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It's one thing to do an interview with someone and then write about it. That's a great thing to share. But to me it is extra special to receive a gift of having the opportunity to have a conversation with wonderful people - and then being able to share that gift with others. Then after all is shared there's the hope that the listeners get a special blessing from the point of view they take from the conversation.

It's not enough to have a life changing experience and then heal and move forward. Those that have endured and healed have the obligation to share what they have learned from their experience. The special hope is that some of the tears shed in the past can help prevent suffering the future. We have nothing unless we learn to take the lessons learned and use them to make a better future.

Hosting Missing Pieces has brought so much to my heart and soul. Being able to do this has been a labor of love. It's has been one of life's greatest blessing for me.

-Todd
(Host of Missing Pieces)
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Five years, still no arrests in double Lincoln homicide
by STEPHANIE SCHELL, The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, KY
Thursday, February 01, 2007


HUBBLE - Four days before the anniversary of his son's murder, Rick Shangraw received a text message from his cellular phone company. It was a password for Internet billings that Shangraw was told he could not set himself. He was told the phone company would set it, then text it to him. The new password read "RYAN25."

Shangraw's son, Ryan Keith Shangraw, 20, and his friend, Harold "Bo" Upton III, 18, were gunned down five years ago today in Ryan's trailer in Hubble. The case remains unsolved.

Ryan would have turned 25 this year, making the text message that Shangraw received even more peculiar.

"It gave me chill bumps from head to toe," he said. "I don't know if it's a sign."

He believes it could be a message letting him know Ryan's OK. Or, he said, possibly a message from Ryan saying "'Dad, look, I would have been 25 this year.'"

One of Ryan's sisters, 20-year-old Jennifer Shangraw, said "It tripped me out," and she believes a sign like that has to mean something.

"It's something to remind us that Ryan's still with us," she said. "We all miss him terribly."


Smith was recently featured on a radio talk show designed to raise public awareness and encourage communication in cases that are unsolved or involve missing or unidentified victims.

Her segment still can be heard at
www.MissingPieces.info
by clicking on the archive icon, then Episode 18.


She wants to reach as many people as possible in hopes they will come forward with tips - big or small.


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Web searches spin threads of hope
Do-it-yourselfers use Internet to discover missing persons
by Ed Koch - Las Vegas Sun
November 14, 2006 at 7:36:11 PST

When her husband failed to come home in mid-October from a security job he said he had lined up in Florida, Tara Mulleneaux filed a missing persons report with Metro Police. But she knew she had to do more.

Mulleneaux, a 32-year-old mother of four - none older than 3 1/2 years - began surfing the Internet seeking his whereabouts.

She discovered a number of Web sites that help people find missing persons - dead or alive - and found her 38-year-old husband Michael's profile on three Web sites.

Mulleneaux's comments reflect those of tens of thousands of others in her situation, said national missing persons expert Todd Matthews, who represents the Web site www.TheLostAndTheFound.com, a nonprofit global resource group for locating missing, murdered or unidentified people.

"At one time, the Internet was thought of as this dark, evil place, but in the last eight years, its resources for finding missing people have tripled or quadrupled
each year," he said. "More and more people are turning to the Internet to
share a wealth of information for locating people."

One of Matthews' other Web sites
www.MissingPieces.info
lists hundreds of nationwide links to missing persons
organizations that have sprung up in recent years.


The Tennessee-based Matthews recommends www.DoeNetwork.us as a good start for people looking for missing persons because of its strong ties to police agencies and the National Center for Missing Adults.

Matthews said another good site is www.OutpostForHope.org. whose founder located a loved one after a five-year search.


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Search for missing brother in cyberspace
by KENNETH FRY, Press Argus-Courier Editor
Friday, October 20, 2006 12:45 PM CDT


Laura Hood continues to take the search for her missing brother to the Internet.

Anthony Ross Allen of Fort Smith, then 16, went missing on Oct. 1, 1978. He had been staying with friends in Cedarville before he went missing after traveling to Hartshorne, Okla., a small town near McAlester.


Hood appeared on the Internet radio program called
"Missing Pieces"
on Oct. 10. For those who missed the show...


"Who knows, maybe it will generate a lead," Hood said. "Our fingers are crossed."


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Todd-
  I just wanted to say I think it's wonderful that
you do everything you do to help families solve their
cold cases.  Although I am only one person from
Pennsylvania and I have no personal stake in any of
the cases,  I still love to listen to your show
"Missing Pieces" and I often log on to the
Doe Network, always hoping that maybe I can help
at least one family solve their case.
(How great that would make me feel!).
Anyway, keep up the great work!
~Jim Nething Jr.~





We wanted to drop a quick note of thanks for the time you gave
Jennifer and us on your missing pieces show.
Awareness is key and we thank you for the help in keeping
her name face and story alive!!!!

