Hey, it's Jason Moon. We'd like to share a special extended trailer for another unsettling

and important piece of true crime reporting. It's called The Last Ride. Here's the story.

Nearly 20 years ago, two young men of color vanished three months apart on the same road

in Naples, Florida under eerily similar circumstances.

They were both last seen with the same white sheriff's deputy. The since-fired deputy

said he gave the men rides to circle K stores, a story that could never be corroborated.

He's the only person of interest, but has never been charged. No one has.

Listen to The Last Ride on NPR1 or wherever else you get your podcasts. Here's a preview.

These two young men disappear off the face of the earth. And the last person to see them live

was this sheriff's deputy. And his stories were so inconsistent, so unbelievable.

I've been in criminal law for 35 years. I don't tell you to fly out. It's the strangest case and most unsettling case.

I couldn't not find my child anywhere. No matter what number I dial.

I had a report to tell me. I actually reported from a major network when I called trying to get attention

saying, well, the victims are except the bed. It's really damn hard to just disappear.

Something is horribly wrong. And there is no justice so far.

My name is Janine Zitland and this is The Last Ride from the USA Today Network, Florida,

and WGCU Public Media, distributed by the NPR Network.

I'm a journalist who has long covered the cases of two young men who vanished after separate encounters

with deputy Stephen Calkins, in Naples, a wealthy town on the Gulf Coast.

It's a straight shot across the Everglades from Miami.

Flee Bay Santos was last seen getting into the back of Calkins' patrol car after a minor traffic crash

in October 2003. Three months later, on the same street,

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