Texas Woman Who Vanished During Walk Found Slain in "Haunted House"

Murder Files Unsealed · Jul 17, 2026 · 47m · transcript

This episode details the tragic 2016 murder of Rhonda “Chantay” Blankinship, a vulnerable young woman who disappeared during a walk in rural Brown County, Texas. Her body was eventually discovered in a storm cellar on a dilapidated property locally known as the "Haunted House." After the investigation stalled for over a year, authorities utilized innovative DNA phenotyping technology to create a composite sketch of the suspect, which bore a striking resemblance to a local man named Ryan Riggs. Driven by the release of this image and his own religious conviction, Riggs delivered a startling…