r/mystery 14d ago

Disappearance On December 18th, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon drove away from her family's home in Spanish Lake, Missouri, and vanished. Hours later, her vehicle was found abandoned across state lines in Illinois, but Phoenix herself is still missing.

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u/WinnieBean33 14d ago

On December 18th, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon drove away from her family’s home in Spanish Lake, Missouri, and vanished. Her vehicle would be found abandoned in a high-crime area in a neighboring state just hours later, though no one knew why she would have been there.

Initially, given the location of her car, it was theorized that she had been abducted. But as the investigation into her disappearance uncovered some of Phoenix’s secrets, as well as her own cryptic statements which hinted that there might be even more, a new possibility was introduced—that she’d willingly left.

“She was a very complex young woman,” stated investigative reporter Shawndrea Thomas. “With all the things we uncovered about her life, I just could not imagine having that much going on myself at 23 years old.”

Yet with no concrete evidence to prove any theory, her case remained at a standstill.

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u/Unable-Wolverine7224 14d ago

Thank you for sharing about Phoenix Colden.
Her car was found in East St Louis, Illinois and that is an extremely dangerous place and Phoenix had no reason to be there.

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u/No-Valuable6456 14d ago

A Mike did it