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Roxanna Welcomed a Stranger—And Paid with Her Life

December 8, 2025·52 min·4 clips

A father who lost his son to murder explains how he became a manhunter hunting for bad guys.

Grief hardens into pursuit. A father remembers the American dream before 1981, when the murder of his child broke it and left him waiting years for answers. He calls himself a manhunter. That sets the episode in motion: loss becomes a search, and the search keeps circling people who vanished after causing harm. The story then moves to Robert Fisher. A 911 call on April 10, 2001, draws news media attention and raises immediate fear that a suspect may be armed and dangerous. The search turns tense and practical. SWAT and Search and Rescue run grid searches, but speakers say they find no evidence of Fisher there. The trail will not sit still. Witness information suggests a man may have been walking north on Yonge Road toward Highway 260, while speakers weigh whether another route helped him avoid the dog track. Each answer hurts in its own way. If Fisher is alive, one speaker says that points back to responsibility. If he died in the caves, it might suggest remorse, though it still would not explain enough. Family loyalty makes certainty harder. One voice cannot imagine Robert staying alive for 14 years without contact, while another says the criminal justice system believes he planned and carried out the killing of his family. The violence is not softened. A speaker says an innocent woman and two children were killed, and the demand for accountability stays fixed. The ending widens the fugitive frame with John and Julianne Dimitrian, RUSA denying fraud or unlawfulness, and families allegedly hurt by investment scam pitches. Recognition may matter most there. The possible break is not a cinematic chase. It is a listener hearing a money pitch and realizing it sounds familiar.

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Grief and manhunt stay tightly linked, with the case still pressing for answers.

This episode centers on a father who has lost his son, then follows the hard, unfinished work of living with that loss. From there, it shifts into the search for Robert Fisher, using dates, a 911 call, and movement on the ground to give the case a firm shape.

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A murdered family, a vanished suspect, and a manhunt that keeps the pressure on.

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