.099
More speculation had Kiesland possibly leaving the gas station with
902
00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:27.590
a trucker, but again, this hasn't been confirmed. In early
903
00:51:27.630 --> 00:51:31.159
March of 2020, when investigators searched the Flying J, no
904
00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:33.150
idea why it took this long for them to search
905
00:51:33.190 --> 00:51:34.929
the area her car was found in and where she
906
00:51:34.969 --> 00:51:38.050
was last seen, they did find items of clothing that
907
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belonged to Kiesland in a dumpster behind the building. An
908
00:51:41.610 --> 00:51:44.269
anonymous witness, who has been said to be fully cooperative
909
00:51:44.289 --> 00:51:46.809
with police and not involved in any way to her disappearance,
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00:51:47.110 --> 00:51:49.800
came forward and told reporters that these articles of clothing
911
00:51:49.889 --> 00:51:52.480
had been there the entire time, but police were allegedly
912
00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:54.619
just getting around to searching for and collecting them as
913
00:51:54.719 --> 00:52:00.460
evidence now, and now meaning two months later in March. Unfortunately,
914
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this is all the evidence available, at least online in
915
00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:07.409
either case. Can it really all be a coincidence that
916
00:52:07.469 --> 00:52:09.730
two young people, one a known drug user and the
917
00:52:09.789 --> 00:52:13.530
other a possibility, found dead from intoxication from the other's
918
00:52:13.570 --> 00:52:16.630
drug of choice, go missing from the exact same gas
919
00:52:16.670 --> 00:52:20.809
station under eerily similar circumstances within two days of each other?
920
00:52:22.409 --> 00:52:25.219
Is it also just happenstance that the two also live
921
00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:28.369
on the same street as each other? Now, there's no
922
00:52:28.449 --> 00:52:31.340
evidence that they even knew each other, but still, a
923
00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:33.500
little too much to overlook if you ask most people
924
00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:35.199
involved with or following this case.
925
00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:37.340
Where is Kiesland?
926
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Did she meet the same fate as Caleb and just
927
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hasn't been found yet? Was Caleb's death truly an accident?
928
00:52:44.090 --> 00:52:47.269
And even if it was, someone obviously moved his body
929
00:52:47.309 --> 00:52:49.889
at least. And at most, they murdered him and dumped
930
00:52:49.929 --> 00:52:53.829
it at the location where it was found. Is Kiesland
931
00:52:53.929 --> 00:52:55.909
running on her own and of her own free will
932
00:52:55.949 --> 00:52:59.050
due to fear? again, of being arrested for that probation
933
00:52:59.090 --> 00:53:04.449
violation and probable relapse. It's also worth mentioning here that
934
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there have been several sightings of Kiesland at multiple truck
935
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stops in various cities across the country. However, none of
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00:53:10.099 --> 00:53:14.119
these have ever been able to actually be confirmed as her. Now,
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as we mentioned, her clothes were found two months after
938
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she was last seen fleeing the scene. So where did
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she go while naked? Also, without anyone seeing her, as
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00:53:22.849 --> 00:53:26.190
the police are insinuating, Caleb took a five-mile naked walk
941
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without being noticed, too. Were her clothes really there the
942
00:53:30.250 --> 00:53:33.150
entire time, as the anonymous and seemingly cooperative witness claimed
943
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to news reporters? Or were they dumped there after the fact,
944
00:53:37.329 --> 00:53:42.429
for whatever reason? Currently, there's a $ 6, 000 reward for information
945
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that could lead to Kiesland's whereabouts. If you can help
946
00:53:45.550 --> 00:53:49.130
this investigation in any way, or think you have any information,
947
00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:53.119
No matter how small or insignificant it may seem, please
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contact the Gordon County Sheriff's Department at 706-629-1244. So, what
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do you think of this case? Are these bizarre circumstances
950
00:54:06.030 --> 00:54:09.150
simply coincidence, or is there indeed a connection here?
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I look forward to reading your comments.
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As always, we ask that you please be respectful in
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the comment section when discussing this case. Many times, family
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and friends of the victims do watch these videos and
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read the comments. So please don't say anything that you
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wouldn't say if it was your family member or friend
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in this circumstance. In closing, be good to yourselves and
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each other. I'm Steve Stockton, and I'll talk to you
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next time.