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Mar 2018
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Case 79: Rayna Rison

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About this episode
16-year-old Rayna Rison was a devoted animal lover who dreamed of one day becoming a veterinarian. On March 26 1993, she arranged to meet her ex-boyfriend Matt Elser at the animal hospital where she worked part-time in the small Northern Indiana city of LaPorte. But when Matt arrived to pick Rayna up, the lights were off in the building and she was nowhere to be seen. 

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The Rayna Rison Memorial Scholarship

c/o Director of Music

602 F Street

La Porte, IN 46350

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Researched and written by Anna Priestland

For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-79-rayna-rison

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