Johnathan Lee Hamilton - Part 1

The Vanished Podcast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 14 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

26-year-old Johnathan Lee Hamilton left his home in Houston, Texas on May 2, 2015. Two days later, he showed up a couple hours away in the town of Bastrop, Texas. He abandoned his vehicle in a Best Buy parking lot, it had run out of gas. Several people in the town of Bastrop, including police, interacted with Johnathan that day and then he simply vanished without a trace. In this first part of Johnathan’s story, we’re going to dig into the days leading up to his disappearance up until the last time that he was reportedly seen on May 4th.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Johnathan Lee Hamilton, you can send tips on Facebook through Johnathan Lee Hamilton Missing or you can contact the Bastrop Police Department at (512) 332-8600 or (512) 332-8603 or you can even mail it to them anonymously at 104 Grady Tuck Ln, Bastrop, TX 78602.

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2019 UPDATE- In July of 2019, a jaw bone was recovered in the area where Johnathan went missing. On August 23, 2019, Johnathan’s family was notified that the dental comparison was a match.

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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.
0:18.0	And I'll tell you, I don't know what to think. I don't know what to believe.
0:26.0	None of this makes sense.
0:31.0	There's too many individuals telling different stories, including law enforcement.
0:39.0	Somebody knows what happened.
0:42.0	John, it didn't matter to us. He still matters to us.
0:48.0	We love him. We miss him. This is not right.
0:55.0	Well, we're over two years later and there's no sign of him.
1:02.0	And generally, we can find something.
1:09.0	26-year-old Jonathan Hamilton left his home in Houston, Texas on May 2, 2015.
1:17.0	Two days later, he showed up in Bastrop, Texas, which is just a couple hours away from where he was last seen in Houston.
1:25.0	He abandoned his vehicle and had best-by-parking lot. It had run out of gas.
1:30.0	Several people in the town of Bastrop, including the police, interacted with Jonathan that day.
1:36.0	And then, he simply vanished off the face of the earth.
1:40.0	In this first part of Jonathan's story, we're going to dig into the days leading up to his disappearance, up until the last time he was reportedly seen on May 4.
1:49.0	This is one of those cases that will leave you wondering, guessing, coming up with theories. It's truly a mystery.
1:55.0	I'm Rissa, and this is Episode 95 of The Vanished, part one of Jonathan Hamilton's story.
2:03.0	The Vanished, part one of Jonathan's story.
2:17.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape and found me Rob Briden on my podcast.
2:28.0	In this series of Briden and I, I talk to, among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.
2:38.0	And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour, never longer.
2:43.0	It's terrific conversation, reminiscent, sweat appropriate, and exchange of anecdotes.
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