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Already Gone Podcast

The murder of Troy VanderStelt

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The July 2008 murder of realtor Troy VanderStelt in Muskegon, Michigan. 

Donate - Ava VanderStelt Scholarship

Written by Charity Dodd, audio production by Bill Bert. 

#Murder #Michigan #Muskegon

Transcript

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0:00.0

Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

0:04.0

Right now there is no trace.

0:06.0

Investigators say evidence lead them to believe that she's dead.

0:09.0

Stick my nose back on the trail.

0:11.0

That's all I can do.

0:13.0

This is already gone.

0:15.0

Already gone.

0:17.0

Already.

0:18.0

Already. already. It was nearly 20 years ago that the 2008 housing market crash occurred.

0:30.9

This was a period marked by foreclosures, plummeting home values, and economic despair.

0:37.1

In years leading up to the crash, many homebuyers

0:40.6

purchased properties they couldn't sustain long term. When housing prices began to fall in 2006 and

0:47.6

2007, homeowners found themselves underwater, which means they owed more on their mortgage than their

0:54.1

home was worth.

0:55.9

This led to tremendous stress for many homeowners. They often owed more than the house could

1:01.6

reasonably be sold for. There was a significant uptick in foreclosures, vandalism, and desperate

1:09.3

people. In many instances, realtors were blamed

1:12.9

for the losses incurred by homeowners, and sometimes this led to violence. Come with me to July 1st,

1:20.9

2008, when Troy van der Stelt arrives at work and has an unexpected meeting with a former client.

1:40.6

Troy Vanderstelt was born September 24, 1974 to parents Dennis and Carol van der Stelt in

1:47.8

Muskegon, Michigan. He was one of three sons, and as he grew up in Muskegon, he was involved

1:54.7

in sports and enjoyed physical fitness and outdoor activities. Troy was also a graduate of Mona Shores High School, and he later

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