The Trail Went Cold - Episode 241 - Patti Adkins

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

June 29, 2001. Marysville, Ohio. After completing her shift at the Honda automotive plant, 29-year old Patti Adkins clocks out in order to leave on what she claims is a vacation to Canada with her boyfriend. When Patti fails to return after a week-and-a-half, she is reported missing, but her boyfriend denies this trip took place or that he was even involved in a relationship with Patti. It turns out this man was married and Patti had been paying him large sums of money during their affair, but even though investigators find him to be suspicious, there is not enough evidence to make an arrest. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, which explore the disappearance of Patti Adkins, which has remained unsolved for the past 20 years. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Union County Sheriff’s Department at (937) 645-4110. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/patricia-ann-adkins https://disappearedblog.com/patricia-adkins/ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/ohio-mother-patricia-adkins-remains-missing-17-years-after-her-n885956 https://www.dispatch.com/article/20100906/NEWS/309069879 https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2010/09/07/timeline.html https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/daughter-speaks-for-first-time-15-years-after-moms-disappearance Download Best Fiends FREE today on the Apple App Store or Google Play. “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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on September 25-26, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:17.0	June 29, 2001. Marysville, Ohio.
0:22.9	After completing your shift at the Honda Automotive Plant, 29-year-old Patty Atkins clocks out in order
0:27.8	to leave on a trip to Canada with her boyfriend.
0:30.8	When Patty fails to return after a week and a half, she is reported missing, but her boyfriend denies the trip took place or that he was even involved in a relationship with Patty.
0:39.0	It turns out this man was married, and Patty had been paying him large sums of money during their affair, but even though investigators find him to be suspicious, there is not enough evidence to make an arrest, and no trace of Patty has ever found.
0:52.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, right, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, yes. Oh, uh, uh, so and uh, uh,
1:15.0	and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:18.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:33.0	I'm your host Robin Warder, and this week we're going to be exploring an unsolved
1:36.7	missing persons case, the 2001 disappearance of Patty Adkins.
1:41.7	This story was once featured on an episode of the True Crime Show disappeared,
1:45.2	and I've received numerous requests to cover it on the podcast over the years.
1:48.8	The case involves a divorced single mother who told everyone that she was planning to take an extended vacation to Canada with her boyfriend, but vanished without explanation after her shift at a Honda plant came to an end.
2:01.0	Patty's sisters and closest friends were aware that this man Patty was involved with was already
2:05.5	married, but she seemed certain that he was going to divorce his wife and start a full-time relationship with her.
2:11.3	However, major alarm bells went off when Patty failed to return from this so-called vacation
2:16.0	and her boyfriend attempted to deny that they were even in a relationship to begin with.
2:20.0	The investigation would reveal a lot of reasons to become suspicious of this
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