Gone Without A Trace: The Most Mysterious Missing Person's Case

This week on New Detectives - Approximately 1.8 million Americans are reported missing each year. Some are runaways who find their way home, but others simply disappear. When foul play is suspected, investigators turn to forensics to find the missing.
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[@francoisona]

I really feel the police should have protected that girl from Emery. They knew she was in danger because she could testify against him and simply told her to stop seeing him. They let her down big time.

[@Lotr2987]

I think I can agree with you there. They really stuffed up big time, the girl should've been granted police protection. Would've saved them all this time from solving her murder and instead putting the other drug supplier in jail. I reckon some witnesses and victims in crimes who at very high risk, should be granted police protection, and depending why, they will go into police protection whether or not they want it. If they protect witnesses and victims from crimes who are now vulnerable, they can get plenty of knowledge and information from these people and also potentially prevent loss of life. I can imagine if maybe me and my girlfriend are witnesses of a horrific crime this guy just committed, and we both fear for our own safety, and we both end up having to go into police protection whether or not we want it.

[@meredithisme3752]

Citizen justice as a mother would have been my options

[@scootermom1791]

Absolutely! In fact, I think they should have been obligated to protect her! IMO, they are part responsible for what happened to her. This makes me so upset! 😡

[@nataliefischer6265]

I cannot believe that girl was not given police protection after they manipulated her to wear a wire and then said she feared for her life. Those police officers are also guilty of that murder in my opinion. 100% preventable

[@Moodboard39]

lawsuit

[@generichuman2044]

Why were the officers in the first case surprised by people's unwillingness to talk. They made a young woman wear a wire to avoid charges and she died as a result. I wouldn't want anything to do with their investigation either

[@myunknownland9272]

Agree but I don't use drugs

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

So true.

[@MsStargazerz]

After the near miss she was dealt, they should have put her in witness protection! Wth! Because if their oversight, that poor woman is dead. That should weigh on their souls.

[@DocBree13]

I agree

[@bevcd3625]

Couldn’t agree more. 💔

[@RawOlympia]

AMEN

[@jasonstaples4364]

Just stay away from tony!! Good luck out there kiddo! Wonder how the cops feel giving her a death sentence

[@bari2883]

They don't care.

[@minli143]

@@bari2883 Police only care evidence

[@quickchris10]

Well, she did walk right into their jaws alone, saying they could buy her silence; maybe because, without protection, she knew she didn't stand a chance.

[@mrcapitalist2285]

Why on earth isn't informants protected in a safe house until court ??

[@RawOlympia]

The police put a vulnerable woman in a terrible situation, they were responsible for protecting her and they helped lead her to her own violent death. Chilling.

[@calesmusicandantics7549]

I'm addicted, I think I've watched just about every episode there is, I could graduate a detective right now!!😄

[@MrPhilm00r]

Police after she's nearly busted with a wire - "Just stay away from Tony, you'll be fine. No need for us to be involved." Police after she goes missing - "Gee whiz, where is she? What happened to her?"

[@semsho1071]

so sad they jeopardized her safety

[@Jay-gh6sc]

Ggggg

[@DocBree13]

Infuriating and heartbreaking

[@wayne9585]

@@evernit what? They were incompetent and it got her killed! I don't know how they live with themselves! She was involved in drugs but as a law enforcement officer you have a duty to keep her safe! Or do you think her involvement in drugs warrants a death penalty?

[@Moodboard39]

@@evernit dont matter fool

[@JerryFreeman265]

good heavens, surely the lady should have been provided protection,? I could not watch it after 3;38 . Policeman seem oblivious to the danger he put her in?

[@bari2883]

They are not oblivious they just don't care.

[@bari2883]

Love how they threw her to the wolves. Poor girl.

[@doug132639]

YES TERRIBLE .AND THEY SAY TRUST ME IT WILL BE OK ..THEY ARE WORSE THAN THE CRIMINALS .

