13.

1982.

Moro Bay, California.

The decomposed body of 43-year-old Diane Harlan is discovered in a stand of trees next

to a beach, and she has been strangled to death with a leech, belonging to one of her

dogs.

It turns out that Diane's eccentric 47-year-old husband Hugh Harlan had failed to reporter

missing for 11 days, and since the couple was known for having a turbulent relationship,

Hugh becomes a potential suspect in his wife's murder.

Four years later, Hugh becomes a missing person after his abandoned pickup truck is discovered

by the side of the highway.

Investigators are unable to determine if Hugh's disappearance is connected to Diane's

murder, but the crime is never solved, and no trace of Hugh is ever found.

After that, the trail went cold.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.

I'm your host, Robin Warder, and today we're going to be covering two separate cases involving

couples that were featured on Unsauged Mysteries.

The cases are not connected, but they have one major detail in common.

One half of the couple was murdered, and their spouse subsequently went missing.

I'm talking about the sagas of Hugh and Diane Harlan, as well as Larry Costein and

Melissa Jo Cermans.

The Harlan's were a very eccentric married couple who lived in a small coastal town in

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