The Sneaker in the Willow: How a Pond Kept a Secret

True Crime: Killer Confessions · Jul 23, 2026 · 19m

The Sneaker in the Willow: How a Pond Kept a Secret

A woman’s size seven white canvas sneaker, still laced with a foot inside, was found wedged in a willow eight feet from the bank of Calvert Pond on the morning of June 14, 2003 - a rope tied to a cinder block anchored four feet down. How did twenty-two-year-old Sherry Whitfield end up submerged and tied down, and why did the answer take years to surface?

In this episode, we lay out the timeline from Sherry’s last confirmed volunteer shift and the early missing-persons report to a cold case file and an unexpected pattern revealed years later…