Replay: Vinyette Teague

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

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We are taking this week off to spend time with our loved ones and the reminder that we are blessed with so much. However, we never take a week off in our minds, and the families with a missing loved one are always in our hearts and thoughts. We decided to re-share an episode from a few years ago about a missing child who disappeared many decades ago, Vinyette Teague. If you have not heard her story, please give it a listen. If you have heard her story, we encourage you to listen to it again as her mother, Kathy, remains a steadfast reminder that the loss of a child is a wound that never heals. As we enjoy the special celebrations and memories that come with the holidays, we want to honor the family members of the missing and recognize that your missing loved one is not forgotten. Please keep all families with a missing loved one in your hearts this holiday season.

On June 25, 1983, 18-month-old Vinyette Teague was in the company of her grandmother, extended family, and neighbors while her parents took the evening off to watch a movie. It was a warm summer night in Chicago, Illinois, and Vinyette’s grandmother and a neighbor took turns holding the toddler while getting some fresh air in the open air hallways near their apartments. When the phone rang, her grandmother went in to take the call, and the neighbor set Vinyette down on the ground near a table where neighbors gathered to play games. When her grandmother returned, Vinyette was gone. Vinyette has never been seen again.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Vinyette Teague, please call the Chicago Police Department at 312-747-5789. You may also 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	We're taking this week off to spend time with our loved ones and the reminder that we're blessed with so much.
0:20.0	However, we never take a week off in our minds, and the families who have a missing loved one are always in our hearts and thoughts.
0:27.0	So we decided to reshare an episode that we covered a few years ago about a missing child who disappeared many decades ago, Vignette Teak.
0:36.0	If you have not yet heard her story, please give it a listen, and if you have heard her story, we encourage you to listen to it again.
0:43.0	As her mother Kathy remains a steadfast reminder of the fact that the loss of a child is a wound that never heals.
0:49.0	As we enjoy all of the special celebrations and memories that come with the holidays, we wanted to honor our family members and recognize that your missing loved one is not forgotten.
0:59.0	Kathy may not have physical reminders of her baby daughter because the police took them and subsequently lost them or refused to give them back to her.
1:07.0	However, the daily constant reminder that she never got to see her only daughter grow up remains a fresh wound that you can hear in her words.
1:16.0	Please keep all of the families with a missing loved one in your hearts this holiday season.
1:25.0	Immediately I started looking for stories that we had done at MBC years ago, and unfortunately I couldn't find any.
1:33.0	We never covered this woman's story. That's the sad part in all of this.
1:37.0	We went through archives and archives and I had two managers, media managers, that's what they're called. I had them trying to help me. We couldn't find anything on this little girl who went missing some 36 years ago.
1:49.0	There's so many people who have a loved one missing.
1:53.0	And they just want some help. They want you to put their picture out there to put help me find something.
2:02.0	On the evening of June 25, 1983, 18 month old Vignette Teague was in the company of her grandmother, cousins, and many neighbors and friends.
2:13.0	While her parents treated themselves to the rare occasion of a night out to see a movie together.
2:19.0	A neighbor and Vignette's grandmother took turns holding her until her grandmother went to take a phone call inside and the neighbor sat Vignette down near a busy hallway.
2:30.0	Family and friends milled about as she sat near a table where her uncle was playing cards.
2:36.0	A short time passed and the family realized that Vignette was no longer sitting near the apartment door or in the hallway.
2:43.0	She was nowhere to be found. In the 36 years that have passed since that day, Vignette Teague has never been seen again.
2:53.0	I'm Marissa and from Wondery this is episode 206 of the Vanished. Vignette Teague's story.
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