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Valrico, Florida, a suburb of Tampa, is considered one of the safest places to live in the state, as well as being among the top one third of safest cities in the United States. It has a nice mixed feeling of both the suburbs and a rural community, making it an ideal place to raise a family. It is just the place that Steve and Marlene Aisenberg were looking to settle in and raise their family, which included 8 year old William, 4 year old Monica, and the newest addition to the family, 5 month old Sabrina. But the family's sense of safety and security would be no more on the morning of Monday, November 24, 1997. That morning, Marlene woke up to find that the door which led to the garage was wide open. Feeling a sudden wave of fear, she went to check on her children. William and Monica were both safe in their beds. Sabrina however, was missing from her crib. Marlene then called the police to report Sabrina missing. From the moment the first responding officer arrived on the scene, primary focus in the case of the missing infant was aimed at Steve and Marlene. While it's totally commonplace that the parents would be the first investigated in a case like this, both police and the public were skeptical about the couple, with many believing they were showing strange behavior, and also seem cold and detached. There was never any evidence to charge the Aisenbergs in Sabrina's disappearance, and the couple moved to Maryland in 1999, although to this day, they still are looking for answers in the disappearance of Baby Sabrina.
Huge thanks to Ally from the new podcast "Morbid Maryland"! Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to Still Unknown!
Sources for this episode:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/disappearance-baby-sabrina-aisenberg-case-stands-today/story?id=53757079
https://abcnews.go.com/US/20-years-sabrina-aisenberg-vanished-parents-hope-home/story?id=53708415
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sabrina_Aisenberg
https://www.wfla.com/news/what-happened-to-baby-sabrina-aisenberg-who-vanished-in-1997/
https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5470608
http://charleyproject.org/case/sabrina-paige-aisenberg
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-09-10-9909100180-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/sept99/kidnap11.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/10/19/house-linked-to-baby-searched/5e6437b8-5a5d-4743-9506-54f05a76e726/?utm_term=.f1d4ec62f02d
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1420044.html
https://echoespath.com/sabrina-aisenberg/
https://www.originol.com/what-happened-to-baby-sabrina-20-years-later-evidence-in-kidnapping-of-5-month-old-leads-to-parents/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cohen_(attorney)
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The night of December 11th into the morning of December 12th 1992 had been an all night party hop for 20 year old Arnold Archambeau, his 19 year old girlfriend Ruby Bruguier, and Ruby's 17 year old cousin Tracy Dion. However, what had been a fun night of partying would come to a misfortunate end at approximately 6 am, when Arnold drove through an icy intersection in their hometown of Lake Andes, South Dakota, losing control and causing the car to flip upside down in a ditch. When the car came to a rest in the ditch, Arnold was nowhere to be seen, and Ruby and Tracy were trapped inside the vehicle. Ruby managed to break free and get out, but for unknown reasons, left without helping her cousin Tracy. A short time later, a passerby noticed the overturned vehicle, and came down to help Tracy. Arnold and Ruby however, had disappeared. The couple would be missing for the next 3 months, when in March of 1993 the decomposed body of Ruby Bruguier was spotted in the ditch just a short distance from where the car had crashed. The next day, after draining the ditch, Arnold's body was found just 15 feet away from where Ruby had been found. Their causes of death were determined to be exposure, but there would be factors that would call that ruling into question. How were they found so close by in an area that had been thoroughly searched after the accident? How was Arnold not in the same stage of decomposition as Ruby? And was there any truth to a supposed sighting of Arnold only a few weeks after the accident?
