Code 18: Unsolved

Tim Darrow is the last known person to see his father alive. We interview him for an hour about what he recalls about their fight over a stolen motorcycle and why Alvin’s blood may have ended up on the bike.

Alvin Darrow had a turbulent past and had spent most of his adult life in and out of jail, but he’d seemed to have turned things around in the last five years. Why, then, did he have a stolen motorcycle? And what might his relationship with his sons tell us about his disappearance?


Alvin Darrow had a turbulent past and had spent most of his adult life in and out of jail, but he’d seemed to have turned things around in the last five years. Why, then, did he have a stolen motorcycle? And what might his relationship with his sons tell us about his disappearance?

We retrace Alvin Darrow’s steps on July 27, 2017, narrowing down the timeline until he vanishes. Where did he go, who was he with, and where did the blood come from?



We retrace Alvin Darrow’s steps on July 27, 2017, narrowing down the timeline until he vanishes. Where did he go, who was he with, and where did the blood come from?

This story starts with an expensive motorcycle that was stolen two days prior to the victim going missing. What do we know about that burglary and the bike? What does it have to do with Alvin?



This story starts with an expensive motorcycle that was stolen two days prior to the victim going missing. What do we know about that burglary and the bike? What does it have to do with Alvin?

Officially, Alvin Darrow is missing, but it’s presumed he’s dead, his body never recovered. A strange series of events followed his disappearance, including two 911 calls, a fake lead and immediate suspicions of a violent end. Hear the first clues about what happened to Alvin Darrow.

Officially, Alvin Darrow is missing, but it’s presumed he’s dead, his body never recovered. A strange series of events followed his disappearance, including two 911 calls, a fake lead and immediate suspicions of a violent end. Hear the first clues about what happened to Alvin Darrow.

In season one, *Code 18: Unsolved* investigates the mysterious disappearance of Alvin Darrow from his home in Toledo, near the Ohio/Michigan border, on July 27, 2017. Two days earlier, he'd acquired a stolen motorcycle; there was fight over the bike and then, Alvin was gone. Join Blade reporter Kaitlin Durbin in this 8-part series as she pieces together what may have happened using interviews with law enforcement and his friends and family.