Missing in Michigan: The Death of Shawn Raymond

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The summer of 1983 was a special time in the life of Shawn Raymond, he graduated from high school, came out to his family, and disappeared without a trace. It would take decades, and the work of one state trooper to bring Shawn home. His death and disappearance remain unsolved. If you have information about the death of Shawn Raymond, contact Lt. Young of the Michigan State Police, Flint Post.

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0:00.0	Spring is graduation season. It kicks off in May with prom and you friends of the
0:06.4	kids parents start receiving graduation party invites. Save the date. Come to my
0:11.8	kids graduation party. And for the record, I love graduation parties. Good food, happy times. Lots of positive energy.
0:20.0	In June, graduating seniors don their their cap and gown, they walked to receive their diploma.
0:27.0	After commencement, the parties start, outdoor affairs with tents and games and barbecues or summer food catered and served from a hotel
0:36.0	pan, burgers, pulled pork or a pasta bar, salad and coleslaw and gallons of lemonade and ice tea, ice-laden buckets filled with soft drinks and
0:46.3	cold beer. See some friends, eat some food. Maybe play a game of cornhole or shoot some hoops
0:52.4	after you've wished the graduate well.
0:55.4	We had our first grad party of the season just two weeks ago.
0:59.7	My friend's daughter, looking pretty and hopeful and wholesome in a summer dress, dispensing hugs and cheerfully
1:06.1	greeting visitors with, thank you for coming to my party.
1:10.4	She's headed off to Pennsylvania to attend college come August and she's nervous and excited all at once
1:17.6	Seeing her so happy, so cheerful, so full of life and hope for the future, I was reminded of another young graduate,
1:26.8	someone who completed his studies at Algonak High School in the late spring of 1983,
1:32.4	a young man named Sean Raymond. He was smart, handsome, kind, and brimming
1:38.1	with potential. What he didn't know is that once he accepted his diploma, he had only weeks left to live.
1:47.0	So come with me to a hot July day in 1983, when 19 year old Sean Raymond headed out for a night in the city with friends and
1:56.7	disappeared forever. Sean Raymond was that guy and you probably remember someone a lot like him from your days in high school.
2:06.8	The one guy who seemed to have it all. A good student, an athlete, nice looking, good-natured, friendly to nearly everyone.
2:16.8	Sean was a varsity athlete competing in track and field, and when the senior class
2:21.8	nominations came out, Sean was a shoe-in for best-looking.
2:26.0	With his muscular frame, dark curly hair, and sparkling smile.
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