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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 109 - Connie Smith

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

July 16, 1952. Salisbury, Connecticut. While spending the summer at Camp Sloane, ten-year old Connie Smith skips breakfast and leaves the campground. Numerous witnesses see Connie walking down the road and attempting to hitchhike, but before she reaches the nearest town, she vanishes without a trace. Since Connie’s grandfather is the former Governor of Wyoming, there is a massive search effort and her case receives extensive publicity. Over the years, there are a number of unusual leads, including an anonymous letter stating that Connie might be an unidentified murder victim named “Little Miss X”, whose skeletal remains were found in Arizona in 1958. Did Connie Smith become an unidentified Jane Doe? If not, what actually happened to her? And what compelled her to walk away from Camp Sloane to begin with? We explore one of America’s most baffling unsolved missing children’s cases on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”. This episode of “The Trail Went Cold” is brought to you by “Murder Book”, a new true crime podcast hosted by bestselling author Michael Connelly, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/constance-christine-smith https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Missing-girl-s-unsolved-case-draws-theories-13164163.php https://www.courant.com/hc-cc-smith-051709-story.html http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1193ufaz.html http://charleyproject.org/case/donnis-marie-redman http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-lawrence-griffin “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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This episode of The Trail Went Cold is brought to you by Murderbook, a new true crime podcast hosted by best-selling author Michael Connolly, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:11.0

Also be sure to check out Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connolly's latest number one bestseller

0:15.8

featuring detectives Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard.

0:19.2

Thank you and enjoy the show.

0:22.8

July 16th, 1952. Salisbury, Connecticut.

0:29.1

While attending summer camp, 10-year-old Connie Smith skips breakfast and leaves the campground.

0:35.0

Numerous witnesses see Connie walking down the road and attempting to hitch hike, but before she

0:39.9

reaches the nearest town, she vanishes without a trace.

0:44.0

Over the years, there are a number of promising leads, including an anonymous letter stating

0:48.7

that Connie is an unidentified murder victim from Arizona named Little Miss X, but the investigation fails to turn up any trace of her.

0:57.0

After that, the trail went cold. And the Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh,

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uh, uh, uh, the, uh, uh,

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uh, the uh, the uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.

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I'm your host Robin Warder and we're going to be chronicling an older missing children's case on today's episode,

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the 1952 disappearance of 10-year-old Connie Smith.

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This is the tragic story of a girl who was attending summer camp, but then made the inexplicable decision to walk away from the campground, possibly after an altercation with her fellow campers, and was never seen again.

2:02.0

At the time, this case was a pretty big deal

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because Connie hailed from a wealthy affluent family

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