PARENTS VANISHED - 3 Children Left Behind - MARTHA SUE & CLAUDE SHELTON
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2022
- Martha Sue and her husband, Claude Shelton, were last seen in Corbin, Kentucky on May 21, 1971, after tucking their three children to bed at their home in Gerry's Trailer Park on 18th Street, then drove away in their white 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 with the Kentucky license plate number 937 944.
That was the last time their children would see their parents.
This documentary brings you alongside Adventures With Purpose's underwater search in Corbin, KY following clues that their 11-year-old daughter Sheila believes she overheard her parents talking, after she was in bed, about going to King’s Truck Stop (about 5 miles away from their home). That is where our investigations begin.
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The Sheltons spent much of Friday, May 21, 1971, visiting grandparents in Williamsburg before heading back to their home in Gerry’s Trailer Park on 18th Street.
Claude had been steadily employed for 10 years, and family life seemed fine.
They tucked their three children into bed that night and as Sheila, their 11-year-old started to get ready for bed, she heard her father, Claude, say to her mother, Sue, “Are you going with me or are you going to stay here?”
Martha and Claude walked out the door and that was the last time Sheila, 11 years old at the time, heard her father’s voice.
The Sheltons may have been en route to the Kings truck stop five miles away, but no one remembers seeing them that night.
They have never been heard from again and their car has never been recovered.
Approximately $600 in cash may have also vanished from their home at the same time they did.
As AWP investigated the case, as with all cases, more information and rumors in the community swirled.
Claude was a mechanic and in 1971 you stopped for anybody broke down. There is a rumor that a car was found on the bridge between Shelton's home and King's Truck Stop the morning after the Shelton's went missing. Did they stop to help and did something sinister happen?
It is not believed Martha and Claude left their 3 children and a beautiful life behind on their own for the Sheltons were just one mortgage payment away from paying off their home and Claude also had a check waiting to be picked up at work.
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It is so difficult for young adults today to understand the freedom we had as children (I'm almost 60). My parents never left me to just go out at night but at one point, when I was about 10, there was an hour from the time my mom left for work and my dad got home. At first they hired a teen from across the street to stay with me but he would fall asleep and my dad had a hard time waking him up. So they left me from 10 to 11 by myself. I was already in bed by then. I would ride my bike all over the place. I lived in a large city and had 739 kids I graduated with! We left our doors unlocked until bedtime. Left our cars unlocked always! So sad what these children didn't get to experience.
Joyce I was a latchkey kid
That’s how it was for my parents and that’s the same thing they let me do. I was all over the place the furthest I went was 2 miles away. Im only 25 years old. There were times my friends and I noticed cars following us but on foot in a neighbour it was easy to lose them. It was honestly really good we were such flighty kids.
Yes and it breaks my heart for my grandkids. I was a latch key kid. I'd get home from school at 8 yrs old by myself and my mom wouldn't get home from work for a few hours later. When I was 5 yrs old, I'd sneak out of my house at 6am on a Saturday and walk a half mile to the barn my neighbor kept her horse at to help her with barn chores in exchange for riding lessons. My Dad would say he knew where I must of been because I smelled like horses. Lol
We'd ride our bikes miles away when we were maybe 10, or get cigarettes at the beer depot 4 miles away for our parents. Things happened back then but not nearly as often as now. And because we had street smarts early on from being able to have freedom, we were aware but not afraid.
And I grew up 25 miles from Milwaukee.
I does seem to me that there's a lot of creepy type cases around Kentucky and Tennessee. I hope this case gets figured out for the family.
I had a babysitting business at the age of 12 in the 60's. I charged $1 per hour and mainly looked after a family of 4 boys aged from several weeks to 6 years old. I fed them, bathed them, took them for walks etc.
We had freedom and responsibility at young ages, no mobile phones, no computers, lots of commonsense and imagination to keep ourselves entertained. Sigh, the halcyon days!
@@nonacee5065 I was babysitting in our street when I was 12, in the 60's.One family, I picked up their son from a special bus. He has cerebral Palsy, and pushed his pusher to the other end of the street and looked after him and the other three kids by myself for 3 hrs while their Mum gave Harpsichord lessons. Every night after school. Two shillings an hour(in Melbourne, Australia, before decimal currency came in) an hour. One other was a 12 mth old baby and evening times, when they went out. It was a big responsibility at 12 but the adults trusted me.
I’m 72 and from the age of 5 walked to school without adults, prams were huge and left outside shops with babies in for fresh air whilst mums were shopping, in the holidays our mothers gave us packed lunches in the morning and possibly wouldn’t see us until dark, or we got hungry. We swam in leech infested ponds( no crocodiles in Wales) and climbed quarries and trees, which we regularly fell out of. We played in dirt and mud and the medicine cabinet consisted of t.c.p. and calamine lotion, kids didn’t have allergies. I think we were the last free generation.
Right on Janet
Wonderful, I'm 60 much the same, but I didn't walk to school, if I had by the time I got there it would be time to come home again. Todays youngsters think they have everything, sadly they don't know what they have missed. Wish I had a time machine to go back to those wonderful days.
@@catherinewilliams3850 me too catherine.
I think it’s especially awesome that these boys weren’t even alive when these parents went missing yet they’re out there today still looking for them. Love you boys. God bless you and please be safe out there.
Jared you were so right about the old days. My father would always say be home before dark. We would run all over the town. Good times. Safe times. Love you guys!
I've just said similar (and more) in my comment... I am in the UK and we would go outside with our friends, wander for miles, climb trees and play in water without a care in the world and we knew it was time to come inside when the street lights came on in the evening. I would hate to be a child growing up in todays world.
