Case Update: Paige Johnson
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
We initially told Paige’s story in February of 2020. Since that time, there have been many developments in her case, including the recovery of her remains and the arrest of the person suspected of seriously harming or killing her. At the time we first aired the podcast, Paige’s family was still looking for answers, distributing flyers, conducting searches, and meeting with law enforcement in the hopes of making progress in bringing Paige home. We left off with a brokenhearted family who had been forever changed by Paige’s disappearance and ten years without answers.
If you have any information about the death of Paige Johnson, please call the Covington, Kentucky Police Department at 859-292-2222.
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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. |
| 0:14.0 | This episode originally aired on February 3rd, 2020. To refresh your memory, I will replay the original episode with an update at the end, with new interviews from Pages Family. |
| 0:27.0 | If you remember this story well, you can fast forward to about the one hour and ten minute mark. That's where the update begins. |
| 0:38.0 | That'll always be my biggest, you know, what if I shouldn't have. You know what I mean? But I try not to blame myself for that anymore because what's done is done. |
| 0:46.0 | But, you know, it's like, you need to go out with her about an item. I was like, well, no, I'm like, just come down with us. You know what? We'll be down there. And Jason, she was a friend of my child's father and she was downstairs with another buddy. |
| 1:02.0 | And we were all friends. We were all mutual friends. I'm like, we can hang out and party down here. You know what? Just come down here later. |
| 1:08.0 | She had her own things. She wanted to go do like that. So she initially goes with me. So when I found down because Jason, to see if she ever made it, she wasn't there. And he was like, yeah, your sister sent me up, dude. She never showed up. |
| 1:22.0 | And I just took it as whatever I didn't think nothing of it. No, we heard him, like, oh, I just started getting carried away and just doing whatever. |
| 1:31.0 | You know, I just really think a whole lot of that. I mean, it wasn't nothing. I was like, oh, my God, you can trouble. |
| 1:39.0 | On September 22, 2010, 17-year-old Paige Johnson left her mother's home in Florence, Kentucky, with an acquaintance. |
| 1:48.0 | Allegedly to go to a party in the nearby town of Covington. |
| 1:52.0 | At some point during that evening, Paige sent a message to her sister, saying, girl, call me now. I need to talk to you ASAP. |
| 2:01.0 | This acquaintance claimed to have dropped Paige off in the early morning hours of the 23rd near her sister's home in Covington. |
| 2:09.0 | Paige never returned home after that evening. And that was the last time anyone has ever heard from her. |
| 2:16.0 | More than nine years later, Paige's family is still waiting for her to come home, and searching for answers as to what happened on that September night. |
| 2:25.0 | Amarissa and from Wondery, this is episode 210 of The Vanished, Paige Johnson's story. |
| 2:52.0 | 13 years ago, in one of the cramped dorm rooms of prestigious Sarah Lawrence College, a nightmare unfolded. |
| 2:59.0 | The students didn't know it yet, but when a bizarre new roommate moved in, he would change their lives forever. |
| 3:05.0 | Devil in the dorm, an exclusive new podcast on Wondery Plus, dives into the horrifying story of Larry Ray, who moved into the dorms with his daughter. |
| 3:14.0 | After he started to control, manipulate, and brainwash some of the students, and before long, Ray had amassed what could be best described as a small cult following. |
| 3:23.0 | Devil in the dorm, a six-part investigative series, draws from transcripts, exhibits, audio files, and video recordings from Larry Ray's federal trial to give listeners unprecedented insight into his heinous crimes, which include extorting millions of dollars through violence, psychological torture, and forced sex work. |
| 3:43.0 | You can listen to Devil in the dorm, exclusively on Wondery Plus, join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, or on Apple Podcasts. |
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