Missing in Altoona
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When 22-year-old Sherry Leighty vanishes in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could just vanish without a trace. The case takes on a new life a decade later, thanks to Sherry’s sister, who uses new social media outreach to crowdsource information.
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| 0:00.0 | This Thursday, the groundbreaking A&E documentary series 60 Days In is back with a new season, |
| 0:05.7 | and immediately following the gripping premiere of new series, Inmate to roommate. |
| 0:10.7 | For the first time ever, A&E is going close-up inside the homes of everyday people who are |
| 0:15.6 | taking in recently released inmates. Anything can happen when these two worlds collide. |
| 0:20.3 | If it doesn't go well, the former inmate could end up back in prison. |
| 0:23.9 | It's a new series that answers the question, how far would you go to help someone? |
| 0:28.0 | Don't miss A&E's new original series Inmate to roommate. |
| 0:31.1 | Thursday at 10, 9 central, after 60 days in, only on A&E. |
| 0:35.6 | Watch live, stream it on the A&E app, or get it on demand. |
| 0:39.4 | An A&E original podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | This episode contains descriptions of violence. |
| 0:44.8 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:50.0 | My dad was in contact with the police department on a regular basis. |
| 0:55.0 | It was always, they had no answers. They haven't seen or heard of her. |
| 1:00.2 | Nothing. I feel like he kind of lost hope as far as getting any help from law enforcement. |
| 1:08.7 | Whenever the police kind of gave up hope on the whole deal, I kind of did as well. |
| 1:16.3 | There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America. |
| 1:19.7 | Each one is a cold case. Only 1% are ever solved. |
| 1:24.6 | This is one of those rare stories. |
| 1:38.8 | On October 2, 1999, Shelley Nagel's family and friends gather at her house for a birthday party |
| 1:44.8 | for her youngest son. Altuna Pennsylvania is a city nestled in the Alligay |
| 1:49.6 | Mountain. It was built around the railway tracks and it is steeped in the history of the |
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