Timestamps: 0:22 Paulette Jester 6:10 William Earl Moldt 8:42 Grateful Doe 13:33 Petra Pazsitka 18:11 Gabriel Nagy 21:32 Esther Lucille Westenbarger 23:23 Blanca Otero Alvarez 27:12 Shirlene Hammack 31:08 Billy Fiegener 36:10 Judith Bello 38:03 Edgar Latulip 39:43 Alex Cooper 43:29 Kamiyah Mobley 47:45 Arthur Jones 51:22 Tamara Milograd 56:09 Marcia Honsch & Elizabeth Honsch 1:00:27 Lula Cora Hood 1:02:19 Wendy Von Huben 1:06:27 Pamela Jackson & Cheryl Miller 1:09:14 Lucy Johnson
Hi Merc! Can you add the English subtitles to this video like you used to? As a non-native it becomes really exhausting after a while to watch and listen to a 1h video without it. I had to pause and put it back to make sure I was understanding everything.
Merc I came to you and others a few years ago about my missing friend Tracy Byrd...from Bensalem, PA...and you were the only one who helped me and did a video....for that I love you forever and sadly she is still missing =/
I’ve been reading about this case and her mother was found in the woods 7 months after Tracy disappeared and her ex boyfriend, Paul, was arrested for strangulation. But he unfortunately killed himself the next day- do you might have think he had something to do with Tracy’s disappearance? He’s a dead man now so it’s sad there’s not going to be any more leads out of him. But, I am so sorry about your friend.
That goes to show that every missing person's case didn't involve anything sinister. So many armchair detectives love to jump to horrible conclusions, but sometimes there are accidents and we just don't ever find out.
@@VioletJoy Absolutely! Even when its PROVEN to have been an accident, suicide, etc, everyone screams NO IT WAS MURDER. Don't get me wrong, there are some cases that were ruled an accident/suicide that absolutely were foul play. But, for the most part, people want to act like they know more about the case than the families of the victims do.
The people who voluntarily abandon their kids and start new families are straight 🗑. I feel bad for those kids-now adults- who still want a relationship with them. That must be so bittersweet.
And what are kids who don't care about their parents and never call or go see them? Yeah it's wrong and bad when a mom doesn't care or know where their 18 year old is. But they sure are not the only ones. It's sad all around 😥 😢
Well that one guy Cooper didn't have a choice. He was being accused of a serious crime he didn't commit. So he started a new life. Sounds like something straight out of a movie.
@@kaycoats8344 In my opinion moms that leave their kids behind and start a new life and have other children, are far worse than a teenager running away and not staying in touch.
It was kind of sweet about the granddaughter realized her mom was on a missing persons list and was able to meet her grandmother and introduce them to her own children. Yes, they lost her daughter but she was still able to give them a granddaughter and great grandchild in her selfishness.
Imagine searching like hell to find your loved one for 30 whole years just for you to finally find them and find out they disappeared on purpose and they don’t want to speak to you or see you 😢
The cases where the mother goes missing and is found years later with a whole new family are so sad.. just imagine how the kids felt year after year, probably believing their mom was victim to something horrible because surely she wouldn’t just abandon them? But she has… I cant say the women’s fault or reasoning because maybe they were actually trying to escape bad situations but idk what would be great enough to make me totally abandon my child
@JB Some of those “mothers” left for the same reasons men leave. They no longer love their husbands and the kids tie them down, they claim abuse because the Dad is dead but the kids never saw it. I know a few who have done that by just getting a divorce and moving in with the man they were cheating with. One woman moved to Florida from Nj and her son didn’t see her again for a decade.
You can't really say you were escaping a bad situation when you're the parent. That reasoning makes more sense when a kid runs away but not a parent who leaves their kids. After all, if it was so dangerous then you just left extremely vulnerable people without any actual supervision.
I just looked at Google Maps, and Mr. Moldt's car is indeed visible in that pond. Very creepy, looking at the car in the map, knowing that his remains are inside.
There was a similar case in Byron Center, Michigan a few years back where someone decorating a Christmas tree with a cherry-picker found a car in a small decorative pond. Looking at Google Maps, showed the outline of the car. I drove past that pond at least twice a week in college, and I worked in that city for about a year. It’s a pretty busy small town; so it was crazy that no one found it sooner.
@@btetschner from what I remember, the guy was at a vantage point where only he could see the car because he was decorating a Christmas tree next to the pond. Nobody saw it on Google Maps because it was a tiny pond that nobody paid attention to, but looking at the pond, there clearly is the outline of a car in it.
@@cmndrkool321 It is such an interesting way that is was found! I don't have very good attention to detail, so even at the point he was at I probably wouldn't have noticed it. Were there any people in it?
I am from Düsseldorf Germany - Petras case always seemed so strange to me - if you want to live alone & isolated fine disappear but why not leave a note and put your family through so much pain. Maybe there was abuse going on in the family - but then she already lived pretty independently in another city … also if someone confessed to your murder One probably should at least give police a notice to prevent someone going to prison for a murder that never happened … very strange indeed EDIT: After being found she denied very strongly that any kind of abuse was involved. Quote: “she has expressly ruled out the idea that she ran away to escape sexual violence or abuse. She just wants to be left alone” - not sure how I feel about it considering the fact that hundreds of volunteers looked for her, the search cost a lot of tax money and cases like that are the reason why other adult disappearing cases are not taken seriously and are neglected...
Ahhhh perfect!!! A real German! May I please apologize to you personally and you pass on to everyone that I am really an idiot and didn’t pronounce your money correctly and really sounded like a douche myself lol.
@@AlexandriaTucker Nobody should put you down for that. You didn't do it intentionally and were not deliberately doing it to cause slight. You do an excellent job narrating. Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos for us!
I can understand disappearing without telling anyone.. I did it myself for several months with my children. Sometimes family just isn’t it and the person choosing to leave doesn’t believe they owe them anything including a goodbye.
@@AlexandriaTucker I laughed about it but I in no way want to take away from your excellent video. Having lived in Deutschland for 8 years no one beats me when it comes to murdering the German language. 😀
You never know what goes on. Rape? Incest? Murder? Things that become unspeakable and after time, a person may never want the memories drudged up again. Petra may have seen something and feared bodily harm to herself or others. She may have been a victim and felt immense shame. She may have been a perpetrator or accomplice and felt immense guilt or fear. Just some thoughts, no answers.
@@shayjohnson1114 I suspect that there have been more than one hint before they go missing. The argentinian woman who was discovered had her family running after her despite she had made it clear she had no desire for any contact with her family. Apparantly she realised that would happen and thereby had moved.
It just amazes me the amount of mothers & fathers just walk away from their kids never to heard from. Then their kids find out years & years later that their mother or father started a new life & family. I can’t imagine the hurt those poor kids went through
The worst I heard was two boys whose mother and sister were killed in a car accident or something. The dad hooked up with someone else and I guess decided to start over so they went off and had a family while the two boys were sent to an orphanage and up for adoption.
That reconstruction of Jason is the most accurate I’ve ever seen wow….and I’m sorry but shame on his mother, what a let down “omg that’s my son, yeah I wasn’t sure who to call”, I’m not one to judge but that is unacceptable and shameful
I was really surprised at how accurate the facial reconstruction of Jason was. More often than not I see facial reconstructions of missing people that don't resemble them at all
Jason aka the Grateful Doe is such a sad and tragic story. Him and the nice stranger who offered him a ride died as a complete accident. People fall asleep at the wheel very often, it’s just horrible to see that they both perished. And the fact that Jason was never reported missing is heartbreaking. Imagine dying in a freak accident, out of his control & no one knows or even cares to look for you?! I’d be ashamed if I were that mother. Maybe their relationship was strained or something, but as parent, u should always find a way to keep in touch someway or somehow. Seriously tho, if that wonderful person never put out his picture and story on Reddit, poor Jason would’ve been just another corpse with no name. Now I hope he can rest peacefully. And I hope he’s blasting the “Greateful Dead” in heaven. Rest well Jason.
