February 11, 2004. Lake Township, Pennsylvania. After returning home from work, 22-year old Phylicia Thomas goes missing and her boyfriend’s best friend, Steven Allen Martin, soon becomes a person of interest. Two-and-a-half years earlier, an 18-year old friend of Phylicia’s named Jennifer Barziloski had also disappeared and since Steve was the last known person to see Jennifer alive, there is speculation that the cases are connected. Over the years, rumours circulate that Phylicia may have been murdered at a party, but while Jennifer’s skull is found in a wooded area in 2010, there are no conclusive answers about how she died and Phylicia remains a missing person. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore two unsolved cases involving young women who went missing under suspicious circumstances from the same area.
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Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/phylicia-albina-thomas
https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/04/25/woman-vanishes-while-investigating-dead-friends-disappearance/
https://www.timesleader.com/archive/866402/man-linked-to-missing-women-found-hanged-in-jail-steven-martin-was-a-person-of-interest-in-the-disappearances-of-phylicia-thomas-jennifer-barziloski-police-say
https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2010/04/12/skull-found-in-luzerne-co/51641470007/
https://www.timesleader.com/archive/866877/family-and-friends-recall-jennifer-barziloski
https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/689665/family-believes-phylicia-thomas-remains-are-on-hunlock-township-property
https://www.timesleader.com/archive/866689/mother-of-missing-woman-wants-authorities-to-search-property
https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/692490/phylicia-thomas-vigil-tonight-as-family-has-new-leads-for-missing-woman
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/renewed-hope-in-18-year-old-cold-case-of-phylicia-thomas/
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/i-team/property-search-gives-missing-girls-family-renewed-hope/
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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 228 – Ben Charles Padilla & John Mikel Mutantu
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 227 – Gloria Ross & Candy Belt
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 226 – Peter Bergmann
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 225 – Leila & Mary Rachel Bryan
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 224 – Leah Roberts
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 223 – Mistie Murray
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 222 – Pamela June Ray
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 221 – Jim & Lois Arrotta
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 220 – Ralph Sigler
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 219 – Sneha Philip
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 218 – John & Faye Whatley
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 217 – Evelyn & Alex Hernandez
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 216 – Wilma June Nissen
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 215 – Ann Gotlib
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 214 – The Boys On The Track (Part 2)
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 213 – The Boys On The Track (Part 1)
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 212 – Marie Lilienberg & Maria Wahlen
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