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Two young people in Alabama are gone, and the silence around their cases is the part we can’t accept. We’re sharing two separate cold cases that don’t have a lot of public detail, which is exactly why they can slip out of the spotlight. Christian Boyle was 18 when he disappeared along with his car in Blount County. Days pass with no calls, no social media activity, and no sign of where he went, until Christmas night 2017 when his vehicle is spotted on Cold Branch Road and he’s found shot to death near it. Investigators have talked about suspects and tested DNA, but years later the case still needs the one piece that turns “maybe” into “enough.”

Then we head to Huntsville, where Kandace Faulk, 22, is found shot to death inside her apartment after friends discover her and call police around 2:30 a.m. Authorities have suggested it may have been a domestic dispute, yet there’s been no publicly named person of interest and very little information released. We talk about what that lack of detail can do to a case, and why apartment living also means someone usually hears something: yelling, footsteps, a door slam, a car taking off, a voice that doesn’t belong.

Kandace’s story also includes a detail that stopped us cold, a grand jury indictment for theft filed a year after she died. We unpack what that says about broken notification systems, how legal processes can keep moving without common-sense checks, and why it matters to families who are already carrying grief. If you know something about either case, we share where to send tips, and we’d love to help amplify other cold cases too. Subscribe, share this with one person, and leave a review so more listeners can help keep these names alive.

Source Material:

Derencz, Alexander, December 25, 2019, 'The pain never goes away': Mother Continues Quest for Justice 2 Years After Son's Death, https://abc3340.com/news/local/the-pain-never-goes-away-mother-continues-quest-for-justice-after-sons-death

Simmons, Emma and Franklin, James, December 26, 2017, Missing Blount County Teen Found Dead; Homicide Investigation Underway, https://abc3340.com/news/local/blount-county-sheriffs-office-searching-for-missing-18-year-old

WAFF Staff, December 4, 2015, Police Identify Woman Shot to Death in Huntsville Apartment Complex, https://www.waff.com/story/30666380/police-identify-woman-shot-to-death-in-huntsville-apartment-complex/

Bonvillian, Crystal, January 19, 2016, Huntsville Woman Indicted for Theft 6 Weeks After Being Killed in Her Home, https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2016/01/huntsville_woman_indicted_for.html