I don't understand why they just didn't call the number, using each prefix available... like how many of them are there? Certainly not that many to take more than days of research.
Why the hell did the cops not check her duffel bag when it may have contained vital information for the case i will never understand how their blatant incompetence in so many of these cases.
Lol, I find myself literally yelling out loud about some of these cases, 🤬my dogs freak out ,they think I’m angry with them, incompetence, a lack of duty, IDK ,stupid for sure✌🏻
@@Lukronius what confused me was that, if it was a hit-and-run, and he stole her bag, how is that not...weird? yes i accidentally ran this person over, they are dead, but at least i get to keep their possessions...?
When someone goes missing with their car with no trace of either there's usually only one place they are and thats at the bottom of a river or lake or some other water body many of them are submerged under water for decades before they are found and others are ati yet to be found.
I'm amazed at how many women claim they left, to start a new life, because their husbands was abusive, but left the kids with them instead of taking them with them. wtf
You are aware you can’t just take someone’s kids across state lines without telling them right? Especially if that person is abusive they’ll use the kids to get back at you.
Don't leave your pets behind to suffer abuse. Please take them with you. There are shelters that take you, your kids and your pets. No one left behind.
They probably couldn't financially take care of the kids on their own. Some men are wonderful fathers but terrible partners. Just bc he beats on his woman bc he's a straight "Fat Vagina" doesn't mean he will hurt his kids. I do believe If a mother walks away she should better herself and return ready and able to step back up after being beat down.
The kamyah Mobley story is the saddest I've ever heard. Not only did her mom lose her when she was kidnapped but the poor child believes the kidnapper is her mother. He pain her mom must feel is nothing short of torture. She's the real victim. So sad
Merc and my girl Alexandra !!!!!! She is so amazing, her voice is just so soothing and it sounds clear. I'm glad that you're this channels narrator , you've been doing this for a long time and I am a faithful follower to you both!!!!!! This channe! Is in my top 3 fave True Crime channels. Thank you for making my night!!!!!!!
The child abduction of Kamara gave me chills when my mom suddenly told me, out nowhere, that almost the same thing happened when I was born. At least, it was not someone masquerading as a nurse, but an old lady opening the door to her room and inching closely to get inside. Either to steal something or actually get the baby me, she has no idea because my uncle who was sleeping in the couch (they both fell asleep) suddenly woke up when the door opened and demanded what she wanted when she began to inch inside the room. The old lady just turned around and left. My uncle tried to follow her, suspicious and ofc a little concerned because that was a maternity hospital but he came back and told my mom (who just woke up) that the old lady was either fast or some supernatural being because she was suddenly out of his sight. 😨 Made me scared of what would happen if my uncle wasn’t a such light sleeper 😨😨😨😨
@@AlexandriaTucker hopefully your underwear will 😂. It happens though. In a world with so many languages, dialects and words, can’t get it right all the time. There’s professional tv documentary narrators and tv presenters who get paid a LOT of money who still don’t get pronunciation and names right sometimes (ffs, Benedict Cumberbatch couldn’t even pronounce “penguin” 🤣) - and they have writers and researchers who should make sure they do! If they can get away with it, so can you 😘
Even if you were a shitty parent.. if my child left and we didn't know if she was alive or dead and when she was found but she didn't want to see you it would break my heart. Imagine that your child that you carried and loved and care for most of their life and then they leave not even thinking that the mother doesn't deserve a goodbye note... Ungrateful person. IMO
@@darklibramoon09 That assuming her mother is a loving person. God knows what really happened in the house that leads her not wanting to be found nor wanted to be contacted by her family. Had something terrible happened in the house - abuse, rape, etc, etc, etc, then good for her for escaping!
Some children are on the spectrum and have no attachment. You could be the perfect loving parent but the child cannot connect, they just want to be left on their own not understanding the hurst they’re causing.
14:20 I have always been confused by that cut-and-paste image of Petra. Was there no existing full-length photo of her, leading to someone creating this mash-up? It's just rather odd.
As a Mother, I can't even imagine finding out from a FB post that my baby boy was killed in a car crash years ago and I had no idea. My heart goes out to his Mom and his family. Now they can at least have some semblance of peace. 🥺💔
I wonder how Jason's mother was looking for him when she didn't report him missing. She didn't know what district to file his missing case under? I mean how about you start with your own and see what they tell you. How about contacting an investigator or the FBI or something, anything! No, a complete stranger with no ties to her son put the pieces together and more effort than she ever did to find her son.
I've heard (in another yt video) that he was travelling all the time, free spirit stuff. Maybe it was normal not to hear from him for days and weeks. And then it was month. And you can't allow yourself to think something might have happened. The mother supposedly hoped he was living somewhere in a commune. Denial is one helluva drug.
Don't blame the mom, I did the same thing to my mom in my teens, she wouldn't have known where to find my sorry ass either. You don't know their whole story
Petra Patzitka…seriously, that is one of the most terrifying pictures I’ve ever seen. Is that a real photo of her or is it an “artist’s concept”? It doesn’t look real.
Probably just poor camera quality. Judging by her surname, her family were probably from Poland or another Slavic nation and had escaped communism. They likely would've been poor and this was the 1980s, so they couldn't afford anything better.
It's amazing and touching to see how much effort, dedication and respect that some officials have to give faces to doe's and closure to their families. Especially given the plethora of stories where the "peace officers" are anything but. Bravo to this former group. We need more of you 👏
I'm a bit if a late comer, but some of these are almost unbelievable and so heart wrenching. Good presentation, thank you. Many of these type of channels mispronounce willy nilly and rarely notice their mistake. I'm so impressed the one time you made a slight error ('mountie'), you posted the correct word on the screen. Very considerate.
I LOVE LOVE how long this one is because I am ALWAYS looking for new videos from you and always wishing they were longer because I work from home and love anything true crime, So anything that helps my 10 hr work day go by faster always helps! You and @baileysarian are my fav channels to listen to while I am working!!!!!
If you haven't seen Emma Kenny yet, she is a great true crime channel. She uploads every Wednesday and Sunday and really deep dives into the research!! Highly recommend her channel!
Absolute favorite are solved cases, especially Doe’s, it amazes me some peeps don’t report their loved one /friend missing, for the families/friends that do report, they finally get answers, I respect the police officers who wait & wait for answers because the family/friends didn’t care enough, they do, thank you ever so much you guys, doesn’t matter if I’ve heard of some of these, you guys always have fresh info, 👍🏻I think it helps for the future of solving cases, especially unsolved, keeps the names & cases fresh in our minds, Keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻💕
The 4th case, Petra Pazsitka...I've seen this story featured in the past, not sure if it was this channel or another with similar content...but this photo of her - I guess it's the only one available? I found it odd the first time I saw her & now I know why since taking a better look - if you look at the chin area where it meets the neck it becomes apparent they only used Petra's face in this photo, but the rest of it is a different photo - why couldn't they just use the headshot of her they had?
Because it's Germany and they have absolutely insane privacy laws. This is also why you don't get the names of people who commit crimes (including r pe and m rder) even after they've been convicted. It's likely the headshot is the only picture that's officially been released. In fact, it's surprising they released her full name and didn't just called her "Petra P."
I remember all of these cases, but enjoy hearing the stories again. One that haunts me is Alex/David, as his intentions were so pure. It's heartbreaking to think of him making and following through on the decision to hide out. 💔💔💔 I couldn't help but want to correct all of the grammatical errors, but love your channel just the same. Thank you for the compilation. 🤍
I didn’t hear of all of these cases, but for some reason each channel has different info on cases I’ve heard before, that’s how good these informative much needed channels are👍🏻✌🏻
@@buggiebuild1 I've noticed that too. There are some RUclipsrs who show their bias by leaving out certain information, but there are several who just put out the facts like what happened on this channel. I prefer to listen to the unbiased sources as I'm interested in both the legal aspect of these cases as well as the psychology of the perpetrators. Evidently, I'm not alone. 🙂
Gabriel Nagy's case is strange in some ways. If he withdrew money from his bank account 2 weeks after he disappeared and purchased camping equipment he clearly knew who he was, so how did he explain that?
