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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 502 - Robert Kope
September 30, 2026 · 43 minOctober 7, 2015. La Grange, California. After he fails to return to his home in San Jose from a motorcycle trip to Oroville, 53-year old Robert Kope is found dead by the side of a remote country road. Robert has been strangled to death…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 501 - Jamie Fraley
September 23, 2026 · 47 minApril 9, 2008. Gastonia, North Carolina. After having spent the previous day suffering from a stomach virus, 22-year old Jamie Fraley speaks to a friend on the phone from her apartment during the early morning hours. She says that someone…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 500 - The Lauterbach Hardware Axe Attacks and the West Coast Video Murders
September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minMarch 18, 1981. Springfield, Illinois. An unknown assailant walks into the Lauterbach Cottage Hardware Store to commit a robbery and grabs an axe from the shelf to bludgeon three victims: the 48-year old co-owner, Yvonne Lauterbach; a…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 499 - Patty Chesher
September 9, 2026 · 43 minJune 17, 1969. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 12-year-old Patty Chesher leaves her residence in order to go door-to-door and sell some raffle tickets, but after her next-door neighbour purchases a ticket, she vanishes without a trace. While the…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 498 - Jeffrey Mitchell
September 2, 2026 · 45 minOctober 27, 2006. Sacramento County, California. While performing his overnight patrol duty for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, 38-year old Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Mitchell sends a message to dispatch that he has pulled over a…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 497 - Jane Hart
August 26, 2026 · 52 minOctober 8, 1976. Benton County, Indiana. A farmer discovers a large cardboard shipping box in his cornfield which contains the body of an elderly woman who has been shot through the head. Since the victim cannot be identified, she remains…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 496 - Margaret Kilcoyne
August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minJanuary 26, 1980. Nantucket, Massachusetts. The brother of 49-year old Margaret Kilcoyne wakes up and discovers that she is missing from her vacation home, even though her car, coat and winter boots have been left behind. Prior to her…
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 495 - Terry Bowers
August 12, 2026 · 49 minApril 26, 1970. East Pikeland Township, Pennsylvania. While on a weekend camping trip with his Boy Scout troop, eleven-year old Terry Bowers is discovered dead inside his sleeping bag after having been stabbed four times during the early…