Trace Evidence

***Sponsored by: Headspace! Visit Headspace.com/Trace to get one month FREE! | Genomelink! Visit Genomelink.io to discover your full genetic potential! | Canva Pro! Visit Canva.me/Trace to get a FREE 45 day extended trial today! ***Forty-seven year old Irina Malezhik mysteriously disappeared from Brooklyn after leaving her Brighton Beach apartment in October of 2007. Employed at the time as a Russian translator for the Federal Court system, tackling cases involving the Russian mafia, many were concerned that Irina had been targeted by someone from the mob.However, as the FBI began digging into the case they quickly discovered that someone was using Irina's identity to make large purchases; expensive clothes, watches and linens. They'd even gone and withdrawn thousands of dollars from her bank account. That trail did not lead to organized from, but to a married couple with a direct connection to the missing woman.What began as a case surrounding identity theft quickly developed into something more inten

***Sponsored by: Acorn TV! Visit Acorn.TV and use promo code trace to get your first 30 days FREE! | Genucel! Get 60% off at Genucel.com/TRACE and enter promo code TRACE for a FREE gift plus an additional 20% off! | Genomelink! Visit Genomelink.io to discover your full genetic potential! | SurfShark! Try SurfShark risk-free with a 30 day money back guarantee and enter promo code TRACE for 83% off and 3 extra months FREE at Surfshark.deals/trace ***Sandra Prince was well known throughout Florida's Bay Avenue for her dedication to the community, her craft real estate acquisitions and for being one of the nicest and kindest friends and neighbors you could ever want. For much of Sandra's life, things had gone just the way she'd wanted them to until the night she vanished.For months investigators struggled to gain a foothold on Sandra's life. Notoriously private, few people knew exactly what she was up to nor who she spent time with. Eventually, one name came to the surface: Earl Pippin. Pippin worked as

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***Sponsored by: Surfshark! Visit Surfshark.deals/Trace and using promo code TRACE for 83% off and 3 extra months FREE! | Genomelink! Visit Genomelink.io and sign up today and get 25 FREE trait results instantly! ***Eighteen year old Lynn Burdick mysteriously vanished from her evening shift at the Barefoot Peddlar, a small convenience store in her hometown of Florida, Massachusetts. After weeks of grueling searches headed up by law enforcement and Lynn's family, no trace of the high school senior could be found.By the beginning of summer, the senior prom Lynn hoped to attend had come and gone and, at what should have been her graduation ceremony, only an empty chair and a bouquet of yellow flowers marked her place. For the next forty years, the search for Lynn and the investigation of her disappearance would hit countless roadblocks and dead ends.Had Lynn been abducted by someone local, someone who may have known her? Did she fall victim to a yet unknown serial killer stalking the rural areas of Massach

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*** Sponsored by: AcornTV! Visit Acorn.TV and use promo code trace to get your first month for FREE! | Use Promo code TRACE to save 10% off your pass to CrimeCon 2022 at CrimeCon.com ***In this Special Update Episode we will revisit four cases previously covered on Trace Evidence which have had major breakthroughs in the past few months. In September of 2021, Chapel Hill police announced they had arrested and charged a suspect in the 2012 murder of UNC Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth. Just last month, in December, investigators with the Miami-Dade Police officially closed the case of seventeen year old Daniel Jess Goldman who was abducted from his family's home in March of 1966.This month, January of 2022, South Yorkshire Police announced that they had arrested two suspects believed to be connected to the 2007 disappearance of fourteen year old Andrew Gosden. Finally, after thirty-six years, an arrest has been made in connection with the 1986 abduction and murder of four year old Jessica Gutierrez, t

