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Shirley Sprang & Wayne Thompson _ Missing in Nebraska _ S2 E48 · True Crime and Wine Time

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  Speaker 1: So so Hello, lovelies. It ended right as I was
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  Speaker 1: So I am looking forward to her going, what the hell? Okay. Now,
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  Speaker 1: before we get into today's cases, I want to let
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  Speaker 1: you know there is an active Amber Alert for Diana
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  Speaker 1: Galvez Ortega, age 14. She was last seen around Salinas,
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  Speaker 1: California on August 4th. Now, she was seen with her father,
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  Speaker 1: Sergio Galvez Perez, age 38, or as I'm calling him, POS, okay? Now,
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  Speaker 1: they haven't been seen since August 4th, but a newborn
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  Speaker 1: infant was found deceased on August 1st, which is suspected
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  Speaker 1: of being Diana and Sergio's child. Guys, Diana is a victim.
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  Speaker 1: Sergio is wanted on multiple sex crimes, okay? Now, police
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  Speaker 1: believe Sergio took Diane and ran after the newborn was
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  Speaker 1: found deceased. Now, if you see either of these individuals,
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  Speaker 1: please do not try to talk to either one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Monterey police are saying that would not be a great idea. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: they want you to call the Monterey County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 1: at 831-759-7279. Okay, guys, because He sounds like a bad dude. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I also want to let you guys know I'm having
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of technical problems that we are working on, okay?
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  Speaker 1: And if I all of a sudden go silent, it
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  Speaker 1: means that my whole screen has gone black for a moment.
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  Speaker 1: We don't know why it's happening, and we're hoping to
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  Speaker 1: address it as soon as this is over. Now, Nebraska
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  Speaker 1: is often pictured as endless farmland, but... nearly one quarter
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  Speaker 1: of the state is covered by the Nebraska Sandhills. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: One of the largest intact grass stabilized sand dune regions
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  Speaker 1: in the world. I've actually seen it, one of their
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  Speaker 1: sand dunes, and it was pretty cool. Beneath much of
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  Speaker 1: the state lies the massive Ogalla Aquifer, making groundwater an
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  Speaker 1: important part of Nebraska's landscape and their agriculture history. Now,
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  Speaker 1: In case you didn't know, I didn't know, Nebraska is
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  Speaker 1: also the birthplace of Arbor Day, which was first celebrated
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  Speaker 1: in 1872 when an estimated 1 million trees were planted. Wowza, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Another distinctive piece of Nebraska history is its nickname, the
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  Speaker 1: Cornhusker State, which comes from the days when corn was
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  Speaker 1: harvested by hand And workers literally removed or husked the
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  Speaker 1: corn from its stalks, okay? Now, in Nebraska today, there
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  Speaker 1: is 88 active missing person cases. And guys, that is
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  Speaker 1: 88 people who have loved ones waiting for answers. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: just one family having to wait is too much. 88
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  Speaker 1: is unacceptable. So let's do what little part we can.
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  Speaker 1: So on June 16th, 1990, Shirley Leona Sprang was in
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  Speaker 1: Two Rivers, Wisconsin when she got into an argument with
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  Speaker 1: her mother, Lila Dee. After the argument, oh, sorry, I
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  Speaker 1: was getting a message. After the argument, Shirley climbed into
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  Speaker 1: a taxi and left and her family never saw or
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  Speaker 1: heard from her again. So one taxi ride, one disappearance,
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  Speaker 1: and decades of unanswered questions. And I'm sure you're wondering
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  Speaker 1: why we're in Nebraska. Just stay tuned. For more than
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  Speaker 1: six years, there were no confirmed sightings of Shirley and
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  Speaker 1: no answers about where she had gone. Her family was
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  Speaker 1: left wondering what had happened after that taxi pulled away
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  Speaker 1: and where Shirley's life had taken her. Then unexpectedly, on
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  Speaker 1: December 19th, 1996, police in Lincoln, Nebraska had contact with Shirley.
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  Speaker 1: That encounter more than six years after she left Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: became the last confirmed contact with her. Now, guys, I
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  Speaker 1: tried to find out why the police were in contact
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  Speaker 1: with Shirley in Lincoln, Nebraska in December of 96. I
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  Speaker 1: couldn't find anything, okay? But it leads me to believe
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  Speaker 1: she was running from something. Hopefully she's not been trafficked
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  Speaker 1: and didn't reach out to the police for help. Or
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  Speaker 1: does she not want to be found? There have been
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  Speaker 1: no sightings or contact with Shirley since 1996, okay? And
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  Speaker 1: the gap between those two confirmed points in Shirley's story
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  Speaker 1: leaves enormous questionments like, Why did you leave Two Rivers, Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 1: and then show up in Lincoln, Nebraska? Okay, what were
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  Speaker 1: you doing during that time? Are you okay? What brought
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  Speaker 1: you to Nebraska? But most importantly, what happened after police
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  Speaker 1: encountered her there? Now, Shirley is a white female with
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  Speaker 1: blonde hair and blue eyes. She is approximately 5 feet
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  Speaker 1: to 5 feet 7 inches, weighs about 120 and 160 pounds. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Shirley has scarring on both arms from psoriasis, okay? Now, today,
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  Speaker 1: Shirley remains missing, and her family still seeks answers as
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  Speaker 1: to where and what happened. If you have any information
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  Speaker 1: about Shirley Leona Springs' whereabouts or what may have happened
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  Speaker 1: to her, please contact the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department at 920. 683-4216.
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  Speaker 1: And also, guys, be sure you can go to our
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  Speaker 1: social media pages. Share the missing person posters that will
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  Speaker 1: go up after we finish today. Now, if you know
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  Speaker 1: of or if you have a loved one missing and
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  Speaker 1: or maybe join us for a live interview, please contact
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  Speaker 1: us by emailing me, terri, T-E-R-I, at tcwtmedia.com, or you
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  Speaker 1: can contact us through all of our social media accounts.
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  Speaker 1: I'm everywhere out there, guys. You can reach out. Next up,
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  Speaker 1: we move to Wayne Thompson. On March 31st, 1976, 32-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Wayne Leroy Thompson was last seen in his hometown of Kearney, Nebraska.
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  Speaker 1: At the time, Wayne worked as an over-the-road trucker I
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  Speaker 1: think nowadays we call them long haul truckers. And it's
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  Speaker 1: a job that would have him traveling long distances as
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  Speaker 1: a part of his everyday life. But when Wayne disappeared
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  Speaker 1: on March 31st, 1976, he left all of his belongings
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  Speaker 1: behind at his home, except for his red Ford pickup truck,
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  Speaker 1: which also disappeared with him, which makes law enforcement and
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  Speaker 1: myself think the vehicle left with him. Okay. Now, Wayne
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  Speaker 1: was 32 years old when he disappeared. He is a
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  Speaker 1: white male with blonde hair and green eyes. He stood
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  Speaker 1: about 5'9 to 5'11, weighed about 150 pounds. When Wayne
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  Speaker 1: was last seen, he was wearing a Western-style shirt and
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  Speaker 1: cowboy boots. Now, just March 31st of this year marked
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  Speaker 1: 50 years since Wayne disappeared. He would be 82 today. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: for half a century, there have been no known resolutions
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  Speaker 1: to his case. His pickup truck has never been seen either. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you have any information about the disappearance of Wayne
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  Speaker 1: Leroy Thompson or the location of this red 1967 Ford
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  Speaker 1: pickup truck, please contact the Nebraska State Patrol at 402-479-4986. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: 50 years is an extraordinarily long time to wait for answers, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Please share Wayne's story and let's help his family get
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