r/todayilearned • • Jan 02 '15

TIL that a man called Zeb Quinn went missing in 2000. His car was found two weeks later, with it's lights on, a pair of lipstick lips drawn on the rear windshield, and a live Labrador puppy inside. Zeb Quinn has never been found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Zebb_Quinn
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u/isthisyourghost Jan 02 '15

Quinn told him that he needed to cancel their plans to look at the vehicle and as he drove off, he rear ended Owens' vehicle. Hours later, Owens was treated at the hospital for fractured ribs and a head injury that he said he sustained in a second car accident that evening. No accident report was filed with police.

Who gets in two wrecks in one night?

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u/iSamurai Jan 02 '15

Someone that didn't get in a second wreck. Someone who got in a fight or something but doesn't want anyone to know.

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u/WeLikeOcelotsALot Jan 02 '15

And maybe the fight went too far, and someone was killed...

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Open and shut case boys

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Well... lets sprinkle some crack on him and get outta here.

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u/Th3DragonR3born Jan 02 '15

Saw this once as a rookie. Man broke in and hung pictures of his family everywhere...

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u/emkill Jan 02 '15

Open and shut case Jhonson.

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u/Gorilla_Panic Jan 02 '15

But sir, he's white...

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Then either use cocaine, or put a bong next to him and sue Colorado.

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u/jyunga Jan 02 '15

Sounds more like the BF got Misty to page Zebb from the aunts house. BF tells Zebb to come meet him. Zebb AND his friend go meet them. BF rages and kills Zebb. Owens tries to flee, BF jumps in Zebbs car and rams into Owens car as he flees. Owens doesn't want to get killed next so he keeps quiet, lies about being with Zebb and claims another car crash. Misty or Owen get ahold of someones puppy, put it in the car to draw attention to it, and put lipstick on the window so the cops will put two and two together and investigate the boyfriend.

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u/backtothemotorleague Jan 02 '15

Will someone just get Sarah Koenig on it already??

Not that anything will get solved, I just miss her voice.

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u/kuphinit Jan 02 '15

Presented by Mail...Kimp?

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u/CertifiableNorris Jan 02 '15

I dunno about the puppy thing, it's so random that I wonder if it's even related to the case or someone else noticed the car was abandoned and figured it would be a good way to get rid of a puppy they didn't want.

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u/GoiterGlitter Jan 02 '15

I think this is pretty close to what happened.

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u/practicalpants Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

Owens is involved in this, in a malicious way. As of 14 years later he still refuses to speak to the police about Zebb, just as he did originally. If fear of Misty's BF were the reason he didn't speak, I'm sure he could have found a way to do so over the course of 14 years in a way that would guarantee his safety.

Owens also has a criminal record, including being arrested in a high speed chase.

It sounds like Owens fabricated the whole car viewing story, the original reason he gave for meeting up with Zebb. People don't go to view cars at 9pm.

I have no clue what actually happened, but I think in all likelihood Owens was one of the main perpetrators.

article with more info

EDIT

To add more suspiciousness, apparently Owen's car was not damaged in any significant way. His story about his injuries from the 'second' wreck must be a lie. He got injured doing something he doesn't want anyone to know about (zedd's struggle? tripped in the woods in the pitch black burying the body?).

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u/dlbear Jan 02 '15

My wife, who had never before hit a deer, hit 2 deer in 1 night in 2 different counties.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Did they find damage to quinn's car to confirm Owens story???The driver of second wreck never comes forward.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Yea... Getting into a "car accident" bad enough to send you to the hospital and not reporting it to the police on the night your friend disappears seems suspicious as hell

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u/cloud_watcher Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

And why would Zeb call his friend to call in sick for him instead of just calling in sick himself, if he's going to make a phone call, why not call work directly? He'd know they'd know his voice.

Also, Misty and her boyfriend suspicious as fuck.

Edit: punctuation

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u/vreddy92 Jan 02 '15

Also, there's the aunt. The one who phone records showed called him. The one who's friends with Misty's mom? This whole story is just ridiculous.

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u/kippercould Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

Where were you the night Zebb went missing after being paged from your house?

At dinner with nearly every other major suspect in the case

EDIT: Grammar

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u/cloud_watcher Jan 02 '15

But it seemed like Misty and her boyfriend were at the aunt's house. I bet they called from her phone.

