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Many of us are gathering with family this time of year,
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but unfortunately, many families will be facing the holidays with
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an empty seat at their table. Some families have been
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waiting for decades for answers.
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This time of year, we're making it a tradition to
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highlight several cases that seem like they need additional coverage
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in the hopes that someone somewhere can provide the tip
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that leads authorities to solve these cases. We're keeping the
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families of these missing people in our thoughts and we
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hope they can find peace while missing their loved ones.
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Hi and Welcome to Sins and Survivors, a Las Vegas
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true crime podcast where we focus on cases that deal
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with domestic violence as well as missing persons and unsolved case.
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I'm your host Sean, and with me, as always, is
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the one and only John.
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I am the only John in the room. In this
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week's episode, we will be discussing the unsolved disappearances of
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seven people Tina and Bethany Sinclair, Don Michelle Holt, Marcus Obra,
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Tyler Christensen, Patrick Carnes, and Everly's Cabrera. Their loved ones
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are desperately searching for answers, and we will share what
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you can do to help.
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The first case that I wanted to share with everyone
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is the story of Tina Sinclair and her daughter Bethany.
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Around February third of two thousand and one, Tina, who
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was thirty four, and her daughter Bethany, who was fifteen,
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vanished from their home in west Chesterfield, New Hampshire under
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suspicious circumstances. They lived in a remote riverfront house owned
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by Tina's boyfriend, Eugene Van Bowman, who is forty two
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years old. At the time, Tina was a home nurse
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who had recently completed cosmetology school and was planning to
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open as a hair salon, and she was last seen
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at work on February second, two thousand and one. Bethany
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was a sophomore at Keene High School and was last
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seen that very same day after going out on a
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date to the movies with her boyfriend. Tina and Bethany's
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family described them as close and loving. Tina was upbeat
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and fun, known for her infectious laughter, and she was
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into hobbies like sewing, crafting, and gardening. Bethany was a
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typical teenager. She loved music, especially in sync, and was
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an excellent student and rarely missed school. On February second,
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two thousand and one, according to Eugene, Tina's boyfriend, he
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had a heated argument with Tina that day. He claimed
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he left the house and when he returned, Tina and
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Bethany were gone. Eugene said that Tina's car had a
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flat tire, so he had no idea how she left
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or where she went. Family member and police records suggest
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a history of abuse. Tina's mother, Mary, recounted a chilling
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incident where Eugene allegedly poured kerosene on Tina, threatening to
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set her on fire. Eugene also at one point filed
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a restraining order against Tina. This was in the year
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two thousand, alleging threats against him that Tina said that
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she was going to kill him in his sleep if
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he threw her out of the house. Bethany's boyfriend reported
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that he had not seen or heard from her since
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they went out on that date. But on February fifth,
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an unknown woman called Bethany's high school and left a
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voicemail saying Bethany was sick and would not be at
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school that day, but the caller's identity has never been
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made public. Eugene did not report Tina and Bethany missing,
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explaining that it was not unusual for Tina to leave. However,
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her family found it alarming that Tina had left her car,
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nearly all of her belongings, and even their pet cat behind.
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They all agreed that it wasn't unusual for her to leave,
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but it was unusual for her not to reach out
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to her family about what was going on. It was
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actually Bethany's school that reported her missing, after she had
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missed an entire week of school, and at that point
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an extensive investigation into the disappearance started. The home and
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the surrounding property, including nearby Connecticut River, were thoroughly searched
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with helicopters, divers, and cadaver dogs. Authorities ruled out the
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possibility that Tina and Bethany had taken a taxi or
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a bus or rented a car, and despite these extensive
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searches and media coverage of the disappearance, no solid leads emerged. Notably,
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Tina's credit cards remained unused and she never cashed her paycheck.
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Investigators noted that a significant amount of their clothing was
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missing from the home, an amount that would have been
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too much for them to just catch if they were
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walking away on foot. Tina and Bethany's family tried every
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avenue to locate them. They printed flyers, they held vigils,
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they hired private investigators, and at one point even worked
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with a psychic, but no solid leads ever materialized. Mary
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Tina's mom, told The Boston Globe, It's been pure hell.
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It's starting to feel like they're probably dead, and I
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almost think that they are now. About Tina's boyfriend, Eugene,
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he had a serious criminal history. In December of two thousand,
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just a couple months before Tina and Bethany disappeared, he
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was charged with sexually assaulting an eight year old girl,
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and he was instructed not to contact the alleged victim
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or a minor with the initials b S, which local
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reporters believe meant Bethany Sinclair. Bethany family members speculated that
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this arrest this charge could have fueled that argument that
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Tina and Eugene had the day she disappeared. Shortly after
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the two of them went missing, Eugene pleaded guilty to
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the crimes, and he was sentenced to two to fifteen years.
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He was paroled about two years later, and based on
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our research, it appears that he is still alive and
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is not currently incarcerated and is required to register as
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a sex offender. In twenty fourteen, authorities re examined the case,
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searching the Connecticut River and Vernon Dam, which was near
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where Eugene used to work. They used some updated technology
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trying to find any trace of the two of them.