Sources for this episode:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Arnold_Archambeau_and_Ruby_Bruguier
https://www.sarahjwinter.net/2019/02/into-unknown-arnold-archambeau-ruby.html
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-dakota/unsolved-murder-mystery-sd/
https://unsolved.com/gallery/arnold-archambeau-ruby-bruguier/
https://truecrimediva.com/arnold-archambeau-ruby-bruguier/
http://coldcasetheories.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-case-that-haunts-me.html
https://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/indian-and-first-nations/11205-south-dakota-sheriff-retires-from-work-after-28-years
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24 year old Jim Kimball was described by his family as shy and sensitive. He had also been having serious mental health struggles, which had been brought on by him being unable to cope with his father's sudden death when Jim was only 13. While he would take medication, he would also suffer multiple relapses and have multiple hospital visits over the years. It would be Easter weekend in 1993, when after another anger outburst, that Jim Kimball would walk off and disappear. There have only been a very few potential sightings in the years since, but to this day 27 years later, Jim Kimball's true fate is unknown.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-11-26-9311260255-story.html
http://reallifeishorror.blogspot.com/2015/12/missing-jim-kimball.html
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Kimball
https://unsolved.com/gallery/james-kimball/
http://charleyproject.org/case/james-donald-kimball
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/363dmil.html
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/il-james-kimball-24-oak-park-13-april-1993.161619/
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Jayson Artis just wanted to show his younger brother a good time. The 20 year old college student had his younger brother visiting him for the week when he decided to take him down to Tijuana, Mexico on the night of August 1, 1998 for a night of partying. While in Tijuana, Jayson becomes heavily intoxicated and also has multiple run ins with Tijuana police. Towards the end of the night when they are looking to leave, Jayson's younger brother loses track of him. Another friend who came with them claims that the last time he saw Jayson was in the back of a police car. Not long after, in the early morning hours on August 2, Jayson is found dead on a deserted road in a rundown area of town. The Tijuana police determine that Jayson died after being struck by a vehicle and rule the death a hit and run accident. But multiple questions would arise: Why weren't Jayson's injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle? Why did the Tijuana police have no record of detaining Jayson when his friend is adamant that he last saw Jayson being driven away in the back of a police cruiser? And how did Jayson end up dead in the area that he was found?
Sources for this episode:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/jayson-artis/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jayson_Artis
https://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/16/ctv.missing.tijuana/
https://blackthen.com/black-mysteries-happened-jayson-artis/
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/how-much-has-tijuana-done-to-clean-up-its-corrupt-police-force/
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Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard were two well-liked teenagers from Akron, Ohio who were dating each other during the summer of 1979. Whether or not it was just a summer romance was yet to be determined, but on the night of Friday August 24, all seemed to still be going great as the two of them went out on a date to the drive-in to see the big hit movie of the summer "The Amityville Horror". However by the next morning when it was discovered by both of the families that neither one of them had come home the night before, they began to worry. A short time later that morning, a call from the police revealed that Ricky's car had been found abandoned in a field a few miles away, but no other sign of the couple could be found. An immediate effort was made by family, friends and law enforcement to locate the missing teens, but despite all the effort, it would take 6 years until the fate Ricky and Mary would be known. On May 29, 1985, their remains were found by a utility crew working on a gravel road near a national park. They had been shot and stabbed and were still wearing the same clothes they had on the night they disappeared. While they had finally been found, there was now the added mystery of who was responsible for their murders and what exactly happened that night that led them to being murdered. There would be different theories that would emerge, including a potential link to a serial killer. However, 40 years later, the person or persons responsible for the murders of Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard are still unknown.
Akron Beacon Journal articles:
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190824/40-years-ago-today-akron-teens-on-date-vanished
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190825/teens-disappearance-morphs-from-missing-to-murdered-with-gruesome-discovery
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190826/akron-detectives-teens-family-members-disagree-on-whodunit
Podcast links:
The Clearing - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clearing/id1471432747?i=1000447508886
Ohio Mysteries: Elusive Justice series - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447688906
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447740231
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447813996
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Taylor Robinson was a 19 year old from Akron, Ohio who worked as a home health care aid and was taking college courses to become a nurse. On the evening of Friday May 2, 2013, her mother Carmilla dropped Taylor off at the home where Taylor worked with plans to pick her up the following morning. When her mother returned the following morning, Taylor was inexplicably gone. She became a missing person when she also didn't show up to work her second job at a clothing store that same day. Police found Taylor's shoes and coat still inside the home where she worked, but there were no signs of a struggle. Her friends and family spent the next 4 months doing everything they could to find Taylor, or any information on what happened to her. Then on September 10, her remains were found in an isolated area in a nearby national park. Her death was ruled a homicide. 7 years later, it still unknown who is responsible for her death.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200117/taylor-robinson-case-key-dates
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Brian Foguth was a 23 year old working the graveyard shift at the Duke and Duchess convenience store and gas station in Brimfield, Ohio on the night of November 28, 1994 when at just after 2 am, a masked gunman entered the empty store and ordered Brian to empty the cash register before leading him into the back room and subsequently killing him. The robbery was captured on the store's surveillance camera's and some of the killer's DNA was left behind, but over 25 years later, the case remains unsolved.
