June 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Tiffany Whitton walked into a Walmart in Marietta, Georgia, one September night in 2013—and vanished without a trace. No calls. No sightings. Just silence. What began as a minor shoplifting incident quickly spiraled into a haunting mystery that left investigators, her family, and the public desperate for answers.
In this episode, we unravel the chilling disappearance of Tiffany Whitton—a young mother with a troubled past and a future cut short. Was she running from something… or someone? And how did a case with so many eyes on it slip into obscurity?Follow the strange trail of inconsistencies, false leads, and the unsettling behavior of those closest to her in a case that still raises more questions than answers.
In this episode, we unravel the chilling disappearance of Tiffany Whitton—a young mother with a troubled past and a future cut short. Was she running from something… or someone? And how did a case with so many eyes on it slip into obscurity?Follow the strange trail of inconsistencies, false leads, and the unsettling behavior of those closest to her in a case that still raises more questions than answers.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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Listener discretion is advised.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi. I'm Shannon. Hi I'm Tanya, and we are Crimes
and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Hey Shannon, Hey Tanya, how are you? I'm doing pretty good?
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I am doing really well. I just made some dinner,
some barbecue chicken. I'm gonna tell you what. I am
a pulled pork girl. Chicken's okay, but give me, give
me beef and give me pork. Wow, this chicken came
out so freaking good. What did I use? Baby rays?
Is that? Oh? My sweet baby.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Rays, Baby Rays. It's my favorite.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I can't believe how much I like it. So add
that to my list of menu items for the week.
Barbecue chicken, What's today? Thursday? Thursday? Baby cute chicken Thursday,
Spaghetti Wednesdays, Young Nice Nice.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I had a turkey breast for dinner. Yeah, like Jenny
O makes these turkey breasts that you can find in
the freezer section. Oh and just pop them like from frozen.
You pop them in the oven and you cook them
like maybe between two and three hours. Yeah, and they're
juicy and delicious as long as you plan ahead. Yeah,
easy dinner. I mean, had some mashed potatoes and made
(01:48):
broccoli and it was delicious. Like when I stall my curts,
that's how much I ate.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
But it was a good mashed potatoes run through my veins.
It's red blood cell count, white blood cell countsh.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So yeah, I'm stuffed, but yeah, I'm doing good. Tomorrow's Friday.
I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I love the Yes, me too. I'm so excited. Get
this weather cleared up. But I got a story for
us today. Awesome, let's hear it all right, it's going
to bring us to Georgia. Before I get started, just
want to invite everyone listening to go ahead and hit
subscribe so you'll always hear the latest and true crime.
Let me start off. It's about a young woman named
(02:30):
Tiffany Witten. She's born the thirtieth of January nineteen eighty seven,
makes her an Aquarius aquarius. Yes, she was twenty six
years old at the time of this event out of Marietta, Georgia,
and she had dreamed of becoming a veterinarian one day,
but unfortunately life had not always been kind to Tiffany,
(02:53):
and along the way she had fallen into destructive habits
and behaviors i e. Drug Barron MS. Tiffany's disappearance had
not garnered the national or international media attention that others
have over the years, and many will point out the
fact that Tiffany was an addict who had convictions for
(03:15):
theft under her belt, and that somehow insinuates that she
deserved to disappear. Somehow it seems like judgmental.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, police or the media doesn't really focus on because.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Of these behaviors. It somehow makes her not human. Yeah,
make her someone's daughter or sister or mother. But this
is not the case. Despite Tiffany's difficult past, she is
surrounded by loving friends and family who are desperate to
find out what happened to her now. According to Tiffany's mother,
Lisa Daniels, she knew something was different about her daughter
(03:51):
when she was just two years old. Lisa had told
Esquire magazine quote, Tiffany couldn't keep her hands off things.
She began to see feeling when she was two. I'd
find things in her toy box that didn't belong to her.
She was stealing from daycare. I'd ask about it and
she'd say someone gave it to me. She was also
(04:12):
a pathological liar, and she just got better at it
over the years. End, so Tiffany she dropped out of
high school when she was sixteen years old, despite the
wishes of her mom and her grandmom. Around this time,
Tiffany also became pregnant, and she chose to give the
baby up for adoption. In the Esquire article, her mother
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Lisa mentioned that after that, Tiffany was never the same
and that she began to fall into the wrong crowd.
During this time of teenage angst, Tiffany desperately tried to
navigate her way through the world, despite coming across many
of the wrong people. Those who knew her best described
her as happy and outgoing and said that she always
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held her dreams of becoming a veterinarian close to her heart.
Two thousand and eight, Tiffany gave birth to her second child,
a daughter name is Addison, who was in the care
of her grandmother, Lisa, Tiffany's mom. The birth of her
second child was somewhat of a turning point for Tiffany,
but unfortunately it was not a positive one. Tiffany, who
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had once experimented with substances, now found herself addicted to
oxy contin and other substances. An addiction quickly took hold
of her, as it does with thousands of people, and
Tiffany's life quickly changed. Addiction takes people to dark and
scary places, and in twenty eleven, Tiffany, along with another
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young woman, were arrested in charged with armed robbery. Articles
and arrest records indicate that on March seventh, twenty eleven,
Tiffany and the other unnamed woman broke into the home
of Tracy Chambers and stole sixty dollars before fleeing the scene.
