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Going West: True Crime

Michael Vaughan // 326

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.610.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In July of 2021, a boy went missing from his own neighborhood in Idaho. After over a year of active searching with no clues, an arrest was made. But as police heard from the suspect, they learned that other people in the house could have been involved. But why? And what exactly happened? This is the story of Michael Vaughan. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Michael Vaughan Fruitland Community Missing Child Search: https://www.facebook.com/groups/524528525272698/ 2. Idaho News: https://idahonews.com/news/local/report-charges-dropped-against-sarah-wondra-in-the-michael-vaughan-case 3. Idaho News: https://idahonews.com/news/local/michael-joseph-vaughans-mom# 4. Argus Observer: https://www.argusobserver.com/free_access/multiple-agencies-still-actively-searching-local-area-for-missing-5-year-old-boy/article_ad21e494-fc3c-11eb-87c5-6b573641e2fe.html?fbclid=IwAR0QspzT3coe020-942ve_nZ3IGrGepvmC1Lv6klm-qs7kSrnn9MPYXos5A#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social 5. Idaho News: https://idahonews.com/news/local/what-we-know-michael-vaughan 6. 13 WHAM: https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/police-missing-childs-remains-likely-buried-and-then-moved-michael-vaughan-idaho-fruitland-police-department-idaho-state-police-abducted-murder-homicide-investigation-human-remains 7. ABC: https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/troopers-seize-50-grams-of-meth-in-wood-county-valued-at-5000 8. KTVB 7: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/michael-vaughan/you-havent-said-a-damn-word-where-is-michael-vaughan-fruitland-police-sarah-wondra-investigation/277-7393ea44-b6e1-454a-9c07-e8a4f5948a3a 9. KTVB 7: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/michael-vaughan/michael-vaughan-brandi-neal-charges-dismissed/277-35ecbb84-de5f-43ec-bcef-cf5bf970da69 10. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/za1cz5/the_search_continues_to_find_missing_idaho_child/ 11. Trellis Law: https://trellis.law/case/19cwcs09862/county-los-angeles-vs-lucienne-adrien-temple 12. Adrien's Backstage profile: https://www.backstage.com/u/adrien-temple-lucienne-/about/ 13. JLR Investigates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoOaNK42q8w 14. Sarah's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074748112221 15. Idaho Statesman: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article268740487.html 16. Idaho News 6: https://www.kivitv.com/news/charges-against-sarah-wondra-dropped-in-the-case-of-michael-vaughan#:~:text=Wondra%20has%20been%20in%20the,defendant%20was%20competent%20to%20proceed. 17. Argus Observer: https://www.argusobserver.com/news/sarah-wondra-pre-trial-for-local-gun-charges-moved-to-july-6/article_051b75f0-0bc4-11ee-b667-8b8f203044c3.html 18. Idaho News: https://idahonews.com/news/local/gov-little-signs-monkeys-law-the-states-first-missing-persons-alert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans?

0:16.2

I'm your host Tee.

0:17.2

And I'm your host Daphne.

0:18.5

And you're listening to Going West.

0:20.7

Hello everybody.

0:22.1

Today's case was recommended by Carly, Liz and Mitchell.

0:26.8

So thank you guys so much for recommending this one.

0:29.2

This one actually happened right when we first, Heath and I visited Idaho for the first

0:33.7

time before we lived there randomly for like five months.

0:36.4

So I remember seeing the billboards and posters for this one as we drove there from Oregon.

0:41.0

Yeah, I remember that as well.

0:42.6

Yeah, they were all over the side of the road.

0:44.8

Yeah, because as we'll get into this town is situated like right near the border of Oregon

0:49.9

and Idaho.

0:50.9

So we passed right through it.

0:52.8

But finally we are covering this case.

0:54.9

So again, thank you guys for the recommendation.

0:57.4

And let's dive right in.

0:58.6

All right guys, this is episode 326 of Going West.

1:03.4

So let's get into it.

1:28.4

In July of 2021, a boy went missing from his own neighborhood in Fruitland, Idaho.

1:48.4

After over a year of active searching with no clues, an arrest was finally made.

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