Dateline Missing in America - Ep. 19: Into Thin Air

Dateline Originals

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True Crime

4.6 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Terrence Woods grew up in Maryland and was working with a television production crew in a remote area of central Idaho when he was last seen on October 5, 2018. Witnesses told sheriff’s deputies that as they were wrapping up for the day, Terrence, 26, abruptly ran down a steep embankment into the dark. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz speaks with Terrence’s father, Terrence Woods Sr., his former journalism professor Bethany Swain, his mentor Joanna Abeyie, and retired Idaho County sheriff Doug Giddings. Terrence is 5’9” and 130 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information regarding his disappearance is asked to contact the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office at 208-983-1100. Get more information and see pictures of Terrence Woods here: https://www.nbcnews.com/datelinemissing This episode was originally published on August 1, 2024.

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0:00.0	In Idaho County, Idaho, four-wheel drive is a fact of life.
0:07.0	More than half the county's nearly 8,500 square miles are either national forest or
0:15.0	federally managed wilderness. These steep mountains and deep canyons are a draw for outdoor enthusiasts.
0:23.6	They also hold secrets.
0:26.6	On October 5, 2018, 12 members of a television production crew drove up one of those mountains
0:34.6	for a day-long shoot. That night, 11 of them returned to their motel.
0:41.5	Terrence Woods did not.
0:43.5	He was 26 years old, and he was last seen on that mountain more than five years ago.
0:51.4	What's these last few years been like since then?
0:55.8	Hell, like cancer. Like knowing something's going to kill you, but you got to deal with it and keep going.
1:00.0	That is Terence Woods Senior.
1:04.1	From the beginning, you thought, this isn't your son going missing.
1:07.5	This is something happening to him.
1:08.8	Yes, because the story from the beginning
1:11.2	didn't make no sense. What happened to his son doesn't make sense to a lot of people,
1:17.4	including Terrence's friend and mentor, Bethany Swain. Everything about the stories after Terence's
1:27.2	disappearance, I would describe as weird.
1:30.8	The sheriff who oversaw the investigation says he's baffled too.
1:35.6	There's so many possibilities that just kind of boggles us in mind.
1:40.2	That's why it's an interesting case.
1:43.0	I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Dateline Missing in America.
1:47.1	This episode is Into Thin Air.
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