179 - The Disappearance of Ylva Hagner

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On Monday, October 14th, 1996, forty-two year old Ylva Hagner was working late at her Belmont, California office. Waving goodbye to her boss at 9:30 this would be the last time anyone saw the Swedish National alive. Before sunrise the next day, she would mysteriously vanish.

Thirty-six hours later, Ylva was reported missing. Two days after that, police found her abandoned car less than a mile south of her office. There was no trace of Ylva, no sign of a struggle, nothing to suggest a crime had even been committed. Faced with a stunning lack of evidence, investigators almost immediately began hitting dead ends.

Ylva's friends rallied, building websites and organizing a memorial dedication to keep her name alive. While detectives initially believed Ylva had to have been the victim of a random crime of opportunity, close friends began wondering if perhaps someone who claimed to want to find Ylva may in fact have been responsible for her disappearance in the first place.

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0:39.0	On a quiet Monday night in a darkened office building,
0:42.0	Ilva Hagner sat at her desk in the dim glow of her monitor.
0:47.0	Several folders lie open before her,
0:49.0	papers spread out from corner to corner as she finished up last minute work.
0:54.0	When her boss made her way out, she reminded the 42 year old to make sure and lock up when she left for the night.
1:01.0	That was the last time anyone saw Ilva alive other than the mysterious person who took her away.
1:08.0	36 hours later she was reported missing and the desperate search began.
1:13.0	Two days after that, her car was found abandoned outside of a cheap motel less than a mile from her office.
1:20.0	The keys dangled from the ignition the doors were unlocked and there was no sign of the Swedish national
1:25.0	who had come to America in search of a future and instead became the face of a mystery that endures more than two decades later.
1:33.0	Initially, it was believed that Ilva had likely stumbled upon the wrong person,
1:38.0	a predator striking out in a crime of opportunity.
1:41.0	Friends rallied to try and solve the case, building websites and erecting memorials to a woman who had been such a valued piece of so many lives.
1:50.0	Soon though, many began to wonder if perhaps Ilva's abductor was anything but random and may in fact have been amongst their tight group.
1:59.0	Perhaps someone who seemingly fought to solve the mystery and bring Ilva home was all along,
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