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On August 29th, 2016, the Tromp family would flee their home with no phones, credit cards, passports...nothing that would be remotely traceable.  What happens next still remains a mystery to this day.  Why did the Tromp family run away?

Sources:

https://medium.com/@matt1199/the-bizarre-tromp-family-road-trip-8268896e0c27

https://www.mamamia.com.au/tromp-family/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37293494

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/riana-tromp-speaks-about-bizarre-roadtrip-in-first-interview/news-story/459be05ad66da097415bf3e865ea9b4c

Imagine waking up disoriented, confused, and laying in your bathroom closet tied up.  Now, imagine yourself being accused of murdering your husband just a few short hours later...this was the case for Sandra Melgar. On the evening of December 22, 2012, Sandra and Jim Melgar would celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary, but Jim wouldn't live to see the following day. Who killed Jim Melgar?

Sources:

Innocence Project:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/sandra-melgar-new-dna-evidence/285-30850e86-6336-4ae9-92e7-3e23aaf14711

https://www.mattkeyser.com/sandra-melgar-murder-case

https://www.freesandymelgar.com/media

Dateline:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14244926/

Court Junkie Podcast: Season 4, Episode 144

Rebecca Aylward was a 15 year old girl who fell in love with the wrong boy...Becca and Josh Davies' relationship started how most young teen romances do -- innocent, fun, and exciting. It quickly, however, transformed into something terrifying. When Becca met up with Josh in hopes of reconciling their relationship...she would unfortunately meet her untimely death.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/27/rebecca-aylward-welsh-schoolgirl-murder

https://luminolpod.com/blog/f/the-murder-of-rebecca-aylward

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12376737/He-kill-hes-freed-Mother-schoolgirl-15-bludgeoned-death-rock-ex-boyfriend-sick-bet-win-free-breakfast-vows-murderer-bars-hes-eligible-parole-year.html

Petition:

https://www.change.org/p/home-office-joshua-davies-must-never-be-released

Lauren was a sophomore at the University of Indiana living her best life.  After a full night of partying with her friends, Lauren left to walk home alone...and was never seen or heard from again.  It was like she vanished into thin air. Where is Lauren Spierer?

Sources:

Timeline:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2016/01/29/timeline-search-lauren-spierer/79524004/

Two Years Later:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-years-later-mystery-surrounds-disappearance-of-indiana-university-student-lauren-spierer

Jesse Wolff’s Family:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/02/missing-student-boyfriend-family-fume/2382909/ 

Angie was enjoying her evening with her bestie Kyla cruising around town and hanging out waiting on her fiance to finish babysitting. When Kyla left to go home, Angie decided to make a stop at a payphone booth to call her fiance and let him know that instead of hanging out after he was done babysitting, she was just going to head home for the night.  Only, Angie would be interrupted by a mysterious, unkempt man and suddenly kidnapped mid-phone call with her fiance.  Who took Angie Hammond? Is she still out there?


Sources:

Note:
https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/note-offers-clues-in-mistaken-1991-missouri-abduction/

Unsolved Mysteries:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489716/

Keith and Eilene Dardeen moved to the rural town of Ina, Illinois in 1986 ready to raise their family in a small town.  What they didn't realize when they moved to this area was the the rate of murders was about to sky rocket, and they would no longer feel safe living there.  In November of 1987, after the Dardeen family put their mobile home up for sale in hopes of moving to a safer location...they would meet a very gruesome fate.  Who killed the Dardeen family?

Lisa was in the midst of a new start.  After nearly 14 years of marriage, she and her husband Craig made the decision to divorce. During this time, they were still living in the same home, co-existing but barely on speaking terms.  Until one day in April 2006, Lisa supposedly left their home for a fitness class never to return.  Did she really leave that day?  Was she a victim of a random crime? Or did her soon to be ex-husband have something to do with Lisa going missing...?

In April 2006, a medical student would go out for a night of celebratory bar-hopping with his buddy with plans to go on a trip to Miami with his girlfriend two days later.  Unfortunately, he would never make that flight out.  Brian walked into the Ugly Tuna Saloona that Friday night in April, but he never came back out.  Or did he?  Where is Brian Shaffer?

Dr. Glennon Engleman was a Dentist in St. Louis, Missouri living what everyone thought was a normal life. What his patients didn't know, is that the man that had his literal hands in their mouths day in and day out...was a cold-blooded murderer.

Sources:
James Bullock: https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-bullock-murder-a/33785917/
Peter Halm: https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-dentist-englema/33811267/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-peter-joseph-hal/9744758/
Sophie Barrerra: https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/jan-14-1980-st-louis-car-bombing-is-the-work-of-the-notorious-southside-dentist/article_439cb546-1d2d-544f-9a49-847fb62b2be7.html

https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/st-louis-serial-murderer-used-charm-for-insurance-fraud-over-22-years/

Barbara Boyle: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/17/Wife-released-after-serving-25-years/69931255816759/

Bryce Laspisa was living a normal college life.  The Summer after his Freshman year, things took a quick change.  Suddenly, Bryce's personality made a dramatic flip, and after admitting to his friends that he was illegally taking a stimulant prescription medication his friends became increasingly concerned over his well-being.  Embarking on a very bizarre road trip, Bryce disappears...but what happened to him?

Episode Sources:
The Charley Project:  https://charleyproject.org/case/bryce-david-laspisa
Bryce Laspisa FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/FINDBRYCELASPISA/
Investigation Discovery, Disappeared - Road to Nowhere:  https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/
The Crime Wire: https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/the-unexplained-disappearance-of-bryce-laspisa