Even if you know well someone with a similar type of amnesia (I doubt it, but let's assume it), it still doesn't give you a picture of exactly how this will play out for each person affected by it. It is possible for people who forgot almost everything about their identity to recall individual pieces of information (like Gabriel Nagy remembered his name and surname after years), so the same thing could be with the access to his bank account. He may be not able to explain it now. Also, forgetting his own identity clearly didn't mean in this case that he hadn't basic knowladge on how the world works, so if he was able to use the language and ask people for food/money, what is so weird with buying camping equipment itself?
My friend did rescue and recovery. He never rescue anyone. But to the family's it means as lot it's not easy to locate or recover. I couldn't do that job. But I have the atmost respect for those divers who risk there own and freezing .
I see a lot of cases of missing people and I’ll share and hope and wish to see them found. I feel very sad for the families, but also it’s lovely to know these cases are solved. Nobody is forgotten.
16:53 Petra Pazsitka's case I don't have a problem with people who leave family and friends to start a new life somewhere else. I just think it's selfish to allow them to believe they met a tragic demise. Stuff like that literally destroys people. Some turn to drugs and alcohol, develop severe depression, some people are so stressed out they literally die an early death. Parents die never knowing what happened to their missing child. Amanda Berry's mother lost hope because a fraud psychic told her she died. She was so heartbroken she died a couple years later. Siblings blame themselves. Pearl Pinson's brother heard her scream as he was on his way to school. He said he regretted not searching the location where he heard her screams. He blamed himself and still does to this day. If you want to be left alone- fine. At least let your loved ones know that you are safe and okay. Send a letter writing one simple sentence. I AM STILL ALIVE AND WELL How hard is that?
Sylvia was not a fraud and she was correct. She told the mom she won't see her daughter until they were both on the Otherside. The mom died before the daughter escaped so yeah she won't see her until they were both dead. That wasn't wrong. Sylvia also predicted covid. And she was right about that too.
I particularly liked this video subject matter, together with your presentation and narration, subscribed. Disappearances are both tragic and fascinating, so to eventually have an answer as to the circumstances that the family member vanished under is really something. Looking at details published about a missing person doesn't tell what's gone on in their life or provide any reasons why they felt that they just had to vanish from their current life in such a dramatic manner! It can be extremely difficult for people to think that their beloved family member could just walk away from the life they had together without saying anything. As adults, their personal reasons and privacy are to be respected and they do not owe an explanation to anyone about their actions.
My city had its own big missing person’s case that was solved twice. Yes, twice. A local homeless man that everyone knew and looked out for vanished one day in 2008 and a missing person’s report was put out. No one really knew his backstory, but they were worried since he was always in the same place every day. He was seen walking along the highway at one point, but again vanished. Several months later, he was found near his hometown outside of Baltimore and was believed to have walked most of the way. (Btw this takes place in North Carolina. So from here to Maryland is a massive journey). Turns out he was a well educated, high earning man who had disappeared from his family and job due to worsening schizophrenia and ended up in my city. He was placed into social services and given proper housing and state assistance. Last year he vanished again from his apartment and was missing for a small amount of time. He was found and reportedly returned to the care of his family, but the update was vague in details.
@@ravenbaa7989 IIRC they tried to provide him with medication when he first entered state care but he decided to opt for supportive psych care instead.
What is only recently starting to become more widely known regarding Pamela Jackson & Cheryl Miller's disappearance is the arrogant, and negligent attitude of (then) Sheriff Arnie Nelson. It is thanks to him that a tragedy needlessly festered into a four decades-long mystery that resulted in agony for the girls families, and led to a poisonous division in the local community that scapegoated and stigmatized an innocent family. When Sheriff Nelson was informed by the families about the disappearance of the girls, he blithely dismissed their concerns immediately concluding that the girls had ran off. To be fair, kids running away was commonplace as the majority of them eventually returned home. But he ignored the fact that the girls hadn't taken anything with them. They didn't have the cash to go far, nor any clothing, and one of them had an uncashed paycheck. He finally did a half-hearted investigation. When he started hearing statements that contradicted his preconclusion, he essentially stopped investigating. He cancelled interviews with most of the teens who'd been among the last to see the car with Pamela and Cheryl. He was aware of the route they'd taken to the quarry, but never shared that information with anyone. It is doubtful that he bothered to trace the route the girls took, or did any substantial search. It isn't unconceivable that had the public known about the route the girls took, that they and the missing car would've been found soon afterwards. When his superiors paid a visit after receiving messages of concern from the families regarding his lack of further action and continued dismissal of their worries, he became hostile and stubborn. He refused to cooperate or work any longer on the case. He was angry that the families had dared to go over his head. He wouldn't share all of the information he had with the local police or law enforcement in surrounding counties. Most of his contemporaries later expressed their opinions that he was incompetent. In later years when he faced questions from reporters and others about the missing girls, he'd frequently claim they'd ran away. He questioned their character in some cases. He speculated later that maybe the girls had driven into the Missouri River, despite knowing that the route they'd taken went entirely in the opposite direction. He fueled rumors and innuendo. By the time the car containing the skeletal remains of Pamela and Cheryl was found, the former sheriff couldn't be made to explain himself since he had been dead for some years. His predecessors can offer no explanation for his actions as he didn't keep records. Of course it isn't nice to speak ill of the dead as polite folks would say. But it's hard not to consider what Sheriff Nelson, elected to protect and serve his county, did and didn't do. His actions speak of a selfish man who was more concerned about his reputation. If you're curious to learn the fuller story (and be prepared to get pissed off) read "Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota's Most Infamous Cold Case."
@@AlexandriaTucker was that really an ac? It’s amazing we can hear it. Certain head phone speakers seem to amplify those background sounds. When I remove my headphones it’s much less noticeable. Thank u!! Great video ! Subscribed !
Judith didint realize she was listed as a missing person ? Wtf . She voluntarily disappeared. Made another family . Left her 3 year old . Alone . If it was me I wouldn't want to see her for sure .
So happy greatful doe Jason Callahan was finally identified ....may he rest in peace now and forever and hoping this brought closure ; if closure is ever possible...; to qll that knew and loved jason. May his nomadic spirt roam the heavens with the angles for eternity.
When I went missing, one week later I called my mother, and all she said was: "We thought to wait until Monday and then to report to police..." I was only 17 y/o, and I ran away, but my parents didn't care much. I am sure my mother was actually having a good time (same as she locked me to the mental hospital for 3 months, but I was released 2 weeks later and she said: well, my holiday is over...) In that one week I was traveling by stopping the cars (I don't know how it's called in English), I went in total around 1000 kilometers, I almost got raped, and so many horrible things could have happened to me, but my parents didn't give a sh......
You mean hitchhiking? Hitchhiking is very dangerous. And I know when parents don't care about their children they never bother to get their children help at the mental hospital. I believe your parents do love you. One day you may realize it.
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING You don't know that! She could be from an abusive home. And telling her that hitchhiking is dangerous after what she reported is like telling someone that water is wet.
When I worked for the city drinking water department we were applying chemical to the lake from a boat and realized we were floating right above a sunken SUV. I was sure it was going to have a body in it, but luckily it did not when they pulled it out. I also found a very heavy suitcase floating under the bridge while doing the same job one day, not a body thankfully....a ton of documents. I just left them there, not too concerned with white collar crime when you're a 20 year old college kid working for 10 bucks an hour.
Some of these stories of people just walking out of their lives helps to better explain why the police do not take missing person cases as seriously as they should.
thanks for the updates very well done till the end.....The Northwest Territories is not next to Alaka infact the Yukon is but great shoe keep them comming
It does sound like that unless she had MPD my best friend.has that when he not himself but one of his personalities he losing memory of whole spans of time lucky for me all his personalities like me
I am her granddaughter and she did remember some of her children. Not very well but she did. And she lived with my aunt Debbie until she died. My aunt and mother are identical twins.
