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In May 1990, substitute teacher Paige Renkoski disappeared under unusual circumstances in DeWitt Township, Michigan. After dropping her mother off at Detroit Metro Airport, Paige was last seen on the shoulder of Interstate 96 near Fowlerville, speaking with two unidentified men near a maroon minivan. Hours later, her silver Oldsmobile was found abandoned with the keys in the ignition, doors unlocked, and her personal belongings untouched. Paige has never been heard from again. Investigators have considered multiple leads, including unsolved abductions and reports of impostor police officers in the area at the time. Despite reopening her case and interviewing suspects over the years, Paige’s disappearance remains unsolved. 📍 Fowlerville, Michigan | May 1990 📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Belle Adams ➡️ Help shine light on stories like Paige’s—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More About Belle Adams:
Belle Adams is best known for her recurring role on SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, recurring role as Janine on 7 episodes of BLESS THIS MESS, directed by Lake Bell, and performing opposite Emmy winner Matthew Rhys on HBO’s new PERRY MASON. 2020 saw her debut in the new Blumhouse / Amazon Feature Film CRONES in which she plays a young woman looking for trouble in the forest, along with her large guest star role on CBS show S.W.A.T. opposite Shemar Moore! Belle has performed in five scenes opp Minnie Driver on SPEECHLESS, in a one-week Guest Star on Disney’s BIZAARDVARK, in Freeform’s GROWN-ISH, and in 5 episodes of Vertical Networks’ SOLVE as a Recurring Guest Star. Adept with both comedy and drama, Belle makes a splash in 2022 critically acclaimed, instant cult-classic horror film, TWO WITCHES, and was awarded Best Actress in 2019 for her work as the lead in indie Feature Film THIS WORLD ALONE. Belle has also appeared in shows on MTV and Lifetime, along with international and national commercials for products like California Lottery, LG, Conde Naste, and more. An Atlanta-area, Georgia-grown gal, Belle had plenty of experience acting in her childhood and teens, and has expanded her pursuits into directing, filmmaking, and producing. She is an active singer-songwriter, has written and directed her own series, short films, and music videos and continues to write/develop original content and visual art. She believes in the power of giving, and looks forward to any opportunity to connect and work alongside open and committed artists.
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On a June night in 1950, seventeen-year-old Barbara Kelley left home for a date with Henry Baird, a 28-year-old World War II veteran she had been seeing for several months. Barbara told her parents she would spend the night at a friend’s house in nearby Eureka. There was no reason for them to worry. The next morning, Henry was found nude on a remote beach along the Northern California coast. He had been shot to death. His companion, Barbara, was nowhere to be found.Henry had been shot in the back of the head. Nearby, his clothes were found neatly stacked. With them were Barbara’s clothes. But there was no sign of Barbara. Within hours, police began to investigate the theory the teenager had been involved in Henry’s death. In the years since the murder and disappearance, speculation has run rampant including false confessions, searches through the woods, and a connection to an eerily similar case in another county.But at the heart of it all is Barbara Kelley, a seventeen-year-old girl who went on a date and never came home.📍 Humboldt County, California | June 17, 1950
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On November 18, 1995, Jacqueline “Jackie” Levitz spent two hours choosing wallpaper for the new home she was renovating in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She had only recently moved back to the area to be closer to her family, and she was already imagining the house as a gathering place for the people she loved.That shopping excursion would be the last time anyone saw her.Two days later, a friend went to check on Jackie after her family realized she wasn’t answering the phone. Her Jaguar was still parked outside and her jewelry and fur coats were still in the house. A television was playing in the bedroom and a half-finished glass of water sat on the windowsill. But Jackie was gone.The search for Jackie produced possible witnesses and conflicting theories about what happened to Jackie that night, but none of those brought law enforcement any closer to finding Jackie or learning what happened to her.Today, more than three decades later, Jacqueline Levitz remains missing.