May 31, 1995. Goderich, Ontario. After leaving her school, 16-year old Mistie Murray fails to return home and is subsequently reported missing. Even though there are several eyewitness sightings placing Mistie at numerous locations in the weeks following her disappearance, police focus their attention on her adoptive father, Steve Murray. Over three months later, Steve is arrested for Mistie’s murder after he is accused using his boat to dump her body in Lake Huron. However, since there is virtually no evidence against Steve, he winds up being acquitted when he goes on trial. Did Steve suffer the dubious distinction of being prosecuted for a nonexistent murder? If Mistie was not a victim of foul play and ran away of her own accord, what ultimately happened to her? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore one of the most bizarre and controversial missing persons cases in Canadian history.

If you have any information about this case, please contact ChildFind at 1-800-387-7962.

Additional Reading:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1221dfon.html

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lfp-archives-the-enduring-mistie-murray-mystery

https://everything2.com/title/Mistie+Murray

https://www.newspapers.com/image/514104024/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/505921065/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/504440201/

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/dad-once-accused-in-teen-daughter-mistie-murrays-vanishing-dies-at-68

http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0006/np000606.htm

“Damaged Angels” by Bonnie Buxton

https://www.opp.ca/index.php?id=115&entryid=56bc805a8f94ac2b21c4fe0e

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

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August 12, 1992. Panama City Beach, Florida. After leaving her home in Georgia on a vacation with her two children, 36-year old Pamela June Ray arrives at a beachfront motel during the early morning hours and parks in front of the office. Pamela’s children are sleeping in the back seat, but when they wake up a few hours later, they learn that their mother has vanished and a patrol officer reports having seen Pamela in the company of an unidentified man shortly before she went missing. Years later, a convicted killer named Mark Riebe confesses to the murders of over a dozen woman, including Pamela, but he later recants all of his confessions. Was Riebe actually responsible for Pamela June Ray’s disappearance? If so, what happened to her remains? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” explores a disturbing missing persons case which has yet to find a resolution after nearly 30 years. Special thanks to Dr. Ashley Wellman for narrating the opening of this episode.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Panama City Beach Police Department at (850) 233-5000.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Pamela_June_Ray

http://charleyproject.org/case/pamela-june-ray

https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/pamela-june-ray-no-vacancy

https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/mark-riebe-sins-of-the-father

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20190706/looking-for-answers-in-pamela-june-rays-1992-disappearance

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/years-ago-this-week-georgia-mother-disappeared-her-children-slept/bHDWApPaVO3tfhZgA3xobO/

https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190317/unsolved-bay-county-disappearance-of-pamela-ray

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

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September 4, 1964. Great Falls, Montana. 43-year old Jim Arrotta and his 35-year old wife, Lois Arrotta, are found stabbed to death inside a grocery store where Jim works as the manager. Since the couple’s children last saw them at their home when they went to bed the previous night, investigators theorize that Jim and Lois were lured to the store and killed during a botched robbery. Over 37 years later, Alan Reavley, a former employee who had been fired from the grocery store for theft, is charged with the murders. However, since the case against Alan is shaky and no physical evidence links him up to the crime, he winds up being acquitted at trial. Did Alan Reavley get away with the murders of Jim and Lois Arrotta, or was someone else was responsible? We will explore both sides of a very controversial murder case on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”.

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Additional Reading:

https://billingsgazette.com/jim-and-lois-arrotta-great-falls/article_48f8cbcb-cce3-5ad8-9199-e376140a7a60.html

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/09/04/years-later-arrotta-murders-still-shock-great-falls/15054583/

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/09/07/double-murder-trial-riveted-great-falls/15233469/

https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/reavley-found-not-guilty-of-40-year-old-great-falls-murders/article_a806538a-4cc3-5f70-ace2-d067a54ddc91.html

https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/daughter-of-slain-couple-testifies/article_3a08cd3d-9ca1-5a91-b7c0-972d1625f163.html

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/chance-finds-man-at-same-place-as-alleged-slayer-of-his-brother/article_0780bf37-0e87-578a-bb91-05cf203d2df1.html

https://ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_a8d75928-1b5e-5aad-af47-b5aaa775b434.html

