595 // The Mysterious Death of Megan Piper Trussell - Part 1

Missing

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak Vanessa Diaz and Joseph Trussell about the mysterious death of their daughter, Megan Trussell. Megan went missing after leaving her college dorm on February 9th, 2025 after an argument with her roommate. She was reported missing a few days later and was found deceased on February 15th, 2025. If you have any information in the case please text or call 678-636-9771 or email [email protected]. Support the new GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-megan-trussell. Family FB group: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANzNfHM9j/. Recent media: https://people.com/megan-trussell-roommate-fight-suicide-not-believable-family-wants-updated-investigation-11803733. Megan's obituary: https://www.beatreecremation.com/obituaries/2025-02-15-megan-trussell. Boulder County statement: https://bouldercounty.gov/news/conclusion-of-investigation-into-the-death-of-megan-trussell/. GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/5ed6683f. Follow the movie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidetothebestsummerevermovie. Check out Uncommon Goods: ⁠https://uncommongoods.com/MISSING⁠. Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://happymammoth.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mood and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Bioma Health and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠gobioma.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠. TT:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠. Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. TT:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠ Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠. 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	The
0:07.0	The In this new episode of missing, we speak with parents, Vanessa, and Joe, about the disappearance and unfortunate death of their daughter, Megan Piper Trussell.
0:51.5	And this is a recent case.
0:53.3	Megan went missing on February 9th, 2025, and was
0:57.7	found several days later. Lance, what you think of this conversation? Well, we had met Vanessa and
1:03.5	Joe at CrimeCon, and I think we both were instantly in agreement that they had to come on the show.
1:08.7	So we followed up and communicated with them via email.
1:12.2	And I think that this is one of the more incredible, frustrating, tragic stories.
1:17.1	But really coming from two individuals who have bonded together to bring justice for their daughter,
1:24.4	even though they are separated in their relationship, they are still
1:28.1	fighting for Megan. And what I really liked the most about this conversation was how they
1:35.5	described Megan, how they described the relationship that both of them had with her, the type of
1:40.4	person that she was, and the possible future that she might have had. I thought that
1:46.2	that was really inspirational. What did you think? Yeah, Megan absolutely seems like she was a great
1:51.7	person and would have been a lot of fun to be around. It's such a tragedy we really feel for
1:56.9	Vanessa and Joe. We really appreciate them coming on here and bearing their souls.
2:01.8	And hopefully other creators will have them on as well because I think media attention is what could potentially move this case forward.
2:10.7	Yes.
2:11.0	And I agree with that.
2:12.1	And I just want to add that I hope that other families who are in similar situations take some inspiration from Vanessa and
2:18.0	Joe and their resolve to hold the investigators and anyone who has made any sort of determination
2:25.9	that does not seem accurate, hold them accountable and compartmentalize the tragedy from
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