The Watch at the Fence: 35 Years Someone Waited to Be Found

The Watch at the Fence: 35 Years Someone Waited to Be Found

A rotten leather watch, its crystal intact and engraved "For Susan - always finding the time. Love, Dad," sat face-out against a fence post on Elton-Marsh Road after thirty-five years outdoors in freeze-thaw cycles. How did a watch given by a father end up deliberately positioned two rails from the ground, and what does it reveal about the night Susan Bishop vanished?

In this episode, we walk through the discovery, the original nineteen eighty-seven investigation, and the new leads uncovered when the watch resurfaced in twenty-two - including a service door that wasn't in the original search plan. Could a missed entry point at the warehouse explain why Susan was never found?

Person: Susan Bishop Date missing: January 15, 1987 Discovery of watch: January 9, 2022 at 7:41 a.m., Varnell County, Ohio Investigator (2022): Crystal Hensley, cold-case detective Original investigator: Holt Burgess

- Temperature at discovery: 11 degrees Fahrenheit on January 9, 2022 - Distance from Susan's home: 3.5 miles from Clement Street to Elton-Marsh Road - Search area in 1987: more than 60 acres east and south of Halverson Brothers warehouse - Age of Susan at disappearance: 44 years old in January 1987 - Daughter's age at disappearance: Bree was 9 years old in winter 1987

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