Search Continues for Son Vanishes Without a Trace: WHERE'S RICKY?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The search for Ricky Griffis began two days after his last contact with his mother.
When Alice Mabe texted her 46-year-old son, asking if he was coming home that night, he said "no." He didn’t come home the next night either. And then he didn’t show up for work.
Griffis was seen leaving an acquaintance’s place of business on July 5th. Several texts were exchanged with the acquaintance. The next day his car was found near the Coopersville strip mines.
That morning, Griffis sent his family a strange text around 9 a.m. It said he was stuck in the woods, but Griffis’ cell phone was found in the vehicle, along with his wallet.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Cheyanne Carney - Sister of Ricky Griffis
- Wendy Patrick - California Prosecutor, Author of "Why Bad Looks Good" and "Red Flags," and Host of "Today with Dr Wendy" on KCBQ in San Diego; Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHD
- Dr. Lisa Long - Forensic Psychologist and Owner of Dr. Long and Associates; Instagram: @dr.lisalong, Facebook: DrLisaLong/
- Brian Fitzgibbons - VP Operations at USPA Nationwide Security; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security; Kingsman Philanthropic's 2022 rescue missions of women and children in Ukraine; Iraq War Veteran
- Toney Wade - Commander, Cajun Coast Search and Rescue Team; Facebook.com/CajunCoastSAR
- Phil Pendleton - News Reporter and Multimedia Journalist for WKYT (CBS News affiliate based in Lexington, KY); Twitter: @philtvnews, Facebook: Phil Pendleton WKYT
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| 0:30.0 | A Southern Kentucky family is desperate to find their missing son, their brother. |
| 0:38.2 | Where is Ricky Griffiths? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here |
| 0:46.0 | at Fox Station and Series XM111. As I mentioned, a beloved son, a loving brother seemingly vanishes |
| 0:56.8 | into thin air. That's physically impossible. This guy did not just disappear. He's somewhere and somebody |
| 1:08.8 | knows where he is. First of all, take a listen to our friends at WKYT. |
| 1:16.1 | Ricky Griffiths was last seen here in the Burnside area of Polaski County, but then no sign of him. |
| 1:23.2 | His family did receive some strange text messages from his phone. They questioned whether he |
| 1:29.2 | actually sent those and then his phone, his car, and his wallet were all found in a remote area of |
| 1:36.6 | Wayne County. Since that point, nothing but a lot of questions of what exactly happened to him. |
| 1:43.2 | I've learned a lot about Burnside Kentucky since I first heard about Ricky's disappearance. |
| 1:51.7 | It reminds me so much of the little community, the Rutland community south of Macon, Georgia, |
| 1:59.0 | in the center of the state, where I was born. Very small, tight knit makes it very difficult for me |
| 2:08.4 | to believe. Somebody doesn't know where is Ricky. With me and all-star panel to make sense of what we |
| 2:16.3 | know right now in Ricky's disappearance. But first, I want to go to a special guest joining us with us. |
| 2:23.6 | Cheyenne Karney. This is Ricky's sister. Cheyenne, thank you for being with us. |
| 2:31.2 | Thank you Nancy. Cheyenne, by all accounts, Ricky is just beloved. You know how in every family, |
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