About this episode

The episode discusses the disappearance and investigation of 15-year-old Riley Crossman in West Virginia.

On the 8th of May 2019, 15 year old Riley Crossman was reported missing from her home in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. What followed was a desperate community-wide search involving hundreds of volunteers, law enforcement and the FBI, as Riley’s family waited for any sign that she might still be alive. But as investigators began reconstructing Riley’s final hours, disturbing details started to emerge... including a green truck seen outside her home, contradictory accounts of where Riley’s mother’s boyfriend Andy McCauley had been, and a final message Riley sent to her boyfriend just hours before she disappeared: “Andy’s in my room. I’m scared.” As the investigation continued, surveillance footage, phone records and forensic evidence would begin to tell a very different story. But before investigators knew what had happened to Riley, they first had to find her... and somewhere in the search was a clue that would ultimately change everything. 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…

Topics covered

• missing person
• investigation
• true crime
• community search
• forensic evidence

Keywords

• Riley Crossman
• missing person
• true crime
• investigation
• Andy McCauley
• FBI
• forensic evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

Places: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

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