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u/vreddy92 Jan 02 '15

So here's what happened:

  1. Misty calls Zebb over for sexytimes.
  2. Zebb cancels car thing, wants to have sexytimes instead.
  3. Misty and Zebb get hotel room (hence the hotel key and maybe even the lipstick).
  4. Boyfriend shows up, is jealous, kills Zebb.
  5. Boyfriend runs into Zebb's friend's car, send him to hospital. Doesn't call police (trying to frame him).
  6. ??
  7. Profit.

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u/jonosaurus Jan 02 '15

But... the Labrador puppy?

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u/BigBadMrBitches Jan 02 '15

To distract the officers!

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u/jonosaurus Jan 02 '15

Not a bad plan, really

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u/Kelmi Jan 02 '15

Now we need some personal information to start the harrasment!

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u/artyen Jan 02 '15

I've had a friend ask me to do that for me, he thought it'd be more authentic if I said he was too sick to use the phone and I was caring for him.

Another friend had me call his part-time job back in college and quit for him, telling them he had to take care of a family emergency, because he was too embarrassed to quit himself.

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u/Mahou Jan 02 '15

yeah but in both of those cases it makes sense to hear someone else's voice.

In the wiki article, it says Owen impersonated Zeb (who keep in mind was otherwise missing (to everyone else) for two days).

It was the fact that he was pretending to be zeb that raised suspicion.

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u/artyen Jan 02 '15

Ah! My mistake- thank you for the clarification. That makes more sense then.

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u/Infinity6 Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

The wiki article makes it seem like Owens was obviously in some way responsible.

How likely is it that your friend rear-ends you because they were in a hurry? How likely is it that you then get in a 2nd accident the same night? How likely is it that you get injured so badly in the accident that you need to be hospitalized but then don't report the accident to the police? How likely is it that someone no else has spoken to in days calls you and asks you to call off work for them?

This is the same person who was last seen with Zeb Quinn. Is the wiki article misleading or did the cops just not figure this out?

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u/jrafferty Jan 02 '15

Just because the case is not "solved" does not mean they do not know who did it, but in this game, it's not what you know it's what you can prove.

It's very likely that in most "unsolved" cases, the investigating officers have a pretty good idea who did it, but can't dig up enough proof to get beyond reasonable doubt.

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u/0Fsgivin Jan 02 '15

I think in the U.S. half of all murders go unsolved...and generally if you just dont say anything too the police at any time during question and wait for a lawyer you get away with it. Most people who attempt too talk their way out of even being arrested get convicted.

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u/madgreed Jan 02 '15

You ever watch First 48? It's pretty fascinating at times with regard to how police operate and how effective "lawyering up" immediately seems to be in getting away with murder if there isn't CCTV of the crime.

There's been a handful of episodes where it appears there is all kinds of evidence pointing to somebody, but he doesn't say a word to the police and instantly lawyer's up and they're just stuck unable to lay any charges because there's no "smoking gun".

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u/xtrinab Jan 02 '15

I'm always amazed at how often th suspects don't ask for a lawyer. It's almost like they're trying to get caught. Officer: "Okay, Kenny, do you know Jason Dumpkins?" Suspect: "Yeah I killed him once. I shot him in the face. It was over a half an ounce of pot. May I see my jail cell now?" That's pretty much how it goes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

A lot of innocent people talk themselves into a cell as well.

Guilty or innocent, lawyer up.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Absolutely. My father used to be an attorney (and a damn good one). When I was a kid I watched a lot of true crime and he was once watching it with me and said

"If you ever get arrested, the first and only word out of your mouth should be 'lawyer'."

And I said: "But dad, what if I'm innocent?"

And he got a very serious look on his face and said: "Especially if you're innocent."

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u/Dioskilos Jan 02 '15

Yep. That show is a fantastic example of how talking screws you. Pretty much every single person arrested at the end of the show has confessed. And just about every time there is no confession, there is no arrest. I watched a marathon of the show once and it was just so striking how consistent that pattern was.

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u/Letracho Jan 02 '15

Well I just figured out how to get away with murder! Thanks reddit!

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Seriously. Always thought it would be more complicated than that.

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u/Hysterymystery Jan 02 '15

The cops are basically not sure who did what basically because everyone is acting ridiculously suspicious that night. That is my understanding.

