The Vanishing of David Lewis
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2024
- In 1993, a Texas man named David Lewis would suddenly disappear, leaving his entire life behind. The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident, however, have since remained a mystery.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - David's Disappearance
3:36 - The Hit and Run
5:12 - The Lewis Investigation Begins
9:22 - On the Run
14:05 - An Overdue Breakthrough
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Tried a few new techniques for this one so I hope you all like it!
I talked about this on Twitter for a bit, but I've been dedicating a ton of time behind the scenes to learn 3D scene construction in hopes that it'll allow me to really open my topic range up for 2021 and onward. Daily, I pass up on tons of incredibly interesting cases that I'd love to cover, but have never really had a way to "show" anything.
I apologize for this video being shorter than the norm - that's partly chalked up to the fact that I needed to test the waters to see if I could actually pull this stuff off. It took some work, but I'm thrilled that I was able to.
With that being said, I'm already at work on the next one and while it'll be something you've probably heard of, I'm going to pull out all the stops and make the presentation wholly refreshing and unique. It's an incident that I've had on my whiteboard for like a year, and I've decided it's finally time. Run time will be more or less 35 minutes or so.
ANYWAY, hope you enjoy. If you hate it then lemme know what I can do better and I'll take it into account moving forward.
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PS- on the horizon:
next up - the video i mentioned above
after that - an investigation into an "old internet" incident
after that - an aviation incident
after that - idk we'll see. throw me some recs.
hyped to bring you something fresh this year.
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Video was amazing 10/10
@@Nexpo WOOOOOH
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Imagine being in the middle of a lawsuit and your lawyer just d i s s a p e a r s.
wHO cOuLdVe dOnE it?!?!?!
God i hate it when that happens!
"sounds like a case for C.C Tinsley"
Imagine not knowing how to spell disappears 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
"Well, shit."
Kinda sad the two turkey sandwiches weren’t rendered in 3D. Their placement in the fridge could’ve helped crack this case wide open
😂
Imagine if he made 2 full blown ass turkeys, feathers and all, between 2 slices of bread hahahaha just sitting in the fridge.
Right. If you make a sandwich and put it in the top shelf, you're coming back to it. Bottom shelf, you disappear into the ether
Okay but what if the sandwiches actually cracked the case
I just hope the wife ate them so they didn't go to waste.
14:29 “After becoming fascinated with the topic of missing persons, he decided to become one himself”
and never seen , since then
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@@offbrand2161 where are u bro fam getting worried over here
@@offbrand2161 mind telling us what happened that day?
Dear David, the international hide and seek federation want to send you your championship trophy for maintaining your #1 ranking for so many consecutive years
I knew 9/11 changed airline safety but being able to board a plane without a valid ID is insane to me like this was 30 years ago...
Until 9/11 air travel wasn't seen as much different to any other form of public transport. You wouldn't need a valid ID to cross country by bus or rail, why would you to do so by air?
In the early 70s I've boarded planes with a gun & no one checked.
This was the way of North American air travel until September 10, 2001. I think only Israel had super strict airport security back then. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, I don't remember ever hearing about an domestic American hijacking during that time, only international ones. In the states hijackings died out in the 70s, and even back then it was some guy that wanted a brief case full of money.
@@John-ct9zs the infamous d b cooper 😂
Leaving behind his wedding ring seems like a pretty big red flag
Some law firms prefer for wedding rings or certain jewelry at home, but I don't know how common it is
Some people take it off like any other jewelry when at home. Not everyone keeps it on 24/7.
degloved finger sounds and looks like nightmare fuel so i'd rather just leave it off unless it's for an appropriate occasion like watering the plants or going to a funeral
@@emcrectangled Watering the plants 😂😂😂
Um, maybe that's just being considerate?
Idk, my parents barely ever wear them, doesn't mean anything bad.
WTF MY NAME IS DAVID LEWIS THIS VIDEO IS CREEPY AF
ok
its only creepy if youre hiding something
I’m happy your story has been finally told.
You doing okay with your employer?
theres a guy at my school with that name too-
My grandma worked with David Lewis and my mom and aunt went to school with his daughter. The case is absolutely bananas. My family didn't know he ended up killed in a hit and run because all they ever heard was just that he went missing. I feel terrible for his family finally finding his body over a decade later, only for almost no questions to be answered
damn wut
@@dominicron7231 Ik i was telling my grandma about this case over dinner because of how it happened basically in our town and she said "was his name David Lewis by any chance" and I was like oh shit my grandma knows? Then she told me how well she knew them and I was FLOORED. Crazy stuff man
@@skitterybananas1365 Does your grandma know about what he was trying to expose or who he was trying to expose?
@@visassess8607 nah she doesn't. I wish lol
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I'm seriously impressed by the scene reconstruction. The police cars even look like period-correct caprice models. Such great attention to detail.
Absolutely love your content.
and it was his first attempt! nexpo rocks
I couldn't help but notice 90's era credit cards had chips though!
Deceiving thumbnail. That's an airplane, not a human. It's name is not David Lewis.
You have a good point
ooo good eye!! i didn’t catch that
That is correct.
hey that plane can be a david lewis if it wants to be dont judge it
I thought it was a LEMMiNO video
It’s genuinely disturbing to me how many cases like this there are. Someone tells their loved ones they don’t feel safe, they think they’re in danger, etc. The person then vanishes and is seen behaving strangely by strangers and witnesses. The person is seen acting frantic and like they’re in hurry. Then they vanish without a trace, never to be seen again. Creepy as hell.
I wouldn't be surprised if people are "taken care of" this way. Threaten someone then send them on a wild goose chase to make their actions appear erratic and unpredictable. Then they have an accident and are never seen again.
