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On April 15th 1979

Harriet Simmons left her home in Raleigh, North Carolina for a weekend trip to Nashville

The drive should have taken about eight hours, but Harriet Simmons never arrived at her destination

Her family feared for her safety and reported her missing. This is her son-in-law Ronnie DeMent

It was totally out of character for her mom

Not to call you know when when we knew she would know because her kids you know her life

She would never go that long and not being touched with them one third of all murder cases in America remain open

Each one is called a cold case and only one percent are ever solved

This is one of those rare cases

From A&E this is cold case files the podcast

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Family joins in the search Ronnie retraces the route that Harriet would have taken to get to Nashville

Two and a half hours into the search he finds an important piece of evidence

Harriet's car

The car was parked just off an exit lane leading out of a rest area. This is Ronnie again

Seeing the car where it was I know it was a character that her mom would never stop the car in that position

I just knew something happened as she was leaving that rest area. I didn't know what but I knew she would never stop her car there

The police searched the car for clues of Harriet's whereabouts

It's what they don't find that makes them suspicious her keys and purse are missing

They also noticed that the car has a flat tire and theorized that Harriet might have asked a stranger for help

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