***Sponsored by: TrueBill! Visit truebill.com/trace to start saving money today! | Shopify! Visit shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial!***Take the Trace Evidence 2022 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXB9HZWOn the first day of Fall in 1972, thirteen year old Gail Joiner rushed home from school to her parents house in Thonotosassa, Florida. An hour later, the teen attached a leash to her beloved pet racoon's collar and strode out of the house to take him on his daily walk. She never returned.Despite exhaustive searches involving more than 200 people, not a trace of Gail was ever found. Within a month of her disappearance the case had grown cold and the investigation was scaled back. For the next decade, her case lingered in the limbo of joining other cold case files.Then in October of 1982, a confessed serial killer took credit for Gail's murder. After allegedly leading police to where he had disposed of her body, Gerald Stano retracted his confession and Gail's remains were never found. H

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***Sponsored by: Better Help! Visit BetterHelp.com/Trace for 10% off your first month! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial! | June's Journey! Download today on the Apple App Store or Google Play!***On August 7th, 1962, nine year old Paula Ream passed away following complications from Cerebral Palsy. Her mother, father and three sisters were devasted by her death and struggled to make it through their grief and pain. On a quiet afternoon, the child was laid to rest beneath a simple stone in Riverside Burial Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There she remained for forty-eight years. Then the unthinkable happened.In early August of 2010, long after Paula's parents had been laid to rest beside her, an unknown figure crept into the cemetery. Under the cover of darkness, they broke through the earth, cracked open the vault and stole the small casket containing Paula's remains. Despite the shocking and grisly nature of the crime, investigators had few leads to follow.Originally though

***Sponsored by: ZocDoc.com/Trace | Visit Acorn.TV and use code trace to get 30 days free! | Visit Audible.com/ProjectHailMary | Visit BetterHelp.com/Trace to get 10% off your first month! | Visit SimpliSafe.com/Trace for 40% off your new home security system! | Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play! | Listen on Vodacast for Bonus Content: https://rb.gy/3lkst5 ***Twenty year old Chad Langford had been working as a Military Police officer at the Redstone Arsenal, just outside Huntsville, Alabama. A bright, driven and accomplished soldier, Chad was planning to re-enlist when his term of service ended but he'd never get that chance.On Thursday, March 12th, 1992, Chad radioed that he was investigating a stalled vehicle at the base. Several minutes later, when they were unable to get a response from Chad, all MPs were directed to track him down. At 8:20pm, Chad was found lying on the ground near his cruisers, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. He passed away 90 minutes later

***Sponsored by: Visit Nutrafol.com and use promo code Trace for $15 off your first month plus free shipping! | June's Journey! Download June's Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play!***. Listen now with Vodacast for Bonus Content: shorturl.at/gCL16Thirty-nine year old Star Boomer was turning over a new leaf. In the midst of a divorce, she was studying to obtain her GED to put herself on the path to fulfilling her dream of opening her own business. She wanted, more than anything, to be able to provide a good and happy life for her young son, but a casual stop at a local bar would turn deadly.On the afternoon of February 23rd, 1999, Star walked into Uncle Mike's, a local dive bar in Kansas City, Kansas. Observing an argument between an apparent couple, Star stepped in to protect the woman. Moments later, she was assaulted by the man's friend before he hustled out the back door.Sometime later, Star's attacker returned and in full view of more than a dozen witnesses, Star was beaten uncon

***Sponsored by: Better Help! Visit BetterHelp.com/Trace for 10% off your first month! | Listen now with Vodacast for Bonus Content: https://rb.gy/kraeyj ***Twenty-one year old Bruce Falconer had finally gotten his life on track. Enlisting in the Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, Bruce returned home to his native North Dakota on leave. Assigned to a new post in Arizona, Bruce was excited for his military future when suddenly he and his childhood best friend, Timothy Jewell, mysteriously vanished on a cold, February night in 1981.In addition to Bruce's case, this episode also touches on the underpublicized disappearances of three women: Rebecca Reid from Eugene, OR in 1997, Robin Ellis from Philadelphia, PA in 2003 and Kathleen Haley from Newport News, VA in September of 2012.FB: https://www.facebook.com/TraceEvidencePod/IG: https://www.instagram.com/traceevidencepod/TW: https://twitter.com/TraceEvPodVisit https://www.trace-evidence.com for more information, case photos, contact information and more.M