It may have also been some kind of manic episode but the fact that he went to such great lengths to conceal his movements makes me think he was aware of his actions.
Don’t get involved with dangerous shit the mob,gangs,corrupt companies,the government,ect
@Toothpaste Well, yeah considering the sheer size of the USA it's no wonder some people may turn up missing never to be found again (*cough* successful murder or kidnapping *cough*).
In the urban areas you would definitely have a harder time commiting a crime like murder and getting away with it due the amount of population density, but say let's go to a small town in the middle of nowhere surrounded by wasteland or forest - perfect hiding place if you know what your doing.
@@harekrishnauncommonpastime8404 ok
My dad did the same thing. Disappeared mysteriously.
In my country, a lawyer suddenly disappeared in 1994. His body was found 28 years later in 2022, sunken 44 meters into the Baltic Sea.
A business partner of his then pleaded guilty to the murder and was convicted. The case is a great example of excellent police work when it comes to investigating crimes.
To the marketplace.
Also a great example to be extremely cautious when choosing who you call “partner”
Is there a video about this?
He pleaded not guilty, but he’s been convicted and is as guilty as it gets. I don’t think there’s any English videos about the case
Who was he? I’d like to do more research, it sounds interesting
Whatever the reasons were for his disappearance, be they real or imagined, may David Lewis rest in eternal peace.
Why?
🙏🙏
Are we not gonna talk about Peter Ditter who's out here identifying as many missing people as he can? What a guy. All the respect to him for using his position to do such a thing.
Who now?
@@ablacktemplar1971 He's mentioned in the video.
“Are we not gonna talk about”
Why do people insist on beginning sentences in this way. It’s so disgusting and “trendy” you’re talking about it aren’t you? So wtf. Quit complaining.
@@sentientdogma1206 it's a popular verbal tick that fits the situation, don't know why you got so fucking tilted at 6 words.
@@unnaturallynatural8885 Cause the new hip thing of this decade is to be angsty and annoying because there's nothing more original than a loser on the internet complaining for attention.
It’s weirdly poignant and sweet that he made sandwiches for them.
Enough to make a grown man cry
@@majormelon8855 and that's okay
i’m assuming they didn’t eat the sandwiches, but what if they were poisoned???
@@mentallytrill3472 it would be known afterwards if they were poisoned
@@vedantkokate971 source?
VHS tapes had 3 different recording types that decreased the quality, but tripled the amount of room to record up to 12 hours on a single tape.
Yes but that was a relatively new feature in 1993. The older models didn't have it.
@@cosmicrdt - No. SLP was available then, and further for someone who can fly family out to Dallas for shopping and was apparently wealthy, programmable VHS was pretty common and easily available.
Said that to myself too...& apparently my family was wealthier than I realised.😜
Someday he will say: "welcome guys, to Disturbing Things From Around The Internet, 12."
I really hope so. 😔
Got ur wish today
got some news for u
Hey guess what
Hey what do ya know?!
I'll be honest, looking at the title and the thumbnail I thought this was a Lemmino video
bro saaaame! I was like "oh so lemmino just uploaded?" but no lmao
@@ayo69420 2 Lemmino uploads in a span of 6 months let alone 2 weeks? No way.
@@gay.mer9328 any of you guys know other channel like Lemmino?
@@elvana1600 Barely Sociable is good too.
@@anastasiablack6041 i've subscribed to Barely and Slightly Sociable, is there another?
One time in 1983, this unnamed cruiser was found in the Canary Islands. It was in perfect working order, and no indication of an attack. Three half-full cups of coffee and an acetylene blowtorch that was used to open a steel box that was on deck. The box was empty but it is believed to have sheltered something inside its two compartments. Crazy shit. Always wonder what happened.
That sounds so suspicious lolll
That’s very intriguing
Dio! Risen from the depths of the Atlantic...
@@zakogle7829 what??? DONT PUT IT ON RUclips
Do you just lurk or do you still make content? I remember watching your videos like two years ago when I drove for a living.
I wonder how many cases like this can just be explained by some form of psychosis.
Not that it’s necessarily the case here, but it may be and it’s so incredible to me(someone who’s experienced psychosis) how bizarrely it can make you behave. Walking down the side of the highway in military clothing is nothing compared to some of the delusions that can arise from a schizophrenic episode or mania etc etc
Tons. I see a lot of these missing stories and they are often in to drug use. I’ve had a lot of patients who had walked for miles on meth. Drug use and mental illness plays a role in a lot of cases.
Its one of those things that explains hard to explain events. Just insert “he went crazy” into nearly every story ever, and suddenly it becomes plausible. For that reason it’s a terrible explanation, especially for people with no history of severe mental issues
To me the most compelling thing to point to him having gone crazy was the whole “I’m going to tell the truth no matter who it hurts” thing. Although I haven’t experienced psychosis, I know some people can be completely breaking down mentally and hide it really well but if it’s eating away at them some of what’s bothering them is going to leak out a bit. I’m sure he’s seen a ton of messed up stuff as a lawyer and maybe some messed up stuff in the case he was working, and maybe it all finally got to him.
@@_jayb his statement of "telling the truth no matter who it hurts" in no way indicates he was having a breakdown or psychotic episode. Maybe he did know something about someone and they didnt want it to get out. Respectfully, you're clutching at straws there.
this isn't psychosis... he was about to destroy the lives of very powerful people and bring down a law firm
he was abducted and then murdered - most of the evidence was staged to muddy the waters, he was recording that game while he got a visit by his abductor which told him to leave his ID and wedding ring on the counter, they dropped off his car and then moved him to the other side of the country, ran him over and then left his body on the side of the road
My mind goes, "damn, if only the person who found his body had turned around sooner or something etc." but if he had turned around to a live David Lewis we might not even be hearing of this story right now. Funny how that works
I would prefer that. Like his wife and his daughter didn't deserve to go through this much trauma.
