253 - The Disappearance of Sandra & John Jacobson

On Saturday, November 16, 1996, thirty-six year old Sandra Jacobson and her five year old son, John, went mysteriously missing from Bismarck, ND. After arriving late for dinner at her parents home, Sandy left to fill her gas tank and never returned. Neither she nor John have been seen again. The following morning her car was found abandoned in a parking lot adjacent to the Missouri River, which was nearly frozen over. The initial investigation found claims that Sandy might have been suffering from a mental health crisis and may have jumped into the river with her child. However, it was soon learned that Sandy had called the Bismarck Police Department hours before her disappearance. She informed them that there was a satanic cult operating on a farm not far from her home and she felt her son was in danger from them. She hung up shortly thereafter and her claims were never investigated. A new investigator, nearly a decade later, would break the case open, wondering if perhaps Sandy's disappearance might have something to do with her estranged husband and several inaccurate statements he'd previously made to detectives. Was Sandy the victim of foul play or did a loving mother, in the midst of a mental health crisis, commit an unthinkable act? FollowTEPod.com Click here to Submit a Question for the Trace Evidence Q&A episode Follow Trace Evidence on Social Media Twitter --- Instagram --- TikTok --- YouTube --- Like Facebook Page --- Join Facebook Group --- Threads --- Like MeWe Page --- Join MeWe Group --- Bluesky Suppport Trace Evidence Patreon --- Paypal --- Cash App --- Buy Me A Coffee Trace Evidence Merch Shops TeePublic --- ShopTEPod --- Spreadshop All Other Links Official Trace Evidence Website --- LinkTree Music Courtesy of: "Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License "Echoes of Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License "Galactic Rap" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Become a supporter of this podcast: .

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253 - The Disappearance of Sandra & John Jacobson is an episode from Trace Evidence by Steven Pacheco.

This episode is 106:03 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2026.

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