The Trail Went Cold - Episode 260 - Kristen Modafferi

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

June 23, 1997. San Francisco, California. After completing her shift at a coffee shop at the Crocker Galleria, 18-year old Kristen Modafferi vanishes without a trace. Even though co-workers report seeing Kristen with a blonde woman at the mall, this woman is never identified, and a police bloodhound tracks Kristen’s scent to the edge of the Pacific Ocean at Lands End over six miles away. Weeks later, a man named Jon Onuma phones in a fake tip in which he falsely accuses two women of murdering Kristen, but even though Onuma does a number of suspicious things and multiple women accuse him of abuse, no conclusive evidence can be found to link him to Kristen’s disappearance. Was Kristen Modafferi harmed by Jon Onuma? If not, then how did she wind up going missing? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the perplexing disappearance of a young university student where all the pieces of the puzzle just don’t seem to fit together. Special thanks to listener Gretchen Piening for narrating the opening for this episode. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Oakland Police Department at (510) 238-3641. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Kristen_Modafferi https://unsolved.com/gallery/kristen-modafferi/ http://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi http://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2134466/ https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Kristen-Modafferi-cold-case-Oakland-Jayne-DNA-13005068.php https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Kristen-Modafferi-Dennis-Mahon-Onuma-missing-Lampo-12988187.php http://www.findkristen.com “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 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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0:00.0	June 23rd, 1997, San Francisco, California.
0:05.0	After completing her shift at a coffee shop in the Cracker Galeria,
0:10.0	18-year-old Kristen Modder Ferry vanishes without a trace.
0:13.2	Even though coworkers report seeing Kristen with a blonde woman,
0:17.1	she has never identified and Blodhounds track Kristen sent to the edge of the
0:21.6	Pacific Ocean at Landsend over six miles away.
0:25.7	Weeks later, a man named John Onuma phones in a fake tip in which he falsely accuses
0:30.3	two women of murdering Kristen. But even though Onuma does a number of suspicious things, and multiple women accuse him of abuse, no conclusive evidence ties him to Kristen's disappearance. After that, the trilent cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, yeah.
1:03.0	Oh, uh, uh, so good.
1:05.0	And, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:23.8	I'm your host Robin Warner and today we're going to be covering an unsolved case involving
1:28.2	a missing university student, the 1997 disappearance of Kristen Modifari.
1:33.0	That voice you just heard narrating our intro was Gretchen Pining,
1:37.0	the latest winner of our most recent trail went called
1:40.0	listener voiceover contest, so thank you very much Gretchen. This is a recurring
1:44.4	monthly contest which we've been holding for over four years now so if you'd
1:48.0	like to enter and haven't already done so I will be providing instructions
1:51.7	near the end of this episode.
1:53.2	When Gretchen originally entered this contest about three and a half years ago,
1:57.2	the one case she requested I cover was the 1996 disappearance
2:01.2	of California Polytechnic State University student Kristen Smart, but as you probably heard,
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