The Trail Went Cold - Episode 131 - Toni Lee Sharpless

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and starts displaying erratic behaviour, both she and Crystal are asked to leave. While driving away, the two friends get into an argument which leads to Crystal being kicked out of the car. This is the last time Toni or her vehicle are ever seen and there is concern that her disappearance might be connected to her struggles with bipolar disorder. Two weeks after Toni goes missing, her car’s licence number is flagged in Camden, New Jersey, and years later, an anonymous letter surfaces which claims that Toni was killed after an altercation with a police officer. Did Toni vanish because she accidentally drove her vehicle into the Schuylkill River? Or did something a lot more sinister happen? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover a tragic missing persons case and explore all the different potential theories. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/toni-lee-sharpless http://www.mainlinetoday.com/Main-Line-Today/July-2017/Eight-Years-After-Her-Disappearance-the-Search-for-Toni-Lee-Sharpless-Continues/ https://lancasteronline.com/news/tips-on-whereabouts-of-lgh-nurse-missing-since-give-family/article_332a875a-a5e8-5e9a-963b-520bd2040327.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/anonymous-letter-offers-clue-case-missing-nurse-article-1.1238873 “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at True Crime Podcast Festival 2019 on July 13th at the Marriott Downtown in Chicago. Please visit their website for more details. The Trail Went Cold will be appearing at the event, “True Crime Podcasts: Live in Toronto”, being held at the Royal Cinema in Toronto on Sunday, August 18. For more information and to purchase tickets to the event, please visit this website. “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.

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0:00.0	August 23rd, 2009.
0:04.3	Gladwyn, Pennsylvania.
0:06.3	29-year-old Tony Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns.
0:11.4	When Tony becomes intoxicated and starts making a scene, both she and Crystal are asked to leave.
0:17.0	While driving away, the two friends get into an argument which leads to Crystal being kicked out of the car, but Tony does not return home and has never seen again.
0:26.0	Over the next few years, there would be some intriguing leads,
0:30.0	including a license plate reading from Tony's car in New Jersey and an anonymous letter claiming that she was killed during an altercation with a police officer, but no trace of Tony or her vehicle is ever found. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh,
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1:01.0	uh... Oh, uh, uh, uh, and uh,
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1:11.0	uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:25.6	I'm your host Robin Mordor and we've got an odd missing persons case to cover today.
1:30.4	The 2009 disappearance of Tony Lee Sharpless.
1:35.0	This is a story which was featured on the True Crime Show disappeared, and it is both a tragic
1:39.8	and baffling mystery.
1:42.0	Tony was a single mother who struggled with bipolar
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