June 4, 1999. Wasilla, Alaska. While spending the night at a friend’s house, 15-year old Michael Palmer slips out to attend a graduation party. While biking home with friends, Michael vanishes without a trace, but his bicycle and sneakers are soon discovered at separate locations. In April 2010, Michael’s older brother, Chucky, disappears while riding a snow machine in the Talkeetna Mountains. Even though his snow machine is recovered, Chucky himself is never found. This week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold” is one of the most tragic stories we’ve ever covered, as two brothers from the same family go missing under mysterious circumstances over a decade apart.

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Additional Reading:

http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-timothy-palmer

http://charleyproject.org/case/charles-edwin-palmer-v

http://www.akfatal.net/Palmer%2006-04-97.htm

http://www.frontiersman.com/news/youth-still-missing-after-seven-years/article_4778a9bd-9231-5e38-bf8a-d2aa21a7fba1.html

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/last-brother/2010/04/16/

The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.