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Cole Thomas Coverage

According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. every year. When these cases go cold, families rely on tenacious investigators and public awareness to keep the story out there.

PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A FEW HOURS TO GET CLEARED. >> BRIAN, THANK YOU. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM, 600,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED MISSING IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR WHEN THESE CASES GO COLD FAMILIES RELY ON TENACIOUS INVESTIGATORS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS TO KEEP THE STORY OUT THERE. THEY JUST WANT ANSWERS. AND IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF OUR PODCAST, WHAT REMAINS ONE FAMILY TAKES US ALONG ON THEIR HEARTBREAKING JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR SIDE. >> MY NAME IS CHRIS MY SON WENT MISSING. 11/20/2016. AND WE STILL HAVE. THE JUSTICE AND WE HAVE NOT FOUND HIM. >> BUT CHRIS THOMAS IS PRETTY CONVINCED HIS SON COLE IS DEAD. >> WRAL'S AMANDA LAMB JOINS US WITH MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THIS UPCOMING EPISODE. AND AMANDA, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COLE THOMAS BACK IN BENSON IN 2016. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COVERED QUITE EXTENSIVELY. I REMEMBER COVERING THAT I ABSOLUTELY I THINK ALL OF US TO OUR REPORTERS AT WRAL TOUCH THIS CASE AT ONE TIME. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A HEARTBREAKING CASE >> MOST OF THE CASES THAT WE COVER IN WHAT REMAINS ARE SOLVED. BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS FAMILY HAS WISHED AND HOPED FOR SO LONG TO HAVE ANSWERS. AND YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF NEWS COVERAGE IN OUR EPISODE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS TO COVER THIS CASE. YEAH. AND IN IN THAT COVERAGE, THERE WAS A LOT OF A MASSIVE SEARCH IS A LOT OF GROUPS ALSO. >> TOOK PART IN THE WEEK. YOU CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN CERTAIN OCCASIONS SAID THAT. BUT STILL THERE'S BEEN NO BREAK IN FINDING EXACTLY WHERE HE MIGHT BE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I THINK FOR THESE FAMILIES IS NOT TO HAVE ANY RESOLUTION TO HAVE ANY ANSWERS. THEY ACTUALLY ARRESTED SEVERAL PEOPLE DURING THIS PROCESS, HOPING THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE THE BODY IS, BUT THEY NEVER DID. THEY ARE CONVINCED THIS IS A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO GET THE EVIDENCE TO ACTUALLY CHARGE ANYONE WITH MURDER. AND SO THIS FAMILY IS STILL LEFT. >> KIND OF HANGING IN LIMBO AND THEY SAID THEY WON'T GIVE UP. JUST LIKE WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE. THEY'RE FIRMLY. >> COMMITTED TO HELPING THESE FAMILIES FIND SOME KIND OF SOLUTION. THEY LIKE YOU SAID, ARE NOT GIVING UP. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING, YOU HAVE ALL THE SEARCHERS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE VOLUNTEER SEARCHERS. YOU HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEARCH BUT YOU ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE SCIENTISTS, THE FORENSIC PEOPLE, THE DNA SCIENTISTS. >> AND THE INVESTIGATORS WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP AND THEY HAVE VERY SPECIAL SKILLS. SO WHEN THEY DO FIND REMAINS IN THIS AREA OR MAYBE NOT IN THIS AREA, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONNECT. THOSE REMAINS TO CALL THOMAS AND GIVE THIS FAMILY THE PEACE THEY DESERVE AND NEED. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEACE. IT WAS INTERESTING, THOUGH, TO SEE AND HEAR THAT. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT. >> AS FAR AS RESOLUTION GOES, HE'S PRETTY CONVINCED AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE WON'T BE COMING BACK HOME. >> IF THAT'S TRUE, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT MOST FAMILIES THIS WOULD BE SO BITTERSWEET TO GET AN ANSWER THAT YOUR SON HAS DIED. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY JUST WANT THAT ANSWER. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM AT THIS POINT. THEY WANT THE ANSWER AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TO LAY THEIR SON TO REST. >> WE CAN TELL YOU TO TELL THIS STORY. AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. YOU CAN LISTEN TO EPISODES ONE THROUGH 9 OF WHAT REMAINS THAT'S APPLE PODCAST OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BLOCKS

What Remains: One family's heartbreaking journey to find their missing son

Charges have been dropped against four men who were once connected to the disappearance of Cole Thomas.

Charges dropped for 4 men in Cole Thomas case

Charges have been dropped against four men connected to the disappearance of Cole Thomas.


Charges dropped for 4 suspects in Cole Thomas disappearance 

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Two of the four suspects in the 2016 disappearance of a man in Benson asked a judge to lower their bonds on Tuesday. Two other suspects are already out of jail on bond after a judge lowered them in January. 



Bond lowered, suspects in Cole Thomas case likely to go free

One of the suspects who was in custody in connection with the disappearance of Cole Thomas in Johnston County has been released from jail after a judge reduced the bonds for him and two other suspects, authorities confirmed Thursday.

Cole Thomas case: One suspect bonds out of jail

Suspects in the disappearance of Cole Thomas will appear in court on Thursday.

Suspects in Cole Thomas case return to court

A judge on Thursday drastically lowered the bonds for three suspects in the disappearance of Cole Thomas in Johnston County 14 months ago.