Beautiful Woman Missing After Night Out With Friends: Where is Gretchen?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Gretchen Fleming, 28, disappears after an evening out with a friend, but video captured her leaving the My Way Lounge & Restaurant in Parkersburg, West Virginia, with an older man.

This person of interest reportedly has provided inconsistent accounts of what happened that evening. Police say the man took Fleming to his home. He says he dropped Fleming off.

The young woman's purse with her cellphone, ID and money were left behind at the lounge. Where is Gretchen?

Joining Nancy Grace today:

David Fleming – Father
Dale Carson - High Profile Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer (Miami-Dade County), Author: "Arrest-Proof Yourself, DaleCarsonLaw.com
Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, CarynStark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark"
Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert, Founder: Cold Case Investigative Research Institute in Atlanta, GA, ColdCaseCrimes.org, @ColdCaseTips Host of new podcast: Zone 7
Dave Mack Crime online Investigative reporter

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0:00.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:05.0	The world that I inhabited gave me insight into things that most of the general public can't even
0:10.3	begin to imagine, always having to view the abnormal in the context of the normal. To make them make
0:16.7	sense, if you will, when all is said and done, I was the voice of the dead. Listen to body bags with
0:22.9	Joseph Scott Morgan on the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:37.7	A gorgeous 27-year-old girl has seemingly vanished into thin air. Where is Gretchen?
0:55.9	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and
1:00.7	Series XM1111. Let's just kick it off with a tip line, which is 304-424-1072. Repeat, 304-424-1072.
1:16.1	There is a very strong chance. We can help bring Gretchen home alive. First of all, take a listen
1:25.2	to our friends at WCHS. The Parker'sburg Police Department is asking for your help in finding
1:30.8	27-year-old Gretchen Fleming of Vienna. Detective say she was last seen the night of December 3rd and
1:36.5	4th, but relatives didn't realize she was gone quickly and did not report it until this week.
1:42.6	Police located her purse and phone, amping up concern. Detectives have worked around the
1:47.2	clock since then to cultivate information and the public has really stepped up in regard to tips
1:53.9	and even if it wasn't from that night giving us information they thought was pertinent and
1:58.4	an accommodation of that has really expedited the investigation to the point we were able to
2:04.1	obtain some search words. With me and all star panel to make sense of what we know right now,
2:11.5	but first before I introduce to you our panel, I want to go to a special guest joining us.
2:16.5	It's Gretchen's father, David Fleming. Mr. Fleming, thank you for being with us.
2:22.1	Thank you for having me. Mr. Fleming, I'm going to go into all the details surrounding
2:27.2	our disappearance as we know them from police reports, but I'm going to hear from your family's point
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