Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - BEAUTIFUL TEEN GIRL VANISHES FROM ROADSIDE RESTAURANT: WHERE IS KEESLYN ROBERTS?

Episode Date: June 4, 2024

When Keeslyn Roberts misses a very important appointment, her father, Eric, is called and asked if he knows where she is. He goes to the home where she was staying, but Keeslyn isn't there. As he walk...s away, Keeslyn's boyfriend tells him, “I haven't seen her, but her car is parked at the Flying J Truck Stop.”   This is not normal behavior for Keeslyn. Eric Roberts heads to the Flying J, where he finds her car, backed into a space in the parking lot.  The car is locked, but Keeslyn's keys and other personal belongings are inside. Keeslyn Roberts is missing.    JOINING NANCY TODAY: Eric Roberts - Keeslyn's dad Shannon Roberts - Keeslyn's mom Irv Brandt – (Retired) US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Author: “GOING SOLO: The Gospel of Luke,” and “SOLO JOURNEY: Buddha Knights.”  Jason Jensen – Private Investigator (Jensen Private Investigations), Cold Case Expert (Salt Lake City, UT), and Co-founder: “Cold Case Coalition;” Investigations; Twitter: @JasonJPI, Facebook/Instagram: “Jensen Investigations”  Dale Carson – High-profile Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent & Former Police Officer (Miami-Dade County); Author: “Arrest-Proof Yourself” Connie Hall-Scott -  Investigative Journalist / Host of North Georgia Television's  "The Talk with Connie" YouTube; Facebook @conniehallscott/ @thetalkwithconnie Instagram @conniehallscott / Instagram @thetalkwithconnie; Author of "Haunted Dalton, Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Somebody knows. Scary clues and the disappearance of a gorgeous young daughter, just 20, who leaves odd traces behind before she seemingly vanishes from a roadside restaurant. That restaurant also tied to the death of a 21-year-old. Dad goes searching and finds her car, her wallet, her keys, cash, but no Kiesland. Tonight, where is Kiesland Roberts? Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.
Starting point is 00:00:45 I dreamed about her being home already and I was finding her and I'm just holding on to that hope that we can bring her back home safely soon, whatever the situation that you know is. There was one dream that we were waiting to go to a facility to see her and she'd been found and that we were going to get to bring her back home and then there was another one it was just out of the blue she was already back home with us and it was just so good to have her and I was hugging her and just oh it was just so nice for her to be back home and be back with us again and then I just wake up and then it just seems so real but then I realized it's not. You are hearing Kieslin's mom, Shannon, describing heartbreaking dreams of Kieslin being back home and they're all family again and they're
Starting point is 00:01:37 happy and they're hugging each other. And then she wakes up and it all just vanishes. Again, thank you for being with us in our search for Kieslin Roberts. Joining me right now, her parents, Eric Roberts and Shannon Roberts. You know, I'm thinking back how the whole thing started and at first the dad, Eric, thought her car had just broken down. Listen. Not that something bad had happened.
Starting point is 00:02:10 Maybe her car broke down. So, you know, I go to the location where I know she was staying. The thing is, I own a trucking company, so I know what goes on in these parking lots. They're not good things. Most of them bad. But it's just peculiar for her to be there. At that time, I had no reasoning why she would be at that location or her car would be abandoned there. Back to Kiesel's parents, Eric and Shannon Roberts.
Starting point is 00:02:35 Guys, thank you so much for joining us. Because, you know, very often we hear about a missing person. We read the statistics. But we don't know about that person. And the more I find out about Kiesland, the more I'm convinced she would never have left her car at that roadside restaurant you recall of the moment you realized, Mr. Roberts, that Kiesland had vanished? Heartbreaking. Yeah. Just devastating.
Starting point is 00:03:17 What happened that day, Ms. Roberts? Well, I was at work and Eric had went down there and he found her car at the Flying J. And he texted me and told me about it. And I was like, oh, my gosh, what? And he's like, I don't know where Keith is at. We can't find her, you know. And so I was I was trying to text her and no answer. Her texts were not going through at all.
