It was Thanksgiving Day 2018 when 29-year-old Kelsey Barreth vanished from her small Colorado town.

One moment she was baking cinnamon rolls for the holiday and the next she was gone.

No witnesses, no sign of a struggle, and no goodbyes.

This wasn't just a disappearance.

It was a puzzle that would take months to piece together, and what investigators

eventually found was darker than anyone could have imagined.

Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring

myself, Mandy, and my dear friend, Melissa.

Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing all right. Wonderful. Great.

How are you? I'm good. You should say great because not only have we seen each other a lot

the past few days because we've been recording a lot,

but I literally ran into you at Costco yesterday. You did. I was, I don't know, I had my headphones on

and I was trying to pull up on my phone the list that like my, my family always sends me their shopping

list. Their wish list. In their own text. So I'm like pulling up everyone's text messages and just trying to make sure I hit every aisle. I did forget one thing at Costco and it wasn't that important, but I forgot one thing yesterday. So yeah, so I'm sure it won't be long before I'm back there. I feel like I live there.

I know. I, well, I know you've, I've heard you say recently you were there. And so when I went and I saw you, I was like, oh, she is really taking this executive membership and really using it for all its worth. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I don't know. My kids are always saying we have nothing to eat. And I'm like, what do you want me to buy?

I don't get it.

I'm like, I go to Costco.

I stock't know. My kids are always saying we have nothing to eat. And I'm like, what do you want me to buy? I don't get it. I'm like, I go to Costco. I stock up on snacks that nobody needs. And they still say, why don't we have any snacks? And like, I don't know what else to do. I don't know what else there even is.

My favorite is not only we don't have anything like snacks, but like when I ask specifically,

well, what do you want? I don't know something that tastes good. Okay, well, we've got difference of opinion here and it makes me crazy. So anytime I bring something home, my daughter will be like,

oh, you got green grapes. I thought you were getting red grapes. You're just like, yeah, you can't win. Well, and then we kind of go through sometimes, like, my kids will ask for grapes and then they will eat them in one day. And so I'll buy grapes again the next time. And then they rot in the drawer and no one eats them. So I'm like, I never even know what to buy or when. And yeah, they're not helpful with giving me any

direction. So I just go to Costco, put a bunch of stuff in the cart and hope for the best. And you caught me doing that yesterday.

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