Tiffany later told arresting officers that the sixty bucks she
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had stolen was quote unquote rightfully hers, and that Tracy
had taken it from her days ago. From reports, it
appears that investigators believed that the transaction was related to
the purchase of illicit substances, and as a result, Tiffany,
the young woman, and another man were charged with armed
robbery and a slew of other charges for her involvement.
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Tiffany was sent to prison, this time with an ultimatum.
Not only did she have to serve prison time, but
her mother gave her two choices. She could either continue
down the path she was traveling along now and never
see her daughter again, or she could complete rehab and
her prison sentence and see her daughter after proving she
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could stay clean and responsible. So after being released from prison,
Tiffany chose the latter, and with the help of her grandmother,
Anita Boyette, she checked herself into a rehab facility. Anita
would also tell Esquire that just a month after Tiffany
had accepted treatment, she walked out. Quote, it was always
a month with Tiffany. I'm always going to keep the
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lines of communication open. I have to. It doesn't matter
if she's using or not. I am her grandmother. Unquote.
Tiffany had begun to turn over a new leave, but
overcoming addiction is not an easy battle to fight. After
leaving rehab, she began using again, and that is when
the trouble started. Following her release, Tiffany moved in with
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a roommate, and for a while things were going well.
Tiffany found herself a job as a waitress at ihop
and appeared to be steadying herself. However, as the months
went on, the toll of addiction began to show on Tiffany,
and she would often turn into work under the influence. Eventually,
her roommate kicked her out and her position as a
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waitress came under fire. Then Tiffany met Ashley Red was
his nickname Caddle, and the two hit it off. According
to friends, their relationship was tumultuous, and the two would
frequently use together, which only exacerbated their problems. Like Tiffany,
Ashley also had a young daughter, and Tiffany began spending
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all of her free time with Ashley. Anne began living
with him. In twenty twelve turned into twenty thirteen, and
Ashley and Tiffany were still together. Those around them since
that the relationship was rocky, but the two were never
without each other. The two would constantly argue before reconciling
hours later. On September eighth, twenty thirteen, it would be
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the last time that anyone in Tiffany's family ever heard
or saw her again. On that day, Tiffany called her grandmother, Anita,
and asked if she could get her and Ashley something
to eat and wash their clothes. Anita told Esquire about
the last exchange she had with Tiffany, saying quo, I
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met her and the little girl at the laundry rant.
Then I took her home and hugged her tight. I said, honey,
why don't you just come home? And she said, I
won't go without Ashley. I said, doesn't he have a home,
and she said he wouldn't go without me. End quote.
So once her clothes were clean, Tiffany and Ashley's daughter
left her grandmother's house for what would be the last time.
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The next time she would hear about her granddaughter wouldn't
be until November twenty thirteen, when a letter from a
lawyer came through the door. From September twelfth into September thirteenth,
twenty thirteen, Tiffany and Ashley spent the evening with Stephen
Weinstein and Jason Zuperini. According to Weinstein, the group spent
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the evening taking substances before Tiffany and Ashley decided to
visit a twenty four hour, seven day a week Walmart
and Marietta. Ain't nothing good happened at the twenty four hour,
seven day a week Walmart. I know, right it is.
I believe that Tiffany and Ashley were under the influence
(10:03):
at the time, and CCTV footage shows them entering the
store at around one am. The two stayed in Walmart
for about an hour, piling clothes and items into their trolley.
CCTV footage captures the couple at multiple points around the store,
and according to Tom Janad, the author of the Esquire article,
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it is clear to see that Tiffany is under the influence.
Tom wrote, quote, For one thing, she's shoplifting at two
in the morning. For another, she's clearly high. She never
stops moving, and it is almost as if she is
dancing or trying to stay on a horse. She throws
shirt after shirt and outfit after outfit into the cart
(10:44):
and behaves so suspiciously that to see the tape is
to wonder if she's trying to get caught, and if
she's trying to get caught in order to escape. End quote.
As two am drew closer, Ashley confirmed to investigators that
he told Tiffany he wanted to leave Walmart, and after
a small argument, he headed to the self service machines
(11:06):
to pay. Cc TV footage confirms that Tiffany left the
full trolley behind and headed for the exit waiting for
Ashley to pay, and as Tiffany and Ashley leave Walmart,
Tiffany is pulled back by security the Lost Prevention officers,
who accuse her of stealing twenty dollars worth of clothes,
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and while Tiffany is being stopped, Ashley continues walking towards
the exit, seemingly ignoring his girlfriend's called for help. What
happens next is something that replays over and over in
the minds of those closest to Tiffany. Instead of surrendering
herself to the two officers, she pulls herself out of
her handcuffs, ditches her flip flops, and takes off, running
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out of the front door. CCT footage shows Ashley and
the two officers watching Tiffany as she runs through the
car park and out of view. This was the last
time that Tiffany and was ever seen or heard from.
Ashley spent the remainder of the evening traveling around Marriotte
looking for his girlfriend, but to no avail. Ashley would
(12:10):
later recount the details of that fateful evening to Esquire magazine,
telling journalists Tom Janad quote, when we went to check out,
I was getting some shirts to leave with. I was
checking out and she was in her purse pulling stolen
items out, and there's all these Walmart workers in the front. Okay,
so we go to leave. I guess I was on
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my phone and the Lost Prevention people come out, but
they didn't identify themselves as Lost Prevention, right, And she
said read and I didn't answer. Then she said my
first name, and I turned around and looked, and they
got her by both arms, and another dude has her purse.
So I pulled a knife out. They didn't see it.