Was thinking the same. Then I thought "but what if he had still be hit but survived, was identified and the case continues..." Most of us are here for the unsolved eeriness of the mystery but a cracked case would be cool once in a while like the crime solved by 4chan
Definitely an interesting rabbit hole of thought to go down. If he had survived, that means the story might've ended at the "missing in Texas" portion, or it could've ended up being even more fascinating if he truly was running from something that he was planning on exposing.
His ex-firm should be looked at closer. They had the most to benefit from his disappearance.
Especially given he feared for his safety, they should have been one of the first suspects when he originally disappeared.
Yeah, it feels to me like this dude was murdered, and his ex-employers had something to do with it. I mean, they sounded like a big deal, he was afraid of them, he feared for his safety … pretty sure they killed him.
@@KitKat0418 He tried to shake-off whoever it was, and did it well enough to puzzle the police.
If he got found by whoever he was fleeing from (namely, his former firm) faster than the police, they had access to some VERY privileged intel, some NSA/CIA level stuff. This was the 90's, before 9/11.
Either that or they threatened his family when they found out that he fled, and he gave himself up to protect them.
Yeah, if the main problem is that ex-firm.
i pictured that he found out about some shady business dealings and they sent a Anton Chigurh type hitman after him which could've been the person in the Camaro
It's weirdly wholesome how before he vanished he made them some fresh turkey sandwich
Right?
Or did he?
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@@offbrand2161 David wtf where are you
@@offbrand2161 what did you do to those sandwiches, david? WHAT DID YOU DO?!?
This reminds me a bit of the murder of Blair Adams, a Canadian man who suddenly embarked on a cross country trip across the US after telling others that someone was out to kill him, and ended up being found murdered in a parking lot in Tennessee. Both the identify of his killer(s) and his reason for being in Tennessee (among many other questions) are still unknown.
The ring on the counter and leaving with his card seems like he was leaving his family but something random happened that didn't go according to his plan...all those tiny things add up to serious red flags
I personally think it was a mental breakdown
Exactly what I was thinking, nobody leaves their ring and wallet behind, he knew he had to leave because of the shady shit but it didn't turn out too well for him
imagine not seeing your dad for 10 years and the next time you hear about him you find out he's dead. that's horrible.
I'm not sure if that's better or worse than finding out that he just didn't want anything to do with you. Heartbreaking.
At least she has closure that her father will never come home again. Could you imagine a parent you love suddenly disappearing and then after waiting in hopeless agony for what seems to be an eternity to find you have condolences with the closure of both never seeing the body and able to know they can rest finally alongside you?
@@anglepsycho very true!
@@fruitygarlic3601 its worse. Personal experience.
@@ThestuffthatSaralikes
You rather have your father be alive but not want anything to do with you? That’s weird.
This should wake me up
Hi
inside?
The simulation is not so easily escaped, my friend.
CANT WAKE UP
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
@@TheKeeperofChaos save me
Prior military here, was stationed in JBLM for a good while. I've been to Yakima more times than the fingers and toes I still have. Yakima has an army training center right up next to it and it was opened in 1989. There's always plenty of homeless and surplus stores near every base, even training centers. In fact if you walk by any military base you'd see a lot of homeless hanging around in military gear; from your typical ACU to PT uniforms. Workboots might have been mistaken for military boots, though I have no idea what kind of gear was issued back then.
Just a guess but maybe he got his military garb by asking the surplus stores near by or someone gave it to him thinking he was homeless.
Yeah, a lot of people are theorizing he got those clothes intentionally to disguise himself, but I think it's also totally likely he ended up in a situation where he needed new clothes(old ones got stolen/damaged/wet etc.) and "military style clothing" was his first available option.
Or he was in banging a dude stationed on base - used the clothes to get on and off without suspicion. Affair seems the most likely to me based on the facts we have, and the fact that theres a base there seems suggest there is a reason someone would be out there that he could have met in dallas, for instance
100% agreed. i live in yakima and heading to ellensburg you have the training area and there’s a rest stop nearing the selah area and it’s always full of homeless in camo outfits.
I have worked in Inpatient psychiatry, and we would see cases similar to this (with no deaths) on a weekly basis - a previously “normal” person starts acting oddly, often makes bizarre and vague plans to flee, alludes to someone being after them but won’t contact police or provide any details, etc.
Our brains have a “people are after me” center, and this can go wrong from anything to drugs (MJ), to liver failure (and gone when addressed) to most often, nothing medicine can currently pinpoint. And people with this often have a mix of typical, and very atypical, behaviors seeming “normal” for a few minutes, then saying/doing something very atypical or unusual. It is one of the last taboos subjects I medicine (with the person/families often not telling others about) and more common than most hunk, often shocking the family when the previously reliable person changes.
I certainly don’t know if this occurred in this case, but it is consistent with the usual pattern.
People can flee actual threats or have reasons not to say why, but there is a method behind the plans, even if trying to hide their tracks, and they are still organized in seeing them through, whereas people with a paranoid episode are repeatedly disorganized (losing the money they brought, jumping out of cabs/then demanding to get back in, then jumping out again, renting a car, then losing the key, checking into a hotel then randomly wandering until some passerby helps them find their room, then suddenly running off etc.). It is a true emergency as they often have adult resources but are very impaired in their thinking, and can easily put themselves in harms way.
Gotta give the man credit. He did a good enough job covering his tracks that we still don’t know why he left.
Dude got the breaking bad treatment
@@amoldalwai3961 yup
I have a feeling his wife may have done something, seeing as that $50k deposit would then have been given to her when he passed.
@@yosefpoysun3534 it was 5k
@@yosefpoysun3534 it wasonly 5k not 50k
Nexpo can make a mother goose story sound scary....
"When humpty dumpty fell, was he saved by the kings men and horses? Well.........let's take a look."
lmao ur not even wrong
I'm not scary.
If you want childrens stories presented in a way that haunts your dreams, you need to check out Jon Solo.
@@creativedesignation7880 you don't say!?!? Looks like I have a new channel to subscribe to.
@@offbrand2161 David where have you been?
YakEma, lol. Walking down those Yakima highways is scary, especially towards the wapato reservation. My uncle heard a blood curling scream around 4 in the morning and stayed under the highway light until it was sunrise.
I’ve been watching your content for the past few days and I’m very impressed. The world is a strange place. Somehow your investment of time and care in these concise investigations simultaneously brings a bit of hope back into this strange world; so long as we have people like you shedding light on those dark corners. I’ll continue to support the work and do my part as well. Cheers.
I don’t think it’s anything out of the ordinary for a mother and daughter to go shopping and the dad stay home so they can have “girl time”.
Mother and daughter go shopping, father stays for sports. Sounds pretty normal to me.
The distance is what’s kinda weird to me, 800 miles round trip to go shopping
@@HappyBeezerStudios Yeah but they flew to Dallas while he stayed home. Amarillo to Dallas is a 6 hour drive
It was 400 miles away tho one can maybe see that as more a family thing
@@carlosverajr2544 maybe it was a sick mall
I remember seeing your tweet about this. I’m excited to see what’s in store for us. :)
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OT you watch Nexpo?
Omg! I didnt think u were the kind of person to watch these kinds of videos
Wooot :000
You never fail to amaze me Nexpo. I'm looking forward to more of these high-quality production videos you've been making recently. You're one of my favorite content creators of all time. Keep it up, my best wishes go out to you! 🖤
I totally wasn’t expecting for my hometown to be in this video @9:50. Thanks for mentioning it, I’ve been binge watching your channel these past few weeks and I’m absolutely loving it! Keep it up!
Y’all remember when he was named Nightmare Expo
I still call it that
ahh good memories
@@hicknopunk same. Most ppl be confused when I mention that
It really wasn't that long ago, maybe a year? A lot of his fans are probably from before then.
HAHA yes!!
It seems like he went through a lot of trouble to document that he was in Texas, just before he skipped town. The car at the court house, the recorded football game, the sandwiches, they all scream “I stayed home the entire weekend”...
Are you suggesting David is the antagonist in this case.....?
@@stuartd9741 I just think it’s odd that he went through all the trouble to make it look like he stayed in Texas.
You have a fair point
Yeah imo he was definitely hiding from somebody
Well he's a lawyer so maybe he had some high up criminal client and had a disagreement....or maybe that firm he was about to bust, idk hired someone to get at him and he caught wind and dipped...idk tbh just guesses
The production value is so high!this guy on RUclips is better than most tv shows. Pls make more videos like this with unsolved disappearances!
I wish he did more videos like this. I’ve never heard of this case before, thank you for the scoop!
Hold on, is no one questioning why he took a picture of his car? People don’t go to their place of work, take a picture of their parked car, and then leave.
Typically you take pictures of your car for insurance reasons. It's possible he was expecting someone to destroy or pipe-bomb it and took off out of fear and planned to come back at some point.
@@TenApplesforTime okay but then where’s the photos?? It had to be on a disposable camera
Yeah I was thinking that too. Seems like a weird thing to leave hanging. Did he take it with him on his trip? Or what?
yeah there are a lot of odd questions that don't get mentioned in the video.. why did it take 10 years for some guy to just happen to deduce the fact that the body was David? shouldn't the body have been identified asap when it was found? teeth or even hair dna. did they not have these technologies in the 90s. im pretty certain they did.
@@Ascendancy- They'd need to have a sample of David's to match against to identify him by his teeth, fingerprints, or DNA. David didn't have a criminal history, so his fingerprints wouldn't show up in any databases. Authorities don't collect and store DNA samples of citizens either, so that's not something they'd have on hand to compare against, and they'd need to specifically request dental records from David's dentist if they'd wanna get a match that way.
I'll never understand these situations where a person tells their wife/husband/family member that they believe they're in danger, or that they fear for their lives... and then the family member just doesn't press them anymore on it, like it's totally normal and not a big deal. Idk man, but if it was me and someone I cared about told me that they were afraid for their life I would legit drive them crazy until they told me why 🤷🏻♂️ it just always seems so bizarre to me.
Like "yeah, he said he was afraid that someone was gonna stab him repeatedly with a knife next week-but then he didn't say why so I just forgot about it" ...like WTF how is that acceptable lol 🤦🏻♂️
Maybe he didnt tell her much to keep her from being a future target? ignorance is bliss sometimes
I agree 100% if I ever heard this I would never leave that person's side.
Maybe it's something the grieving spouse makes up to feel better about him leaving his wedding ring on the kitchen counter?
@@laurenbader1566 I mean that's a good point and that very well could be the case, but you'd still think she would have questioned him more about it. Or at least knew something more than she does ya know?
Or even his dad when he told him "I'm gonna tell the truth, no matter who it hurts" ...was he just like "K" 🙃 lol. Idk honestly it just strikes me as odd that NOBODY asked for some kind of clarification, that's all.
@@drippeeboye607 Right?? Totally bizarre 😐
Dude, this new style of visualization is so cool and very well done. Props to the idea and the execution!
