Hi, Grime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and I'm Britt. And before we jump into today's episode, Britt, I just want to acknowledge that AudioChuck recently passed two billion downloads across our shows.

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With that being said, the story I have for you today is about a man who vanished without a trace during what should have been a fairly uneventful trip to his hometown.

Everyone who knew him or who hears about this case suspects foul play. But no one knows what could have happened to him.

This is the story of Brian Worley.

She gets a call from a friend who works at the courthouse. It's the afternoon of Thursday, September 24th, 2009, and her friend says that Anita's brother, 39-year-old Brian Worley, didn't show up for court earlier that morning.

Now, he's not in trouble or anything. It's like pro-bate court, and he was only supposed to be there to just turn in some receipts and sign a document.

You see, their mom has Alzheimer's and neurocognitive disorder, and he is her power of attorney.

So Brian has to juggle a lot of complicated paperwork. And sure, it's been a bit stressful, but he's not the kind of guy to just skip on something so important.

In fact, he came into town specifically for that hearing. And he even drove through some of the worst flooding that George has ever seen to get there.

Like, the drive from where he was living in Atlanta to where his family lives in Carrollton usually takes about an hour.

But because of everything that was going on with all the traffic, with all the road closures, it had taken him four hours when he made the trip just two days before on the 22nd.

Oh, wow.

Yeah. So at first, Anita just calls his cell, but he doesn't answer. Then she starts reaching out to some of the people that he's closest with to see if they've heard from him, like his longtime partner, Jeff, who he lives with in Atlanta.

And her and Brian's niece, Amanda, who she knows he talks to at least a few times a day.

But no one in Anita calls has spoken to him since yesterday. Amanda says that Brian called her while he was getting talk about the day before, like three o'clock in the afternoon.

He had just finished up some yard work at his parents' house, which is where he stays when he's in town, because it's been empty since his mom moved into an assisted living facility that passed spring.

Now during their chat, he was so normal. He like filled her in on his nightmare drive from Atlanta. He says he was so frazzled that he just stopped somewhere along the way to have a quick drink and met some quote unquote interesting people there.

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