Andrew Dixon Part 4: What Followed Him
The Vanished Podcast
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Over the past three weeks, we’ve followed Andrew Dixon’s story from the beginning, from the life he was trying to build, to the challenges he faced, to the fear and confusion that seemed to grow in the weeks leading up to his disappearance.
We traced Andrew’s final known movements, the early investigation, and the discovery of the car abandoned along a remote stretch of highway roughly 45 miles north of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. But beyond that point, Andrew’s trail goes cold. There is no way to know for certain whether Andrew was behind the wheel when that vehicle was abandoned, or whether he ever made it to that stretch of highway at all.
As the investigation continued, new information complicated the picture. Early assumptions began to shift, and those closest to Andrew were left trying to make sense of details that often did not fully add up.
In this fourth and final installment of Andrew’s story, we take a closer look at the search efforts, the theories surrounding what may have happened to Andrew, and the questions that still remain unanswered.
In Andrew’s case, every possibility comes with contradictions. Every theory leaves something unexplained. Until Andrew is found, the people who love him are left searching for answers in the spaces between what is known and what is missing.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode includes discussion of self-harm. |
| 0:03.6 | If you or someone you love is struggling, help is available at 9-88. |
| 0:15.7 | I think it's important for people to understand that there's a lot of man hours that go into stuff like this. |
| 0:21.4 | And just because it's not obvious that somebody's doing something, I don't know, I guess |
| 0:25.9 | it's important for them to understand that it's not like TV. |
| 0:31.1 | He was definitely a person that tried. He definitely wanted to be a good man in his own way, |
| 0:36.6 | even though I don't think he really had a direct father figure in his life. |
| 0:41.0 | The whole fighting thing, I really believe, my opinion, is he was trying to prove something, prove competence, prove strength, |
| 0:49.8 | prove his manhood in some way, his young man do. |
| 0:52.6 | And he really, really just wanted to be a good person. |
| 0:55.9 | I remember him is definitely not a bad egg in any way. Him disappearing like this is just not |
| 1:01.8 | anything I ever imagined. Honestly, if he's able to hear this somehow, just let him know, I guess, |
| 1:08.0 | that people care, and we want to know that you're okay. |
| 1:12.8 | Hopefully, there can be some sort of good outcome, or at least people can get some sort of answers, |
| 1:18.2 | because just not knowing is so hard. |
| 1:21.3 | It's like you don't even know how to feel about it, really. |
| 1:23.5 | You are sad about the situation, but you don't know if you're able to grieve or find relief or what. |
| 1:30.7 | It's just so unknown. |
| 1:33.5 | Over the past three weeks, we have followed Andrew Dixon's story from the very beginning. |
| 1:38.5 | You learned about the life he was trying to build, the challenges he faced, |
| 1:42.6 | and the fear and confusion that seemed to grow in the |
| 1:44.9 | weeks leading up to his disappearance. We walked through Andrew's final known movements, his last |
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