MISSING IN AMERICA from DATELINE. This was not a TV episode on NBC. Josh Mankiewicz reported and narrated this podcast segment called, "Missing in Music City."
Nashville, Tennessee. Marcus Rutledge disappeared on June 8, 1998. He attended Tennessee State University. His car was found abandoned 20 miles from campus with no trace of Marcus.
The police investigation uncovered a second girlfriend with a child. Marcus sold marijuana with his best his friend who would later be murdered. The police found that Marcus quit the university and his family didn't know anything. He also owned a gun.
The body remains of Marcus would be found off Nashville highway "12" back in 2010. He was labeled "John Doe" until a family DNA match in 2023.
The Rutledge family had received strange phone calls. They would answer and no one would talk on the other end of the line. The family had believed it was Marcus who disappeared because of his marijuana distribution. Drug dealers might be searching for him. Those phone calls lasted for years after he went missing.
What happened to Marcus? Was he murdered? The police believe there is foul play involved. The mystery surrounds Marcus who left his car back in 1998. He ended up in a wooded area off highway "12."
Below is the full episode "Missing in Music City" at Apple Podcasts.
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