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October 13, 1991, was Karen Joyce's birthday. Karen, a mother of four, was enjoying the silence

and a cup of coffee before heading off to church. She decided on this particular day not to wake

the children before she left. A few minutes after the church service has started, Karen received

a call from home. Chad, her eight-year-old son, was missing. We were just looking up to see if he

was just playing a jail illness and we were walking around the house, looking up in the trees to see

if he was there. But all in the same time there was just something that just kept, I just had this

feeling something was wrong. One-third of all murdered cases in America remain open. Each one is

called a Cold Case and only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare cases. From A&E,

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After discovering that her eight-year-old son, Chad, was missing and after conducting a search

of the house to ensure that the playful child wasn't just playing an untimely game of hide-and-seek,

Karen's choice called the police.

Sergeant Bill Goking was dispatched to the choice family's home. He noticed almost immediately that

the scene of Chad's disappearance lacked any signs of a break-in or a struggle. Here's Sergeant Goking.

We didn't see anything like a forced entry, any blood trails, any signs of

ransacking, things that would be indicative of a crime scene.

Based on his analysis of the scene, Sergeant Goking suggests that maybe Chad had run away,

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