Randy Schaefer

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7 mentions 2 recordings first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3 Jul ↓5 vs the 6 months before

Father of Brian, former medical student, searched for son

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Carter RoyMurder: True Crime Stories · MYSTERY: The Ugly Tuna Mystery · 5:49 · 3 Jul

…His parents, Randy and Renee, raised him in Pickerington, Ohio, a suburb just east of Columbus.…

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AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 14:20 · 20 Mar

…In 2008, two years after Brian vanished, Randy was killed in a freak accident when a branch broke from a tree and fell on him.…

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AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 9:59 · 20 Mar

…Randy had just buried his wife, and now he was standing knee-deep in freezing water, searching for the body of his son.…

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AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 9:51 · 20 Mar

…So Randy and Derek, Brian's younger brother, bought waders.…

AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 9:46 · 20 Mar

…A psychic told Randy Schaefer that Brian's body was in……

AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 1:41 · 20 Mar

…Randy thought his son shouldn't go out that night, thought……

AJThe Why Files: Operation Podcast · Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain · 1:33 · 20 Mar

…The night of March 31st, Brian had dinner with his……

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