Welcome to Secrets True Crime. I am your host Amber Sitten.

What is done in darkness will eventually come to light.

That is the purpose of this podcast.

To shine light on the story of Susan Osbord and her 14-year-old son Evan Shartrand.

They vanished from their home in the tiny Alabama community of Holtville on Memorial Day in 2017.

They haven't been seen or heard from since, and their bodies have not been found.

This is episode 9 of a serial podcast with each episode building upon the previous. If you have not listened to episodes 1 through 8,

please stop and listen to it first,

or you probably won't understand what's happening in this episode.

Listener discretion is advised. episode. content, murder, and adult themes. It's not suitable for younger listeners.

If you know or have known Jerry or knew Susan after she was married to Jerry, I want to hear from you. Someone knows something.

Information you may think is smaller and significant could make a difference in this case,

and you can remain anonymous. Secrets true crime at gmail.com

We are going to discuss Jerry Osbourn quite a bit in this episode.

I want to reiterate that Jerry Osborne has maintained his innocence.

To my knowledge, he still claims that Susan and Evan left their home with another man.

Shortly after I began looking into the disappearance of Susan and Evan, I realized they aren't the only missing people in Elmore County.

On my first trip down to the area for interviews back in January,

my husband and I spent some time putting up missing persons flyers for Susan and Evan Evan around the shops and restaurants in the downtown

Wietumka area.

My husband went into one of the quaint shops.

He asked a clerk in the store if they would be willing to put up the missing person's flyer and he was

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