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The Vanished Podcast

Lashaya Stine

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

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

4.515K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

16-year-old Lashaya Stine left her Aurora, Colorado home in the middle of the night on July 15, 2016. It's believed that she left to meet someone that night and that she has since been trafficked. Leads have taken authorities to several states but they have not located Lashaya. Have you seen Lashaya Stine? Please call the Aurora Police Department at 303-627-3100 or Colorado Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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0:00.0

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0:17.0

Nobody just vanishes. You know what I mean?

0:20.0

Somebody knows something, and they're just not saying anything.

0:25.0

Somebody has to know something.

0:27.0

And it is so hard.

0:32.0

Some days you don't even want to breathe.

0:37.0

And the days are so long and the nights are even longer.

0:40.0

I can't keep living these days without you.

0:44.0

Hello and welcome to episode 81 of The Vanished.

0:48.0

16-year-old LaShayah Stein left her home in Aurora, Colorado around 2.30am on July 15th, 2016.

0:56.0

It's believed that she left to go meet someone in those early morning hours, but no one's been able to figure out who.

1:03.0

In many cases that I've covered on the show, trafficking seems to be the last possibility that people are left clinging to.

1:08.0

And often it seems like a very unlikely possibility.

1:12.0

But this case is different. There's a lot of evidence suggesting that LaShayah has been trafficked.

1:17.0

We just need to find her and get her back home safely.

1:21.0

And that's why I'm here today.

1:25.0

LaShayah is a good kid. She was an honor roll student.

1:29.0

How did she get pulled into the world of trafficking?

1:33.0

The frightening answer to that question is that it could happen to any of our children if they cross paths with the wrong person.

1:39.0

This is LaShayah's story.

1:54.0

The story is that she was a good kid.

1:57.0

She was a good kid.

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