Bob Boyes

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

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

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

9-year-old Bob Boyes disappeared from Port Republic, Maryland, on December 26, 1968, the day after Christmas. Bob and his brothers had gone to a neighbors' home to show off their new toys. Bob's brothers left the friends' home, but Bob stayed behind. Bob later left to walk home, accompanied by his pet deer, Pete. But according to Bob's parents, he never made it home, and his pet deer later returned without Bob. Nearly 53 years have passed since that chilly winter day that Bob disappeared, but many of his remaining family members still hope that someone will crack this cold case.

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Written, hosted, produced by Marissa Jones

Researched assistance by Haley Gray

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	What's so strange, and I say it to this day, nobody wants to talk about it. Let it go, let it go, let it go. I mean, not two children, mother, adults now, but if my child is not here, I'm going to be there.
0:22.0	What's so strange, and I say it to this day, nobody wants to talk about it. Let it go, let it go, let it go.
0:30.0	I mean, not two children, mother, adults now, but if my child was missing, I can't even imagine, even for a day, let alone years and months and nobody wanted to talk about it. And that was always the one trying to find out.
0:50.0	There's many things we do to try to not see or to try to bear or to try to live with such secrets.
0:56.0	9-year-old Bob Boyce disappeared from Port Republic, Maryland on December 26, 1968, the day after Christmas. That morning, Bob and his brothers had gone to a neighbor's home to show off their new toys.
1:13.0	After spending some time there, Bob's brothers left the friend's home, but Bob wanted to stay behind and play longer.
1:20.0	Bob later left to walk home, accompanied by his pet dear Pete, but according to Bob's parents, he never made it home, and his pet dear later returned without Bob.
1:32.0	Nearly 53 years have passed since that chilly winter day that Bob disappeared, but many of his remaining family members still hope that someone will come forward with a new lead that will help crack this cold case.
1:45.0	I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 308 of The Vanished. Bob Boyce's story.
1:52.0	I'm Candace Dillon, host of the podcast Killer Psychie, and in our newest season, we dissect the thoughts and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.
1:59.0	Follow Killer Psychie on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts, or you can listen early and add free by joining Wondery Plus on Apple Podcasts or The Wondery App.
2:12.0	I'm Candace Dillon, host of the podcast Killer Psychie, and in our newest season, we dissect the thoughts and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.
2:17.0	Follow Killer Psychie on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts, or you can listen early and add free by joining Wondery Plus on Apple Podcasts or The Wondery App.
2:30.0	At the time that Bob disappeared, he was living with his family in the very rural town of Port Republic, Maryland, which is part of Calvert County.
2:39.0	Port Republic is located on a peninsula, with a Chesapeake Bay to the east, and the Patuxent River to the west.
2:47.0	Today, this area is still rural, but it was even more so more than a half a century ago.
2:53.0	Bob and his siblings spent much of their time playing in the woods, creeks, and coves nearby.
2:59.0	The Boyce family had a large property, with both a house and a mobile home situated on it.
3:05.0	At the time, the family was staying in the mobile home because the house was in need of work.
3:11.0	Bob was the second oldest of the five Boyce children at the time, three boys and two girls.
3:18.0	Bob's sister Joy was just three years old when Bob disappeared.
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