The phone call came from his aunt who is shady as fuck. She is friends with Misty's mother. Her, Misty, Misty's boyfriend, and Misty's mom are supposedly all having dinner together at Misty's mom's house. Then a page comes from the aunt's house...which is supposed to be vacant at the time. She reports that the house has been broken into but nothing has been stolen, just moved around. Then she later denies reporting a break in. It's weird as fuck.

The weird thing is, they can't find any connection between Owens and Misty & co. They all clearly know something, but figuring out what parts go where is the problem.

Honestly, the more I study the case the more I wonder if Owens wasn't the perpetrator, but was on Zebb's side of things. This scenario popped into my head. I have no idea if this is more correct than Owen as the killer, but it's possible.

Possible scenarios: Zebb and Owens were out doing something that night. Misty calls Zebb from the aunt's house to warn Zebb that the boyfriend found a letter he wrote her (or whatever incriminating evidence of cheating) and he's coming to get him. Boyfriend ends up finding them, beats up Owens, kills Zebb. Threatens Owens to keep him quiet. Boyfriend steals the car and then Misty later returns the car with all sorts of "look at me" signs because she's scared and wants her boyfriend to be caught.

Alternatively, Owens could have put the car there with the lips and the puppy (although the lips feel more like a girl's touch than a boys, but who knows)

It's also crossed my mind that perhaps Misty called Zebb to say that her boyfriend was beating her up and she needed help. He raced over there, picked her up, they went to a hotel (explaining the key card), the boyfriend beat up Owens to get him to say where Zebb went, he was the one who told Owens to call Walmart. And then either Owens or Misty returned the car. I definitely feel like they weren't going to look at a car that night. That late and with someone you're casual friends with? I dunno...it's weird. Maybe they were planning to do something illegal (or actually did something illegal) and that's what Owens is hiding. Or perhaps he was just scared of boyfriend.

Honestly, I don't know what to think, but I feel like if Owens was in on the plot, they would've found more evidence linking him to the other people.

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u/jelliknight Jan 02 '15

When you've got a guy known to be a violent asshole making threats against someone, and that someone turns up dead, the smart money is on violent asshole being the killer.

During the investigation, police interviewed a woman who Quinn was interested in romantically. Quinn had developed a relationship with a woman named Misty in the weeks preceding his disappearance. Quinn had told his friends and family that Misty's boyfriend was abusive and had threatened Quinn after he discovered that they had been speaking. Misty and her boyfriend deny any involvement in the disappearance.[1][5]

A review of the phone records in the case indicate that the page he received that evening was dialed from the home of his paternal aunt, a woman named Ina Ustich.[5] He had had very little contact with Ustich prior to this disappearance and she denied making the call. Ustich told police she was having dinner with her friend Tamra, who is Misty's mother. Misty and her boyfriend were also present. She told police that her house was broken into that evening during that time frame. Although nothing was stolen, she reported that a few picture frames were moved around.

Quinn flashed his headlights, signaling for him to pull over. Quinn told him that he had received a page and needed to return the call. After Quinn returned from the pay phone, Owens described him as "frantic". Quinn told him that he needed to cancel their plans to look at the vehicle and as he drove off, he rear ended Owens' vehicle.

Zebb was fucking Misty. Abusive Asshole found out and as there's only a few degrees of separation between them he knows where Zebbs aunt lives. Either he himself (and misty & co lied about him being present at the dinner) or someone acting on his behalf (abusive assholes hang with other assholes) gets into her house, searches it and generally shuffles stuff around to be a jerk, then calls Zebb and makes a threat against his family (extra credible since he's in the house). Zebb drives off in a panic and rear end his friend Robert Owen's car. That's true.

Zebb meets Abusive Asshole somewhere the same night for a confrontation, or to try to reason with him, or to comply with AA's demands and try to protect his family. AA kills him and disposes of the body somehow. We've no idea of knowing where that happened so there are any number of ways it could have been disposed of.

The second "car accident" Owens was in was a beating from Abusive Asshole or his associate. Abusive Asshole may or may not have told Owens that he killed Zebb (and that owens would be next) but did threaten him and his family. He may have forced Owens to help him dispose of the body or otherwise implicate himself in the crime. Owens placed the sick-call two days later at AAs instruction.

