Ronald Sallee

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

🗓️ 13 July 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On September 2, 1989, 41-year-old Ronald Sallee set out with some friends to spend Labor Day weekend camping in the Sierra National Forest. The men planned to hike through the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Cassidy Trail to the San Joaquin River and fish. According to Ron's friends, during the hike, Ronald slipped and when he got back up he was acting strangely. Over the last mile of the hike to the river campsite, Ron became separated from the others. He never made it to the campsite. They shot rounds into the air in an attempt to let him know where they were but he never showed. Ronald Sallee was never seen or heard from again.

Several days later, he was reported missing and the search began. No trace of Ron or the belongings he had with him have ever been found. Ron has now been missing for almost 29 years. His daughter, Meghan, was just 6-years-old when he disappeared and she's still looking for answers.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ronald Sallee, please contact the Madera County Sheriff’s Office at (559) 675-7770.

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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.
0:17.0	I think everything stopped in his life on a regular week into 89.
0:23.0	I just don't know what...
0:27.0	How that all stopped, and that's what bothers me. I really think the key died that weekend.
0:32.0	But I just don't know why, how, who...
0:37.0	And that's the part that bothered me.
0:46.0	On September 2nd, 1989, 40-year-old Ronald Salih arrived at a trail in the center of the Sierra National Forest in California.
0:54.0	The heart of the Ansel Adams wilderness.
0:57.0	He was with two or three men he knew, and they planned to make the 4.9-mile hike to the San Joaquin River to camp and fish for the Labor Day weekend.
1:06.0	Only Ron never made it to camp, and as far as we know, he never made it out of the forest.
1:13.0	According to the friends, during the hike, Ron slipped, and when he got back up, he was acting strangely.
1:19.0	Over the last mile to the River Camp site, the group became separated.
1:23.0	What this means is that Ron became separated from the others, and he never made it to the campsite.
1:29.0	They fired shots into the air in an attempt to let him know where they were, but he never showed up, and he was never seen or heard from again.
1:36.0	The story of what happened that day doesn't add up to a man who just decided to walk off into the forest forever.
1:43.0	Almost 29 years later, his daughter Megan, who was just 6-month-old, disappeared, is still searching for answers as to what happened to her father.
1:52.0	I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 131 of The Vanished.
1:58.0	Ronald Salise's story.
2:13.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape, and found me, Rob Briden, on my podcast.
2:37.0	In this series of Briden and I talk to, among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan, and Dame Harriet Walter.
2:48.0	And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour, never longer.
2:53.0	It's terrific conversation, reminiscent, sweat appropriate, and exchange of anecdotes.
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