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In January of 1981, an Oklahoma woman is celebrating her 21st birthday. She kisses her husband goodbye that morning as he heads to school, and she tells him that she plans to run errands, have lunch with a friend, and have a quiet dinner in with him that evening. She talks to friends and family that morning who call to wish her a Happy Birthday, but she stops responding in the early afternoon. When her husband comes home, he walks into a nightmare. Despite the brutality of her murder, motive could not be established and the case seemed to be a random and senseless act of violence. At the time of this recording, 44 years have gone by since that fateful day and two very random clues could hold the key to solving the case.

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https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/mystery-remains-over-four-decades-after-the-murder-of-oklahoma-college-student
https://oklahoma.gov/osbi/services/investigative-services-division/cold-case-files/cold-cases/cold-case-files-n-o.html
https://people.com/crime/tracey-neilson-cold-case-murder-husband/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65142250/tracey_diane-neilson
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https://www.krmg.com/news/local/100-000-reward-offered-for-cold-case-murder-student/GrTM9gfNeTsOUxJDLuZ9jP/
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/could-missing-key-chain-be-key-solving-travey-neilsons-murder-n394676
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https://www.normantranscript.com/news/osbi-seeking-help-in-moore-cold-case/article_a8376f1c-9541-11e4-9b06-c3abc8b293c6.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/sapulpa-daily-herald-osbi-eyes-ou-death/169693884/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/sapulpa-daily-herald-type-of-knife-known/169693974/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news-baf

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On an ordinary winter day in January of 2001, a sixty-eight year old woman set off on a hike with three others. Shortly into the trail, she decided she wasn’t up for the hike and turned around to go back to the park’s lodge area while the other’s carried on to the destination. When the others returned, there was no sign of her, and there hasn’t been ever since. Besides her hiking partners, nobody can confirm she was actually in the park that day. The mysterious nature of her disappearance has led to multiple theories, but to this day none of them have produced any answers.

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-star-plane-crash/168928893/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/batesville-guard-search-called-off-tuesd/168881008/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-initial-search/168880971/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/paragould-daily-press-ross-perot-article/168880513/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-billionaire-involved-in-search/168880462/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-mysterious-disappearance/168880348/

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/Gloria+White+Moore+McDonald+missing

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arkansas/lovers-leap-trail

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TW: Mention of sexual abuse towards a minor

If you walked around the Jordan Heights Neighborhood of Allentown, PA in early 1984, you might bump into a cute little seven-year-old boy. If you did, the 44 lb elementary school student with light brown hair and sweet blue eyes would likely say to you something like this: “Hi, I’m Louis. Let’s be friends!” A stranger to nobody, Louis was a free spirit who walked around his neighborhood like the mayor, often chatting up adults instead of playing with his peers.
While Louis should have been safe to do so in his busy urban neighborhood, things took a dark turn when Louis reported that he had been sexually abused by a couple, who he only knew by their first names. According to Louis, they threatened to make him disappear if he ever told anybody. And then, sure enough, months later he was gone.

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A Huge Thank You to local paper The Morning Call for the bulk of this research

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-25-years-page-2/168565689/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-25-years-missing/168565424/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-20-years-page-2/168565316/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-6-year-mark-with-refere/168562687/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-18th-bday/168562474/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-the-daily-news-detailed-missing-p/168562059/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-drugs-plague-neighborho/168561928/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-billboards/168561576/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-foreclosure/168561522/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-enterprise-photo-cartons/168561291/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-louis-stockholm-syndr/168561112/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-thurston-trucks/168561009/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-more-on-riggs-scandal-p/168559371/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-riggs-strange-search/168559332/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-second-1988-riggs-artic/168558805/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-riggs-article-1988/168558645/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-birthday/168539548/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-detailed-article-about/168389450/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-page-1-of-detailed-loui/168389582/

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