He's so right about how much things have changed! I live in a pretty safe area but we don't leave our doors unlocked even when we're awake. When I was in school, we did fire drills. Today's kids do active shooter drills--which affect them psychologically. Heck, you can't even go to a store, mall or other public space without the risk of someone shooting the place up, using a vehicle as a weapon, or some other threat to life and safety!
Yeah we did too. Never thought a thing about it but when my daughter was born there was absolutely no way I'd let her out of my sight. From the 70s to the late 90s huge difference.
@@eljay1980 I agree, You would also leave the door unlocked. I still live in the same house, and it has changed so much over the years lots of houses on the land where i played . I feel sorry for the kids of today.
For sure. Back then they thought lawn darts were a children’s toy.
How traumatic this had to have been for their children. Just imagine being a child, having your parents put you to bed, and then you wake up and they're just gone. No explanation, no note, nothing. So sad. I have bveen watching your videos since the beginning, when you were just trying to clean up the environment. Thanks for everything that you do!
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Same here!
@@lycidasxwerewolf what did that woman mean? I didn't get it.
@@deborahmcmasters3360 who the op? They're referring to when awp first started on youtube, they did environmental cleanups in local waters.
Same here, Sappphire. I remember years ago when AWP was either snorkeling or diving deep, cleaning up the waterways, bringing up lots of sunglasses and or other items involved in watersports. Been following them ever since. It was a great day when they first started using the big floats to bring up vehicles and other large, submersed items. This is an honorable endeavor for humanity.
The hurt and disappointment of not being able to solve this in Josh's eyes breaks my heart. Especially because to think of how different times were back in the day of his parents growing up to how he grew up. It's not that the parents just abandoned the kids it's just back then things were not as scarey. Back then you never thought nothing could happen in your town because nothing ever did, where as now it can happen anywhere.
I was alive back in the early 70s. It was a different innocent naive time. I think that not everyone was aware of the crime, etc. in their town bc it was not televised as much. There was no sex offender registry and there was no internet. I also think that local officials, police, etc. sometimes worked hand in hand to cover up serious crimes so that they didn't give the town a bad reputation. Or in my town's case, they didn't want the University to seem unsafe and alarm parents.
Very true. In the 80’s America started to become obsessed with crime and things started to change.
The crime rate in the US has been steadily dropping for decades. The only reason it seems like we're in more dangerous times is because there are so many types of media in which information can spread now.
@@daynasafranek7807 Actually, my son was born in 1970 and when he was in grade school, one kid brought a knife to school and was threatening kids with it. It was Pittsburgh, so how much "innocence" one grows up with depends on where they grew up and their parents. Some kids never get to enjoy innocence. Which is probably why it horrifies me that the parents left their kids alone.
@@daynasafranek7807 The crack epidemic had a lot to do with that. And boomers' children were coming of age then. Two of my daughters were born in 1966 and 67 so they grew up when many changes were happening in society. And changes have been continuously happening since them.
Jared is 100% right about growing up in the 1970s in a rural area. The house was never locked, keys left in vehicles, kids riding in the back of a pickup or in a camper while travelling down the road. As a kid, if I missed the bus I would start walking to school and more often than not a stranger would offer a ride (incredibly sketchy today). If you wanted candy, you went picking beer bottles out of the ditches (wasn't until many years later I made the association between drunk driving and that free money in the ditch). Kids had way more autonomy than they do today.
Jared got it right .. back in '71, it wouldn't have been unusual for kids to stay home alone for periods of time, walk to school by themselves, etc...I did all that throughout the 70's .. Sad that if they were left in a quarry that they may never be found .. 50yrs is a long time, really wish the family could get the closure they really need and deserve...
I'm a 60's baby and can confirm it was a different time growing up back then. My older brothers and I walked to and from school, played outside in the summer from sunrise to sunset, only going inside for lunch. And we went everywhere unsupervised!
It saddens me that there have been so many disappearances that there can be so many episodes BUT I’m glad there’s someone out there who cares to bring them home. You guys are amazing genuinely amazing
I have a pond and at times the surface is covered with duck weed. It is 12 feet deep in spots so my point is that just because moss is on the surface, doesn't mean that there aren't spots deep enough for a car. 50 years have passed - really hard to determine where a car might be.
I have seen duckweed covering water 40 feet deep....it's the stillness that allows it to spread not the depth
The AWP video was saying "since there was green moss (algae, duck weed) on the surface of a certain body of water - it was an indication the body of water was shallow." I was disputing that! The exception is Lilly pads - which indicates the water directly below them is shallow. I was not addressing what caused the duck weed!!! BTW - I've had a marine biologist access my pond - it gets duck weed because of flooding and the fact it's in the shade. A product called Sonar which is safe for fish, turtles and livestock clears it up.
Was born in 67. Even in Cleveland close to downtown we left our doors unlocked and windows open. Then yes - walked to school.
Cleveland Ohio? I was born in Cleveland Ohio yes so true we were so much safer then
Walked four times a day cuz my school didnt have a cafeteria. And school buses didnt come to Cleveland until forced desegregation in the late 1970s. Slovak Village born and raised here.
@@queenbee3647 was born across and diagonal of the west side market (st Lutheran) and grew up on 19th and denison. Moved to lorain county in 76.
We moved right before the bussing. Dad wanted us to be in an extremely rural area - we went from downtown to cows around the corner. Massive shock to the system that's for sure
Heartbreaking case. I walked home alone from Kindergarten in the early 1950's in LA, CA. Not just a mile...but more like 2. My own kids walked home from the bus stop over 1/2 mile in the mountains of CA in the 80's. The house my kids grew up in didn't even Have a door lock. The world has changed...but there remains people like you, Nug, Chaos, Downunder Dave and even our new local friend from this hunt, who has undoubtedly take what he knows and what he has learned to keep helping out his own community.
