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The Final Trace · August 4 · 30 min

Mysterious Death: Michael Dean Riley

📍 Indianapolis, IN | Year: 1976 🎧 Chapter 58 — The Final Trace of Michael Dean Riley A walk home. A missing college student. A discovery that raised more questions than answers. This week on The Final Trace, we revisit the 1976 case of Ball State student Michael Dean Riley. Fifty years later, investigators know how Michael died—but what happened during a Fourth of July party remains one of Indiana's most haunting unsolved mysteries. Join us as we follow Michael's final known journey... and examine the theories that still leave one question unanswered: What really happened to Michael Dean Riley? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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📍 Indianapolis, IN | Year: 1976

🎧 Chapter 58 — The Final Trace of Michael Dean Riley


A walk home.

A missing college student.

A discovery that raised more questions than answers.

This week on The Final Trace, we revisit the 1976 case of Ball State student Michael Dean Riley. Fifty years later, investigators know how Michael died—but what happened during a Fourth of July party remains one of Indiana's most haunting unsolved mysteries.

Join us as we follow Michael's final known journey... and examine the theories that still leave one question unanswered:

What really happened to Michael Dean Riley?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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