158: Pamela Butler: The Security Footage & The Search for Answers

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 53m

“If something happens to me, don’t give up until you find out what happened," Pamela Butler told her brother. He could never have guessed he would need to do just that.

In February 2009, Pamela Butler, a 47-year-old IT specialist in Washington D.C., disappeared from her home. Pamela was security-minded and her home security system would capture details critical to her case, details such as her new boyfriend entering and returning to her home repeatedly in the days between her last known interaction and her family realizing she was missing.

Despite this evidence, Pamela's case would languish…