I feel badly for the families of people who (especially parents) just go off and make your own family. I understand if there’s abuse or something like that, but otherwise it seems so cruel - especially when they leave their kids and go on to have more! Just awful 😞
I ran into your channel and I 💗 it!! 💗 the format of your storytelling & how you include information to report anything regarding the victims. I subscribed to your channel can’t wait to see you hit 500k!! You’re awesome 👏
The one thing to learn from the Kokomo incident, NEVER go to that town, it’s cursed...and I’m actually hoping to get my book finished on how weird that place is!
There is no such thing as closure when it comes to losing a child/parent/loved one. This is what annoys me the most about these crime channels. Closure doesn’t exist.
The Grateful Doe - I can't understand how the mother has gone over 20 years without even bothering to try and contact someone to file her SON as a missing person. It is absolutely NO excuse that she thought he was "living off the grid" or had a "nomadic lifestyle". This doesn't matter. She could of reported him in their hometown where he was born as a missing person, it doesn't matter if she didn't know where he was in the world, that's why he was a MISSING PERSON, like HELLO?! I'd say whatever, this excuse is weak and so over used and should be taken as a sign that they had a reason to not report them as missing. Obviously, either way, these types of families didn't care about their loved one, they didn't care to even get back into contact with them if they had actually just wanted to live off the grid style.. They didn't give a damn if they were alive, or dead. How would they know? They wouldn't, didn't and never gave a damn. If someone you gave BIRTH to went missing and never contacted you for decades don't you think something would be off? If the persons family uses that stupid excuse they should be ashamed of themselves, but they won't be if they can just turn a blind eye to never talking to your own flesh and b lood for years upon years and not even trying to find out why they wanted to cut contact or if they are even alive anymore or if they could patch their bad relationship after all these years because no one's mom or dad or family member would just say "forget it, they don't wanna be bothered." and accept that as why they can't contact their loved one for decades only if they had a pretty messed up relationship, I'd never be able to just SHRUG my shoulders and go on for years without knowing for sure what had happened.. some people should NOT be blessed with children or blessed with a family if they don't give a care about the members of it being alive or dead.
The Tammy one pisses me off so bad bc she at 15 decides to leave and put her family and state police through hell looking for you bc you had a fight with BF and having normal teen v parents problems. And thats not even mentioning what she could have done with anyone and the man that where tricked by here especially the fathers of her kids.
Why someone would leave and not tell their family or contact them ever.It's amazing that so many unidentified Jane and John Does are identified and great detectives of websleuth for helping with that.
@@richardcranium3417 Yeah I looked up some other pics where you could really tell how gross and sludgy it is. Now I'm more surprised that a slight drought didn't happen sometime in the many years the car was there, at least enough to expose the roof.
I lived in new Britain Connecticut for a couple years. I’m from south Florida, but had a good friend who was moving back there, and I decided to join. I was a free spirit when I was 18+. So I recognized that shopping center you showed in that pic and thought it looked so familiar until you said it was in NB CT. And then I was like ohh okay that’s why. Different stores there now, but basically same layout.
Timestamps:
0:22 Paulette Jester
6:10 William Earl Moldt
8:42 Grateful Doe
13:33 Petra Pazsitka
18:11 Gabriel Nagy
21:32 Esther Lucille Westenbarger
23:23 Blanca Otero Alvarez
27:12 Shirlene Hammack
31:08 Billy Fiegener
36:10 Judith Bello
38:03 Edgar Latulip
39:43 Alex Cooper
43:29 Kamiyah Mobley
47:45 Arthur Jones
51:22 Tamara Milograd
56:09 Marcia Honsch & Elizabeth Honsch
1:00:27 Lula Cora Hood
1:02:19 Wendy Von Huben
1:06:27 Pamela Jackson & Cheryl Miller
1:09:14 Lucy Johnson
Hi Merc! Can you add the English subtitles to this video like you used to? As a non-native it becomes really exhausting after a while to watch and listen to a 1h video without it. I had to pause and put it back to make sure I was understanding everything.
The time stamps are very much appreciated!!
Great content love the female narrator
@@theimpossiblemary ill try and put the subtitles but its hard considering some of the cases we covered years ago
Which story is the one in the thumbnail?? Plz help
Merc I came to you and others a few years ago about my missing friend Tracy Byrd...from Bensalem, PA...and you were the only one who helped me and did a video....for that I love you forever and sadly she is still missing =/
I’ve been reading about this case and her mother was found in the woods 7 months after Tracy disappeared and her ex boyfriend, Paul, was arrested for strangulation. But he unfortunately killed himself the next day- do you might have think he had something to do with Tracy’s disappearance? He’s a dead man now so it’s sad there’s not going to be any more leads out of him. But, I am so sorry about your friend.
@@yannababsbunny5804 girl we should talk. You got fb?
Wow my name is Kaci Byrd, I’m sorry you have no answers ♥️it must be very very frustrating and emotionally taxing. Sending much love ❤️
@@BloodSweatandFears TYSM!!
The youtube channels "TheRightShoe" and "The Cold Case Project" have both covered the case in dedicated uploads within the past 12 months.
The amount of people who have been recovered underwater is astounding.
Do you follow the “adventure with purpose” channel? They do an amazing job finding and recovering missing people in cars under water.
@@malina1239 yes I do!! Discovered them about a year ago.
@@malina1239 I was going to suggest them too
That goes to show that every missing person's case didn't involve anything sinister. So many armchair detectives love to jump to horrible conclusions, but sometimes there are accidents and we just don't ever find out.
@@VioletJoy Absolutely! Even when its PROVEN to have been an accident, suicide, etc, everyone screams NO IT WAS MURDER. Don't get me wrong, there are some cases that were ruled an accident/suicide that absolutely were foul play. But, for the most part, people want to act like they know more about the case than the families of the victims do.
The people who voluntarily abandon their kids and start new families are straight 🗑.
I feel bad for those kids-now adults- who still want a relationship with them.
That must be so bittersweet.
And what are kids who don't care about their parents and never call or go see them? Yeah it's wrong and bad when a mom doesn't care or know where their 18 year old is. But they sure are not the only ones. It's sad all around 😥 😢
Well that one guy Cooper didn't have a choice. He was being accused of a serious crime he didn't commit. So he started a new life. Sounds like something straight out of a movie.
My thoughts exactly 💯
@@kaycoats8344 In my opinion moms that leave their kids behind and start a new life and have other children, are far worse than a teenager running away and not staying in touch.
It was kind of sweet about the granddaughter realized her mom was on a missing persons list and was able to meet her grandmother and introduce them to her own children. Yes, they lost her daughter but she was still able to give them a granddaughter and great grandchild in her selfishness.
Imagine searching like hell to find your loved one for 30 whole years just for you to finally find them and find out they disappeared on purpose and they don’t want to speak to you or see you 😢
Terrible , bad people - Karma will get em -
@@davidrice3337 Everyone has their reasons and it's not up to us to judge them.
"Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself. -Matthew 7:1"
-Metallica
The cases where the mother goes missing and is found years later with a whole new family are so sad.. just imagine how the kids felt year after year, probably believing their mom was victim to something horrible because surely she wouldn’t just abandon them? But she has… I cant say the women’s fault or reasoning because maybe they were actually trying to escape bad situations but idk what would be great enough to make me totally abandon my child
I truly believe in my heart I couldn’t do that either, but perhaps if I had a mental break/issues,,IDK,sad 4 the kids 4 sure,,✌🏻
...for real...and that one lady went on to have 14 kids?! Wtf? 🤨
@@melaniemills4505 I honestly missed that detail.. that’s sick
@JB Some of those “mothers” left for the same reasons men leave. They no longer love their husbands and the kids tie them down, they claim abuse because the Dad is dead but the kids never saw it. I know a few who have done that by just getting a divorce and moving in with the man they were cheating with. One woman moved to Florida from Nj and her son didn’t see her again for a decade.
