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Cold Case Files

Remains of Murder

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A mysterious set of bones is discovered in the California wilderness, more than a decade after a 13-year-old boy was reported missing. The new information sets detectives on a path to catch a dangerous predator.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Jamie Trotter was 13 years old in April of 1979, when his parents got divorced.

0:12.4

Jamie and his mother were spending a few nights in a local hotel near their home in

0:16.3

Costa Mesa, California.

0:19.4

On the morning of April 19th, Jamie's mom woke up and got ready for work, while Jamie

0:23.9

got ready for school.

0:26.0

And the two went their separate ways.

0:30.9

Jamie never made it to school though.

0:33.6

This is his mother, Barb.

0:35.6

He had his lunch money and his bus fare and a book bag and a skateboard.

0:42.8

And that's thing he said was good bye and I love you mom, see you tonight.

0:46.4

And that was last time I was fine.

0:52.4

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

0:55.9

When Barb got home from work and couldn't find Jamie, she called his friends.

1:08.6

But it turned out, he hadn't made it to school that day.

1:11.7

Barb called the police in a panic for help finding her missing son.

1:15.6

Helped it in a right time though.

1:17.6

Back then it was 72 hours before they would take a report.

1:21.6

And then if they wouldn't consider him a missing person, unless they were seen being

1:26.6

abducted, they would consider it runaways.

1:30.1

A lot of times, you get a case like this and say if there is a typical runaway where

1:36.8

they're gone for a few days and then one of their relatives or friends will spot them

1:41.4

and you will hear about them.

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