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On March 21, 2023, 41-year-old attorney Steve Cozzi was seen on CCTV entering his office at The Blanchard Law Firm. He was never seen leaving. When he missed a hearing and co-workers couldn’t locate him, they called 911. When police arrived, they found evidence of a violent scene in the men’s bathroom. Suspicion quickly fell on an unlikely suspect: Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, a successful plastic surgeon who was embroiled in a tense lawsuit with one of Steve’s clients.  Though Steve Cozzi’s body was never located, investigators found enough evidence to arrest Kosowski for Steve’s murder just days later. After firing a half dozen attorneys, Kozowski ultimately decided to represent himself in his Capital Murder case. He also opted to try the case without a jury. This is part two of the trial of Tomasz Kosowski. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On March 21, 2023, 41-year-old attorney Steve Cozzi kissed his husband goodbye and went to work. There was nothing special about that day. He had a telephonic hearing for one of his cases scheduled for later that morning, and he had a frozen chicken thawing in the sink for dinner. He got to the office, put on some music, and started writing emails. At 9:50, he left his office to go to the bathroom. None of his co-workers, friends, or family ever saw him again. Five days later, Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, the plaintiff in the case that had the hearing the day Steve disappeared was arrested for his murder, but Steve’s body wasn’t found. After three-and-a-half years of delays, Tomasz Kosowski finally stood trial for Steve Cozzi’s murder, and I was there.  Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode was originally released on March 17, 2023. New intro was recorded on September 24, 2026. “This is a tragedy, but it’s not a crime.” This quote is from Captain Jeff Ferry, the lead investigator searching for missing Texas college student, Jason Landry. Jason, a student at Texas State University, left his apartment late in the evening on December 13, 2020, to return home to Missouri City, Texas for a quick visit. But Jason never made it home. Shortly after midnight, his car was found crashed and abandoned on a desolate road near Luling, a small town only about 30 minutes away from where he started. While Jason was nowhere to be found, he left several disturbing items behind. After two years with no sign of Jason, the Landry family is questioning the investigation and wondering more and more if this tragic ‘accident’ was actually foul play. If you have any information regarding Jason Landry’s disappearance, please contact the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 398-6777 or the anonymous tip line at (726) 777-1359. You can also email the Texas Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit at [email protected]. Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

New intro recorded on 9/17/26. This episode originally aired on 4/7/23. Steve Cozzi went missing from his Largo, Florida law office on March 21, 2023. On March 26, plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski was arrested for his murder. In this week's episode, we're exploring the history between Cozzi and Kosowski, and going over the timeline of the case. We're also delving into the evidence that led to his arrest. Steve Cozzi has still not been found, and his family desperately wants to bring him home. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Just after midnight on August 4, 1992, 23-year-old Tara Breckenridge clocked out early from her waitressing shift at The Men’s Club in Houston, Texas. She changed into her street clothes and the security guard carried her tote bag out and walked her to her red Pontiac Fiero. Tara got into her car and drove away. About seven hours later, that Fiero was found sitting locked and empty on the shoulder of a major freeway three miles from the club, right on her route home. The car was locked, there was no sign of a struggle, but Tara was gone. Police immediately started looking at her live-in boyfriend, but he wasn’t the only man in Tara’s life. They knew someone took Tara that night, but who? 34 years later, her family and friends are still wondering what happened to Tara Breckenridge. If you have any information about the disappearance of Tara Breckenridge, please contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division Cold Case Squad at 713-308-3618, or Houston Crime Stoppers anonymously at 713-222-TIPS. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On Friday, June 15, 2018, 23-year-old Jermain Charlo went out in Missoula, Montana. She visited a few bars with her ex-boyfriend, and right around midnight on June 16, CCTV footage shows Jermain talking with a few guys she knew outside of a bar. Her ex-boyfriend, Michael DeFrance, is in the background. The camera shows Jermain and Michael walking down the street. According to him, he dropped her off at a friend’s house. According to her family, that friend didn’t exist. Jermain Charlo has never been seen again. If you have any information about the disappearance of Jermain Charlo, please contact the Missoula Police Department at 406-552-6300. You can also submit a tip to the FBI at tips.fbi.gov or by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the morning of Friday, September 14, 2007, a