The Trail Went Cold - Episode 408 - Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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May 18, 2024. Redding, California. 39-year old Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain texts her sister from a hospital and says she is planning to drive to her mother-in-law’s house, but she soon cuts off all contact with her family and disappears. One week later, Nikki’s abandoned truck is discovered 50 miles away in a remote section of Tehama County, but searches of the area fail to find her. Prior to her disappearance, Nikki had filed domestic violence charges against her estranged husband, Tyler McCain, and they were scheduled to go to trial in the near-future. Even though Tyler and his family display suspicious behavior and provide constantly-changing and conflicting stories about the last time they saw Nikki, there is no direct evidence of foul play and Nikki cannot be found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover a recent missing persons case where the victim’s family is desperately searching for answers. Additional Reading: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092055923/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1093905298/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1100104152/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1102064689/ https://krcrtv.com/news/local/community-unites-in-first-large-scale-search-for-mother-of-four-nikki-saelee-mccain?fbclid=IwY2xjawFid0dleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfaKr6DjCiKnnDNDWD5yB7CMOPaCc1YCzsrxatoU983yM-MDlj3NUB-hfA_aem_O8hCrrMGyWLD8P02bLNauA https://krcrtv.com/news/local/olinda-fire-started-one-person-individual-cited-by-cal-fire-happy-valley-anderson-shasta-county-identity-law-enforcement?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0PQFG2Rl3S482BojIv5x6TX-w-nGe_x29QmJu0HmN0xQDMMMq91Wig-mw_aem_0K63BDFK36hnyaGZ9ZIOnw https://anewscafe.com/2024/07/13/redding/new-witness-sheds-light-on-allegations-of-domestic-violence-endured-by-missing-shasta-county-woman-nikki-saelee-mccain/ https://anewscafe.com/2024/08/09/redding/new-information-emerges-in-missing-nikki-saelee-mccain-case-as-law-enforcement-reveals-few-details/ https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/missing-mom-who-vanished-in-may-had-texted-family-to-say-she-was-leaving-abusive-husband-report/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/no-clues-may-disappearance-nikki-cheng-saelee-mccain-domestic-violence-rcna163307 https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/no-clues-may-disappearance-nikki-cheng-saelee-mccain-domestic-violence-rcna163307 https://shastascout.org/tyler-mccains-felony-dv-charges-dismissed-as-search-for-missing-wife-nikki-cheng-saelee-mccain-continues/ “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 produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	May 18th, 2024. Redding, California.
0:05.0	39-year-old Nikki Chang-Sailie McCain
0:09.0	texts her sister from a hospital and says she is planning to drive to her mother-in-law's house,
0:14.0	but she soon cuts off all contact with her family and disappears.
0:18.0	Eight days later, Nikki's abandoned truck has discovered 50 miles away in a remote
0:22.9	section of Dehama County, but searches of the area failed to find her. Prior to her disappearance,
0:29.3	Nikki had filed domestic violence charges against her estranged husband, Tyler McCain,
0:33.9	and they were scheduled to go to trial in the near future. Even though Tyler and his family display suspicious behavior
0:40.3	and keep changing their stories about the last time they saw Nicky,
0:43.3	there is no direct evidence of foul play and Nicky remains a missing person.
0:48.3	After that, the trail went cold.
0:51.3	The Trail... the trail went cold. The trail went cold. Hello, everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:33.9	I'm your host Robin Warder, and this week we're going to be covering a very recent missing person's case,
1:40.3	the 2024 disappearance of Nikki Chang-Sailie McCain.
1:44.8	This story was brought to my attention by my friend Haley Gray, who is one of the best true-crime researchers out there,
1:51.3	and even runs an entire business about the topic called True Crime Podcast Training.
1:56.4	She recently researched and wrote an episode about this case for the podcast's Detective Perspective
2:01.4	hosted by Derek LaVasher and generously shared all of her material with me when she asked if the
2:06.9	trail went cold would cover it. This story has also recently gotten a lot of coverage on crime
2:12.4	stories with Nancy Grace as Nikki's family, particularly her sisters, Chloe Saly and Kay Ford, are doing everything
2:20.1	they can to spread awareness about her disappearance. For over a decade, Nikki had been married
2:25.5	to her husband, Tyler McCain, and they had four children together, but their marriage became
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