May 27, 2000. Negril, Jamaica. After she is denied entry into Cuba for a junket, 29-year old travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch is rerouted to a Sandals beach resort in Jamaica while she waits for a flight back home to New York. After last being seen walking along a beach, Claudia vanishes without a trace and most of her personal items are left behind in her hotel room. The investigation leads to a resort bartender whom Claudia went out on a date with before she went missing and there are enough suspicious actions from the resort to suggest that a cover-up might have taken place. Who was responsible for Claudia Kirschhoch’s disappearance and how many people were involved? This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a frustrating cold case about an American citizen who went missing during an unscheduled trip to a foreign country and has still never been found.

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Additional Reading:

http://www.unsolved.com/gallery/claudia-kirschhochhttp://charleyproject.org/case/claudia-ann-kirschhoch

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Claudia_Kirschhochhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalee-like-case-5-years-later/

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/12/travel/tr-33308

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/22/nyregion/queens-travel-writer-who-vanished-in-jamaica-is-declared-dead.htmlhttp://www.sabrinaerdely.com/docs/MurderInParadise.pdf

May 27, 2000. Negril, Jamaica. After she is denied entry into Cuba for a junket, 29-year old travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch is rerouted to a Sandals beach resort in Jamaica while she waits for a flight back home to New York. After last being seen walking along a beach, Claudia vanishes without a trace and most of her personal items are left behind in her hotel room. The investigation leads to a resort bartender whom Claudia went out on a date with before she went missing and there are enough suspicious actions from the resort to suggest that a cover-up might have taken place. Who was responsible for Claudia Kirschhoch’s disappearance and how many people were involved? This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a frustrating cold case about an American citizen who went missing during an unscheduled trip to a foreign country and has still never been found.

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.Additional Reading:

http://www.unsolved.com/gallery/claudia-kirschhochhttp://charleyproject.org/case/claudia-ann-kirschhoch

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Claudia_Kirschhochhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalee-like-case-5-years-later/

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/12/travel/tr-33308

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/22/nyregion/queens-travel-writer-who-vanished-in-jamaica-is-declared-dead.htmlhttp://www.sabrinaerdely.com/docs/MurderInParadise.pdf

April 16, 1987. Union City, Tennessee. Four-year old Marlena Childress vanishes from her front yard after her mother, Pamela Bailey, claims she saw a red car driving away from their house. Two months later, Pam confesses that she accidentally killed Marlena and tossed her body into the Obion River. Pam soon recants her confession and claims it was coerced and since Marlena’s body cannot be found and there is no other evidence to implicate Pam, she is not indicted for her daughter’s death. Over the next several years, there would be a number of twists and turns, including some seemingly credible eyewitness sightings to suggest Marlena is still alive, and Pam would also face legal trouble for another violent crime involving her children. Was Pam responsible for her daughter’s disappearance, or was Marlena actually abducted? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we examine a very controversial and divisive missing children’s case which has yet to find a resolution.

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Additional Reading:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Marlena_Childresshttp://charleyproject.org/case/marlena-danyele-childress

https://www.nwtntoday.com/2012/04/12/cold-case-investigation-to-focus-on-disappearance/

April 16, 1987. Union City, Tennessee. Four-year old Marlena Childress vanishes from her front yard after her mother, Pamela Bailey, claims she saw a red car driving away from their house. Two months later, Pam confesses that she accidentally killed Marlena and tossed her body into the Obion River. Pam soon recants her confession and claims it was coerced and since Marlena’s body cannot be found and there is no other evidence to implicate Pam, she is not indicted for her daughter’s death. Over the next several years, there would be a number of twists and turns, including some seemingly credible eyewitness sightings to suggest Marlena is still alive, and Pam would also face legal trouble for another violent crime involving her children. Was Pam responsible for her daughter’s disappearance, or was Marlena actually abducted? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we examine a very controversial and divisive missing children’s case which has yet to find a resolution.

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Additional Reading:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Marlena_Childresshttp://charleyproject.org/case/marlena-danyele-childress

https://www.nwtntoday.com/2012/04/12/cold-case-investigation-to-focus-on-disappearance/

June 12, 1962. Worthington, Minnesota. 20-year old Marlys Gross gives birth to a baby daughter named Mary Agnes, but is told by the hospital staff that the child died shortly after she was born. Mary Agnes is given a funeral and buried in a grave, but months later, Marlys is mailed a photograph of an unidentified family holding a baby whom she believes is her daughter. Over the next three decades, Marlys would discover a number of suspicious discrepancies to make her believe that Mary Agnes is still alive, so she petitions to have her gravesite exhumed in 1996. While skeletal remains of a deceased child are found, DNA testing reveals that they do not belong to Mary Agnes. Did the hospital orchestrate a cover-up in order to perform a black-market adoption and sell Mary Agnes to another family? If so, then whose remains were buried in Mary Agnes’ grave? This week’s episode of “The Trail Path Went Chilly” explores a very bizarre and complicated mystery about the disappearance of a newborn infant.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Grosshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/240234019/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/454862991/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/240973566/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/240282173/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/336511442/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/336776572/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

June 12, 1962. Worthington, Minnesota. 20-year old Marlys Gross gives birth to a baby daughter named Mary Agnes, but is told by the hospital staff that the child died shortly after she was born. Mary Agnes is given a funeral and buried in a grave, but months later, Marlys is mailed a photograph of an unidentified family holding a baby whom she believes is her daughter. Over the next three decades, Marlys would discover a number of suspicious discrepancies to make her believe that Mary Agnes is still alive, so she petitions to have her gravesite exhumed in 1996. While skeletal remains of a deceased child are found, DNA testing reveals that they do not belong to Mary Agnes. Did the hospital orchestrate a cover-up in order to perform a black-market adoption and sell Mary Agnes to another family? If so, then whose remains were buried in Mary Agnes’ grave? This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a very bizarre and complicated mystery about the disappearance of a newborn infant.

