What if you never stopped searching? [Rebroadcast #195]

Decades after her brother disappeared in the early 1980s, a woman becomes deeply involved in the search for a missing friend.

Today we bring you the third episode of our annual 5-week summer rebroadcast series, airing 2 episodes a week. We will return with all new episodes starting Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Today’s rebroadcast episode “What if you never stopped searching?” originally aired as episode 195 on June 15, 2021.

Today’s episode featured Sarah Haynes. Somebody out there knows something about her brother Jon Haynes, who went missing in Boulder July 1981 just days after arriving for college. If you know anything, please contact the Boulder police department. There is a $10,000 reward for info leading to his body, his car, or for information about who may have harmed him https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=258

Sarah’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sarahspitfire

Her animal sanctuary on Maui is called Kitty Charm Farm and the Facebook page is:

https://www.facebook.com/KittyCharmFarm

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings: missing person, abusive threats, explicit language

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