MISSING: Brian Vargo

The Murder Diaries

Cloud10

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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According to the National Institute of Justice, the majority of missing person cases are solved and the majority of the cases solved bring victims back alive. In 2012, for example, around 659,000 of the 661,000 missing persons cases reported that year were resolved by the end of the year. But what happens when cases aren’t solved within a year? Or five years? Ten years? What happens when a case has been cold for 45 years? Today we are discussing one such case. It is the case of a young man, the family who maintained that he would come home, and a niece who decided to fight for a resolution. His name is Brian Vargo. This is his story. We were privileged in being able to speak with Brian’s niece Amanda, the daughter of one of Brian’s older brothers, for this episode. Although Amanda never met her uncle, she was able to tell us about his upbringing and personality based on her own research. If you have information about the disappearance of Brian Vargo please contact the Austin Police Department’s missing persons unit at 512-974-4123. This episode is sponsored in part by EveryPlate. Get started with EveryPlate for just $1.49 per meal PLUS $1 steaks for life by going to https://get.everyplate.com/podcast and entering code 49diaries. Subscription must be active to qualify and redeem $1 steak. Resources: https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/episodes/template-9webg-nwtpj-t96tc-b64ps-f7lrd-lwllk-s8gla-j69fp Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Fretless by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our Links: Website: https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdgBwpV1/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@themurderdiariespod Edited by: https://www.landispodcastediting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1	Welcome to the Murder Diaries. I'm Natalie. And I'm Paige.
0:43.6	According to the National Institute of Justice, the majority of missing person cases are solved,
0:49.4	and the majority of the cases solved bring victims back alive. In 2012, for example, around 659,000 of the 661,000
0:59.8	missing person cases reported that year were resolved by the end of the year. But what happens when
1:05.8	cases aren't solved within a year? Or five years, 10 years. What happens when a case has been cold for 45 years?
1:14.3	Today we're discussing one such case. It's the case of a young man, the family who maintained
1:19.7	that he would come home, and a niece who decided to fight for a resolution. His name is Brian
1:25.4	Vargo. This is his story.
1:29.6	You still think it's in my head, but I'm walking with the day.
1:42.8	Brian Thomas Vargo was born on September 8, 1955, as the fourth of five children.
1:49.6	His family was middle class and owned a bar restaurant in Houston, Texas, where Brian would occasionally work as a teenager.
1:56.5	The family was also very active in the St. John Vianney Church, which is a Catholic church.
2:02.1	Those who knew him described Brian as being introverted and quiet. A man, a few words.
2:07.9	His shyness made him blend in with those around him, but his tall height and good looks made him stand out.
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