Episode Details

This is episode two of two. Please listen to episode one first, this story has too many details to be one part. 

When a former employee named Steven Durst was caught collecting ransom money for the missing couple, the investigation took a dark turn. Durst failed a polygraph and had been telling people the Markleys owed him exactly $1,000 — the same amount withdrawn at the bank. 

He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but has steadfastly maintained his innocence when it comes to the disappearance.

Twenty-five years later, a shooting in the same small township led to a massive property search with excavators and state investigators — and a sheriff referencing a cold case "dating back historically twenty years."

If you have any information about the disappearance of John and Shelly Markley, contact the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office at 330-675-2540.

You can also reach Detective Rick Tackett directly at 330-675-2508.

If you don't want to call law enforcement, you can message the family's Facebook page — it's called Missing Persons: John and Shelly Markley. They're still there. They're still checking it. They haven't given up.

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