Blount County: The Murder of Christian Boyle
The Fall Line: True Crime
The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Eighteen-year-old Christian Boyle was a fixture in his small town of Cleveland, Alabama. A fraternal twin who was "smart as a whip," Christian spent his days working construction and helping his mother, Kerry, care for his quadriplegic father. But when he failed to show up for laundry and missed his usual goodnight text on December 12, 2017, his family knew something was wrong.
In the first episode of this two-part series, we detail the 13-day search across the rural backroads of Blount County and the systemic delays that left a family hunting for answers on their own. We examine the devastating discovery made on Christmas night and the emergence of a shocking lead: Christian had been an unarmed witness to a homicide in Birmingham just 48 hours before he vanished.
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The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the first episode in a two-part series, and the third series in our latest season covering cold cases across the United States. |
| 0:08.0 | The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are solely the interviewee zone. |
| 0:12.0 | All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
| 0:16.2 | This series discusses crime scenes, violence, and homicide. |
| 0:20.1 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:28.8 | This is the fall line. Last season, we told you about Eric Nellums, a Columbus, |
| 0:36.7 | Georgia-born veteran and father who'd moved |
| 0:38.8 | to Phoenix City, Alabama with his family. It's a town just over the state line, along the |
| 0:44.2 | Chattahoochee River and on the easternmost edge. When we told you about Eric's murder, how he'd |
| 0:49.8 | been shot to death in his own driveway in September of 2003, and that no one had ever been arrested |
| 0:55.5 | for the crime, we were already working with another Alabama family who were facing the same |
| 1:00.7 | frustrations. Another murder, a likely connected case long solved, and investigative leads |
| 1:07.3 | they felt had never fully been followed through. This time, though, the tragedy had |
| 1:12.6 | unfolded almost 200 miles northwest of Phoenix City, in Blount County, in the Appalachian |
| 1:18.3 | foothills of the state. That's where 18-year-old Christian Boyle lived, in the tiny town of |
| 1:23.9 | Cleveland, population less than 2000. He'd grown up there with his twin brother, |
| 1:28.6 | Brandon. The boys were raised by their great aunt and their great uncle, Carrie and George, |
| 1:33.8 | who adopted them when they were six. George had broken his neck in a car accident years |
| 1:39.0 | before the twins were born, and as a result was quadriplegic. Though Carrie and George hadn't expected to raise two |
| 1:46.4 | little boys, they managed, and Brandon said they instilled a lot of values that he holds important |
| 1:52.6 | to this day. Christian was an outgoing, friendly teenager who loved his family, friends, cars, |
| 1:59.7 | the rodeo, and had talked about all kinds of career paths, |
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