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If you've ever watched shows like Yellowstone, you know that sometimes at West on a ranch,

there are secrets. Secrets never supposed to leave the crowd. Something a ranch hand in

Gunnison, Colorado would discover firsthand in 2017. Jeremy McDonald had been going

about his work. When he noticed two other ranchers examining something they'd uncovered,

digging in the horse crow with a backhoe. And when he went in for a closer look, Jeremy saw

what appeared to be rip bones, human rip bones, poking out from a dirty white sheet of plastic.

It's the moment Jeremy was told, you know you can't ever leave now, right? Join me now

as we take a look into the mysterious disappearance of Jake Millison, a cattle rancher set out to inherit

an entire family ranch. You'll also learn about a group of friends who stopped at nothing

to force the ranch into giving up its deadliest hidden secret.

29 year old Jacob Millison had been talking about that day for almost a month, March 15,

2015, opening night for a new movie, Mad Max Fury Road, playing at the Majestic Theater

in Crestibute, Colorado. It wasn't so much Jake was a rabid fan, he just preferred planning

things well in advance. And with every good group of friends, there needs to be a glue

person. The friend holding it all together, the responsible one, the planner, the one

who always shows up on time and gives you grief if you don't. Jake was that guy. A trait

his friends both found enduring and infuriating at the same time.

Randy Martinez, one of Jake's best friends since childhood, was accompanying him that night.

But when the two friends went to grab a quick bite before the show, Randy noticed his

friend barely had enough money to cover his bell, just enough to cover the cost of his

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