Locating the Lost

A 14-year-old girl from Maine has been missing for over a month, having last been seen leaving her home in New Sweden and venturing into the nearby woods. Stefanie Damron was reported missing on September 24, a day after she was seen walking out of her house on West Road. The Maine State Police Department confirmed the timeline, emphasizing the mystery surrounding her disappearance, which has left...

In the summer of 2000, a 16-year-old named Molly Anne Bish, born on August 2, 1983, took on the role of a lifeguard at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts. On June 26, the day preceding her mysterious disappearance, her mother, Magi, noticed a man with a mustache sitting in a white car parked in the beach lot where Molly was stationed. Although the man raised her suspicions at the time, Magi did...

Tonight we are joined by Marjorie Bither the daughter of Bob Smith, missing in Maine. On November 18, 1997, a bright and crisp autumn day unfolded as Bob Smith, a 70-year-old farmer from Caribou, embarked on a deer hunting expedition with his wife. Standing tall at 6 feet 2 inches and weighing around 220 pounds, Bob was a familiar figure in the woods, despite battling cancer that had significantly...

Tonight we are joined by Michelle the sister of Liz Lafortune. On September 27, 2022, the lifeless body of Liz Lafortune was discovered in a motel in Sanford, Maine. Despite the presence of extensive blood evidence throughout the room, the police concluded that her death was a drug related death. In the days leading up to the discovery, Liz had not been in contact with her family. Concerned about...

Tonight we are joined by Miranda, a mother whose son, Prince, has been missing since May of this year. The situation has been incredibly painful for her, as the child's father has denied her any contact with him. When she sought answers, he claimed that the Department of Children and Family Services had taken custody of Prince. However, upon reaching out to DCFS, Miranda discovered that they had n...

The burden of seeking justice for a missing or murdered loved one often falls heavily on the family, who must navigate a complex and painful journey. However, this struggle can be further complicated when law enforcement casts a shadow of stigma over the victim or when online sleuths engage in harmful speculation, targeting the very family members who are already suffering. In this candid conversa...

In December 2013, the untimely and mysterious death of Christy Appleby raised eyebrows and sparked speculation. Fast forward to January 2017, when Colin Arey vanished without a trace, leaving behind a cloud of uncertainty. The following year, in June 2017, Robin Davis also met a suspicious fate, further deepening the intrigue surrounding these events. Just six months later, in December 2017, Kirk...

On December 21, 2023, Braonain's phone ceased to send notifications near the rear entrance of the Marley Station Mall located in Maryland, marking the last known activity before his mysterious disappearance. Days later, on January 3, 2024, a trooper from the Arizona Department of Public Safety discovered Braonain's abandoned Hyundai Accent sedan parked on the shoulder of Highway 89A, close to Page...

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Eric Radley's last known communication with his family was on February 9, 2022, while he was in Palos Verdes Estates, California. At the time of his disappearance, he was transient and known to panhandle in the Los Angeles area. Originally from Rockland, Maine, he has also lived in Oregon and the Boulder, Colorado area in the past. Despite his disappearance, Radley's family did not report him miss...

Tina Stadig went missing from Skowhegan, Maine on May 28, 2017, and was later spotted near the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter on July 10. However, there have been no further sightings of her since then. It is concerning that she hasn't used her Social Security debit card or accessed any of her other benefits since she disappeared. Though no one knows how much the police are doing in regards to inves...

On the 30th of May, 2019, Chris's routine day began as usual. Around 11:15AM, he was spotted on surveillance footage at the Help Center, where he obtained an external battery for his mobile phone. After leaving the facility, Chris was seen walking towards his home, which was not far from the Help Center. Accompanied by a man and a woman, they were all captured on surveillance. The acquaintances me...

Liz Munster, also known as Perkins, was last seen on the evening of July 31st, 2018, when Warren Sidelinger picked her up from a friend's house in Augusta, Maine. Unfortunately, Liz never returned home, and her family suspects that she overdosed at Warren's residence. They believe he disposed of her body on the side of Weeks Mills Road in Augusta, Maine during the early hours of August 1st, 2018....

