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Sarah Turney
Before today's episode of the Final Hours, we want to tell you about another show we think you'll love.
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Courtney Nicole
Crime House and A and E are teaming up on the podcast version of the famous true crime series the First 48.
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Sarah Turney
Each week, Carter Roy takes you inside a landmark homicide case. The interrogations, the dead ends, and the breakthroughs in the critical first 48 hours.
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Courtney Nicole
Listen to and follow the first 48 every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Crime House Announcer
This is crime house.
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Courtney Nicole
In law enforcement, there's a term that's used all too often. You've probably heard it over a police scanner, maybe on your favorite crime show. It's called a bolo. It stands for be on the lookout, an alert that goes out when someone's missing.
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Sarah Turney
When that happens, every set of eyes matters. Unfortunately, most bolos never reach you. They stay inside a department or get filed into a database or fade after the first week of searching. But their loved ones don't stop looking once the headlines go away. And neither do we. This is the Final Hours a Crime House original Powered by Pave Studios. Sarah I'm Sarah Turney.
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Courtney Nicole
And I'm Courtney Nicole. Every Monday, we dig deep into the final moments of someone's disappearance. But once a month, we're doing something a little bit different.
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Sarah Turney
We're going to share a few cases that are on our radar right now and send out our own bolos. A lot of you have asked how you can get more involved, and we think this is a step in the right direction. So we're giving you the essentials. Who they are, when they were last seen, what they look like, and how to reach out to the people working the case.
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Courtney Nicole
These are active investigations, and there is a real chance that something or someone you know could be the missing piece. All we're asking is that you be on the lookout.
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Sarah Turney
And remember, Crime House exists because of listeners like you want even more. Join Crime House plus and get every episode of the Final Hours and the rest of the Crime House lineup ad free and early, plus at least two bonus episodes every month. To join, go to crimehouseplus.com or if you listen on Apple Podcasts, tap try free at the top of the Final Hours show page. As always, this show is made and recorded by humans, not AI.
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Courtney Nicole
Today, we're asking you to keep your eyes and ears open for three missing individuals, starting with Rosa Rosita Camacho, who disappeared in 1997 from Hartford, Connecticut. Isaiah Jennifer, who vanished from Folcroft, Pennsylvania in 2025. And Amy Hillyard, who went missing in Oakland, California earlier this year in 2026.
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Courtney Nicole
on the evening of October 24, 1997, a four year old girl named Rosa Marie Camacho walked to the corner store with her mom, 21 year old Rosa Delgado. They just needed to run a quick errand, pick up some diapers and milk. It was just a few blocks before dark in the Parkville neighborhood on Hartford's west side, but neither of them made it back home.
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Sarah Turney
Rosita, or Rosie, as her loved ones called her, was born on June 7, 1993, in Hartford, Connecticut. At 4 years old, she was tiny, right around 3ft tall, about 38 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. She spoke mostly Spanish. By every account, Rosita was a normal, happy little kid, the kind of four year old who tags along on the walk to the store because she wants to. In late afternoon around 5 o' clock on October 24, Rosa and Rosita left their home on foot. They were headed to a nearby market, JJ's Groceries, for diapers and milk. On the way, a witness saw them stop and talk to a man on a street corner. That man was Julio Camacho, Rosita's father and Rosa's former partner. He was also, at the time, a Hartford police officer. The conversation didn't look alarming to anyone who saw it. Rosa and Julio still spoke often because of their daughter, and afterwards, Rosa and Rosita continued on to the store. The owner of JJ's Groceries saw them leave after buying what they came for. And that's it. That was the last confirmed sighting of either of them, a mother and her four year old walking home into a fall evening where the trail goes cold. When they didn't come back, Rosa's family started making calls around the neighborhood, then reported them missing to the Hartford police. Early on, the case didn't move quickly. It gained momentum weeks later with a devastating development.
