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Trace Evidence

182 - The Vanishing of Bruce Falconer

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-one year old Bruce Falconer had finally gotten his life on track. Enlisting in the Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, Bruce returned home to his native North Dakota on leave. Assigned to a new post in Arizona, Bruce was excited for his military future when suddenly he and his childhood best friend, Timothy Jewell, mysteriously vanished on a cold, February night in 1981.

In addition to Bruce's case, this episode also touches on the underpublicized disappearances of three women: Rebecca Reid from Eugene, OR in 1997, Robin Ellis from Philadelphia, PA in 2003 and Kathleen Haley from Newport News, VA in September of 2012.

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0:00.0

So, will it be skiing?

0:03.0

Or Christmas markets on a city break?

0:06.0

Skiing? Or a city break?

0:09.0

Some problems are good problems to have.

0:12.0

Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way

0:17.0

and Package holidays from £159 per person.

0:21.0

Get Vicking at EasyJet.com

0:24.0

Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights

0:28.0

for restrictions and season C supply.

0:31.0

21-year-old Bruce Falconer had finally put his life on track.

0:43.0

After dropping out of high school, Bruce enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 16.

0:49.0

Five years later, he earned the rank of sergeant and was looking forward to a new assignment in Yuma, Arizona.

0:55.0

Granted, 30 days leave prior to his transfer, Bruce returned to his home in Bismarck, North Dakota.

1:02.0

Less than a month later, he and his childhood best friend Timothy Jewel mysteriously vanished.

1:09.0

Days later, Bruce's car was found stuck in the mud in a rural area south of the city.

1:15.0

Subsequent investigation determined that there was a high probability the two men had become trapped in the winter wilderness

1:21.0

and may have succumbed to the elements. Despite countless searches, a slew of media coverage

1:27.0

and several pieces of evidence found at the scene, Bruce himself has never been located.

1:34.0

In addition to Bruce Falconer, today's episode will also touch on the unsolved disappearances of Rebecca Reed,

1:41.0

abducted from her Eugene Oregon job in 1997, Robin Ellis, who vanished while working as a pizza delivery driver in Philadelphia in 2000.

1:50.0

As well as Kathleen Haley, who disappeared from her new port news Virginia apartment in 2012,

1:58.0

leaving behind a series of disturbing pieces of evidence which suggests that the 37-year-old may have been the victim of a targeted and violent assault.

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