This is a special episode of The Deck, because the story I want to tell you today is about

a man whose face is not in a cold case card deck.

But we found the case so compelling that we've decided to bring you his story in what we're

going to call a wild card episode.

There will be other wild card episodes throughout this year, mostly because when our reporters

travel to do an interview, sometimes they come across other cases that aren't featured

on a deck that we just can't shake.

In this instance, we actually got asked to cover this case by the department.

And once we started learning more and more about this case, we quickly realized why.

So our card this week is Shelton Sanders, a wild card from South Carolina.

Shelton was a young man who disappeared 20 years ago.

And despite all the time that's gone by and all the heartache his family has experienced,

they've never stopped looking for him.

I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.

On the morning of June 20th, 2001, Peggy Sanders was at home in the small town of Rembert,

South Carolina, when her phone started ringing.

She picked it up and on the other end of the line was someone from the University of

South Carolina's School of Medicine where her son Shelton worked.

This colleague asked Peggy if Shelton was running late for work that morning because no one

at the office had seen him.

Peggy was a little dumbfounded by the question because she knew that her 25 year old son

wasn't home.

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