I had it by my side. I'm like, look, let
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her go, and she's struggling with them. They let her
go and she took off, running by me. End quote.
Now it's to note Ashley's account does not exactly line
up with the confirmed events of September thirteenth, twenty eleven,
and Stephen Weinstein, the friend who the pair had spent
the evening with, would later go on to describe Ashley
(13:16):
as full of shit and a piece of shit. And
that's a quote. So many in Tiffany's life believe that
Ashley is somehow involved. However, there has never been enough
evidence to prove it either way. After Tiffany disappeared, Ashley
waited two weeks before telling his probation officer that he
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hadn't been able to make contact with his girlfriend. Investigators
would later confirm by a witness, accounts, and phone records
that in the weeks and months after Tiffany disappeared, Ashley
had called hospitals, prisons, and Tiffany's associates in hopes of
finding her, but each avenue led to a dead end. Then,
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in November twenty thirteen, Anita, Tiffany's grandmother, received a letter
from a lawyer on behalf of Walmart, asking for one
hundred and fifty dollars to settle the suit out of court. Now,
this letter was the first inkling that something was wrong,
and her family set out looking for her. According to Anita,
(14:20):
she tried to make contact with her granddaughter but was
unable to get through to her. After being unable to
contact her granddaughter, she called Ashley and that's when she
learned the terrifying truth. Ashley confessed that Tiffany was last
seen running away from the Walmart store on September thirteenth.
What is perhaps just as disturbing as Tiffany's disappearance and
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Ashley's inaction was one of the comments he made to Anita.
In response to Anita asking why hadn't he called them
to let them know Tiffany was missing, he responded, I
wish I had that perse I bought her. It was
a coach purse and it was really expensive. What real
piece of work here, right? Tiffany's family waited for the
(15:08):
holidays to pass, desperately hoping that Tiffany would resurface and
make contact with them as she did every year. Her mother, Lisa,
waited for presents to arrive in the post to put
under the tree for Addison, but Christmas twenty thirteen would
be a year without presence, handpicked by Mom. The new
year rang in, and the family hoped that twenty fourteen
(15:31):
would be the year they found Tiffany. But by January tenth,
it was clear that Tiffany wasn't coming home, and that
is when Lisa contacted the Marietta Police Department and officially
reported her daughter missing. Due to the amount of time
that had a lapse between the report being taken and
Tiffany's disappearance, investigators were not hopeful that much, if any,
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forensic evidence would be left. Multiple witnesses were interviewed, and
flyers and posters were placed around town. Tiffany's old roommate,
whom Tiffany had lived with before she moved in with Ashley,
came forward to investigators with a bizarre tip. She told
them that on the morning of September thirteenth, twenty thirteen,
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she went to the walmart where Tiffany had disappeared from
to purchase a few items when she came across Ashley.
At this point, she didn't know that Tiffany was missing,
but all of that was about to change. According to
the roommate, she saw Ashley at the nearby eye hop
where Tiffany had worked in twenty thirteen. Ashley had asked
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whether she had seen Tiffany and went on to explain
what had happened earlier that morning. The roommate later told
Esquire quote, he said his friends were going to come
and get him in a few minutes. It took an
hour and a half. Then an suv pulled up with
a guide driving and two girls inside. Ashley got in
the backseat with one of the girls and they drove
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off end quote. She also told him investigators that Ashley
had claimed he was looking for Tiffany that day, but
it appears at the time he was making very little effort.
The searches for Tiffany continued into twenty fourteen, and on
March thirteenth, twenty fourteen, the home that Ashley and Tiffany
once shared was searched by Marietta police. Not only was
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the home searched, but the garden was excavated and the
police brought with them cadaver dogs. And despite intensive searches,
Tiffany's body was not found. But as a result of
the search, Ashley Coddle was arrested after multiple firearms and
substances were found at his property. According to Georgia Department
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of Corrections, Ashley Red Coddle served ten years at the
Muskogee County Jail and was released in September of twenty
twenty four Unfortunately, investigators and prosecutors have never been able
to find enough evidence to charge Ashley in connection with
Tiffany's disappearance. In twenty fifteen, two years after Tiffany disappeared,
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Cobb County officials received another bizarre tip, this time in
connection with a big time drug trafficker. The witness had
come forward and told investigators that they had heard quote
that Ashley and some associates had driven to Lake Alatuna
and thrown a barrel filled with concrete off the side
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of Bethany Bridge unquote. A full search of this area
was conducted by divers and a sonar squad, and whilst
a block of concrete was found, it did not contain
any sign of Tiffany. Lisa Daniels, her mom, confirmed to
investigators that the last sign of Tiffany on her social
media outlets was on September one, twenty thirteen. But a
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few years later, Tiffany's half brother, Blake, came forward with
some new bizarre information. As outlined in the Esquire article,
Blake claimed to have received a call on January fifth,
twenty fourteen, from Tiffany from what he described as quote
one of those calling apps with a weird return number unquote.
