This podcast is intended for mature audiences.

Listener discretion is advised. Red Land. My name is Bob Poolno and I was a private investigator. I'm now retired.

That day I met with the Wilson's was November of the 11th.

Justin had been missing since the night of November 1.

So I was 11 days into this incident

before I knew anything about it.

They told me that Justin was not a type child of their one of seven children they had to go without making contact with them frequently by telephone or in person.

The Wiltsons were not financially well off and I thought I could find

Justin within a week.

He seemed to be very, very popular from what they were telling me.

Had a lot of, quote, friends, and I have found young people like that,

particularly teenagers who have run away from home, and I would find them at other teenagers on them, hiding out or whatever, you know,

for whatever reason.

This could have well been another one of those.

So I took the case, pro bono.

Bob Pulne decided to take on Justin Gaines his case

16 years ago.

He thought that Justin would turn up within a week and he move on to the next case as it happened many times before with teenagers running away from home.

But that was before Bob knew how twisted this case would become, how deep

he would have to go to find answers, or how dangerous his investigation could be.

The case of Justin Gaines would torment him for nearly two decades.

To this day, he's never charged Erica or Stephen Wilson a penny, all because he made a promise to them to never give up. From Waveland, I'm Sean Kite, and this is Drowning Creek. I grew up in Ohio outside of the Cleveland area. Met my current husband in

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