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So while police believe that Tina and Bethany likely died
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under suspicious circumstances, they've never named Eugene as a suspect,
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only ever called him a person of interest. The house
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where they lived was torn down in two thousand and eight,
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and the property was searched again both before and after
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that demolition, but no evidence was uncovered. Tina's mother, Mary
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and her sister Sharon have since passed away, but the
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rest of the family remains determined to find answers. Tina
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and Bethany are deeply missed by those who knew and
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loved them. Tina Sinclair at the time she disappeared, she
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was five foot two, one hundred and twenty pounds. She
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had blonde hair, green eyes. She has a butterfly tattoo
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on her right ankle, and she would be fifty eight
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years old today. Bethany is taller than her mom. She's
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five foot seven, one hundred and thirty five pounds, she
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has brown hair and brown eyes, and she would be
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thirty nine years old today. If you have any information
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about Tina and Bethany, please contact the New Hampshire State
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Police at six O three two two three three eight
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five six or their Cold Case unit which is six
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you could call six O three two seven one one
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two five five. Every little detail could help bring justice
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to Tina and Bethany enclosure to their family. So this
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entire episode you will hear us urging you to share
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information about these disappearances and to come forward with any
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information if you have anything, because you might be the
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one who has a piece of information that can help
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these people be found, help bring closure to their family.
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So our second case is the disappearance of Tyler Christiansen.
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Tyler was born June second, nineteen ninety nine, and he
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disappeared in twenty sixteen when he was seventeen years old,
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but he would be twenty five years old today. The
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family lived in muchel Tao, Washington, which is about thirty
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minutes north of Seattle, and he was last seen in
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the fifty three hundred block of Picnic Point Road in Edmund, Washington.
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He was a white male five foot eleven, one hundred
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and forty five pounds. He had brown hair and a
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buzz cut at the time of his disappearance, and he
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was wearing a light blue T shirt and dark blue shorts.
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He also had a half an hour scar on his
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left ankle. He was homeschooled and was a member of
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a religious Baptist family, a big family. He had four sisters,
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two older sisters Liz and Emily Joy and two younger sisters,
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Rebecca and Rachel, so he was right there in the middle.
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His parents were named Andrew and Karen, and from everything
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I could read about him, he was a really nice,
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well loved kid. He loved hiking. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle.
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He was very hard working, He was very creative, he
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was very handy. He apparently made furniture. His sisters absolutely
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loved him. I watched interviews with Liz, who was doing
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a lot of speaking for the family, and it was
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obvious they really miss him. And there was no history
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of mental illness. It's not clear what might have caused
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him to go missing. The situation around his disappearance is
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that he said he was going to go for a
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jog about a mile to a church youth group meeting
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at his church, which was about a mile away in
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the forty seven hundred block of one hundred and sixty
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sixth Street in Maucletaya, Washington, and he never arrived, and
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it seemed like he never really had planned to go
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there in the first place. Authorities believed that he left
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of his own accord and headed south and took a
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ferry from Kingston, Washington, so that's the Edmunds Kingston Ferry.
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The last person to see him was someone who picked
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him up hitch hiking. He was dropped off between Palsobo
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and Sheldon, Washington, and said he had asked directions to
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Sheldon Washington. He said he was going hiking at Olympic
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National Park. This all happened on the night he disappeared,
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so he headed south, made it to the ferry on foot,
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and then got a ride on the Kitsap Peninsula on
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his way to the Olympic Peninsula. Sheldon is about eighty
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miles from Uncle Tao, and it is very much near
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the Olympic National Forest. So what he said to that
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person who gave him a ride, that he was going
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hiking in the Olympic National Forest seems to make sense.
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On May thirteenth, twenty sixteen, just about two weeks later,
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Tyler's backpack was found near the High Steel Bridge. It
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contained a pair of sweatpants and a few untouched food items,
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as well as a couple of used emergency foil blankets,
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and there was a ferry ticket receipt confirming that he
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had indeed taken the ferry over to the peninsula on
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April nineteenth, the night he went missing. The High Steel
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Bridge is one of the largest and highest suspension bridges
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over a ravine in the country. It's about four hundred
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and twenty feet above the southern part of the Skacomish
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River and there have been numerous deaths at that bridge
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in the past. It's a well known area where people
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get tempted to hike down to the river area, but
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it's not safe and currently all of the trails are closed,
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but at the time the trails were not closed. So
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one of the things that one of the theories that
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people have put forth is that he tried to hike
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down and might have fallen into the water, and it's
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a fast moving river, so he could have just been
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swept away, and that has happened several times. There was
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an interview with a police officer who said that it's
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a well known place where three or four times a
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year people attempt to hike those trails, even though they're
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closed now from down from that suspension bridge and end
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up slipping and falling and often dying. So unfortunately and tragically,
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his older sister, Emily Joy, died by suicide on June fourth,
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twenty eighteen, two years after his disappearance and two days
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after his nineteenth birthday. She was only twenty one years old.
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And there have been no updates in a long while
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on the Fine Tyler website. The page hasn't had any
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updates since twenty twenty one, but of course his family
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has never given up hope that he'll come home. There
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has been some work to age progress his photo and
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we will share that, but the family has no idea
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why he would choose to run away. There was no
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history of mental illness, and the case remains unsolved. If
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you have any information about Tyler, his whereabouts or what
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might have happened to him, please contact the Snowmish County
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Sheriff at four two five four oh seven three nine
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seven zero.
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The next story that I wanted to share is about
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the disappearance of Don Michelle Holt. On April twenty fifth,
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nineteen ninety six, twenty year old Don Michelle Holt was
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last seen at the Howard Johnson's motel in Waldorf, Maryland.
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She had been staying with her sister in Florida, but
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returned to Maryland to visit her estranged husband and their
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two young children. That day, she contacted her husband to
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arrange a meeting for her to visit with the kids,
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but she never arrived and has not been heard from since.
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Don's mother reported her missing on June twelve, nineteen ninety six,
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approximately eight weeks after her disappearance. At the time she
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went missing, Don was five foot four, She weighed one
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hundred and ten pounds, and had blonde hair and hazel eyes.
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She has a scar above her left eye, a small
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tattoo of a bird on her left wrist, and a
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heart tattoo with the name Sam on her right shoulder.
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Her navel is pierced, and she had previously fractured her collarbone.
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She was last seen wearing a large red winter jacket