fourteen-year-old boy in Doncaster, England put on his school uniform, told his family "see you later," and walked out the front door, but he never got on his school bus. Instead, he waited until everyone had left his house, then went back inside. He changed out of his school uniform, grabbed a few items, and headed to the Doncaster railway station where he bought a one-way ticket to London. At 11:25 that morning, a CCTV camera watched him walk out of King's Cross station and into a city of eight million people. Now, nearly 19 years later, that eight seconds of footage is still the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden. If you have any information about the disappearance of Andrew Gosden, please contact South Yorkshire Police online or by calling 101, or submit information through the police's public portal for the case at mipp.police.uk. In the UK, you can also contact the charity Missing People, free and confidentially, on 116 000. Missing People's reference number for Andrew is 07-019198. Gosden Family Website Missing People UK Donation Page Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the night of July 14, 2016, a sixteen-year-old girl in Aurora, Colorado told her mother goodnight. She then went to her room and went out the window. She was picked up on surveillance video near a bus stop in the 1600 block of North Peoria Street. But Lashaya Stine never made it home. Police wrote Lashaya off as a runaway at first, but she wasn’t a troubled kid. She was an honors student. She wanted to be a nurse, and had just been selected for an internship at the University of Colorado Hospital. She even had a job interview scheduled the next morning. She had no reason to leave and had taken nothing with her. As investigators dug into Lashaya, the evidence began to show that whatever happened to her that night, she hadn’t planned on staying gone. If you have any information about Lashaya's disappearance, please contact the Aurora Police Department at (303) 627-3100, the Aurora Police Crimes Against Children Tip Line at (303) 739-6164, or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867. You can remain anonymous. There is a combined reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to her whereabouts. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Three bones, some clothing, a lighter, and a pocketknife. Those were the items found by a duck hunter checking his blinds on July 25, 2021. It took almost exactly five years to put the pieces together, but on July 23, 2026, those bones were identified as belonging to Shane Workman, who had been missing from Lewistown, Pennsylvania since 2017.  Shane’s disappearance was met with rumors of set-ups, murder, or a voluntary disappearance. Despite an influx of tips, his case went cold. Shane’s family never gave up on him though, and while they now know that he’s never coming home, they’re still fighting for answers. As his father, Mike Hewitt, said,  “We don't have to look for him anymore just his killer.”Anyone with information regarding Shane Workman’s disappearance is urged to contact Detective Det. Mary Woods at (717) 248-6716 Ext. 427. If you are interested in helping with volunteer efforts, please reach out to [email protected] or visit voicesforvanished.com. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We originally covered the case of Shane Workman in November 2024. In August 2026, his body was found. We have published a short update episode right after this re-release. “Nobody is doing anything because Shane was a drug addict everybody goes back to that.” That was a comment that Mike Hewitt made on a Facebook post about his missing son, Shane Workman. Not only does Mike have to deal with the constant pain of having a missing son, but he does this while believing that no one cares. Mike is not alone. Many family members of missing people who don’t fit the mold of the “perfect victim” experience the exact same thing. But Shane, and all missing people deserve to be found. On April 25, 2010 at around 10 pm, 31-year-old Shane Workman told his dad he was going to run to Sheetz, a gas station near their home in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. But Shane never made it there. Mike and his partner, Cindy Workman, didn’t realize anything was wrong, and went on a camping trip the next morning. It wouldn’t be until they returned that they realized their son had never come home after his trip to the gas station. A search party was formed immediately, but despite many tips, including people who may have been involved in Shane’s disappearance, Mike says that Lewistown Police quickly lost interest. After seven years, Shane is still missing, but his family is still fighting for Shane and for justice. Anyone with information regarding Shane Workman’s disappearance is urged to contact Detective Det. Mary Woods at (717) 248-6716 Ext. 427. If you are interested in helping with volunteer efforts, please reach out to [email protected] or visit voicesforvanished.com. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual assault, help is available. RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24 hours/day. Call 1-800-656-4673. 