A Son's Memory

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade. Check out our great sponsors! Purple: Go to Purple.com/coldcase10 and use code "coldcase10" to get 10% off any order of $200 or more! Check out The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or where ever you listen to podcasts! Progressive: Be kind to your budget! Get a quote today at Progressive.com Download June’s Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play!

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0:00.0	Children have brains like sponges.
0:08.6	They absorb information in the world around them faster than an adult.
0:13.1	Children aren't afraid to tell the truth to spare someone's feelings, but oftentimes
0:17.1	their statements are dismissed as unreliable.
0:21.6	Children are also impressionable, and the memories can be easily manipulated by adults who
0:26.1	feed them information. Dustin Funningham was a nine-year-old child when his stepfather
0:33.2	started feeding him lies about his mother's disappearance.
0:38.6	He knew deep down that she hadn't just disappeared, that she had actually been murdered.
0:48.4	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. I'm Brooke, and here's the iconic Bill Curtis with
0:54.5	a classic case, a son's memory.
1:03.5	This is the Missing Persons Unit of the Pope County Sheriff's Office. These are some
1:07.8	of my old cases. Ruth Hodges works for Pope County Florida.
1:13.6	And she was 24 years of age when she disappeared.
1:17.3	Her specialty? Missing people, everyone else has forgotten.
1:21.6	Fred Wright was 76 years of age. Cynthia Robinson disappeared. Clifton Patrick Leonard.
1:30.1	No one knows what has happened to him.
1:33.0	Among the hundreds of names, hundreds of faces, one in particular catches Hodges' eye.
1:39.7	The Missing Persons file on Andrea Boyette.
1:46.3	She was reported missing around Christmas Eve of 94. She allegedly just up and disappeared
1:57.0	because there was some argument or something, and then allegedly according to her husband,
2:01.5	she walked away.
2:03.7	What woman that cares for her children is going to go off right on Christmas Eve and
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