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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 409 - Kenneth Dungee and "Debbie"

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

December 23, 1988. Orange County, North Carolina. A quartet of friends – 19-year old Kenneth Dungee, 17-year old Kenneth Newkirk, 17-year old Levern Allen and 17-year old Darius Bannerman – leave their homes in Greensboro in order to drive to Raleigh to go Christmas shopping. While travelling down Interstate 40, their car is violently run off the road by a blue Monte Carlo containing a white man and a white woman. Kenneth Dungee is killed in the crash and while his three friends survive, Levern has his right leg amputated. Since the four young men were black, it is speculated that the occupants of the Monte Carlo may have committed a hate crime, but they cannot be identified. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a shocking hit-and-run murder was has remained unsolved for 36 years. In addition, we will also be covering the unsolved 1990 abduction, assault and attempted murder of a woman known only as “Debbie”, another crime which took place along the interstates of North Carolina and was committed by an assailant who has never been identified. Join us on Saturday, December 14 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. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Kenneth_Dungee https://unsolved.com/gallery/greensboro-hit-and-run https://greensboro.com/unsolved-mysteries-generates-300-calls/article_73f2546a-b7e2-5d91-baea-2057e5539e12.html https://greensboro.com/highway-ramming-death-still-unsolved/article_ca088d5c-8526-55a2-8ef9-c34e255089ae.html https://greensboro.com/hit-and-run-still-lingers-for-victims/article_98dcb974-a1fe-5152-b28d-82dc81c18a21.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/655391766/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/655996666/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/655985511/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/625632837/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Debbie https://unsolved.com/gallery/shotgun-survivor/ https://greensboro.com/officers-search-for-rapist/article_d2e03e5e-35ad-56a4-a14b-013cc1ec1646.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/655996954/ https://greensboro.com/family-boosts-reward-in-kidnap-case/article_3c7615dc-413f-56bf-849f-0d884b5fb26f.html https://greensboro.com/first-survival-then-success-it-s-like-god-gave-me/article_5de2143b-73c7-5e33-8533-3bfb79950b28.html “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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December 23rd, 1988. Orange County, North Carolina. A quartet of friends, 19-year-old Kenneth

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Dungey, 17-year-old Kenneth Newkirk, 17-year-old LeBern Allen, and 17-year-old Darius Bannerman,

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leave their homes in Greensboro in order to drive to Raleigh to go Christmas shopping.

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While traveling down Interstate 40,

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their car is violently run off the road by a blue Monte Carlo containing a white man and a white woman.

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Kenneth Dungey is killed in the crash, and while his three friends survive, Laverne has his right leg amputated.

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Since the four young men were black, it is speculated that the occupants of the Monte Carlo committed a hate crime,

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but they cannot be identified, and Kenneth's murder is never solved.

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After that, the trail went cold. I'm not going to be. I'm not. And so you're

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I'm going to

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you're

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I'm I. I'm your host Robin Warder,

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