238 - The Vanishing of Lola Katherine Fry

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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On November 13th, 1993, twenty-eight year old Lola Katherine Fry attended a party at a northeastside Indianapolis apartment owned by a friend. She has never been seen again and more than thirty years later the mystery of her disappearance haunts family and friends.

Reported missing, the Indiana State Police began their investigation by interviewing everyone who had been at the party. They all told the same story, that Kathy left with her former boyfriend, John Ryker. Ryker would tell authorities that, the next morning he ran out on a job call and when he returned Kathy and her car were gone.

For seven long years the case grew cold until a new investigator took up the casefile and began unraveling years worth of lies and deception. Two men who had been present at the party finally confessed; they had lied in 1993. Kathy hadn't left voluntarily with John Ryker - she'd been taken out, wrapped in a blanket and unconscious.

Did Kathy Fry accidentally overdose leading her alleged friends to dispose of her body or was the twenty-eight year old murdered as the party goers made a pact to take the truth with them to their graves?

Unfound - The Disappearance of Lola Katherine Fry: A Matter of Timing

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0:00.0	This episode is dedicated to the memory of Paul Lagercio.
0:04.0	God speed, my friend. 28 year old
0:15.0	old Lola Catherine Fry was in the midst of a massive change in her life.
0:20.7	She quit her job, packed up her belongings, and moved out of Indianapolis, heading to live with her sister in Fort Wayne.
0:27.0	She wanted to go back to school, put her life together, and begin fulfilling her dream of finding love and building her own family.
0:36.4	One weekend in November of 1993, she made the drive back to Indianapolis to grab the last of
0:42.1	her possessions.
0:44.0	Hanging around her old stomping grounds, she visited family and ran into a few friends.
0:50.4	She decided to attend a party at a local apartment rented by her then hairdresser.
0:55.0	It was supposed to be a fun night, a sort of last hurrah,
0:59.0	but it quickly turned tragic as no one ever heard from Kathy again after that night.
1:05.0	The Indiana State Police kicked off their investigation and soon learned
1:10.0	that something about the party that night simply didn't make sense.
1:14.0	Over the years, they began to unravel the lies and deception,
1:18.0	getting down to the dark and disturbing core.
1:21.5	However, more than 30 years later, no one has ever been charged with a crime and neither
1:27.8	Kathy nor her car have ever been found. This is Trace Evidence episode 238, the host Stephen Pacheco.
1:50.0	In today's episode we will examine the mysterious 1993 disappearance of 28-year-old
1:56.9	Lola Catherine Fry from Indianapolis, Indiana. Before jumping into the case, just a quick reminder that I will once again be representing
2:05.4	trace evidence on Podcast Row at CrimeCon this year. Crime Con takes place in Nashville, Tennessee
2:12.0	on the weekend of May 31st through June 2nd.
2:15.0	As always, I'm excited to meet and chat with all of you there.
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