[@dianefanning9646]

She should have been protected from the get....especially if the dealer knew she had been busted. Dealers tend to be a little paranoid.

[@taifhassan7936]

They should’ve put her in the witness protection program

[@bobvoorhees9402]

@@taifhassan7936 war

[@sweetfaith2011]

I can't imagine hearing a woman screaming for her life and driving away without calling for help which could possibly have saved her life. What a coward this guy was, I hope he hears her screams for the rest of his pathetic life and never gets any peace.

[@DocBree13]

I evidently missed something - can you please post a time stamp?

[@sharonb.7867]

@@DocBree13 the segment starts at about 10:30 and the comment is at about 11:55. The guy heard her screaming and drove off. 😭

[@RawOlympia]

@@sharonb.7867 horrific!!!!

[@volfgankamei5348]

Police not doing enough to Protect their witnesses always angers me; they're responsible for Christine murder.

[@iamhisblessing]

What good did they do for her? Sad...

[@myunknownland9272]

😢😥😢😥

[@sierramade8]

Your team has a mole and they ignored it. You killed her

[@rabbitss11]

So, these police intimidated this poor girl into wearing a wire that eventually cost her life, well done police, good work

[@adamw.8579]

And high chance somebody from police give warning for bad guy. Big drug business often has "big boy" care.

[@janaalvaro]

@RealResponders THANK YOU for these contents and all you efforts to make and upload these contents. We truly appreciate everything. We all l9ve watching you videos! Keep it all coming okay... 😁❤️

[@jessemedley4269]

She said I’m afraid for my life and they said well you should stay away from him

[@myunknownland9272]

Yes, that was helpful!

[@marissaafalla2063]

Me and my daughter watching your episodes. Best regards from us here in Sweden.

[@SGTSnakeUSMC]

He was gonna use Chester Molester but thought Chester Higgenbothum would be less obvious.

[@Lily-qz3ms]

Hiding in the closet from SWAT. 🤦🏽‍♀️ It’s always the cowards who attack women.

[@WeirdKidThatLikesSCP]

I just cannot see the logic after all those hardship of investigating a crime. And convicting a murderer its so easy for them to give the convict a parole. Why dont you just let the convicted serve his/her time if he/she is really proven guilty. I think that's unfair.

[@assadwardak6339]

I guess the rationale is that people can change and basically repent so to give them a second chance in life they release them on parole

[@daisyhoney3088]

I'm thinking how good can these people be if they only identify anything after they are dead and NEVER FOUND WHILE ALIVE

[@DocBree13]

I don’t understand this comment, at all. Given that the first two were dead by the time the police were informed that they were missing, and the third one very likely was, how the heck could they have found the victims alive??!

[@khengsiparinmai1019]

Why only 22 years? All murder should be life imprisonment

[@sandhyasingh6537]

I can't get enough of the True Crime stories... But it's so sad to think what monsters are out there...

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

Watching from Kenya Kanairo City

[@RealResponders]

Thanks for watching Kevoh! You are one dedicated viewer 😎

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

@@RealResponders 👊👊👊👊

[@buttercupj6208]

Thanks for the upload ☺️

[@brianjumba3188]

Finally I got what I haven't watch 😃😃😄😄😄😄👌

[@rockyroll8]

amazing how they found the car.

[@rogeraudet2987]

at 22:49 they type "small in statue", but it should have been "small in stature"... typo, even in the police report...

[@michaellykke100]

These are great. But I smiled when the gardener sees a corpse - and then jumps on his lawnmower to hurry to the sheriffs office.

[@billjohnston1489]

The detectives and the science people are outstanding well done too all that have solved these horrible cases may all the victims R.I.P

[@dineshapunchihewa1228]

poor girl. i feel the police felt guilty. that is why they went through all the trouble to find the missing girl.

[@scootermom1791]

9:10 considering that Christina was trying to help law enforcement and told them she was terrified of Tony, they should have put her in witness protection! At the very least, they should have assigned an agent to stay with her 24/7 until the trial (and after if needed). This poor kid did NOT have to lose her life!! No one wanted to talk because the FBI wouldn't provide witness protection!