Omg I'm in love with the new art style & editing.
I just watched the most recent upload about the 5 boys now this and I'm really digging it!
Great job, Nexpo! 👏👏👏
"when you die, either someone will watch you die, someone will stumble across your body, or you will never be found. All are equally terrifying"
I feel like never being found is more terrifying
@@tanner201x8 eh, when I'm dead I don't care what happens to my body or if people find it because I'll be dead
“When I’m dead just throw me in the trash!”
@@ballspenguin2264 no, that's unsanitary..
@@shaquillebiffee890 Danny devito reference 🙃
In Yakima, WA, it was asked why he didn’t get a rental car if he had all that cash. He didn’t have his driver license on him, as it was left in the glove compartment of his vehicle in TX. While ID wasn’t required to board an airplane, a driver license was required to rent a car.
yeah I think he is spot on with this dude having a paranoia-induced breakdown, he probably got a series of hitchhikes and ended up there, then got ran over by accident. Him wearing something that is the polar opposite of what he would normally wear may be another indication
@@frankmerker630 I was thinking, what if there was/HE THOUGHT there was a hit on him by the company he was in a legal battle with? Thatd kinda explain why he would run away to a completely different state with no ID, wearing clothes he wouldn’t normally wear.
You mean "yaKEEMah", WA lol
@@Posit_Zero_Blue yeah lol it's just Yakima not Yakeeemah lmao.
I think that there was no walking down the road, no hit and run. He just got killed and droped there later. And about photo of the car. Maybe he did a photo of someone behind his car?
The time and effort u must put into ur vids is amazing. I love watching them before bed, scary sometimes but ur voice is sooo relaxing!
Such high quality content on this channel! Wish you had more videos, but I'm excited to see what you put out in the future!!
Being a lawyer is a dangerous job.
In fact, any job that's involving with the government is dangerous.
Being IN a government is dangerous in general, too many rich bastards taking advantage of the public and capable of shattering every mind if the person is good enough.
Nah. I caption phone calls for deaf people through the ADA. I am a government employee. Nothing exciting has ever happened in these walls and nothing exciting will ever happen.
@@tommyt7555 that's what you want us to think...
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join the military.... You'll learn haha 🤣
The recording/sandwiches could've been done by anyone. The fact that there were two sandwiches (for his wife and kid) and his wedding ring on the table seems like a message. I don't know about you, but if I am trying to disappear for my own safety and will play dress up to try to disguise myself there's no way I'm leaving my wedding ring behind.
A serial sandwich slaughterer
Well if you leave and don’t plan on ever coming back, you’d probably leave your wedding ring.
@@puppyfeet1194 especially if ur tryna alter your appearance
I'd think just the opposite actually. Lewis likely left it to alter his appearance ever so slightly. If he didn't have his glasses on his face and just among his person when he was killed in the hit and run, it's entirely possible he used those minimally for the sake of changing his looks. If that's the case, it's always likely he left behind his wedding ring for the exact same purpose.
I'm by no means saying this is the case, but I'm pretty sure there wasn't any sort of marital strife going on nor any sort of real message either. Could be wrong though.
I agree in general, but I suspect the wedding ring was likely more than a simple band and likely would have been identifying.
Really enjoying all your hard work on the production of your videos; the new graphics provide a seamless link to other aspects used in the narrative, such as the newspaper articles.
Yo just recently found ur channel, perfect for night shift!
I’m seriously thankful for your work, keep it up.
I think everyone is overlooking the fact that he was a lawyer. Definitely pissed off the wrong person possibly multiple people.
6:28 ehh idk if they're "overlooking" it
Agree
doesn't add up. he was more likely killed by a random driver
Yakima, WA is used by the military for training. When my fiancé was stationed at Ft. Lewis they would often do training in Yakima for weeks at a time. Just seems relevant since you mentioned he was in military attire.
That's one of the questions I have when I saw this video. It only took a quick Google search to find the base in Yakima, WA. That leaves me with several questions:
Did David Lewis have military history prior to his disappearance? When did he get ahold of his gear, and how did he get ahold of it? Is it military-like, or were his clothes, in fact, military issued clothing? If it was military-issued he'd have to get it directly from the branch or from someone directly affiliated with a branch of the armed forces to obtain the uniform.
I think, for more information this case, you'd need to look into the Yakima base, and that's no easy feat. Was someone (either under another name, a similar name, or the same name) suppose to show up around the time of Lewis's death and never did? Were they starting a new or specialized training session near the day of David Lewis's death in 1993?
I bet investigators could figure out more if they got a good look at his glasses. According to my brother (US Marines), the military issue a separate pair of glasses to members that need to wear them, so it probably looks different from a pair he'd wear casually.
I think Nexpo could really do a follow up video on this one. There's a lot to work with here.
@@N1Officialmx What's interesting is that not a single cop connected with the case in Yakima noticed that the highway in question was the one that leads to said base or that he might have been wearing camo pants for a reason, or that his "work boots" were suspiciously exactly the same as Army boots at the time.
Ofc, most of this has already been figured out in the 10 years since that 2011 article.
David Lewis was, in addition to "working" for a mob-connected law firm, also an analyst with the CIA at the time. Have fun with that.
@@FroggerbobT
That last paragraph of yours… Is that your speculation, or is that what has been figured out by authorities since 2011? Or is that what redditors have gathered?
