Gone on the 4th of July

Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters

Warner Bros. Discovery

True Crime

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After an argument with her boyfriend, 18 year-old Roxanne Paltauf leaves an Austin Texas motel on a balmy July evening and doesn't return. With her belongings left behind, family and friends speculate about what could have caused her disappearance.

Season 3, Episode 29 originally aired on Investigation Discovery on January 31, 2011.

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0:00.0	My name is Josh Gates, with a degree in archaeology and a passion for exploration.
0:06.0	I have a tendency to end up in some very strange situations.
0:10.0	There has got to be a better way to make a living.
0:13.0	My travels have taken me to the ends of the earth as I investigate the greatest legends in history.
0:19.0	We're good to fly, let's go!
0:20.0	This is Expedition Unknown.
0:23.0	Listen to Expedition Unknown on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	The End
0:43.0	Roxanne Paltoff disappeared on Friday, July 7th, 2006.
0:49.0	When a person disappears without a trace, often the most critical information is hidden in their actions and words from the days before they vanished.
0:58.0	Roxanne Paltoff's last known whereabouts may hold the clues to what happened to her.
1:04.0	A teenage girl leaves a motel one summer night and never returns.
1:09.0	She left her phone, she left her debit card, she left her purse behind and I knew at that moment something was wrong and my daughter was in danger.
1:17.0	Could the items she left behind hold clues to her disappearance?
1:21.0	I had no Roxanne's clothing, I've never seen these clothes.
1:24.0	It wasn't Roxanne's size.
1:26.0	I thought, okay, this guy's got her ID and we're going to find Roxanne.
1:31.0	Or will the results of DNA tests reveal what really happened?
1:35.0	I was just bawling my eyes out thinking, oh my god, this is Roxanne, they actually found her.
1:56.0	July 3rd, 2006.
2:05.0	It's a humid Monday morning in Austin, Texas.
2:08.0	18-year-old Roxanne Paltoff is looking forward to the July 4th holiday.
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