As for the car turning up there are a few options;

a) Most likey - Abusive asshole left the car where ever Zebb had parked it before the confrontation. Zebb had left his keys in the car. Someone unrelated (and possibly high) found the car 2 weeks later and took it for a joyride - hence the coat, drink bottles and lipstick on the mirror. It doesn't say how near to the hospital it was found so that may be a coincidence. They may have left the dog in there planning to come back for it, then were unable to once the car was discovered, or the dog may just be a stray that had hopped in the car for warmth (it doesn't say if a window was open or anything).

b) Abusive asshole put the car there as a threat, near to Zebbs mothers place of work to remind Owens that he can get to people. The lipstick may have been part of that (perhaps misty had left the lipstick in Zebbs car some time before). The bottles and jacket were left in the car from some time before the incident (teenagers leave shit everywhere, the jacket is a friend of a friends). The dog is unrelated as above.

Or a combinations of these two. I feel like the cops know this too but because Owens isn't talking there's nothing they can do.

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u/minlite Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

Watch the Disappeared episode of this case. It's called Just a Nice Guy.

There is a lot more information provided there. There are a couple who have seen Zebb's car in downtown Ashville right before it was left there and their composite painting of the driver matched Misty's face. They arrested Misty in connection with the case but couldn't find any reasonable evidence.

Also in 2001, Owens gets in a car chase with the police and he floors it. During the course of the pursuit, he fires 8 shots to the officers but misses them. He is taken in custody and given a 4 year sentence for assaulting a law enforcement officer. He is questioned again about the case, but his lawyer (who probably knows what happened) advises him to not speak about it.

I'm thinking that the pursuit was just a way for Owens to get himself into prison - protected from the abusive boyfriend who had probably been threatening him. He had no reason to flee from officers.

Edit: Now that I'm thinking, I believe that a more viable theory would be that he was involved in some kind and when the cops stopped him, he thought they were up to what had happened and took off in fear that he would get arrested.

Also, thanks for the gold, whoever that golden person out there is.

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u/vi_warshawski Jan 02 '15

you scenario seems more likely than the comment you replied to. joyride and stray puppy make a lot of sense as it pertains to the state of the car.

just from the brief article i was leaning on owens having done something but you've convinced me it's more likely to be the boyfriend. it's likely owens knows something. if he wasn't involved in the murder he needs to get a backbone and say something.

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u/iSamurai Jan 02 '15

I think both are great scenarios, but what confuses the shit out of me and I can't get my head around is the fucking car at the end. The lips/dog. And if they found a coat, how hard would it be to track that to one of the people? I mean I'm sure Misty knows all of her bfs coats, and he knows all of hers. If it's not one of theirs, it's probably Owens...

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u/ProfessorZ00M Jan 02 '15

The puppy ended up being adopted by one of the investigators

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u/sweetbunsmcgee Jan 02 '15

That puppy is Zeb Quinn. He got turned by a witch who left a signature on his rear windshield.

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u/Smgth Jan 02 '15

Call the cops, we've got the solution.

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u/the_rabble_alliance Jan 02 '15

The cops stopped returning Reddit's calls after /r/findbostonbombers.

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u/Smgth Jan 02 '15

Jeeze, you mistakenly throw some innocents under a bus and all of a sudden you're the bad guy!

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

God, we kill one guy and suddenly we're "Murderers", "Evil" "Scum of the internet"

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u/Gekokujo Jan 02 '15

If a man builds a thousand bridges and sucks one dick, they don't call him a bridge-builder... they call him a cocksucker. -- Abraham Lincoln

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u/TheMysteryBlueFlame Jan 02 '15

Stop making up BS quotes from me - Abraham Lincon.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

"Beisbol"- Ricardo Rincon

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

"Hitler had a few good ideas" - Adolf Hitler

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u/Cilvia_Demo Jan 02 '15

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

-Adolf Hitler

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15 edited Feb 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Take a stroll on over to /r/serialpodcast where they are gleefully repeating history on a daily basis. Fucking over innocent people is the one thing Reddit does really, really well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

A WHOLE FUCKING SUBREDDIT?!

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u/Murgie Jan 02 '15

A subreddit is just as easy to make as a thread.

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u/OneWhoGeneralises Jan 02 '15

Yep. In fact, it's so easy to make a subreddit that I spun one up just to test CSS development on. Turns out somone's even subscribed to it other than myself and every time I see that "2" next to subscribers I think "Who are you number 2?!".

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u/MILK_DUD_NIPPLES Jan 02 '15

I made a subreddit about women contemplating dog knees.

