What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody.

Thank you so much for tuning in today. If the title of this episode, the name of the man we're

going to talk about today sounds familiar, it is because we covered this case within the first year

of starting going West, but this is one that has really stuck with us over the years. And we felt like because

that episode is not in our catalog anymore, like our first 100 episodes are gone, it felt like

we just really needed to retell this story and re-research it. And it is such a mysterious

case. For any of you guys who listened to the original episode, you'll know what we're

talking about. It is strange.

Well, without further ado, let's dive back into this case. All right, guys, this is episode

506 of going west, so let's get into it.

Okay. The The In June of 1999, In June of 1999, a brilliant entomologist vanished into the night after walking home in Idaho Falls.

And when police looked into his vanishing, they found many suspicious angles. In a strangely familiar situation three years earlier,

he was assaulted while walking home from a bar. And the last person to see him before he went

missing left town that same night with a troubling discovery in his car coming up in police's search.

So what happened to this man that everyone admired?

This is the story of Darwin Vest.

Darwin Vest, who often went by Darwin, was born on April 22nd, 1951 in Idaho to Margaret and Waldo Vest,

and he had a sister named Rebecca and a brother named David.

Darwin and his siblings grew up in Idaho Falls, which is located in eastern Idaho,

along the massive and gorgeous Snake River.

And Idaho Falls, I mean, really, it's chalk full with national parks and hiking trails and a massive waterfall. Obviously, hence

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