The Trail Went Cold

December 14, 2011. Andover, Massachusetts. 69-year old John “Jack” Magee and his 67-year old wife, Geraldine “Jeri” Magee, are found shot to death inside their mansion in what appears to be a professional hit. There are no signs of robbery or forced entry at the scene, though it turns out that the couple’s SUV was stolen and driven 20 miles to the North End of Boston before it was set on fire. Even though the Magees are wealthy and Jack owned a successful construction company, they do not appear to have any known enemies and investigators are unable to find anything in the couple’s backgrounds to shed any light on potential motives for their murders. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a perplexing double homicide from New England which has remained unsolved for nearly 14 years. Additional Reading: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/ [https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/] https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/ [https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/] https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/andover-double-murder-remains-unsolved-10-years-later-story-disappeared/2581519/ [https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/andover-double-murder-remains-unsolved-10-years-later-story-disappeared/2581519/] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/20/metro/andover-couple-found-murdered-2011/ [https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/20/metro/andover-couple-found-murdered-2011/] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/09/metro/people-who-committed-this-act-are-still-large-family-andover-couple-slain-ten-years-ago-home-implores-tipsters-come-forward/ [https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/09/metro/people-who-committed-this-act-are-still-large-family-andover-couple-slain-ten-years-ago-home-implores-tipsters-come-forward/] https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/12/ten-years-after-killings-of-john-and-geraldine-magee-in-andover-family-hopes-someone-will-come-forward-our-family-has-lost-ten-years-of-love.html [https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/12/ten-years-after-killings-of-john-and-geraldine-magee-in-andover-family-hopes-someone-will-come-forward-our-family-has-lost-ten-years-of-love.html] https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-mansion-murders-couple-gunned-home/story?id=15159796 [https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-mansion-murders-couple-gunned-home/story?id=15159796] https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/12/09/they-need-to-be-brought-to-justice-andover-slay-victims-children-seek-answers-10-years-later/ [https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/12/09/they-need-to-be-brought-to-justice-andover-slay-victims-children-seek-answers-10-years-later/] https://www.wcvb.com/article/da-renews-appeal-for-information-into-murders-of-andover-couple/25583792 [https://www.wcvb.com/article/da-renews-appeal-for-information-into-murders-of-andover-couple/25583792] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massachusetts-married-couple-killed-in-mansion-murder/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massachusetts-married-couple-killed-in-mansion-murder/] https://www.mass.gov/news/magee-family-statement-on-10th-anniversary-of-andover-murders [https://www.mass.gov/news/magee-family-statement-on-10th-anniversary-of-andover-murders] https://coldcasene.org/f/john-and-geraldine-magee [https://coldcasene.org/f/john-and-geraldine-magee] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiGkC10tlI4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiGkC10tlI4] https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/62-the-mansion-murders/ [https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/62-the-mansion-murders/] "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ [https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/].  “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold [https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold/] to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote [http://www.magillfoote.com/]. All music is composed by Vince Nitro [https://soundcloud.com/vincenitro].

June 24, 1991. Boarhills, Scotland. The body of 33-year old Sandy Drummond is found on a farm track across the road from his cottage and it is determined that he was choked to death with what is described as a “ju-jitsu stranglehold”. In the days prior to his death, Sandy had suddenly quit his job without notice and withdrew nearly all of his money from his accounts, leading to speculation that someone may have been bullying or blackmailing him. Investigators explore a number of different leads, including eyewitness sightings of an orange car parked outside Sandy’s cottage before he was killed, but are unable to determine a clear-cut motive for the crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel to Scotland to explore one of their most perplexing unsolved murders. Additional Reading: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-unsolved-murders-mystery-devoted-22208850 [https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-unsolved-murders-mystery-devoted-22208850] https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12741252.claim-of-cover-up-over-murder-report/ [https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12741252.claim-of-cover-up-over-murder-report/] https://archive.news.stv.tv/archive/1358421-victim-of-unsolved-murder-killed-by-ju-jitsu-stranglehold.html [https://archive.news.stv.tv/archive/1358421-victim-of-unsolved-murder-killed-by-ju-jitsu-stranglehold.html] https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2161078/unsolved-murder-sandy-drummonds-tragic-death-still-remains-one-of-fifes-most-notorious-cold-cases/ [https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2161078/unsolved-murder-sandy-drummonds-tragic-death-still-remains-one-of-fifes-most-notorious-cold-cases/] https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/scottish-cold-case-murders-investigated-25187417 [https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/scottish-cold-case-murders-investigated-25187417] https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/inside-unsolved-murder-sandy-drummond-28272182 [https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/inside-unsolved-murder-sandy-drummond-28272182] https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MIRROR+CRIMEBUSTERS%3A+Distraught+mum+died+in+torment+while+son%27s...-a072972920 [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MIRROR+CRIMEBUSTERS%3A+Distraught+mum+died+in+torment+while+son%27s...-a072972920] "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ [https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/].  “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold [https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold/] to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote [http://www.magillfoote.com/]. All music is composed by Vince Nitro [https://soundcloud.com/vincenitro].

