Episode 301: Rhonda Ilean Smith: A Tale Of Two Stories

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Rhonda Ilean Smith was a 21 year old from Newnan, GA. She was tall-about six feet in height and had been in the US Army. On Feb. 27, 1984, Rhonda left her home early to go shopping. Rhonda's vehicle was later found at an Atlanta mall. She was never seen again. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749662602009412 Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/rhonda-ilean-smith NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/42235?nav Disappearance mentioned during the interview: https://charleyproject.org/case/mary-shotwell-little Rhonda's Unfound website page: http://theunfoundpodcast.com/2022/05/11/rhonda-ilean-smith-a-tale-of-two-stories/ Article: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/gone-cold-the-missing-dancer/85-b2ba8348-c935-42cf-b219-a57b5f7fb374 If you have any information concerning the disappearance of Rhonda Smith, please contact the Atlanta Police Department at (404) 546-5602. Spotify, iTunes, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Podbean, and many other platforms, especially outside the United States. Unfound has social media accounts on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Speaking of YouTube, join me on Wednesdays at 9pm ET on the Unfound Podcast Channel for the Live Show, the only one of its kind in true crime. Ask questions. Chat with other viewers. And give the show a thumbs up. You can contribute to Unfound in the following ways: 1. Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast 2. Paypal.me/unfoundpodcast 3. Contribute during the Live Show with Superchat. And 4. Join the YouTube Membership program for the low price of $2.99/month. I need to thank the following people for contributions to Unfound this week: The website: theunfoundpodcast.com The email address: unfoundpodcast@gmail.com And, please mention Unfound at all true crime websites and forums. Thank you.

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0:00.0	Rhonda Eileen Smith was a 21-year-old from Noon in Georgia.
0:05.2	She was tall, about six feet in height, and had been in the U.S. Army.
0:11.6	On February 27, 1984, Rhonda left her home early to go shopping.
0:18.7	Rhonda's vehicle was later found at an Atlanta mall. She was never seen again.
0:28.7	I'm Ed Dunsell, and this is unfound.
0:33.4	Music I'm I'm going to be. In disappearances, more than in any other kinds of incidents and crimes, law enforcement,
1:14.2	families, and the public are forced to wade through various versions of events.
1:21.7	This person says this, that person says that, and there's almost always no way to reconcile all of it.
1:31.1	It's either someone is telling the truth and everyone else is lying or everybody is lying.
1:39.2	Some of unfound's examples, Jennifer Perry.
1:44.0	She was allegedly seen with a myriad of people after her
1:47.7	disappearance, but there is no way she could have been with all of these different people at the
1:54.3	same time. Brenda Sika. Her sugar daddy said he was paying for the apartment where Brenda was staying.
2:02.7	Yet, there's no proof of Brenda or the sugar daddy having any connection to that address.
2:11.1	Mandy Stokes.
2:12.7	She told her boyfriend that she was riding around the parking lot in her car while talking to him on the
2:19.9	phone. Yet, the building where she lived had no parking lot. Really, there is no way to sink up
2:28.4	these and other statements in other disappearances if we accept all of them as being true.
2:36.9	Well, with Ronda Smith, you are going to hear how two important people in Ronda's life
2:43.0	pointed the finger at each other regarding a key piece of information concerning her disappearance.
2:50.6	Is there any way to get to the bottom of a tale of two stories?
2:57.5	And now a summary of the case.
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