Andy Joe Lepley was 18 and days from graduating from Rye High School when he disappeared from his job at a Colorado gas station. THE MORNING On May 30, 1976, Andy opened the Texaco station at Crow Junction, near Colorado City. He was last seen near the pumps at about 6:45 a.m. WHAT WAS LEFT

If historical mysteries leave you wanting more context, this series is for you. When Power Erases People begins today on True Crime Maps. The introduction brings together ten stories involving government secrecy, whistleblowers, disappearances and disputed deaths, including Frank Olson, Karen

Some secrets are protected by silence. Others are protected by power. Tomorrow, True Crime Maps introduces WHEN POWER ERASES PEOPLE: Hidden Histories of Silence and Control. This series explores people who challenged powerful institutions and then disappeared, died under disputed circumstanc

On October 25, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Jane Steppach called her brother and told him she was outside his house. She wasn’t. Ebby sounded disoriented and could not tell him where she actually was. It became the last known contact with her. Days later, her abandoned car was found at Chalamont Pa

Karen Schepers disappeared while driving home in Illinois in April 1983—and her distinctive yellow Toyota Celica vanished with her. For more than 41 years, there was no confirmed trace of either one. Karen was 23 years old and worked as a computer programmer. On April 15, 1983, she went out

On September 17, 1992, 14-year-old Misty Copsey went to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup with her best friend. She was supposed to take the bus home to Spanaway. She missed it. By around 10 p.m., Misty was reportedly walking through Puyallup toward home. After that, she vanished. M

In September 1992, 14-year-old Misty Copsey went to the Washington State Fair with her best friend. She was supposed to take the bus home to Spanaway. She missed it. By around 10 p.m., Misty was reportedly walking through Puyallup toward home. After that, she vanished. Tomorrow on Tr

Five-year-old Timothy Wiltsey was reported missing from a Memorial Day carnival in Sayreville, New Jersey, on May 25, 1991. The search began at Kennedy Park — but nearly eleven months later, his remains were found across the Raritan River in marshland near Raritan Center in Edison. That location

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She was only going a few doors away. On August 17, 1994, eight-year-old Mindy Tran finished supper at her home in Kelowna, British Columbia, climbed onto her pink bicycle, and headed to a friend’s house nearby. She never came home. Her disappearance triggered a massive community search. Ne

On August 17, 1994, eight-year-old Mindy Tran finished supper at her home in Kelowna, British Columbia, climbed onto her pink bicycle, and headed to a friend’s house only a few doors away. She never came home. Her disappearance triggered a massive community search. Nearly eight weeks later, h

On June 29, 2007, David Michael Burney disappeared after stopping at a gas station in Battleground, Alabama. The 47-year-old father of six had purchased a red 1987 Toyota Tercel and planned to drive east toward Georgia to visit two of his daughters. But nearly two months later, the Toyota was

Three girls. A crowded mall. A locked car. Then a mysterious letter. On December 23, 1974, 17-year-old Rachel Trillkah, 14-year-old Renee Wilson, and 9-year-old Julie Moseley went Christmas shopping at Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth, Texas — and never came home. Rachel’s Oldsmob

On December 23, 1974, Rachel Trillkah, Renee Wilson and Julie Moseley headed to Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth for Christmas shopping. Their locked car was later found in the Sears parking lot with their purchases still inside. The three girls had vanished. More than fifty years

She disappeared on her way to school. Six days later, he disappeared too. Fourteen-year-old Amanda Gallion vanished in Gillette, Wyoming, on October 13, 1997. Police questioned 20-year-old Patrick Ghering, who said he had last seen Amanda around 7:15 that morning. Then Patrick vanished on Oct

In August 1989, Ronnie and Doreen Jack believed they had been offered a way forward: short-term work at a logging camp near Cluculz Lake, British Columbia, transportation for the family, and even childcare for their two sons. Ronnie, Doreen, nine-year-old Russell, and four-year-old Ryan climbed

Angela “Angel” McManes disappeared from Jal, New Mexico, in May 2019, leaving behind her glasses, phone, money, cigarettes and essential diabetes medication. Because Angela sometimes traveled for extended periods, she was not reported missing for about a month. Her abandoned belongings convin

A college student was driving home for winter break when one wrong turn carried him onto a lonely gravel road outside Luling, Texas. Shortly after midnight, Jason Landry’s crashed Nissan Altima was found abandoned on Salt Flat Road. The headlights were still on. The keys were in the ignition.

Fay Rawley was a wealthy farmer, landowner, former bank president, and township supervisor from rural Illinois. On November 8, 1953, he left Macomb in his new emerald-green Cadillac and disappeared. Investigators later focused on a nearby strip mine. Sheriff Virgil Ball believed Rawley had been

On October 25, 1999, Leona Kinsey disappeared from La Grande, Oregon. She had told a friend she planned to meet a man at Albertsons. She never came home. Her purse, pager, cigarettes, medication, and beloved pets were left behind, while her GMC Jimmy was discovered days later in the store parkin