@@N1Officialmx the base is In Lakewood Washington about two hours away from Yakima the army just uses the deserts for training also as someone who lives in Lakewood there’s like a million military surplus stores that sell military gear to anyone who has cash
I live in Yakima and let me tell ya...the cops don't give a shit about anything. Our police force sucks. As far as a training base, yeah they have some here but I couldn't tell ya where they are, and I never SEE it happening. We just have a bunch of gangs and crackheads. The place that I worked would have people ODing in the bathroom a couple times a year. Can't wait to get out. But yeah I never see training of any kind go on around here. I know where one base is out in east selah (about 10 minutes outside of Yakima) but I have no clue where any training takes place in Yakima
Nexpo intro is so good, something about it, just prepares you for the video, gets you into the mood.
Man your content is fantastic. Thanks for the hard work you put into the videos!
I was just thinking this morning: "It's been a while since I've watched a *Nexpo* video."
same here
@@backrooms_entity same here
Not same here
Ikrrr
no lies detected
I live this kind of content, I only knew about Lemmino, but I'm so happy that I found your channel. Cheers!
Genuinely one of the most interesting videos I've ever seen on RUclips. Keep it up!
I was waiting for “Just LEMMiNO” at the start
Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.
@@lackingcool127 If you watch this channel. You watch LEMMiNO.
@@KudosK42 fact.
When I saw Nexpo's pinned comment I had a hunch the visualizations would ve similar to Lemmino. And sure enough they were! This also prompted me to check his channel, and now we have a new upload to watch. I dig this direction, the visualizations definitely help keep me invested.
same! but lemmino uploads like once every 3-5 months and a few days ago he uploaded so it would be extremely weird if he uploaded on the same week
me: 'is having a very stressful day'
nexpo: oh i dont think so
Literally same
Hope you're doing better
Same😢😭
It's good to take some time out of your stressful day to learn about someone else and their family's stressful day every now and then :)
@@jessicabentley6634 picture this
you have knowledge that most people dont
you try sharing it with facts and evidence but nobody believes you
then your in my position
This video was fantastic. Your channel is my go-to for spooky content, and this video hooked me even more. Such high quality content.
The quality of your videos is incredible - thank you for pouring so much work into this!
moral of the story: just don't be a lawyer
Thats the moral of life.
@@nicholasstathos1387 🧢🧢🎓🎩🧑🎓👨🎓
A lier*
Why would people hate lawyers lmfao. They’re literally the people protecting us from police. Y’all complain bout everything.
@@missbelle_elle That moment when you become a Lier.
This topic was covered on reddit around a year ago. I’ll copy paste my findings from there.
Late to the post and this might be burried, but it's worth a mention. In 1993 there were no direct flights from L.A. to Amarillo, or vice versa. If you wanted to get there, you had to take a flight from Dallas to get there. The kicker here and the thing that sticks out to me for some odd reason is the tape recorder recording the Superbowl. The Superbowl of 1993 took place in Pasadena, California. In 1993 you got there by flying into the L.A. airport. It's important, however, to note that the flights are coming from the location of the Superbowl to the spot he was officially last seen.
Isn't it odd that the weekend that the Superbowl happened, his wife and daughter just happened to leave? It might be anecdotal, but I don't think it is. He could have pushed for that to happen, or he could have seen this as an opportunity.
It is mentioned he was going expose something involving a case of conflict of interest between his old law firm and a very wealthy client. Who often attends big events like Superbowls and fly out the same night or the day after? The super-wealthy. Could it be possible that a meeting was arranged between the wealthy client and him for the very next week? He was deposited $5,000 dollars the day he bought the first ticket. I think it's very likely that he was flying someone to him, not vice versa. His car was found at the county records building, which further leads to some meeting of judicial nature. He never returned to his car evidently, yet he's found dead 1600 miles away stumbling down a highway with a Camaro speeding away. Now who could easily afford a Camaro in 1993, the year Gen-4 of Camaro was released, not exactly a luxury car, but a car that a very wealthy person might mistake as "clandestine."
It might be helpful to find out what kind of tickets were bought, ie: first class? Other useful information to support this theory would to check for any private departures leaving the Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (built in 1942) that weekend. Plane travel is the only viable explanation for 1600 miles of travel in a short time period.
Some people suspect suicide or an "accidental hit and run", but I think foul play should still be on the table for a case like this. There are too many indicators.
TL;DR: I think he was killed by the very wealthy man discussed earlier. The law firm is a primary suspect as well.
@TwoFace Good stuff, man! Reddit often uncovers a lot more than youtubers. I wonder why there’s nothing about investigations into the rich client or the law firm. I suspect that the truth was discovered, but for whatever reason remains undisclosed.
This is all relevant info. And the $5k in his account is not that much for a lawyer worth his or her salt. An average retainer for a non-partner attorney in any major city in the early to mid 1990s could be $2500 or $300 per hour. Beyond that, it seems quite odd that he would be taking pictures of his own vehicle.
I'm not convinced the hit-and-run is a big deal. It was a dark night in a very rural and remote location, on an unlit road with no pavement. It is perfectly possible that the hit-and-run was a genuine accident and the driver just sped off in a panic when the other car arrived. Perhaps the Camaro driver was DUI?
But that doesn't answer the question of why this Texas lawyer was walking along a Washington highway at 10:30pm wearing camouflage attire. What was he doing and where was he going? If he was in the state under an assumed name you'd think he might have just booked a sketchy motel room somewhere, why be out at that time of night?
@@TheShattenjager The wealthy individual obviously has some "connections" same for the law firm.
I'd David felt unsafe he obviously stumbled upon something he wasn't supposed to know.
Wonder if this wealthy client is an household name in the US?
.....🤔
Wonder if this wealthy individual is a household name in the US?
