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Steaming Mug at Mile Marker 41: How Valerie Vanished in 21 Minutes

Steaming Mug at Mile Marker 41: How Valerie Vanished in 21 Minutes

Steam rising from a travel mug in 16°F air lasted only minutes - yet that mug sat steaming on the cab roof when a driverless Peterbilt was found, and nothing else at the scene explained why a seasoned, meticulous trucker would vanish. How could Valerie Chambers disappear in a 21-minute gap with her coat, phone, wallet and $214 in cash left behind?

In this episode, we follow the timeline and physical evidence recovered at Mile Marker 41 on Route Nine to lay out what was known in the hours after Valerie’s stop, and why…

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