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Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

Chasing the Truth: The Molly and Colt Case | Rob and Cindy Dorfman

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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True Crime

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On July 7th, 2013 17-year-old Molly Miller and 22-year-old Colt Haynes disappear in Love County after a car chase with police. The car was driven by a friend, James Con Nipp. Police lost the vehicle somewhere in the area of Long Hollow Rd. and Oswalt Rd in Love County, Oklahoma. Miller and Haynes disappear after the pursuit. Nipp was prosecuted for the car chase in 2014, but no one has been charged in the disappearances of Colt and Molly.

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, talks with investigative duo Rob and Cindy Dorfman about the mysterious disappearance of Molly Miller and Colt Haynes, a cold case that has baffled investigators since 2013. Together, they scrutinize a disjointed narrative filled with police corruption, coverups, distressing 911 calls, and an unlikely crime scene.

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Show Notes:

  • [0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum. Sheryl remembers Doug Henning's inspirational escapology and draws parallels to her work in solving cold cases  
  • [1:49] Sheryl gives details about the perplexing case of Molly Miller and Colt Haynes, where an unconventional crime scene presents a tough investigative challenge
  • [3:07] Sheryl welcomes investigative duo Rob and Cindy Dorfman, who invited Sheryl to Oklahoma for this case to the listeners 
  • [6:34] Rob and Cindy reveal their commitment to uncovering the truth behind Molly and Colt's disappearance and their deep respect for Paula Fielder, Molly's cousin
  • [11:30] The episode takes a darker turn as Sheryl introduces possible corruption within local law enforcement connected to the case
  • [12:58] Sheryl raises questions about Khan's non-interrogation immediately after the chase, highlighting gaps in the investigation
  • [16:21] 911 call from Molly's phone during the chase – was it intentional or an accident?
  • [20:35] A heart-wrenching moment when it's revealed that Molly and Colt called friends for help, lost in the woods after the chase
  • [22:35] Question: Can you tell us about the accidental 911 call in 2014?
  • [30:04] Sheryl underlines the crucial role of resource anticipation in an investigation, imparting a lesson to aspiring investigators
  • [0:00] “Sometimes life has a way of nudging you in a direction you need. To be going. Don't fight it. It'll make sense on the other side.” -S.H
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

You can connect and learn more about Sheryl’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org

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0:00.0

In 1975, a guy came on TV and he was going to try the impossible, the water torture escape.

0:17.0

Now I didn't have any idea what that was, but the way this thing was billed, there

0:22.5

wasn't no way I was going to miss it.

0:24.9

He was going to try to break Houdini's record.

0:29.1

I knew who Houdini was, but I didn't know this man.

0:33.1

His name was Doug Henning, and I was captivated watching him, and the way they built this

0:39.7

thing up, they were like, we're not going to have any commercial breaks.

0:43.3

Well, I was all in.

0:45.0

Then years later, about 1982, Walt and I were watching him again, and he had a black horse

0:51.8

and a white horse that he turned into a zebra.

0:56.7

And sometimes I feel like that's what I do on these cold cases.

1:00.7

I take two completely separate things and I blend them.

1:04.6

I blend them to make sense to me.

1:06.2

I blend them to move the case forward.

1:08.2

And then I remember what Doug Henning would always say at the end of his

1:11.6

show. He would say, nothing is impossible. Well, I feel like I've got a case right now that's

1:18.4

impossible that I want to tell you all about. I normally like to start a cold case where it ended.

1:24.6

But in this case, I don't have that. I don't know where it ended. In fact,

1:29.3

there's no crime scene at all that anybody can take me to. We don't have a place that was

1:34.3

located, taped off, processed. There's no place evidence was found. All we have are theories,

1:41.3

rumors, piece-milled facts that all point to a sinister picture.

1:48.7

It was July 7, 2013, when 17-year-old Molly Miller and 22-year-old Colt Haynes

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