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2 episodes summarised · 1.4h of listening, ~10 min of reading

Bear Brook

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A Private Matter, Episode 4

⏱ 45 min listen · ~2 min read

It explains, with a police chief and two search experts on tape, why a man can disappear from his own farm and nobody can be charged or find him.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Jay Hickey, a Christmas tree farmer in Epsom, New Hampshire with advanced dementia, went missing without his wife Patty ever reporting it.
  2. 02New Hampshire's 2002 neglect law needs proof of serious bodily injury, so without Jay Hickey's body no charge against Patty can stick.
  3. 03Robert Koester's data finds 75% of lost people with dementia within 1.2 miles of where they were last seen in terrain like New Hampshire's.
  4. 04State police searched a half-mile radius around the Hickey farm for about three days, roughly a 50-50 chance by Koester's numbers.
Chapters
1:18 · Jay's brother Rob consults a medium8:50 · Epsom's police chief and a stalled investigation11:07 · Why failing to report a spouse missing is legal17:13 · Kay Danko's long-held fear about her mother21:01 · Patty's phone call to the former babysitter26:43 · A snowbound wait, then an April cadaver-dog search+3 more
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▸Questions this show answers

QIs it a crime in New Hampshire not to report your missing spouse, according to A Private Matter?A Private Matter, Episode 4QWhat did Patty Hickey tell Kathy O'Mara about Jay Hickey in A Private Matter episode 4?A Private Matter, Episode 4QHow far do lost people with dementia wander, according to Robert Koester on Bear Brook?A Private Matter, Episode 4QHow did police search for Jay Hickey in Epsom, New Hampshire?A Private Matter, Episode 4QWhen can Jay Hickey be declared legally dead under New Hampshire law?A Private Matter, Episode 4QWho was Isabel Hickey, the grandmother of missing farmer Jay Hickey on Bear Brook?A Private Matter, Episode 3QHow did Jay Hickey come to own the Christmas tree farm in Epsom, New Hampshire?A Private Matter, Episode 3QWho is Joe Murphy and why did he investigate Jay Hickey's disappearance?A Private Matter, Episode 3QWhat red flags did Amy Shapiro find after Jay Hickey went missing?A Private Matter, Episode 3QHow much did Jay Hickey's 119-acre Christmas tree farm sell for, and to whom?A Private Matter, Episode 3

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