It makes sense. I grew up in the 90's and my parents who grew up in the 50's tell me stories how they used to walk miles to and from school and everywhere else they wanted to go. They never locked their door or car
@@isaacclarke7425 gotta remember a couple blocks is a couple miles to a small child.
@@raymaster it was a real legit several miles. Ive been to my grandparents house where my parents grew up and the school is like 3-4 miles from their house
@@raymaster I had a grandmother who rode a mule 10+ miles to school and back. Her and a brother both. You went to school, no matter what the weather, too ( they said). I was glad to ride the bus, hearing that. Because if that mule was needed for farming, those kids walked.
I was born in Kentucky in the 70s, and even into my teens, our town only had two places open all night: Krystal and the local donut shop. The town was empty after 11pm. I can imagine a Good Samaritan trying to help a stranded motorist would be very common. Love to the family and thank you for being so caring and respectful to the people and towns you visit.
They probably stopped because they recognized the vehicle. I'll bet it was someone they knew.
I'm 61 I walked everywhere when I was little didn't worry about anything.
My parents never left us alone until they divorced and mother had to go back to work. We were 9 and 11 at home by ourselves many times until 10pm. Mother was nervous but we never thought twice. We walked to school, the DQ in town, to friends houses, to the dairy to get milk, to play in the cemetary, etc. When my dad passed away in 1989 they were going to bust the lock to get into the house and almost had a panic trying to find his keys - the last resort was to call me (after hours of stress)....Um y'all, the doors arent locked and the keys are in the ignition of the car. lol
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It’s so surreal to me because I was born in 1974 and they could have been my parents stopping to help someone because I know my dad would have done the same back then. It makes me so sad that they are still missing.
You got that right. Always ride in the back of the truck. 70's girl. I was born in the 60's and grow up in the 70's as a teenager.
Jared, you are so right about how it was. We never locked the door- hell it was always open. The windows wide open- keys in the ignition. Neighbors watched out for one another but not in their business. When we left, we did not lock the doors! There was a trust- one that sadly cost them dearly.
Parents would go out and tell us to stay in the house and watch one another. My oldest brother was 4 years older than me, once I started kindergarten, mom went to work. We stayed home- no baby sitter. We were taught not to be afraid, but be mindful. This was in the early 70's. --- oh the stories this brings back!
I was a teenager in late 60's early 70's. we never locked our doors. I have picked up hitchhikers and didn't think anything about it. I am from western Kentucky. Thank you for everything you guys do. Keep up the good work.
Same. I've picked up hitchhikers on roadtrips; but I never did near home. The local prison occasionally had walkaways. You never wanted to accidentally pick up a felon. LOL
Same. We did not have a key to our house... an old neighbor recently told a story about being at our house when our mom got in. He said "I was the only one there when your mom came home" funny the neighbor was in our house w/o anyone being home. We thought nothing of it. I'm a female w/5 brothers a a few yrs older than myself. They had tons of friends who were in & out constantly. No one ever bothered me. There was only 2 yrs younger the brother born before me.
Nowadays a girl couldn't & shouldn't be left alone with teenage boys running in & out.
@@elizabethbottroff1218 just becauze some1 is a felon doesnt mean anything at all.. A lawyer/businessmqn in a suit could be way worse in fact id rather trust a homeless person over the person in a suit & homeless would be willing to help any1 the 1in suit prob wouldnt speak too ya if u asked for help
I’m from Western KY. Grew up in the 70s & early 80s. I remember going on vacation with my parents going to Colorado. They picked up a hitchhiker and we carried him all the way out there with us. We were stuck in the back of the truck (daddy had it set up fancy lol) talked a lot all the way there. He was in his early 20s and I was just a teenager. Great person! Never saw him again till he walked in my place of business some 40 years later! He remembers the time fondly because my parents were so nice to him. Sad we can’t comfortably do that these days.
I just want to say that the missing people had a nice car. Older cars always looked beautiful.
Grew up in the 60’s. Mother left us home alone all day during the summers while she and dad worked. Only activity was a swimming pool over a mile away we walked to. Different times…
40 min in: 1970-1972, I am 8 until 10 years old, brother 7-9, sister 6-8: every day we walked 1.5 miles to school in a medium sized city in the midwest. School bus would only take you if you were 2 miles or more away. Never thought anything of it until I raised my own Disney kids LOL. 70’s were different.
We lived a block and a half from school with my girls growing up and my wife would drive them to school almost every day. A different time for sure
Can't wait til y'all have that magnetometer for these really old cases
Doug is so excited about that!
@@melissaford4824 how AWESOME will that be? Im so looking forward to how different those old cars will present. How deep they get buried, how much of the car collapses (maybe dependent on temperatures, local conditions)
Its a whole new dimension🤿😎
Yes. Try again to find the couple that dissapered in the 56 chevy
They need a dredge, also. I recommend a Keene.
Oh my I enjoyed the history lesson you have Josh. It was a different time. I was a 60s baby. Doors were unlocked and keys left in car. Times have changed so much! It is actually sad.
I think a lot of the newer generation also doesn’t realize that we didn’t have to have both parents working. All around our neighborhood the moms were always home so if our parents weren’t home and we needed to, we could always run next door or a couple doors down for help. All of the neighbors knew each other. Even back then moms and dads didn’t leave little children on their own who were completely helpless. We still had babysitters.
