210 - The Disappearance of Robert Baron

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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On a cold winter morning in January of 2017, fifty-eight year old Robert Baron was reported missing from Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A lifelong resident and pillar of the community, Robert owned the highly popular pizza restaurant Ghigiarelli's which has been a borough fixture since the 1920's.

On the morning of Thursday, January 26th, Robert's son Bobby arrived at the restaurant to find the doors locked, llights off and his father gone. Bobby noted several items out of place and traces of blood inside. When police arrived on the scene they found substantial evidence that a violent crime had occurred inside the restaurant and that the assailant had tried to clean up afterwards.

Three days later, Robert's missing car was found abandoned in an area which had been previously searched. The vehicle was caked with mud and blood was found inside and out. What had initially appeared to investigators as a robbery gone wrong was slowly changing shape into something far more sinister.

Was Robert Baron the victim of a random crime or was he specifically targeted by someone he knew and may have trusted?

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0:31.0	58-year-old Robert Barron was both a lifelong resident and prominent business owner in his home town of Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
0:47.0	Robert owned one of the area's most popular and longest running pizza reas.
0:52.0	Gigi Relleys had been a fixture on Main Street since it opened nearly 100 years ago
0:57.0	and Robert took over after his family purchased the business in the 60s.
1:01.0	The only thing more important to Robert than the business was his family, many of whom had worked in the restaurant at different points in their lives.
1:09.0	To them, Gigi Relleys was like a second home, a place they felt safe, wanted, and loved.
1:16.0	That was until it became the scene of a violent and vicious crime which to this day remains unsolved.
1:23.0	On the morning of Thursday, January 26, 2017, Robert's son arrived at the restaurant after multiple calls to his father had gone unanswered.
1:33.0	Inside, he found several items out of place, his father's cell phone, but no sign of Robert himself.
1:40.0	Hours later, investigators stared in awe as glowing pools of blood were revealed by Lumenol showing that a brutal crime had taken place in the restaurant.
1:51.0	The search for Robert and his missing car kicked off almost immediately, but it seemed the more they found the less it all made sense.
1:59.0	What happened to Robert Barron that cold January night?
2:03.0	Was he the victim of a robbery gone wrong, a random assault, or was he specifically targeted?
2:09.0	Perhaps by someone he knew or trusted?
2:12.0	This is Trace Evidence Episode 210, The Disappearance of Robert Barron.
2:25.0	Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco.
2:30.0	Today, we examine the mysterious 2017 disappearance of Robert Barron from Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
2:37.0	Before getting into the case, just a few quick notes about the show.
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