Missing Persons

Episode 124 Travis Roberson On February 28th, 2006, 23 year old Travis Roberson went out with friends to celebrate Mardi Gras in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The group of friends was in a bar when it seems Travis got uneasy about two men who had entered the bar, and he left alone to go wait in the vehicle the group had come together in. When his friends arrived back at their car later on, there was no...

Episode 123 Maereg Tesfaye Tafesse Maereg Tesfaye Tafesse came to the Unites States in 2012 to further his education, attending college in Worcester, MA. While in the US, he became involved in helping the less fortunate. He often worked to help people find food and shelter, and Maereg's work led him to the west coast to California, and to the Seattle, Washington area. Then, without warning, in Mar...

Episode 122 Tanner Sharp    On April 4, 2010, twenty four year old Tanner Sharp left his sister Sommer's home in Elk Grove, CA where he had been staying and drove off in his Maroon 1994 Saturn. His family never saw him again. Tanner had told family he was heading back to Kansas where he was originally from, and that a friend had lined up a job for him. Tanner soon texted Sommer saying he had made...

In this episode, we present updates to two different cases that baffled investigators for years; the cases of  Sandra Crispo and Paige Coffey. We covered Sandra's case way back in episode 1, and Paige's in episode 42.  Recently, both of their remains were discovered, and while part of the mysteries are solved, many questions remain, and the authorities are still asking for help from the public. If...

Episode 121 John Brent McGhee On July 11, 2024, 42-year-old John Brent McGhee, who went by Brent, vanished in Leachville, Arkansas. He was last seen with a friend of his outside of a home that his wife was reportedly inside of with another man. She refused to let him inside and Brent apparently left before vanishing. The next day, Brent's wife went to a domestic violence shelter in Searcy, Arkansa...

Episode 120 Ana Barbosa On May 6, 2024, 53 year old Ana Barbosa vanished. She was last known to be with her husband at his auto shop in the Oildale section of Bakersfield, CA. By his own admission, her husband admitted that they had argued at the shop, but then gave varying accounts top people of what happened to his wife. In one version, he called her an Uber. In another version, she walked away...

Case Update: Jill Kloppenburg  Recently, in episode 118 of Missing Persons, we explored the case of 47 year old Jill Kloppenburg who vanished under mysterious circumstances from Lowell, MA in January, 2022. Sadly, her remains have been found and someone has been charged in relation to her death. Listen to this quick update episode to find out what happened, and who police believe is responsible. W...

Today, we're sharing a preview of  The Final Hours , a true crime podcast from Crime House, powered by PAVE Studios. Hosted by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole, The Final Hours examines the moments just before a person disappears. The routines. The timelines. And the small details that often get overlooked, until it's too late. Sarah is an advocate for missing and murdered victims whose sister di...

Episode 119 Audrey Herron On August 29, 2002, 32 year old nurse, Audrey Herron, left her job at the hospital in Catskill, NY and vanished without a trace. Police searched extensively for any sign of Audrey or her vehicle,  a 1994 Black, Jeep Grande Cherokee, New York license # X233UV. The first thought was that perhaps she had an accident or went off the road due to poor driving conditions, but th...

Episode 118 Jill Kloppenburg    In early January, 2025, 47 year old Jill Kloppenburg went missing from Lowell, MA, and has not been seen since. Jill had been battling addiction, and recent losses in her life compounded the issue. When she vanished, she was staying with someone temporarily, and some reports say that she was worried for her personal safety right before she vanished. Jill left behind...

  Episode 117 January 2026 Case Updates In our first installment of Missing Persons of 2026, we would like to provide some updates to past cases we have featured on the show. These include updates to the following cases: Deanna Merryfield from episode 105 Ian Rogers from episode 112 Avery Doherty episode 90  Marie Mueller episode 70 Jennifer and Adrianna Wix episode 82  Jennifer Kesse episode 84 ...

Introducing: True Crime Garage  While Missing Persons hosts Mike and Jess are prepping new episodes of Missing Persons, they'd like to invite you to listen to a preview of the true crime podcast; True Crime Garage. It's hosted by Nic and the Captain who are good friends of Mike and Jess. True Crime Garage has been around for a decade and have been a staple in the true crime podcast genre. They hav...

Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment  Below the Surface is a true crime podcast covering a variety of strange and bizarre cases with one common theme; a water connection.  The show features both solved and unsolved cases, some of which are well known, while others have received little attention. In this special preview of episode 1, we explore the puzzling case of Kim Wall who...

Introducing: The Trail Went Cold; The Boys on the Tracks August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical examiner concludes they had fallen asleep after smoking marij...

Episode 116 Robert Gautsche   Robert Gautsche was a family man and successful corporate manager who had a lot going for him, but the pressures of his job caused him to spiral. He fell into addiction which cost him his career, marriage, and health. He was diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff  Syndrome (WKS); a debilitating disease that greatly affected his memory, and his prognosis was not good. Rober...

Introducing Of Hell: Texas True Crime This is a preview of Of Hell: Texas True Crime, a narrative investigation into the darkest crimes committed on Texas soil. From the creators of Gone Cold, each episode dives deep into cases where violence leaves a permanent scar on the land and the people who call it home. This clip features the haunting case of Nancy, a beloved mother taken from her home and...

Episode 115 Jason Landry   On December 12, 2020, Twenty one year old college student Jason Landry embarked on a 165 mile road trip  from San Marcos, Texas to see his family for the holidays in Missouri City, Texas. He would never make it home. His crashed car was discovered just after midnight in Luling, Texas; an oil and ranching community that Jason was not familiar with. There was no sign of Ja...

Episode 114 Ryan Shtuka   Twenty year old Ryan Shtuka vanished in the early morning hours of February 17,2018 in Sun Peaks B.C. Canada. In the hours before he went missing, Ryan had gone to a silent disco with a group of friends before moving on with the group to a nearby house party. When the group of friends left, they didn't see Ryan, and they assumed that he had stayed behind. Back at the part...

Episode 113 Katherine 'Kat' Hammontre   April, 2019 was a tough month for 68 year old Katherine 'Kat' Hammontre. She had battled liver Cancer, but eventually decided not to seek treatment for it, and to face what came on her own terms. She was looking forward to her one year anniversary with her husband Warren Sundquist and enjoying the life she was living in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, w...

Episode 112 Ian Rogers 39 year old Crawfordville, Florida resident Ian Rogers vanished along with his employer's work truck on August 26,2024. He was presumably headed to a work site but he never arrived. A full examination of Ian's timeline on the day he disappeared has led to even more questions, and there are mysterious clues that to this point, have not led to finding Ian; including grainy sur...

Episode 111 Madison Re'Nea Allen  Madison Re'Nea Allen, a 32 year old mother of three, was working towards bettering her life after overcoming some struggles, but around November, 2023, she vanished from Zachary, Louisiana. When her mother Lynn Rollins, who is our guest in this episode, didn't hear from Madison, she reported her missing. When it was learned who Madison was living with at the time...

Episode 110 Sara Gail Ebersole 26 year old Sara Gail Ebersole vanished on March 2nd,  2023, after hanging out with, and interacting with a group of people in Reddick, FL.  Just after 10PM that night, she texted her sister Michele Tullis to let her know that she was getting into a random truck with some cowboys. She was seen on surveillance video at the Circle K store in the 17900 block of North Hi...

Episode 109 Matthew Yeomans UPDATE In episode 67 of Missing Persons , We first brought you the case of Twenty-five-year-old Matthew 'Matt' Yeomans who went missing from his grandfather's Easton, Massachusetts home in the overnight hours of September 19, 2021. Most of his belongings, including his wallet, and phone were found in his grandfather's home. His car was parked in the driveway. It seemed...

Episode 108 Cynthia 'Cindy' Atterberry and Oscar 'Joe' McNear   In 1981, 25-year-old Cynthia "Cindy" Atterberry and 30-year-old Oscar "Joe" McNear traveled from Springfield, Illinois to the Pike National Forest in Douglas County, Colorado. Neither were seen again.  They vanished in late June of that year. Several years after their disappearance, detectives received a tip that Cindy and Joe had bee...

Episode 107 Amber Wilde Nineteen year old college student Amber Wilde vanished from Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 23rd, 1998. Amber, who was almost 5 months pregnant at the time, had been involved in a minor traffic accident earlier in the day which left her with a concussion, although there's no evidence that her concussion, or the accident played any role in her disapperance.  When her fathe...