Dateline Missing in America - Ep. 16: Running Man

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True Crime

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Goodrich left his home in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 3, 2023. On the night of his disappearance, Tyler and his husband, Marshall Vogel, were arguing, and Marshall called 911. Home security video shows a figure running from their house minutes after the call. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz speaks with Marshall, as well as several of Tyler’s family members and close friends. UPDATE: On March 8, 2025, remains later identified as Tyler were found about 967 yards from his house in a wooded area previously searched by volunteers. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office believes Tyler’s body had been there more than a year. While the cause of death remains a mystery, with autopsy results pending, officials do not believe it was a homicide. Anyone with information about Tyler’s case is asked to call the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office at 402-441-6500. This episode was originally published on July 23, 2024.

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0:00.0	It was Tyler Goodrich's 36th birthday, and in his hometown of Bennett, Nebraska, that meant it was time for a party.
0:13.0	Good to see you again.
0:15.0	Good to see you.
0:16.0	There was an Oreo cake, Tyler's favorite, and of course, this. Happy birthday, dear Tyler,
0:25.6	Happy birthday to you.
0:31.6	Love you, son.
0:33.6	This party was like any birthday celebration, except for one huge thing. The guest of honor wasn't
0:40.6	there. Tyler Goodrich had disappeared five months earlier on November 3rd, 2003. He's still missing,
0:50.0	and the people he loves most can't make any sense of it.
0:56.5	Lonnie Goodrich is Tyler's father.
1:02.1	Every night before I go to bed, I stand at the window and I beg him for answers.
1:04.3	I beg him to come home.
1:10.4	Tyler's sister, Felicia Nicholson, is struggling to adjust to this new reality. I'm so frustrated and angry that somebody knows where Tyler is.
1:18.6	Somebody knows something.
1:21.6	This disappearance has baffled investigators.
1:24.6	It has also brought a community together. People are making yard signs and printing
1:29.9	flyers. You couldn't drive down a single street without seeing Tyler's face. I mean, you still can't.
1:37.9	I'm Josh Manikowitz, and this is Dateline Missing in America. This episode is Running Man.
1:45.5	We first covered
1:46.7	Tyler's case
1:47.5	in December
1:48.1	2003.
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