MISSING: Phoenix Coldon
When 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon walks out the front door of her family home, her parents never could have guessed that she wouldn’t come back. The search for her only turned up more questions, and over 10 years later, many of those questions still remain.
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A missing persons flier for Phoenix in hopes someone would come forward with information.
Please contact the authorities If you have any information about the following case:
If you have any information about the disappearance of Phoenix Coldon, you can call the St. Louis County Police at (636-529-8210). Or, you can submit a tip online to the St. Louis Regional Crime Stoppers: www.stlrcs.org
If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline 24/7 at 1-888-373-7888 (TTY: 711) or text: 233733.
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Episode Source Material
- UMSL Daily (St. Louis, Mo): Missing Phoenix: Coldon family asks UMSL community for help, by Maureen Zegel.
- Huff Post (New York City, NY): Phoenix Coldon: Cruel Hoax Costs Family Of Missing Woman Their Life Savings, Home (EXCLUSIVE), by David Lohr.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO): Lack of clues, coverage vex parents of missing woman, by Marlon A. Walker.
- Real Talk With Tamara: Real Talk With Tamara TV Show With Missing College Student Phoenix Coldon’s Parents.
- Real Talk With Tamara: Missing College Student Phoenix Coldon Part 2.
- Real Talk With Tamara: Mr&Mrs Coldon (Missing Phoenix Coldon Parents) interview 3.
- Oxygen: What Happened The Day 23-Year-Old Phoenix Coldon Vanished?, by Jill Sederstrom.
- The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon: Who Is She? (Season 1, Episode 1).
- The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon: Where Is She? (Season 1, Episode 2).
- St. Louis Today.com: Suspended Maryland Heights police official retires by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- Legacy.com: Stacey English. n.d.
- HuffPost: Stacey English missing: Candlelight vigil for Atlanta woman as police ready lake search by David Lohr.
- HuffPost: Stacey Nicole English missing: Family and friends seeks ‘post-Christmas miracle,’ search for clues by David Lohr.
- St. Louis County Police Website: Connect with us. n.d.
- P3tips.com: St. Louis Regional Crime Stoppers. n.d.
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