February Patreon Video: Jody Roberts

Jody Roberts was a young reporter for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington. On May 20, 1985, she failed to show up for an assignment. Her car was later found abandoned in a parking garage near the newspaper’s offices, with no signs of struggle and no clues about where she had gone. Police, coworkers, and her family searched extensively, but she left no trail—no financial activity, no travel records, and no communication. For years, she remained one of Tacoma’s most puzzling missing‑person cases. Then in 1997, the unimaginable happened…

Sources for this episode:

https://www.deseret.com/1997/7/23/19325141/family-amnesiac-daughter-shed-tears-of-joy-at-reunion/?utm_source=copilot.com

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970717/2550033/jody-roberts-two-lives-come-together----details-emerge-about-her-in-colorado-and-alaska?utm_source=copilot.com

https://vanished.us/jody-roberts-vanished-and-turned-up-12-years-later-in-alaska?utm_source=copilot.com

https://www.deseret.com/1997/7/16/19323793/woman-who-vanished-in-85-is-alive-doesn-t-recall-past/?utm_source=copilot.com

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970716/2549890/missing-reporter-living-in-alaska----she-says-amnesia-erased-memory-of-life-before-disappearance-12-years-ago?utm_source=copilot.com

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/AMNESIA-LEADS-TO-NEW-LIFE-3109295.php?utm_source=copilot.com

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jul/26/missing-woman-fast-to-go-public-when-detective/

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article167733012.html

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jul/17/reporter-family-fill-in-12-lost-years-alaska/