Ep 205 The Open Window

Several months ago, I received an email from a journalist in Washington. Eric Trent, who works for the Chronicle, informed me he had been working on an unsolved disappearance and he was hoping I could help get the word out. We were FINALLY able to have a conversation about the case and it left me with even more questions and a dropped jaw.

Today I’ll be telling you all the information publicly available regarding the unsolved disappearance of 11-year-old Louk Peeyoundday and how the FBI special agent assigned to his case hoped he could close it quickly as he had experience with finding missing 11-year-old boys- though the other disappearance I’ll be talking about today wound up having a much darker ending than anyone expected. 

Episode Host: Alisha Holland

Row 1: Louk Phiangdae -School photo, Boulong & Thongbay Phiangdae- Family post, The Phiangdae family in labor camp

Row 2: Boulong Phiangdae- Family post on DignityMemorial.com, The Phiangdae family sits in their house on Crescent Street in Raymond. around 1990. Photo Courtesy of Osa Gilstrap,

Row 3: From left, Osa Gilstrap, Thong-on Phiangdae and Taolook Tayaan stand with a photo of their brother Louk Phiangdae, who went missing from Raymond in 1996 at 11 years old.- Eric Trent- The Chronicle, Jack Wilson, Glenda Nelson- reading a poem in memory of Josh. Darker one- Tom Boyd-The Columbian Lighter-AP 

Row 3: FBI agents arresting Tavis Richards- Mary Topogna The Columbian, Joshua Nelson- School photo

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