13-year-old Leigh Occhi was left alone for an hour on the morning of August 27, 1992. In that short window of time, something violent happened in her Tupelo, Mississippi home. Blood, hair, and clothing were all left behind, but Leigh was gone. The remnants of Hurricane Andrew washed away potential clues, and no trace of Leigh was found. Soon, the whispers started about someone close to Leigh: Vickie Felton, her mother. But According to Vickie, there was someone else who police needed to look at: a man named Oscar “Mike” Kearny; Leigh’s Sunday School teacher. Could a horrific crime committed nine months after Leigh’s disappearance hold the answers in her case? If you have any information about the disappearance of Leigh Occhi, please contact the Tupelo Police Department at (662) 841-6491, or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-TIPS. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the morning of August 27, 1992, the remnants of Hurricane Andrew were heading toward Tupelo, Mississippi. Inside a small house on Honey Locust Drive, a thirteen-year-old girl named Leigh Occhi was home alone, still in her nightgown. She had an open house at her middle school later that day, and her mom had just left for work.  Around 8:30, her mother was worried about the storm, so called home to check on Leigh, but there was no answer. She called again. Still no answer. So she made the mile and a half drive home. She'd been gone less than an hour, but when she got home, Leigh was gone.  In the thirty-four years since that morning, there has never been an arrest, but there have been a few people who have never quite been ruled out. Can new searches finally bring the answers that have been hidden for over three decades? If you have any information about the disappearance of Leigh Occhi, please contact the Tupelo Police Department at (662) 841-6491, or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-TIPS. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sometime in the early morning hours of April 6, 1986, someone knocked on the door of a small home just off Route 66 in Gallup, New Mexico. A nine-year-old girl named Anthonette Cayedito got out of bed. By the time the sun rose, she was gone. There have been many versions of what happened between the knock and when Anthonette’s family realized she was missing, but what we do know is that there was no forced entry, no struggle, and nothing was taken– except for Anthonette. A three-day search of Gallup and the land around it turned up nothing at all. The next four decades would bring sightings, changing stories, and even what many believe is a confession. But to this day, Anthonette Cayedito remains missing. If you have any information about the disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito, please contact the Gallup Police Department at (505) 863-9365, or the FBI's Albuquerque Division at (505) 889-1300. You can also submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Around noon on July 16, 1996, a 36-year-old writer named Susan Walsh told her family that she was going to run out to the pay phone down the block and make a call. She left behind her purse. She left behind her beeper. She left behind her medication and even her cigarettes. No one ever saw her again.  Susan wasn’t just anyone who vanished. She was a journalist who wrote about things like the Russian mob’s grip on the go-go bars where she herself had danced, and the strange world of people in New York City who called themselves vampires. So when she disappeared, there was no shortage of lurid headlines and theories. Maybe she got too close to the wrong story. Maybe it was the vampires. Maybe it was someone much closer to home. 30 years later, we still don’t know which of those, if any, is true. If you have any information about the disappearance of Susan Walsh, please contact the Nutley Police Department at (973) 284-4940.  Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the night of August 31, 1976, a three-year-old girl crept out of bed and witnessed her father wrap his hands around her mother's throat, push her against the wall, and drag her out of sight. The next morning, her father, Ralph Otto, told her and her sister that their mother, 24-year-old Patty Otto, wasn’t coming back. For years, Suzanne wasn’t sure what she had seen that night, but as she became an adult, she started questioning it more and more. Then, in 2021 a Facebook post turned everything she thought she knew about her mother’s disappearance completely on end. Now, she’s fighting three different states to find out what really happened to Patty Otto that night.  If you have any information about the disappearance of Patty Otto, please contact the Lewiston Police Department at (208) 746-0171. If you have any information about the identity of the Finley Creek Jane Doe, found near La Grande, Oregon in 1978, please contact the Oregon State Police.  Subscribe to Day by Day: True Crime Stories Buy the ebook! - And Then They Were Gone: True Stories of Those Who Went Missing and Never Came Home Submit a case Find us everywhere Get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon Merch store For a full list of our sources, please visit our blog Our Sponsors: * Check out Aramore and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://aramoreskincare.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Cure Hydration and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.curehydration.com * Check out Quince and use my code ATTWG for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code ATTWG20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/and-then-they-were-gone3159/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy