Information is obtained from the Where are they? Podcast and other online sources as cited**
Billy Smolinski headed to Florida on a vacation in August of 2004. He went with his girlfriend of one year, Madeline Gleason.
But the vacation didn’t go as planned.
Madeline was acting weird and after returning home on August 22, Billy and Madeline broke up.
On August 23, Billy was back at work as a tow truck driver, a little down about the breakup, but co-workers said he was doing fine.
Later that day he ran into his prior long-term ex-girlfriend, Mary Ellen, and they made plans to get together the following weekend.
That would never happen.
On August 24, Billy asked his neighbor to watch to his dog, saying he was going out of town. When the neighbor went to go check on the dog the next day, he couldn’t find the hidden key to access the house. Worried about the dog, he contact Billy’s ex-girlfriend since she and Billy had owned the dog together originally.
The ex, Mary Ellen, said it was strange that he didn’t ask her to take the dog as he normally would have.
Soon, everyone realized that Billy couldn’t be found anywhere, although his truck and belongings were…
