The Vanishing of Charles and Catherine Romer
Episode 173
Charles and Catherine Romer
***Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/Trace to save 10% off your first month! | SimpliSafe! Get 20% off your entire new system and your first month of monitoring free at SimpliSafe.com/Trace ***
Charles and Catherine Romer had spent their winter in Florida, but were preparing to head home to New York. For the next few days they planned to cover 1,400 miles in four days. It was a trip they'd made dozens of times before but this time would be different. Just one day in and they would mysteriously vanish.
After checking into a hotel room in Brunswick, Georgia, the couple seemingly disappeared along with their car, a customized 1979 Lincoln Continental. By the time anyone realized something was wrong no one had seen or heard from the Romers for four days. Investigators were starting with a major disadvantage, and it was going to get worse.
Despite launching the largest search in the history of southern Georgia not a single trace of the couple could be found. They had vanished along with their car and thousands of dollars in fine jewelry. Detectives and the family theorized they'd been the victims of a robbery gone wrong, a random crime or perhaps one executed by someone they knew. For others, however, the answers may lie somewhere beneath any number of bodies of water between Florida and New York.
Sources:
27 Jan 1975, 40 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
18 Apr 1980, Page 3 - The Journal News at Newspapers.com
19 Apr 1980, 225 - Daily News at Newspapers.com
19 Apr 1980, 4 - Press and Sun-Bulletin at Newspapers.com
20 Apr 1980, 229 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
21 Apr 1980, Page 2 - The Journal News at Newspapers.com
01 Aug 1980, 4 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
02 Aug 1980, 3 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
19 Apr 1981, 20 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
08 Aug 1982, 38 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
09 Aug 1982, 15 - The State at Newspapers.com
08 Oct 1985, 1 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
08 Oct 1985, 5 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
08 Oct 1985, 1 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
11 Oct 1989, 4 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
06 Dec 1973, 2 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
04 Dec 1974, 36 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
18 Apr 1980, 1 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
19 Apr 1980, Page 12 - Poughkeepsie Journal at Newspapers.com
19 Apr 1980, 1 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
20 Apr 1980, 17 - Newsday at Newspapers.com
20 Apr 1980, 1 - The Record at Newspapers.com
20 Apr 1980, 12 - The Record at Newspapers.com
21 Apr 1980, Page 46 - Asbury Park Press at Newspapers.com
21 Apr 1980, 2 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
21 Apr 1980, 18 - Morning News at Newspapers.com
21 Apr 1980, Page 8 - The Orlando Sentinel at Newspapers.com
22 Apr 1980, 1 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
23 Apr 1980, 5 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
27 Apr 1980, 30 - The Record at Newspapers.com
27 Apr 1980, 14 - Newsday at Newspapers.com
27 Apr 1980, Page 27 - Fort Lauderdale News at Newspapers.com
27 Apr 1980, 12 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com
27 Apr 1980, 207 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
07 May 1980, 2 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
07 May 1980, Page 26 - News-Press at Newspapers.com
16 May 1980, 5 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
09 Jun 1980, 6 - The Record at Newspapers.com
12 Sep 1980, 50 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
28 Sep 1980, 19 - The Central New Jersey Home News at Newspapers.com
23 Feb 1981, 8 - The Record at Newspapers.com
08 Apr 1982, 1 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
08 Apr 1982, 17 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
06 Mar 1983, 1 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
06 Mar 1983, 12 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
06 Mar 1983, Page 12 - The Journal News at Newspapers.com
09 Apr 1985, 19 - The Pensacola News at Newspapers.com
09 Apr 1985, 12 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
10 Apr 1985, Page 14 - Tallahassee Democrat at Newspapers.com
07 Apr 1986, 17 - The Orlando Sentinel at Newspapers.com
Syracuse Herald Journal, Oct 9, 1985, p. 18
Diver finds everything but couple: [GEORGIA Edition] - ProQuest
25 Apr 1980, 48 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
09 May 1980, 4 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
09 Jul 1980, 9 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
09 Jul 1980, 38 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
10 Jul 1980, 44 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
18 Jul 1980, Page 11 - The Palm Beach Post at Newspapers.com
30 Dec 1998, 22 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com
Panama City News Herald, Jul 18, 1980, p. 23
Bronxville Press 10 May 1929 — HRVH Historical Newspapers
Scarsdale Inquirer 24 September 1970 — HRVH Historical Newspapers
Scarsdale Inquirer 13 May 1965 — HRVH Historical Newspapers
02 May 1952, 1 - The Daily Times at Newspapers.com
10 May 1929, 20 - The Yonkers Herald at Newspapers.com
08 Feb 1930, Page 11 - The Kingston Daily Freeman at Newspapers.com
01 May 1926, 3 - The Morning Call at Newspapers.com
13 May 1965, 60 - Daily News at Newspapers.com
02 Jun 1965, 13 - The Daily Item at Newspapers.com
Rescue diver continues search for missing couple | Local News | The Brunswick News
4721DMGA - Charles Robert Romer
Tip surfaces about mysterious disappearance 25 years ago | Local News | The Brunswick News
SCARSDALE MAN, MISSING 5 YEARS, DECLARED DEAD - The New York Times
Map of Hotels near I-95 at US 341, Exit 36 | HotelGuides.com
C. Romer Obituary (2008) - West Palm Beach, FL - The Palm Beach Post
Mysterious People Who Drove off the Face of the Earth | Mysterious Universe
24 Mar 1970, 38 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
05 Mar 1966, 7 - The Herald Statesman at Newspapers.com
Bridgehunter.com | Glynn County, Georgia
Records and Briefs New York State Appellate Division - Google Books
14 Oct 1951, Page 18 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com
10 Sep 1955, 3 - The Miami News at Newspapers.com
27 Jan 1960, 34 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
09 Mar 1961, 11 - The Miami News at Newspapers.com
02 Feb 1964, 125 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com
1979 Lincoln Continental Collector’s Series – NotoriousLuxury