A Better Search for Barbara (17): The FindBarbCotton Movement – Investigating the Barbara Cotton Cold Case

Barbara Louise Cotton’s 1981 disappearance in Williston, North Dakota, remains an unsolved murder, but a grassroots movement is keeping her memory alive. Episode 17, The FindBarbCotton Movement, features Lisa Jo Schiele, Diane (Cotton) Schiele, and Kathy (Cotton) Nulph discussing their activism, while new details surface about Barbara’s older brother Frank as a person of interest. Updates include a community billboard and the launch of a new website. A Better Search for Barbara shows how family and public efforts sustain awareness in this decades-old unsolved mystery.

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