110 - The Vanishing of Paige Renkoski
Trace Evidence
Steven Pacheco
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🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
For reasons unknown she parked her car along i96 where she was later seen talking to an unknown man and possibly two others. Hours later her car was found idling in that same spot and left behind was her purse and shoes. What became of Paige remains a haunting mystery that her family and law enforcement struggle to understand.
UPDATED: July, 2025 - Possible person of interest identified, similar crime committed.
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| 0:00.0 | 30-year-old Paige Rinkoski woke up on May 24, 1990 to drive her mother to the airport. |
| 0:15.9 | After dropping her off, she began making the 90-mile trip home, stopping off to visit |
| 0:20.5 | a friend along the way. |
| 0:22.8 | Everything about her normal day, though, stopped after she got back on the interstate. |
| 0:27.9 | In the afternoon, several hours after leaving the airport, Paige was spotted outside of |
| 0:32.3 | her car on the shoulder of I-96. |
| 0:35.8 | Witnesses reported seeing at least one, but possibly up to three men on the side of the |
| 0:40.1 | road, and a minivan parked behind her car. |
| 0:43.8 | Reportedly, at least one of these men was talking with Paige and may have pulled her |
| 0:48.1 | towards the minivan. |
| 0:50.5 | Police came upon a bizarre scene. |
| 0:52.7 | Paige's car was idling on the side of the road with headlights and radio still on. |
| 0:57.9 | Paige's purse and shoes were left behind in the car, but Paige herself was gone. |
| 1:03.1 | For 30 years, her case has been the subject of investigations, renewed investigations, |
| 1:08.5 | and now cold-case investigations. |
| 1:11.8 | Multiple disappearances in the same area have sparked interest. |
| 1:15.6 | Numerous tips have suggested a possible burial location, but after everything, the truth |
| 1:20.9 | of what happened to Paige Rinkoski is as haunting today as it was 30 years ago. |
| 1:27.2 | This is Trace Evidence, episode 110, The Vanishing of Paige Rinkoski. |
| 1:40.3 | Welcome to Trace Evidence. |
| 1:41.8 | I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco. |
| 1:44.4 | Today we examine the vanishing of Paige Rinkoski, truly one of the most baffling and mysterious |
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