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October 23rd, 1986. Dublin, Ireland.

After going home for lunch, 13-year-old Philip Carnes leaves in order to return to school.

He never arrives and vanishes without a trace.

Six days later, Philip's school bag appears in an alley which had previously been searched,

leading to speculation that it was planted there by whoever was responsible for his disappearance.

In 2016, investigators receive information to suggest that a dying pedophile named

Aiman Cook murdered Philip. But even though he is questioned on his deathbed, Cook passes away before he can provide any answers.

And no conclusive evidence links him to the crime.

After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, I'm not.

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uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of The Trail Went cold.

I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be covering a famous

missing person's case from across the Atlantic, the 1986 disappearance of Philip Kearns. That voice

she just heard narrating or opening was Anya Noonan, the winner of our latest

trail went cold listener voiceover contest, and she did an awesome job, so thank you very much, Anya.

This has become a popular recurring monthly contest for our podcast, and if you would like to learn how to enter, I will provide you with all the details near the end of this episode.

Anyway, since Anya is a listener who was originally born in Ireland, I thought this would be a good opportunity to cover a case from that part of the world.

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