On Christmas Day in 1996, a Texas mother of three vanished—and was never seen again.
Her van would be found abandoned. Her home held disturbing clues. And nearly three decades later, her family is still searching for answers.

In this episode of They Disappeared, host Pat Draven revisits the haunting case of Patty Vaughan—a woman full of life, music, and love—whose final hours remain shrouded in silence. Was it a tragic runaway… or something far more sinister?

Listen now and decide for yourself.

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In the quiet town of Stillwater, Oklahoma, a young man steps out of a car near a lake… and vanishes. No text. No trace. Just silence.

Years later, his mother is still searching—not just for her son, but for answers that no one seems willing to give.
A volatile relationship, a mysterious drop-off, and a system that won’t look deep enough.

What really happened to Dusty Koal Clark? And why has his case been buried beneath excuses and neglect?

In this haunting episode of They Disappeared, we dive into a story of heartbreak, injustice, and the chilling silence left behind when someone simply... disappears.

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A teenage girl vanishes just weeks before her sixteenth birthday. No leads. No search. No urgency. And when her family finally speaks up… it’s already too late.

In this episode, we explore a case where silence speaks louder than answers, and the truth has been buried deeper than anyone could have imagined. What begins as a simple disappearance slowly unravels into a chilling tale of secrets, silence, and a family fractured beyond repair.

Was she a runaway? Or was she erased?

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