Starting point is 00:03:47 And he was going to file a misimpression report with the Gordon County. And for some odd reason, they told him to go to Murray County. So he got with one of the officers and followed the misimpression report. And he ended up getting her car and bringing it back home. And, you know, we waited for days, you know, until we heard something, you know, from the law enforcement to begin, you know, trying to search for her. You know, to Jason Jensen, private investigator, cold case expert joining us, co-founder of the Cold Case Coalition, Jensen Private Investigations.
Starting point is 00:04:31 Jason, thank you for being with us. It's called Routine Evidence. And this reminds me so much of another to try to find Gabby Petito. And they were getting very odd texts from Gabby that didn't seem like her at all. For instance, it would be as if my son texted me and said, Miss Nancy and Grace, I've arrived at school. That would not be from him. He'd say, Mom, I'm at school. Right.
Starting point is 00:05:12 They were getting that kind of text and then no text. And that's exactly what we're hearing from Kiesland's mom. They texted back and forth all the time. So when Kiesland stops texting, they know something is wrong, Jason. You're right, Nancy. That's a bad sign right there. I mean, given the fact that they can't find her and they can't find your phone, oftentimes there's evidence that's, you know, in that phone of the last persons that they were in contact with if there was an intended or planned rendezvous or something like that. So that would be a prime piece of evidence that would be a doctor or somebody responsible for her disappearance
Starting point is 00:05:52 would want to collect and dispose of. So it's not available as evidence. To Dale Carson joining me, high profile lawyer out of the Jacksonville area. And importantly for me today, former FBI agent, former cop out of Miami Dade, never like a business there. Author of Arrest Proof Yourself at DaleCarsonLaw.com. Dale, now, of course, a defense attorney would make hay out of this, a hunch, a feeling, and then struck up and down in front of a jury rail claiming that means nothing. But I guarantee you that any mother or father on a jury, when they would hear something like Mr. and Mrs. Roberts say, she didn't text back and we just knew something was wrong.
Starting point is 00:06:41 You know, I don't think there's anything more powerful than a mother's intuition, knowing the child, knowing their ways, their moves, their modes of communication. What do you think? Well, I absolutely. Moms and their feelings about particularly their children, you know, are very important, not only to jury panels, but to investigators. I can recall a number of occasions when mothers showed up at the FBI office and demanded we take an action, even though in some circumstances we were not under the laws prohibited, allowed to do that. But of course, the power of a mother often causes a lot of action among investigators. And of course, that's what needed to happen here because the FBI has an ability to transit everywhere in the country in an instant today. And searching for a young girl is something that every investigator wants
Starting point is 00:07:41 to find for their family and for the notoriety of having found the person. I want to go back to Eric and Shannon Roberts joining us, and they'll be joined by Dr. Jory Crawson, psychologist and investigative reporter and journalist, Connie Hall Scott. To Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, let me tell you what happened. So this was a couple years ago when the twins, John, Dave, and Lucy, my children, were in the fifth grade. We found out, we got noticed that their band, they played in the band, okay, she played a French horn, he played saxophone, had been invited to play at Disney in Florida. And of course, I was so proud, you know, my heart nearly burst out of my chest they were going to get sent down to Disney to play on stage with their band well it was immediately torpedoed by
Starting point is 00:08:32 fear how are they going to get there we've never been apart before like this with you in one state and me in a completely different state and then I said well how are y'all going to get down there and they said we're going to take a chartered bus. I'm like, that's a really long drive. And they said, well, we're going to stop at several rest stops along the way. And of course I turned to my husband and said over my cold dead body. Okay. I followed them laugh if you want. Now remember that's when they were just 11 or 12 years old. I did not want them getting off a bus and you know, there's 50 children for the chaperones to watch. Wonderful chaperones. I was going to watch them myself at every truck stop
Starting point is 00:09:20 where they stopped. And guess what? They stopped four times along the way and they would all pour off the bus and go running, running in different directions. Some to the bathroom, some to get food, some just running around. You're right, Mr. Roberts. Your daughter goes missing at a roadside restaurant, to put it euphemistically. You said in your comments that you have driven trucks and you know about roadside restaurants. Explain what you meant. I mean, things going on there, it's mostly at night, but it does happen during the day. I mean, you've got drugs knocking on your door, want to sell. You mean you got drugs knocking on your door wanting to sell you got prostitution knocking on your door
Starting point is 00:10:08 but you know it's everywhere it's happening now at rest areas you know same thing so you know a corporation that is targeting truck drivers to stop at their facilities should be a safe haven. It should be secured. It should be guarded by guards patrolling the area.