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Blake told us Square that he knew it was his
sister as she called him by his nickname, and he
has adamant that the call was placed on January fifth,
twenty fourteen. Lisa Daniels and those who know Tiffany do
not believe she is alive, and this is aside from Ashley,
who firmly believes that she is still out there. A
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friend of Tiffany's took to Reddit in September twenty twenty two, saying, quote,
I know for a fact Tiffany would never go this
long without talking to her daughter. Yes, she could go
and would go months, but even whilst still using I
just don't see it. For years, having known her, especially
not her daughter's birthday and Christmas, I want to believe
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she saw this as her way out and away from him,
But I don't believe she's still alive, and I understand
how improbable that sounds, but she was my friend. I
think she ended up getting a ride from someone and
something bad happened. Now, there are many theories in Tiffany's case,
and those in Unresolved Mysteries Subreddit have been quick to
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point out the inconsistencies in Ashley's story, along with the
fact that he may not be involved at all. After
Tiffany went missing, he tried to look for her by
calling ex boyfriends, friends, hospitals, and prisons, and this was
backed up by his call records. Some people believe that
Ashley is involved in Tiffany's disappearance, but if that is
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the case, then wouldn't the guards at Walmart have seen
the two after Tiffany ran off. With endless theories and possibilities,
it is impossible to say either way what happened to Tiffany.
We know for certain that she ran out of the
Walmart and Marriott on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen, and has
never been seen or heard from again. Media outlets were
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quick to stigmatize Tiffany and her disappearance due to her past,
but that's not what is important here. Regardless of Tiffany's
addictions and past behaviors, She's still missing, and she, along
with her family, deserves to know what happened to her,
and she deserves to have justice. Tiffany Michelle Whitten was
last seen running away from a Walmart store in Marietta, Georgia,
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on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen. She is described as a
white female with blonde strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, five
two to five five and one hundred and five pounds
according to the Charlie Project. At the time of her disappearance,
her hair had been bleached or dyed light blonde, but
her natural color was brown. Tiffany has tattoos on her
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lower back, right shoulder blade, both hips, butterfly on her right,
on her right buttock, right foot, and left wrist some
Chinese symbols. She was last seen wearing a vest top
underneath a light colored VMX shirt with a design on
the front, dark blue jeans, a tan colored belt, and
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a dark hair band, with no shoes or socks. Before
she disappeared, she had kicked off her flip flops and
left her handbag behind at the scene, and anyone with
information is asked to contact Detective Michael Sellek of the
Marietta Police Department at seven seven zero seven nine four
fifty three hundred, quoting case number one four zero zero
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zero or seven to one, or Detective Ed Stockinger of
the Cop County Cold Case Unit at seven seven zero
five two eight three zero ninety four. And that is
the story of Tiffany Witten's disappearance.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
What do you think happened?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
I think, like what her friend said, I think someone
picked her up in some bad happened, especially if she
was high and using something, you know, Yeah, because you're
not thinking with a straight mind, obviously, and it didn't
sound like she had her wits about her at the time,
especially if she was hearty and before the Walmart trip
(23:16):
with some friends. I do I lean towards that, what
about you.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, because like she
just sort of vanished into thin air. And I was
thinking too, like if Ashley had something to do with it,
I don't think he would have spent time calling hospitals
and calling the jails and whatever. I mean, great, you
don't think about that as far as like, Okay, if
(23:41):
you're trying to cover your tracks and whatever, you might
make one or two phone calls I'm guessing to make
it look good or whatever. I don't think he would
have put that much effort into it if he knew
that she was gone. Yeah, they want to say I
think that because he didn't report her missing right away,
or that's a reason to say, like maybe he had
something to do with it.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
But I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
I'm not feeling that failing Ashley. Yeah, I feel she.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Came into just some bad a bad situation or something like.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
That person that took advantage of her state. I agree. Yeah,
he's not gonna call several people over a two month period.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Right and your friends.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
When you're out on probation, you do not want any
police contact. I can see him stalling, not excusing it.
It's just the nature of the beast of drug addiction,
you know, like you don't want the police to come
to your house and find your firearms and the stuff
that you're using, which is exactly what happened, you know.
And that's why I don't believe it was him. I
(24:46):
don't think he had the wherewithal to be a planner
like that. Yeah, sounded like a very codependent relationship. Yeah,
you know, after she told her grandma, you know, no,
I can't I can't without him, and he won't without me.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Right right.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Yeah, So I don't know, maybe she ended up like
hitchhiking or ending up like she might have hitchhiked out
of Georgia. We don't know, you know, or something could
have happened, who knows. That's really unfortunate, and that's really sad.
I always hate these stories that are unsolved, or like
the mystic persons and stuff like that, because I just
feel really sad for their families. Yeah, you know, just
(25:24):
I can't imagine the feeling something happened to your child
and you have no idea what it is, you know,
and you know, yeah, she's been gone all these years,
so she's probably dead. But sure youre yeah, something you
don't want to think that. I'm sure you're like, well
there's stories, you know, people come back after twenty years
(25:46):
or whatever, you know, so you don't want.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
To think that.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
But then you're like, well, she wouldn't stay away this
long like your friends.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Then yeah, it's just hard to give up hope. And yeah,
that's that's very very sad it is, but I'm glad
you have brought it and with contact information because.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Yeah you have to both in your show notes. Yeah,
put your phone numbers and stuff in your show notes.
So well, thank you very much Shannon for that story
this week. It would be nice to have her family
have some closure. Like you said, I know, there's a
Facebook page. It's called find Tiffany Witten like I look
okay while you were talking, so you know they I
(26:24):
think it's probably run by someone in her family, either
her mom or someone else. And if you want more
information there, So thank you very much. And before we go,
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(26:44):
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(27:05):
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have to double up, so we try to get that
out there. So anyway, thank you very much again Shannon,
and until our next episode
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Until next time, I love see you guys, will see you,
bye bye
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Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi. I'm Shannon. Hi I'm Tanya, and we are Crimes
and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Hey Shannon, Hey Tanya, how are you? I'm doing pretty good?
