The Vanishing of Bruce Falconer &
The Disappearances of Rebecca Reid, Robin Ellis and Kathleen Haley

Episode 182

Bruce Falconer, Rebecca Reid, Robin Ellis & Kathleen Haley

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Twenty-one year old Bruce Falconer had finally gotten his life on track. Enlisting in the Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, Bruce returned home to his native North Dakota on leave. Assigned to a new post in Arizona, Bruce was excited for his military future when suddenly he and his childhood best friend, Timothy Jewell, mysteriously vanished on a cold, February night in 1981.

In addition to Bruce's case, this episode also touches on the underpublicized disappearances of three women: Rebecca Reid from Eugene, OR in 1997, Robin Ellis from Philadelphia, PA in 2003 and Kathleen Haley from Newport News, VA in September of 2012.

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28 Feb 1981, 7 - The Bismarck Tribune at Newspapers.com

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