I 100% agree with you, "Disney generation" growing up in the 70's, no seat belts, kids rode on Mom's lap, parents would leave us home with tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches watching tv or sleeping to go run errands or even to go out to dinner with their friends, because home invasions/kidnappings weren't such a worry (perhaps naively). My dad was a mechanic and would go out of his way to stop and help anyone with vehicle troubles. People even hitchhiked and thought they were relatively safe. We didn't worry about stopping to help strangers because we didn't view them as a threat.
Yes I am 71, we went all over the place alone, rode our bikes, all over the place, even a distance from home. We learned independence, early on. We never used seatbelts, baby was always on mom’s lap, when riding, you opened the door and the four kids jumped in. I had one car seat, 4 kids, it’s a racket another money making scheme., but car were built very solid then. Nowadays you canot leave, your children in the car, to run in a get a gallon of milk, you cannot let them out in the yard alone, life certainly has changed. We were always home before dark, generally, playing with our neighbors.
I’m 5 minutes in and being from Ky I love how subtitles are needed whenever a Kentuckian is being interviewed! Can’t wait to see how this one ends!
I love how open you are with local teams and training them….
I was a latch-key kid. Some of my best memories are of me and my sister would save part of our lunches and sit on the way home at this one house and eat the rest of our lunches together. She is 2.5 years older so we didn't go to school together. Just walked to and from together. I remember momma and daddy all the time going out for whatever reason after we went to bed.
Jared it’s so interesting the stark contrast between today’s generation and ours. Back in the 70’s and 80’s we were considered latch key kids.
During school season we were expected to walk a mile or more to the bus stop no questions asked. In the summer you were essentially kicked out of the house at sun up, and when the street lights came on in the evening you were expected home.
Nothing was ever locked. It didn’t need to be. Dozens of times my parents would go after we were all in bed. Today we all walk around with our heads on a swivel and/or buried in our phones and likely don’t know the first names of half the neighbors who live on our street.
I really appreciate how Jared teaches Josh about things as if he was his son.
It's such a lovely relationship they have, I've noticed in recent Chaos Divers/Depths of History videos that Jacob is the same way with Brittain, it's so heartwarming to see.
That's what good people do. I agree with you about Jacob being the same wY with Brittain.
They have a good family dynamic going, with Jared as the dad, Doug as the uncle, and Josh and Carson as the sons
You guys are so close to where my mother went missing. She went missing in 2004 in London ky. What I would give to have you guys try and find her.
What is your mama's name?
Is she missing with her car? Send them a request
My parents used to tuck us in bed in the car outside the dance hall in the warm summer evenings. It was very common in the 50’s and 60’s. They were different times.
I love how Jared gave a “back in my day” lesson. I was raised like Jared. I raised my kids like we was raised back in the day. “Use your head, mind your own business, and hang on”
Jared, the way you explained the differences in parenting then and now was spot-on. Josh is gonna need a while to digest it. Thanks fellas, for another great Adventure... with Purpose.
My stepfather's army buddy was living not far from there five years after this event, and we spent part of a summer with him while we were looking for land. Yes, there was the innocence of the seventies, but there was also a lot going on in Kentucky. There was a lot of drug running in the seventies, and much of it following the same channels that bootlegging had followed and was still following. Kentucky did not just repeal prohibition, it was repealed county by county. We bought our farm in '76 and moved here in '77. Most of southern Ky was still "dry" when we moved here, and the last counties repealed that just in the last few years. There are two old liquor stores sitting across the road from each other at the Anderson/Mercer line that used to be the last place to buy alcohol before the Tennessee line. They closed very recently. There was a huge amount of bootlegging going on, and it corrupted local law enforcement. If you wanted to make bourbon balls for Christmas in our county, you went to the courthouse and bought it from the sheriff. Or you could go to any of a half dozen bootleggers in the county, many of whom had drive thru service. Local law enforcement would raid those bootleggers several times a year, which was why you could buy booze from the sheriff. The bootleggers were pre-warned, so they let their stock run low, and they were back in business within days. They would pour a token amount down the sewer, with the county paper looking on and taking pictures. The rest went various places. The drug running was following the same channels. Anyone who wanted drugs went to the state police narcotics detective who lived in our county and patrolled the next post down. He would raid dealers in that county and bring it back to ours and sell it. He was busted 10-15 years ago, and it was big news, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet, and I've looked. It is well known that there are hollers you don't go down if you value your life, all over the state. Some of them hide marijuana patches, usually in the same places where the stills used to be. The state used to fly helicopters overhead all summer, looking for those patches. When they found them, they'd douse them with gasoline and burn them, but I would imagine it was token amounts just like the alcohol. These bootleggers and dealers favorite means of getting rid of someone who knows too much is to kill the folks, drag their car to a remote location, and torch the car with them in it. They could be down some forgotten road, next to a forgotten shack or trailer, sitting in a burned out hulk of their car. They could be under the backfill of a "reclaimed" strip mine, or down an old shaft. If a stolen car was found along the road, there is a decent probability that it was stolen to haul something illicit, and someone stumbling upon it at 2:00 am saw something they weren't meant to see, whether it was bootleg alcohol or drugs.
Wow. This was interesting. Someone from the era who knows what what actually goin on back then. All of it.
I have lived in West Virginia, right on the Kentucky line, for over 30 years now. That long history of bootleggers and corrupt officials leading to things you see happening today, makes total sense to me. Thanks for that explanation.
Sounds about right. Some things may hv changed but politicians are still corrupt
With family all over KY, this is true. There are so many stories about where you do not want to go in the Hollar, because ghosts of the past still protecting it- their property.
You're not kidding, i know alot about these old places and ways..