You can't really say you were escaping a bad situation when you're the parent. That reasoning makes more sense when a kid runs away but not a parent who leaves their kids. After all, if it was so dangerous then you just left extremely vulnerable people without any actual supervision.
I just looked at Google Maps, and Mr. Moldt's car is indeed visible in that pond. Very creepy, looking at the car in the map, knowing that his remains are inside.
Whoever noticed that car in the pond has very good attention to detail.
There was a similar case in Byron Center, Michigan a few years back where someone decorating a Christmas tree with a cherry-picker found a car in a small decorative pond. Looking at Google Maps, showed the outline of the car. I drove past that pond at least twice a week in college, and I worked in that city for about a year. It’s a pretty busy small town; so it was crazy that no one found it sooner.
@@cmndrkool321 Was he the only person who saw the car?
@@btetschner from what I remember, the guy was at a vantage point where only he could see the car because he was decorating a Christmas tree next to the pond. Nobody saw it on Google Maps because it was a tiny pond that nobody paid attention to, but looking at the pond, there clearly is the outline of a car in it.
@@cmndrkool321 It is such an interesting way that is was found!
I don't have very good attention to detail, so even at the point he was at I probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Were there any people in it?
I am from Düsseldorf Germany - Petras case always seemed so strange to me - if you want to live alone & isolated fine disappear but why not leave a note and put your family through so much pain. Maybe there was abuse going on in the family - but then she already lived pretty independently in another city … also if someone confessed to your murder One probably should at least give police a notice to prevent someone going to prison for a murder that never happened … very strange indeed
EDIT: After being found she denied very strongly that any kind of abuse was involved. Quote: “she has expressly ruled out the idea that she ran away to escape sexual violence or abuse. She just wants to be left alone” - not sure how I feel about it considering the fact that hundreds of volunteers looked for her, the search cost a lot of tax money and cases like that are the reason why other adult disappearing cases are not taken seriously and are neglected...
Ahhhh perfect!!! A real German! May I please apologize to you personally and you pass on to everyone that I am really an idiot and didn’t pronounce your money correctly and really sounded like a douche myself lol.
@@AlexandriaTucker Nobody should put you down for that. You didn't do it intentionally and were not deliberately doing it to cause slight. You do an excellent job narrating. Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos for us!
I can understand disappearing without telling anyone.. I did it myself for several months with my children. Sometimes family just isn’t it and the person choosing to leave doesn’t believe they owe them anything including a goodbye.
@@AlexandriaTucker I laughed about it but I in no way want to take away from your excellent video. Having lived in Deutschland for 8 years no one beats me when it comes to murdering the German language. 😀
You never know what goes on. Rape? Incest? Murder? Things that become unspeakable and after time, a person may never want the memories drudged up again. Petra may have seen something and feared bodily harm to herself or others. She may have been a victim and felt immense shame. She may have been a perpetrator or accomplice and felt immense guilt or fear. Just some thoughts, no answers.
The re-creation they did of Jason Callahan / Grateful Doe was spot on! Grats to whoever wrote that program!
Crazy how many of them just left on their own will... smh. Letting their loved ones think the worse. So sad.
It happens and they have every right to do so.
@@shaddowgolden1054 I suppose they do. They also could just let someone know they're not "missing".
@@shayjohnson1114 I suspect that there have been more than one hint before they go missing. The argentinian woman who was discovered had her family running after her despite she had made it clear she had no desire for any contact with her family. Apparantly she realised that would happen and thereby had moved.
@@johannas.l.brushane2518 You're probably right there could have been hints.
I've wished to do so many years but yeah that could be sad.
It just amazes me the amount of mothers & fathers just walk away from their kids never to heard from. Then their kids find out years & years later that their mother or father started a new life & family. I can’t imagine the hurt those poor kids went through
It's worse than a break up 😢.
The worst I heard was two boys whose mother and sister were killed in a car accident or something. The dad hooked up with someone else and I guess decided to start over so they went off and had a family while the two boys were sent to an orphanage and up for adoption.
@@zmbdog terrible! Life really dealt them a shitty hand...
Un@@cindyg5914
That reconstruction of Jason is the most accurate I’ve ever seen wow….and I’m sorry but shame on his mother, what a let down “omg that’s my son, yeah I wasn’t sure who to call”, I’m not one to judge but that is unacceptable and shameful
I know, right?! Gave me chills…
They didnt even care until it got traction smh.
@@alfrzd3140 yuuup until it might affect their $$
Right, what a bullshit excuse
Talking about she didn’t know which jurisdiction to file the missing person case with… 🤔 Hell, file with all of them or something. 🤦🏽♀️
I was really surprised at how accurate the facial reconstruction of Jason was.
More often than not I see facial reconstructions of missing people that don't resemble them at all
Jason aka the Grateful Doe is such a sad and tragic story. Him and the nice stranger who offered him a ride died as a complete accident. People fall asleep at the wheel very often, it’s just horrible to see that they both perished. And the fact that Jason was never reported missing is heartbreaking. Imagine dying in a freak accident, out of his control & no one knows or even cares to look for you?! I’d be ashamed if I were that mother. Maybe their relationship was strained or something, but as parent, u should always find a way to keep in touch someway or somehow. Seriously tho, if that wonderful person never put out his picture and story on Reddit, poor Jason would’ve been just another corpse with no name. Now I hope he can rest peacefully. And I hope he’s blasting the “Greateful Dead” in heaven. Rest well Jason.
Such a thoughtful comment and so so true. thank you.
@@AlexandriaTucker 🙏🤝
I don't understand why they just didn't call the number, using each prefix available... like how many of them are there? Certainly not that many to take more than days of research.
I seen this case so long ago, I did not know he was identified. 💔
Good question! There are 332 area codes in the US and 42 in Canada.
Why the hell did the cops not check her duffel bag when it may have contained vital information for the case i will never understand how their blatant incompetence in so many of these cases.
Lol, I find myself literally yelling out loud about some of these cases, 🤬my dogs freak out ,they think I’m angry with them, incompetence, a lack of duty, IDK ,stupid for sure✌🏻
Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but I thought she said the cops didn’t keep the duffel bag, not that they didn’t check it at all.
@@Lukronius what confused me was that, if it was a hit-and-run, and he stole her bag, how is that not...weird? yes i accidentally ran this person over, they are dead, but at least i get to keep their possessions...?
@@kionababel3335 Hit and run, stole her bag, only got 5 years probation and got to keep the bag? Justice is dead.
@@kionababel3335 I thought it said she left her bag in the truck she hitch hiked In not with the hit and run guy?
Those poor kids in that car accident. Grateful Doe and the kid that picked him up we’re just young and having fun. Such a tragic situation
When someone goes missing with their car with no trace of either there's usually only one place they are and thats at the bottom of a river or lake or some other water body many of them are submerged under water for decades before they are found and others are ati yet to be found.
This does seem to be the case.
Yeah, cars seem to always turn up unless it's of these submerged cases.
Those two cases with the cars in ponds being visible are insane
Check out adventures with purpose
Esther one is very strange, I just googled Millers Tavern Indiana and the pond where she was found......miles away and why was she going there?
These mothers and fathers who disappeared on their own accord and started their own families should be jailed for children abandonment. 😠
I'm amazed at how many women claim they left, to start a new life, because their husbands was abusive, but left the kids with them instead of taking them with them. wtf
You are aware you can’t just take someone’s kids across state lines without telling them right? Especially if that person is abusive they’ll use the kids to get back at you.
The husband threatens to kill the children.
Don't leave your pets behind to suffer abuse. Please take them with you. There are shelters that take you, your kids and your pets. No one left behind.
FAAAXXX!!! If he's ABUSING UUUU... WHY WLDNT HE ABUSE THE YOUTH????🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤬🤬🤬🤬
They probably couldn't financially take care of the kids on their own. Some men are wonderful fathers but terrible partners. Just bc he beats on his woman bc he's a straight "Fat Vagina" doesn't mean he will hurt his kids. I do believe If a mother walks away she should better herself and return ready and able to step back up after being beat down.
