March 10, 2007. Chocowinity, North Carolina. The mother of 19-year old university student Ginni Wood calls her up on her cell phone, but after their brief conversation ends, Ginni is never heard from again. Ginni told her mother she had travelled to Brownsville, Texas for spring break in order to visit her 19-year old best friend, Kelly Gaskins, and Kelly’s 23-year old boyfriend, Ervin Williams. However, it turns out that Ervin is a fugitive who fled North Carolina after failing to appear in court on numerous felony charges and Kelly is also wanted for a probation violation. This leads to speculation that the couple travelled across the border into Mexico in order to evade the authorities before Ginni joined them there, but Ervin and Kelly are also not heard from again. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the perplexing story of three American citizens who seemingly went missing together in Mexico and have not been seen for the past 17 years.
Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/virginia-lynne-wood
https://charleyproject.org/case/kelly-gray-gaskins
https://disappearedblog.com/virginia-wood/
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 272 – Kimberly McAndrew
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 271 – The Feeney Family Murders
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 270 – Andre Jones
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 269 – Theodore Kampf & Patrick Rosner
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 268 – Ray Gricar
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 267 – Elizabeth Eisel & Katherine Lowery
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 266 – Jocelyn Hickenlooper
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 265 – The Alcatraz Escape (Part 2)
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 264 – The Alcatraz Escape (Part 1)
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 263 – Cassandra Rundle, Detrick Sturm & Melanie Sturm
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 262 – Jack Wheeler
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 261 – Gracie Nash & John Davis Jr.
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 260 – Kristen Modafferi
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 259 – Laurie Depies
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 258 – Shane Stewart & Sally McNelly
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 257 – Update, Part 2
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 256 – Mary Elizabeth Edens
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 255 – Colleen Wood
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 254 – Derrick Engebretson & Kurt Newton
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 253 – Kathy Page
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