December 15, 1995. Bristolville, Ohio. The children of 36-year old John Markley and his 32-year old wife, Shelly Markley, return home from school and discover that their parents are gone, though there is evidence to suggest that an intruder was in the house. The couple’s pick-up truck is also missing and it is soon found abandoned in a nearby town. It turns out that on the same morning they disappeared, John and Shelly were seen cashing a cheque at a bank’s drive-thru window and even though the teller recalled seeing another man inside the truck with them, he is never identified. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover the perplexing the unsolved disappearance of a married couple, who may have been abducted and murdered by an outside party. In addition, we will also discuss the unsolved 1974 disappearance of 21-year old Joanne Coughlin, who also went missing in northeastern Ohio and had someone attempt to withdraw money from her bank account at a drive-thru teller window after she disappeared.
Additional Reading:
http://charleyproject.org/case/john-j-markley-jr
http://charleyproject.org/case/shelly-renee-markley
https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2015/12/mystery-remains-two-decades-later/
https://www.morningjournal.com/2000/12/19/5-kids-alone-reflect-on-life-five-years-after-parents-just-vanished/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/652307077/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/292554773/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/323004669/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/330036210/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/322821377/
https://www.wfmj.com/story/30759163/new-leads-in-20-year-old-trumbull-county-unsolved-mystery
https://charleyproject.org/case/joanne-elaine-coughlin
https://www.wkbn.com/news/cold-case/search-for-youngstown-woman-missing-since-74-continues/
https://www.wkbn.com/news/cold-case/youngstown-police-seek-info-on-man-they-just-found-out-has-been-missing-since-1969/
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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 252 – The Jamison Family
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 251 – Sandra Kay Baker
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 250 – Moses Lall & Lila Buerattan
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
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