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Facing the Monsters: Where is Michael Joseph Vaughan?

Season 6, Ep. 66

On a late summer evening in Fruitland, Idaho, five-year-old - Michael Joseph Vaughan - affectionately nicknamed "Monkey" - vanished from his neighborhood without a trace. What began as a frantic search by family and neighbors quickly spiraled into one of the state's most intensive missing person investigations. This episode traces the critical final moments before Michael disappeared, the immediate community response, and the devastating reality of a small town shattered by the unknown.


Sources:


https://www.solvethecase.org/case/2021-14/michael-joseph-vaughan


https://medium.com/p/fea597f3243b


Second day of preliminary hearing underway for Stacey Wondra, man accused of kidnapping, killing Michael Vaughan | ktvb.com 


https://crimetimelines.com/michael-vaughan-case-file/ 


https://idahonews.com/news/local/affidavit-sheds-new-light-in-what-police-believe-happened-to-michael-vaughan


Michael Joseph Vaughan – The Charley Project


Music:


Crime Trap by Muza Production

Dark Horror Background by Delo Sound

Don't Look Down the Basement by Joel Fazhari

Dark Trap Groove by Anton Vlasov

Horror Playhouse by Geoff Harvey

Sad Instrumental by Andriig


Created and produced by Heather Hicks

Written by Mitch Fitz

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