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AdditionalReading:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Grosshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/240234019/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/454862991/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/240973566/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/240282173/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/336511442/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/336776572/?terms=%22Mary%2BAgnes%2BGross%22

March 15, 1989. Frederick, Maryland. 17-year old Tracey Kirkpatrick spends the evening working alone at a shopping center clothing store. Nearly two hours after the store was supposed to have been closed, a security guard discovers Tracey’s body in the rear storage room and she has been stabbed seven times. Three months later, a man calling himself “Don” phones a national confession hotline and claims that he is responsible for Tracey’s murder. Police manage to track down a promising suspect, but find no evidence that he was involved in the crime. However, as the years go on, rumours start to circulate about another suspect being the perpetrator. Was the confession to Tracey Kirkpatrick’s murder genuine or nothing more than a hoax? Was a cover-up orchestrated to protect the real killer? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” we cover a controversial 30-year old cold case which some people believe should have been solved a long time ago.

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https://unsolved.com/gallery/tracey-kirkpatrick/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-03-16-0903150097-story.html

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/cops_and_crime/who-killed-tracey-kirkpatrick/article_53efa27e-793f-5871-8719-435bd265f58f.html

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/he-lived-it-he-breathed-it/article_3f5be63f-159a-5fc5-a861-77542b082ea1.html

March 15, 1989. Frederick, Maryland. 17-year old Tracey Kirkpatrick spends the evening working alone at a shopping center clothing store. Nearly two hours after the store was supposed to have been closed, a security guard discovers Tracey’s body in the rear storage room and she has been stabbed seven times. Three months later, a man calling himself “Don” phones a national confession hotline and claims that he is responsible for Tracey’s murder. Police manage to track down a promising suspect, but find no evidence that he was involved in the crime. However, as the years go on, rumours start to circulate about another suspect being the perpetrator. Was the confession to Tracey Kirkpatrick’s murder genuine or nothing more than a hoax? Was a cover-up orchestrated to protect the real killer? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” we cover a controversial 30-year old cold case which some people believe should have been solved a long time ago.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/tracey-kirkpatrick/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-03-16-0903150097-story.html

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/cops_and_crime/who-killed-tracey-kirkpatrick/article_53efa27e-793f-5871-8719-435bd265f58f.html

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/he-lived-it-he-breathed-it/article_3f5be63f-159a-5fc5-a861-77542b082ea1.html

January 25, 1977. Lexington, Kentucky. 24-year old Melanie Flynn leaves her workplace, but fails to show up for an appointment and does not return home for dinner with her family. Two weeks later, Melanie’s abandoned car is discovered in an apartment complex parking lot and her purse is found washed up next to the Kentucky River later that summer. After numerous eyewitnesses claim to have seen Melanie alive in Florida, the police close the investigation, but her family is convinced she was murdered. Over the years, rumours circulate that Melanie worked as an undercover informant for the narcotics squad and was killed by corrupt police officers who were involved in drug trafficking. The story eventually balloons into a mammoth scandal known as the “Bluegrass Conspiracy”, but no trace of Melanie is ever found. This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a convoluted missing persons case which may have been connected to a multi-million-dollar drug smuggling ring & The tie in tragedy that is Cocaine Bear.

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Additional Reading:http://charleyproject.org/case/melanie-dee-flynn“The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder” by Sally Dentonhttps://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article232423297.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/101002756/https://www.newspapers.com/image/110786699/https://www.newspapers.com/image/110800054/

January 25, 1977. Lexington, Kentucky. 24-year old Melanie Flynn leaves her workplace, but fails to show up for an appointment and does not return home for dinner with her family. Two weeks later, Melanie’s abandoned car is discovered in an apartment complex parking lot and her purse is found washed up next to the Kentucky River later that summer. After numerous eyewitnesses claim to have seen Melanie alive in Florida, the police close the investigation, but her family is convinced she was murdered. Over the years, rumours circulate that Melanie worked as an undercover informant for the narcotics squad and was killed by corrupt police officers who were involved in drug trafficking. The story eventually balloons into a mammoth scandal known as the “Bluegrass Conspiracy”, but no trace of Melanie is ever found. This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a convoluted missing persons case which may have been connected to a multi-million-dollar drug smuggling ring & The tie in tragedy that is Cocaine Bear.

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Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold

Additional Reading:http://charleyproject.org/case/melanie-dee-flynn“The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder” by Sally Dentonhttps://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article232423297.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/101002756/https://www.newspapers.com/image/110786699/https://www.newspapers.com/image/110800054/