Sources for this episode:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Brian_Foguth
https://casetext.com/case/jarrell-v-englefield-inc
https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/#user=8299442
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Brian Shaffer was a 27 year old medical student at Ohio State University. It was the start of spring break on March 31, 2006, and Brian had plans to go on a trip to Miami in a couple of days with his girlfriend, a fellow Ohio State medical student. The night of March 31 however, he would celebrate the start of spring break by having dinner with his father, Randy, before meeting up with a friend to go bar hopping later on that night. Brian met up with his friend at a bar called The Ugly Tuna Saloona, and the two moved along to several other bars over time that night, before meeting another friend and going back to the Ugly Tuna Saloona. At some point, Brian becomes separated from his friends, and at 2 am when they still don't spot Brian leaving, his friends assumed he left without telling them and went home on his own. However, over the next couple of days, his father and girlfriend attempt to contact Brian multiple times, but hear no answer. It is when Brian doesn't show up for the flight to Miami that he is reported missing. It would be then that a truly baffling missing persons investigation would be launched by the Columbus Police Department. When checking the surveillance footage from the Ugly Tuna Saloona, Brian is last seen on there talking to two women out front of the bar, before he turns and heads back inside. There are cameras at each entrance and exit for the bar, and Brian never shows up on any surveillance again. It's as if he literally vanished into thin air. Different theories would emerge as to what happened to Brian Shaffer. His mother had recently passed away and he was dealing with some depression because of it. Could it be that caused him to commit suicide? Could he have snuck off to start a new life somewhere else? Or could harm have come to him inside the bar, and he was disposed of without being seen? 14 years have passed, and no trace of Brian Shaffer has ever been found.
A big thank you to Shannon Winings for joining me in discussing this case! Follow her on Twitter:
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Sources for this episode:
https://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2019/3/24/brian-shaffer
https://www.columbusmonthly.com/news/20190422/from-archives-what-happened-to-brian-shaffer
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Jessica Easterly Durning had finally had enough abuse from her husband Justin and was ready to leave him. On August 12, 2019, she talked with her friend Maria, and made plans for Maria to come get her the following day. When Maria didn't hear from Jessica the following day, she assumed that Jessica had changed her mind. However, she suddenly was unable to get a hold of her friend. The day after that, Justin sent a message to Maria from Jessica's Facebook account asking if she had heard from Jessica, that he had not seen her since noon that day. While Justin was apprehensive to contact police to report his wife missing, Maria immediately took action herself, contacting police as well as Jessica's family. The following week, on August 22, Jessica's body was discovered just 2 and a half blocks from her home, badly decomposed. While she had suffered great bodily injury, the coroner to this day has her death listed as undetermined. What happened to Jessica Easterly? Did Justin murder her in a rage after finding out she intended to leave him? And why haven't authorities been taking Jessica's case seriously?
Jessica's and Maria's texts read by Alison from the "Joey & Alison: Mental Health Warriors" podcast.
A huge thank you to Jessica's sisters Audrey and Amanda and her friends Maria and Jen for being a primary source of information for this episode! Visit justice4jessica.org for all the information on Jessica's case and sign up for the mailing list to follow along with any new developments. Visit Audrey's Twitter page https://twitter.com/AudreyA07679092.
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Leonard Dirickson, or Lenny as he was known to friends and family, was a 39 year old dairy farmer in Strong City, Oklahoma who on the morning of March 14, 1998 had breakfast with his 16 year old son Jared, before a day of work on the farm. At approximately 9 am, an unknown visitor arrived outside of the front door of the house, and Leonard went outside to talk to him. While he didn't appear to know who the man was, the two appeared to be having a normal, polite conversation. A few minutes later, Leonard came back inside and told Jared that the man was interested in taking a look at a horse that he had for sale. He didn't mention who the man was, but told Jared he would be taking a trip with him to view the horse and should be back that afternoon. That would be the last time Jared would ever see his father. A witness put Leonard at a restaurant just a few miles away approximately 2 hours later with a man matching the description of the man who came to his house. They again appeared to be having a normal conversation. It's believed that Leonard and the man never made it to the stable to view the horse, and there wouldn't be another sign of Leonard until 6 months later when a bizarre sighting placed him at a bar in Amarillo, Texas. When police responded to a call from a man claiming to see Leonard at the bar, they found that the caller and the man believed to be Leonard were gone. Since then, there has been no more word on his whereabouts. There is no body and no evidence of a crime. To this day the whereabouts of Leonard Dirickson are still unknown.
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Sources for this episode: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Lenny_Dirickson
http://unsolved.com/gallery/lenny-dirickson/
https://oklahoman.com/article/2705422/disappearance-of-father-haunts-family-strong-city-man-missing-since-1998?
http://crimeblogger1983.blogspot.com/2017/08/quick-entry-3-peculiar-disappearance-of.html?m=1
https://www.reddit.com/r/WithoutATrace/comments/b7ufjj/what_happened_to_leonard_dirickson/
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