Locating the Lost

Tonight we discuss the disappearance of Tonya Lynn Sadecky with her good friend Kayla Bopp. Tonya allegedly had a friend come pick her up in the early morning hours of 8/28/22, She was last seen leaving a home on the corner of 9th ave and morgan st in Brackenridge Pennsylvania. She has not been seen or heard from by anyone including her children. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/support

19 yr old Emily Hieber was last seen in Yuma, Arizona on February 3, 2013. She has never been heard from again. Her dog, a black and brown Miniature Pinscher named Bruiser, disappeared with her and has not been found.  At the time of Hieber's disappearance, she had multiple social circles and stayed with multiple people on different occasions, and sometimes traveled to Mexico. Authorities believe someone she associated with knows what happened to her. Little information is available in her case. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

On Saturday, November 12, 1988, the body of 14 year old Brandy Dawn Hutchins was found under an abandoned house in the small town of Coal Hill, AR.  She had been shot once, execution style, in the forehead-just above her right eye.  Her body was discovered after some hunters found a purse near the abandoned house and began to investigate further. Someone had thrown boards on top of her body in order to hide her.  Brandy was my cousin and to this day, no one has been charged with her murder.  That was over 34 years ago. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

38 year old Graham Lacher has not been seen since he ran from Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor June 6th, 2022.  With the exception of his orange hat being found there has been no knew information leading to his location.  His family is hopeful that Graham is still alive but may be in need of help. Tonight we speak to Graham's mother Tammy about Graham's childhood, who Graham is, and where he could possibly be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

***LIVE******Tonight we are joined by Edward Dentzel the host of UNFOUND. We will be discussing how he became a true crime podcaster and an advocate for the missing as well as discussing cases he’s covered in the last 6 years of hosting Unfound --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

Tonight we speak with Natalie Long, friend of Timmy Dees who went missing after calling 911 in a panic fearing for his life. When the cops showed up less than 10 minutes later, Timmy was gone but they never looked for him but instead arrested another person at the location and left. That decision to let an arrest take priority over looking for a panicked 911 caller very well may have cost Timmy his life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

On July 15, State Police started a missing person investigation to determine the whereabouts of Cheryl Murdoch, who had recently moved in with Shannon Atwood at that same address about the same time that Shirley Atwood vanished. Cheryl's body was located in August of 2006. The State Police continued to investigate in an attempt to locate Shirley Moon-Atwood. Shannon Atwood was later charged with the murder of both Cheryl and Shirley but prior to trial, the charge of murder was dismissed without prejudice with respect to Shirley. Shannon Atwood was convicted in the murder of Cheryl Murdoch. Shirley Moon Atwood has never been found, did Shirley suffer a shared fate with Cheryl?  Tonight we speak to Cherrie Hight a close friend of Cheryl’s with her thoughts on both cases. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

Diana was last seen at the home she shared with her girlfriend in Winterhaven, California. She was last heard from by her family on April 29, 2020, although she might not have actually disappeared until sometime in early May. She left her cellular phone, purse and other belongings behind and has never been heard from again. Her family reported her missing on June 30.  Diana has been known travel between Winterhaven and Yuma, Arizona and Mexico, but there have not been any sightings of her in those places since her disappearance. She has five children, who live with their father in Yuma. Diana is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. Both California and Arizona police are investigating her case, which remains unsolved.  Tonight we speak to Diana's sister Hilda in regards to her disappearance, her suspicions, and what the police are doing to help find Diana. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

On this episode we speak to April Green Thompson the daughter of Nancy Lynn Green who disappeared September 30th, 2002 from Wheeling, WV. She vanished on Sept. 30, 2002, after being dropped off on the campus of the Ohio Valley Medical Center for an appointment.  It wasn’t the first time Nancy had gone missing. Just a few months before her disappearance, she was gone for a couple of days before emerging from the woods near Wheeling Hospital. She admitted to her daughter that she had planned to remain hidden, but a raccoon scared her, and while she was running a member of law enforcement spotted her and returned her home. The local PD never conducted a search of the area Green disappeared from, instead leaving it up to her family to search. It has been 20 years and the family is still searching......Where is Nancy Lynn Green? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

On this episode we speak to Jessica Morrison who reached out to us about the suspicious death of her brother Robert Morrison.  Jessica believes his unattended death may have been murder, she writes: Hi there.  My name is Jessica, my brother, Rob was murdered on or before 11.23.2019 in Millinocket, Maine.   Upon receiving the medical examiner’s report, my mom, dad and I went to the (then) Millinocket PD.  We were soon kicked out and told never to comeback or call, by then chief Craig Worster. Who may I add was dating the mother of the next person whom was shot (in the same house my brother was renting) just a couple months after my brother.   I also need to let you know my brother called me approximately 2 months prior to his death and stated to me  that he was going into hiding, “if something happens to him then so and so needs to be questioned by the police”. Honestly I’ve yet to take the time to write the timeline of events in which I was informed no one would take me seriously until.   Thank you for your time.   ~Jess Was it murder? We will let you decide as there are many reasons for Jessica to believe foul play was involved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

