Sandy Rea

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

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On September 19, 1984, 17-year-old Sandy Rea was last seen at the Windsor Bowling Alley in Shawnee, Oklahoma. At the time, Sandy’s cousin was working at the bowling alley and the two had a brief conversation. Sandy made a phone call but it’s unclear exactly who she called. She mentioned to her cousin that she was going to a party and asked if he wanted to join her. He declined, he couldn’t abandon his shift. Her cousin walked away to go clean a lane and around 8:30PM, when he looked up, he saw Sandy walking out of the bowling alley. This is the last confirmed sighting of Sandy Rea. More than 35 years later, her family is still searching for answers.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Sandy Rea, please call the Shawnee Police Department at 405-273-2121.

You can follow Sandy's case on Facebook at: Remember what Really happened in Shawnee.

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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	I've never been involved in something where there were so many different stories to when girls disappear and we still don't know what's happened to her.
0:31.0	I made a vow to my family that no matter what, I was going to find out what happened to this.
0:40.0	It doesn't deserve to be put in a well or a hole in the ground and she deserves some danger.
0:49.0	There was corruption in the Shawnee Police Department and there was judicial corruption that contributed to all of the circumstances that she was involved in.
0:57.0	They didn't believe it at the time.
1:00.0	On September 19, 1984, 17-year-old Sandy Ray was last seen at the Windsor Bowling Alley in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
1:10.0	At the time, Sandy's cousin was working at the Bowling Alley and the two had a brief conversation.
1:17.0	Sandy made a phone call but it's unclear exactly who she called.
1:22.0	She mentioned to her cousin that she was going to a party and asked if he wanted to join her.
1:27.0	Her cousin declined. He couldn't abandon his shift.
1:30.0	Her cousin walked away to go clean up a lane and around 8.30 pm when he looked up, he saw Sandy walking out of the Bowling Alley.
1:39.0	She appeared to be in quite a hurry.
1:42.0	This is the last confirmed sighting of Sandy Ray.
1:46.0	In the years following Sandy's disappearance, many people have come forward with tales of what happened to the teenager.
1:53.0	Stories that connected her to other young women in the area who had disappeared or were murdered.
1:59.0	Some of these stories seemed unbelievable.
2:02.0	Tales of local corruption at many levels.
2:05.0	Several years ago, one of Sandy's cousins, a classmate and a local reporter, banded together to dig for answers and hopefully find the truth.
2:15.0	I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is Episode 219 of The Vanished.
2:20.0	Sandy Ray's story.
2:22.0	The Vanished.
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