Starting point is 00:10:35 You know, they've been called rest stops as a former prosecutor for many, many years. I've always called them arrest stops because everything you can imagine goes down at these, as they are called, roadside restaurants. You know, it's interesting how you thought something was off, you know, about the texts. To Shanna Roberts, this is Keelan's mother. Tell me about the texts. She had needed to not text us for a couple of days, actually, before all that happened. And so then when it had gotten that long, you know, it was really, yeah, that was not like her. She would try to, you know, when she was away from home, kind of text us as often as she could, because she knew we would worry. I mean, Keeson would text both of us.
Starting point is 00:11:26 If one wouldn't respond, she would text the other one, whether she was needing money or gas money or something. There was never a day, I don't think, that went by that she wouldn't text one of us. You know, I'm just thinking about what you're saying, texting you for money. Whenever something would come up, if she couldn't find one of you, she'd text the other. You were virtually, between the three of you, in constant contact. But then she didn't text. She didn't respond to texts.
Starting point is 00:12:03 What prompted you, Eric Roberts? Because I remember one time we didn't have cell phones at the time. My parents couldn't find me. It's about 11 o'clock at night. And they went looking for me. And amazingly, out of the whole Bibb County, my dad found me. Thank goodness. Broken down on the side of the road. He found me. I don't know how he did it, but he did. And I've never been so happy. It's when I saw him pull up behind the car. So what prompted you, Eric, to go out and physically look for your daughter, not just report her missing, not just call our friends and think, okay, she'll turn up. You went out physically looking for your daughter. What prompted you to do that?
Starting point is 00:12:48 I went out looking for her. I went to her last known location where I knew she was at. Her car was not there. I knocked on the door. The guy says, well, her car's parked at the Flying J. So I immediately go there. I don't see any point of her car being just parked there for any reason at all. When Keaslin Roberts misses a very important appointment, her father gets a call asking if he knows where she is.
Starting point is 00:13:18 He had been texting with her, so he went to where she was staying, but Keaslin wasn't home. As he's walking away, Keaslin's boyfriend says, I haven't seen her, but her car is parked at the Flying J truck stop. Mr. Roberts immediately knows this is not normal behavior for his daughter, and he heads over to the Flying J truck stop where he finds her car in the parking lot, locked. Mr. Roberts immediately calls police. His daughter is missing. On January 18th, Gordon County deputies responded to a 911 call at the Flying J truck stop in Resaca concerning a suspicious female. By the time deputies arrived, the suspicious female had already fled the scene. The suspicious female dropped a bag in an area of the store that is restricted for employees only. The bag contained a wallet, money, phone charger, and an identification card for the female who fled the store, Kieslin Roberts.
Starting point is 00:14:13 Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Somebody knows, according to those that are searching for Kiesland, scary clues left behind in the disappearance of a gorgeous young girl, just 20 years old, vanishing from a roadside restaurant. I saw a photo, Ms. Roberts, of Kiesland, and it looks like she was a flag girl in school. Yes, she was in color guard. What is that? Like where they do the formations along with the band when they do their performances. Isn't it true that when the marching band plays at these big football games in that big stadium where she's pictured, The flag girls go out, they choreograph their own dances, and they do dances with flags, sometimes with flames, that goes along with what the band is playing.