The kamyah Mobley story is the saddest I've ever heard. Not only did her mom lose her when she was kidnapped but the poor child believes the kidnapper is her mother. He pain her mom must feel is nothing short of torture. She's the real victim. So sad
It’s absolutely insane
May this be only the beginning of so many found souls to come. Thank you for watching everyone, and don't forget: "CONSTANT vigilance"!
If someone goes missing in a car, you should look in water or ravines
Wow. Great content no unnecessary adjectives or made up thoughts feelings etc. just the story. So cool!
I heartily agree. There is some really crap commentary on YT and this commentary is exactly the opposite.
EXACTLY what I needed when I'm off sick from work. Thank you!
Merc and my girl Alexandra !!!!!! She is so amazing, her voice is just so soothing and it sounds clear. I'm glad that you're this channels narrator , you've been doing this for a long time and I am a faithful follower to you both!!!!!! This channe! Is in my top 3 fave True Crime channels. Thank you for making my night!!!!!!!
I know right, her voice is like silk, but I do miss Mercs voice as well, to me his accent and pronunciations are spot on, they are great😇,,✌🏻
Agrees 100%, I love the narrative of both!
The child abduction of Kamara gave me chills when my mom suddenly told me, out nowhere, that almost the same thing happened when I was born. At least, it was not someone masquerading as a nurse, but an old lady opening the door to her room and inching closely to get inside. Either to steal something or actually get the baby me, she has no idea because my uncle who was sleeping in the couch (they both fell asleep) suddenly woke up when the door opened and demanded what she wanted when she began to inch inside the room.
The old lady just turned around and left. My uncle tried to follow her, suspicious and ofc a little concerned because that was a maternity hospital but he came back and told my mom (who just woke up) that the old lady was either fast or some supernatural being because she was suddenly out of his sight. 😨 Made me scared of what would happen if my uncle wasn’t a such light sleeper 😨😨😨😨
@17:04 “Douche Marks” 😂😂😂 I got a laugh out of that but really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
“I will never financially recover from this.”
@@AlexandriaTucker hopefully your underwear will 😂.
It happens though. In a world with so many languages, dialects and words, can’t get it right all the time. There’s professional tv documentary narrators and tv presenters who get paid a LOT of money who still don’t get pronunciation and names right sometimes (ffs, Benedict Cumberbatch couldn’t even pronounce “penguin” 🤣) - and they have writers and researchers who should make sure they do! If they can get away with it, so can you 😘
It’s refreshing to hear so many happy endings to these missing persons cases.
Thank you
Ahhh it's always a good morning when you come out with a video! So creepy about his car on google maps..
Can you imagine getting a call that your daughter is alive, but doesn't want to see you?
Depends on what kind of parent you were.
Even if you were a shitty parent.. if my child left and we didn't know if she was alive or dead and when she was found but she didn't want to see you it would break my heart. Imagine that your child that you carried and loved and care for most of their life and then they leave not even thinking that the mother doesn't deserve a goodbye note... Ungrateful person. IMO
@@darklibramoon09 That assuming her mother is a loving person. God knows what really happened in the house that leads her not wanting to be found nor wanted to be contacted by her family. Had something terrible happened in the house - abuse, rape, etc, etc, etc, then good for her for escaping!
Some children are on the spectrum and have no attachment. You could be the perfect loving parent but the child cannot connect, they just want to be left on their own not understanding the hurst they’re causing.
@Halsey Greenhalgh I'm pretty sure there's a reason for that!
14:20 I have always been confused by that cut-and-paste image of Petra. Was there no existing full-length photo of her, leading to someone creating this mash-up? It's just rather odd.
Yeah, I was about to comment on that. What's up with that?
The one on the bike looks dodgy too.
Look at the pic at 27:50. I know it's a different girl but her head looks like it was attached to a different body.
Ok, I'm not going crazy. I knew that picture was odd!
As a Mother, I can't even imagine finding out from a FB post that my baby boy was killed in a car crash years ago and I had no idea. My heart goes out to his Mom and his family. Now they can at least have some semblance of peace. 🥺💔
Ugh, I know, sometimes covering these cases as a fellow mother is…tough, to say the least…
Would be nice if she had bothered to do even the smallest amount work to find him!
I wonder how Jason's mother was looking for him when she didn't report him missing. She didn't know what district to file his missing case under? I mean how about you start with your own and see what they tell you. How about contacting an investigator or the FBI or something, anything! No, a complete stranger with no ties to her son put the pieces together and more effort than she ever did to find her son.
She really didn't care. Obviously. These are the kinds of "parents" who should not be allowed to breed.
Damn son . RIP her a new one why dontcha 😂
I've heard (in another yt video) that he was travelling all the time, free spirit stuff. Maybe it was normal not to hear from him for days and weeks. And then it was month. And you can't allow yourself to think something might have happened. The mother supposedly hoped he was living somewhere in a commune. Denial is one helluva drug.
Don't blame the mom, I did the same thing to my mom in my teens, she wouldn't have known where to find my sorry ass either. You don't know their whole story
A free spirit can live a great life and never phone home.
Petra Patzitka…seriously, that is one of the most terrifying pictures I’ve ever seen. Is that a real photo of her or is it an “artist’s concept”? It doesn’t look real.
Her face seems more white than her neck. Strange photo.
It looks like they placed a different face over the original photo in my opinion, it is really weird.
Probably just poor camera quality. Judging by her surname, her family were probably from Poland or another Slavic nation and had escaped communism. They likely would've been poor and this was the 1980s, so they couldn't afford anything better.
@@bestrafung2754she was German and she had enough money to go and start a whole new life so unlikely
It's amazing and touching to see how much effort, dedication and respect that some officials have to give faces to doe's and closure to their families. Especially given the plethora of stories where the "peace officers" are anything but.
Bravo to this former group. We need more of you 👏
Amazing cases, amazing video.
Those are cases I will think about for a long time.
Thank you so much for making such a great video.
Thank you for the upload Watching from NSW Australia.
Wow so crazy that people are watching this from across the world!! Thank you!!
I will never understand how a mom can just up & leave her kids.
Love these long ones! Keep it up!
Really enjoyed this video. The style was awesome. I hope you do more like it. Thanks for such a great video.
I'm a bit if a late comer, but some of these are almost unbelievable and so heart wrenching. Good presentation, thank you. Many of these type of channels mispronounce willy nilly and rarely notice their mistake. I'm so impressed the one time you made a slight error ('mountie'), you posted the correct word on the screen. Very considerate.
I LOVE LOVE how long this one is because I am ALWAYS looking for new videos from you and always wishing they were longer because I work from home and love anything true crime, So anything that helps my 10 hr work day go by faster always helps! You and @baileysarian are my fav channels to listen to while I am working!!!!!
If you haven't seen Emma Kenny yet, she is a great true crime channel. She uploads every Wednesday and Sunday and really deep dives into the research!! Highly recommend her channel!
You should check out Mr. Ballen . I love him & Bailey both are amazing at storytelling.
Absolute favorite are solved cases, especially Doe’s, it amazes me some peeps don’t report their loved one /friend missing, for the families/friends that do report, they finally get answers, I respect the police officers who wait & wait for answers because the family/friends didn’t care enough, they do, thank you ever so much you guys, doesn’t matter if I’ve heard of some of these, you guys always have fresh info, 👍🏻I think it helps for the future of solving cases, especially unsolved, keeps the names & cases fresh in our minds, Keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻💕
The 4th case, Petra Pazsitka...I've seen this story featured in the past, not sure if it was this channel or another with similar content...but this photo of her - I guess it's the only one available? I found it odd the first time I saw her & now I know why since taking a better look - if you look at the chin area where it meets the neck it becomes apparent they only used Petra's face in this photo, but the rest of it is a different photo - why couldn't they just use the headshot of her they had?
