Missing Erica Baker

Dayton 24/7 Now

<p><em>On February 7, 1999, Erica Baker put on her raincoat, leashed up her dog, and started to walk through a park in Kettering, Ohio. The 9-year-old was never seen again. What really happened on that rainy winter afternoon in the park? Neighbors, family members, and investigators search for answers, but 23 years later, the investigation still haunts the community. Erica Baker’s story hits home for Nathan Edwards and Bryn Caswell, anchors and journalists for Dayton 24/7 Now. That’s why Dayton 24/7 Now is bringing listeners the most in-depth journalistic investigation to date on the Erica Baker Case. Nathan and Bryn share exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage – hoping that maybe, just maybe, what we’ve found could bring her home. </em></p>

  • 24 minutes 14 seconds
    Chapter 5: The fallout

    As the walls begin closing in on a primary suspect in the disappearance of Niqui McCown, secrets from his past will come back to haunt him. This as cold case detectives pay him a surprise visit. But it’s his final move that will cause more heartache for the McCown family. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden also update you on where the case stands now, and the tools police are still using to try to solve the case.

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    12 August 2024, 10:00 am
  • 19 minutes 26 seconds
    Chapter 4: Tommy Swint

    In the years after Niqui’s disappearance, police begin to shift their focus away from two of the men in Niqui’s life after learning disturbing information about a third man. Their prime suspect is now wearing a badge of his own but not for long. How one suspect’s fight to clear his name backfires as police begin investigating a cold-case murder that could blow Niqui’s case wide open.

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    5 August 2024, 10:00 am
  • 21 minutes 10 seconds
    Chapter 3: The coverup

    It’s now five months since Niqui disappeared and police get their first big break in the case. The car Niqui was driving was found in a Dayton apartment complex. Detectives give Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden a look at the SUV and what was found inside. However, it was where the car was found that would really heat this case up!

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    29 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 20 minutes 8 seconds
    Chapter 2: Suspects emerge

    In the days after Niqui McCown vanished, the man closest to her sat down for a recorded interview with police. Niqui’s fiancé, Bobby Webster, is the first name on their list to talk with but he wouldn’t be their last. As the suspect pool widens, journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden uncover a concerning story from her past that comes back into focus.

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    22 July 2024, 10:30 am
  • 22 minutes 9 seconds
    Chapter 1: Have you seen Niqui?

    It was the summer of 2001 and bride-to-be Niqui McCown was living the dream. She had a job that she loved at a nearby prison, she had a large and loving family, and she was getting ready to marry the man of her dreams, but all of that changed just three weeks before her wedding when she vanished from an Indiana laundromat. Dayton 24/7 Now journalists Nathan Edwards, Elyse Coulter, and Becky Gulden talk to Niqui’s family about their memories of that day and what was going on in Niqui’s life leading up to her disappearance.

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    22 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 2 minutes 13 seconds
    Introducing: Missing Niqui McCown

    More than 20 years ago a bride-to-be vanished without a trace and to-date no one knows exactly what happened to Niqui McCown. Niqui's final known moments were captured on surveillance video in a laundromat in Richmond, Indiana. However, despite plenty of leads and no shortage of suspects, detectives have spent 23 years trying to piece together what happened next.

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    15 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 15 minutes 28 seconds
    Chapter 9: A somber anniversary

    As Erica’s family grapples with 25 years without her, police get a major break in the case. Hosts Nathan Edwards and Becky Gulden go along as police conduct an extensive search in a new location. This as we uncover what Christian Gabriel has been up to in Oregon.

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    7 February 2024, 11:00 am
  • 25 minutes 59 seconds
    Chapter 8: Keeping the Case Alive

    Hosts Nathan Edwards and Becky Gulden update listeners on the outcomes of new searches for Erica Baker's body and introduce you to a new detective on the case. For the first time we're also talking to a woman who police say was with Christian Gabriel the day Erica went missing. What she remembers from that day as Erica's father is forced to spend another somber anniversary without answers.


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    29 March 2023, 9:00 am
  • 37 minutes 47 seconds
    Chapter 7: A New Search for Erica

    Based on a hunch from Dayton 24/7 Now News Director Becky Gulden, state and city law enforcement conduct a new search for Erica Baker at a local park that's never been examined before. Becky realized that a different location south of Kettering more accurately matches the driving directions Christian Gabriel described in his confession letter two decades ago. Tensions and emotions rise as a discovery is made during the search, but will it lead to a breakthrough in the case?

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    12 December 2022, 8:01 am
  • 47 minutes 46 seconds
    Chapter 6: A Case that will Never Go Cold

    For the season finale, we take a sentimental deep dive into where this case is headed next; not only on the ground but in the hearts of Erica Baker’s loved ones. To close, our hosts Nathan and Bryn join their News Director, Becky, to share their personal thoughts, findings and closing remarks on the entirety of the case— including a hunch that could even lead to a season 2!

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    19 July 2022, 9:30 am
  • 29 minutes 55 seconds
    Chapter 5: Driving Justice

    Time was running out for justice. It’s been six long years since Erica’s family last hugged their 9-year-old girl. Then, in 2005, just three days before the statute of limitations would have expired, Christian Gabriel was indicted on charges connected to the disappearance of Erica Baker. In this episode, reporters Bryn Caswell and Nathan Edwards dissect the trial that found Christian Gabriel guilty and whether justice was really served. Then, Erica’s grandmother Pam Schmidt takes justice into her own hands.

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    12 July 2022, 9:30 am
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