Episodes

In December 1994, four-year-old D’Wan Sims vanished from Livonia, MI, sparking a haunting mystery that still lingers. D’Wan, described as a cheerful child with a contagious smile, disappeared while shopping with his mother, D’Wanna, at Wonderland Mall. Conflicting timelines and suspicions quickly arose, with police questioning D’Wanna’s account and her involvement. Despite extensive searches, including a grand jury investigation and ominous letters suggesting foul play, D’Wan’s whereabouts remai...

In this week's episode, we return to Orlando, FL, to delve deeper into the unresolved case of Regina Armstrong. Part 2 of our investigation focuses on the extensive efforts made to uncover the truth surrounding her abduction. Despite the passage of weeks and years, sightings of Regina persist, offering a glimmer of hope to her grieving family. However, this hope is shattered when a chilling discovery is made at a construction site—a flower sundress and a human skull. Despite the grim revelation,...

Part 1 of a 2 part episode on the cold case of Regina Mae Armstrong. Regina, a 6-year-old girl living in Orlando, Florida in 1985, is abducted on June 18th while playing outside with her sister and a babysitter's son. A man approaches them, offering money to the older children to stand guard while he takes Regina to pick up his grandchildren. The man leads Regina away, and despite witnesses seeing them together, she is never found. The police conduct an extensive search, but Regina remains missi...

How could a 12 year old girl get on a public bus after school and never been seen from again? This is exactly what happened with 12 year old Elyssa Vasquez in Clarkston, GA. In January of 2003 Elyssa was starting at a new school and was really excited about it. Her dad and brother were waiting for her at the bus stop near their home after school to hear about her first day. The bus came and went but Elyssa never got off. Police classify her as a runaway and her case goes cold quickly. The commun...

Donny Gouveia, a 19-year-old gentle young man with a promising future, was brutally beaten to death in 1991 in Honolulu. His body was found at Magic Island Lagoon, and despite efforts by the police, the case remains unsolved. In 2019, the case was reopened in hopes of identifying the man seen in the ATM footage with Donny before his murder. Donny's family continues to seek justice and closure. ***If you have any information about the murder of Donny Gouveia, please contact Honolulu Crime Stoppe...

Angela, also known as Angie, is a 20-year-old woman in 1991 who is pregnant and engaged to her high school boyfriend, Rob. One night in April, while on a call with Rob at a payphone, Angie starts to get worried about a green truck that is circling the block. When the truck pulls in and parks next to the payphones she starts to quickly tell her fiancé the description of the man and his green truck. Rob hears Angie scream on the other end and then the phone is hung up. Rob happened to be a few blo...

Najah, a devoted mother and foster parent, goes missing on her way to work at Panera Bread. Her car is abandoned in a parking lot about 5 minutes after she was due to start her shift. Shortly after that road crews contact police to say they found some of her belonging along a local highway. About a month after her disapperance a grizzly discovery is made about 2 hours away from where Najah was last seen. Fisherman find a severed foot in their lines. Police will confirm that the foot is Najah’s a...

Ellabeth Mae Lodermeier, also known as Ellie, went missing on March 6, 1974, in Sioux Falls, SD. When she didn’t show up for work her co-workers called her soon to be ex-husband, Gene Lodermeier. When Gene and a few coworkers went to her house they found the doors locked and her car in the driveway. Inside was a pizza with a single slice missing, bread dough left rising on the counter, and spilled flour. Only her jacket and purse was missing from the home. Months later her credit cards will show...

Jim Duckett, a 43-year-old Army veteran and skilled handyman, was found murdered in his home in November 2008. His sister discovered his body tied to a chair with multiple stab wounds, police will later say that Jim was tortured. Police suspected that Jim was specifically targeted and not a random victim but no motive for the gruesome murder has ever been released. Despite ongoing investigations and efforts by his family to raise awareness and offer rewards for information, the case remains unso...

Beverly Ward, a 13-year-old girl, went missing on July 4, 1978, from her home in Junction City, Kansas. She was last seen sleeping in her bedroom, but after a brick went through a neighbors window it seemed like the whole neighborhood woke up around 5am. Beverly’s family was watching the commotion going on across the street when it dawned on them that Beverly was not with them and she was not in her bed. The bedroom window screen had been cut and removed, suggesting that someone had abducted her...

Carmen is a 19-year-old living in Indianapolis, who was starting to turn her life around. She had a steady job at a Pizza Hut and was living with a roommate. Carmen’s neighbors heard her laughing and talking with a man at around 11:30 in the evening on March 22nd, 1993. About 90 minutes later, neighbors would hear a fight coming from Carmen’s apartment and then someone running away. No one calls police. Instead, in the morning they complain to building management about the noise. It’s not until ...

Melissa, a talented and passionate individual, faced challenges in her life, including a diagnosis of Lyme disease. On February 6th, 2020, she experienced a mental health crisis and drove to the Taos Gorge Bridge with the intention of jumping off. However, she called her ex-girlfriend for help, who took her to a psychiatric hospital. After her release, Melissa struggled with medication side effects and concerned about a pickup truck that would drive by her friend's house that she was staying at....

