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Catching Evil

A Beautiful Cheerleader Goes Missing

2/9/202656 min

Stunning beauty queen, High School cheerleading coach and special needs teacher Beth Kenyon turned down a marriage proposal from Christopher Wilder after only a handful of casual dates. A few months later, the 23-year-old beauty queen winner vanished after being seen with him at a gas station on the way to a photo shoot he organised for her. Her body has never been found, and her younger brother Tim still struggles with the tragedy that has haunted him his entire adult life.

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Clips

Therapist’s "powder keg" warning
Whittaker confronts Wilder directly
Police inaction laid bare
Blood, locks, and a cover-up
The first hard call
Detective doubts, after the spree
Chilling disposal theory
Family’s certainty and grief
Two rejections, one predator
“Not a crime to buy gas”

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

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  3. Christopher Wilder· Soundbite0:49

    [gentle music] The 1983 Miss Florida USA Pageant is brought to you by Maybelline.

  4. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:00

    The next name is Elizabeth Kenyon.

  5. Beth Kenyon· Soundbite1:05

    [crowd cheering] Hi, I'm Beth Kenyon.

  6. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:08

    How do you feel, Beth?

  7. Beth Kenyon· Soundbite1:10

    Not as nervous as I was last night.

  8. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:12

    Why?

  9. Beth Kenyon· Soundbite1:13

    Well, there's so many beautiful girls in this contest, it's just hard to believe I made it this far. And last night it was like, how am I ever gonna get to the top five or even to the top 12?

  10. Speaker 61:22

    Catching Evil, episode five: A beautiful cheerleader goes missing.

  11. Speaker 11:28

    And a warning:

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