Starting point is 00:15:15 They're the flag girls, right? Yes. And how many hundreds or thousands of people would come to each football game? Oh, tons and tons of people. Yeah, it's so much. So all of these people would be watching Kiesland out on the football field dancing, correct? Yes. Okay, Dr. Jory L. Croson joining us, psychologist, former law enforcement,
Starting point is 00:15:41 now faculty, St. Leo University, consultant with Blue Wall Institute. Dr. Jory, you know, this is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack because you don't have just your team. And she did this for several years in a row. You don't just have your team, thousands of people that show up to watch their football team, but thousands of people come to the games from the other side, then you've just got observers that are not affiliated with either side. Thousands of people see Keaslin out on the field dancing. That's an ideal stalking ground. We've had other cases across the country where that's been the
Starting point is 00:16:29 baseline where the person is observed and basically they'll say targeted so that would be a good investigative point i know there's hundreds of people there but there's a lot of clues there also. We're leaving the car. That's unusual, like parents were saying. There's just a lot of unanswered questions here that the family still has. I know they're looking for some kind of response as to what happened, how it happened, and then why it happened. Now, this is unusual. Clues that are obtained by the way her car is parked. Listen. Kiesland's father, Eric Roberts, told investigators that while he sent his daughter the money she requested, he had not heard back from her in four or five days.
Starting point is 00:17:21 Kiesland's boyfriend said he had not seen Kiesland for a few days. Mr. Roberts indicated that his daughter did not normally leave her vehicle the way she did and that he thought Keaslin may be in danger. Now, Keaslin lived about 15 minutes away from her parents, but the way her car was parked sets off alarms in her dad's mind. Eric, what was unusual about the way you found her vehicle. 99% of people cannot park straight, including everybody. But her car was vertically straight with the lines in the parking lot where it's parked at. It's backed in. I've never known her to back her car in nowhere. Her seat was not set for her height, and it was just very odd. To Jason Jensen joining me, private eye, cold case expert at Cold Case Coalition. Jason, you're a private investigator, but I would argue it doesn't take a PI to know that when people back the car in very often, if it's nefarious,
Starting point is 00:18:21 it's because they don't want you to be able to see that tag. In this jurisdiction, vehicles don't have to have a front tag license plate and a back tag license plate, only a back tag license plate. So by backing in Batman style, nobody can identify the tag plate, right? Also, not only that, the fact that she never did back in that way, that is again, routine evidence, evidence of her routine. And I don't know if this name is going to ring a bell to you or not, Jason Jensen, Tara Grinstead, who went missing and was murdered not far from this location. When I went to the home with her mother, we looked in the car and her seat, Tara's seat of her car, which she always kept completely pristine. You know, those people, the car still smells new. Her car was backed up for somebody that would be six one or six two2 and she, Tara, always had the
Starting point is 00:19:26 seat all the way up front. She was very petite and her car was covered in mud. It didn't take a PI to tell me the last person that drove that car was not Tara Grinstead. You're right. That's all the signs indicating that somebody else drove her car and dumped it there. You know, it was staged there and parked in such a way that would delay the discovery of her car. Now, for somebody else to point it out to Eric that his daughter's car was at the Flying J is unique evidence of its own. It's like, how did you know? But it was nice enough that it was said so that Eric could go find it. And at that point, in my past experience, I have taken DNA samples of the door handle, of the steering wheel,
Starting point is 00:20:21 and in this case, where the seat is is set back of the controls for that to see whose dna profile would last be the one using the car and unfortunately when law enforcement are the first responders there and they release the car to a family member such evidence can be destroyed where is kiesland rober Trust me, somebody knows. Joining me in All-Star panel, including Kieslin's parents, begging for your help. If you know or think you know anything about the disappearance of this young girl, Kieslin Roberts, dial 706-624-1424 or 706-695-4592. In addition to Kiesel's parents joining us right now, Connie Hall Scott, investigative reporter, host, North Georgia Television, WDNN-TV's talk with Connie. Connie, thank you for being with us.