Bummer is exactly right bud. Lol. I feel your pain in not being able to solve them all and help every family. You all are in my prayers. I also saw what y’all did by never giving up on one. That was amazing and had to feel wonderful. Thank you guys so much for your hard work!!!
OMG I have heard about this couple my whole life...So glad youns are looking for them... I live in Clay County just a couple county's over sure wished I knew you all was here I would have loved to meet youns...💕
I was born in 65 and we never locked the doors of the house or cars. Keys were left in the ignition all the time. Nothing was ever stolen. I walked a half mile to the bus stop from kindergarten to age 16. I was a southern Illinois country kid. Keep up the great work y'all are doing!!!
67 here and very similar life...Central IL ❤️🔥🤝
@@conservativehippie9736 are you still in Illinois?
@@leabarto8156 yes ma'am...West of Peoria
Don't know if you're near Benton...that town holds a special place in my heart ♥️
@@conservativehippie9736 I lived in the country outside of Millstadt. I now live in Tennessee.
I was born in 69 but I can almost gaurantee that those parents didnt think anything of running to the truck stop after the kids were in bed. Jared nailed it, different time period, no one would have thought twice about it or stopping to help someone. My heart goes out to their kiddos.
I'm a child of the 70s and it's just amazing how much things have changed now his parents
Stories we have told our kids about the 70s and early 80s makes them jealous for sure. It was an incredible time to be a kid.
@@AdventuresWithPurpose we are the end of era of free range children. Generation X is the meat in the middle of 2 very different realities. My boys are 9 and almost 16. I have tried like hell to give them a little bit of what once was, but reality is very scary. Especially living in the Los Angeles area. Every year they take more of the fun away from public schools and having to stay close to home, is making the technology of electronics mandatory. The second my son started middle school, the cell phone was a must. Not because he begged for it, but because I could keep track of him easier.
@@AdventuresWithPurpose and oh yeah! Riding in the back of the truck (camper shell on of course, with the dog) for 5 hours to go camping! And sitting in the cab with seatbelts only occasionally.
JARED YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE 70'S I WAS BORN IN 1963 SO YES IT WAS A SAFER TIME IN THE 70'S AND FOR MARTHA AND CLAUDE TO GO OUT FOR A BITE TO EAT ETC BY THEMSELVES IS WHAT PEOPLE DID IN THAT TIME ERA!!! HOPE YOU GUYS STAY ON THIS CASE A LITTLE LONGER FOR THEIR KIDS SAKE!!!
Me too
Heck people hitchhiked back then. It really was a safer time.
I know the kids very personally 1st off it was a boy and 2 girls not 3 girls Ronnie age 12 lived until last year Shelia approx 11 and the youngest DEB this tragic event affected these kids more then u know
So true.
What a heartbreaking story. My love and prayers go out to Martha & Claudes family and friends. Great job gentlemen. Be safe and keep bringing loved ones home. So proud to be a part of this movement. ❤❤❤
Definitely needing that Magnetometer for these cases. Something tells me they could be in those barrels that were found and car stolen though
What a lovely sherriff & the local diver Graham. Such a good heart & good on you guys.You didnt dismiss him once which was lovely to see. Very supportive of him. All of the divers and yourselves seem lovely. Lol @ disney kid comment great way to describe the difference's of generations. (And very true) Sounds like a high chance of something malicious happened. Great effort everyone. Damn straight about being a more innocent/trusting time of the 70's etc. Also credit to Josh wanting to try everything in order to find answers. Keep up the great work guys & ty to their wives & families that they have to leave in order to bring people home.
Glad you don’t give up on these cold cases. Look what your persistence did for Ralph Brown! The interaction and cooperation between each dive crew and law enforcement especially Constable Rogers really shows us how professional and open you are to others ideas. He really appreciated you being there. Doug, thanks for explaining sonar to Graham! Bet he will become more involved! A mom and dad are not going to leave their children. I had my hair done yesterday and told my stylist all about what you guys do and the safety tool! She was really interested and I showed her this channel! Jared, what was the new sonar device and how are you going to use it?
A magnetometer will detect metal and with a vehicle the magnetometer would be able to detect 15 to 20 feet under the surface. I’m not talking about just under the water, but I’m talking about under the water under the dirt silt and sediment. Below the ground at the bottom of a river or lake
@@AdventuresWithPurpose That will totally help with searches for sure. Doug gave us a sneak peek of another sonar. Was it Aqua Eye?
@@AdventuresWithPurpose I CANNOT WAIT to see that. What can be learned from it about the way old scenes appear and vehicle decay. Nerdtastic.
@@reg4211 And they’ll find more people!
@@melissaford4824 indeed. Talk about families who have truly had to give up the hope of finding loved ones because of the time involved. Will be miraculous to bring those folks home.
Hi, it's good to see you have extra divers and seekers to help. This way you can search a lot of extra water together. So nice to see you working together. Bravo to you and keep up your mission!!!
That 50s/60s/1970s assessment is right on. Different culture.
More like the 40s and 50s and maybe early 60s. Everybody watched out for each other and most people knew their neighbors.
Parents going out in the 70s and leaving their kids in bed for an hour while they go pick stuff up from the shop...I can believe that...it used to happen all the time in the UK
Josh stated that someone may have gotten away with their murder. There is some chance the individual may have been arrested for another case and served time. Ultimately judgment day will deal out justice for anyone who thinks they "got away" with such crimes.
I grew up in Keavy and this case always fascinated me as a teen in the early 2000's, i just don't think they're in that water from what i have always been told by people around here..
hearing Jared explained to the younger guy the freedom older generations have as a kid reminded me how my parents would go to the morning market leaving a 7 years old me and my 4 years old sister at home. The only supervision we had was them informing our neighbour that their 2 kids were at home. This happened in the early late 80s to early 90s so I can resonate with what Jared are trying to convey...but also feels old at the same time.
