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249. [CANADA] Vanished in The Snow || Ryan Shtuka Pt. 1

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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A late night get-together, a cold snowy night, and search like no other. [Part 1] For photos pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my profile at Instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley. Sponsors: Everyplate.com/Podcast - Get a meal for $1.49 PLUS $1 steaks for life by entering code: 49BMTC Subscription must be active to qualify and redeem $1 steak.” Refuel smarter in 2024 with IQBAR’s Ultimate Sampler Pack. That’s 7 IQBARs, 4 IQMIX sticks, and 4 IQJOE sticks. And now, our special podcast listeners get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus get FREE shipping. To get your twenty percent off, just text BIG to sixty-four thousand. Get your discount. Text BIG to sixty-four thousand. That’s BIGto sixty-four thousand. CadenLane.com/BIGMAD - use code BIGMAD for 20% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime where we get Big Mad over True Crime.

0:05.9

I'm your host Heather Ashley and today's case is out of Sun Peaks British Columbia in Canada.

0:11.5

The case you're about to hear is one of the most requested

0:14.3

cases in Big Mad True Crime History. It's the case of 20-year-old Ryan Stuka who

0:19.2

disappeared in 2018 after attending a party with friends.

0:23.4

Countless theories have been thrown around from locals to internet sloths

0:27.2

about what they think happened to Ryan, so today we're going to go through the facts.

0:31.3

In order to do that, we have to go all the way back to the beginning,

0:35.2

and this will be two parts. That being said, small talk sucks, so let's dive in. Ryan Stuka disappeared in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, but Beaumont Alberta was his home.

1:01.9

He was raised there by his parents Scott and Heather

1:04.3

alongside his two younger sisters. For all intents and purposes Ryan was a good kid.

1:09.2

He got good grades, he played sports, had a solid group of lifelong friends and never got into too much trouble.

1:15.8

If you follow his mom Heather on social media, you'll see her say that Ryan was perfectly imperfect.

1:21.6

He was close with his parents but also very independent. He

1:25.0

listened to them but also had a mind of his own. He loved his sisters and like all

1:29.1

siblings do he'd pick on them from time to time but there was no doubt that there was a whole heart of love there.

1:35.6

I say all of this to give you an idea of how normal Ryan was.

1:39.3

His home life was normal, his friendships were normal, and he never got himself into any holes that he couldn't get out of.

1:45.6

Two years prior to his disappearance, Ryan graduated from high school.

1:50.6

He wasn't totally sure what he wanted to do with his life, so his first year out, he decided to work for his dad's construction company and just figure out who he was.

1:59.0

After working for his dad for a year, Ryan decided he did want to try his hand at college and attended a year

2:05.0

at a local university. He did fine, but he still hadn't found what he was passionate

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