I saw it on criminally listed
Because it's Germany and they have absolutely insane privacy laws. This is also why you don't get the names of people who commit crimes (including r pe and m rder) even after they've been convicted. It's likely the headshot is the only picture that's officially been released. In fact, it's surprising they released her full name and didn't just called her "Petra P."
@@faiza515 Thank you - that is where I first saw it!
@@themapoe I wasn't aware of this regarding Germany - thanks for the explanation, good to know this.
Look at the pic of Cheryl at 27:50. It's it off to you?
I remember all of these cases, but enjoy hearing the stories again. One that haunts me is Alex/David, as his intentions were so pure. It's heartbreaking to think of him making and following through on the decision to hide out. 💔💔💔
I couldn't help but want to correct all of the grammatical errors, but love your channel just the same. Thank you for the compilation. 🤍
I didn’t hear of all of these cases, but for some reason each channel has different info on cases I’ve heard before, that’s how good these informative much needed channels are👍🏻✌🏻
@@buggiebuild1 I've noticed that too. There are some RUclipsrs who show their bias by leaving out certain information, but there are several who just put out the facts like what happened on this channel. I prefer to listen to the unbiased sources as I'm interested in both the legal aspect of these cases as well as the psychology of the perpetrators. Evidently, I'm not alone. 🙂
@Violet Joy, yeah, don't do that. Just...... don't.
I really relate to your compulsion, Violet Joy, to correct grammatical errors.. I thought I was the only one.
@@redmoneylady2213 I didn't, I didn't. 😉😂
My mother once filed a missing person case against me. I wasn't missing, though. I was just living in Asia, trying to avoid my previous life.
Gabriel Nagy's case is strange in some ways. If he withdrew money from his bank account 2 weeks after he disappeared and purchased camping equipment he
clearly knew who he was, so how did he explain that?
Even if you know well someone with a similar type of amnesia (I doubt it, but let's assume it), it still doesn't give you a picture of exactly how this will play out for each person affected by it. It is possible for people who forgot almost everything about their identity to recall individual pieces of information (like Gabriel Nagy remembered his name and surname after years), so the same thing could be with the access to his bank account. He may be not able to explain it now. Also, forgetting his own identity clearly didn't mean in this case that he hadn't basic knowladge on how the world works, so if he was able to use the language and ask people for food/money, what is so weird with buying camping equipment itself?
My friend did rescue and recovery. He never rescue anyone. But to the family's it means as lot it's not easy to locate or recover. I couldn't do that job. But I have the atmost respect for those divers who risk there own and freezing .
I love the solved ones!
I do too, it gives a person hope.
I see a lot of cases of missing people and I’ll share and hope and wish to see them found. I feel very sad for the families, but also it’s lovely to know these cases are solved.
Nobody is forgotten.
My first time on this channel, very good documentary, keep up the good work
Thanks M.D.❤
Beautiful. Good work for all those whom have done their homework and due diligence
16:53 Petra Pazsitka's case
I don't have a problem with people who leave family and friends to start a new life somewhere else.
I just think it's selfish to allow them to believe they met a tragic demise. Stuff like that literally destroys people. Some turn to drugs and alcohol, develop severe depression, some people are so stressed out they literally die an early death. Parents die never knowing what happened to their missing child. Amanda Berry's mother lost hope because a fraud psychic told her she died. She was so heartbroken she died a couple years later. Siblings blame themselves. Pearl Pinson's brother heard her scream as he was on his way to school. He said he regretted not searching the location where he heard her screams. He blamed himself and still does to this day.
If you want to be left alone- fine. At least let your loved ones know that you are safe and okay. Send a letter writing one simple sentence. I AM STILL ALIVE AND WELL How hard is that?
Sylvia was not a fraud and she was correct. She told the mom she won't see her daughter until they were both on the Otherside. The mom died before the daughter escaped so yeah she won't see her until they were both dead. That wasn't wrong.
Sylvia also predicted covid. And she was right about that too.
I particularly liked this video subject matter, together with your presentation and narration, subscribed.
Disappearances are both tragic and fascinating, so to eventually have an answer as to the circumstances that the family member vanished under is really something.
Looking at details published about a missing person doesn't tell what's gone on in their life or provide any reasons why they felt that they just had to vanish from their current life in such a dramatic manner!
It can be extremely difficult for people to think that their beloved family member could just walk away from the life they had together without saying anything.
As adults, their personal reasons and privacy are to be respected and they do not owe an explanation to anyone about their actions.
My city had its own big missing person’s case that was solved twice. Yes, twice. A local homeless man that everyone knew and looked out for vanished one day in 2008 and a missing person’s report was put out. No one really knew his backstory, but they were worried since he was always in the same place every day. He was seen walking along the highway at one point, but again vanished. Several months later, he was found near his hometown outside of Baltimore and was believed to have walked most of the way. (Btw this takes place in North Carolina. So from here to Maryland is a massive journey). Turns out he was a well educated, high earning man who had disappeared from his family and job due to worsening schizophrenia and ended up in my city. He was placed into social services and given proper housing and state assistance. Last year he vanished again from his apartment and was missing for a small amount of time. He was found and reportedly returned to the care of his family, but the update was vague in details.
He should have been given meds instead of housin
@@ravenbaa7989 IIRC they tried to provide him with medication when he first entered state care but he decided to opt for supportive psych care instead.
@@CrystalRose7850 oh i see ok
I love watching this! Thank you for your good work! Love the voice too, it is soothing 😌
Love this compilation video!
Thank you for sharing 💜
Eff these people who just walk away from their children. 😠
I get what you’re saying but maybe it’s best for the kids. You’ve seen how selfish people treat their children.
Thank you for this compilation video!
What is only recently starting to become more widely known regarding Pamela Jackson & Cheryl Miller's disappearance is the arrogant, and negligent attitude of (then) Sheriff Arnie Nelson. It is thanks to him that a tragedy needlessly festered into a four decades-long mystery that resulted in agony for the girls families, and led to a poisonous division in the local community that scapegoated and stigmatized an innocent family.
When Sheriff Nelson was informed by the families about the disappearance of the girls, he blithely dismissed their concerns immediately concluding that the girls had ran off. To be fair, kids running away was commonplace as the majority of them eventually returned home. But he ignored the fact that the girls hadn't taken anything with them. They didn't have the cash to go far, nor any clothing, and one of them had an uncashed paycheck. He finally did a half-hearted investigation. When he started hearing statements that contradicted his preconclusion, he essentially stopped investigating. He cancelled interviews with most of the teens who'd been among the last to see the car with Pamela and Cheryl. He was aware of the route they'd taken to the quarry, but never shared that information with anyone. It is doubtful that he bothered to trace the route the girls took, or did any substantial search. It isn't unconceivable that had the public known about the route the girls took, that they and the missing car would've been found soon afterwards.
When his superiors paid a visit after receiving messages of concern from the families regarding his lack of further action and continued dismissal of their worries, he became hostile and stubborn. He refused to cooperate or work any longer on the case. He was angry that the families had dared to go over his head. He wouldn't share all of the information he had with the local police or law enforcement in surrounding counties. Most of his contemporaries later expressed their opinions that he was incompetent.
In later years when he faced questions from reporters and others about the missing girls, he'd frequently claim they'd ran away. He questioned their character in some cases. He speculated later that maybe the girls had driven into the Missouri River, despite knowing that the route they'd taken went entirely in the opposite direction. He fueled rumors and innuendo.
By the time the car containing the skeletal remains of Pamela and Cheryl was found, the former sheriff couldn't be made to explain himself since he had been dead for some years. His predecessors can offer no explanation for his actions as he didn't keep records.
Of course it isn't nice to speak ill of the dead as polite folks would say. But it's hard not to consider what Sheriff Nelson, elected to protect and serve his county, did and didn't do. His actions speak of a selfish man who was more concerned about his reputation.
If you're curious to learn the fuller story (and be prepared to get pissed off) read "Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota's Most Infamous Cold Case."
Great channel and video. Excellent narration Ms. Tucker !
