Cynthia Bah-Traore Part 2: The Fight

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Last week, you heard the first part of Cynthia's story. You learned about her life, marriage, pending divorce, and how she disappeared on February 3, 2021. The last confirmed sighting of Cynthia was at a gas station in Grandview, Texas, around 10:35 PM. Multiple witnesses reported that she appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis. Cynthia had called friends, and they mentioned that her behavior was confusing. A patron at the gas station stated that she entered his vehicle and left her phone behind when she exited. Another witness remembered Cynthia running up behind his truck and asking for a ride. However, no one stopped to assist her. Cynthia then got back into her vehicle, and her car was seen approaching the exit. Law enforcement suspects that the camera malfunctioned at that moment, and they lost sight of Cynthia's vehicle, making it impossible to determine the direction it headed next. Cynthia's destination after leaving the gas station remains unknown. Two days later, Cynthia's family reported her missing. Fast forward to February 16, Cynthia's Mazda was found on an interstate highway headed towards Waco, TX. The vehicle had run out of gas, and the officer who spotted it confirmed that it hadn't been there 24 hours earlier. Where had the car been since February 3? Was Cynthia the person who left it there, or had someone else abandoned it? One notable point is that on the evening of her disappearance, witnesses remembered seeing Cynthia, but no one has ever claimed to have seen her again. So, what could have happened to Cynthia?

Anyone with information about Cynthia Bah-Traore can call Lt. Michael Tate at the Crowley Police Department at 817-297-2276 x6204 or Crimestoppers at 817-469-8477. You may also contact the FBI Dallas Field Office at (972) 559-5000.

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0:00.0	At the end of the day, she's a missing person.
0:14.0	They told my mother, Cynthia is missing,
0:17.0	and she's not coming back for a long time,
0:19.0	you need to get your head around it.
0:20.0	And they're irritated, I'm sure, by these different media spots that we keep seeking out. And that's never going to stop. As long as we're able, we're going to keep seeking out because we do think it's important that since the story is out there because it's not just that since we're
0:32.8	stories out there because it's not just that she's a black woman
0:37.2	and it's not just that she has a disability,
0:39.5	it's the intersection of it.
0:41.0	You know, this is an intersectionality moment about this is a very unique
0:44.8	experience that someone who is vulnerable in a lot of different ways in society by
0:48.6	her being a woman, by her being black and by her having a disability.
0:53.0	And instead of those vulnerabilities,
0:55.0	causing police and the public and the media
0:58.0	to really come to her aid,
1:00.0	it's used as weapons against her,
1:02.0	at least from law enforcement.
1:06.0	Last week you heard her first installment in Cynthia Batchiori's story.
1:10.0	You learned about Cynthia's life, her marriage, pending divorce, and how she ultimately disappeared
1:15.2	on February 3rd, 2021.
1:18.0	The last known sighting of Cynthia was at a gas station in Grandview, Texas, around 10.35 PM.
1:23.9	Multiple witnesses said that Cynthia was acting as if she was in the midst of a mental health crisis.
1:29.3	She had called friends, and they said Cynthia didn't seem to be making sense.
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