About this episode

This episode discusses the abduction and murder of Kelsey Smith, highlighting the investigation that followed her disappearance.

18 year old Kelsey Smith hopped into her car and made the short journey to Target to buy a last minute gift for her boyfriend. CCTV tracked her walking round the store, casually speaking on her phone and browsing, before paying for her items, leaving, and getting into her car. But when Kelsey didn't show up at home and was quickly reported as missing, officers watched the CCTV footage again... this time more closely. When they did, they caught sight of something suspicious. A man dressed in a white t shirt was seen in every single location Kelsey was seen in. Although he was always stood just slightly away from her. In a way that suggested he could see her, but she may not have noticed him... Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no fan of spam. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W79H87S Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redrumtruecrime/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redrumtruecrime/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/redrumtruecrime You can email me: redrumtruecrimepodcast@gmail.com SHOP MERCH: redrumtruecrime.myshopify.com Sources &amp…

People in this episode

Host: redrumpodcast

Topics covered

• abduction
• murder
• true crime
• CCTV
• investigation

Keywords

• Kelsey Smith
• abduction
• murder
• CCTV footage
• true crime

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Organizations: Target, REDRUM

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