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He Threw His Watch - The Note That Broke a Kidnapper's Silence

He Threw His Watch - The Note That Broke a Kidnapper's Silence

A ticking watch in frost led to a torn note with three letters and a van description: KDW, GRAY VAN, PORTER HVAC, APRIL EIGHTH - written by a man missing for six days. The only thing connecting a methodical 62-year-old who never missed his Thursday visit to a brother and the empty truck found miles away was a Seiko watch tossed into grass; how did that object become the thread that broke a kidnapper's silence?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from Lloyd Sharp’s last confirmed sightings to the trail camera and cell-tower…

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