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I am doing really well. I just made some dinner,
some barbecue chicken. I'm gonna tell you what. I am
a pulled pork girl. Chicken's okay, but give me, give
me beef and give me pork. Wow, this chicken came
out so freaking good. What did I use? Baby rays?
Is that? Oh? My sweet baby.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Rays, Baby Rays. It's my favorite.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I can't believe how much I like it. So add
that to my list of menu items for the week.
Barbecue chicken, What's today? Thursday? Thursday? Baby cute chicken Thursday,
Spaghetti Wednesdays, Young Nice Nice.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I had a turkey breast for dinner. Yeah, like Jenny
O makes these turkey breasts that you can find in
the freezer section. Oh and just pop them like from frozen.
You pop them in the oven and you cook them
like maybe between two and three hours. Yeah, and they're
juicy and delicious as long as you plan ahead. Yeah,
easy dinner. I mean, had some mashed potatoes and made
(01:48):
broccoli and it was delicious. Like when I stall my curts,
that's how much I ate.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
But it was a good mashed potatoes run through my veins.
It's red blood cell count, white blood cell countsh.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So yeah, I'm stuffed, but yeah, I'm doing good. Tomorrow's Friday.
I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I love the Yes, me too. I'm so excited. Get
this weather cleared up. But I got a story for
us today. Awesome, let's hear it all right, it's going
to bring us to Georgia. Before I get started, just
want to invite everyone listening to go ahead and hit
subscribe so you'll always hear the latest and true crime.
Let me start off. It's about a young woman named
(02:30):
Tiffany Witten. She's born the thirtieth of January nineteen eighty seven,
makes her an Aquarius aquarius. Yes, she was twenty six
years old at the time of this event out of Marietta, Georgia,
and she had dreamed of becoming a veterinarian one day,
but unfortunately life had not always been kind to Tiffany,
(02:53):
and along the way she had fallen into destructive habits
and behaviors i e. Drug Barron MS. Tiffany's disappearance had
not garnered the national or international media attention that others
have over the years, and many will point out the
fact that Tiffany was an addict who had convictions for
(03:15):
theft under her belt, and that somehow insinuates that she
deserved to disappear. Somehow it seems like judgmental.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, police or the media doesn't really focus on because.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Of these behaviors. It somehow makes her not human. Yeah,
make her someone's daughter or sister or mother. But this
is not the case. Despite Tiffany's difficult past, she is
surrounded by loving friends and family who are desperate to
find out what happened to her now. According to Tiffany's mother,
Lisa Daniels, she knew something was different about her daughter
(03:51):
when she was just two years old. Lisa had told
Esquire magazine quote, Tiffany couldn't keep her hands off things.
She began to see feeling when she was two. I'd
find things in her toy box that didn't belong to her.
She was stealing from daycare. I'd ask about it and
she'd say someone gave it to me. She was also
(04:12):
a pathological liar, and she just got better at it
over the years. End, so Tiffany she dropped out of
high school when she was sixteen years old, despite the
wishes of her mom and her grandmom. Around this time,
Tiffany also became pregnant, and she chose to give the
baby up for adoption. In the Esquire article, her mother
(04:32):
Lisa mentioned that after that, Tiffany was never the same
and that she began to fall into the wrong crowd.
During this time of teenage angst, Tiffany desperately tried to
navigate her way through the world, despite coming across many
of the wrong people. Those who knew her best described
her as happy and outgoing and said that she always
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held her dreams of becoming a veterinarian close to her heart.
Two thousand and eight, Tiffany gave birth to her second child,
a daughter name is Addison, who was in the care
of her grandmother, Lisa, Tiffany's mom. The birth of her
second child was somewhat of a turning point for Tiffany,
but unfortunately it was not a positive one. Tiffany, who
(05:18):
had once experimented with substances, now found herself addicted to
oxy contin and other substances. An addiction quickly took hold
of her, as it does with thousands of people, and
Tiffany's life quickly changed. Addiction takes people to dark and
scary places, and in twenty eleven, Tiffany, along with another
(05:40):
young woman, were arrested in charged with armed robbery. Articles
and arrest records indicate that on March seventh, twenty eleven,
Tiffany and the other unnamed woman broke into the home
of Tracy Chambers and stole sixty dollars before fleeing the scene.
Tiffany later told arresting officers that the sixty bucks she
(06:01):
had stolen was quote unquote rightfully hers, and that Tracy
had taken it from her days ago. From reports, it
appears that investigators believed that the transaction was related to
the purchase of illicit substances, and as a result, Tiffany,
the young woman, and another man were charged with armed
robbery and a slew of other charges for her involvement.
(06:23):
Tiffany was sent to prison, this time with an ultimatum.
Not only did she have to serve prison time, but
her mother gave her two choices. She could either continue
down the path she was traveling along now and never
see her daughter again, or she could complete rehab and
her prison sentence and see her daughter after proving she
(06:44):
could stay clean and responsible. So after being released from prison,
Tiffany chose the latter, and with the help of her grandmother,
Anita Boyette, she checked herself into a rehab facility. Anita
would also tell Esquire that just a month after Tiffany
had accepted treatment, she walked out. Quote, it was always
a month with Tiffany. I'm always going to keep the
(07:06):
lines of communication open. I have to. It doesn't matter
if she's using or not. I am her grandmother. Unquote.
