REOPENED: A Son's Memory

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade. Mint: To get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to Mintmobile.com/coldcase Progressive: Progressive.com Qualia - Go to Qualialife.com/COLDCASE for up to 50% off and use COLDCASE at checkout for an additional 15% off!

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0:00.0	Children have brains like sponges.
0:08.6	They absorb information in the world around them faster than an adult.
0:12.8	Children aren't afraid to tell the truth to spare someone's feelings.
0:16.3	But oftentimes their statements are dismissed as unreliable.
0:20.9	Children are also impressionable,
0:23.1	and the memories can be easily manipulated by adults who feed them information.
0:29.8	Dustin Cunningham was a nine-year-old child
0:32.2	when his stepfather started feeding him lies about his mother's disappearance.
0:38.0	He knew deep down that she hadn't just disappeared,
0:41.6	that she had actually been murdered.
0:48.0	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.
0:51.6	I'm Brooke, and here's the iconic Bill Curtis with a classic case, a son's memory.
1:03.0	This is the missing persons unit of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. These are some of my old cases.
1:10.3	Ruth Hodges works for Polk County, Florida.
1:13.2	And she was 24 years of age when she disappeared. Her specialty, missing people everyone else has
1:20.2	forgotten. Fred Wright was 76 years of age. Cynthia Robinson disappeared.
1:29.0	Clifton Patrick Leonard.
1:31.9	No one knows what has happened to him.
1:35.4	Among the hundreds of names, hundreds of faces,
1:38.7	one in particular catches Hajj's eye.
1:42.3	The Missing Persons File on Andrea Boyette.
1:50.2	She was reported missing around Christmas Eve of 94.
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