You know, obnoxious, impulsive.....🎺😶
For some reason every time I watch his videos I wanna fall asleep to this guys voice there’s these videos are so dang interesting.every time i do I get lulled to sleep. Keep up the great work nexpo
your editing is top notch bro, I respect the amount of work you put into it
Yakima? That's not a real place, that's just part of the iCCU (iCarly Cinematic Universe)
it sounds like someone throwin up!
@@Ganulous that pretty much sums up yakima.
What makes it more funny is that he said it with a weird inflection than how its actually said, the way people who live here say it as “Yah-kah-ma”
As someone who lives in Washington. I can confirm Yakima does not exist.
@@anarchy8634 it does. Use a thing called a map
I really like that 3D scene tour thing, feels like a mystery movie.
What program is he using to make it?
@@grigoris.7732 no clue, but it's impressive.
yeah, it's also super helpful to me cuz it's hard for me to concentrate, and having something visual like that helps me understand and concentrate better
I think after effects
Or cinema 3D
Nexpos quality has been in the up recently
It feels like an update that fits well to the context that's unique to this channel
I love the way you structure and make your videos. Good job 👍🏻
You know you’re early when the only person who could have watched the whole video yet is nexpo himself
or are you
@@paragon4770 I am
@@semisemicoloncolon cringe *plays epic guitar riff*
mtndeww
@@MtnDew4828 *sips*
I was gonna watch a movie but this popcorn is going toward this vid instead
YO! same here lol
did the exact same thing haha
Why not both?
Hahaha same
You have one hell of an awesome channel, please keep up the good work. Thank You...
"leaving the case to remain stagnant..."
"oh oh oh O'Reilly autoparts"
This one reminded me about one situation that happened with me couple years ago. My 70 years old aunt just walked out from her house, telling nothing to anyone, and then just wandered away somewhere. Without documents, phone and any proper clothes ( End of November, smth about +4C). Police found her body in a nearby village after bout 4 month of search.
I still don't know what might make that sudden change in people's brain, that they just walk away in nowhere. (Sry for bad eng)
damn im sorry to hear that, hope your family is doing fine.
Yeah, this kind of disorientation can happen to old people. My grandmother was living alone in the countryside and was very independent until the age of 85, but then one night she just walked out of her house and started walking along the road that leads to the next village (~5 km away) in the middle of winter. There was thick snow on the ground and minus C degrees outside), but she didn't put on any thick clothes and wore only slippers. Thankfully she didn't wander into the forest alone and a passing police car found her still alive and walking. But after that she couldn't be left alone anymore and had to live in a care home. Each winter there are several cases with old people wandering alone outside, getting lost and freezing to death. It's a really sad way to go.
@@spookie1024 Yup, we're doing fine, thanks for support
she was an npc and she glitched out
@@spookie1024 Be careful with those nics little kitty.
I really enjoyed the more "bite sized" style video that still went into as much depth as your other content. The prospects of this 3D modeling showing the scenes is super awesome and I think will help with understanding some cases better. Can't wait to see what you have in store this year Nexpo.
that fade out transition was oddly satisfying
Love the way you explain these cases Nexpo. Been a huge fan of yours for a while 😌
you're a huge inspiration to me and my tiny lil horror channel, just wanted to say thank you 🦇🦇🦇 much love 🤍
This video was really well made! I don’t watch many videos on unsolved mysteries on RUclips as they’re usually conspiracy theory rubbish that doesn’t properly cover the topic and is covered in clickbait, but I watched this video and it was really good. I love the 3D artwork you made and your delivery is good, the only complaint I have is that occasionally the transition to the next audio took a few seconds between chapters but that’s a nitpick and I think it was deliberate anyway.
I’m looking forward to seeing more of your content, great work!
Yea - its crazy tbh. Theres SO, so many situations like this which are mysterious and fascinating, why do all of these channels have to take situations with completely plausible solutions and fabricate a conspiracy behind them? The truth of situations like this one are so crazy on their own
There is an exabit at "The Haunted Museum" here in Las Vegas that is a very strange case. Little is known because the persons family covered everything up for religious reasons. Her name was Lee Sober Shapiro, one of the inventers of sprit boxes (ghost hunting equipment). I would be extremely surprised if you dug more up on her. This women has baffled many for years leaving behind a dairy and 4 strange polaroid photos before the time of her estimated death. I would love to see your take on this case, this case is extremely depicted as paranormal but there could be some worldly expiation of her death.
Email him, he'll likely see it.
That's Ben Shapiro's great aunt. He once DESTROYED HER WITH FACTS AND LOGIC.
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@James Schmidt hes in my crib
You are right. It is extremely hard to dig up something on her. Just a few photos and that is all. Very little on Google too. I heard that the polaroids depicted her last moments as spirits were sucking the soul out of her body. Creepy stuff.
Here’s my theory: I think he purposefully abandoned his life. Maybe because of the threat he mentioned, or because he was just unhappy idk. I think the money transferred to his account was either from his employer, or the mysterious threat payed him to disappear. I think he purposefully made turkey sandwiches and left all his stuff behind to make everything look normal, so he could have more time to get away. I can’t really find any other way to explain this case
That would explain why he took photos of his car. Maybe he wanted to shoot someone who was spying on him?
I was thinking the same thing at first... but I think that it's more complicated than that. I believe it had to do with foul play, he was working on exposing someone quite important with another wealthy client that he was actually going to meet. Someone came after him
They never really mentioned that he was unhappy with his life though. I think it's more because of the threat on his life.
Perhaps he found some sort of secret sex machine that can teleport you to any imaginable place and has the ability to literally turn your poop into half pennies. Then he went back in time and started eating enourmous meals and then speeding up time by one hour until he had billions of half pennies. Then he took his sacks of half pennies and then kept having children and having them invent a machine that can put pennies back together and once he did that he destroyed his time machine after returning to the very first day man created fire and now he is stuck there.
