Caleb Diehl Part 1: The Disappearance

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On the outside, 18-year-old Caleb Ray Diehl was a normal teenager living a relatively normal teenage life. He was born and raised in a small town – Nocona, Texas – and extremely close to his family. After celebrating his 18th birthday party at his Mom’s house, Caleb prepared to make the hour and a half drive to his sister’s house in Bedford, where he was living while he finished high school. He never made it, and he’s not been seen since. When someone the Diehl family knew began making strange claims concerning Caleb’s disappearance, it was confusing. The man was close to them, and it was unimaginable he’d try to muddy the waters just to save Caleb’s mother worry. So, was it for a more nefarious purpose? Part 1 of 2.

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0:00.0	Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. The Gone Cole Podcasts may contain violent or graphic subject matter.
0:24.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:27.7	On the last weekend of March 2015, 18-year-old Caleb Deal was in his hometown of Nacona Texas celebrating his
0:36.5	birthday with family and friends. It was two weeks past the date but Caleb
0:42.2	was living with his sister Courtney in an apartment in Bedford,
0:46.3	so the late birthday celebration was nothing out of the ordinary. That Monday, March 30th, 2015, Caleb skipped school to stay in Nacona for an extra day.
0:58.0	Courtney wasn't happy about that.
1:01.0	I know you've got senioritis, she sternly said, but you can't miss any more class if you want to graduate. Are you coming home tonight? Caleb, sitting on his mom's couch tying his shoes never looked up.
1:14.8	Yes, I'm coming home.
1:17.3	At about 5 p.m. Caleb told his sister he was going to swing by his friend Christian's place before heading back to Bedford.
1:25.7	He collected his things, climbed into the Chevy pickup truck.
1:29.6	His boss loaned him while his vehicle was being repaired and drove off.
1:34.0	Caleb Deal was never seen again.
1:37.0	After they realized he was gone,
1:40.0	Caleb's siblings and parents imagined every possible scenario.
1:45.0	A car wreck, a prolonged hangover, and although he wasn't known to use drugs,
1:51.3	they wondered if he'd gotten into something and was in over his head. But it was
1:56.2	the series of increasingly bizarre behaviors of a close family friend and absolutely abhorrent acts it was later discovered he
2:05.6	committed that shocked Caleb's loved ones into theorizing a previously
2:10.7	unthinkable scenario.
2:13.0	Caleb has never been found, and the man almost certainly responsible has alluded punishment for his disappearance. You're going to be here. Nacona, Texas isn't known to many folks around the world or even the United States, but it's
2:51.2	a place rich with history. Located in the northern portion of Monteague County,
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