Tiffany had begun to turn over a new leave, but
overcoming addiction is not an easy battle to fight. After
leaving rehab, she began using again, and that is when
the trouble started. Following her release, Tiffany moved in with
(07:29):
a roommate, and for a while things were going well.
Tiffany found herself a job as a waitress at ihop
and appeared to be steadying herself. However, as the months
went on, the toll of addiction began to show on Tiffany,
and she would often turn into work under the influence. Eventually,
her roommate kicked her out and her position as a
(07:51):
waitress came under fire. Then Tiffany met Ashley Red was
his nickname Caddle, and the two hit it off. According
to friends, their relationship was tumultuous, and the two would
frequently use together, which only exacerbated their problems. Like Tiffany,
Ashley also had a young daughter, and Tiffany began spending
(08:13):
all of her free time with Ashley. Anne began living
with him. In twenty twelve turned into twenty thirteen, and
Ashley and Tiffany were still together. Those around them since
that the relationship was rocky, but the two were never
without each other. The two would constantly argue before reconciling
hours later. On September eighth, twenty thirteen, it would be
(08:37):
the last time that anyone in Tiffany's family ever heard
or saw her again. On that day, Tiffany called her grandmother, Anita,
and asked if she could get her and Ashley something
to eat and wash their clothes. Anita told Esquire about
the last exchange she had with Tiffany, saying quo, I
(08:57):
met her and the little girl at the laundry rant.
Then I took her home and hugged her tight. I said, honey,
why don't you just come home? And she said, I
won't go without Ashley. I said, doesn't he have a home,
and she said he wouldn't go without me. End quote.
So once her clothes were clean, Tiffany and Ashley's daughter
left her grandmother's house for what would be the last time.
(09:20):
The next time she would hear about her granddaughter wouldn't
be until November twenty thirteen, when a letter from a
lawyer came through the door. From September twelfth into September thirteenth,
twenty thirteen, Tiffany and Ashley spent the evening with Stephen
Weinstein and Jason Zuperini. According to Weinstein, the group spent
(09:42):
the evening taking substances before Tiffany and Ashley decided to
visit a twenty four hour, seven day a week Walmart
and Marietta. Ain't nothing good happened at the twenty four hour,
seven day a week Walmart. I know, right it is.
I believe that Tiffany and Ashley were under the influence
(10:03):
at the time, and CCTV footage shows them entering the
store at around one am. The two stayed in Walmart
for about an hour, piling clothes and items into their trolley.
CCTV footage captures the couple at multiple points around the store,
and according to Tom Janad, the author of the Esquire article,
(10:23):
it is clear to see that Tiffany is under the influence.
Tom wrote, quote, For one thing, she's shoplifting at two
in the morning. For another, she's clearly high. She never
stops moving, and it is almost as if she is
dancing or trying to stay on a horse. She throws
shirt after shirt and outfit after outfit into the cart
(10:44):
and behaves so suspiciously that to see the tape is
to wonder if she's trying to get caught, and if
she's trying to get caught in order to escape. End quote.
As two am drew closer, Ashley confirmed to investigators that
he told Tiffany he wanted to leave Walmart, and after
a small argument, he headed to the self service machines
(11:06):
to pay. Cc TV footage confirms that Tiffany left the
full trolley behind and headed for the exit waiting for
Ashley to pay, and as Tiffany and Ashley leave Walmart,
Tiffany is pulled back by security the Lost Prevention officers,
who accuse her of stealing twenty dollars worth of clothes,
(11:26):
and while Tiffany is being stopped, Ashley continues walking towards
the exit, seemingly ignoring his girlfriend's called for help. What
happens next is something that replays over and over in
the minds of those closest to Tiffany. Instead of surrendering
herself to the two officers, she pulls herself out of
her handcuffs, ditches her flip flops, and takes off, running
(11:48):
out of the front door. CCT footage shows Ashley and
the two officers watching Tiffany as she runs through the
car park and out of view. This was the last
time that Tiffany and was ever seen or heard from.
Ashley spent the remainder of the evening traveling around Marriotte
looking for his girlfriend, but to no avail. Ashley would
(12:10):
later recount the details of that fateful evening to Esquire magazine,
telling journalists Tom Janad quote, when we went to check out,
I was getting some shirts to leave with. I was
checking out and she was in her purse pulling stolen
items out, and there's all these Walmart workers in the front. Okay,
so we go to leave. I guess I was on
(12:31):
my phone and the Lost Prevention people come out, but
they didn't identify themselves as Lost Prevention, right, And she
said read and I didn't answer. Then she said my
first name, and I turned around and looked, and they
got her by both arms, and another dude has her purse.
So I pulled a knife out. They didn't see it.
I had it by my side. I'm like, look, let
(12:53):
her go, and she's struggling with them. They let her
go and she took off, running by me. End quote.
Now it's to note Ashley's account does not exactly line
up with the confirmed events of September thirteenth, twenty eleven,
and Stephen Weinstein, the friend who the pair had spent
the evening with, would later go on to describe Ashley
(13:16):
as full of shit and a piece of shit. And
that's a quote. So many in Tiffany's life believe that
Ashley is somehow involved. However, there has never been enough
evidence to prove it either way. After Tiffany disappeared, Ashley
waited two weeks before telling his probation officer that he
(13:38):
hadn't been able to make contact with his girlfriend. Investigators
would later confirm by a witness, accounts, and phone records
that in the weeks and months after Tiffany disappeared, Ashley
had called hospitals, prisons, and Tiffany's associates in hopes of
finding her, but each avenue led to a dead end. Then,
(14:00):
in November twenty thirteen, Anita, Tiffany's grandmother, received a letter
from a lawyer on behalf of Walmart, asking for one
hundred and fifty dollars to settle the suit out of court. Now,
this letter was the first inkling that something was wrong,
and her family set out looking for her. According to Anita,
(14:20):
she tried to make contact with her granddaughter but was
unable to get through to her. After being unable to
contact her granddaughter, she called Ashley and that's when she
learned the terrifying truth. Ashley confessed that Tiffany was last
seen running away from the Walmart store on September thirteenth.
