A young father of four seemingly disappears into thin air.

And questions begin to mount.

What happened to John Thomas McGuire?

You know, for so many girls and boys, their father's influence means the world to them.

It shapes who they become as adults.

So when John McGuire seemingly drops off the map, his children are distraught.

Take a listen to this.

It's February and John Bama McGuire is making plans for a move.

The plan is to set out from his Minnesota home to visit his mother.

This father texts Angela Erickson, that's the last contact the 38-year-old makes with

family or friends.

When Mother's Day rolls around in May, McGuire doesn't contact Erickson.

She tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that McGuire always calls her and his own mother

four mothers day.

Sun Jacobs Summer Birthday also came and went.

That's when Erickson, after four months, filed a missing persons report.

You know, it's one thing to miss a call on Mother's Day.

It's an entirely different matter to miss one of your children's birthdays.

Again, I'm Nancy Gray.

Thanks for being with us here at Crime Stories, joining me in all-star panel.

First of all, Dr. Michelle Dupree, forensic pathologist, former medical examiner, author

of Homicide Investigation Field Guide, and investigating child abuse field guide.

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