Junaliza Maturan Oroc Chappell Part 1: The Exit Plan
The Vanished Podcast
Audible
4.5 • 15.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In February of 2007, 27-year-old Junaliza Chappell was preparing to leave Georgia and begin a new life in California with her 3-year-old daughter, Ashley. Juna had accepted a new job, traveled to Florida for training, placed some of her belongings in storage, and arranged for Ashley to stay with trusted friends on the West Coast while she completed the final steps of her move.
Juna planned to fly back to Atlanta, retrieve her car, and drive west. Juna never showed up for her new job on the day she was scheduled to begin, she never returned to pick up Ashley, and she's never been seen or heard from again.
Juna’s husband, Timothy Chappell, claimed he picked her up at the Atlanta airport and took her to Walmart to pick up a prescription. According to Timothy, Juna went inside the store and never came back out. From the beginning, that story did not sit right with the people who knew her.
In Part 1 of this series, we will begin with Juna’s life, what she was trying to leave behind, the plan she had made, and the first questions that emerged after Juna disappeared.
If you have any information about the disappearance of Junaliza Chappell, please contact the Atlanta Police Department Missing Persons Unit at 404-546-4235.
Ashley has also created an email address for tips. If you have information but do not feel comfortable contacting law enforcement directly, you can email bringjunalizahome@gmail.com. Tips can be sent anonymously.
If you have a missing loved one that you would like to have featured on the show, please fill out our case submission form.
Follow The Vanished on social media at:
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The vans surrounded his car. |
| 0:09.6 | They all jumped out of their vans with guns pointed. |
| 0:13.6 | They had vest on. |
| 0:14.8 | They were on the microphone telling him to get out, put his hands up. |
| 0:19.1 | A woman opened the car door and grabbed me from the backseat. |
| 0:23.4 | And she said, are you Ashley Chapel? |
| 0:25.2 | And I said, yes. |
| 0:26.8 | She said, you're safe now. |
| 0:29.1 | I don't know that missing persons cases always get the resources |
| 0:33.4 | that they need as opposed to your homicide units. |
| 0:36.3 | For a lot of years, I think it was just looked at differently. They also switched detectives a lot through the years, even on June's case. It just seemed like it was always a different detective every time I tried to reach back out to Atlanta PD. That may have been their resources. That may have been their manpower issues. I don't really know, but I think that threw a wrench in it as well |
| 0:55.0 | and probably slowed down and made it cold. |
| 0:57.6 | I think it's getting better. |
| 0:58.6 | I just think it also requires someone who gets a passion for that particular case. |
| 1:04.7 | I think I got just a little personally involved in this case |
| 1:08.0 | is why it just became so important to me. |
| 1:10.7 | There's just certain cases that speak to your heart, and this was one of them that did it for me. |
| 1:16.3 | In February of 2007, 27-year-old Junaliza Chapel was preparing to start a new chapter in her life. |
| 1:24.2 | Most of the people who were close to Junaliza called her Juna. |
| 1:29.5 | Juna had built a career as a truck driver recruiter while she was living in the Atlanta, Georgia area, with her husband Timothy and their |
| 1:34.7 | three-year-old daughter, Ashley. But behind the scenes, Juna's marriage was falling apart. She had made |
| 1:40.9 | the decision to leave and accepted a new job opportunity in California. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audible, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Audible and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

