S3 Ep110: Daniel Robinson: The Geologist and the Desert (Part 1)

Crime Weekly

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The rugged Sonoran Desert covers approximately 100,000 square miles and includes most of the southern half of Arizona, southeastern California, most of the Baja California peninsula and much of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the hottest desert in both the United States and Mexico, and there is a lack of water and forageable food to be found there. Between the hot day temperatures, the freezing night temperatures, and intimidating predators such as mountain lions and bobcats prowling around, the Sonoran Desert is the last place you would want to venture out into without proper clothing or supplies, but it appears that this is exactly what 24-year-old geologist Daniel Robinson did on June 23rd, 2021. Reportedly, Daniel drove into the desert and was never seen again, although his vehicle was discovered on its side in a ravine almost a month later. But during the investigation, details began to emerge that added mystery to this tragedy; Reports from friends and family of Daniel’s odd behavior in the days leading up to his disappearance, all of Daniel’s pictures on Instagram being erased around the time he went missing, and evidence from Daniel’s vehicle that suggested foul play. Dozens of searches have been conducted for Daniel over the past 19 months, and although human bones and human remains have been uncovered, none of them led back to Daniel Robinson.

Link to February 25th search in Arizona -- https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com

Try our coffee!! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com

Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly

Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast
Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com
Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod
Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod
Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod

ADS:

Babbel
Right now, get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to www.BABBEL.com/ CRIMEWEEKLY. That’s www.BABBEL.com/CRIMEWEEKLY for up to 55% off your subscription. Babbel—Language for life.

PDS Debt
PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/crime. Take back your financial freedom today by visiting PDSDEBT.com/crime.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The rugged Sonora Desert covers approximately 100,000 square miles and includes most of
0:18.3	the southern half of Arizona, South Eastern California, most of the Baja California
0:24.3	peninsula and much of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the hottest desert in both the
0:31.1	United States and Mexico and there's a lack of water and forageable food to be found
0:36.4	there. Between the hot day temperatures, the freezing night temperatures and intimidating
0:41.4	predators such as mountain lions and bobcats prowling around, the Sonora Desert is the
0:46.7	last place you would want to venture out into without proper clothing or supplies, but
0:51.9	it appears that this is exactly what 24-year-old geologist Daniel Robinson did on June 23,
0:59.7	2021. Reportedly, Daniel drove into the desert and was never seen again, although his
1:05.5	vehicle was discovered on its side in a ravine almost a month later. But during the investigation,
1:11.9	details began to emerge that added mystery to this tragedy. Reports from friends and
1:17.3	family of Daniel's odd behavior and the days leading up to his disappearance, all of Daniel's
1:22.3	pictures on Instagram being erased around the time he went missing and evidence from Daniel's
1:27.2	vehicle that may have suggested foul play. Dozens of searches have been conducted for Daniel over
1:32.9	the past 19 months and although human bones and human remains have been uncovered, none of them
1:38.7	led back to Daniel Robinson.
1:54.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to Crime Weekly. I am Stephanie Harlow. And I'm Derek Levasser.
2:00.0	So today we're talking about a case that you actually brought up to me and I remembered
2:05.6	that when we were in Vegas for Crime Con last year, we met Daniel Robinson's father, David,
2:11.5	who was speaking at Crime Con. And we only talked to him very briefly because we were so, so busy.
2:16.0	But when you brought it back up and I started going over the case again, I said, oh, I remember
2:21.0	this case. I remember because it was kind of going on around the same time that Gabby Petito was
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audioboom Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Audioboom Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.