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The Sneaker in the Pines: How Edward Escaped the Storage Unit

The Sneaker in the Pines: How Edward Escaped the Storage Unit

A single size four pink sneaker with a silver star and blood on the insole was found alone on a limestone shelf in a pine grove on March 11, 2019 - no child, no clothing, no trail, no explanation. How did a man last seen four days earlier on Copperhead Run Road end up connected to a tiny shoe in the pines, and what did the pry-bar marks on a workshop access hatch reveal about his disappearance?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from Edward O'Brien's last confirmed morning at 6:17 to the discovery of the sneaker and…

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