257 - The Disappearance of Jerry Wolking
Jerry Wolking was worried, but nobody knew why. He was fidgety, pacing and didn't want to talk about what was on his mind. Days later, her mysteriously disappeared after leaving his girlfriend's house. He has never been seen again.
For decades his case grew cold, leaving behind family and friends who searched and did everything they could try and keep his story alive but the silence was all consuming. Then, more than twenty-five years later, investigators dropped a bombshell.
They identified a suspect, Cornelius Sedam, the estranged husband of Jerry's girlfriend. Though Sedam had passed away years earlier, there was more to the story, with detectives suggesting that there may be others, still alive who were involved; and they might even be members of Sedam's own family.
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