What is perhaps just as disturbing as Tiffany's disappearance and
(14:44):
Ashley's inaction was one of the comments he made to Anita.
In response to Anita asking why hadn't he called them
to let them know Tiffany was missing, he responded, I
wish I had that perse I bought her. It was
a coach purse and it was really expensive. What real
piece of work here, right? Tiffany's family waited for the
(15:08):
holidays to pass, desperately hoping that Tiffany would resurface and
make contact with them as she did every year. Her mother, Lisa,
waited for presents to arrive in the post to put
under the tree for Addison, but Christmas twenty thirteen would
be a year without presence, handpicked by Mom. The new
year rang in, and the family hoped that twenty fourteen
(15:31):
would be the year they found Tiffany. But by January tenth,
it was clear that Tiffany wasn't coming home, and that
is when Lisa contacted the Marietta Police Department and officially
reported her daughter missing. Due to the amount of time
that had a lapse between the report being taken and
Tiffany's disappearance, investigators were not hopeful that much, if any,
(15:53):
forensic evidence would be left. Multiple witnesses were interviewed, and
flyers and posters were placed around town. Tiffany's old roommate,
whom Tiffany had lived with before she moved in with Ashley,
came forward to investigators with a bizarre tip. She told
them that on the morning of September thirteenth, twenty thirteen,
(16:13):
she went to the walmart where Tiffany had disappeared from
to purchase a few items when she came across Ashley.
At this point, she didn't know that Tiffany was missing,
but all of that was about to change. According to
the roommate, she saw Ashley at the nearby eye hop
where Tiffany had worked in twenty thirteen. Ashley had asked
(16:36):
whether she had seen Tiffany and went on to explain
what had happened earlier that morning. The roommate later told
Esquire quote, he said his friends were going to come
and get him in a few minutes. It took an
hour and a half. Then an suv pulled up with
a guide driving and two girls inside. Ashley got in
the backseat with one of the girls and they drove
(16:57):
off end quote. She also told him investigators that Ashley
had claimed he was looking for Tiffany that day, but
it appears at the time he was making very little effort.
The searches for Tiffany continued into twenty fourteen, and on
March thirteenth, twenty fourteen, the home that Ashley and Tiffany
once shared was searched by Marietta police. Not only was
(17:21):
the home searched, but the garden was excavated and the
police brought with them cadaver dogs. And despite intensive searches,
Tiffany's body was not found. But as a result of
the search, Ashley Coddle was arrested after multiple firearms and
substances were found at his property. According to Georgia Department
(17:42):
of Corrections, Ashley Red Coddle served ten years at the
Muskogee County Jail and was released in September of twenty
twenty four Unfortunately, investigators and prosecutors have never been able
to find enough evidence to charge Ashley in connection with
Tiffany's disappearance. In twenty fifteen, two years after Tiffany disappeared,
(18:07):
Cobb County officials received another bizarre tip, this time in
connection with a big time drug trafficker. The witness had
come forward and told investigators that they had heard quote
that Ashley and some associates had driven to Lake Alatuna
and thrown a barrel filled with concrete off the side
(18:28):
of Bethany Bridge unquote. A full search of this area
was conducted by divers and a sonar squad, and whilst
a block of concrete was found, it did not contain
any sign of Tiffany. Lisa Daniels, her mom, confirmed to
investigators that the last sign of Tiffany on her social
media outlets was on September one, twenty thirteen. But a
(18:52):
few years later, Tiffany's half brother, Blake, came forward with
some new bizarre information. As outlined in the Esquire article,
Blake claimed to have received a call on January fifth,
twenty fourteen, from Tiffany from what he described as quote
one of those calling apps with a weird return number unquote.
(19:14):
Blake told us Square that he knew it was his
sister as she called him by his nickname, and he
has adamant that the call was placed on January fifth,
twenty fourteen. Lisa Daniels and those who know Tiffany do
not believe she is alive, and this is aside from Ashley,
who firmly believes that she is still out there. A
(19:35):
friend of Tiffany's took to Reddit in September twenty twenty two, saying, quote,
I know for a fact Tiffany would never go this
long without talking to her daughter. Yes, she could go
and would go months, but even whilst still using I
just don't see it. For years, having known her, especially
not her daughter's birthday and Christmas, I want to believe
(19:58):
she saw this as her way out and away from him,
But I don't believe she's still alive, and I understand
how improbable that sounds, but she was my friend. I
think she ended up getting a ride from someone and
something bad happened. Now, there are many theories in Tiffany's case,
and those in Unresolved Mysteries Subreddit have been quick to
(20:20):
point out the inconsistencies in Ashley's story, along with the
fact that he may not be involved at all. After
Tiffany went missing, he tried to look for her by
calling ex boyfriends, friends, hospitals, and prisons, and this was
backed up by his call records. Some people believe that
Ashley is involved in Tiffany's disappearance, but if that is
(20:42):
the case, then wouldn't the guards at Walmart have seen
the two after Tiffany ran off. With endless theories and possibilities,
it is impossible to say either way what happened to Tiffany.