Courtesy of missingpitchers.org: On May 23rd, 1993, Dorothy Pitcher (47) and Danielle Pitcher (14) were kidnapped while walking along highway 181 at the s-curve, in Sunizona, Arizona. The mother and daughter left home at approximately 1pm to walk the 3 miles to the local RV Park store located on the corner of highway 181 and highway 191 in Cochise County, Arizona. It was common for the family to walk to and from the store. However, Dorothy was adamant about not accepting rides from strangers and expressed this to her children. Along their route, Dorothy and Danielle stopped at the house of one of Dorothy’s older daughters and asked if she would like to join them. She declined. This was the last time anyone spoke to Dorothy and Danielle. After this encounter, there were few sightings of the two. Dorothy & Danielle Pitcher were last seen on highway 181, at the s-curve, in Cochise County, 1.5 miles away from their home on Ash Creek Road in Sunizona, Arizona. A dog was brought in and picked up the mother and daughter’s scent at the store and followed it along highway 181, but the scent was dropped at the s-curve. Husband and father, Jack Pitcher, was ruled out as a suspect after passing 2 polygraph tests. There have been ‘person(s) of interest’ but to this day, no arrests have been made. ‘Someone knows what happened to Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher on May 23rd, 1993.’ Dawn Pitcher continues to search for answers to what happened to her mother and sister and will not rest until she finds justice for Dorothy & Danielle and peace for her family. She created the organization Missing Pitchers in 1993 to aid in the search for her mother and sister and has spoken out about the case. The Pitcher case remains open and criminal activity is suspected. It is now considered a murder investigation. If you have any information, please contact the Cochise County Sheriff's Office at: (520) 432-9500. To contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 1-800-843-5678. Anyone with information that would like to remain anonymous, please contact: dpitchers@missingpitchers.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

Patricia was last seen in Lewiston, Idaho late in the evening on September 2, 1976. She got into an argument with her husband, Ralph Otto, and left the house angrily. She never returned. Ralph didn't report her missing; her sister did, on October 8, more than a month after she was last seen. Patricia left behind all her belongings, including her car and her wedding rings, which she normally didn't remove. The rings were found in Ralph's coat pocket, but they have since been lost. Patricia and Ralph's marriage was difficult and she had left on her own before. She filed for divorce in the spring of 1976, but later reconciled with her husband. They were fighting at the time of her disappearance because he believed she was unfaithful to him. After her disappearance, Ralph told their two young daughters that their mother had abandoned them. Authorities theorize Patricia was murdered, and Ralph is the prime suspect in her disappearance. One of the couple's daughters said he was an alcoholic who "incriminating statements about himself" in relation to his wife's case. Another daughter, then three years old, said she saw her father assault her mother on the night Patricia disappeared, and that the last time she saw her mother, her father had his hands around her neck. Less than a year after she vanished, he was convicted of hiring a contract killer to murder the lead investigator in Patricia's disappearance. The verdict was overturned on a technicality in 1981, however. Ralph died of a heart attack a few years later, while in jail on an unrelated charge. Patricia and Ralph's daughters who were raised by their paternal aunt and uncle after their father's death. One of the daughters is now deceased, but the other is still alive and still looking for answers in her mother's case. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected. We speak to her daughter Suzanne Timms and her friend and advocate Mel Jederberg about the possibility of a Jane Doe found 3 hours from where her mother disappeared being her mother.  Truth is stranger than fiction --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

A teenage girl goes out with friends in Calais. Days later, her body washes ashore. Life in the small town turned upside down in 1984. Kim Steadman was one of the last people to see Linda Maxwell alive 37 years ago, she still doesn't know how her friend ended up dead in the St. Croix River. "Her biggest fear was drowning," Steadman said. She was 18 years old. Steadman says there was a group of men in a truck that night, they were older and into drugs. She saw Linda with them on the night of August 23, when the group pulled into "the mart" parking lot, their usual hangout. She says Linda left with the same group. The next morning, she was a missing person, and the community started to search. Three days later, Linda's naked body washed ashore at the Robbinston boat landing. With little evidence, the case went cold. Nothing can bring Linda back, but answers would ease some of the pain for this small town. But the question remains, will anyone speak up, to bring a killer to justice? Tonight we are joined by Kim Steadman, a childhood friend of Linda Maxwell as she tells the story of what she has learned about that night, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

August 19, 2016 - Johnney Leavitt, 20, was walking down Route 172 (L'etang Road) towards Back Bay Road in L'Etete just before 4:00 am when he was struck by a vehicle.  Mr. Leavitt died at the scene. It is believed that he may have been struck by a black truck that was captured on video in the area at that time. Tonight we speak to his mother Michelle Comeau and her fight for justice for the death of her son.  She and many others know who killed Johnney, yet no charges have been filed. The family and crimestoppers are offering a $15, 000 reward for  information that leads to an arrest. If you have any information about this case, you can contact RCMP St. George division at 506-755-1130 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or Secure Web Tips at crimenb.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support

On this episode we speak to the sister of Mary Tanner, Dr. Beth Goodwin and her continued fight for justice for the death of sister. On the evening of July 7, 1978, 18-year-old Mary Ellen Tanner attended parties in a wooded section of Route 9 in Kennebunk and at the Kennebunk Beach. Tanner left the Kennebunk Beach gathering in the company of friends and was dropped off at the intersection of Routes 9 and 35 in Kennebunk at approximately 11:30 pm. She indicated she was going to hitchhike home from that location. On July 9, 1978, Tanner's body was discovered in Gracie Evans Field in Lyman. Several suspects have been interviewed, but her homicide remains unsolved. If you have any information on the murder of Mary Ellen Tanner, please contact Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit – South at 1 Game Farm Road, Gray Me 04039 or call them at 207-657-3030. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/locatingthelost/support