Roger Taylor

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

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On March 10, 2019, Roger Taylor disappeared. He was at his home in Vernon, Alabama, and according to his wife, he began acting out of character. For several years, Roger had been disabled after a stroke and several other serious health problems. He wasn't known to leave home often or drive due to his limited mobility. His wife said that he left that day in their car headed across the state line into Monroe County, Mississippi. He was allegedly headed to his daughter's home. Roger texted his daughter at 9:44 PM, stating that he was lost and stuck. A couple of days after Roger disappeared, his car was found abandoned on a dead-end road in Monroe County, Mississippi. Despite extensive searches of the area, no trace of Roger Taylor has been found. Since the day Roger disappeared, suspicion swirled around those who last saw him and their stories about what occurred leading up to his disappearance.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Roger Taylor, please call the Monroe County Sheriff's Department at 662-369-2468.

UPDATE: On August 30, 2022 a Mississippi minister named James Eric Crisp went to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Aberdeen, Mississippi and confessed to having killed Roger. This man was mentioned in our reporting as Eric. He told law enforcement that there had been a physical altercation and he killed Roger. He told authorities that Roger’s body had been left about 10 miles west of where Roger disappeared, although his remains have not yet been located and the criminal case remains ongoing.

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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.
0:07.0	The list of cat reaching out to our sheriff over here because he was so adamant.
0:22.0	It didn't happen here because the car was found in Mississippi.
0:26.0	And we can't try and detail him. It doesn't matter that car state was so far up.
0:29.0	The car couldn't have been driving. He didn't drive for the past two or three years.
0:34.0	Finally, they called in an investigator and he was working with both Mississippi and Alabama.
0:39.0	And Mississippi had basically started over from scratch because they've got a new sheriff now.
0:45.0	And some new investigators and stuff. So they are trying.
0:52.0	I fully believe this is just me that there's a lot more to the story than it's been told.
0:58.0	Honestly, I don't fight in whatever know. But by some miracle something might happen, you know. And they might find out.
1:03.0	On March 10, 2019, 49-year-old Roger Taylor disappeared.
1:14.0	He was at his home in Vernon, Alabama. And according to his wife, he began acting out of character.
1:21.0	For many years, Roger had been disabled after a stroke and several other serious health problems.
1:27.0	He wasn't known to leave home often or drive due to his limited mobility.
1:34.0	His wife said that he left that day in their car, headed across the state line into Monroe County, Mississippi.
1:39.0	His plan was to go to the home of one of his daughters.
1:47.0	Roger texted his daughter at 9.44 pm, stating that he was lost and stuck.
1:51.0	Roger's car was later found abandoned on a dead end road in Monroe County, Mississippi.
1:57.0	But despite extensive searches, no trace of him has ever been found.
2:03.0	Since the day that Roger disappeared, suspicion has swirled around those who last saw him.
2:08.0	The story is about what he was doing in the days leading up to his disappearance.
2:14.0	I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 254 of The Vanished. Roger Taylor's story.
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