[@drake.707]

Boatandhammer? That's a real name? Hahaha 🤣

[@zuzellogan5613]

Good shows , really interesting.

[@meredithisme3752]

As a parent I'm afraid that guy would have been dealt with outside the law police hands may be tied but not this mother

[@brokenangel4599]

Thank goodness these people dnt clean they're cars 😂

[@kristiansven6237]

I do get excited when I find a killer documentary I haven’t seen 🤣

[@brokenangel4599]

Same here 😂

[@elliemae5526]

"what happened to her?" oh gee idk mr policeman, maybe she got caught wearing a wire by her drug dealer and you denied her any form of protection so she was murdered. its so unbelievably incompetent i just can't believe it was a misjudgment on the police's part because how can you be a police officer yet be so incompetent?!

[@JuFated]

The first one has such an infuriating premise. The cops wouldn't need to have to go through all that trouble if they just gave the girl extra security. I admit it was funny hearing and seeing that diver surface with the license plate though.

[@DocBree13]

I’m really impressed by the tenacity of the investigator who got the information that ultimately lead to finding Genie’s body. That he went so far as to interview a man whose sister had once dated Tony (if I’m relearning the association correctly) seems above and beyond what most policemen would do. That being said, she should have been protected by the department and shouldn’t have been in the river in the first place.

[@mariekatherine5238]

They should have put the woman and her son in the witness protection program.

[@kimieharland8207]

Wonderful!! I enjoy this channel because of the forensic science, the understandable way it's presented and best of all, the criminal is caught, usually.

[@verlesiaevans3966]

You do u

[@verlesiaevans3966]

I just had Jimmy jjjihjjojjjjoiiii

[@shototodoroki4816]

What's with the ice cream car sound truck at 14:50

[@karenv5103]

Never leave with a stranger

[@theatermx]

Why is he saying duct tape like that loljhfdghj

[@boyet3526]

the necrosearch did nothing

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Whoa!! Check out those shoulder pads! The 80s suits sure made a lot of women look like linebackers

[@lesleydujeu1166]

I've seen this already, I believe I've see them all!

[@garydavis0611]

Congratulations proud of you

[@Lilly_Krishna]

Same, here.. I still watch them, though some years later. I hope to be able to still watch them in my 70's and again in my 80's when I can't remember 😂 P.s I'm 30 😁

[@MsWaggydog]

So what? It's an old series. Welcome to KZbin!

[@diannshowers9129]

They sure find ALOT in the Missouri River. Many people and vehicles have been found in that river

[@jonathangoodwin646]

It is sad some police officers Look the other way they don't want to look bad that they're not doing your job when they can solve a case.

[@Moodboard39]

how naive she was get in the car. smh. greedy she was

[@mohammadrezarezaei6751]

how police miscalcuted the situation, and let emery kills elkins.

[@joseleswopes1400]

AWP helps people with Lost loved ones in water. Adventures With Purpose 🕊️🙏🌹

[@candycorn123ful]

That moment when where you live is mentioned lolol

[@belauyong]

ONE more mention of Higginbotham... :O

[@jjames6552]

Narrator's voice is really quiet on all these videos. When another person speaks, the sound shoos up!! Hope it's not just me.

[@rastgo3231]

Someone told me among the government employees 10% of them are smart

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

The cops treated her just as badly as the criminals did, they just used her arrest charges against her, even after she said that he would work it out, she was not given a choice. They probably told her she’d lose her child if she didn’t help them. It’s just awful that they didn’t protect her. At the least she should have been given somewhere safe to stay, with a cop watching her. They knew what he was capable of - witness protection should have been made available to her and her child.

[@leenaamwaalwa3567]

What's the use of celebrating the discovery of the lady's car when police could've prevented her death by protecting her?

[@mohamedkamal-dm3sf]

Jefferson is free now what a shame 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@RawOlympia]

horrific

[@itsmegladia]

TOO MANY ADS!

