284 // Shelton Sanders

Missing

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🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna, and Jennifer Amell speak about the disappearance of Shelton John Sanders from Columbia, South Carolina on June 19th, 2001. Shelton Sanders was 25 years old and going places. He was responsible, driven, and a dedicated systems manager well on his way to earning his bachelor’s degree and working in the IT field. But, on a hot June night in 2001, while planning a bachelor party with his friend Mark Richardson, Shelton disappeared. Two years later, his car is found abandoned leaving more questions than answers. What happened to Shelton Sanders that night? This case was submitted to Private Investigations For the Missing. Visit them at https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ and please consider donating. SOURCES: https://www.facebook.com/findingsheltonsanders https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP10231 https://www.abccolumbia.com/2020/10/29/nearly-two-decades-after-his-disappearance-the-family-of-shelton-sanders-still-searching-for-his-remains/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9622250 https://ncmissingpersons.org/shelton-john-sanders/ https://www.wistv.com/story/8171998/midlands-murder-trial-begins-without-a-body-located/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/discovering-shelton-j-sanders-remains https://www.wistv.com/story/8205807/mistrial-declared-in-columbia-murder-case-with-no-body/ https://www.wltx.com/article/news/man-charged-with-murder-in-cold-case/101-384119886 https://www.wltx.com/article/news/bond-set-for-murder-suspect/101-384124642 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembert,_South_Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina https://www.rcsd.net/cold-case-unit/ https://www.wistv.com/story/3947600/family-of-missing-rembert-man-looks-for-answers/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/family-holds-event-hope-finding-answers-20-year-disappearance-usc-n1272453 https://www.facebook.com/unresolvedpod/posts/i-am-reaching-out-to-you-concerning-my-brother-shelton-sanders-whom-went-missing/4067804356563410/ We have a new subscription service! Check it out at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing and please donate if you can: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Follow Missing: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/ Check out our entire network at: http://crawlspace-media.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shelton Sanders was 25 years old and going places.
0:04.0	He was responsible, driven, and a dedicated systems manager well on his way to earning his
0:09.0	bachelor's degree and working in the IT field. But on a hot June night in 2001, while planning
0:16.2	a bachelor party with his friend Mark Richardson, Shelton disappeared. Two years later, his car was
0:23.2	found abandoned, leaving more questions than answers. What happened to Shelton Sanders that night?
0:31.1	My name is Al Wiberna Sanders. I am 31 years old. I'm the youngest of four children. I was born
0:39.9	and raised in Brumbricks, South Carolina. I am a professional. I had three older brothers and
0:48.0	I have two small children, five and 30. And I am the sister of Shelton Sanders who went missing on
0:54.2	June 19, 2001. And right now I'm on the journey to seeking justice from our brother.
1:03.9	Welcome back to Missing. I'm Tim here today with Lance Lance. How are you today?
1:08.4	I'm doing pretty well today, Tim. I hope everyone out there is doing great. But the big question,
1:13.0	the $63,000 question is how are you?
1:15.4	I'm doing fantastic. Thank you very much for making that the $63,000 question today.
1:21.9	Lance, in today's episode, we speak about the heartbreaking disappearance of Shelton Sanders
1:27.8	from Columbia, South Carolina on June 19, 2001. At the time of his disappearance, Shelton was 25.
1:34.9	And by all accounts, he was extremely smart. And it's frustrating. But you know, you've got to
1:39.4	get the word out there. So listen to this and anyone who's got information on Shelton's disappearance.
1:44.7	You are instructed to contact the Richland County Sheriff's Department at 803-576-3000.
1:51.9	And there's also a family tip line 803-427-4209.
1:57.6	And Jennifer Amel spoke with Shelton's sister Wilveria in an emotional interview. And Lance,
2:03.5	we are going to CrimeCon at the end of April. April 29th through May 1st, we will be in Las Vegas.
2:10.4	And you can join us. All you have to do is go to CrimeCon.com and use code crawlspace. And you'll get
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