Episode 1 of Sworn Statement explores the case of a deceased hiker whose body was found in the Florida Everglades in July 2018. We start with what the 911 caller saw and follow the investigation as detectives learn that the man was a thru-hiker. After that, the case goes cold.

Host: Kristine Gill, Media Relations Specialist for the Collier County Sheriff's Office

Guests:

Kim Cherney, Criminal Research Investigator with the Collier County Sheriff's Office

Kevin O'Neill, homicide investigator with the Collier County Sheriff's Office

Kelly Fairbanks, trail angel

Nichalaus Horton, 911 caller and hiker

Misti Little, thru hiker and host of the Orange Blaze podcast on the Florida Trail http://orangeblaze.thegardenpathpodcast.com/about/

Thanks to Tyler Socash of Foot Stuff Podcast for background on the thru-hiking community. https://www.footstuffpodcast.com/

Music: Art of Silence by Uniq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-pYCGx0C4

For photos of the hiker, and more on the podcast, visit www.colliersheriff.org/news/sworn-statement.