Mystery on Lovejoy Road

Mystery on Lovejoy Road

Author: NBC News June 24, 2025 Duration: 36:28
On May 5, 2024, Roy Whited did not show up to preach his Sunday service at DeRossett Church of Christ in Sparta, Tennessee. When church members went to his house to check on the 64-year-old, they found his truck parked in the driveway. His sermon had been prepared and his phone was in the charger, but there was no sign of Roy. Investigators soon learned no one had seen or heard from the popular pastor since two days earlier. Extensive searches failed to uncover a single trace of Roy, and there has been no activity on his bank accounts. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz talks with Roy’s brother, Lynn Whited, his close friends Doug Watts and Barb Witzigman, and close friend White County Sheriff Steve Page. Roy Whited is 5’11” and 175 lbs., with brown eyes and auburn hair that is graying. At the time of his disappearance he’s believed to have been wearing a beige shirt and either cowboy boots or tennis shoes. He would be 65 years old today. If you have any information on Roy's whereabouts, please contact the White County Sheriff's Office at 931-836-2700. Get more information and see pictures of Roy Whited here: https://www.nbcnews.com/datelinemissing

In Dateline: Missing In America, veteran correspondent Josh Mankiewicz delves into the unsettling and unresolved stories of people who have vanished. This NBC News production turns the microphone toward the families and friends living with an agonizing absence, giving voice to their memories and their relentless search for answers. The cases explored aren't cold files from a vault; they are active puzzles, often brought forward by the podcast's own audience through social media, representing a direct plea for public attention. Each installment is a deep, narrative examination of a single life and the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. You'll hear the nuanced details-the last known moments, the personal habits, the specific clues that investigators are still pursuing. The power of this podcast lies in its collaborative hope: that by sharing these stories widely, a listener might recognize a detail, recall a fragment, and finally provide the missing piece. It’s a sobering but crucial journey into the heart of American true crime, where every piece of information matters and someone, somewhere, might hold the key.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 38

Dateline: Missing in America
Podcast Episodes
Mystery Down Highway 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:57
25-year-old Arelie Garcia was last seen leaving her Salinas, California apartment on September 22, 2022. Later that day, Arelie’s bright red Honda Accord was found abandoned in Big Sur on Highway 1. Dateline’s Josh Manki…
An all-new season of ‘Dateline: Missing in America’ [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:05
Are you the key to solving a mystery? Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on perplexing missing person cases brought to Dateline’s attention by our social media followers. Each episode focuses on one person’s story, as…
UPDATE: Dee Ann Warner [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:45
UPDATE: In November of 2023, Dee Ann Warner’s husband was charged with her murder. Dale Warner was also charged with evidence tampering in the case. In August 2024, Dee’s body was found on property owned by her husband.…
MISSING: Lydia “Dia” Abrams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:22
On June 6, 2020, 65-year-old Lydia Abrams disappeared from her ranch near Idyllwild, California. Left behind were her phone, purse, keys, wallet and truck. Dateline’s Keith Morrison sits down with Dia’s son, Clinton Abra…
MISSING: Logan Schiendelman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:03
19-year-old Logan Schiendelman was last seen at his grandmother’s house in Tumwater, Washington on May 19, 2016. Logan’s car, a black 1996 Chrysler Sebring, was found the next day, abandoned on Interstate 5 just south of…
Are You Elizabeth Ann Gill? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:47
On June, 13, 1965, 2-year-old Elizabeth Ann Gill, known as “Beth,” vanished while playing in her yard in Cape Girardeau, Missouri – just a few blocks from the Mississippi River. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz speaks with two…
MISSING: Jasmine Robinson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:52
Jasmine Robinson was last seen in the Archer, Florida home she shared with her grandmother on February 18, 2019. The 23-year-old was approximately six months pregnant when she went missing. Police believe she disappeared…
MISSING: Nevaeh Kingbird [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:49
On October 22, 2021, 15-year-old Nevaeh Kingbird, a member of the Red Lake Nation, left her family’s house in Bemidji, Minnesota at around 1 a.m. At 2 a.m. she left another home in a nearby trailer park. She was last see…
MISSING: Kent Jacobs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:01
Kent Jacobs, a 41-year-old man with a developmental disability, went for a walk near his mother’s home in Hope Mills, North Carolina on March 10, 2002, and never returned. He was last seen walking about a mile from the C…
Introducing Season 2 Dateline: Missing in America [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56
Are you the key to solving a mystery? That question is at the heart of this original series from Dateline. Correspondents Josh Mankiewicz, Andrea Canning and Keith Morrison report on perplexing missing person cases broug…