I know it’s a bit morbid, but what a great way to start the day 😂
I agree. I am working right now and listening to this while I work
Thank you for posting.
New to your channel n loving it so far. Side note, the clanking sound in the background is distracting
It was the AC and we fixed it (I hope!).
@@AlexandriaTucker was that really an ac? It’s amazing we can hear it. Certain head phone speakers seem to amplify those background sounds. When I remove my headphones it’s much less noticeable. Thank u!! Great video ! Subscribed !
@@mccartyzoe yes and it’s upstairs too! That or the heater depending on the hour!
Some of these stories are heart breaking and some just plain selfish. Very sad either way. So happy the one man found his family. ❤️
Judith didint realize she was listed as a missing person ? Wtf . She voluntarily disappeared. Made another family . Left her 3 year old . Alone . If it was me I wouldn't want to see her for sure .
Excellent compliation guys, well researched, produced, done! Big 👍 sub✅
So happy greatful doe Jason Callahan was finally identified ....may he rest in peace now and forever and hoping this brought closure ; if closure is ever possible...; to qll that knew and loved jason.
May his nomadic spirt roam the heavens with the angles for eternity.
Thanks guys! Stay safe out there🙏💔
When I went missing, one week later I called my mother, and all she said was: "We thought to wait until Monday and then to report to police..." I was only 17 y/o, and I ran away, but my parents didn't care much. I am sure my mother was actually having a good time (same as she locked me to the mental hospital for 3 months, but I was released 2 weeks later and she said: well, my holiday is over...) In that one week I was traveling by stopping the cars (I don't know how it's called in English), I went in total around 1000 kilometers, I almost got raped, and so many horrible things could have happened to me, but my parents didn't give a sh......
You mean hitchhiking? Hitchhiking is very dangerous. And I know when parents don't care about their children they never bother to get their children help at the mental hospital. I believe your parents do love you. One day you may realize it.
I'm sorry 😦, stay strong.
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@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING don't tell this to people when you dont know their full situation
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING You don't know that! She could be from an abusive home. And telling her that hitchhiking is dangerous after what she reported is like telling someone that water is wet.
Great video thank you. I miss your voice Merc!
When I worked for the city drinking water department we were applying chemical to the lake from a boat and realized we were floating right above a sunken SUV. I was sure it was going to have a body in it, but luckily it did not when they pulled it out. I also found a very heavy suitcase floating under the bridge while doing the same job one day, not a body thankfully....a ton of documents. I just left them there, not too concerned with white collar crime when you're a 20 year old college kid working for 10 bucks an hour.
Maybe it wasn't a white collar crime. Maybe it was evidence in a murder case?!? Ijs
What types of poison chemicals whete you being paid to dump into the water supply?
Wow it’s amazing to see all of these cold cases get solved.
Some of these stories of people just walking out of their lives helps to better explain why the police do not take missing person cases as seriously as they should.
thanks for the updates very well done till the end.....The Northwest Territories is not next to Alaka infact the Yukon is but great shoe keep them comming
The woman Petra's photo is so odd. It looks like it's a head cutout placed on someone else's photo
I thought the exact same thing!
I'm sorry, Lula Cora Hood "didn't remember her daughter after all these years"??? THAT is bullcrap. Not you, Merc, but whoever reported that. 🙄
It does sound like that unless she had MPD my best friend.has that when he not himself but one of his personalities he losing memory of whole spans of time lucky for me all his personalities like me
I am her granddaughter and she did remember some of her children. Not very well but she did. And she lived with my aunt Debbie until she died. My aunt and mother are identical twins.
@krisanderson6546 It's been quite a while since I watched this video, but wow. That's still sad. 🩷
You should do asmr or audio books. Your voice is pretty and soothing.
Wow, great video
I feel badly for the families of people who (especially parents) just go off and make your own family. I understand if there’s abuse or something like that, but otherwise it seems so cruel - especially when they leave their kids and go on to have more! Just awful 😞
Out of curiosity. How can you tell if a concert ticket was scalped?.
I ran into your channel and I 💗 it!! 💗 the format of your storytelling & how you include information to report anything regarding the victims. I subscribed to your channel can’t wait to see you hit 500k!! You’re awesome 👏
Awwwww thank you so much!!! We are hoping that happens soon!!
'Eluding the grasp of her family'. That phrase right there says why someone would want to go no contact.
The one thing to learn from the Kokomo incident, NEVER go to that town, it’s cursed...and I’m actually hoping to get my book finished on how weird that place is!
Examples of why its wierd?
For starters its called KOKOMO goofy
I would love to purchase a copy of yours book when it is completed.
I can't understand how people would hurt their families so much
It's better than killing them.
Or vice versa. Like mine. These people should have been strapped down and sterilized. Never allowed around children.
I truly don’t understand how Grateful Doe’s family never filed a missing persons report…?
Same!
A sorry-axed "mother." That's why. FAIL as parents.
While it makes me happy that they’ve finally been found and possibly have justice…it’s still so incredibly sad🙏🏼
There is no such thing as closure when it comes to losing a child/parent/loved one. This is what annoys me the most about these crime channels. Closure doesn’t exist.
Pls keep these compilation videos coming!
The Grateful Doe - I can't understand how the mother has gone over 20 years without even bothering to try and contact someone to file her SON as a missing person. It is absolutely NO excuse that she thought he was "living off the grid" or had a "nomadic lifestyle". This doesn't matter. She could of reported him in their hometown where he was born as a missing person, it doesn't matter if she didn't know where he was in the world, that's why he was a MISSING PERSON, like HELLO?! I'd say whatever, this excuse is weak and so over used and should be taken as a sign that they had a reason to not report them as missing. Obviously, either way, these types of families didn't care about their loved one, they didn't care to even get back into contact with them if they had actually just wanted to live off the grid style.. They didn't give a damn if they were alive, or dead. How would they know? They wouldn't, didn't and never gave a damn. If someone you gave BIRTH to went missing and never contacted you for decades don't you think something would be off? If the persons family uses that stupid excuse they should be ashamed of themselves, but they won't be if they can just turn a blind eye to never talking to your own flesh and b lood for years upon years and not even trying to find out why they wanted to cut contact or if they are even alive anymore or if they could patch their bad relationship after all these years because no one's mom or dad or family member would just say "forget it, they don't wanna be bothered." and accept that as why they can't contact their loved one for decades only if they had a pretty messed up relationship, I'd never be able to just SHRUG my shoulders and go on for years without knowing for sure what had happened.. some people should NOT be blessed with children or blessed with a family if they don't give a care about the members of it being alive or dead.
The Tammy one pisses me off so bad bc she at 15 decides to leave and put her family and state police through hell looking for you bc you had a fight with BF and having normal teen v parents problems. And thats not even mentioning what she could have done with anyone and the man that where tricked by here especially the fathers of her kids.
Why someone would leave and not tell their family or contact them ever.It's amazing that so many unidentified Jane and John Does are identified and great detectives of websleuth for helping with that.
Really good video.
William's car looks so close to the shore that its hard to believe that someone in the houses nearby didn't go for a swim and bump into it.
Apparently it was deeply submerged but recently the water levels had lowered and that’s why it was found.
Water looks too gross to swim in.
It was in Florida.
Every body of water in Florida has Aligators in it.
Swimming? Uh no.
@@richardcranium3417 Yeah I looked up some other pics where you could really tell how gross and sludgy it is. Now I'm more surprised that a slight drought didn't happen sometime in the many years the car was there, at least enough to expose the roof.
@@greypolar2720 There could have been a slimy layer of green pond scum. 😰😰😰
Your "Düsseldorf" is really good! :D
I lived in new Britain Connecticut for a couple years. I’m from south Florida, but had a good friend who was moving back there, and I decided to join. I was a free spirit when I was 18+. So I recognized that shopping center you showed in that pic and thought it looked so familiar until you said it was in NB CT. And then I was like ohh okay that’s why. Different stores there now, but basically same layout.
Same!!!! Re recognizing the plaza
Thankyou 🤗