Episode 287: The Disappearances of Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker

On May 18, 1989, 2-year-old Christopher Dansby was playing with his mother at the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers playground in Harlem, New York. His mother, Allison Dansby, needed to run an errand and left Christopher in the care of her own mother. Upon Allison's return, Christopher was nowhere to be found, vanishing without a trace. Then, nearly three months later on August 10, 1989, one-year-old Shane Anthony Walker was also at the same playground in Harlem with his mother, Rosa Glover, when Rosa was momentarily distracted, Shane disappeared. The circumstances of these disappearances raise questions, was there a potential connection in these cases or was this an inexplicable coincidence? Regardless these cases have baffled not only investigators, but the families and their community alike.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/on-tv0/in-pursuit-with-john-walsh/articles/two-toddlers-vanished-from-nyc-park-in-1989

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/christopher-dansby-shane-walker-cold-case/

https://charleyproject.org/case/shane-anthony-walker

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https://www.the-sun.com/news/4338337/seven-missing-cases-never-solved/

https://abc7ny.com/missing-children-persons-case-unsolved-mysteries-cases/3127138/