NEIGHBOR'S YARD DUG UP After Tot Boy Michael Vaughn Vanishes

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It's been over a year since Michael Vaughn vanished from his family home. Tips lead police to the home of a neighbor, Sarah Wondra. The 35-year-old was charged with failure to report the death of 5-year-old Vaughan.

Police then spent more than a week excavating the home's backyard and announced their findings. FPD Chief JD Huff says police believe Vaughan's body was buried in Wondra's backyard and then moved to another location.

All the cadaver dogs used in the search "alerted" in the yard. Ground penetrating radar also detected "anomalies." Additional evidence was found in the home, but that information is not yet being released.

Huff also announced the identities of two other people thought to have knowledge in Vaughan's disappearance, Brandon Shurtliff, 30, and Adrien Lucienne, 32. Both men are now out of state. Shurtliff and Lucienne were staying at the Wondras' home.

The search for Michael Vaugh's body continues.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Dale Carson - High Profile Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer (Miami-Dade County), Author: "Arrest-Proof Yourself"
Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills, CA), DrBethanyMarshall.com, New Netflix show: ‘Bling Empire’
Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" & Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
Robert Crispin - Private Investigator & Former Federal Task Force Officer for United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division; Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator;" Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations, Inc.
Sydney Sumner - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0	A 5-year-old little boy seemingly drops off the face of the earth wearing nothing but
0:13.6	boxer shorts and a blue Minecraft t-shirt.
0:19.4	And the last days is there a break in the case of missing Tot Michael Vaughn.
0:27.2	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:28.4	It's Crime Stories.
0:29.7	Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation in Series XM111.
0:33.8	First of all, take a listen to our friends at KTVB.
0:37.4	We are in the fifth day of law enforcement and search and rescue crews excavating the
0:42.0	backyard of that house behind me the address.
0:44.7	11.0 to Red Wing Street in the town of Frutland just four minutes away from the Vaughn family
0:50.2	home.
0:51.2	Today, however, it was much calmer than it's been.
0:53.9	We've had heavy machinery here the last few days.
0:56.2	Today, mostly people here with shovels and already its 4 p.m. and crews are done.
1:01.6	Chief Huff though, saying they could be out here for another week as they continue
1:05.4	to process that backyard.
1:06.7	They're not done yet.
1:08.0	They're taking the dirt from that backyard and they're bringing it to a location off-site
1:11.5	and they're analyzing that dirt.
1:13.3	Okay.
1:14.3	That's never a good sign when people are searching for your child and they bring in an excavation
1:21.2	crew.
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