Robert Baron Part 1: The Scene of the Crime

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

January 25, 2017, seemed like any other ordinary day for 58-year-old Robert Barron, a respected business owner of a popular restaurant in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, and a family man. He closed up his restaurant for the evening and then made a quick trip to drive his son home nearby. Robert often spent the night in an apartment above the restaurant so he could be there first thing the next morning for the dough delivery. The delivery driver was accustomed to Robert being there on time for every delivery, but Robert wasn’t there on the morning of January 26. Thinking perhaps Robert was running late or had an emergency, he left the dough out front and went along his delivery route. Robert was supposed to pick his son, Bobby, up for work early that morning. He never showed up, and calls from Bobby’s phone went unanswered. Bobby decided to walk to the restaurant instead. There he found an unfamiliar scene, the dough sitting out front. He made his way inside, and something wasn’t right. Not only was his father not there, but things were out of place. Bobby began calling around, but no one had seen his father. Six years later, Robert’s family is still searching for answers.

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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.
0:19.0	I still can't believe it's true after going on a little over a month, shy of six years.
0:25.0	And I still don't believe it's true. I feel like this is a nightmare that this never happened.
0:31.0	My daughter's won't even go near the restaurant. Never even drive by. Awful. I'm awful.
0:37.0	I miss her. She's humorous. With her kindness. Just everything about her. I miss her.
0:43.0	I miss her terribly. She was by everything.
0:48.0	January 25, 2017 seemed like just any other ordinary day for 58-year-old Robert Barron,
0:57.0	a respected business owner of a popular restaurant in Old Forge, Pennsylvania,
1:02.0	who was also a family man. He closed up his restaurant for the evening and then made a quick trip to drive a sun home nearby.
1:10.0	Robert often spent the night in an apartment above the restaurant,
1:14.0	so that he could be their first thing the next morning for the dough delivery.
1:18.0	The delivery driver was used to be greeted by Robert in the morning,
1:22.0	but Robert wasn't there on the morning of January 26.
1:26.0	Thinking that perhaps Robert was running late or had an emergency,
1:30.0	he left the dough out front and went along his delivery route.
1:34.0	Robert was supposed to pick a sun bobby up that morning for work,
1:38.0	but he never showed and calls from Bobby's phone when unanswered.
1:42.0	Bobby decided to walk to the restaurant instead. There he found an unfamiliar scene.
1:48.0	The pizza dough sitting out front. He made his way inside and something wasn't right.
1:54.0	Not only was his father not there, but things were out of place.
1:58.0	Bobby began calling around, but no one had seen his father.
2:02.0	Six years later, Robert's family is still searching for answers.
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