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mt-supreme-court/1246029.html

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/may/25/woman-admits-taking-rings-from-ex-client/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/243621834/

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

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April 13, 1976. Jessup, Maryland. Ralph Sigler, a 47-year old Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Army, is found dead inside a motel room after an apparent suicide in which he electrocuted himself. For the past decade, Ralph had been working as a counterintelligence agent who provided classified information to spies from the Soviet Union, but since he had fallen under suspicion for failing several polygraph tests, the Army concludes that Ralph elected to take his own life. However, Ralph’s family discovers a number of discrepancies, including some unexplained injuries on his body, to make them suspect Ralph was tortured before someone murdered him. Was Ralph Sigler’s death an elaborate suicide or was he a victim of foul play? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a controversial Cold War-era mystery involving spies and espionage.

Additional Reading:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Ralph_Sigler

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/02/08/an-agents-suicide/24147cde-632c-4d11-97e2-f0517315db42/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/485/185/1377158/

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/28/world/failings-reported-at-fbi-and-cia.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/435314686/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/434670125/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/434670936/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/434671715/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/434672452/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/161100945/

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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on  GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True  Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

September 10, 2001. New York City. 31-year old Sneha Philip leaves her Lower Manhattan apartment and is last seen purchasing items at a nearby department store alongside an unidentified woman. Sneha does not return home that night and after the September 11 attacks take place the following morning, she is never heard from again. Since Sneha lived only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, it is theorized that she may have gone there and been killed when the towers collapsed. However, since Sneha was supposedly experiencing a number of personal problems at the time, there is speculation that something else could have caused her disappearance and her whereabouts on the evening of September 10 are never determined. Even though Sneha is officially classified as a 9/11 victim in 2008, there is still no conclusive evidence to prove she was killed in the attacks and the decision remains shrouded in controversy. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the story of a woman who happened to go missing right before one of the most famous tragedies in American history.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the New York Police Department at (212) 334-0635.

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Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sneha_Anne_Philip

http://charleyproject.org/case/sneha-ann-philip

http://nymag.com/news/features/17336/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/nyregion/02dead.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/official-9-11-death-toll-climbs-by-one/

https://nypost.com/2008/07/11/solved-the-last-mystery-of-911/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Sneha_Philip

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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on  GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True  Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

January 31, 1976. Bastrop County, Texas. After 73-year old John Whatley and his 68-year old wife, Faye Whatley, fail to show up at the wedding for Faye’s granddaughter, the police are asked to perform a wellness check at their ranch. John and Faye are discovered to be missing, but there is a bullet hole in their bedroom window and the entire bedroom door has been removed from the residence. Years later, serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confesses to having murdered the Whatleys and disposed of their bodies, but there is no evidence to corroborate his story and the couple are never found. Who was actually responsible for the Whatleys’ disappearance and what was their motive? Could it even be possible that John murdered his own wife before fleeing the country? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a truly baffling cold case involving a missing elderly couple.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 549-5100.

Join us on Saturday, March 27 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link.

Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/john-whatley

https://charleyproject.org/case/faye-eva-whatley

http://www.henryleelucasconfessions.com/post/the-strange-whatley-case

https://www.newspapers.com/image/378691622/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/355977952/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/378993252/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/378711031/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/362820190/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/358299642/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/358301851/

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“The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at  “Crimecon 2021: Austin” at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas on June  2-4, 2021, as well as “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel &  Spa in London on September 25-26, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the  purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo  code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.com/CC21 or https://www.crimecon.co.uk.

“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on  GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True  Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

May 1, 2002. San Francisco, California. After finishing a phone call with one of her sisters, 24-year old Evelyn Hernandez and her five-year old son, Alex Hernandez, vanish without explanation. At the time, Evelyn was only six days away from giving birth to her second child, but when she fails to resurface by her due date, she is officially reported missing. Over three months later, Evelyn’s torso and legs wash up onshore along San Francisco Bay, but neither Alex nor the fetus for Evelyn’s unborn son, Fernando, can be found. It turns out that Fernando’s biological father was a married man whom Evelyn had been having an affair with, but no evidence is found to link him or anyone else to this crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover a story involving a murdered mother and a missing boy which is often compared to the famous Laci & Scott Peterson case.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the San Francisco Police Department at (413) 553-1071.