Holly White, a woman known for her organization and warmth, went missing in May 2016. She had recently quit her job as the general manager of the Taos Center for the Arts to pursue a new opportunity in Albuquerque where her husband had moved to start a new job.. On the day she disappeared, Holly was supposed to meet her friend for a morning walk but never showed up. Her car was later found parked at the Rio Grande Gorge bridge, leading police to believe she may have jumped. However, her family a...

D'Lisa Kelley, a devoted mother, went missing in March 2014 on her way to her best friend's wake. Her sister received a distressing phone call from D'Lisa's phone, hearing her scream for help before the call abruptly ended. Despite her family's efforts to locate her, the police response was initially slow and dismissive. A week later, D'Lisa's body was found severely beaten and strangled on the porch of an abandoned house. The case remains unsolved, but her family continues to seek justice and h...

Katelin Akens, a 19-year-old woman, went missing in December 2015. She was supposed to be heading to the airport to catch a flight back to Arizona. Her ex-stepfather was giving her a ride but had to drop her off 4 hours early so he could get back to work. He later said that Katelin wanted to be dropped off at a nearby mall instead of waiting at the airport. She told her former stepfather that she would catch the metro to Reagan National Airport for her flight later that day. However, surveillanc...

This week we cover the cold case of Fiona Yu. Fiona, a 21-year-old college student, was found partially clothed and clinging to life in her apartment hallway by her roommate. She was rushed to the hospital but passed away shortly after. The autopsy confirmed that she died of strangulation and was sexual assaulted. Police initially have a few good suspects but none of them pan out. The case remains unsolved, but police are using new DNA technology to create a composite of the suspect. If you kno...

Kevin McClam, a 14-year-old boy, went missing on March 30, 1997, from the Naval Weapons Station military base near Goose Creek, South Carolina. His mother, Tracey, noticed his absence on Easter Sunday when he didn't show up for a meal. Base security initially dismissed Kevin as a runaway, despite no evidence to support this theory. Two days after his disappearance, Kevin's clothes were found spray-painted along a dirt road near a construction site. A year later, a search involving 140 individual...

Tiesha, a brilliant young woman, was murdered in her apartment in 2006. Tiesha had excelled at school and was just starting her corporate career in Manhattan and had recently moved into a Brooklyn apartment with her boyfriend, Keve. Tiesha had it all. On the night of the murder, three thieves broke into their apartment, tied up Tiesha and Keve, and shot Tiesha in the back of the head. Keve survived and called the police. The case remains unsolved. The NYPD cold case squad did reopen the case in ...

Anthonette Cayedito, a 9-year-old girl from Gallup, New Mexico, went missing on April 6, 1986. Her mother, Penny Cayedito, had gone out for the night and left Anthonette and her two younger sisters with a babysitter. When Penny returned home all of her daughters were there when she fell asleep at 3am. When Penny woke up at 7am she found Anthonette missing from her bed. There were no signs of a struggle, but the front door and screen door were unlocked. Despite extensive searches and investigatio...

Amy Mihaljevic was a 10-year-old girl who went missing in 1989 in Bay Village, Ohio. Amy was lured to a shopping center by a stranger who called her at home twice. The first tie the man insisted he needed her helping buying her mother a surprise gift for a recent work promotion and the second time promising to buy her a gift as well. She was last seen at the shopping center, where witnesses reported seeing her with a man who approached her and led her to his car. Despite extensive searches and i...

The Thompson family, consisting of Everett Sr., Lydia, and their two sons, Everett Jr. and Andrew, went missing in July 1996 in Chicago, IL. Prior to their disappearance, there was tension in the household due to Lydia's brother, Kenneth White, who had recently been released from prison and was staying with them. On July 3, 1996, Lydia called the police reporting that Kenneth was chasing her with an ax, but no arrests were made. On July 5, Everett received a frantic call from Lydia, stating that...

Jenny Lin, a 14-year-old girl, was brutally murdered in her home in 1994. Police are baffled by the gruesome crime scene. Jenny is found in a pool of blood, bound with duct tape, and her clothes have been removed by force. Police are unclear on what the motive could have been. Nothing was missing from the home and Jenny was not sexually assaulted. However, they later considered the possibility of sexual assault being interrupted. The police have investigated numerous leads and suspects over the ...

Marlon Devine Santos, a 5-month-old baby, went missing on November 5, 1998. Marlon was in foster care with Yolanda and Jose Castillo when he disappeared. Yolanda left Marlon and two other foster children home alone, in an unlocked house, while she went to pick up her own children from school. When she returned, Marlon was gone. Yolanda waited over 48 hours before reporting him missing to the police. The police initially treated the case as an abduction or homicide and focused on the Castillos as...

Jimmy Blakeley, a 17-year-old from Hartford County, Maryland, was found stabbed to death on April 2, 1990. He had been working at a Shell gas station and called his parents to say he was on his way home, but instead made a stop at an adult bookstore. His body was discovered the next morning on a secluded dirt road, still wearing his Shell uniform but with his shirt unbuttoned and pants partially pulled down. Police found his car, a blue Chevrolet Cavalier, near the bookstore. Despite an active i...