Replay: Ian Eckles Part 3 - The Broken Window
The Vanished Podcast
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🗓️ 11 June 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This episode originally aired July 5, 2021. This episode originally aired July 5, 2021. Ian Eckles was last seen on May 16, 2020, as he left his home for a hunting trip in the mountains of Washington. He never met up with his friend as planned, and after days of no contact, a massive search began. The effort intensified when Ian’s vehicle was spotted being driven by another man.
By June 14, 2020, Ian was still missing. However, authorities apprehended the man believed to be responsible for his disappearance and murder. That man, Jorge Alcantara-Gonzalez, is also suspected in connection with at least two other deaths.
So, who is Alcantara-Gonzalez, and what happened to Ian?
After his arrest, Alcantara was taken directly into an interview with investigators. In Part 3 of this series, we share segments of that interview. Tune in to hear what Alcantara says happened, and how it compares to what investigators believe occurred the night Ian vanished.
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| 0:00.0 | These facts, they don't dispute themselves. |
| 0:03.0 | I already know that, like I was telling you before, that you're a forager, you're out there looking for your supplies. |
| 0:24.4 | We already know this, so you have to go for these supply runs. |
| 0:29.8 | And sometimes these supply runs are occurring very late at night, very early in the mornings. |
| 0:33.3 | I know that you're on a supply run that night. |
| 0:35.7 | I know that you went down to the Minimal Springs store. |
| 0:37.7 | I know that you went down there and checked the dumpster. I know that you went down there and checked the dumpster. |
| 0:40.8 | I know everywhere that you went that night, Jorge. |
| 0:41.9 | Well, there you go, man. |
| 0:46.8 | So here's where the discrepancies coming in, Jorge, is I believe that you did break that back window with the rock, and I think you did. |
| 0:48.8 | Right. |
| 0:48.9 | I remember, I think you did. |
| 0:50.3 | I think you did. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm not going to like that. |
| 0:51.3 | Right. You did go into that campsite. You found his |
| 0:55.1 | FJ. You broke the back window with a rock. I don't believe you thought anybody was in that |
| 1:00.7 | rift. Just like you're stating now. Just like you're stating now. Nobody was in there. I didn't |
| 1:04.8 | see anybody in there. I saw the keys in ignition. I broke the back window with the lock. |
| 1:08.8 | With a rock. I believe that. I think what happened, |
| 1:11.6 | got to listen. |
| 1:13.6 | What we're missing here is the fact that Ian was in that vehicle. |
| 1:18.6 | He was sleeping in the back of it. |
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