August 23, 2008. Blount County, Tennessee. After leaving his condo in Maryville, 51-year old Mike Hearon drives to his rural farm with plans to mow the lawn and some neighbours see him driving away from his residence on his ATV. Mike vanishes without a trace and the abandoned ATV is eventually found on a steep hill located a mile from his property. Mike’s family suspects that he may have stumbled upon something he wasn’t supposed to see and became the victim of foul play, but there is no evidence to work with and Mike is never found.  July 18, 2007. Ravalli County, Montana. 55-year old Barbara Bolick goes hiking in the Bitterroot Mountains on the Bear Creek Overlook Trail alongside a friend named Jim Ramaker. According to Jim, they were headed back down the trail together when he stopped at a scenic overview, but even though he only took his eyes off Barbara for about a minute, Jim claims that she vanished without a trace and he was unable to find her. A massive search effort fails to turn up any trace of Barbara and while Jim is not considered to be a suspect in her disappearance, there is no evidence to explain what happened. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore two baffling missing persons cases involving victims who seemingly vanished into thin air in remote areas. if you have any information on the disappearance of Mike Hearon, please contact the Blount County Sheriff’s Office at (865) 273-5000. If you have any information about the disappearance of Barbara Bolick, please contact the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office at (406) 375-4005. Join us on Saturday, July 5 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link [https://cytu.be/r/TheTrailWentCold]. Additional Reading: https://charleyproject.org/case/michael-edwin-hearon [https://charleyproject.org/case/michael-edwin-hearon] https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/50-volunteers-join-search-for-missing-maryville-man-ep-411119166-359796801.html/?page=1 [https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/50-volunteers-join-search-for-missing-maryville-man-ep-411119166-359796801.html/?page=1] https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/family-of-missing-man-still-searching/article_26118160-9967-54c5-8f13-1aed52c1a285.html [https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/family-of-missing-man-still-searching/article_26118160-9967-54c5-8f13-1aed52c1a285.html] https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/aug/27/missing-man-still-mystery-4-years-after/ [https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/aug/27/missing-man-still-mystery-4-years-after/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/128530073/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/128530073/] https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/mike-hearon-man-missing-in-the-mountains/51-354008626 [https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/mike-hearon-man-missing-in-the-mountains/51-354008626] https://www.wbir.com/article/news/special-reports/the-vanished/vanished-mike-hearon-missing-in-the-moutains/51-d4855ea8-13ba-4710-a534-0ce8f1dc8441 [https://www.wbir.com/article/news/special-reports/the-vanished/vanished-mike-hearon-missing-in-the-moutains/51-d4855ea8-13ba-4710-a534-0ce8f1dc8441] https://parkpredators.com/the-local/ [https://parkpredators.com/the-local/] https://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-assunta-bolick [https://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-assunta-bolick] https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/ground-search-for-missing-woman-suspendedposted-on-aug/article_623e4d47-a337-5984-bfa5-aa64697c3439.html [https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/ground-search-for-missing-woman-suspendedposted-on-aug/article_623e4d47-a337-5984-bfa5-aa64697c3439.html] https://www.newspapers.com/image/411502280/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/411502280/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194122/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194122/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194127/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194127/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194122/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194122/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194127/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/352194127/] https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/missing-bitterroot-woman-still-a-mystery [https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/missing-bitterroot-woman-still-a-mystery] "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ [https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/].  “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold [https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold/] to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote [http://www.magillfoote.com/]. All music is composed by Vince Nitro [https://soundcloud.com/vincenitro].

