Jill Kloppenburg
Missing Persons
Episode 118 Jill Kloppenburg In early January, 2025, 47 year old Jill Kloppenburg went missing from Lowell, MA, and has not been seen since. Jill had been battling addiction, and recent losses in her life compounded the issue. When she vanished, she was staying with someone temporarily, and some reports say that she was worried for her personal safety right before she vanished. Jill left behind some of her belongings, and has not been on social media. At least one person made the claim that Jill had died from an overdose, but it was never proven, and she remains missing. Jill's...
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January 2026 Case Updates
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Episode 117 January 2026 Case Updates In our first installment of Missing Persons of 2026, we would like to provide some updates to past cases we have featured on the show. These include updates to the following cases: Deanna Merryfield from episode 105 Ian Rogers from episode 112 Avery Doherty episode 90 Marie Mueller episode 70 Jennifer and Adrianna Wix episode 82 Jennifer Kesse episode 84 To listen to every episode of Missing Persons early, and ad-free, and get other benefits, simply on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider...
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Introducing: True Crime Garage
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Introducing: True Crime Garage While Missing Persons hosts Mike and Jess are prepping new episodes of Missing Persons, they'd like to invite you to listen to a preview of the true crime podcast; True Crime Garage. It's hosted by Nic and the Captain who are good friends of Mike and Jess. True Crime Garage has been around for a decade and have been a staple in the true crime podcast genre. They have hundreds of episodes available to binge on. Be sure to subscribe to True Crime garage on your favorite podcast app and for more information about the show, head over to their
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Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment
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Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment Below the Surface is a true crime podcast covering a variety of strange and bizarre cases with one common theme; a water connection. The show features both solved and unsolved cases, some of which are well known, while others have received little attention. In this special preview of episode 1, we explore the puzzling case of Kim Wall who was Best known for her articles in the Guardian, New York Times, and Vice, journalist. She disappeared in a submarine beneath the Oresund Strait after interviewing inventor, Peter Madsen, on...
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Introducing The Trail Went Cold; The Boys on the Tracks
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Introducing: The Trail Went Cold; The Boys on the Tracks August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical examiner concludes they had fallen asleep after smoking marijuana and their deaths were accidental. However, Don and Kevin’s families push for a new investigation, which uncovers evidence that they were violently attacked before their bodies were placed...
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Robert Gautsche
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Episode 116 Robert Gautsche Robert Gautsche was a family man and successful corporate manager who had a lot going for him, but the pressures of his job caused him to spiral. He fell into addiction which cost him his career, marriage, and health. He was diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS); a debilitating disease that greatly affected his memory, and his prognosis was not good. Robert's brother Brad, who was Robert's power of attorney, placed Robert into the care of an assisted living facility in Castle Rock, CO with the understanding that his brother would be safe and...
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Introducing Of Hell: Texas True Crime
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Introducing Of Hell: Texas True Crime This is a preview of Of Hell: Texas True Crime, a narrative investigation into the darkest crimes committed on Texas soil.From the creators of Gone Cold, each episode dives deep into cases where violence leaves a permanent scar on the land and the people who call it home. This clip features the haunting case of Nancy, a beloved mother taken from her home and brutally tortured and murdered. What begins as a tragic disappearance in a quiet Texas neighborhood unravels into a story of fear, grief, and a killer who believed he could erase a life without...
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Jason Landry
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Episode 115 Jason Landry On December 12, 2020, Twenty one year old college student Jason Landry embarked on a 165 mile road trip from San Marcos, Texas to see his family for the holidays in Missouri City, Texas. He would never make it home. His crashed car was discovered just after midnight in Luling, Texas; an oil and ranching community that Jason was not familiar with. There was no sign of Jason. The accident seemed to be a single car accident that left Jason's car backed into a ditch. Several items of Jason's were discarded, including what appeared to be the clothes he was...
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Ryan Shtuka
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Episode 114 Ryan Shtuka Twenty year old Ryan Shtuka vanished in the early morning hours of February 17,2018 in Sun Peaks B.C. Canada. In the hours before he went missing, Ryan had gone to a silent disco with a group of friends before moving on with the group to a nearby house party. When the group of friends left, they didn't see Ryan, and they assumed that he had stayed behind. Back at the party, a group selfie captured all of the party goers with the exception of Ryan. When Ryan didn't show up for work as scheduled, the alarm was sounded that he was missing. Ryan's parents, who lived...
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Katherine 'Kat' Hammontre
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Episode 113 Katherine 'Kat' Hammontre April, 2019 was a tough month for 68 year old Katherine 'Kat' Hammontre. She had battled liver Cancer, but eventually decided not to seek treatment for it, and to face what came on her own terms. She was looking forward to her one year anniversary with her husband Warren Sundquist and enjoying the life she was living in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, where she had moved to in the late 1990s. On April 11, Kat along with her husband, and a group of hikers decided to explore the beautiful area of Cañón del Diablo, or Devils Canyon in the Sierra...
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33 year old Christopher Newton had fallen on hard times when his family lost touch with him in late 2023. Chris had battled his way through a schizophrenia diagnosis with the help of medications and had even started his own business and got his own apartment. But his business eventually went under, and Chris began to use drugs and stopped taking his prescribed medications. He found himself living in Canada's unhoused community, sleeping in a tent in the Nelson, BC area of Canada.
Chris was briefly incarcerated in September, 2023. While in custody, his camp, tent, and all his belongings, along with the camps of other nearby unhoused people, were taken down and removed by the city of Nelson, and railway officials. When Chris was released on December 11,2023, he went back to his camp to find it no longer there. With no place to go, he began sleeping on nearby streets. On December 23rd, Nelson police told him that he needed to move along. After this, Chris's family, who did not live close to the area lost touch with him and he was reported missing that month. There were unconfirmed sightings in the following months, but also one seemingly reliable sighting in the summer of 2024. Since then, it seems as if Chris has truly vanished and his family is desperate to find him. His mother Christine Moore is our guest in this episode.
Christopher Newton is described as a White male standing 5ft10, and weighing 159 pounds. He has Brown hair and eyes, and a skateboard tattoo on his left shoulder. If you have information about Christopher Newton, please call the Nelson Police Department at (250) 354-3919 file # 25-46 Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
You can also send an email to Chris's family at SearchingforChrisNewton@gmail.com
Be sure to visit the Facebook page that Chris's family runs.
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