My heart breaks for the people still waiting for answers.
I think what you all do is amazing. Even though it is heart wrenching, it also seems to be a relief to the families to have answers and some amount of closure. I told my daughter if I ever go missing she is to call you.
Soooo right Jared! I was born in 1960, and I'm here to tell you that today's world is soooooo different! It's really too bad that today's kids don't get to experience life like we did back then.
Are kids will never no what are life was like so great from now!! Every kid has a phone in there hand or a game controller or die without a computer! No out learning to do side jobs cut grass cutt wood build tree houses ride bikes go fishing plant a garden go hiking meeting girls in person from being out with friends now its Facebook. Ppl lot more lazy not as healthy and most sad so many less children and ppl in Church! I really hate see 10 more years from now bad as it is now if we are still here even or if God dont return first!
Absolutely agree I was born 1961..my 4 older children 34,37,40,44 had much the same freedom I did ..as we stayed in the small village where my family has lived 100s of years 🇬🇧 I moved a few miles away ..I haven't let my 20 yr old have as much freedom..My grandchildren are around her age and their mums are very protective
1960 for me too! Although we were innocent of what did go on back then there is a lot more of it now!
Thank you AWP for always doing your absolute best to help families receive closure, or at least help answer questions. Such an awesome group of people you are!
As a kid from the seventies I can say they are spot on. I was left on my own at 6 years old , left keys in car, front door never locked ! Now, forget about it ! Sitting in my locked house in a good neighborhood with a bang bang sitting by my chair because crime does not discriminate on what house it hits. Sad 😞
You're spot on about the old days. My mom would go to a bluegrass festival and leave me with my sister for the whole weekend. All she knew how to cook was pancakes, french fries and tv dinners, but we survived just fine. We also played outside till dark doing whatever we wanted, like playing in the creek, riding our bikes, exploring caves, etc. In the summer we were allowed to play out after dark till we got tired and went in on our own. We played drag the hubcap, (or wallet,) hide and go seek, spotlight, just had fun. Boy not today, don't take your eyes off them kids for two seconds.
I would walk about a mile to and from school in the second and third grade back in the early 70's we would during summer breaks after breakfast go outside and play till the street lights started coming on then we had to head home. Then as time moved forward we were told not to go outside of my dad calling for us. The neighborhood parents all looked out for each others children and homes back then, but things started changing into the late 70's and early 80's. I miss those days for sure.
"I was born somewhere in the ford galaxie." 🤔😉
I was born in 1960. Times were truly different. I was babysitting neighbors children in ‘73 - by myself.
I wish… no. I hope that someone has information about this couple, and calls or sends it in.
I could see how hard this was for Josh.
Blessings and Abundance to everyone there… and to all of those that you love.
u can't now days
it was so different I would hitchike too we were left at home alone
so was I bby sitting byl my self when I was ten an the parents trust me
The way he is explaining how they scan is definitely a teaching moment.
Education is the key to bringing together people with purpose 🇦🇺💜🇺🇲🖐
I'm the daughter please get all the facts right before you say anything I was 7 years old my brother was 8 and my sister was 10 years old if you want the truth ask the family DUH
@@debbienicely3588 I am so sorry for your loss. I cannot fathom the heartache and bewilderment you and your siblings have dealt with over the years. I am so grateful to see that this case is still worked on after all this time and your parents are not forgotten. I sincerely hope they are found and you will have answers one day.
@@dianemackey thank you we all have moved on it would be wonderful if someone could find them both sometimes it drives me crazy when people say things and they get it all wrong thank you again 😊
@@debbienicely3588 It's unfortunate that those who know nothing have to put their opinions out there and hurt those who are affected by a tragedy. I sincerely hope you have had a good life and will get the answers some day.
I’m so moved by your guys’ refusal to give up on this case. This will probably be the hardest one you’ll ever have to solve. Carey Mar Parker’s car that had been missing for 30 years was in pieces, and all that could be found of her was her jaw bone. I could only imagine how hard it’s going to be to find a vehicle as well as remains that have been missing for 50 years 😔
AWP went back and did a grid search when the other dive team didn’t follow through. They were able to retrieve more of her remains.
The late 50's Ford Galaxie would be built substantially more solidly than an 80's car. There should be more left after all this time.
I moved to North Dakota a couple years ago and it is still like the old days for the most part. Wave when driving past another driver in small towns. Cars kept on, doors unlocked while sleeping or not home, and kids are on their own around town on their bikes. No stoplight in town. Coming from a southern CA upbringing for the past 20 years, (we had to be back once the streetlights turned on), it is so different but it is more practical to raise a family in for sure. There are some things you hear about on the news, but there is a lot of small town hospitality, friendliness, and tradition. I hope everyone gets to experience that type of America still someday
Yeah, the 70's were different. I'm a bit older than you, I remember more back then. We ran all over the area where we lived & thought nothing of it. Sometimes my mom would leave me in the car when she went into a store. There were seats in the back of station wagons. When I stayed over at my friend's house on a school night, we'd have to walk the five or six block to the jr high.
