Episode 26:
Teenagers Abducted Asian Prof. who Met on Dating App, He was Found 4 Months Later..

In March 2020, 46-year-old electrical engineering professor Junseok Chae left work at Arizona State University as he always did. He was known for his strict routine.

Every evening, he drove straight home to his wife and two children. But on March 25, he never arrived.

The Missing Drive Home

When his wife reported him missing, investigators quickly discovered something strange. Security cameras showed him leaving campus at 5:12 p.m.

After that, both he and his vehicle seemed to disappear completely. His phone signal suddenly went dead near a remote desert road outside Phoenix.

The Stolen Car

Five days later, police in Louisiana found Chae's vehicle parked near a train station almost 2,000 kilometers away. Inside were three teenagers.

The car belonged to the missing professor. After hours of questioning, investigators uncovered a disturbing story involving an online encounter, a remote meeting place, and a robbery that turned deadly.

Suspicious

Even after the arrests, several questions remained. The suspects claimed Chae had traveled to meet a woman he met online.

But investigators found a major gap in the timeline. More than two and a half hours remain unexplained.

The exact reason he drove to that isolated location has never been fully established.

Final Thoughts

After a massive landfill search lasting months, investigators recovered Chae's body and enough evidence to reconstruct the crime. The perpetrators were eventually sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Yet one question continues to follow this case. What happened during those missing two and a half hours before the attack?