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The Daily Crime

"What if they had knocked on that door a day earlier"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3627 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Sierah Joughin disappeared in July 2016 in Lucas County, Ohio. She was discovered three days later in a shallow grave. WTOL evening anchor Melissa Andrews tells us about the case.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, listeners. Just a quick warning before you listen to today's episode. This one deals with extremely graphic content and is intended for a mature audience only.

0:09.0

Coming up.

0:10.0

This man did a very similar crime 30 years ago, and he lives right here. What if they would have knocked on that door a day earlier and found Sierra alive?

0:20.0

For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.

0:22.4

You're listening to The Daily Crime.

0:28.5

20-year-old Sierra disappeared on Tuesday.

0:32.1

Friday, Malong County Road 7 and Metamora,

0:35.0

officials discovered what they believed to be the remains of a woman.

0:38.7

I have children that are her age, and I just keep thinking of her and thinking of her family

0:43.9

and just keeping them in my prayers.

0:45.9

A positive identification of the remains will be made during an autopsy by the Lucas County

0:51.3

Coroner's Office.

0:52.8

Five years ago, in July 2016, 20-year-old Sierra

0:55.8

jogging disappeared in Ohio. Melissa Andrews is the evening anchor at WTOL. Melissa, I know you're in a busy

1:03.0

newsroom and getting ready for the evening news, so we appreciate you're taking the time to talk to us

1:07.2

and a word of warning for our listeners. You'll hear the hubbub of the newsroom there.

1:12.0

Melissa, I wanted to talk to you about this case because I know it's been one that you've been

1:14.7

close to over the years. And we'll talk about your connection to Sierra and the family.

1:20.7

But first, what do we know about what happened to Sierra back in 2016?

1:24.0

So at around 645 on July 19, 2016, Sierra was riding her bicycle home from her boyfriend's

1:31.2

house. She had been over there. And he was on his motorcycle kind of riding along with her and they

1:36.0

were talking. And there's actually a picture of her last scene. I think he put it on his Snapchat of her

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