Description

Listen to this episode to hear Ericka tell us two different stories of solved missing person cases in Indiana. Ralph Stutzmen went missing in 1952 from a family farm in Lagrange, IN and Brittany Gard went missing in 2025 from her home in Putnam County, IN. What happened to both individuals and how were the missing person cases solved?

Ralph Stutzman Sources:

• https://www.wndu.com/2023/06/16/71-year-old-cold-case-solved-lagrange-county/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/ralph-stutzman
• https://www.21alivenews.com/2023/06/16/70-year-old-lagrange-county-cold-case-solved-uncovers-secret-family/
• https://wsbt.com/news/local/dna-testing-genealogy-missing-persons-cold-case-august-1952-ralph-stutzman-delbert-schrock-ancestry-com-closure-relief-investigation-state-police-florida-lagrange-county-indiana

Brittany Gard Sources:

• https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/putnam-county/it-makes-no-sense-missing-putnam-county-womans-family-shares-details-about-troubling-disappearance
• https://people.com/mom-called-911-from-woods-week-after-vanishing-suspicious-house-fire-11827997
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-mom-missing-suspicious-fire-home-officials-say-rcna236323
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-woman-missing-suspicious-fire-house/story?id=126306764
• https://fox59.com/indiana-news/missing-putnam-county-woman-found-alive-more-than-a-week-after-suspicious-fire/
• https://www.suncommercial.com/banner_graphic/article_adcb46cb-0ed2-5d5c-b890-db1733ffdb0d.html
• https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/mom-of-2-missing-since-mysterious-fire-at-her-indiana-home/