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On the morning of August 21, 1996, Dennis Appleby left his Moline, Illinois home to head to work, leaving behind his 11 year old daughter, Trudy, to spend the summer day at home. Around 9:30am, a neighbor saw Trudy with a man who appeared to be in his 20’s, with dark curly hair, wearing a baseball cap. The unidentified man was driving a silver or gray four door sedan. Dennis came home from work that evening and was surprised to find his daughter wasn’t home. He called his neighbors and some of Trudy’s friends but she wasn’t with any of them. That is when Dennis called the police to report Trudy missing. Trudy’s case went unsolved for more than 20 years but now, investigators believe they know who is responsible for Trudy’s disappearance.
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0:22.0 | My thought process is she left her house that day with someone she thought she could trust with every intention on returning home. |
0:30.0 | And that's all what happened. |
0:34.0 | Every day was well, what's it going to be today is going to be open. |
0:38.0 | The lead comes up and I get a phone call from the police who are going to be a down day where the bottom falls out. |
0:44.0 | It was a dead end and we didn't find nothing out. So for quite a long time it was a roller coaster. |
0:51.0 | On the morning of August 21st, 1996, Dennis Applebee left his home in Malene, Illinois to head to work. |
1:00.0 | Leaving behind his 11-year-old daughter, Trudy, to spend the summer day at home. |
1:06.0 | Around 9.30 a.m., a neighbor saw Trudy with a man who appeared to be in his 20s, with dark curly hair wearing a baseball cap. |
1:16.0 | The unidentified man was driving a silver or gray, four-door sedan. |
1:21.0 | Dennis came home from work that evening and was surprised to find his daughter wasn't home. |
1:26.0 | He called around to his neighbors and some of Trudy's friends, but she wasn't with any of them. |
1:32.0 | That is when Dennis called the police to report Trudy missing. |
1:36.0 | Trudy's case went unsolved for more than 20 years, but now, investigators believe they know who is responsible for Trudy's disappearance. |
1:46.0 | I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 230 of The Vanished. Trudy Applebee's story. |
1:54.0 | The Vanished is a story that was revealed in the film. |
1:59.0 | The Vanished is a story that was revealed in the film. |
2:05.0 | Trudy Applebee's story. |
2:10.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
2:12.0 | And we are the hosts of A Red Handed, a weekly True Crime Podcast. |
2:16.0 | Every week on Red Handed, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases. |
2:19.0 | From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of The Murdoch Saga. |
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