Ian Eckles Part 3: The Broken Window
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Ian Eckles was last seen leaving his home on May 16, 2020, headed to go hunting with a friend in the mountains of Washington. Ian never met up with his friend, and no one was able to reach him for days. This sparked a massive search that went on for weeks after Ian’s car was spotted being driven by another man. On June 14, 2020, Ian was still missing, but the man believed to be responsible for his disappearance and murder was apprehended. This man is also believed to have been involved in at least two other deaths. So who is this man, and where is Ian?
After Jorge Alcantara-Gonzalez was apprehended, he was taken directly to an interview with investigators. In Part 3, we are sharing parts of this interview with you. Tune in to hear what Alcantara claims happened and what investigators believe happened the night Ian disappeared.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:20.0 | These facts, they don't dispute themselves. I already know that like I was telling you before that you're a forger. |
| 0:25.0 | You're out there looking for your supplies. We already know this, so you have to go for these supply runs. |
| 0:31.0 | And sometimes these supply runs are occurring very late at night, very early in the mornings. |
| 0:37.0 | I know that you're on a supply run that night. I know that you went down to the minimum frame store. I know that you went down there and checked the dumpster. |
| 0:45.0 | I know everywhere that you went that night, or a... |
| 0:48.0 | Where are you going? If here's where the discrepancies come in then, or hey, as I believe that you did break that back window with a rock and I think... |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, right, you did go into that campsite. You found his empty, you broke the back window with a rock. |
| 1:04.0 | I don't believe that you thought anybody was in that rig. Just like you're stating now. Just like you're stating now. |
| 1:10.0 | Nobody was in there and it's seen somebody in there, so the key is the ignition. |
| 1:14.0 | I broke the back window with a rock. I believe that. I think what we've got to listen to what we're missing here is the fact that he wasn't in that vehicle. |
| 1:26.0 | He was sleeping in the back of it. He was camping right in the back of it. Here's what I believe. I think it's start with the hell out of them. |
| 1:33.0 | That his back window just got broken out. I think he reacted, which caused a reaction on your site. |
| 1:41.0 | Ian Eccles was last seen leaving his home on May 16, 2020. He had it to go hunting with a friend in the mountains of Washington. |
| 1:50.0 | But Ian never met up with his friend and no one was able to reach him for days. |
| 1:55.0 | Sparking a massive search that went on for weeks after Ian's car was found being driven by another man. |
| 2:02.0 | On June 14, 2020, Ian was still missing, but the man believed to be responsible for his disappearance and murder was apprehended. |
| 2:12.0 | This man is also believed to have been involved in at least two other deaths. |
| 2:17.0 | So who is this man and where is Ian? |
| 2:20.0 | I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 294 of The Vanished, part three of Ian Eccles' story, The Broken Window. |
| 2:51.0 | I'm Candace Dillon, host of the podcast Killer Psychie. And in our newest season, we dissect the thoughts and behaviors of the most violent figures in history. |
| 3:01.0 | Follow Killer Psychie on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen early and add free by joining Wondery Plus on Apple Podcasts or The Wondery app. |
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