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Courtney Nicole
On November 26, 1997, a woman's body was found in Columbia Lake in western New Jersey. About 180 miles from Hartford. It took until 1999 to confirm through testing that it was 21 year old Rosa Delgado. But Rosita was not with her. Her mother's remains were recovered, and yet the little girl has never been found. There is no evidence that Rosita died that night, which means there's a real possibility she is still alive all these years later. Investigators have long named Rosita's father, Julio Camacho, as the prime suspect in the case, but he has never been charged in either the disappearance or the homicide. Investigators said they lack the evidence to bring those charges. He was separately a deeply troubling figure. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to sexual assaults he committed while on duty as a police officer. He served time, was released, and has since lived out of state. As for Rosita herself, one of the working theories the FBI has raised is that she may have been taken to Puerto Rico. And three decades later, her case is still not a closed book. In early 2026, the FBI's Connecticut Field Office renewed its public appeal and upped its reward to $50,000 for information leading to Rosita's recovery.
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Sarah Turney
If she survived, that four year old from 1997 is a grown woman now. She may not even remember Hartford or her mother or the name Rosita. But someone out there may know a Rosa whose early history has always felt a little blurry, a little unexplained. Someone may have heard something over the years and never thought it mattered. But that's why we're sharing her case with you now. When she disappeared, Rosita was a Hispanic girl, about 3ft tall and roughly 38 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue pants, and she spoke primarily Spanish.
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Courtney Nicole
Today, she would be 33 years old. The FBI and the national center for Missing and Exploited Children have released an age progressed image showing how she might look as an adult. She may go by Rosa, Rosita, Rosie, or an entirely different name. And she may now speak English.
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Sarah Turney
If you have any information about Rosa Marie Camacho, please reach out to. You don't need to be certain. You just need to make the call.
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Courtney Nicole
You can call the FBI at 1-800- call FBI or 1-800-225-5324 or submit a tip online at tips.FBI.gov you can also call the Hartford Police Department at 1-860-757-4000 or the national center for Missing and exploited children at 1-800-843-5678 which is also 1-800-the lost. There's a reward for up to $50,000 for information that helps bring her home.
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Sarah Turney
Rosita Camacho was four years old the last time anyone saw her. She would be 33 now. Somewhere, she may still be out there and someone listening may hold that piece that finally answers what happened on the walk home. Up next, a more recent case out of Pennsylvania.
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Courtney Nicole
On the afternoon of August 28, 2025, a 28 year old man named Isaiah Jennifer got into a car outside a Wawa in Fulcroft, Pennsylvania. But that is the last confirmed moment of his and anyone can account for Isaiah has not been seen or heard from since.
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Sarah Turney
Isaiah Jennifer was 28 years old, born on February 10, 1997. To the people who love him, he's a brother, a son, someone whose absence was felt immediately and personally. His sisters have been the loudest voices in the search for him. He went by the nickname Rocks. He had roots across the region, ties to Folcroft, Chester and Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and to Wilmington, Delaware. He had some trouble in his past, his family said. He was on parole stemming from a 2019 drug related case and we're only sharing that detail because it actually matters here, his family told reporters. It was completely unlike him to go quiet. He wasn't the kind of person to miss checking in with them or to miss reporting to his parole officer.
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Courtney Nicole
Here's what investigators have pieced together about his case. On the afternoon of August 28, 2025, around 5:25pm, Isaiah was last seen at a Wawa convenience store in Folcroft, Pennsylvania. After that, he was seen getting into a vehicle. That same day, his sister Couldn't reach him. She said she tried his phone and tried to check his location, but it wouldn't update. She started calling around, and when she realized no one had heard from him, she reported him missing that night. Investigators were able to track Isaiah's phone after he disappeared. According to the Delaware County District attorney, that phone data led them from Folcroft to the city of Chester, about 13 minutes away. And that's where the trail goes cold. According to reporting by 6ABC, a vehicle was later discovered in Chester one Isaiah was believed to have been in the day he disappeared. Sources said investigators found blood inside the vehicle under one of the seats that matched Isaiah's DNA. I want to be careful here, though that specific detail comes from news sources, not from an on the record FBI statement. But what is official is the FBI believes foul play may have been involved in Isaiah's disappearance.
