Teresa “Terry” Peroni: Missing 1983. Found 1997. Identified 2024.

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In the summer of 1983, 27-year-old Teresa “Terry” Peroni disappeared from a remote counterculture community in rural Oregon. For years, rumors circulated about communes, drugs, and the controlling man she had last been seen with. Her family searched, asked questions, and followed every lead, but Terry’s trail went cold. Her name slowly faded from public memory. In 1997, human remains were discovered in the Oregon wilderness, but they were never linked to Terry. It wasn’t until 2024, more than four decades after she vanished, that new forensic technology finally confirmed the truth. Her remains were identified. The case was reopened. And the man long suspected in her disappearance was arrested across state lines. This episode follows Terry’s journey for independence, the dangerous world she stepped into, the failures that allowed her case to go cold, and the small group of people who refused to let her story be forgotten. Need help now? Call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Support is available 24 hours a day. Need help now? Call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. Thanks to our sponsors: Miracle Made: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made. Save over 40% and get an extra 20% off plus a free three-piece towel set at trymiracle.com/crimesalad with code CRIMESALAD. Mortal Musings: Neil and Megan cover true crime every Wednesday with a thoughtful tone and a bit of natural humor to balance the heavy topics. If you’re looking for another well-told true crime show to add to your rotation, check out Mortal Musings wherever you listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years.
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0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
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1:08.3	So today's case spans more than four decades with a mystery that started in the summer of 1983
1:15.1	and ended only a few months ago with an arrest no one thought would ever come.
1:20.9	It's a story about a young woman searching for belonging in a counterculture community
1:26.0	on the edge of rural Oregon, someone who wanted
1:29.5	peace, belonging, and independence, but instead met someone whose control and violence changed
1:35.8	everything. She was just 27 years old when she mysteriously disappeared, and for 42 years,
1:42.8	her family held on to hope that she would be found,
1:45.7	even when evidence suggested otherwise. Her case went cold, files went missing, and for decades,
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