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.
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 249 – Sarah Saganitso
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 248 – Susan Walsh
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 247 – Charles Walton
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 246 – Yasmin Acree
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 245 – Crystal Champagne
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 244 – Richard Lancelyn Green
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 243 – Jamie Santos & Rebecca Young
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 242 – Michael Sullivan & Camden Sylvia
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 241 – Patti Adkins
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 240 – The Bishop Family Murders
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 239 – Ted Loseff
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 238 – Harry & Megan Tooze
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 237 – Sister Roberta Elam
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 236 – Jill & Julie Hansen
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 235 – Shannon Green & David Dewayne Bell
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 234 – The Durham Family Murders
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 233 – Wallace Guidroz & Lenoria Jones
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 232 – Gary Simmons
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 231 – Richard Colvin Cox
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