It's January 2nd, the year 2000, just two days into a brand new millennium.

In Asheville, North Carolina, Zeb Wayne Quinn finishes his shift at Walmart and heads out for a low-key evening.

He's planning to meet up with a former co-worker, Jason Owens, to go look at a used car.

But a little after 9 p.m., something goes wrong.

Zeb suddenly pulls over at a gas station and tells Jason he got a page and needed to return the call.

Then he just vanishes.

Two weeks later, Zeb's car turns up at a barbecue restaurant parking lot.

Inside the vehicle are some bizarre clues, or red herrings, but there's absolutely no trace

of Zeb. What begins as a simple missing person's case quickly spirals into something darker.

A trail of staged evidence, suspicious injuries, a mysterious love triangle, and years later,

a confession from a man who was already convicted

of another brutal, unspeakable crime, and investigators believe they know exactly who killed him.

So what happened that night? And who was the quiet, kind-hearted teenager at the center of it all?

I'm Sarah Reed, and this is sequestered season two.

Case 5, The Disappearance and Murder of Zeb Quinn, Part 1.

Thank you. In January of 2000, Asheville, North Carolina was still more of a mountain town than a tourist destination.

Downtown had a few quirky cafes and vintage shops, but nothing like the art scene it's known for today.

There were still empty storefronts, quiet neighborhoods, the River Arts District was mostly warehouses,

and if you needed something reliable, like a job,

you might work in food service or retail, like Walmart.

Zeb Quinn worked at the one in South Asheville.

It sat right off the main drag, Tunnel Road, surrounded by chain stores, fast food joints,

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