Charlotte Teenager’s Death Still Unsolved Over Two Decades Later

Murder Files Unsealed · Jun 30, 2026 · 34m · transcript

The episode recounts the tragic and unsolved 2005 murder of sixteen-year-old Gregory Goodson, a promising student who had recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. It details how the teenager vanished after a routine day at school and work, only for his body to be discovered days later in a wooded area with a single gunshot wound. The narrative highlights the investigative challenges faced by the police, including a compromised crime scene and a lack of forensic leads that have kept the case cold for over two decades. Central to the account is the resilience of his mother, Kyle Goodson…