We have already heard from people who have listened to your wecast
and visited Jennifer's website and signed her guestbook, so your awareness campaign through this media for the Missing works!!!!
(Referring to Episode 43)
~Drew & Joyce Kesse~





I thought both of you were TERRIFIC!
Todd, your questions were poignant and easy to follow.
And Christine, your answers were clear as a bell.
Great job, both of you!!
(Referring to Episode 25)
~Jim~





I just wanted to thank you for the broadcast featuring Anna Christian Waters!!! What a great show. I will listen every Tuesday from here on out.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!!!
(Referring to Episode 20)
~Robin~





I am a member of the websleuths.com forum for Anna Waters, and I also run one of her MySpace pages.  I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your interest in Anna's case.  Finally after 34 years it is getting some recognition, and we are that much closer to finding the answers.  You have a wonderful program, and I will continue to tune in.
(Referring to Episode 20)
~Gina~





Thank you so much Todd for having Jim as a guest on last night's show.  We have only recently (over the past few weeks or so) become involved in helping Jim & his family search for Patricia.  I will do my best to help Jim & his family for as long as it takes to find out what happened to her.  We hope to help Jim in some way find the answers to the questions he so desperately seeks answers to.
(Referring to Episode 23)
~Paul~





"My family and I want to thank you for your help in producing the Missing
Pieces interview concerning my daughter, Anna Christian Waters.
We are greatly in your debt."
(Referring to Episode 20)
~Michaele Benedict~





"Thanks for ALL You do and have done, you have made such a difference!"
~Patti Bishop~





"It is the gentle,loving,caring souls like everyone at Missing Pieces
that give Moms' like me the encouragement we need to continue our plights.
God Be with you."
~Gloria Denton, mother of missing April Beth Pitzer (Episode 14)~





"My best wishes for success
in all the wonderful things you are accomplishing.
God Bless"
~Janice Smolinski, mother of missing Billy (Episode 19)~





"I'm truly saddened to think about all these cases
out there that are left to be unsolved...
Surely a higher power will intervene and stop all of this.
My heart goes out to her. Thank you for having that on."
(Referring to Episode 14)
~Jill~





"Just wanted to tell you...on the show last night,
your words for that woman brought me to tears.
You are truly a hero for the missing and unidentified souls on this earth."
~Sincerely, Kathy Rivera~





"Good job to everyone for pulling this off.
All the way from  South Korea!"
~Tammy Partridge~





Hi Todd,
"The radio show is so excellent. Can't wait till next week."
~Kathy Rivera~





"Todd, I want to thank you again for the help you (Todd),
Eric, Kimberly and your whole staff gave for Sandra Sollie's case.
It is people like you that make these types of cases more bearable.
We all need each other to lean on where there are 'Missing Pieces'.
Thanks again.  I love you guys and God Bless You All."
Your friend and associate,
~Richard C. Ingraham - Investigations~





"Loved the show tonight---great job!"
~Laura~





"Your programs and guests have been outstanding!
I'm really looking forward to being a part of it.
You are doing true public service and I am humbled by your
courage to tackle social problems no one else is willing to."
~Elizabeth Hudson - author Snow Bodies~





"Each night, I think the last show I heard can't be beat...
And then you bring on a new guest and I'm once again blown away.
The show was absolutely great!"
~Anonymous~





"I wanted to tell you thank-you for making this show. It's so good to know that
real friendships, bonds and helpful resources are formed from the Internet.
Surely somewhere this woman (about guest Shari Lillie Greer)
and the many others can find the final "missing piece" of the puzzle to
their case. I will never understand why some people are
chosen to have to go through something like that."
~Jill~





"Tonight was the first night I tuned into Missing Pieces and I listened to Laura
talk about her brother.  Everything she said was so true. We have been going
through a similar situation for forty years. I hope to be able to tune in again to your show.  Thank you for providing that service. The public needs to be
aware of these cases and understand how the family feels."
~Michelle~





"Wow---what a great show.
There are so many amazing people in this world...."
~Laura~





"I was just sent the link to your show.  I really enjoy listening to it.
Praise the Lord that the internet can be used for good and in His name.
Thank you for making a difference in others lives.
God bless and keep you in His loving arms."
~Janice~





"You are such an earth angel, God uses you for his good work."
~Maura~





"God Bless you."
~Gloria~





Todd,
"A couple of weeks ago, you referred Mary Jane Bish to me in her research of
the unidentified remains of a Civil War soldier found near Leadville CO.
Mary Jane and I co-authored a letter to the editor that was published in print and online on 4/17/08 and is currently being run in the Leadville Herald Democrat, the only (and a weekly) newspaper in the mountain town.
I'm glad you put Mary Jane in contact with me."

Thanks,
~Silvia Pettem~





"I learned of Todd Matthews before I learned of Missing Pieces. He became a hero to me after I read the "Tent Girl" story and the story of Vickie Bertram.  I first heard of Missing Pieces when John Allore sent me an audio recording of Episode 28, Theresa's story, just last year.  It was a big surprise to me when I learned it is the same Todd Matthews who is the host of this show. Later I learned about the Doe Network.  I consider it a great honor to have been included as a guest on his show.  It is my opinion that Todd Matthews is the greatest living amateur detective in the world today."
~Bill W.~





"I am so glad Missing Pieces was website of the month. I learned about Todd Matthews from the people on my brothers website. I had my interview with Todd in December and he is really good. He made me feel comfortable talking about my brothers case, where as in some cases I felt scared and uncomfortable. He is a great dectective as  "Billy W" states. Keep up the good work Todd.
Chris I am glad you have this forum where I can come and
voice my opinion and ask questions."
(Referring to Episode 73)
~Nancy Freneire~