MISSING: From a Bus Stop
For most of us, heading to a bus stop would be a mindless act. Just a stop before your next destination. But unfortunately for some, it’s become their last known sighting. Today, Brit and I are exploring several unsolved cases where victims have mysteriously disappeared from a bus stop. We’re hoping someone out there has more information as to what occurred before each of those buses arrived…
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A collage of the five missing persons discussed in the episode, from left to right: (top) Korrina Malinoski, Annette Sagers, Madalina Cojocari, (bottom) Tabitha Tuders, Zita Cecilia Gutierrez.
Photo Source: Created by audiochuck staff
Camera footage from Madalina’s school bus shows her getting off at her normal stop, but there have been no reported sightings of her since.
Please contact the authorities if you have any information about the following cases:
The disappearances of Korrina Malinoski or Annette Sagers
Please contact the Berkeley County Cold Case Squad at [email protected], or call 843-719-4668.
The disappearance of Madalina Cojocari in November of 2022
Please contact the Cornelius Police Department at 704-892-7773, or the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. If you would like to remain anonymous, please call North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers at 704-896-7867.
The disappearance of Tabitha Tuders
Please contact the Nashville Police Department Cold Case Unit at 615-862-7803, or Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
The disappearance of Zita Cecilia Gutierrez
Please call the Montgomery County Police Department at 301-279-8000.
If you knew Cecilia...
If you knew Cecilia, or if you’re someone with the Montgomery County Police Department, please email us at [email protected].
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Episode Source Material
- ABC News 4: Bring them Home: ‘Secrets in the Swamp’ explores the story of a missing mother & daughter by Mel Orlins.
- Hulu and Amazon Prime Video: Up and Vanished: The Vanishing Family S1E2. Directed by Rob Dorfmann.
- The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC): Girl disappears near where mother vanished by The Associated Press via Newspapers.com.
- The Daily Dispatch (Moline, IL): Mother missing since last year; daughter vanishes 5 weeks ago by Vernon Squires via Newspapers.com.
- The Morning Call (Allentown, PA): Missing Child via Newspapers.com.
- Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME): Have You Seen These Children? By National Center for Missing and Exploited Children via Newspapers.com.
- The Greenville News (Greenville, SC): Mother-daughter disappearance a mystery by The Associated Press via Newspapers.com.
- ABC News 4: Experts take new look at Berkely County cold case of missing mother, 11-year-old girl by Ashley Blackstone.
- ABC News 4 / WCIV (Charleston, SC): Bring Them Home: ‘Secrets in the Swamp’ explores the story of a missing mother & daughter by Mel Orlins.
- Spotify: Unsolved Mysteries (Podcast): The Disappearance of Tabitha Tuders.
- Transcript accessed for notes, edited for clarity.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police search for teen missing since morning, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Search for girl goes on by Metro, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police think somebody must have seen missing teen, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Search for Tabitha intensifies, by Margo Rivers via Newsapapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Missing teens a quandary for police, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Computer checked for clue to missing girl, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Searching for Tabitha, by Sylvia Slaughter via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Computer yields no leads on missing girl, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Search for Tabitha gets army of help, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Witness saw girl near home before her disappearance, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police look at five sex offenders near Tuders, by Ian Demsky, Sheila Burke, and Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tabitha search effort dwindles, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tuder’s brother has record, but police say he’s not a suspect, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- Nashville Scene (Nashville, TN): No Reason to Run, by John Spragens and Matt Pulle.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): More officers joining the search for Tabitha, by Christian Bottorff and Jay Hamburg via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Initials may be key to missing teen, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tabitha probe shifts to foul play, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Teams, dogs search for a scent of Tabitha, by Ian Demsky via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Search for missing teen returns to east Nashville via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Park yields no signs of Tabitha, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Letter asks families to help find Tabitha, by Dorren Klausnitzer and Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police say another child made card for Tabitha, by Sheila Burke via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police review tape for sign of Tabitha, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Trucker reports seeing girl like Tabitha in Indiana, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Girl resembling Tabitha seen, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Town recalls encounter with transient girl – was it Tabitha?, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Girl at motel wasn’t Tuders, woman says, by Ian Demsky and Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): NASA lab to scrutinize tapes possibly showing Tabitha, by Ian Demsky via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Top cop says Tabitha top case, doesn’t believe teen ran away, by Ian Demsky via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Police in Tabitha case analyze cell writing, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tuders case shadows neighbor whose life has not been sunny, by Ian Demsky and Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): ‘Person of interest’ in Tuders case arrested again, by Ian Demsky via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Voicemail claiming to be Tabitha probably a hoax, police say, by Christian Bottorff via Newspapers.com.
