Unsolved Podcast Heidi Galore

A community leader, and single mother, mysteriously disappeared in 1984. Police believe there to be suspicious circumstances, but no clues have been found to answer the many questions they have.

A gifted athlete, one time NFL hopeful and a first-time father of a 2-year-old is killed suddenly by an unknown suspect. His grieving parents want answers. They want justice.

In July 1975, 15-year-old Kath Beatty was found barely clinging to life in a ditch behind a K-Mart in Aspen Hill, Maryland. She died 12 days later. Her killer has never been found.

A 17-year-old Prince George's County high school student disappears from in front of her workplace. She is never seen alive again. Her friends and family are still searching for justice.

On October 11th, 1994, Linda finished the late shift walked to her car, which was parked in an adjacent commercial garage. She was last seen by a coworker driving out of the garage. Her destination, her estranged husband’s home, an approximately 20 minute drive away, to pick up her 2-year-old daughter.

According to her husband, she never made it. Linda was missing. 

The handwritten note said, “This is tantamount to my insensititivity (sic) to people especially women. I will admit the others when you catch me if you can! Free-Way Phantom.” The note was found inside the pocket of the maroon-colored coat that had been draped over the deceased 18-year-old woman. A police officer, patrolling the Baltimore Washington Parkway at about 4:50 AM, found the body of Brenda Denise Woodard lying off the shoulder of the road, not far from the Route 202/Cheverly Exit. Her body was still warm. Brenda Woodard was not the first victim of the Freeway Phantom and unfortunately she wouldn’t be his last. Music: Polyrhythmics - Octagon Twitter Facebook Google+ Support the show through Patreon Thank you for listening! - hg