Diana, a resident of Winterhaven, California, was last seen at her residence that she shared with her girlfriend. The timeline of her disappearance is somewhat uncertain, as her family last heard from her on April 29, 2020, but she may have vanished sometime in early May. What adds to the mystery is that Diana left behind her cellphone, purse, and other personal belongings, and there has been no c...

Charlie Resh was last seen on May 18, 2021, after being left at a residence belonging to a known drug dealer in Belfast, Maine. He was dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, with a notable scar on his forearm. Additionally, Charlie has a homemade Mickey Mouse tattoo on his left arm and a Grim Reaper tattoo on his right arm. In this segment, we hear from his niece, Madison Resh, sharing ins...

Bobby Steele, who had been missing since April 11, 2023, was discovered deceased inside a wall of a vacant building located on the 600 block of Delaware Avenue in Wilmington. Bobby had departed from the residence he shared with his sister in Claymont, intending to meet an acquaintance on Market Street in Wilmington. This was on the same day he had been notified of his approval for a housing vouche...

In July 1970, 3 young men from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia -- Kenny Novak, David Burrows, Terry Burt -- left on a camping trip in the highlands of Cape Breton. How their bodies, having been run over by a train, came to be on tracks in northern Maine remains a deeply nagging question for many people, especially the families of these young men. Given the reason signs of corruption and cover up in Aroos...

Serenity, a resident of the Black Hills Children's Home (BHCH), a treatment center for children with emotional and behavioral problems, was last seen on February 3, 2019, at 10:45 a.m. while playing in the gym with three other children. Two staff members were present, and when one child ran out of the gym, one staff member followed. Unfortunately, Serenity also ran out of the gym, and the remainin...

On a cold January night Erik Foote of Washburn, Maine is picked up by police officer Chandler Cole after suffering a mental health episode dressed in only jeans in a t-shirt. According to the family, officer Cole says he dropped Erik off at a hospital. When family reaches out to the hospital they have no record of Erik being there. When questioned again, officer Cole says he "dropped him off at Fr...

Tonight we are joined by advocate and podcaster Kristen Seavey of Murder, She Told on the missing person case of Reeves K. Johnson. Reeves went missing from Kittery sometime between 4 February 1983 and 21 February 1983. The exact details of his case are hard to pin down as witnesses reported seeing him but often could not say for sure what the dates were. Murder, She Told is available on most podc...

Jared Michael McColloch left his home in Marion, Louisiana to visit his family in Salem, Illinois and has not been seen or heard from since. His vehicle was found in Vincennes, Indiana on November 6, 2023 in a remote area immediately over the Indiana/Illinois border close to the Wabash River. The vehicle had his two dogs. ~~Jared was last seen wearing a light blue shirt, his brown Carhartt jacket,...

Tonight we are joined by House District:87 Representative David Boyer and Jared Pinkham, the Co-Director of Missing in ME. We will discuss the bill they are presenting to be introduced into legislature; LD 838: An Act to Identify the State's Unidentified Human Remains. The bill would essentially provide funding for forensic genealogy testing by Othram Labs for ALL of Maine's unidentified human rem...

Tonight we are joined by Joe Chapentier, an investigative reporter for the Sun Journal newspaper and author of an article that raised questions and brought the disappearance of Celeste Doghmi into the public eye. Police are investigating the disappearance of 29-year-old Celeste Doghmi, who was last seen in the Auburn, Maine area at the end of July 2021. Doghmi is a German citizen and her family, w...

Tonight we are joined by Bradley Williams an advocate for the truth in the disappearance of Jeremy Alex, missing from Rockport, Maine April 24th, 2004. At about 11 p.m. on April 24, Jeremy visited his girlfriend, who said he seemed erratic and stressed. At about 5 p.m., Jeremy appeared in the backyard of one of his former high school teachers and told her that someone was coming after him. She wen...

Tonight we are joined by Jennifer Santanello, the mother of Layla Santanello who was last seen June 27th, 2023. Based on witness statements Layla spent the night of 6/25/2023 at the Americourt motel in Kingsport, TN. On 6/26/2023 Layla was observed going door to door at the motel wearing a white tank top, black leggings, and no shoes. Layla then ran into a nearby tree line and was observed on 6/27...