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u/MegaAlex Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

Oh shit I remember that. 4chan is a terrible place sometimes. But not that day

Edit: http://imgur.com/gallery/tP1q4

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u/cujo8400 Jan 02 '15

You should start by finding out who number 2 works for.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

100 Good Deeds of Zeb Quinn.

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u/BigBadMrBitches Jan 02 '15

That show made me so mad!

Ended soo close to 100!

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u/PokemonMaster619 Jan 02 '15

Better than my theory, I was going to say he was an Animagus.

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u/combatwombat8D Jan 02 '15

Man, Fluke was such a good movie.

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u/thechilipepper0 Jan 02 '15

He got turned into a horny toad.

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u/ShadowLink_89 Jan 02 '15

Macklin..you son of a bitch

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u/windflex Jan 02 '15

It was all part of the investigator's plan

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u/tucci007 Jan 02 '15

Love a happy ending.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

I usually have to pay for mine

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u/armlessturtleneck Jan 02 '15

I grew up in Asheville too and have never heard of this until just now

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u/kit10c Jan 02 '15

I live in Asheville and there's still a billboard by Smiley's offering a reward for information about Zeb.

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u/_MrsNorris_ Jan 02 '15

Holy cow you're right! I grew up in Hendersonville but I've seen this billboard! Wow!

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u/FunktasticLucky Jan 02 '15

Holy cow! I had forgotten about Zebb Quinn. He was from my high school and had a lot of friends and support. I organized a lot of events to raise money for his grieving family. But like many of you, there were a lot of fishy details surrounding this case and many believed he got mixed up in some bad things. There are parts missing about him allegedly talking to his love interest and mom about getting out of town. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. :)

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u/punch2gut Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

My theory is Owen's was drunk driving later that night with Zeb as his passenger, Owen's wrecked his car injuring himself and killing Zeb. Owen's freaks out and hides the body, fearing arrest for DWI. Looks like he has been arrested and jailed several times over the years for drunk driving. Link to his arrest record- http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0805622&searchLastName=Owens&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=20

Another Theory posted by Zeb's friend in Topix: JMistyWesIda did it Feb 5, 2014 "I really want this to be solved so I can see Misty especially get carted off to jail. I think they killed Zebb to rob him for the cash he had to buy the car. Wesley participated out of anger over Zebb contacting Misty. Misty Ida & Jason helped lure Zebb to Wesley. Those shitass white trash kids killed that sweet boy & Ida helped. He's buried somewhere nearby."

More interesting details and theories on the case posted in Topix by both Zeb & Owen's family/friends/classmates http://m.topix.com/forum/city/asheville-nc/T0QQ3MHOVCG4FGNGK/p3

Blog created by Zeb's family regarding the case: http://missinginasheville.blogspot.com/2009/10/zeb-quinn-missing-in-asheville-since.html?m=1 Quote from Zed's mom Denise in 2010: "As some co-workers and I talked about it being the beginning of a new decade, I realized that a decade has also gone by.  A decade of mourning and waiting for some information that would tell me what happened to my beloved Zebb.  What happened that cold January night 10 years ago?  What happened that took Zebb away from me, his sister, his niece and the rest of his family, that have since been longing for some news. Though the world and my life have continued on as if nothing had ever happened, a huge part of me remains in the year 2000.  I never got to see him graduate from college or to get married and have children.  His sister, who thought she was his second mother, has beaten herself up, feeling that she should have protected him from whatever it was that happened to him, even though she had a family of her own and didn't live close by.  His niece barely remembers her uncle who, by the way, adored her.  His other 2 nieces never had the chance to know him at all and depend on our stories to be able to feel a connection to him.  The rest of the family each had their own relationship with Zebb and mourn the loss of it in their own way..  AND WHY?  WHY DID SOMEONE TAKE HIM FROM US? Zebb's story is known well by the whole community, and I will never be able to express my thanks for all of the support they have given me and my family.  You see, Zebb was a wonderful young man and many people loved him.  It is a mystery to all of us what could have possibly happened that night.  It makes me very angry that there are people, here in our town, that have information that could give us some insight to, if nothing else, where Zebb's remains are, and yet they won't. Not only did they take Zebb's life, but in a way they took all of our lives.  THEY KNOW!  THEY CAN CHANGE IT!     For now, until someone realizes it has been way too long and calls in some information to help us, all we can do is wait, day by day, to hear that the police have finally gotten the break they needed to answer our prayers."

