Shelton Sanders - USA

The Missing

Darrell Brown

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we visit the city of Columbia, South Carolina where, on the night of June 19th, 2001, twenty-five year old college student Shelton Sanders vanished without a trace.

Shelton spent the hours leading up to his disappearance driving around the city, accompanied by a friend, scoping out hotels for a bachelor party he was planning. Shortly after dropping his friend off at their home, three loud bangs were heard. Most contend these were gunshots, others say they were simply the sound of a car backfiring. Either way, Shelton was never seen nor heard from again.

This episode hears from Shelton’s sister Wilveria, who for over five years now, has dedicated her life to getting justice for her missing brother. She walks us through the events leading up to Shelton’s disappearance, explains how the trial of the lead suspect in this case collapsed and walks us through what she’s doing to keep her brother’s story in the public eye.

This episode is supported by Doe Network. They exist to appeal for answers in hundreds of missing persons cases worldwide. Visit their website The Doe Network to find more information about this and many other cases, which all need help. They believe the case of Shelton Sanders CAN still be solved.

If you have any information which might help to solve this case, or anything you want to share, there is an easy way to get in touch. You can email [email protected] - your information will be passed securely to the relevant authorities. And you can get in touch anonymously.

This episode is hosted by Ashley Loeb Blassingame.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Justice is a famously slow process. It's not uncommon for cases to move through the system at a snail's pace.
0:19.0	Jurisdictional disputes, subpar police work, and the ever-present issue of bureaucracy.
0:26.6	All of these can be impediments to progress.
0:30.6	And even if you're fortunate enough to get a trial, there are no guarantees.
0:36.6	The family of Shelton Sanders, a 25-year-old USC student,
0:42.2	who vanished in mysterious circumstances, learned that the hard way, when the case against
0:48.3	the main suspect in his disappearance collapsed. These days, for Shelton's sister, Wilveria, the pursuit of justice has become a numbers game.
1:01.0	Over 8,500.
1:04.0	The number of days her brother has been missing.
1:08.0	50,000.
1:09.0	The reward for information that leads to his return.
1:14.0	1. The number of people she believes are responsible.
1:20.2	I'm Ashley Loeb Blassing Game and you're listening to The Missing, a What's the Story
1:26.4	Original podcast series.
1:28.9	This episode and all of the episodes in the United States and Canada are brought to you with
1:34.4	the help of the Doe Network, a not-for-profit volunteer organization dedicated to returning
1:41.6	the missing to their families and giving the names back to the unidentified.
1:46.7	With their help, we've set up a simple way for you to share any tips, ideas, leads, or information
1:53.6	which can be passed to the relevant authorities.
1:56.6	They still believe that all of the cases in this series could still be solved.
2:02.9	This is The Missing, Shelton Sanders.
2:15.0	It's April 2008.
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