Missing Niqui McCown

Missing Niqui McCown

Introducing “Missing Niqui McCown,” the 2001 disappearance of a 28-year-old woman who vanished three weeks before her wedding. The final known moments of Niqui’s whereabouts were captured by a surveillance camera in a laundromat in Richmond, Indiana. Detectives have spent 22 years trying to piece together what happened next. They would find plenty of leads (her car turned up five months later in Dayton, OH) and many suspects (including a former police officer) but they have not found Niqui. A windy trail of clues has led to what some would call a definitive answer, but investigators caution: things might not be what they seem. This podcast dives deep into the archives, analyzes evidence never publicly seen, and includes new interviews with those who knew Niqui best. All in hopes of rekindling public interest, generating fresh leads, and ultimately bringing long-overdue justice to the McCown family.

Episodes

Introducing: Missing Erica Baker

June 9, 2022 • 2 mins
Growing up, there are stories that stick with you forever. If you grew up in Dayton, Ohio, a mid-sized city nestled between Columbus and Cincinnati, that story was probably the disappearance of Erica Baker. On February 7, 1999, Erica Baker put on her raincoat, leashed up her dog, and started to walk through a park. The 9-year-old was never seen again. Twenty-three years later, her investigation still haunts the community. That’s w...
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[S1:E1] Erica Baker: Neighborhood Kids

June 22, 2022 • 20 mins
Katie Wolford remembers growing up in the 90s as a time when kids had the freedom to run outside and play with their neighborhood friends. Until one day, her childhood best friend Erica Baker vanished into thin air. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards and Bryn Caswell talk to Erica’s family members to recall their final memories on that misty Sunday that started the mystery of what happened to Erica Baker. We start to piece ...
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Chapter 2: When Night Becomes Day

June 22, 2022 • 24 mins
On February 7, 1999, an older couple was walking their dog in a local park, when they spot something unusual in the distance: A small, wet dog. Days later, police contact the couple and ask them to come in for questioning – and hypnosis – connected to the Erica Baker disappearance. Days bleed into nights, and Dayton 24/7 Now Reporters start piecing together what happened that day. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
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Chapter 3: Do You Ever Lie?

June 28, 2022 • 26 mins
Months after Erica Baker disappears, her family and community honors her tenth birthday. Meanwhile, police are tipped off to a piece of information that would end up changing the course of the investigation. An unexpected death sparks a legal battle that makes it all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Chapter 4: Contradicting Confessions

July 5, 2022 • 29 mins
It’s July 2004. The police’s main suspect, Christian Gabriel, reveals important details connected to Erica’s disappearance – and possible whereabouts. He even leads detectives to a wooded location outside of Dayton, Ohio. But police are left with more questions than answers. Christian’s statements continue to shift and change as he is interrogated. Hosts Bryn Caswell and Nathan Edwards visit a remote warehouse and inspect the van p...
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Chapter 5: Driving Justice

July 12, 2022 • 29 mins
Time was running out for justice. It’s been six long years since Erica’s family last hugged their 9-year-old girl. Then, in 2005, just three days before the statute of limitations would have expired, Christian Gabriel was indicted on charges connected to the disappearance of Erica Baker. In this episode, reporters Bryn Caswell and Nathan Edwards dissect the trial that found Christian Gabriel guilty and whether justice was really se...
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Chapter 6: A Case that will Never Go Cold

July 19, 2022 • 47 mins
For the season finale, we take a sentimental deep dive into where this case is headed next; not only on the ground but in the hearts of Erica Baker’s loved ones. To close, our hosts Nathan and Bryn join their News Director, Becky, to share their personal thoughts, findings and closing remarks on the entirety of the case— including a hunch that could even lead to a season 2! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...
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Chapter 7: A New Search for Erica

December 12, 2022 • 37 mins
Based on a hunch from Dayton 24/7 Now News Director Becky Gulden, state and city law enforcement conduct a new search for Erica Baker at a local park that's never been examined before. Becky realized that a different location south of Kettering more accurately matches the driving directions Christian Gabriel described in his confession letter two decades ago. Tensions and emotions rise as a discovery is made during the search, but ...
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Chapter 8: Keeping the Case Alive

March 29, 2023 • 25 mins
Hosts Nathan Edwards and Becky Gulden update listeners on the outcomes of new searches for Erica Baker's body and introduce you to a new detective on the case. For the first time we're also talking to a woman who police say was with Christian Gabriel the day Erica went missing. What she remembers from that day as Erica's father is forced to spend another somber anniversary without answers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...
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Chapter 9: A somber anniversary

February 7, 2024 • 15 mins
As Erica’s family grapples with 25 years without her, police get a major break in the case. Hosts Nathan Edwards and Becky Gulden go along as police conduct an extensive search in a new location. This as we uncover what Christian Gabriel has been up to in Oregon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Introducing: Missing Niqui McCown

July 15, 2024 • 2 mins
More than 20 years ago a bride-to-be vanished without a trace and to-date no one knows exactly what happened to Niqui McCown. Niqui's final known moments were captured on surveillance video in a laundromat in Richmond, Indiana. However, despite plenty of leads and no shortage of suspects, detectives have spent 23 years trying to piece together what happened next. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...
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Chapter 1: Have you seen Niqui?

July 22, 2024 • 22 mins
It was the summer of 2001 and bride-to-be Niqui McCown was living the dream. She had a job that she loved at a nearby prison, she had a large and loving family, and she was getting ready to marry the man of her dreams, but all of that changed just three weeks before her wedding when she vanished from an Indiana laundromat. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden talk to Niqui’s family about their...
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Chapter 2: Suspects emerge

July 22, 2024 • 20 mins
In the days after Niqui McCown vanished, the man closest to her sat down for a recorded interview with police. Niqui’s fiancé, Bobby Webster, is the first name on their list to talk with but he wouldn’t be their last. As the suspect pool widens, journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden uncover a concerning story from her past that comes back into focus. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ...
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Chapter 3: The coverup

July 29, 2024 • 21 mins
It’s now five months since Niqui disappeared and police get their first big break in the case. The car Niqui was driving was found in a Dayton apartment complex. Detectives give Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden a look at the SUV and what was found inside. However, it was where the car was found that would really heat this case up! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...
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Chapter 4: Tommy Swint

August 5, 2024 • 19 mins
In the years after Niqui’s disappearance, police begin to shift their focus away from two of the men in Niqui’s life after learning disturbing information about a third man. Their prime suspect is now wearing a badge of his own but not for long. How one suspect’s fight to clear his name backfires as police begin investigating a cold-case murder that could blow Niqui’s case wide open. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy ...
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Chapter 5: The fallout

August 12, 2024 • 24 mins
As the walls begin closing in on a primary suspect in the disappearance of Niqui McCown, secrets from his past will come back to haunt him. This as cold case detectives pay him a surprise visit. But it’s his final move that will cause more heartache for the McCown family. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden also update you on where the case stands now, and the tools police are still using to ...
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