***Sponsored by: Best Fiends! Download today for FREE on the App Store or Google Play! | Listen on Vodacast for bonus content: shorturl.at/diDGM ***Teresa Marie Gilcrease walked out of an Alexandria, LA bar with an unknown man and was never seen alive again. Five hours later her body was found off a rural road southwest of town; she had been stabbed and run over. Early on, investigators received a deluge of tips but by year's end, the calls were drying up.At the same time, a task force operating in Baton Rouge was back on the hunt for a serial killer after the arrest of Derrick Todd Lee showed he was not the only monster stalking the streets. Could Teresa's murder be connected to these crimes or did the answer lie somewhere closer to home?Following up on a new tip, detectives turned their attention towards a Louisiana State Trooper. Their investigation would dig deep into the man's life in order to determine if the officer might be moonlighting as a brutal killer or if, perhaps, their unknown suspect mi

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Sponsored by: SimpliSafe! Visit SimpliSafe.com/Trace to save 40% off your entire system. | Magic Mind! Visit MagicMind.co/Evidence and use promo code Evidence20 to save 20% | Listen on Vodacast for bonus content: http://feed.vodacast.com/59960168/Trace%20Evidence/179%20-%20The%20Disappearance%20of%20Ylva%20HagnerOn Monday, October 14th, 1996, forty-two year old Ylva Hagner was working late at her Belmont, California office. Waving goodbye to her boss at 9:30 this would be the last time anyone saw the Swedish National alive. Before sunrise the next day, she would mysteriously vanish.Thirty-six hours later, Ylva was reported missing. Two days after that, police found her abandoned car less than a mile south of her office. There was no trace of Ylva, no sign of a struggle, nothing to suggest a crime had even been committed. Faced with a stunning lack of evidence, investigators almost immediately began hitting dead ends.Ylva's friends rallied, building websites and organizing a memorial dedication to keep

Sponsored by: Better Help! Visit BetterHelp.com/Trace for 10% off your first month! | Nutrafol! Visit Nutrafol.com and use promo code TRACE to save $15 off your first month and get free shipping! | Listen on Vodacast for bonus content: http://feed.vodacast.com/59666906/Trace%20Evidence/178%20-%20The%20Murder%20of%20Marvin%20BrandlandWhile children from coast to coast donned masks of ghosts and monsters for a night of trick or treating, a real life monster was walking the streets of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Arriving at the home of sixty-nine year old Marvin Brandland, the man pulled a pillow case over his head and tucked a gun into his waistband. Believing the man was a friend pranking them for the holiday, Marvin and his wife Ethel didn't take him seriously. The hooded man demanded to be led into the basement where the Brandland's kept a secret safe. Marvin fought back, reaching for the gun when a shot rang out and the man burst through the front door moments later, disappearing into the night.While investi

***Sponsored by: Vodacast! Listen on Vodacast for Bonus Content: http://feed.vodacast.com/59263831/Trace%20Evidence/177%20-%20The%20Disappearance%20of%20Maureen%20Fields | Best Fiends! Download from the App Store or Google Play, today!***While most people were celebrating Valentine's day with the one they love, forty-one year old Maureen Fields was scared for her life. Throughout her day at work, she told multiple co-workers and customers that she was afraid something bad would happen, and if it did, her husband, Paul, would be responsible. Less than twenty-four hours later Maureen mysteriously vanished.Her car was found abandoned in the desert near Death Valley. A series of confusing pieces of evidence left investigators to wonder if perhaps her husband had made true on her words of warning. Focusing in on Paul, the investigation struggled to accumulate enough to file charges.Then, after six long years, detectives got a hit on DNA found inside Maureen's car. To their surprise, it did not belong to h

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