Missing Niqui McCown

It was the summer of 2001 and bride-to-be Niqui McCown was living the dream. She had a job that she loved at a nearby prison, she had a large and loving family, and she was getting ready to marry the man of her dreams, but all of that changed just three weeks before her wedding when she vanished from an Indiana laundromat. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden talk to Niqui’s family about their memories of that day and what was going on in Niqui’s life leading up to her disappearance.

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Growing up, there are stories that stick with you forever. If you grew up in Dayton, Ohio, a mid-sized city nestled between Columbus and Cincinnati, that story was probably the disappearance of Erica Baker. On February 7, 1999, Erica Baker put on her raincoat, leashed up her dog, and started to walk through a park. The 9-year-old was never seen again.

Twenty-three years later, her investigation still haunts the community. That’s why Dayton 24/7 Now is bringing listeners the most in-depth journalistic investigation to date on the Erica Baker Case. The Missing Erica Baker podcast launches on June 22, 2022, bringing you exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage – hoping that maybe, just maybe, what we’ve found could bring her home.

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For the season finale, we take a sentimental deep dive into where this case is headed next; not only on the ground but in the hearts of Erica Baker’s loved ones. To close, our hosts Nathan and Bryn join their News Director, Becky, to share their personal thoughts, findings and closing remarks on the entirety of the case— including a hunch that could even lead to a season 2!

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Based on a hunch from Dayton 24/7 Now News Director Becky Gulden, state and city law enforcement conduct a new search for Erica Baker at a local park that's never been examined before. Becky realized that a different location south of Kettering more accurately matches the driving directions Christian Gabriel described in his confession letter two decades ago. Tensions and emotions rise as a discovery is made during the search, but will it lead to a breakthrough in the case?

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Hosts Nathan Edwards and Becky Gulden update listeners on the outcomes of new searches for Erica Baker's body and introduce you to a new detective on the case. For the first time we're also talking to a woman who police say was with Christian Gabriel the day Erica went missing. What she remembers from that day as Erica's father is forced to spend another somber anniversary without answers.

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