October 19, 2001. Leverett’s Chapel, Texas. After leaving her house to go for a walk on a nearby trail, 15-year old Jessica Sadler never returns home and her body is discovered underneath a trash pile at a dumpsite in a wooded area four days later. Jessica’s cause of death is determined to be blunt force trauma and suspicion is directed towards her 18-year old friend, Curtis DeWayne Howard, who confesses to having had sex with Jessica on the day she disappeared. Since Jessica was underage, Curtis is charged with sexual assault, but winds up being acquitted at trial and there is not enough evidence to link him or anyone else to Jessica’s death. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the tragic unsolved murder of Jessica Sadler, which has remained unsolved for over two decades. if you have any information about this case, please contact the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office at (903) 657-3581. Additional Reading: https://www.newspapers.com/image/590725885/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590725885/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726079/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726079/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726108/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726108/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/211114868/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/211114868/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726314/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726314/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/612144132/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612144132/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/612144146/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612144146/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590730807/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590730807/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590730820/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590730820/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726893/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726893/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726926/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590726926/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590733068/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590733068/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590733086/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590733086/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590756837/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590756837/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590756864/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590756864/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590757231/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590757231/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590757254/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590757254/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590758209/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590758209/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/590758280/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/590758280/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/612157810/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612157810/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/612157845/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612157845/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/215598940/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/215598940/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/215599148/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/215599148/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/215600984/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/215600984/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/215601117/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/215601117/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/215437032/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/215437032/] https://www.kltv.com/story/1251895/suspect-found-not-guilty-in-murder-sex [https://www.kltv.com/story/1251895/suspect-found-not-guilty-in-murder-sexual-assault-case/]ual-assault-case/ [https://www.kltv.com/story/1251895/suspect-found-not-guilty-in-murder-sexual-assault-case/] https://www.kltv.com/story/1511109/anniversary-of-teenagers-mysterious-murder/ [https://www.kltv.com/story/1511109/anniversary-of-teenagers-mysterious-murder/] For our podcast recommendation of the week, be sure to check out "Evil Lies - The Boy in the Mat: Kendrick 'KJ' Johnson" [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/evil-lies--6608807]. "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ [https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/].  “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold [https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold/] to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote [http://www.magillfoote.com/]. All music is composed by Vince Nitro [https://soundcloud.com/vincenitro].

September 4, 1977. Ewing Township, New Jersey. The nude body of 25-year old graduate student Sigrid Stevenson is discovered beneath a piano cover inside the Main Stage Theater of Kendall Hall on the campus of Trenton State College. She has been bludgeoned to death with a blunt object and since Sigrid had been staying in Kendall Hall that weekend, she was likely attacked while practicing the piano on stage. A number of people are looked at as potential suspects, including campus police officers, campus staff and members of a theatre group, but there is no conclusive evidence to implicate any of them and Sigrid’s murder remains unsolved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a cold case that was recently featured on the Netflix reboot of “Unsolved Mysteries”. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Mercer County Homicide Task Force at (609) 989-6406. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sigrid_Stevenson [https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sigrid_Stevenson] https://unsolved.com/gallery/murder-center-stage/ [https://unsolved.com/gallery/murder-center-stage/] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-body-fou/134036786/ [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-body-fou/134036786/] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-no-leads/134036431/ [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-no-leads/134036431/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/493806481/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/493806481/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/490192538/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/490192538/] https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/09/unsolved_mystery_37-year-old_tcnj_cold_case_intrigues_filmmaker_who_wants_answers.html [https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/09/unsolved_mystery_37-year-old_tcnj_cold_case_intrigues_filmmaker_who_wants_answers.html] https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/weird-nj/2016/10/30/weird-nj-murdered-student-haunt-tcnj/92929174/ [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/weird-nj/2016/10/30/weird-nj-murdered-student-haunt-tcnj/92929174/] https://www.tcnjsignalnews.com/article/2011/10/grad-student-killed-in-kendall-in-e2-80-9977-the-unsolved-story [https://www.tcnjsignalnews.com/article/2011/10/grad-student-killed-in-kendall-in-e2-80-9977-the-unsolved-story] https://news.tcnj.edu/2024/09/10/sigrid-stevenson-tribute/ [https://news.tcnj.edu/2024/09/10/sigrid-stevenson-tribute/] https://www.nj.com/mercer/2024/09/cold-case-squad-investigating-perplexing-1977-murder-of-nj-grad-student-sources-say.html [https://www.nj.com/mercer/2024/09/cold-case-squad-investigating-perplexing-1977-murder-of-nj-grad-student-sources-say.html] https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678301/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678301/] https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678338/ [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678338/] "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ [https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/].  “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold [https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold/] to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote [http://www.magillfoote.com/]. All music is composed by Vince Nitro [https://soundcloud.com/vincenitro].