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Sarah Turney
After that discovery, the case stalled. No arrests had been made. Months went by with his family waiting for answers that didn't come. Then, in the spring of 2026, the FBI's Philadelphia Field Office stepped in and announced a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of anyone involved in Isaiah's disappearance. The Delaware County DA framed the federal involvement as a sign of urgency. In his words, it's all hands on deck when someone is missing, and that's the point of a case like this. Isaiah didn't vanish in the middle of nowhere. He got into a car in a populated place on a summer afternoon. Someone drove that car. Someone knows who was in it. Someone somewhere knows what happened between Folcroft and Chester. And Isaiah's sister said something that stayed with me. She said that no matter what her brother's past was, no matter who anyone thinks he was, he's someone they love and so someone they want home.
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Courtney Nicole
Isaiah Jennifer is a black man with black hair and brown eyes. He's between 5 foot 8 and 5 foot 9 and about 160 pounds. He has several distinctive tattoos, and these are worth remembering because they can be critical in spotting him. On his right forearm, small tattoos including dollar signs, a skull wearing a hat with an open mouth and teeth, and the word rats. On his right hand, between the thumb and index finger, a star on his left forearm, initials that may read rmp, a dollar sign with fire and the letter Y. If you have any information about what happened to Isaiah, Jennifer, please reach out. You don't have to be sure. You just have to make the call. You can dial the FBI Philadelphia field office at 215-418-4000 or submit a tip online at tips.com there's also the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division, reach out to Detective Christopher Carr at 484-745-5534 and the Fulcroft Borough Police reach out to Detective Dan White at 610-522-1300 extension 4 There's also a reward of up to $5,000 for information that helps solve this case.
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Sarah Turney
Isaiah Jennifer was 28 years old the last time anyone saw him getting into a car on an ordinary afternoon. His family is still waiting, and the person listening right now who saw that car or heard something afterward may be the one who finally brings him home. Up next, one final recent case out of Oakland, California Ready to level up?
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Vanessa Richardson
Hi listeners, it's Vanessa Richardson on a special four episode Conspiracy Theories, Cults and Crimes series. I'm taking you to four kinds of dream getaways that went from paradise to deadly. A woman vanishes while snorkeling off Aruba. Two backpackers murdered on a moonlit beach in Thailand. An NBA champion who disappears off his own catamaran in the South Pacific. These were supposed to be the trips of a lifetime. Listen to our special Deadly Destinations series every Sunday on conspiracy theories, cults and crimes. Or if you don't want to wait, all four episodes are available right now ad free on Crime House Plus. To join Crime House plus, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or at crime houseplus.com.
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Courtney Nicole
On the morning of March 25, 2026, Amy Hillyard had breakfast at home with her husband of 25 years. It was an ordinary Wednesday. He dropped her at the train station for a therapy appointment. She texted him just before 2 in the afternoon. And sometime after that, Amy, a wife, a mother of two and one of the most beloved figures in her Oakland community, disappeared.
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Sarah Turney
Amy Hilliard is 52 years old. She and her husband, Chris co own Farley's Coffee, two community centered coffee houses in the Bay Area, including Farley's east in downtown Oakland. But that barely scratches the surface of who she is. Amy runs her own consulting practice. She sits on nonprofit boards. She organizes leadership conferences for women. She's connected to the East Bay Children's Choir. A friend of more than 30 years described her simply as beloved. And her sister Alexandra put it in a way that stuck with me, she said. Amy is the queen of gathering community, of making a difference, of enacting positive change.
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Courtney Nicole
Here's the timeline. As investigators and family have described it, the morning of March 25th was completely ordinary. Breakfast at home near Lake Merritt. Chris dropped Amy off at the train station for a therapy appointment. She texted him just before 2pm that afternoon. Neighbors in the Cleveland Heights area said they spoke with her while she was out walking her dog. She was last reported in the vicinity around her home in Oakland sometime after 2:00'. Clock. What's strange to her family is Amy left her belongings behind, her phone, her wallet, her valuables just sitting on the counter at home. In her husband's words, she left the house and they don't know how or why. For days, there was nothing. Then, nearly a week after she disappeared, police located video footage from the day she vanished. It was captured at Diamond Park, a public park about two miles from her home and a place Amy was known to walk and hike.
