Replay: Angela Mack and Thomas "Mikey" Rettew

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This episode first aired on March 8, 2021. Angie and Mikey’s story was challenging to cobble together from bits of memories, letters, and tiny threads of verifiable information regarding when they were last seen and who they were with. When we published this story, we had no idea what was about to happen next, and that a case where we began with almost nothing would then turn into an entire series. We wanted to share their story again this week because they are still missing. However, law enforcement has since closed their case because they believe they know what happened to Angie and Mikey. We will drop one episode each day this week to help spread awareness about this young mother and son who vanished without a trace, and the world seemed to move on without ever noticing.

In 2002, 20-year-old disappeared Angela Mack disappeared from the small northern Arkansas town of Salem. It may have been September, but some people say it was later in the year. She wouldn't be reported missing for many months, or maybe even years. Her four-year-old son, Thomas "Mikey" Rettew, also vanished, but missing persons flyers note that he disappeared from Missouri and the date he was last seen is uncertain. Supposedly, there is a photo of Mikey that is date stamped well after September 1, 2002, but nobody knows for sure. In fact, no one seems to know when or where Angela and Mikey were last seen, or who was the last to see them. Today's episode brings into focus the stories of two people who appeared to simply stop existing, and it seemed as though there were never any real search efforts put forth to find them. Their loved ones hope that a renewed interest in the case will help them find out what happened to Angie and Mikey.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Angela Mack or Thomas Rettew, you are asked to call The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or 1-800-843-5678.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:15.0	This episode first aired on March 8, 2021.
0:19.0	Angie and Mikey's story was such a difficult episode to cobble together from bits of memories, letters,
0:25.0	and tiny threads of verifiable information regarding when they were last seen and who they were with.
0:31.0	When we published this story, we had no idea what was about to happen next,
0:35.0	and that a case where we began with almost nothing would turn into an entire series.
0:40.0	We wanted to share their story with you again this week because they're still missing,
0:45.0	though law enforcement has since closed their case because they believe they know what happened to Angie and Mikey.
0:51.0	We will be dropping one episode each day this week to help spread awareness about this young mother and son
0:57.0	who vanished without a trace, and the world seemed to move on without ever noticing.
1:09.0	I've been begging people to listen to me. I've been literally begging.
1:14.0	I'm so frustrated that this 20-year-old beautiful mom and her four-year-old son can just vanish
1:20.0	and nothing is done and nobody's arrested, nothing's done, nobody does any searches, and the life just goes on.
1:28.0	I want this case to be solved. So I want the whole world to know about it.
1:34.0	Nobody's ever talked about them disappearing. I want to know what happened to them.
1:38.0	I don't want to know why nobody has done anything, why nothing's being done,
1:42.0	and why people say they know what happened, but still nothing's being done.
1:47.0	In 2002, a young woman disappeared from a small town in northern Arkansas called Salem.
1:54.0	It may have been September, but some people say it was later in the year.
1:59.0	She wouldn't be reported missing for many months, or maybe even years.
2:04.0	Her four-year-old son also vanished, but missing person's flyers note that he vanished from Missouri,
2:10.0	and the date that he was last seen is uncertain.
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