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There's nobody nowhere and I know there's missing people that come up years and years and years later

but I am 20 years and you know nothing has came up because that's the only way I think that you even have a shot at solving

this case or what happened is that's fine and it's about it and

for 20 years they haven't been able to find anything. That's just baffling to me.

And to be honest I never really noticed how many missing people around the world until it hit close to me.

Back in June of 2001, 25-year-old Shelton Sanders had everything going for him.

He was about to graduate from the University of South Carolina in the coming months.

He had big career aspirations and the talent to match. At the time Shelton was living with his family in

Rembert, South Carolina and would make the 45-minute commute back and forth to school and work in Colombia each day.

On June 19, 2001, Shelton left home to attend classes and work his part-time job at the University.

He purchased some flowers that he planned to give to a woman later and then headed to a friend's house.

The two were going to look at hotels for a friend's upcoming bachelor party. Shelton was going to be the best man at the wedding.

Shelton's plans fell through with his friend but another mutual friend stepped up to a company Shelton.

The two went to three different hotels and the friend said that Shelton dropped him off at his home and then left to drive back to Rembert.

After that it was like Shelton and the vehicle he was driving vanished into thin air.

By the next morning, Shelton's family was alarmed when they realized that he hadn't made it home.

This was not like Shelton. Concerns quickly turned to the possibility of an accident during Shelton's commute home late at night.

But nearly two years later, after the discovery of the car that Shelton was driving, this case quickly took a different turn.

I'm Marissa and from Wondery this is episode 328 of The Vanished. Shelton's Sanders story.

The thing about Shelton's Sanders is that he wasn't the type of person that anyone ever expected to disappear.

He was reliable and thoughtful of others. He was known to phone home throughout the day to let his family know his plans and when they could expect him to be home.

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