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On March 30th, 2010, 31-year-old Jacob Kavanaugh spent the evening playing a casual

round of frisbee golf with a friend in Traverse City, Michigan. When the game wrapped up,

Jacob's friend invited him to hang out at a local

park, but he declined, saying that he had homework to do for his college classes. He dropped the

friend off and said he was heading home to his mom's house where he lived. But that was the last time

anyone in Michigan would see Jacob Cabinard. In the coming days, puzzling clues emerged suggesting that

instead of driving home, Jacob had driven over 1,200 miles south instead. By the end of that week,

Jacob had vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystifying trail that stretched from Michigan

to Texas and a family who doesn't believe

he would have left them willingly.

When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing.

I want to tell the stories of those who never came home.

Today, I want to tell you the story of Jacob Kavanaugh.

I'm Conan Gallagher.

And I'm Ethan Flick.

And this is, and then they were gone. Welcome back, everyone.

Thank you for joining us once again.

I'm Kona.

And I'm Ethan.

And we're the husband and wife team behind this podcast.

Each week, I tell you the story of an unsolved missing person's case.

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