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Between 1993 and 2004, three boys would go missing from the CEDU school for troubled teens and little clues would be found as to what happened to them. John Inman would disappear in 1993, Blake Pursley disappeared in 1994, and Daniel Yuen would go missing in 2004. The school's practices were controversial, and CEDU would face many allegations for abuse. While many people write these cases off as teenage runaways, others wonder if the school played a larger part in their demise. Especially after the revelation that a convicted sex offender and murderer roamed through the school halls for years.

Sources:
Charley Projects: http://charleyproject.org/case/john-christopher-inman
http://charleyproject.org/case/blake-wade-pursley
http://charleyproject.org/case/daniel-ted-yuen

http://www.paulmorantz.com/cult/the-history-of-synanon-and-charles-dederich/
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Synanon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEDU
The Lost Kids Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-kids/id1514836398
Adam Eget interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAv3p5vv5cs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqoxBTYAqKA


Music by SkagBeats: https://www.youtube.com/user/skagbeats

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In 2017, John was fighting for custody of his five-year-old son, Tyler, after his ex-girlfriend stopped letting him see the child. He hadn't seen his son in two years and his lawyers recommended calling the police to have him declared missing. However, Tyler's mother claimed she never had a son and that John was lying. What happened to Tyler and was his mother behind his disappearance?

On November 20, 2012, Sage Smith left her home to go out for a date, but she would never return home that night. There are numerous suspects in her case, one of which is missing himself, and the police are no closer to finding Sage than they were at the time of her disappearance. The media, police, and community failed her but we can still share her case and seek justice.

Sources:
https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2020/05/02/the-disappearance-of-sage-smith/
https://planettransgender.com/sage-smith-erik-mcfadden-2/
https://splinternews.com/i-am-a-girl-now-sage-smith-wrote-then-she-went-missin-1797178002
https://crimeola.com/sage-smith-wiki-black-transgender-woman-missing/

Facebook page for Sage's case: https://www.facebook.com/FindSageSmith/
* The petition for Sage's case was closed after receiving numerous signatures *
Charlottesville PD: (434) 970-3280

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Spoken word at the end of the episode by Chrysanthemum Tran :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaJlBoW5ng
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