The Upright Shoe: Why a Missing Man Pointed Straight To Murder

Disappearance Stories · Jul 23, 2026 · 19m

The Upright Shoe: Why a Missing Man Pointed Straight To Murder

A single brown dress shoe, size ten and a half, was found standing upright against a concrete intake post at 6:14 AM on August 12 - and by 9:00 AM a missing-persons case was opened, even though no body had been found. The shoe belonged to 62-year-old David Rafferty, retired county official and volunteer, missing since August 9; what pointed investigators one way turned out to hide the real answer. How did a shoe and a pull-off on Coppice Road hold the key to what actually happened?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from…