Cold Case Detective

When someone disappears without a trace, it must be one of the most torturous things to happen to the family and friends they live behind. And as the days and weeks turn into months and years, the hopes of a happy ending get slimmer and slimmer, often ending up with a body being found which at very least offers some closure. However, sometimes there is no end and no closure. Either because the person doesn't want to be found, or because the person responsible for the disappearance has expertly hidden their tracks.

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In a 2019 article produced by National Geographic, hikers wandering off the beaten path is the number one reason that they require search and rescue. That means even those who are injured, or those subject to sudden bad weather do not require assistance as much as those who get lost by simply exploring off the trail. In this episode of Cold Case Detective, we’ll be taking a look at three cases of people who have gotten lost while hiking...

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Isolated cabins in the middle of the woods, paired with gruesome blood-thirsty killers, is an age-old horror trope at this point. However, their basis, the true cases of those murdered in cabins, is beyond disturbing. In today's video, we'll be taking a look at just three of those cases, and while each has a slightly different backdrop, the chilling nature of the crimes remains the same...

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For many of the missing person cases that we cover, it seems like there is never an end in sight. It's so rare that we get answers for the families left behind. But it's not impossible. Stories of loved ones returning do exist. Sometimes it's for the better, but sometimes it's not always easier when they come home. 

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The appeal of a good mystery story is more often than not is seeing how the clues fit together and solving the puzzle, but unfortunately real life isn't like that. Figures from 2016 show that the national clearance rate for murder in America is around 60%. Meaning around 40% of victims and their families continue to go without justice. In this episode of Cold Case Detective, we will be looking at 3 puzzling cases that continue to go unsolved.

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For many of us more unfamiliar with the intricacies of American culture, the southern state of Louisiana, embedded in the Deep South region of the US, is most likely associated with vibrant music scenes; the now-abandoned Six Flags theme park in New Orleans; and elaborate antebellum homes that were formerly used as rice, cotton and sugar plantations. But there is a dark and seedy underbelly to the melting pot state - Louisiana leads the way by a considerable margin with the highest state murder rates in the nation, something it has maintained for 29 straight years from 1989-2017. In today’s episode, we will be exploring just three of Louisiana’s unsolved homicide cases...

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Melanie Nadia Ethier, known to her family and closest friends as “Mel,” was a vibrant and lively young woman in New Liskeard, Ontario. Her deeply woven empathy for others and a passion for dance and artistic expression were cut short by unexplainable, unsolved disappearance in September of 1996, leaving all who knew her across Temiskaming Shores and the entire province of Ontario at large grasping for answers in a sea of evidence that drowned us all in doubt…

As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of Melanie Ethier’s disappearance near the Armstrong Street Bridge and the endless enigmas of small town Canada... 

This is Cold Case Detective.

Researched and written by TJ Ruesch
Episode narrated by William Earl
Music by CO.AG

Case File Photographs
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18RJeMUyA5tlEIbXy6quNWN2Piml8YTan?usp=sharing

Relevant Links

[OPP Investigation Video]

[Main Wiki]

[Reddit Thread #1]

[Toronto.com Article]

[The Doe Network Profile]

[Timmins Today Article]

[Bay Today Article]

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Lars Mittank, a compassionate and easy going young man, was a hard working engineer and overall fantastic family man of Itzehoe, Germany. His free-spirited personality and love of all things travelling was cut short by an unexplainable, unsolved disappearance in July of 2014, leaving all who knew him around Northern Germany and the entirety of the internet at large grasping for answers in a sea of evidence that drowned us all in doubt…

As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of Lars Mittank’s unsettling disappearance at the Varna Airport in Bulgaria and the mysterious CCTV footage that was released soon thereafter...

This is Cold Case Detective.

Researched and written by TJ Ruesch
Episode narrated by William Earl
Music by CO.AG

Relevant Links:

[CCTV Footage]

[Berlin Spectator]

[Main Wiki]

[Unidentified Wiki]

[Reddit Thread]

[Mel Magazine]

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Kenneth, Barbara, Barbie, Virginia, and Susan Martin, known to the Rose City Park community as a cordial and compassionate family, were beloved citizens of 1950’s Portland Oregon. They were the front of the postcard for the post-war American dream, a household of happiness and hope, until it was all cut short by unexplainable, unsolved disappearances and deaths on December 7th, 1958, leaving all who knew them across Multnomah County and Northwest Oregon as a whole grasping for answers in a sea of evidence that drowned us all in doubt…

As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of the Martin Family Disappearance, and the decades worth of  mysteries along Columbia River...

This is Cold Case Detective.

Case Files:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xuVzDFXekb1F6P7i3PuIAgxrKHyeyOtl?usp=sharing

Relevant Links:

[Main Wiki]

[KOIN 6 News Report]

[Amazon’s Echo of Distant Water Preview]

[Google Book’s Echo of Distant Water Preview]

[Kenneth’s Charlie Project Profile]

[Barbara’s Doe Network Profile]  

[Reddit Thread]

Researched and written by TJ Ruesch
Episode narrated by William Earl
Music by CO.AG

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Christina Calayca, a spiritual and hardworking young woman, was a faithful and passionate volunteer and upcoming educator in Toronto, Canada. Her undying go-getter personality and dedication to her family and church were cut short by unexplainable, unsolved disappearance in August of 2007, leaving all who knew her across the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Toronto and the entirety of Canada at large grasping for answers in a sea of evidence that drowned us all in doubt…

As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of Christina Calayca’s disappearance at the Rainbow Falls Provincial Park and the mysteries of Ontario’s expansive backwoods...

This is Cold Case Detective.

Case File Photographs:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xj7NcdrMWiaZ1F6HTa3tv6CLAE9ap79S?usp=sharing

Relevant Links

[Canadian Crimeopedia Article]

[Reddit Thread]

[Kate Barker Article]

[National Post Article]

[The Star Article #1]

[The Star Article #2]

[Saskatoon Freezing Deaths Wiki]

Researched and written by TJ Ruesch
Episode narrated by William Earl
Music by CO.AG

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