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Sarah Turney
After that, the search was enormous. Hundreds of volunteers went door to door. Law enforcement deployed helicopters, search dogs and drones, combing the parks and trails. Investigators canvassed for surveillance footage and even looked into whether Amy had been spotted at any Oakland BART stations. But despite all of it, the Oakland Police Department has stated there's no evidence of abduction, kidnapping or any other crime. They're treating this as a missing person at risk. At risk because Amy has a medical condition and was taking medication when she disappeared. Her family and police have been careful and protective about the details. So we're going to be, too. What matters for anyone listening is this. Amy may need help, and she may not be in a position to ask for it.
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Courtney Nicole
Because the leads have since run dry, the family's doing everything they can to generate new ones. They've raised the Reward first to 10,000 and then to 25,000 for information leading to Amy's safe return. They've brought in private investigators and they built a website, bringamyhome.com to keep her story alive.
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Sarah Turney
Her husband said something at the vigil that I keep coming back to. He said, quote, we are still hoping, we are still believing, and we are still waiting for the day we can bring you home. That's the reason we're telling this story. Someone out there saw Amy that afternoon. Someone has home footage from around 2pm that they never thought to check.
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Courtney Nicole
If you live in Cleveland Heights, Lake Merritt Lakeshore District or Crocker Highlands, the family is specifically asking you to look at any home surveillance footage from the afternoon of March 25th. Even a few seconds could matter.
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Sarah Turney
Amy Hillyard is white, about 5ft 4 and roughly 120 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes. When she was last seen, she was reported to be wearing a white short sleeve shirt, light colored jeans and white sneakers with black stripes. There were some early conflicting reports of a tan colored top and tan pants, so keep both descriptions in mind.
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Courtney Nicole
If you saw Amy on March 25, have footage or know anything at all, please make the call. You don't need to be certain, you just need to come forward. You can contact the Oakland Police Department Missing persons unit at 510-238-3641 and reference case number 2601-3129. More information and ways to help are@bringamyhome.com and there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to Amy's safe return.
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Sarah Turney
Amy's case is open and active, and it's unusual in one important way. Police have found no sign of a crime, which means the thing most likely to bring her home is a memory. A neighbor's camera, a stranger who saw her that afternoon. We're hoping that's you. Amy Hilliard walked out of her home on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon and hasn't been seen since. Her family hasn't stopped searching and they won't. The one tip that brings her home may be the one sitting with someone listening right now. Thank you for listening to this BOLO episode of the Final Hours. If you missed any of the resources today or think of something later, we'll link all the resources on socials and in our show notes to reference back to. We want to hear from you. Do you have a case you want us to bring attention to? Let us know on socials. Your thoughts, condolences and feedback are what make this community so special.
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Courtney Nicole
At Crime House, we value your support. Share your thoughts on social media and remember to rate review and follow the Final Hours to help others discover the
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Sarah Turney
show and to enhance your listening experience. Don't forget to join crime house plus at crimehouse plus.com or if you listen on Apple Podcasts, tap try free at the top of the Final Hours show page.
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Courtney Nicole
The Final Hours is hosted by Sarah Turney and me, Courtney Nicole and is a Crime House original. Powered by Pave Studios, this episode is brought to life by the Final Hours team, Max Cutler, Ron Shapiro, Alex Benedon, Lori Marinelli, Natalie Pertzofsky, Sarah Camp, and Alyssa Fox. Thank you for listening.
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Sarah Turney
Before today's episode of the Final Hours, we want to tell you about another show we think you'll love.
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Courtney Nicole
Crime House and A and E are teaming up on the podcast version of the famous true crime series the First 48.
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Sarah Turney
Each week, Carter Roy takes you inside a landmark homicide case. The interrogations, the dead ends, and the breakthroughs in the critical first 48 hours.
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Courtney Nicole
Listen to and follow the first 48 every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts.