January 14, 1950, West Point, New York.

21-year-old Richard Colvin Cox, a second-year cadet at the United States Military Academy,

tells his roommate that he's planning to go out to dinner with the visitor,

but he does not return and has eventually reported missing.

During the preceding week, Cox was visited on multiple occasions by a man whose name may have been George,

and Cox's beliefs would have been with him when he vanished.

Over the years, there are a number of different theories presented about Cox's disappearance,

including that he was recruited to perform secret work for the CIA.

But he is not heard from again, and the mysterious George is never identified.

After that, the trail went cold.

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the trail went cold.

I'm your host Robin Warner, and today we're going to be exploring an odd military-themed

mystery, the 1950 disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox.

That voice you just heard narrating our intro was Charles Cage, the latest winner of our

most recent trail went cold, listener voiceover contest, so thank you very much Charles.

This has been a recurring monthly contest which you've been holding for nearly four years now,

and if you'd like to enter and have an already done so, I will be providing instructions near the end of this episode.

Anyway, the disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox was the case Charles requested I cover

when I originally entered this contest, and I've actually been wanting to do an episode about this one for a long time

because it's a pretty unique story, as it involves a cadet who somehow vanish while attending the United States military academy in West Point.

To give you an idea of how prestigious this place is, West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States,

as the academy was originally founded over 200 years ago in 1802.

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