The Final Trace1 Juli 2025

Mysterious Death: Brent Brand

📍 Vincennes, Indiana. 🎧 Chapter 3: The Final Trace of Brent Brand In the summer of 1986, 18-year-old Brent Brand attended a party in Vincennes, Indiana — and never made it home. Eight days later, his body was found face down in a drainage ditch across state lines. No visible injuries. No clear cause of death. A Priest had the answers... But would he talk? What followed wasn’t just an investigation… it became a witch hunt. Over 30 witnesses were named — including police officers. Brent’s mother spent the rest of her life fighting for answers she never got.This is the case that haunts a town.And the silence still speaks volumes. 🎧 Listen now 📚 Sources for “The Final Trace: Brent Brand” The Advocate “Antigay Hate Is Nothing New in Indiana” https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/5/02/antigay-hate-nothing-new-indiana J. Patrick Redmond – Some Go Hungry Fictional novel inspired by Brent Brand’s case and growing up gay in Vincennes, Indiana. Indiana Court Records (Knox County archives and public filings related to the obstruction of justice charges against James Leyendecker) Illinois & Indiana News Archives (1986–1988) Evansville Courier & Press, Vincennes Sun-Commercial, and other local outlets reporting on Brent’s death, the grand jury investigation, and Leyendecker’s legal proceedings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Murdered: Ann Harmeier

📍 Martinsville, Indiana | September 12, 1977 🎙️ Chapter 65 | The Final Trace of Ann HarmeierTwenty-year-old Indiana University student Ann Harmeier was driving back to Bloomington for a morning cla...

29 Sep 37min

Mysterious Death: Jonathan Luna

📍 Baltimore, Maryland → Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | December 3–4, 2003 🎙️ Chapter 64 | The Final Trace of Jonathan Luna At 11:38 p.m., federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna left his Baltimore offic...

22 Sep 40min

Missing: Sneha Philip

📍 Lower Manhattan, New York | September 10, 2001 🎙️ Chapter 63 | The Final Trace of Sneha Anne Philip On the evening of September 10th, 2001, 31-year-old physician Dr. Sneha Anne Philip was capt...

15 Sep 44min

Missing: Lauren Spierer

📍 Bloomington, Indiana | June 3, 2011 🎙️ Chapter 62 | The Final Trace of Lauren Spierer For hours, Lauren Spierer’s movements through Bloomington can be pieced together almost minute by minute. Un...

8 Sep 50min

Solved: Jayna Murray

📍 Bethesda, Maryland | March 11, 2011 🎙️ Chapter 61 | The Final Trace of Jayna Murray On a Friday night in one of Bethesda’s busiest shopping districts, two coworkers returned to the Lululemon stor...

1 Sep 41min

Murdered: Bryan Haltom

📍 Spencer, Indiana | July 17, 1996 🎙️ Chapter 60 | The Final Trace of Bryan Haltom Just after midnight, 18-year-old Bryan Haltom was driving his red Trans Am through the quiet streets of Spencer...

25 Aug 37min

Mysterious Death: Erin Valenti

📍 San Jose, California | October 2019🎙️ Chapter 14 Revisited | Mysterious Death: Erin Valenti We’ve told Erin Valenti’s story before. But we’ve never told it like this. After first covering Erin’...

18 Aug 40min

Introducing: Our True Crime Podcast

Today, we're doing something a little different! Introducing you to one of our favorite podcast! We're handing The Final Trace feed over to our friends Cam and Jen from Our True Crime Podcast for a ...

17 Aug 1h 6min