The closest convenience store where I could spend my allowance was just as far away. Gum & candy bars were a quarter, so I could get four packs of gum for school with my one dollar allowance, lol. I do remember being taught not to take anything from a stranger, or get into a car with someone you don't know. But it never felt like it could happen to us. ☹️
I grew up in the 1980's where my parents always had the front door open and unlocked while we played outside. My mom would go out and leave us outside playing with the neighbor next door watching us. our mom would leave is in the car when she went into a store as well. Different times for sure
It breaks my heart that you all couldn't find anything. I don't know how you all do what you do. I hope that someday the girls and family will get closer. You all did awesome job searching. You are all amazing. Please stay safe and thank you for all you guy's do. In my heart you are all Angels in disguise.❤️
Wow, I grew up in the 60’s and my parents never put us to bed and left? Never would happen.🇨🇦
We had neighbors that would leave their children sleeping in bed to run the husband to work.
You all are doing a very good deed/job in trying to solve these cases. These realy old ones probably can be difficult after so many years with things changing and maby burrying the cars. But up here in norway,they just solved a 49 year old case of a missing man in his car. He was found by sonar in a mountain lake. Car was half burrid,and stod upright from the muddy bottom at 11 meters dept. Car was in imaculant condition for beeing under water for so long
Terje: That’s an encouraging story for these guys!
@terje tytland. Thank you for sharing your story all the way from Norway! Fabulous job on your English I must say! Well done 👍😃
When i was a kid we went home when street lights come on. But many nights snuck out all night. We slept with just the screen door get that cool night air windows up no worries in the world! Heck even if it was not going rain car windows down keys left in the car. We had a big family if a bad apple did decide to come in try to hurt us they would of never walked back out that door! But this case they looking in wrong places they are in a shaft or buried on a hillside the car would been so easy to keep or make go away for ever! Back in 71 lots of ppl was moving to ohio because no work in k.y so a bad person could took it to ohio there self kept it or anything really.
From isle of Wight ,England.Admire what your team does, you are so sensitive with the way you deal with all the cases and families involved .Bless you 🤗
It's Great to see Them All Working on Another Case to Solve ...God Bless You All 🙏 ♥️ 🙌
Not wrong on that Jarred, I grew up in the 80s too and was left home alone many times with the doors unlocked, and we didn’t come home until the street lights came on, theses days it’s almost unheard of, but yeah, a Ford Galaxy being in the water for 50 years would be very difficult to find, R.I.P Martha and Claud..
It was so interesting to hear you explain how different it was for us older ones growing up. Noone would have been on the side of the rode broke down without someone stopping to help. They were taken out because of their goodness. Its why today things have changed today. So sad
I'm an 80s kid. Grew up in Michigan and my patents used to leave us all the time. Our daughter was 12 and my husband and I decided to have a date night. The cops were called on us. Well montana dosen't have a law against leaving your kids at home. We grew up this way and didn't think anything of it. It is still normal in the state of Montana to give a helping hand. This older couple did this and ended up being murdered because of apportunity crime. Thanks for all you do guys.
This one made me cry like a baby, Darn AVP you guys do a great job but the content is hard to watch. LEO great job linking with AVP, GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS TOO.
Even in the early '90's I would occasionally leave my kids home "alone " long enough to run to the store. Or occasionally I wouldn't be home from work yet when they got home from school. However I had a neighbor that lived across the street from us, that always had an eye out for my house and my kids. Love what all ya'll do, and love all ya'll.
JOSH... Jared is right-on with his explanation of how things were back in the 70's. I was a young Mom of 3. My kids were born in '70, '72 & '73. I call my growing up years & part of my kids years "The Dennis the Menace years".
In those years there was a sense of innocence, trust and feeling SAFE, that we all felt, unlike how it is in today's world.
I don't recall ever leaving when my kids were sleeping but I know that some people did that. There were no issues like there are these days.
I totally understand the shock you must be feeling and you're probably wondering how/why a parent could do such a thing. I guess a way of trying to understand the difference between back then & how things are now is to watch some of the old shows like "Dennis the Menace" and put yourself as one of the characters. Maybe you'll feel what we all felt in those years. I miss those years 😍
Love this community raising awareness for those Loved Ones that are lost and unable to find their way home to the Families that are desperate for answers and a place to lay those who were lost at last to Rest 👏💜👍🙏🤗♿️
I love all that you do! And don't get bummed out when you can't find missing people. It's not possible to find them all. Just keep up the great work getting answers for the families that you help. You guys are the best!!
They are right Josh. My parents left the three of us alone fron elementary school age all the time at night. Between their social life and working two jobs we were left alone a lot. I used to ride my bike clear across the city of Houston back then all the time even.
We were left unsupervised allm the time as my Parents divorced and Mom worked nights. Got ourselves up,off to school went home to empoty house. Did homework ate dinner ,tv and bed all without parents around. Saw our Mom on her day off when we got home from school thats it.
That’s right Jared. 70’s was free living for me too & I grew up in NYC. Yes, doors left unlock. Everyone knew each other in the community.
I like it when the police with jurisdiction are happy to have AWP's assistance. It is always disappointing when the disappearance is more recent and the l.e.o.s in charge want get possessive of "their" crime. The ethos of Serve and Protect extends to the surviving loved ones of potential victims. Kudos to the Corbin, KY and the Commonwealth of Kentucky's police for working with AWP.
I was six months old when this couple went missing. That gives me an empty feeling in my stomach, that they are out there waiting to be found. I’m glad you all aren’t giving up on finding them.
Completely different times back in the 70's where you could do something and NO one ever find out about it. It's rough when you can't solve a case but like Jared said, things grow and make it hard to get through the woods that were open Fields back then.
Yes, If they are even In the water near-by. I'm thinking Doug is right, and they tried to help the wrong people with car trouble. If the people who abandoned the stolen car, then stole Martha and Claude's car..... They could have been murdered and their bodies dumped anywhere miles down the road. IF this is the case, the car thief(s) would have driven their car as far as they could. And then abandoned it and stole another car or truck. Somewwhere there might be an old Police report about a "found" car that was abandoned, that no-one ever claimed. Or it's in a forest, desert or under water rusting away. I feel for the family, they might never really know what happened.
