May 11, 1999. Barry County, Missouri. 34-year old Gary McCullough vanishes from his farm and his abandoned pick-up truck is found on a rural road five days later. Suspicion is directed towards Gary’s wife, Sandy, who was having an affair with another man named Kristopher Klemp and the couple immediately move in together before they get married. In 2006, Sandy’s 20-year old daughter, Lena Chapin, disappears and is not officially reported missing for years. Since Lena had previously made a tape-recorded confession that Sandy killed Gary and she helped her mother dispose of his body and cover up the crime, investigators believe that Sandy may have also gotten rid of Lena, but since no trace of Lena or Gary can be found, no charges are ever filed. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover the shocking story of two unsolved missing persons cases which took place nearly seven years apart from each other and are likely connected.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Lena_Chapin
https://unsolved.com/gallery/missing-witness/
http://charleyproject.org/case/liehnia-may-chapin
https://charleyproject.org/case/gary-g-mccullough
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662732108/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662732205/
https://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/local_news/article_0a03aaf2-d453-11e5-8f33-331b77b7d700.html
https://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/article_5c50244a-da37-11e5-9200-33fc9d2ba192.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20211021151348/https://www.cassville-democrat.com/story/2329323.html
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/unsolved-mysteries-lena-chapin-what-happened/
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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