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Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/alexis-geraldo-hernandez

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131949&page=1

https://people.com/archive/the-other-laci-peterson-who-killed-evelyn-hernandez-vol-60-no-1/

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Remains-may-be-S-F-woman-who-vanished-Remains-2789331.php

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Torso-in-bay-is-identified-DNA-matches-that-of-2802079.php

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Eerily-similar-case-languishes-in-obscurity-2621215.php

https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/scott-peterson-case/peterson-preliminary-trial/article3096894.html

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

October 4, 1978. Lyon County, Iowa. The decomposed body of a murdered young woman is discovered in a ditch next to a rural road, but since she carries no identification, she remains a Jane Doe for the next 27 years. The victim is eventually identified as 23-year old Wilma June Nissen, who originally hailed from California and lived a transient lifestyle prior to her death. Investigators discover that Wilma was involved with an escort service and two women she worked with may have been responsible for her death, but there is not enough evidence to charge anyone with the crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, at the personal request of her daughter, we will be exploring the tragic life of Wilma June Nissen and attempting to seek justice for her unsolved murder.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office at (712) 472-8300 or their anonymous tip hotline at (712) 472-8334. The case number is 78-06487.

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Additional Reading:

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/

https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html

https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/suspect-photo-released-in-1978-murder-case/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/14/gone-cold-wilma-nissen-killed-1978/84379226/

https://www.dglobe.com/news/1363563-motions-filed-cold-case-perjury-charges

https://www.dglobe.com/news/1343416-foster-parents-sheriff-pay-respects-wilma-nissen

https://qconline.com/news/iowa/jane-doe-for-27-years-wilma-june-nissen-has-name-funeral/article_e9f7b862-0ef0-5147-8479-6c5d35d1c9c0.html

https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/search-for-clues-in-the-murder-of-a-siouxland-prostitute-almost-40-years-ago-is-heating-up-again/

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

June 1, 1983. Louisville, Kentucky. 12-year old Ann Gotlib leaves her friend's residence in order to ride her bicycle back to her family's apartment, but she never arrives. When Ann's mother goes searching for her, she discovers Ann's abandoned bicycle outside a department store, but no trace of her can be found. 25 years later, investigators announce that new evidence seems to point towards a convicted sex offender named Gregory Oakley being responsible for Ann's disappearance. However, since Oakley is already deceased by that point, no charges can be filed and Ann's body is never found. On this week's episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore an unsolved abduction from the 1980s which helped play a role in changing how missing children's investigations were performed.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Louisville office of the FBI at (502) 583-3941.

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ann_Gotlib

https://charleyproject.org/case/ann-gotlib

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/the-vault-the-disappearance-of-ann-gotlib/417-443816484

https://www.wave3.com/story/8409806/ann-gotlibs-family-still-hopeful-shell-be-found

https://www.wave3.com/story/9458488/police-convicted-felon-responsible-for-ann-gotlibs-disappearance-and-death

https://www.newspapers.com/image/110740184/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/110740271/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181567753/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181567993/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181568026/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181575785/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181575944/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181578538/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181578785/

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical examiner concludes they had fallen asleep after smoking marijuana and their deaths were accidental. However, Don and Kevin’s families push for a new investigation, which uncovers evidence that they were violently attacked before their bodies were placed on the tracks. Throughout the years, a number of conspiracy theories would emerge to suggest the boys were murdered as part of a cover-up involving drug trafficking and that members of law enforcement were involved. In Part 1 of our special five-year anniversary episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explored the basic facts of this story. This week, in Part 2, we take a deeper look into the convoluted saga known as the “Boys on the Track” case.

Additional Reading:

“The Boys on the Tracks” by Mara Leveritt

https://idfiles.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Don_Henry_and_Kevin_Ives

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/the-boys-on-the-tracks-book-12011/

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/former-wrestler-claims-he-witnessed-murders-of-don-henry-and-kevin-ives/91-518352443

https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Don_Henry_and_Kevin_Ives

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/sep/20/suit-over-records-in-87-deaths-dismisse-1/

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“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on  GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True  Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.

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

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.