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The Perfect Crime? – Vanishing as a Cover-Up

July 3, 2025 • 20 mins

Host Emily "Em" Carter explores three chilling cases where disappearances weren't random but carefully orchestrated cover-ups. Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condo in 2006 after being stalked by construction workers, with her car found abandoned and security footage showing a perfectly obscured perpetrator. German tourist Lars Mittank disappeared in Bulgaria after receiving threats, his final moments captured on airport security cameras as he fled in apparent terror into dangerous wilderness. Medical student Brian Shaffer entered a Columbus bar but never appeared on any exit footage, vanishing from a secured second-floor location with limited access points. These cases demonstrate how predators use surveillance, planning, and intimate knowledge of their victims' routines to execute nearly perfect crimes that leave families and investigators with more questions than answers.

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