Starting point is 00:21:22 What can you tell me about this roadside restaurant? Well, I can tell you that it is, it's, you know, first of all, it's not well lit outside and they do not have proper cameras outside. You know, and bad things happen there. As Eric said, it's a place where drugs and prostitution and who knows what is going on. What, if anything, can you tell me about a 21 year old that goes missing there? Caleb Smith goes missing there just days before Kiesland is last seen. I think that there are so many similarities. Number one, the two both resided in Murray County. Money, things like that were left behind. Not a cell phone. In Keaslin's case, it was never found. Also about Caleb, he was found in February. He was naked and his clothes were never found. He was found in a marshy area,
Starting point is 00:22:39 I believe about five miles from the Flying J. I have talked to all law enforcement involved, and everyone said that there's no connection. Maybe there's not, but that sure is coincidental, isn't it? And two days apart. Well, let's get real. Jason Jensen joining me, renowned cold case expert and Dale Carson, high-profile lawyer. First to you, Jason Jensen, a coincidence, his car, he goes missing back in January. His, his car is found in a marshy area, which is
Starting point is 00:23:16 kind of earth and kind of water. Uh, very, very difficult for dogs to track back in there. So his body is found without clothing weeks after he goes disappearing at the Flying J Roadside restaurant. And then shortly thereafter, Keaslin goes missing, same restaurant, her car parked five spaces away from where Caleb's was parked. That's too much of a coincidence for me. I agree with you on that one, Nancy. The coincidences are really strange that in such a close parameter of time, two victims meeting the same fate is really uncanny. So there may not be a connection between Caleb and Kiesland as far as they know each other,
Starting point is 00:24:11 but there must be something common between the perpetrator responsible for these two disappearing. Let me ask you a question, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. Was Kiesland seen alive at the Flying jay yes yes she was inside yes inside is there surveillance video of her inside uh we've never seen them they say there is when it first happened, things went on with Murray Kenny was a detective that was on her case at that time. But never did get a copy of the video that people say that she was seen on the camera coming inside the store. Now, whether that was the time that she panickedly left the store, we don't know. Did you say she panicked and left?
Starting point is 00:25:07 When she was confronted by the manager in the area that was for employees only, when she was confronted, she dropped her bag and left out the back door. So the only thing that she had done wrong, Quotey's is she went in the employees only area? Yeah, she was hunched down. What the manager says, she was hunched down behind a table or some sort of equipment. I wonder why she was hunched down like she was hiding. Yes, like she was scared or running from somebody. And was Caleb, who also went missing at the Flying J, was he spotted inside as well? His camera feed is coming from the Denny's cameras, which Denny's has cameras inside their restaurant. He was captured on their cameras talking to one guy in particular back and forth for a few minutes, you know.
Starting point is 00:26:04 So they've got footage of that uh of course gordon county took his case and not my daughter's case so you know red flags raise up in that county to me you know the only cameras they've got is over the fuel pumps they have none where she is running out the back of the entrance where the truckers come in that direction. There was no cameras in that parking lot for the customer's parking lot or the trucker's parking lot. No lighting at that time within the trucker parking lot. So it was completely dark out there. Where is Keeson Roberts?
Starting point is 00:26:39 How can this beautiful 20-year-old girl just vanish outside a roadside restaurant, the Flying J? This very shortly after, another 21-year-old goes missing there. Both of their cars parked Batman style, so their front tags, their tags to their car won't show. Very unlike both of them, and they're never seen alive again. Where is Kieslin? There is a $50,000 reward, five zero, $50,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Kieslin family in torture. Tip line 706-624-1424, 706-695-4592. Back to Connie Hall Scott, investigative journalist and joining us from WDNN. Connie, the fact that she was hiding in the employee's kitchen area, When we hear she got into a confrontation, a lot of people think, oh she got in a fight? She shot lifted? No! All she did was she went and she was hunching down and hiding behind a piece
Starting point is 00:27:56 of furniture in the employee's kitchen. She didn't take anything. She didn't cause a ruckus. She wasn't drunk. She wasn't on drugs. Nothing like that. She went and hid in the employee's kitchen. What do you make of that? Well, I think she knew she was already in danger. Whatever had happened prior to that, it wouldn't be usual for her to go and hey, I went there and looked and I actually kind of peeked in in that area and it would be a good place to hide. I'm also curious about potential phone evidence. Take a listen. Eric or Shannon.
