Today we’re sharing something a little different: it’s the first episode of a new

podcast from our friends at ABC Audio and 20/20 called “What Happened to the

McStays?” In 2010, in a quiet suburb of San Diego, a family of four seemingly

vanished into thin air. When investigators searched their home, they found the

family’s two beloved dogs unattended outside, rotting food left around the house,

and clothes strewn across the floor. The nation was left to wonder: Did the

McStays leave of their own accord, or did something more sinister happen?

To hear the whole story, follow “What Happened to the McStays?” on Apple

Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen – or listen ad-free and get the

whole series before anyone else by subscribing to 20/20 True Crime+ on Apple

Podcasts.

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When 19-year-old Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart disappeared after an off-campus party in May 1996, investigators quickly learned she had last been seen walking back toward campus with fellow student Paul Flores. Early delays, inconsistent statements, a mysterious black eye, and later cadaver dog alerts inside Flores’ dorm room raised serious questions, but years passed without Kristin being found. Decades later, renewed investigative work and previously unheard witnesses brought attention back to details that had been overlooked or left unresolved in the original investigation. This listener suggestion from Kelsi, Destanie, and Maya examines how those early decisions shaped a case that refused to disappear. Allison walks us through Kristin’s story and the evidence investigators kept returning to as the search for answers continued.

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When 12-year-old Sian Kingi vanished during a short bike ride home, investigators were left with a yellow bicycle, reports of a suspicious station wagon and several witnesses who had noticed more than they initially realized. As police followed those details, they uncovered earlier encounters that placed the same couple at the center of increasingly serious concerns. Allison tells Sian’s story with a close look at the witness accounts and investigative decisions that began connecting those pieces.

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Kevin Bacon disappeared on Christmas Eve after telling his roommate he had met someone through a dating app. As investigators followed his digital trail, they discovered that two other men had recently fled the same man’s home and called 911. Allison tells Kevin’s story and examines the warning signs that were already documented before police arrived there looking for him.

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Bonnie Haim vanished after telling friends she planned to leave her husband, while her three-year-old son began describing something investigators could not yet prove. Allison tells the story of the evidence that remained buried for years and the moment Bonnie’s disappearance could no longer be treated as a mystery.

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Megan Barroso’s car was found running in the middle of the night, marked by gunfire and blood, while she was nowhere nearby. Allison tells the story of how ballistics, vehicle evidence, and a tiny piece of red glitter began to clarify what happened after Megan left her friends.

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In December 2023, Broomfield, Colorado police responded to a welfare check request from Dan Krug, worried he couldn't reach his wife Kristil. Officers found her bleeding out in the garage of the home she'd spent months trying to protect, the target of a stalking campaign that had escalated from cryptic texts to threats against her family. Kristil had done everything right: she filed police reports, hired a private investigator, bought a gun and carried it everywhere she went. The man she believed was terrorizing her, an ex-boyfriend from high school, had an airtight alibi. If he wasn't the one stalking her, someone much closer to home was watching all along.

Allison dug through the digital forensics on this one, and once you hear how investigators finally traced those threats back through a piece of blue painter's tape, you'll understand why this case still keeps detectives up at night.

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Linda Sobek’s disappearance initially left investigators with little more than a last-minute photo shoot and an unexplained missed audition. Allison tells the story of how discarded belongings, conflicting accounts, and a narrow window at a ranger station shifted the direction of the case.

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Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler, and Leonard Dyck were all traveling through remote parts of British Columbia when their lives intersected with a case investigators struggled to make sense of. Allison tells the story through the roadside sightings, forensic links, and unanswered questions that remained even after the manhunt ended.

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Skip the banter: 00:04:38

Sade Robinson was last known to be on a first date, but the investigation that followed depended on fragments of footage, phone data, and evidence that did not answer every question neatly. Allison tells the story, including the parts of the case where procedure, timing, and what was missed became impossible to separate.

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