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Cold Case Files

Kidnapped

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but rule out all the obvious suspects. Despite years going by, ransom notes, and briefcase full of cash, and the lack of a body keep the mother's hope alive. Check out our great sponsors! Madison Reed: Go to Madison-Reed.com and get 10% off PLUS free shipping on your first color kit with code CCF Nutrafol: Go to Nutrafol.com and use code COLDCASE to get 20% off Plus FREE shipping on EVERY order! Skillz: Win cash playing games you love! Go to skillz.com/ccf -- Must be 18 or older, terms and conditions apply, not available in all states, prizes may vary, winning is not guaranteed. See website for details Sweaty Betty: Go to SweatyBetty.com/coldcase and use code COLDCASE at checkout to get 20% off your purchase!

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple Podcasts and podcast one

0:13.5

October 13th 1991 was Karen Joyce's birthday

0:18.0

Karen a mother of four was enjoying the silence and a cup of coffee before heading off to church

0:23.8

she decided on this particular day not to wake the children before she left a

0:30.3

Few minutes after the church services started Karen received a call from home

0:35.5

Chad her eight-year-old son was missing

0:40.8

We were just looking up to see if he was just playing a jail illness and we were walking around the house

0:46.6

Looking up in the trees to see if he was there

0:48.6

But all in the same time there was just something that just kept I just had this feeling something was wrong

0:57.0

One-third of all murdered cases in America remain open each one is called a cold case and only 1% are ever solved

1:05.6

This is one of those rare cases from a and e

1:09.7

This is cold case files the podcast

1:11.9

After discovering that her eight-year-old son Chad was missing and

1:20.7

After conducting a search of the house to ensure that the playful child wasn't just playing an untimely game of hide and seek

1:27.4

Karen Joyce called the police

1:34.2

Sergeant Bill Goking was dispatched the choice families home

1:37.1

He noticed almost immediately that the scene of Chad's disappearance lacked any signs of a break-in or a struggle

1:44.0

Here's Sergeant Goking

1:46.0

We didn't see anything like a forced entry any blood trails any signs of

1:51.1

Ransacking things that would be indicative of a crime scene

1:54.8

Based on his analysis of the scene Sergeant Goking suggests that maybe Chad had run away

1:59.9

But his mother was not convinced this is Karen Joyce

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