The Tucked Laces: Why Melissa Walked Away From Her Boot
The Tucked Laces: Why Melissa Walked Away From Her Boot
A dry, upright wading boot with its laces neatly tucked inside was found at 7:14 AM on January 9, 2019, at nine degrees Fahrenheit - and Melissa Reynolds was not reported missing for another sixty-three minutes. How did a size seven felt-soled boot stand sheltered and unfrozen on a boulder while the person who wore it vanished into the January wilderness?
In this episode, we follow the recorded timeline of that morning, the search-and-rescue actions over three days, and the physical evidence left along the Granger Fork river to ask what…
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