The Skeleton Key Chronicles

17 hours ago

Rebecca Beard’s case went through the courts decades ago, but the question of where she is has never been answered. Long before the legal proceedings, Becky was a 22-year-old young mother in Freeport, Texas raising a two-year-old daughter and working at a local car dealership. That all changed on the night of March 1, 1986 after she went out to the Excalibur Club.

When she didn’t come home, the search began. The last time anyone remembered seeing her was in the parking lot of the club. But with no real evidence or clues, the case stalled. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into years while her family and friends waited for answers.

Then, in 1994, Paul Gayland Taylor Jr. admitted involvement in her disappearance and ultimately entered a plea that resulted in a life sentence, marking one of only a few cases in Texas history where such a conviction was secured without any physical evidence recovered.

In 2022, Becky’s family reached an agreement with Taylor: if he revealed where her remains were and they were located, they would support his release. Excavations later took place in Angleton, about fifteen miles north of Freeport, at locations he identified. The searches did not lead to the recovery of her remains.

Decades later, answers about Becky’s disappearance still fall back on Paul Taylor, but every location he has ever given led nowhere. And nearly forty years after that night, the question of where Becky is remains unanswered.

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24 hours ago

Nearly one year ago, a 46-year-old Ohio mother left home and never returned. According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, Amie Gale Owens was last seen on March 30, 2025, on Goshen Road in Goshen.

Later that day, she sent a text to her daughter and said she was with a male friend in Kentucky. She did not share a location or the name of the individual. That call is the last confirmed contact. To this day it is still unclear whether that friend has been publicly identified or where in Kentucky she may have been.

Search efforts early on by Ohio LandSAR saw teams following multiple leads, but investigators say each one ended without answers.

As the one-year mark approaches, her family is trying to bring renewed attention to the case. They describe Amie as someone who always stayed in touch. She never missed birthdays or holidays with her children. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five who are still waiting for word.

If someone remembers something, even something that once seemed minor, now would be the time to share it. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Brown County Sheriff’s Office.

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The Skeleton Key Chronicles

2 days ago

For months, the search for Gus Lamont focused on the land around his family’s remote property in South Australia. Last week, police said the case has taken a turn.

Gus was four years old when he disappeared on September 27th 2025 while playing near his grandparents’ home which also is connected to a large sheep station outside Yunta. In the weeks and months that followed, investigators searched the surrounding property on foot, by air, and through nearby dams. They found no trace of him.

Earlier this month, police outlined three possibilities they had been examining: that Gus wandered off, that he was taken by someone unknown, or that something occurred involving someone he knew. Authorities now say their focus is on that third scenario.

Investigators confirmed they have identified a suspect described as a family member living at the property and allege that this person is no longer cooperating with the investigation. In January, officers seized a vehicle, a motorbike, and electronic devices from the property.

The shift has also brought renewed attention to the family’s living arrangements at the time of Gus’s disappearance with authorities confirming that Gus’s grandparents, his mother, and his younger brother were on the station when he vanished. His father, Joshua Lamont, was not living at the property at the time. Gus’s mother, Jessica, was raised on the rural station by her parents, Shannon and Josie, and had been staying there for a period following her separation from Joshua. After Gus disappeared, she moved to Adelaide and has reportedly since been staying with a friend.

Police have emphasized that Gus’s parents are not suspects. While no arrests have been made moving from a broad search effort to focusing on someone known to the child is a huge development in this case.

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