Starting point is 00:28:34 Shannon, was her cell phone also in the car? No, that's one thing that we've not been able to find. Well, do you know if the police have tried to triangulate where it was last used? No, they've not done that. Not really. The only thing we've done. Why? Time passed, you know.
Starting point is 00:28:51 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I don't care if time passed. Law enforcement is telling them they don't have enough evidence to get a warrant to get the son off to get it sent to her seller phone network company. Technical legal term, that is BS. Joining me, former Fed with the FBI now high profile lawyer out of Jacksonville, Dale Carson. How can any LE law enforcement say with a straight face, we don't have any evidence of wrongdoing. Her ID, her debit card, her wallet, her money, all of that left in the car. Everything. The only thing missing her cell phone. You want to tell me a young girl, her age is going to leave behind her prized possession, her car, and completely cut off contact with parents that
Starting point is 00:29:40 she texted back and forth with every day, multiple times. I mean, even when she moved out, she only moved 15 minutes away from home. Okay. There's wrongdoing. I don't know what it is yet, but why not get the cell phone records, Dale Carson? Well, it's certainly sufficient for an affidavit for a search warrant. So I don't understand that either. And the sooner that's done, the better off we are, because that will help us know where the, as you say, where the last communication was. If it was at the Flying J, then that's important. If it wasn't, that's important as well. And another point, you know, truck drivers, the Bureau was always concerned
Starting point is 00:30:27 that serial killers could be involved with driving trucks all over the country, making them doubly difficult to locate and isolate. And that's one of the reasons that VICAP was established to determine whether or not individuals throughout the country had similar methods of operation, M.O.s, when it came to homicide. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. This is an appeal to all the truckers across our country. Please help your fellow trucker find his daughter. 20-year-old Kieslin Roberts goes missing at the Flying J Road Stop, Murray County. It's exit number 320, Resaca, Georgia. 320. No one has seen Kiesland since.
Starting point is 00:31:38 Again, truckers across our country, help us find the daughter of your fellow trucker. The tip line, 706-624-1424. 706-695-4592. There is a $50,000 reward. We've got one person said that she gave her a ride one day. And it was after she went missing, like the week after.
Starting point is 00:32:06 Do you believe her? I hesitate because, you know, it's been so long. But there again, she's saying details about other stuff that Kiesland told her. That seems real. Yes. Was there a sighting of Kiesland about a week after she is last seen? Joining me, her parents, along with an all-star panel. You know, we just went through this with a missing boy, Sebastian Rogers.
Starting point is 00:32:33 And there was a sighting at a rest stop up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And the little boy that was spotted at the rest stop looks so much like Sebastian Rogers. Even his own father, his own biological father thinks that boy is Sebastian. Now, law enforcement tells us they've tracked down the boy's mom. It's not Sebastian. Back to Kieslin Roberts. To her parents joining us, Eric and Shannon Roberts. Shannon, what can you tell me about this alleged sighting about a week after Kieslin goes missing? Well, she said that this lady had said that she got a phone call from the guy that was with Kiesland, that she says that was with Kiesland,
Starting point is 00:33:27 and he wanted a ride. So she goes over there, and she gives them a ride. They wanted to get away from the place where they were at for a little bit, and then she said that they didn't have anywhere to go, and so she took them over to her mom's house, and her mom said that they didn't have anywhere to go. And so she took them over to her mom's house and her mom said that they could stay there for the night. Well, she said that this girl that she says that it was Keislin. She said that she was talking about that she couldn't, you know, she didn't really, she couldn't go home to us, that she knew that we was worried about that she couldn't, you know, she was, didn't really, she couldn't go home to us, that she knew that we was worried about her. She said something about that she even wanted a ride
Starting point is 00:34:11 to the Flying J to get her car. And it was just really bizarre. But, and she told, she said the girl that she thought was Kieslin, you know, she says she said that she told her, she said, well, I'm not really quite sure if I can be able to take you to get your car. But she said, I'll just have to let you know. And then, of course, her mom ended up breaking, this lady's mom ended up breaking her foot. So she wasn't able to take her, she said. And she said she never seen her again. Do you believe her, either Mr. or Mrs. Roberts, do you believe this witness actually gave Kiesland a right? Or is she confused about her date or confused in general?