We know for certain that she ran out of the
Walmart and Marriott on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen, and has
never been seen or heard from again. Media outlets were
(21:06):
quick to stigmatize Tiffany and her disappearance due to her past,
but that's not what is important here. Regardless of Tiffany's
addictions and past behaviors, She's still missing, and she, along
with her family, deserves to know what happened to her,
and she deserves to have justice. Tiffany Michelle Whitten was
last seen running away from a Walmart store in Marietta, Georgia,
(21:30):
on September thirteenth, twenty thirteen. She is described as a
white female with blonde strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, five
two to five five and one hundred and five pounds
according to the Charlie Project. At the time of her disappearance,
her hair had been bleached or dyed light blonde, but
her natural color was brown. Tiffany has tattoos on her
(21:53):
lower back, right shoulder blade, both hips, butterfly on her right,
on her right buttock, right foot, and left wrist some
Chinese symbols. She was last seen wearing a vest top
underneath a light colored VMX shirt with a design on
the front, dark blue jeans, a tan colored belt, and
(22:14):
a dark hair band, with no shoes or socks. Before
she disappeared, she had kicked off her flip flops and
left her handbag behind at the scene, and anyone with
information is asked to contact Detective Michael Sellek of the
Marietta Police Department at seven seven zero seven nine four
fifty three hundred, quoting case number one four zero zero
(22:37):
zero or seven to one, or Detective Ed Stockinger of
the Cop County Cold Case Unit at seven seven zero
five two eight three zero ninety four. And that is
the story of Tiffany Witten's disappearance.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
What do you think happened?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
I think, like what her friend said, I think someone
picked her up in some bad happened, especially if she
was high and using something, you know, Yeah, because you're
not thinking with a straight mind, obviously, and it didn't
sound like she had her wits about her at the time,
especially if she was hearty and before the Walmart trip
(23:16):
with some friends. I do I lean towards that, what
about you.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, because like she
just sort of vanished into thin air. And I was
thinking too, like if Ashley had something to do with it,
I don't think he would have spent time calling hospitals
and calling the jails and whatever. I mean, great, you
don't think about that as far as like, Okay, if
(23:41):
you're trying to cover your tracks and whatever, you might
make one or two phone calls I'm guessing to make
it look good or whatever. I don't think he would
have put that much effort into it if he knew
that she was gone. Yeah, they want to say I
think that because he didn't report her missing right away,
or that's a reason to say, like maybe he had
something to do with it.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
But I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
I'm not feeling that failing Ashley. Yeah, I feel she.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Came into just some bad a bad situation or something like.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
That person that took advantage of her state. I agree. Yeah,
he's not gonna call several people over a two month period.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Right and your friends.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
When you're out on probation, you do not want any
police contact. I can see him stalling, not excusing it.
It's just the nature of the beast of drug addiction,
you know, like you don't want the police to come
to your house and find your firearms and the stuff
that you're using, which is exactly what happened, you know.
And that's why I don't believe it was him. I
(24:46):
don't think he had the wherewithal to be a planner
like that. Yeah, sounded like a very codependent relationship. Yeah,
you know, after she told her grandma, you know, no,
I can't I can't without him, and he won't without me.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Right right.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Yeah, So I don't know, maybe she ended up like
hitchhiking or ending up like she might have hitchhiked out
of Georgia. We don't know, you know, or something could
have happened, who knows. That's really unfortunate, and that's really sad.
I always hate these stories that are unsolved, or like
the mystic persons and stuff like that, because I just
feel really sad for their families. Yeah, you know, just
(25:24):
I can't imagine the feeling something happened to your child
and you have no idea what it is, you know,
and you know, yeah, she's been gone all these years,
so she's probably dead. But sure youre yeah, something you
don't want to think that. I'm sure you're like, well
there's stories, you know, people come back after twenty years
(25:46):
or whatever, you know, so you don't want.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
To think that.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
But then you're like, well, she wouldn't stay away this
long like your friends.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Then yeah, it's just hard to give up hope. And yeah,
that's that's very very sad it is, but I'm glad
you have brought it and with contact information because.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Yeah you have to both in your show notes. Yeah,
put your phone numbers and stuff in your show notes.
So well, thank you very much Shannon for that story
this week. It would be nice to have her family
have some closure. Like you said, I know, there's a
Facebook page. It's called find Tiffany Witten like I look
okay while you were talking, so you know they I
(26:24):
think it's probably run by someone in her family, either
her mom or someone else. And if you want more
information there, So thank you very much. And before we go,
just like to remind everyone to hit the subscribe or
follow button on whatever app you're listening to us on Also,
if you want to check out our website, it's Crimes
(26:44):
Andconsequences dot com. We also have a Patreon, which, if
you don't know what it is, Shannon and I do
an extra episode a week that is for our paid
Patreon members. You can also join and get the episodes
through the Apple Podcast, so you could just you know,
click that little button and pay for it right there,
(27:05):
and it's one extra episode a week usually, I know
lately with Shannon's grandson being born and my trip to
the Big Apple. Yeah, the Big Apple been a little behind,
but we try to get them out even if we
have to double up, so we try to get that
out there. So anyway, thank you very much again Shannon,
and until our next episode
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Until next time, I love see you guys, will see you,
bye bye
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