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The Vanished Podcast

Amos Mortier: Exclusive Interview with Margie Milutinovich

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.515K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Margie Milutinovich has searched for her son, Amos Mortier, since he went missing on Nov. 8, 2004. After questioning tracts of the investigation in the local press, Fitchburg, Wisconsin detective Shannan Sheil-Morgan all but cut Margie out of the loop. As state prosecutors launched a secret John Doe investigation into the circumstances around Amos's disappearance, Margie was left in the dark about whether anything was even being done to find her son. Her relationship with law enforcement only deteriorated over time as Margie learned important leads weren't being followed up, as people she suspected of being involved went unquestioned, and as detective Morgan herself made unprofessional comments, such as blaming the investigation for "ruining [her] marriage." A feature-length documentary film called "What Happened to Amos?" is currently in production. The documentary follows The Vanished producer Nathan Comp's decade-long effort to help Margie find the truth about her son's disappearance. Nathan has shared a lot from that effort over the last three episodes. In part four we will explore detective Morgan's theory and Nathan will unveil his findings for the first time ever. In this exclusive interview with Margie, Nathan asks Margie about her experience with law enforcement, what more could be done to find the vanished, and what her hopes are for finding her son. SIDENOTE Nathan is writing and co-producing the feature documentary, What Happened to Amos?. Directed by filmmaker Kristina Motwani, the documentary follows Nathan's quest to help Margie get the answers authorities refused to give her. The film is 40 percent complete, but it needs your help. Production costs are currently being raised via Kickstarter so the film can be finished and released next year. To date, just under $8,000 of the $30,000 goal has been raised. Please help bring this film to the big screen by contributing here at Kickstarter.com . Any amount helps and there are many cool prizes to choose from when you contribute. Contributions from listeners of The Vanished will be mentioned in the film credits, receive a personal thank-you from Nathan, as well as a framed page of his production notes from the Amos Mortier episodes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:14.0

Hey everyone, I have a little bit of bonus content for you. As you know, Nathan has been working alongside Amos's

0:20.0

small Margie for many years in an attempt to find Amos.

0:24.6

He was able to get Margie on the phone for a quick interview to discuss the case as we

0:28.4

approach a 12-year anniversary of his disappearance. So with that, I will play the interview for you now.

0:34.0

Well done! You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape,

0:58.0

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to, among others,

1:06.0

Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter. And that's just a few.

1:14.0

We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer. It's terrific conversation,

1:20.0

reminiscent, sweat-appropriate and exchange of anecdotes. So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

1:28.0

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1:36.0

or the Wondery app.

2:06.0

You call him Amos and tell him that the book does or Amos would be interested in that.

2:10.0

I wonder what Amos thinks about this. You know, all the time that happens.

2:16.0

And he's not there for me to talk to. He's not there for me to hear laughs. I miss his laugh.

2:26.0

And I miss everything about him.

2:30.0

You're being resented at LaHouse.

2:32.0

Yeah, it's got a great laugh. Makes you laugh. Makes somebody around you laugh.

2:38.0

But what's the status of the case? What has been done law enforcement-wise to?

2:44.0

I don't think they're doing anything. I have no idea if anybody's calling and tips for them and they're following through on them.

2:52.0

I just don't think they're doing anything. I don't think they did everything they could before.

3:00.0

And I don't believe they're doing anything now.

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