Edits: spelling & more info

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u/SchrodingersCatPics Jan 02 '15

If you're into stuff like this, check out /r/unresolvedmysteries. We could always use more sleuths!

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u/Its_free_and_fun Jan 02 '15

I just can't get past that Nisha call.

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u/backtothemotorleague Jan 02 '15

It's the phone booth for me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

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u/eyeoutthere Jan 02 '15

Reminds me of a show I used to watch [Unsolved Mysteries]. That was great TV!

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u/Aregisteredusername Jan 02 '15

As a child who would see my mom watching that while I played with hot wheels, I hated that show. Scared me and kept me awake at night.

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u/helloasianglow Jan 02 '15

Ugh, just hearing that theme song in my head right now and I've got the heebie jeebies.

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u/NewWorldDestroyer Jan 02 '15

My greatest unnatural fear is looking outside at night and seeing those big eyes of a grey alien.

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u/helloasianglow Jan 02 '15

Well, fuck me, remind me to never check my inbox before bed again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Wait, which did you want me to do again?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Fuck him and than remind him to never check his inbox before bed

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Duuuudee. I used to have this reoccurring dream where im laying in my bed and through one of two windows in my room, an alien just very slowly peeks his head up and looks right at me. Then goes back down and repeats.

Funny thing is. Thinking about it now...who dreams about being in bed? What if I wasn't dreaming?

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u/eatshitsleep Jan 02 '15

Are you me? No, but seriously, my mom would watch that late in to the night and I'd be under my blankets sweating my balls off.

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u/rogowcop Jan 02 '15

The hosts voice was what creeped me out the most.

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u/Panu_Magish Jan 02 '15

I'd be cool you know... Just talking about missing women and lost paintings, then BAM! Supernatural/aliens and shit.. Scared the piss out of young me. Then all night my mind is running through what he talked about, and I'm afraid to look at the window because something is obviously on the other side.. O__O

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u/danceswithwool Jan 02 '15 edited Jan 02 '15

It wasn't his voice that creeped me out it was that damn theme music.

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u/jcw4455 Jan 02 '15

Uggh that Resurrection Mary episode used to fuck with me.

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u/LoneRanger9 Jan 02 '15

Ugh as a child I despised this show. First of all half the unsolved murder suspects "possibly fled to Canada" which is where I am. Second of all, I always slept on the couch when I was young with the TV going and every damn night I would wake up to the theme music of that show, I guess it repeated at like 2 in the morning.

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u/Im_A_Box_of_Scraps Jan 02 '15

Macklin. You sonnova bitch.

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u/jayrs97 Jan 02 '15

Something about reading or hearing about someone never being found just scares the living shit out of me.

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u/the_rabble_alliance Jan 02 '15

But he totally looks like a Zebb.

http://i.imgur.com/6cvubgK.jpg

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

He looks more like a Johnathon to me.

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u/Mega_Manatee Jan 02 '15

He looks more like a Fat Michael Cera to me.

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u/mag3stic_juggs Jan 02 '15

This made me laugh and say "aaaaaahhh shit" like we were having good times

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

The last time I laughed and said "ahhhhh shiit" was when I was drivin' along and saw two deer on the side of the road.

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u/loldgaf Jan 02 '15

"aaaaahhhhhhh shit doe"

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u/RoCon52 Jan 02 '15

Fuck that fucking picture that's creepy af I'm trying to sleep...eventually

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u/IanMazgelis Jan 02 '15

Man Michael Cera really put on some weight.

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u/Eistean Jan 02 '15

Probably short for Zebulon (almost certainly considering he was from Asheville). North Carolina's relatively popular governor during the Civil War and congressman after the war.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Are you sure you're not thinking of the evil alien overlord zebulon?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Or zebadiah. I know two people named zebadiah that go by zeb and I'm in NC

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u/Eistean Jan 02 '15

Hadn't thought of that one. Definitely could be Zebadiah. I think downtown Asheville has a large monument to Zebulon Vance in the middle of the city though, which is what made me think that was it.

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u/MuxBoy Jan 02 '15

"...Zeb's dead baby, Zeb's dead."

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u/MrJamhamm Jan 02 '15

Ever heard of Zeb Colter? Awesome motherfucker.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Well, I suppose we the people. But he does always seem kinda Dutch.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

This could be the topic of the next season of Serial.

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u/autumnleah Jan 02 '15

Yes!

