“Everyone told us, 'Hey, you should look into Laurie Depies.'”
On Aug. 19, 1992, the 20-year-old Depies disappeared from the Fox Valley. The lack of physical evidence and eyewitnesses has puzzled investigators for almost 30 years.
“There’s nothing else. There’s nothing to submit to the lab to use new technology on. There’s just very little physical evidence, if any,” said Kyra Schallhorn, who worked on the case for the Wisconsin Department of Justice for over a decade.
Schallhorn still thinks and dreams about the unsolved case. When she got word of the podcast, she decided to help. Hiskes and Karsten interviewed Schallhorn and used her answers throughout season two.
“It would be awesome if we could find her body,” Schallhorn said.
“That would be a huge thing for some sort of resolution for her mother, for her father, for her sister, and then to solve it and eventually figure out who did this to her.”
They’re crowdsourcing the investigation now, and say even small tips could help break the case.
“That little small piece, when added into the puzzle, could be something that changes the way investigators look at the case,” said Karsten.
Schallhorn agreed. She thinks with the passage of 30 years since the disappearance, someone with valuable information may feel more comfortable now stepping forward.
“It has opened up the story to a new audience,” Schallhorn said. “I think the tips that are coming in can only help.”
Tips sent to the podcast get forwarded to law enforcement.
Podcast examines two Fox Valley disappearances
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