Join retired Secret Service agent Todd Hiles and retired FBI agent Stewart Fillmore as they take you under the crime scene tape and back to a case that hits closer than ever—Todd’s own childhood.

In this gripping episode, The Boy in the Trunk, the agents travel back in crime to the quiet town where Todd grew up, after a long-lost memory suddenly resurfaces. What he once dismissed as a childhood urban legend—whispers of a boy kidnapped in broad daylight—turns out to be a true story: the 1975 abduction of 10-year-old Timothy Stempel.

What followed was a harrowing ransom scheme that stunned the community. For days, investigators raced against the clock, as the town held its breath and Timothy’s fate hung in the balance.

With expert insight and engaging storytelling, Hiles and Fillmore retrace the twists and turns of the investigation—including the shocking location where Timothy was ultimately found—and explore how this terrifying chapter from Todd’s past became one of the most formative cases they’ve ever examined.

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