The Notebook in Blood: How Two Prisoners Were Finally Found

Missing person stories · Aug 24, 2026 · 24m

The Notebook in Blood: How Two Prisoners Were Finally Found

A composition notebook written in blood led a dog groomer to call 9-1-1 and crack open a kidnapping that had been invisible for days; eleven words - including "I am alive" - were pressed with a bent staple into the pages. How did a small black-and-white notebook, found under a sandstone shelf on a trail, expose a second victim who had been missing for six weeks?

In this episode, we tell how a found notebook, a Beagle on Ridgeline Spur trail, and a maroon Dodge with a hood vent turned an ordinary sequence of events into a rescue and…