E199: Travis Roberson

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Cloud10

True Crime

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On February 28th, 2006, Travis Dewayne Roberson went missing during a night out with friends on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They were celebrating Mardi Gras and the street, close to the University of Arkansas campus, was bustling. So, when Travis simply disappeared on his way to wait at a friend’s car, it’s hard to fathom how noone saw anything. Was there an accident? Was there a targeted attack on Travis because of the witness testimony he was set to make in the coming months? Sadly, the Roberson family is still asking themselves those same questions. In this episode, we spoke with Travis’s sister Sonya to help us understand the details of the case. Please share his story and continue to show support to his family. Facebook Page Link for Travis Roberson: https://www.facebook.com/missingtravisroberson #BringTravisHome Please consider supporting the pod by joining us over on our Patreon page! Are you up-to-date on all our regular content? Get access to monthly mini-episodes as well as one full solved case per month by joining today! Be a part of the C & C Fam by going to https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases to register! BlendJet Offer: Use my special link (https://zen.ai/coffeeandcasesblendpromo) to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Motley Fool Offer: Save $110* off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to fool.com/coffeeandcases and use promo code coffeeandcases and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price.Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Cure Hydration: Try Cure today and feel the difference for yourself! Use my special link (https://zen.ai/coffeeandcasespod20) for 20% off your order, coupon activated at checkout! Nom Nom: Try Nom Nom today; go to https://trynom.com/coffeeandcases and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On April 11, 2019, the Arkansas General Assembly voted on and approved a new bill, House Bill 1881, also known as Act 920.
0:13.9	The bill focuses on, quote, an act concerning the investigation into a missing or unidentified person, concerning the national
0:22.9	missing and unidentified person system, and for other purposes, end quote.
0:28.4	The specific element in that bill that is crucial to our case this week is the following line,
0:35.6	quote, a law enforcement agency shall not require a delay before accepting or investigating a report of a missing person when reliable information has been provided to the law enforcement agency that the person is missing, end quote.
0:54.2	You see, until April of 2019, when an adult went missing in Arkansas, you had to wait for
1:01.3	72 hours before filing a missing person's report, losing precious time.
1:08.5	Now, those reports will be taken without delay, a welcomed change for so many
1:14.5	families. The family at the center of our case this week would have been happy for a full-scale
1:21.0	investigation, even one that took place 72 hours after their brother went missing. Instead, they found that
1:31.0	far longer had passed with no one looking into his case, an oversight that meant so many
1:40.0	questions went unanswered and so many clues were never discovered.
1:45.8	This is the case of Travis Robertson.
1:50.5	Music I'm . ... Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold. My name is Allison Williams.
2:30.8	And my name is Maggie Damron. We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that
2:35.1	someone out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement,
2:40.0	so justice and closure can be brought to these families. With each case, we encourage you to continue
2:44.9	in the conversation on our Facebook page, Coffee in Cases Podcast, because, as we all know,
2:50.7	conversation helps to keep the missing
2:52.5	person in the public consciousness, helping keep their memories alive. So sit back,
2:57.7	sip your coffee, and listen to what's brewing this week. Maggie, for our case this week,
3:05.8	I had the pleasure of speaking with Travis's sister, Sonia. And this case,
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