Starting point is 00:34:56 Well, I think I do believe her. I mean, from what she said about some things and stuff, it just seemed like it was Kiesland, you know, the way she was talking. What about it, Mr. Roberts? Do you believe she actually saw Kiesland after? I mean, there's another girl out there that's, you know,
Starting point is 00:35:16 it's a little bit shorter, a little bit heavier, but resembles you know, her that the law is familiar with. So was this person that picked her up you know, her, that the law was familiar with. So was this person that picked her up, you know, under the influence and thought it was her? Or even just wrong about the date.
Starting point is 00:35:33 Yeah. Is it true, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, that you have not been able to get answers recently from the GBI? What can you tell me? They're very, they want to get aggressive with this case. They understand where we're coming from. And we've been in contact with them several times. Both of them have met me several times since both of them have took over the case. So I think something might be turning around with the new GBI in Murray County. Connie Hall Scott, where does the case stand now?
Starting point is 00:36:07 That's really hard to say. I personally feel a lot of passing the buck has went on with law enforcement, especially in the past. Is it Murray County? Is it Gordon County? Now it's mostly GBI with Murray County assisting. I do not feel like it has been taken as seriously as it should have been. I don't think that, I feel like they dropped the ball by not checking the car out, by not tracing her cell phone, and also by not reaching out or responding to the parents as quickly as they should. I think that there's three possibilities. Either she walked away from her life, never contacting anyone she walked away from her life, never contacting anyone she knows, including her family, who she was close to and also depended on for funds, which is kind of shocking that no crime seems to have been committed. Number two,
Starting point is 00:36:56 there was foul play by someone she does know. Or three, maybe stranger abduction. And I think it's really important that everybody works together to find out where she is and what happened. And as you said, somebody knows where she is and what happened. To Eric and Shannon Roberts, Keaslin's parents, what is your message today? We just want the truth. We want answers. We hear a lot of rumors and stuff. I mean, it changes from one moment to the next between people and places and scenarios.
Starting point is 00:37:37 And it's just gotten so overwhelming. I mean, we just, we want the real truth and we want to be able to find our Kiesland to bring her home. And, you know, I'm holding on for a miracle, no matter all the things we hear. Ms. Roberts, what has your life been like since your daughter disappeared? Oh, gosh. Just a total nightmare. I mean, not having her home
Starting point is 00:38:05 and not knowing where she's at, if she's okay, if she's hurting, if... I don't... It's just indescribable. We spend every waking moment trying to find her
Starting point is 00:38:19 to do everything that we can to just piece any pieces together to find anything that could put us on the right track. Let me remind everyone there is a $50,000 reward for information related to the location of this girl, Kieslin Roberts, tip line 706-624-1424, 706-624-1424 706-695-4592 We stop and we remember American hero Captain Miguel Nava, Pine Valley, California just 28. Captain Nava passed away
Starting point is 00:39:00 with four other Marines in a helicopter this past February, awarded Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Passed away with four other Marines in a helicopter this past February. Awarded Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Survived by a grieving wife, Ryan, and a five-month-old son, Luca. And parents, Javier and Lisa. American hero, Miguel Nava. Thank you to our guests and everyone joining together tonight to find Kiesland.
Starting point is 00:39:35 Nancy Grace signing off. Good night, friend. You're listening to an iHeart podcast

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