We all learn from each other. We are not Professionals at everything. That's why we need each other. Teaching all generations is for future growth in the industry.❤
So great when you get this much support locally and people share info and prepare to have the crew have the best chance of succeeding
I understand it’s gotta be disappointing to not be able to solve a case or be able to give a family answers. We know you tried and that’s what matters. Thank you AWP and your family for taking on these cases and doing all you can to try bring answers to them. God Bless y’all. Prayers for safety and your mental health as well. #BringThemHome
Grew up in the late 60s and 70s and Jared is absolutely correct kids were on their own even at home alot more. I can remember a Friday night watching Tom Jones on tv. I was maybe 6 years old my sister was 9. Mom and dad were out that night. It was safer then.
No it wasn't right. No matter how you remember it.
@@Spiritlife01 wow...judging others isnt ight! The neighbor next door might have been moms best friend, you dont know. Know it all.
I love you guys. The fact that you are telling the story’s of the missing but bringing closure to the family’s effected. I can’t think of a more important mission without closure how can any of the families have real peace!
Thank you guys for continuing looking for the Shelton's, I hope you all find them, the children need to know what happened to their parents
AWP What an Amazing service y'all are doing. Thanks for sharing these experiences with the world!! Youre highs and lows,break downs,situations as well as some sonar education and also great examples of dealing with people in sensitive situations. Doug mentioned to Graham that it wil take all of his strength to pull that magnet off. Well I finally tried my AWP Magnet yesterday. My first catch was the handrail on an Iron Bridge. I set it there to change the eyelet to the side option and it was STUCK!!! Literally had to pull it off the rail with my truck. Be careful what you catch with that AWP magnet!! 😄 Stay safe ya'll!!
I'm thankful for AWP to bring people home to their Families. Love the work your are doing. I'm from Detroit, Michigan. Love TH-cam 💘
I've been through the 60's and the 70's. Both decades had their moments lol
Adventures with purpose is an absolutely amazing show And everyone involved in the searches that are connected to them are beyond amazing as well I have literally cried during almost every episode Thank you all for what you do for families who are missing loved ones and who are so sad and so lost and for bringing closure to them Grief never leaves you It just kicks your butt But all of you are so committed and so phenomenal I love you all and your dedication
Being familiar with the area after working around Barbourville a few years ago. There has been major flooding in the area. One flood during 1976 flooded to whole town of Pineville. My guess the whole vehicle is buried if it was n the water. Impressed by what you all do. Good content.
Car if in water is gone for ever as well if in water i say its Countys away deep in the eastern part of k.y or in the ohio river!! But i really think they are buried in the woods or mine shaft and tge car vin swapped out and painted or snashed at a dirty junk yard hard to tell. The car could be at local car shows now!
I'm 5 minutes into the video. Jared it's amazing how police are reaching out to you and you accepted the call. keep up the great work with officers so we can show other departments what can happen when they accept your help and put their pride beside them to find as many missing people as you can while growing the movement. hopefully other officers are shareing these videos with the department their with to show what can happen when we combine efforts instead of keeping important info to the need to know people in the department.
Your so right Jared about our childhood. I was born in 1955 and my Dad countless times picked up hitchhikers w 3 kids in the car, changed tires, got them gasoline or a car part, or just gave them a ride, never any problem. We left doors and windows opened and unlocked, my Dad had a rifles on a rack in his pickup w ammunition in the glove box, left his windows down and keys in the ignition. Gun cabinet unlocked in the house, but he taught us how to use them and also we were taught to not bother things- respect. I was the oldest, 2 Brothers 3 and 4 years younger, on occasion they left us when we were older, we knew to behave and could call them or a relative, nextdoor neighbor if an emergency. We had people my entire childhood at home coming and asking my parents for a lending hand or $$. My Dad raised cattle, chickens, etc, hunted, fished, had a big garden, always freezer full of food to help others in need, a Great Great Grandmother who lived to be 103, Great Grandparents, and Grand Parents to help take care of. We drove their vehicles w our parents in the car sitting on phone books or JC Penney or Sears Catalog books at age 10, tractors, motorcycles, etc. All the kids and cousins rode in the back of the pickup to go feed the horses, cows, bulls, calves, etc. at the pastures, all the little animals were at our home on 3 acres. My Grandpa was military and he and my Dad owned a Custom Built Horse Trailer Business, the horse trailer capital of the world in Oklahoma. He built bbq grills for the oilfield, basically anything w steel or wood. Awesome childhood compared to the children not being able to play outside until dark, walking to school, riding bicycles or horses everywhere. My Brother would take the hood off one of my Dad's pickups, chain it to the tractor, when it snowed and off we went sledding on the hood. We were never sick, my Mom cooked every meal, starched ironed clothes, an immaculate clean house. We even slept outside in tents in the backyard when cousins came to visit, we had dogs that would bark and were protective. This couple may have been just trying to help someone and just happen to run into a bad person/persons. Thank You for trying to Bring Them Home. Prayers for their 3 children.
Been watching Adventures with Purpose for awhile and was excited to see you in Kentucky not far from where I live. At that time we left front doors open, key in ignition and never thought twice about it. Nothing strange to leave kids alone if one was old enough to watch the siblings. If you saw someone having car trouble you helped. Also Kentucky has hollows and places that if you are a stranger you don't go there. That way then and still that way. Wish you could have found that car but it could be in another state if it was stolen. I think they just happened to try and help the wrong people that time. Thank you for all you do for the families.