[@bevcd3625]

Can’t watch. 🥺 All the cops cared about was getting their men and fudge that poor girl. 🥺💔

[@ameliashostak4764]

i have a county named after me.......?!?

[@mistyocdragons]

*@**17:12** He just said "Like Excalibur coming up out of the lake with the sword." EXCALIBUR IS THE SWORD!!!* 😖

[@RawOlympia]

oy ~ ~

[@donnagpalk912]

These pigs get you to snitch. They don't tell you that when the defendant gets the discovery papers your address & ID number is on it. They know where you live & now your name! ,🐷dont care.. RIP🙏

[@madmh6421]

40 years????? Time off for good behavior???? Watch out for your sisters and daughters!!!!!

[@mrs.schmenkman]

So Jefferson is out now?

[@DoraDuncan]

Wichita?

[@pattichisholm4832]

Question. Canadian here. If someone kidnaps you in the US it's the victim's responsibility to press charges? Am I reading that correctly?

[@barbaralamson7450]

That would be horrific, if it is true.

[@artemisiam.8391]

why police didn't put cristhine under protection? !

[@notjenny2638]

Them men are so smart

[@koogle5410]

messgae to self “ never help the police” 😬

[@drake.707]

Higginbotham

[@jamiesumers]

Viewers must understand that not all is showed about the case, reality is different than a tv show

[@lizmacrae4970]

Good stories..well narrated but the music is awful and unnecessary.

[@dougchance8891]

Liz Totally agree- That F##King noise drives me crazy. I have complained several times but the producer obviously doesn't read comments.

[@phyllisscott8087]

Anything that doesn't fit in their narrowed view is discounted. That's your police!

[@sylviapensahantagas9500]

Christine's died bcoz of the luck police of safety involvedmentl bcoz christine Elkins she said already she is one danger but they ignore it.

[@sunflowerz54]

Why didn’t the police put her and her child out of town until she testified??? “ stay away from him when he already suspected her of talking. Bad choice!!

[@nowandaround312]

"Chester Higgenbothom" or whatever is the most fake-sounding alias I've ever heard. It sounds like a character in a book. Edit: They just clarified that it's not the alias. That's his actual name lol

[@RawOlympia]

what a mouthful!!! I think I'm ready to compose a limerick ~

[@CGYay]

This has been uploaded before

[@maryjoy4879]

U

[@meyergaelle8108]

43,17 very beautiful officer 👍

[@kennytaylor9296]

All these comments talking about the cops not protecting the lady after she wore the wire but if you listen they say to her do not go and see him and stay away from him and now two weeks go by and she goes missing it’s not basically her fault

[@dueynewton1139]

2!26 if he knows dat her on da hot sheet its gonna be ugly fa her, Saad ta say

[@sharoncoombs5851]

I hope Jefferson get the death penalty narcissistic n evil 👿 Rip beautiful lady 🌸💕♥️❤️🌻

[@GhostMaker00]

What a failure on the police side

[@laurelgirard8475]

I’m sorry, but the police got her killed. Christina shouldn’t have had to give her life for a low level drug offense. That was too much to ask if a young mother.

[@tonyarc9455]

DUDE! BLACK HEADS!

[@patrickjensen6688]

He went north west

[@weeyumbyron4027]

This is all the cops fault. So sad when this happens.

[@gundasinghadrak1701]

may God bless us with this type of police order...

[@lizr990]

Ok first why her friends didn’t call the detective when she made that statement I may not come back why her friends and family wasn’t keep a close eye but yeah they want to blame all cops her friends new who she was going to se why didn’t they stop her or call the cops so no I blame the friends it would of been myself I would of called her family or cops because with that statement I would of known who she going to see I’m not that smart but I would of put it together quickly when she said I may not come back come on

[@seamantrade7919]

if i cant download your videos i ll leave

[@raviolimaserati]

His cousin’s name is Herb 😅

[@clevername8832]

Lol her last name is Buttcowski

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