Episode 245: The Disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel

Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

Inhuman Podcast

True Crime

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Amy Wroe Bechtel disappeared from the Shoshone National Park near Lander, Wyoming on July 24, 1997 and despite many searches and an investigation into her disappearance and possible murder, she has never been found. Theories include her husband’s involvement, an accident or animal attack, or a serial killer believed to be in the area; but her case remains cold 26 years later.

If you have any information about Amy’s disappearance, you can contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 307-332-1000 or the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation at 307-777-7181.

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0:00.0	What's up, you guys? I'm Haley and I'm Andrea and this is inhuman a true crime podcast
0:05.9	In the last few years a major point of discussion in the true crime community is the
0:32.3	inability for women to do the simple activity of going for a run or really doing anything for that
0:39.2	matter by themselves and feeling safe but something that we've heard over and over again is women
0:45.9	disappearing or being murdered while being out for a run. We've heard a lot of well-known cases like
0:53.3	this and there are many many more that barely make headlines if at all and this has been happening
0:59.9	for decades and even though it's been more discussed recently it has been happening for quite
1:05.6	some time. The still unsolved disappearance of Amy Roe Bechtel follows the same tune a woman going
1:14.4	out for a jog and going missing but Amy seemingly vanished into thin air and neither she nor her body
1:22.6	have ever been found. So let's get into this story. Okay Amy Joy Roe was born on August 4th 1972
1:33.1	to Joanne and Duane Roe. She was born in Santa Barbara California but when she was young her parents
1:39.1	moved her and her three older siblings to Jackson Wyoming. Amy was a smart kid, she got good grades
1:46.3	in school and she ended up attending the University of Wyoming and in college she was a competitive
1:53.2	cross country runner which is just like gaffles me when people run competitive run for fun run
2:00.0	competitively like it's amazing to me. Same I wish I wish I was that person but reality is I have
2:08.0	bad knees and bad ankles and I'm just not that into fitness. I have tried to become a runner so
2:16.4	many times in my life and there was a period in college where like I actually kind of was a runner
2:21.6	like I would get up at like 6 a.m. in Indiana and go for a run in the winter like it was freezing
2:27.9	and I don't know what compelled me to do it and I like started building up stamina but then I just
2:33.6	stopped and never got back into it. I've heard like the longer you invest in it like the better
2:39.8	obviously you'll be good. I'm just like ooh it's supposed to be so good for you and like people
2:45.6	who do it love it. My husband's a runner and he I mean he hasn't been running much lately with
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