- Nashville Scene (Nashville, TN): Never-Ending grief, by Matt Pulle.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Reward now $25K in Tuders case, by Clay Carey via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tabitha’s brother, sister are vigilant parents, by Erin Quinn via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Playmate can’t let go of memories, by Erin Quinn via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Family friend won’t quit til he fulfills duty, by Erin Quinn via Newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Tuder’s fate is still a mystery, by Adam Tamburin via Newspapers.com.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Metro police receive tip Tabitha Tuders could be in Nebraska, by Chris Bundgaard.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): Mother of the missing, by Holly Meyer and Jordan Buie via Newspapers.com.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Police: Tabitha Tuders Tip From Nebraska Likely A Scam, by Mark Bellinger.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Father: Tabitha Tuders tip found to be hoax, by DeAnn Hays.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Police Want To Question Man In Tuders Case.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): New information in Tabitha Tuders case gives parents hope, by Talia Kaplan.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Man named Juan ‘not considered’ to be suspect in Tabitha Tuders case, by Sarah Denson.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Federal Subpoenas Issued In Tabitha Tuders Case, by Nick Beres.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Family holds on to hope that tip will help find Tabitha Tuders, by: Eric Egan.
- Discovery Plus: Disappeared: Last Stop (Season 9, Episode 10).
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Tabitha Tuders’ family still hopeful after 15 years, by Nick Caloway.
- FOX 17 (Nashville, TN): New leads in Tabitha Tuders case point detectives back to Nashville, by Alex Apple.
- NBC News: Family still heartbroken 16 years after daughter Tabitha Tuders vanished from Nashville home, by Bianca Hillier.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Detective: Tabitha Tuders may have been abducted, drugged and forced into prostitution, by Josh Breslow and WKRN Web Staff.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Parents of Tabitha Tuders react to possibility their daughter was sex trafficked, by Stephanie Langston.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Search underway in multiple counties for evidence in Tabitha Tuders’ disappearance, by Josh Breslow.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Metro police, FBI search former property of ‘person of interest’ in Tabitha Tuders’ disappearance, by Stassy Olmos.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Tabitha Tuders case: ‘Recent information’ prompts search for evidence in Hickman County.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Search for evidence in Tabitha Tuders’ disappearance stretches into 2nd day, by Brittney Baird.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Metro police, FBI conclude search of ‘pig pen’ on Hickman County property, say no evidence of Tabitha Tuders, by Stassy Olmos.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Tabitha Tuders case: Investigators search property once tied to person-of-interest.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): ONLY ON 2: Tabitha Tuders’ family devastated to be left in the dark on daughter’s search, by Stephanie Langston.
- The Tennessean (Nashville, TN): MNPD: Unclear if Tuders was on property, by Brinley Hineman via Newspapers.com.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): Tabitha Tuders: Today marks 18 years since disappearance; police still following tips in the case, by Aaron Cantrell.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): TN Missing: A look at age progressed photos of Tabitha Tuders, by Alex Denis.
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Tabitha Tuders’ family still seeking answers 19 years after her disappearance, by Alex Denis.
- News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN): 20 years after Tabitha Tuders disappeared, the search for clues continues.
- The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.): College Student In Montgomery Disappears.
- The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.): Missing Persons: 5 Unsolved Cases; Zita Gutierrez.
- The Charley Project: Zita Cecilia Gutierrez. Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated August 1, 2012; clothing/jewelry description description added, details of disappearance updated.
- NamUs: Missing Person / NamUs #MP1866.
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