S3 Ep3: The Maps, Chevy's Vanishing

Foul Play: Crime Series

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Daily News, History

4.4 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In "Chevy's Vanishing," the third episode of "The Maps," we journey into the heart-wrenching story of Chevy Wheeler's disappearance on October 16th, 1985. Hosts Shane and Wendy lead the audience through the unsettling circumstances of that day, when Chevy, after telling friends she would be skipping school with Wesley Shermantine, became engulfed in a mystery that would haunt her family for decades.

The episode features an emotionally charged interview with Chevy's mother, Paula, who recounts the last moments she shared with her daughter. Her vivid memories paint a poignant picture of the events that preceded Chevy’s disappearance, immersing listeners in the family's world of confusion, hope, and despair.

Twenty-seven years after that fateful day, the discovery of Chevy's remains in a shallow grave brings a bitter closure to her case. This episode thoughtfully examines the long-lasting impact of this discovery, not only on Chevy's family but also on the community forever altered by the horrors of the Speed Freak Killers.

Chevy's Vanishing is more than a recounting of a crime; it is a narrative that honors the memory of a life lost too soon and the relentless quest for truth. It's an episode that promises to resonate deeply with listeners, offering a window into the enduring human spirit in the face of tragedy.

For further exploration of this haunting tale, visit itsfoulplay.com, where the story continues to unfold in pursuit of justice and understanding.

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0:00.0	I'm going to Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, A 720 a.m. on the 16th of October 1985, Paula Wheeler dropped her daughter Chevy off at Franklin High School.
0:41.0	As she got out of the car, Chevy leaned over and gave her a
0:44.5	mom a kiss and told her that she loved her. She said bye, jumped out to the car
0:49.5	and headed off towards the school buildings.
0:53.2	At around 7.30 a.m.
0:55.2	After asking friends if they wanted to go swimming with her,
0:58.2	Chevy left the school and told her friends that if she wasn't back by noon
1:02.4	to let her dad know that she was meeting
1:04.0	her boyfriend Donnie. Chevy had been known to skip school in the past so her
1:09.9	skipping off didn't raise any eyebrows or suspicions with her friends.
1:15.3	It was around 5 o'clock in the evening that Paula got a call from her husband to say that
1:19.5	Chevy was not home and he didn't know where she was. What nobody knew was that Chevy had arranged
1:26.1	to meet Sherman Tyne that morning. It is believed that she wanted to know what had happened
1:30.8	to her friend Joanne Hobson previous month, thought
1:34.3	Shermanine might know. We spoke to Chevy's mother Paula about Chevy and the
1:40.2	events leading up to her disappearance. She was one of a kind with she was supposed to be born in December and she came in October.
2:00.0	We were watching Rosemary's Baby at the Drive-In the night that I had to go to the hospital.
2:09.7	I was put under station.
2:12.1	When I got to the hospital all I dreamt about was having the
2:15.7	devil but she came she was six and a half months wait three fourteen eighteen inches long two days later she got a
2:28.6	collapsed lung back then that was back at sixty-eight so they didn't have much technology so they took a x-ray
2:37.8	picture of her lungs and went by then and came out fine.
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