128: She Went for a Morning Run: The Unsolved Disappearance of Elizabeth Miller (1983) with guest reader Chrissy Champagne
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastShow Notes
On August 16, 1983, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Miller left her home in Idaho Springs for a routine morning jog. It was something she did often—a way to stay in shape for basketball, a moment of independence in a small mountain community. But that morning, Elizabeth never came home. Witnesses reported seeing Elizabeth speaking with a man in a pickup truck. Days earlier, a man matching that description had approached her—and became angry when she refused to engage. Investigators have spent decades trying to identify the man and determine what happened in the final moments before Elizabeth vanished. Over the years, multiple persons of interest have emerged, including a man later linked to a similar truck and a disturbing claim involving a burial site in the mountains. Possible evidence has been discovered, tested, and re-examined—but no definitive answers have ever been found. Elizabeth left behind her family and the ordinary rhythms of a fourteen-year-old girl’s life. Her case remains open, and her story remains unfinished. If you have information about the disappearance of Elizabeth Miller, please contact the Idaho Springs Police Department at 303-567-4291. 📍 Idaho Springs, Colorado | August 1983 📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Chrissy Champagne, host of the podcast Residue, where true crime meets the movies. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—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. Chrissy Champagne is a true crime podcast host and the creative force behind her show RESIDUE, where she single-handedly writes, researches, produces, edits, and hosts every episode. As a one-woman production team, Chrissy combines a deep love for film and storytelling, creating immersive narratives that pull listeners directly into the cases she explores. Her approach to true crime focuses not only on the facts of each case, but on the human stories behind them and the moments that changed lives forever. With a cinematic style and a storyteller’s perspective, Chrissy transforms complex cases into compelling narratives that keep audiences engaged from beginning to end. Through her work, Chrissy continues to explore the power of storytelling as a way to examine the darker corners of human nature. You can find Residue: A True Crime Podcast on all listening platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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