Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson drove from Minnesota to North Dakota on a weekend in August 1993, then vanished, with a key piece of evidence later turning up in South Dakota. Authorities believe they were murdered. James Wolner and Jeremy Fugleberg look into this mysterious disappearance and the heartache left in its wake on this season of the "Dakota Spotlight" podcast, "Vanishing Act: The Untold Story of Kristin Joy Diede and Bob Anderson."
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Bob Anderson, pictured in a missing poster created by friends after he went missing in August 1993.
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Kristin Diede, who went missing on Aug. 15, 1993, is pictured here on a missing poster later placed around town by friends in Bloomington, Minnesota
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Wes Meidinger, in his days as a trooper in the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
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Bob Haas meets with Dakota Spotlight to discuss Diede Anderson
Retired homicide detective Bob Haas meets with Dakota Spotlight to discuss the 1993 cold case.
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Retired Police officer Bob Haas worked for the Bismarck Police Department from 1979 until 2013. His last 13 years there were spent in charge of investigations.
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Retired Police officer Bob Haas worked for the Bismarck Police Department from 1979 until 2013. His last 13 years there were spent in charge of investigations.
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Retired Police officer Bob Haas worked for the Bismarck Police Department from 1979 until 2013. His last 13 years there were spent in charge of investigations.
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Winner Chiropractic, Winner, SD
Today, Clyde Diede runs his chirproactic office out of Winner, South Dakota
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Map showing location of the Diede Famiy Farmstead North of Wishek, North Dakota. Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson were last reported heading there on August 15, 1993. They have never been seen or heard from since then.
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A 1993 'plot map' showing the Diede family farm. Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson were last reported to have been headed to the farm on August 15, 1993. They have never been seen or heard from since then.
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Clyde Diede graduated from Wishek High School in 1976. He married Kristin in 1983.
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The Wishek Star newspaper published this missing persons poster in the spring of 1996
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The Logan County Sheriff's office sits in Napoleon, North Dakota
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Kristin Diede's husband, Clyde spent a night in the Logan County jail on Dec 23, 1995 after refusing to supply a hair sample to then Sheriff Steven Engelhardt. The offense is listed as #26, 'offense not listed.' Diede later agreed to the request for the sample and was released.
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Chase Anderson meets with Dakota Spotlight to talk about his missing father, Bob Anderson.
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Items allegedly found on Diede Farmstead
According to the family of Bob Anderson, law enforcement showed them this photograph on Sept 30, 2015. The photo shows items thought to have belonged to Bob Anderson and confiscated from the Diede farm.
Contributed / Chase Anderson
June 1995 Wishek Star Article
According to this article from the Wishek Star, BCI investigators sent dive teams to a local dam to look for clues in the case in 1996.
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Rural Logan County, North Dakota
A rural road in Logan, County, ND
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This sign welcomed visitors to Wishek in 1994.
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Bob Anderson's loved ones in Napoleon ND 2015
23 years after his disappearance, five members of Bob Anderson's family huddle up before meeting with investigators to discuss the case. Sept 30, 2015 in Napoleon, ND
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