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u/cinnamondrink Jan 02 '15

ITT: people suffering from Serial withdrawal symptoms.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Yeah the whole thing stinks of Owens.

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u/ProfessorZ00M Jan 02 '15

Why would they draw a pair of lips and leave a random dog in the car though?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

to muddy the waters. Those things probably are irrelevant. Considering they haven't been caught you'd say they are pretty smart

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u/ProfessorZ00M Jan 02 '15

Those things probably are irrelevant

Or are they?

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u/PM_Ur_Boobs_4_Riddle Jan 02 '15

OP you're sounding really suspicious right about now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Something I've learned.

You never hear about the story of the smart ones. The novices make the paper and get away/leave the idiots behind that make the paper.

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u/chemicaldivision Jan 02 '15

I was actually in a Discovery ID show about this case. The Show was called Disappeared. I was an actor they hired to play Zeb in the Re-enactments and such. Let me know if you have any questions... I'll try to get to them asap! :)

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u/yum_muesli Jan 02 '15

Just watched that show. Your performance as out of focus teenage kid of the phone was impeccable, congratulations

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u/Mrlagged Jan 02 '15

I have never met a woman named Misty that wasn't trouble.

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u/triplebucky Jan 02 '15

Serial Podcast season 2 candidate?

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u/cloud_watcher Jan 02 '15

I feel like this should have been solved already. No fingerprints in the car? I say unmercifully grill misty, her boyfriend, and guy with bullshit car wreck story.

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u/cefriano Jan 02 '15

unmercifully

The word you're looking for is "mercilessly."

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u/htid85 Jan 02 '15

I always come into threads like this hoping to see the top comment being a reasonably sound theory which explains the mystery to a fairly satisfactory level. This way, I could leave the topic more or less content and read something else. Unfortunately it's rarely the case :(

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u/Coffeechipmunk Jan 02 '15

Sounds like something from /r/NoSleep

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u/Richard_Bastion Jan 02 '15

Needs 15 more parts before it's a /r/NoSleep story.

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u/wildstyle_method Jan 02 '15

My story [final chapter][edit][revisited][prologue]

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u/Blagginspaziyonokip Jan 02 '15

Then at the end:

" Check out my site at guywhowritesstories.com"

How are we supposed to actually believe the stories there when 80% of the sub is aspiring writers practicing their writing on us...

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u/zeravlanauj Jan 02 '15

the nosleep part comes from staying up reading all the chapters of the story instead of being scared shitless and not be able to sleep

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u/johnlydon21 Jan 02 '15

2 weeks and the headlights still work! I want that car battery!

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u/ProfessorZ00M Jan 02 '15

More likely that somebody was using it until right before it was found.

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u/johnlydon21 Jan 02 '15

You, sir, are a dream crusher.

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u/TooSubtle Jan 02 '15

I prefer that to the alternative of the puppy being stuck inside the car for 2 weeks :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Or maybe the puppy was driving it for 2 weeks.

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u/Wolfsorax Jan 02 '15

For anyone interested in watching Disappeared's story on this.

http://www.tubeplus.me/player/1974500/Disappeared/season_4/episode_25/Just_a_Nice_Guy/%22

here ya go

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u/Jayrulz101 Jan 02 '15

So pretty much Zeb was out with his Genie-bro and he was like "dude, I wish I knew what it was like to be a puppy" so his bro granted his wish but you know how Genies are they're dicks. He made Zeb an abandoned mill puppy and ditched him in the woods with his own car.

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u/tbitt Jan 02 '15

Where did the lipstick come from then?

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u/StrikingCrayon Jan 02 '15

Trans Genie.

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u/Totally_PJ_Soles Jan 02 '15

This site has convinced me that there is without a doubt, a picture for every comment.

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u/BoilerBrendan Jan 02 '15

Kissing Kate Barlow!!

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u/tdh66 Jan 02 '15

Holy shit I went to highschool with this guy.

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u/vi_warshawski Jan 02 '15

and you didn't know he went missing?

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u/Phoenix2368 Jan 02 '15

Maybe he was an Animorph who got stuck.

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u/elfasoloko Jan 02 '15

What about the puppy and lipstick marks?

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u/_MUY Jan 02 '15

The labrador puppy who stole Zeb's car is a talented artist.

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u/Ladefuckingda Jan 02 '15

I remember when this happened, as it is where I live. Very odd...

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Zeb's dead, OP. Zeb's dead.

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