In November 2003, 33-year-old Mont Highley IV returned home to Alabama for Thanksgiving. He was looking forward to some of his favorite things: good food, time with family, and time spent outdoors. Mont had planned a simple weekend of hunting with his dad after Thanksgiving. But after he drove out to the family’s hunting land on Friday night, Mont vanished. His truck was found abandoned, his belongings left behind, and the farm showed unsettling signs that something was wrong. Weeks later, Mont’s body was discovered in an unused grain silo just miles from where he disappeared. Nearly 22 years later, his murder remains unsolved. In this episode of Cold and Missing, Ali and Eli walk through Mont’s final known steps and the unanswered questions his family still lives with, in hopes that someone, somewhere, knows the truth.

*** If you know anything about the murder of Mont Highley IV in November of 2003 - please call the Alabama SBI Montgomery office at 1-800-392-8011 or email SBI.investigations@alea.gov ***

Sources:

The Montgomery Advertiser, The Birmingham News, WBMA ABC News 33/40, and Alabama Cold Case Advocacy

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In April of 1979, 27-year-old Willie Ann Rucker was doing her best to rebuild her life in Waterloo, Iowa. A single mother of three, Willie Ann worked hard to provide for her children and had confided to police that her ex had been stalking and scaring her. Just days later, she vanished. Her loved ones never saw her again. In this episode, we center Willie Ann- a young mother who asked for help and deserved protection- as we trace the events leading up to her disappearance and the decades her family has spent searching for answers.

*** If you know anything about the disappearance of Willie Ann Rucker - or her whereabouts today - please call the Waterloo Police Department at 319-291-2515 or the Missing Person Information Clearinghouse Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at 515-725-6036 ***

Sources:

The Courier, The New York Times, Crime Stoppers, and Iowa Missing Person Clearinghouse.

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Eleven-year-old Levi Frady loved being outdoors riding his red and black bike through the woods, fishing, and exploring the quiet backroads of Forsyth County, Georgia. On an ordinary Wednesday in October 1997, Levi left home to do homework with a friend. He was supposed to be home by dinner, but he never made it back. By the next afternoon, Levi’s red bike was found in a ditch, and just hours later, his body was discovered 15 miles away in the Dawson Forest. Twenty-eight years later, Levi’s case remains unsolved. Join Ali as she goes over this heart breaking cold case.

*** If you know anything about the murder of LEvi Frady please the Georgia Bureau if Investigation tip line at 1-800-587-8471 ***

Sources:

The Atlanta Journal, The Times, The Atlanta Constitution, and the GBI

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