Samantha Tolbert
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In late February of 2024, 46-year-old Samantha Tolbert vanished from Carroll County, Georgia, a rural area in western Georgia, along the Alabama state line. At first, Samantha’s absence didn’t raise an alarm. She kept in touch with her daughter, but it wasn’t unusual for some time to pass between calls.
That all changed on March 7, 2024, when deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in Tyus, a small community in Carroll County. There, they discovered Samantha’s ex-husband was deceased. What stood out immediately was that the vehicle he had driven to the scene wasn’t his; it was Samantha’s truck, but she was nowhere to be found.
Investigators attempted to contact Samantha because she was the registered owner of the vehicle, but all efforts to reach her were unsuccessful. Friends and family they contacted said they hadn’t heard from her either. In that moment, the troubling truth came into focus: not only was Samantha’s ex-husband dead, but Samantha herself was missing. Suddenly, two stories collided, one ending in death, the other vanished. With Samantha’s ex-husband no longer alive, investigators were left with a haunting mystery: what really happened in those final days, and what secrets did he take with him?
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| 0:00.0 | The key suspect in the case, essentially the last known person to be with her at this time is deceased, so we can't question him, right? |
| 0:23.5 | And in most cases, there's some components that you can kind of work around that, so it's not that big of a deal. This case is |
| 0:27.2 | kind of unique. The main suspect is gone. Why are people still protecting that information? |
| 0:33.0 | I guess that's my frustration. I truly believe every case can be solved. |
| 0:40.6 | Everyone gets kind of gets a little discouraged every now and then, myself included, |
| 0:43.1 | but that's something I always have told myself. |
| 0:45.3 | Every case can be solved. |
| 0:46.2 | I truly believe that. |
| 0:49.7 | In late February of 2024, |
| 0:56.7 | 46-year-old Samantha Tolbert vanished from Carroll County, Georgia, a rural area in western Georgia, |
| 1:03.4 | along the Alabama state line. At first, Samantha's absence didn't raise alarm. She kept in touch with her daughter, usually checking in every week or so, but it wasn't unusual for some time to pass |
| 1:09.0 | between calls. Her daughter knew that she would always check in. |
| 1:13.0 | That all changed on March 7, 2004, |
| 1:16.6 | when deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office responded to a call in Tyas, |
| 1:21.2 | a small community also in Carroll County. |
| 1:24.1 | There, they discovered Samantha's ex-husband, deceased. |
| 1:27.4 | What stood out immediately was that the |
| 1:29.1 | vehicle he had driven to the scene wasn't his. It was Samantha's truck, but she was nowhere to be found. |
| 1:35.8 | Investigators tried to reach Samantha because she was the registered owner of the vehicle, |
| 1:40.6 | but all attempts to connect with her failed. Friends and family they contacted said they hadn't |
| 1:45.4 | heard from her either. In that moment, a troubling truth came into focus. Not only was Samantha's |
| 1:51.4 | ex-husband dead, but Samantha herself was missing. Suddenly, two stories collided, one ending in death, |
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