The Upright Shoe: How a Wedding Chair Hid a Kidnapper
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The Upright Shoe: How a Wedding Chair Hid a Kidnapper
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An ivory satin heel, size seven, stood perfectly upright in winter mulch five days after the last rain - and Gloria Hamilton had been missing for eleven days. That single dry shoe led investigators from a wedding reception through a propped fire door, a cash-purchased prepaid phone, and a man no one at the reception could identify - so how did a wedding chair become the hiding place for a kidnapper?
In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the Whitmore Hotel reception to the first detective on the case, why the propped fire door went unnoticed for days, and how one witness and a stray shoe connected to a prepaid phone and an idling car to change the investigation. What exactly tied the shoe, the door wedge, and the man in the dark suit to Gloria’s disappearance and eventual discovery?
Person: Gloria Hamilton
Age: 62
Event: Missing from niece’s wedding reception
Location: Whitmore Hotel north corridor and service path
Investigative lead: Upright ivory satin size seven shoe found in mulch
- Last confirmed photo of Gloria was taken at 5:06 PM at the wedding, arms around the bride.
- Gloria was at the bar by 6:30 PM and ordered two sparkling waters from bartender Scott Ellison.
- A fire door on the north corridor had been propped open with a rubber wedge since 4:00 PM and went unchecked through two events and three staff shifts.
- A witness, Nora Fitch, saw a heavyset man in a dark suit standing near the fire door and later saw a woman on the gravel service path through the door’s glass.
- A cash-purchased prepaid cell placed a call from a gas station two miles from the Whitmore at 6:19 PM and was located near the north service road at 7:02 PM before going dark.
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