The Trail Went Cold - Episode 278 - Alexis Patterson

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

May 3, 2002. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven-year old Alexis Patterson is walked to school by her stepfather, who claims that he last sees her crossing the street and heading in the direction of the school playground. Even though numerous students report seeing Alexis crying on the playground that day, she never attends any of her classes and is eventually reported missing. Over the years, investigators explore a number of potential leads and direct some suspicion towards Alexis’ family, but there are no conclusive answers about what happened to her. Was Alexis Patterson the victim of a stranger abduction or do the real answers lie closer to home? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore an unsolved missing children’s case which recently passed its 20-year anniversary. Special thanks to listener Michelle Matthews for narrating the opening of this episode. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Milwaukee Police Department at (414) 935-7360 or Milwaukee Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS (8477). Join us on Saturday, May 28 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link. Thanks Ana Luisa. Get 10% off at shop.analuisa.com/cold by using the promo code “cold”. Additional Reading: https://charleyproject.org/case/alexis-s-patterson https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2022/05/03/elizabeth-smart-alexis-patterson-missing-children-racial-bias/7384510001/ https://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/disappearance-of-alexis-patterson-journal-sentinel-archives-385123251.html https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-alexis-patterson-missing-20-years-since-disappearance/39894820 https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2021/01/20/laron-bourgeois-stepfather-alexis-patterson-has-died/4225015001/ https://fox8.com/news/man-believes-woman-missing-since-2002-is-living-in-ohio-police-take-dna-samples/ https://newsone.com/3479238/dna-test-to-determine-if-woman-is-alexis-patterson/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91531&page=1 http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/14/connie.missing.media/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-tale-of-two-kidnappings/ “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 June 11-12, 2022. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD22”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas on August 27-28, 2022. To purchase tickets, please visit https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ “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	We would like to send out a special thanks to Anna Louisa for supporting the trail on
0:04.2	cold. Anna Louisa makes beautiful sustainable jewelry at fair prices. For 10% off, go to shop.aanalluisay.com
0:15.0	slash cold and use the promo code cold. Enjoy the show.
0:20.0	May 3rd, 2002, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven-year-old Alexis Patterson is locked to school by
0:26.6	her stepfather, who claims that he last sees her crossing the street and heading in the
0:30.9	direction of the school playground. Even though numerous students report seeing Alexis
0:35.7	crying on the playground that day, she never tens any of her classes and is eventually reported
0:40.3	missing. Over the years, investigators explore a number of potential leads and even direct
0:46.2	some suspicion towards Alexis's family. But there are no conclusive answers about what
0:51.0	happened to her and after that, the trail went cold.
1:21.0	Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold. I'm your host
1:34.5	Robin Warder and today we're going to be profiling a missing children's case about a
1:38.4	seven-year-old black girl, the 2002 disappearance of Alexis Patterson. That voice you just heard
1:44.6	narrating our intro was Michelle Matthews, the latest winner of our most recent trail went
1:49.5	cold listener voiceover contest. So thank you very much Michelle. This is a recurring monthly
1:54.5	contest which we've been holding for nearly five years now and if you'd like to enter
1:58.4	and have not already done so, I will be providing instructions near the end of this episode.
2:03.4	Anyway I've received quite a few requests to cover the Alexis Patterson case on the podcast
2:08.0	and since we passed the 20th anniversary of her disappearance earlier this month and her
2:12.4	story has been brought back into the spotlight, I thought now would be an ideal time to do
2:16.5	an episode. Two decades ago Alexis was walked to school by her stepfather before they went
2:21.9	their separate ways but she never attended any of her classes and vanished without a trace.
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