164. Smells Like A Vanishing On Route 19 - Diane Augat's Long Walk To Nowhere

Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast · Nov 10, 2020 · 42m

Diane Louise Augat did not have an easy life. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her early 30s, she lost her marriage and custody of her children as she was forcibly institutionalized 32 times between 1990 and 1998. Living the best life she could, protected and watched over by family who cared for her, Diane was living with her sister in Odessa, a tiny town located in Pasco County, just north of Tampa, Florida when, on April 10, 1998, the sister left the house briefly and returned to find Diane gone. At least one witness reported seeing Diane wandering on U.S. Highway 19 the following day…