Ransom Season 1: Position of Trust
2024-05-03 00:02:59
Twelve-year-old McKay Everett disappeared from his Texas home in September 1995. His father Carl returned from an Amway meeting to find the back door ajar and the telephone ringing. On the line, a woman with a raspy voice demanded $500,000. Over the next week, the FBI played a game of cat-and-mouse with the kidnappers, who used inside information to stay one step ahead of the investigation. Ultimately the FBI uncovered a series of crimes that started long before McKay was taken. Most shocking of all was the suspect. McKay had been betrayed by someone he trusted – a pillar of the community hiding a dark secret. But decades later, McKay’s mother, Paulette, still isn’t satisfied with the official story. She doesn’t think everyone involved has been brought to justice. Ransom: Season 1 - Position of Trust is a story of greed and betrayal and how one’s outward appearance can be dangerously deceiving.
Let me ask you a question, you have a best friend? How big would it shock you if tomorrow you woke up and somebody told you that your best friend just killed somebody?
I just got home about 10 minutes ago and the back door was standing open about 8 inches to a foot. You know it wasn't shut good.
And the phone was ringing.
And it was someone on the other end of the line saying they've kidnapped my son and they're demanding $500,000.
I've asked myself so many times, what in the world happened?
This is one of two cases that I've worked in 25 years that stay with me all the time. What's your son's name?
His name is McKay.
M-C-K-A-Y.
Edward. And what does your son look like?
He's about 5 foot 1, 100 pounds. He wears braces.
He's got blue rubber pants on.
He was really smart. He was their only child. So they really doted on him.
Do you think you know who that might have been on the phone?
He kind of had a raspy type voice and it was female.
And uh, phew.
She said, well, we have your son. OK.
Well, we have several officers around your house, OK?
On September 12, 1995, 12 year old McKay Everett disappeared from his home in Conroe, Texas. My name's Art Rascone. And I'm a teacher. And as a news anchor based in nearby Houston, I covered the kidnapping's aftermath. It was a crime that shocked the community because the suspect was so unexpected.
Former high-ranking police official, he'd run for sheriff at one point.
Law enforcement personnel were pretty much split down the middle over whether or not he actually did this.
It's a story that's always stuck with me. And recently, when I looked back into it, I realized I wasn't the only one. Friends, neighbors, and law enforcement were all still haunted by McKay's kidnapping. But no one more than McKay's mother, Paulette.
It became very disturbing in hindsight for not seeing indications. But you know, we thought he cared for McKay, when in fact he didn't care for anyone.
When I found out that to this day, Paulette still feels that justice was never truly served, I knew this was a story that had to be told. From KSL Podcasts, this is Ransom, a story of greed and betrayal.
It was like $400,000 or $500,000 in debt.
Grief and survival.
It took a man that was so loving and beautiful, and it broke him.
And how we never know what's really going on in the minds of those around us.
You will never look at another person the same.
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