147 - The Disappearance of Nita Mayo
Trace Evidence
Steven Pacheco
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🗓️ 3 February 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Two days passed before investigators discovered Nita's vehicle, left behind at Donnell's vista, a beautiful but dangerous overlook situated on California's highway 108 which cut through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. While police believed the location of the vehicle would lead to Nita and that she may be lost in the wilderness, her family believed something far more sinister had occurred.
Despite multiple searches spanning several years, not a single trace of Nita was ever located. Eventually investigators were forced to admit that Nita was likely not anywhere near Donnell's vista. There was no evidence of foul play, but several disappearances from the same area would soon lead many to wonder if the mother and grandmother may have fallen victim to someone during her journey.
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| 0:38.9 | 64-year-old Anita Mayo had an adventurous spirit and a love for travel and exploration. |
| 0:45.4 | On the morning of August 8th, 2005, she planned to take a long trip through the Sierra Nevada |
| 0:51.1 | Mountains for shopping and sightseeing. Driving out of her small town sometime around 11am, |
| 0:58.4 | Anita mysteriously vanished. Two days later, her car was found abandoned at a popular |
| 1:04.6 | lookout spot along California's highway 108. There was no evidence that a crime had |
| 1:10.8 | been committed, but there was also no sign of where Anita may have gone. While investigators |
| 1:16.8 | focused on the challenging terrain nearby, Anita's family believed something sinister |
| 1:22.0 | had happened. Despite exhaustive searches conducted over several years, not a single |
| 1:28.4 | shred of evidence was ever found. While some believe Anita may have gotten lost or succumbed |
| 1:34.4 | to the elements, others considered the possibility that her disappearance could be related to several |
| 1:40.0 | others which occurred in and around that same spot. Did Anita mayo wander off the trail, |
| 1:47.1 | finding herself lost somewhere in the wilderness, or could someone else be responsible for her |
| 1:52.0 | disappearance? Perhaps even someone she knew. This is Trace Evidence Episode 147, the disappearance |
| 2:01.6 | of Anita Mayo. |
| 2:03.6 | Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco. Today, we examine the truly |
| 2:15.7 | mysterious disappearance of Anita Mayo before getting into the case just a few notes about |
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