Children are meant to be treasured and cherished, so nothing is more devastating than the sinister entering the equation. In the 2 ½  years she spent with her foster parents,  Oakley Carlson was a vibrant, cheerful young girl, a true blessing in their lives. So when the state suddenly called them just before Oakley’s third birthday to inform them she was to be returned to her birth parents, they were devastated, knowing what could lay ahead for her. Jenn, Court, and Beck take a deep dive into the five years of Oakley’s life, discussing the state’s decision to place her back with an unstable family, the mysterious fire that finally brought to light the fact that Oakley was missing, and the events surrounding Oakley’s biological parents since that discovery.

This episode also recognizes Gail Doyle, who went missing on June 26, 2016, from Olympia, Washington.

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On May 27, 2020, in Gilbert, Arizona, Nick Cordova spent his day running his heating and cooling company and was finishing it up with a FaceTime call with his two small children when the unfathomable happened.  As the children were talking with their dad, one of the children yelled out that something was happening on the other side of the FaceTime call, prompting their mom, Alysha, to run in and be faced with the incomprehensible. Jenn, Court, and Beck venture into the day’s events including the 911 call Alysha made, the numerous innuendo’s surrounding Nick’s silent partner in the company, and what the investigators have in their possession to help solve the case including, surveillance video, a shady statement made by the silent partner, and a potato?.

This episode also recognizes Sherry Ann Daugherty, who went missing on August 29, 1991, from Paradise Valley, Arizona.

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Randy Leach, a 17 year-old country boy with a love of tractors, had a great deal to look forward to with the end of high school at arms reach; a summer spent mowing lawns on his new riding lawn mower for extra spending money, the possibility of entering a trade school, and finally getting to drive his freshly painted cherry-red ‘66 Mustang. So when Randy didn’t come home after attending a pre-graduation bonfire party on April 15, 1988, his parents immediately knew something must have happened to him. Jenn, Court, and Beck break down the timelines surrounding that day, the countless number of rumors that have plagued his parents over so many years, and how the satanic panic affected the direction of the investigation from the start.  

This episode also recognizes Kathryn Adam, who went missing on April 29, 1993, from Salina, Kansas.

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