Today is Wednesday, May 6th, 2020.

On this day in 1996, the body of former CIA Director William Colby was found washed up on a river bank in Southern Maryland

nine days after he disappeared.

His death was ruled an accident, at least officially.

Welcome to today in true crime, a Parcast Original. I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today I'm joined by my guest host Molly Brandenburg.

Hello everyone. Thanks for having me, Vanessa. It's always such a pleasure to host with you.

Absolutely I'm so happy you could join. Parcast fans may recognize Molly from a few of our

podcasts, but we invited her on today thanks to her work hosting the

parcast original conspiracy theories. Every week on conspiracy theories, my

co-host Carter and I explored the hidden stories and rumors surrounding history's most controversial

events.

And it is fascinating.

Molly's here today to discuss some of the historical and conspiratorial aspects of today's story,

while I'll cover the narrative.

Now, let's go back to Monday, May 6, 1996,

early in the morning.

Lieutenant Mark Sanders of the Maryland Natural Resources Police

drove his car to the very end of Rock Point Road on Cobb Island.

Lieutenant Sanders had been to this place many times over the previous nine days

and he believed he would be returning several times more.

After all, Lieutenant Sanders was the chief officer in charge of an intensive search effort centered

on this beach.

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