Final Steps: Cold Cases Featuring Missing / Murdered Runners and Pedestrians

Last Seen Alive

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

From quick errands to long runs, the cold cases included in this episode feature stories of victims who set out on foot and never returned home. Each of these little-known cases are in critical need of tips from the public, so join us as we retrace the final steps of four separate victims in this special multi-case episode of Last Seen Alive.

Stories in this episode include:

The 1979 murder of North Carolina college student Tammy Aldridge, who went for a run while visiting home during a break and was waylaid by a cruel killer.

The 1981 disappearance of small-town Pennsylvania teenager Michele Reidenbach, who walked just a block away from her place of work on an errand, and vanished without a trace.

The 1990 cold case murder of Jennifer Bailey, who set out for a jog on a popular Kentucky running trail, only to be fatally attacked by a man who has remained unidentified for more than 30 years.

The 2011 murder of 23-year-old David Grubbs, who was brutally attacked and killed while walking along an Oregon bike path on his way home from work.

If you know anything about the murder of Tammy Aldridge, please call the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office at 336-570-6300.

If you have any information related to the disappearance of Michelle Reidenbach, please contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 724-284-8100. Or, if you prefer to submit your tip online and / or to remain anonymous, you can do so at crimewatchpa.com. There’s a “submit a tip” button in the upper right-hand corner of that page; just give it a click.

If you have any information on the murder of Jennifer Bailey—or on the murder of Greta Henson—please call the Kentucky State Police Post 10 at 606-573-3131.

If you have any information whatsoever related to the death of David Grubbs, call the Ashland Police Department at 541-552-2333. Or, if you’d prefer to remain anonymous, you can call or text Crime Stoppers of Southern Oregon at 1-800-850-0580.

See photos from this episode and check out the sources we used to research it here: https://lastseenalivepodcast.com/2024/02/05/final-steps-cold-cases-featuring-missing-murdered-runners-and-pedestrians/

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0:00.0	From quick errands to long runs, the cold cases included in this episode feature stories of victims who set out on foot and never returned home.
0:08.8	Each of these little-known cases is in critical need of tips from the public, so join us as we retrace the final steps of four separate victims in this special multi-case episode of Last Seen Alive.
0:20.6	Stories in this episode include the 1979 murder of North Carolina college student Tammy Aldridge,
0:26.7	who went for a run while visiting home during a break and was waylaid by a cruel killer.
0:31.4	The 1981 disappearance of small-town Pennsylvania teenager Michelle Riedenbach, who walked
0:36.2	just a block away from her place of work on
0:38.2	an errand and vanished without a trace. The 1990 cold case murder of Jennifer Bailey, who set out for a
0:44.4	jog on a popular Kentucky running trail only to be fatally attacked by a man who has remained
0:48.9	unidentified for more than 30 years. And the 2011 murder of 23-year-old David Grubbs, who was brutally attacked and killed while walking
0:57.3	along an Oregon bike path on his way home from work.
1:19.0	Music Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.
1:24.0	I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.
1:26.2	As always, I'm a co-host Scott.
1:29.3	This year, Scott and I have decided to add something new to our episode lineup, something that will allow us to cover more cold cases in serious need of tips.
1:35.8	We'll still be putting out our regular single-case episodes every other Monday. Nothing has changed
1:40.4	in that regard. But in addition to that, every quarter will be releasing an extra
1:44.8	episode that includes three to four cold cases told back to back. We aired our first extra
1:50.5	episode in this style in December of 2023 on the podcast's fourth anniversary. We used Spotify's
1:56.9	Q&A feature to ask those of you who listen on that platform whether you'd like to hear more
2:01.1	extra episodes in this format, and the vast majority of you who replied said yes. So we'll be
2:07.3	airing four of these special episodes in 2024, one for each quarter of the year. That way,
2:12.8	we can cover up to a dozen more cold cases over the course of the year. Each of the stories in these episodes
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