I believe that he did some of those extra things to throw investigators off the case. Because for all we know, the lawyers may have been in bed with the authorities, so he preformed extra steps. I don't believe anyone was actually meeting him.
I love love love love this new style. It works so well with these kinds of videos!
love the new format and graphics
Jodi Huisentruit, a famous news anchor from my hometown went missing and still has yet to be discovered. It happened in 1995 and there are a lot of sketchy things that were involved like her ex boyfriend, cops tampering, missing evidence and no one has done a story on it. It could be an extremely interesting topic for you to look over. Great video as always man!
I remember that case I hope eventually it can be solved :(
Oh that's right!! I forgot about cops story. Weird!
Yea please do this
It's stranger than that: 84 pages of her diary anonymously sent to a news outlet by a woman found to be the wife of the ex-police chief, vandalized billboard searching for her with words "machine shed" painted on it name dropping a former police investigator who may have been involved, reports that in the weeks before her dissappearance she felt unsafe as she felt she had a stalker. There's more to it than even this. Hope an answer is found soon.
@@aliensporebomb holy Shit I didn’t know that
It was probably the nfl taking him out for wanting to violate copyright
“Think you can just record football games without our expressed written consent, do ya boy?!”
Can we just say how iconic and perfect this intro music is!
Bro that ad scared the shit out of me.
Great Content!!
In case anyone is wondering, the Cowboys won that game. lol
Maybe that's a client to the wealthy individuals identity.....🤔
fuck......
....right when i thought things couldn't get worse for Dave........
Of course. They were playing the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. The Bills are contractually obligated to lose in the Super Bowl.
@@chrisw6164 lol 4 years in a row, right? And weren’t they all blowouts?
@@myquest666420 The first game was very close, the second game was less close, and the last two games were total beat downs
Questions I never see answered: Was he found wearing "military style" clothes or an actual military uniform? What do they mean military style clothes? Like camo? Or military surplus? Was he ever in the military? Party of me gets the feeling it was just camo and this is just a red herring that's getting played up, but the way they say it makes me also think maybe what he was wearing what seemed to be a disguise.
The articles all word it in such a vague way (and most are the same piece republished anyway) that it makes it seem very likely it was just military surplus. Yakima being a base town makes this seem like the case. I believe the only reason they bring it up as it was apparently unusual for his 'syle' (Being a lawyer I suppose he stuck to the usual cliche of typically never dressing below business casual). But that just confirms that he was either in hiding or trying to start a new life or whatever he was doing.
Thank you for this comment. I couldn't have worded it so eloquently, but I had the same questions about that detail.
@@BT-ex7ko first thing I thought when he mentioned the military style clothes was "well, is a base there, should be pretty easy to find some"
Probably army surplus or generic hunting clothes. In that part of the US I'd imagine hunting attire is very readily available given what a rural location WA is.
It should be noted that Yakima is home to a very larger Army training center.
Why would he be taking a picture of his car? Seems like some answers may lie in the answer to that question. Wheres the camera and pics? Maybe he was taking a pic of someone in the background.
Maybe the people who killed him, stole the camera
I just wanted to say how amazing this video was, and how much I appreciate all the hard work that went into it. Your videos are always great, but this was next level. I love that you're learning 3D to add even more to your videos, and as someone that has a background in 3D modelling AND video editing myself, I know how much work it is. You did awesome with this, and I can't wait to see more as your skills improve!
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Title: The vanishing of David Lewis
Video: Is 18 minutes long
Nexpo: David Lewis *might* just have been hiding something
I’m gonna take a shot in the dark and say that David Lewis was hiding something
Nahhhh he couldnt have
Woah easy there
that is crazy! what lead you to belive such a claim...
You’re gonna have to run that one by me, I’m not sure about it
yeah obviously what are these replies lol
I think he was planning on coming back home. The VCR tape sounds like an alibi and the wedding ring, which is rarely taken off, was left on the counter. All of his items that could be used to identify or track him were left home. It sounds like a paranoid affair gone wrong to me.
But what killed him?
@@Joe-nz5ql the car. it was a hit and run
@@Joe-nz5ql old age. snuck right on up at him.
@@sorackee i know but it had to be on purpose right?
@@Joe-nz5ql Thanos
Amazing graphics as always
This guy and LEMMiNO make the best, most high quality documentary style videos on RUclips
Say it with me now :
"I shouldn't be watching Nexpo before going to bed"
FOOL THAT"S WHY I WAITED UNTIL MORNING. MY POWER IS IMMENSE.
Lies, I live to watch Nexpo in the dark of night
say it with me now:
“i did not go to bed, now it’s 7:00am an i’m sleepy”
I shouldn’t be watching nexpo when it is already 5.29am..and I went to bed 7 hours ago, and I’m still awake because...just one more video...
But that's the perfect time...
We can observe the ends of our galaxies and predict supernovas centuries in advance. But people still completely vanish without a trace on our own planet.
That’s pretty unnerving.
Really is. Everything like galaxies, supernovas, and even planets in this universe is tethered by laws and physics, but events like these? Could never be explained so easily- so many reasons, so many connections, so many variables.
It could be you, any day as well. Being a lawyer, being poor, having an affair, whatever can increase the likelihood - but you can never be sure. You can look to the stars with accuracy, but you'll never know from where.
People vanishing without a trace is unnerving but not for that reason. Galaxies and supernovae aren't sentient and intelligent. They're going to do what they do in accordance with the laws of physics and that's it. People don't and the planet is a very big place where things can get lost or hidden quite easily.
The introduction for this video was absolutely perfect.
Loved this episode