Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and I'm Brett.

And the story I have for you today is about a young woman who literally seems to vanish

off the face of the earth. And despite all the efforts by her family to bring her home,

there seems to be a lack of an official investigation. But the further they look into her disappearance,

the more questions they have. This is the story of Phoenix, Coulden.

Goldia Coulden knows something bad has happened to her daughter. It is 130

in the morning, and her daughter, Phoenix, is always home by now. But she's not pulling

into the driveway. She's not walking through the front door, and the house is silent.

Now, one thing you need to know about Goldia is that she is not one to just stand around and

wait for something to happen. So as soon as she gets that feeling in her gut that something's

wrong, she trusts it. She walks into the bedroom that she shares with her husband Lawrence

and wakes him up. But Lawrence doesn't share her panic, at least not on the outside. He tries

to calm Goldia down, saying Phoenix is going to be home soon. She's fine. Everything's going

to be okay. But even though Goldia trusts her husband more than anyone, she can't believe a

word he's saying. She knows in her heart that something is wrong. Now, Phoenix is a responsible

23-year-old who knows that while she's living under her parents' roof, in attending college,

she is not supposed to stay out past 1 1 30 AM. And she never has until now. So Goldia stays up,

watching the clock slowly turn from 1 30 to 2 30 to 3 30, and Phoenix still isn't home.

And by the next day, both Goldia and Lawrence are beside themselves with worry,

and Goldia decides to call the police. But before she can, Lawrence tells her to just wait.

Wait for what? Their kid didn't come home last night. Well, it's not that he doesn't want her to

call or that he's not worried, because by this point, he for sure is. Basically, Goldia explains

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