Louisiana’s Caitlyn Rose DISAPPEARS, Nav System Goes Dead With Dad on Phone
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
33-year-old Caitlyn Rose Case is a Louisiana native who recently moved to Colorado to live with her brother. Caitlyn made arrangements to buy a 2006 black GMC Envoy, so she takes a flight to Houma Louisiana, buys the vehicle, She's in constant contact with her parents throughout her travels. Early on, she tells family members the navigation system is giving her trouble and cell phone service is sporadic.
As Case travels through Texas, she calls her father around 5:00 pm. She is lost and
Gordon Case trys to talk his daughter back on course. She is traveling northbound on Highway 271, about 5 miles southwest of Bogata, Texas. Just after 5pm, Case's phone cuts out. Unable to reach Caitlyn, the family files a missing person's report with the Houma, Louisiana Police Department.
Cell tower tracking indicates that Caitlyn Case continues north toward Paris, Texas. Shortly after 7:00 pm, her cell phone pings to cell towers in Pattonville, Texas, and south of Paris. At 9:17 pm, a license plate reader captures her car leaving Paris on the south loop of Highway 286 and traveling northwest to FM 79. Her cell phone last pings to cell towers in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Her vehicle is believed to have been travelling on Highway 271. A cell phone tower ping is recorded in Hugo, Oklahoma.
Case’s vehicle is found along the banks of the Kiamichi River, near Fort Towson, August 12, but where is Caitlyn?
No one has been named a suspect or person of interest in this case.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Gordon Case- Father of Caitlyn- https://findcaitlyn.com/
- Peggy Case- Mother of Caitlyn https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-find-caitlyn
- Joshua Ritter - Criminal defense attorney, former Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, partner at El Dabe Ritter Trial Lawyers, , Twitter @joshuaritteresq, joshuaritter.com
- Dr. Angela Arnold-Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA, AngelaArnoldMD.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital, Voted My Buckhead’s Best Psychiatric Practice of 2023
- Brian Fitzgibbons- VP Operation,s USPA Nationwide Security, uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, Kingsman Philanthropic's 2022 rescue missions of women and children in Ukraine, Iraq War Veteran
- Toney Wade- Commander, Cajun Coast Search and Rescue Team, Facebook.com/CajunCoastSAR, cajuncoastk9sar.com
- Nic Huber- Staff Reporter for The Paris News, theparisnews.com
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| 0:00.0 | A beautiful young woman sets out cross-country taking her vehicle from home all the way |
| 0:20.3 | to Colorado at her new place with her brother. |
| 0:24.9 | She speaks to her mom and dad all along the route until suddenly her phone goes dead, |
| 0:33.0 | she's cut off, and then her car is found, believe it or not, up in a tree. |
| 0:44.0 | The windows up, both her cell phones, and all of her belongings in the car. |
| 0:52.1 | But no, Caitlin. |
| 0:56.6 | Authorities convinced she was not in that vehicle when someone eased it down a river embankment. |
| 1:05.6 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 1:06.8 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 1:08.4 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111. |
| 1:14.8 | This shows she was never in that car when it was eased down a river bank. |
| 1:24.7 | And now her mom and dad joining us right now, fear their girl has been sex trafficked. |
| 1:34.4 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 1:35.4 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 1:37.0 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111. |
| 1:41.4 | You know, when I actually investigated and prosecuted my first sex trafficking case, |
| 1:48.0 | we called it at that time statutory rape because that particular victim was 13. |
| 1:55.2 | And the notion of sex trafficking stealing a human and turning them into a sex slave |
| 2:03.2 | far away from their home was unheard of. |
| 2:07.0 | But it was happening right under our noses. |
| 2:10.2 | And it's happening right now. |
| 2:14.0 | But first of all, let's not put the cart before the horse. |
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