Related Disappearances? Keeslyn Roberts and Caleb Smith

Related Disappearances? Keeslyn Roberts and Caleb Smith

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Speaker 1: Hello friends, welcome to the latest installment of our Land

of the Lost series. This time we're delving into the

cases of Keaslin Roberts and Caleb Smith. Now, with all

the bizarre and seemingly unexplainable disappearance stories going around on

YouTube and other places these days, it's easy to get

caught up in them and forget that these are real people,

real possible victims, who had family and friends. loved ones

whose lives were affected in every possible way by the

person's disappearance. Could it also be true that with all

the books coming out, and again, all the videos made

and the information online about these cases, it's quite easy

to become numbed or jaded to these stories, to these people.

Couldn't it also be true that maybe this numbness, this

nonchalance and somewhat boredom with cases like these, one after another,

after another, after another, to be exactly what, who, or

whatever is involved in orchestrating these disappearances and murders counts on?

In this episode, we're going to discuss two different cases

that have a strange similarity and also a bit of

a connection. Please keep in mind, though, that these are

real human beings, and though their cases may or may

not be similar to those you've heard over a thousand

times already, be sure and pay attention to the details here.

Listen closely. and focus on the similarities and strangeness of

both of these cases, while being sure to bear in

mind that there is one big difference. One of them

could very well still be alive, and one of them, unfortunately,

has already been found deceased. Let's start with the tragedy

of Caleb Smith. On January 15, 2020, Caleb Smith told

his grandmother that he was driving to Rome, Georgia to

spend the day hanging out with some friends who lived there.

This wasn't anything out of the ordinary for the 21-year-old,

so when he requested that she leave the deadbolt to

the front door of their house unlocked for him so

he could re-enter when he got back home later on

that night, she happily obliged and thought nothing of it.

Little did she know that while she would speak to

her grandson at least one more time over the phone

that same day, as he walked out the front door

of their house that ill-fated cold day in January, it

would be the last time she would ever actually see

him alive. Technically, the next day, at 12.32 a.m., Caleb

entered the Flying J gas station in Resaca, Georgia. This

was on the way to Rome, Georgia. We know Caleb

entered this establishment at this exact time because he was

seen on the gas station's minimal surveillance footage. Three minutes later,

at 12.35 a.m., Caleb called his grandmother and informed her

that he had to pull into the rest stop because

he realized he didn't have enough gas to get to

Rome as he'd initially planned. He told her there was

one man sitting at a table on the other side

of the restaurant that he was going to ask to

help him with $ 5 for gas money so he can

continue on his journey to go and see his friends.

Though his phone records have not been made public at

this time, Caleb is seen on the same surveillance footage

sitting at his table for a few minutes, seemingly sending

texts but possibly browsing the internet. Caleb did eventually get

up and approach the man, assuming he asked the man

for the $ 5 for gas money he told his grandmother

he was going to do. However, it is unclear whether

or not the man gave Caleb the $ 5, and Caleb

actually ended up approaching the man twice in a matter

of just a few minutes. It is still unknown exactly

what the exchanges were between the two men. No word

either on whether or not this man was ever identified

or questioned. No information one way or the other can

be found. After approaching and speaking to this man the

second time, Caleb returns to his own table and sits down,

facing this unknown man. After just a minute or two,

Caleb gets up and leaves the gas station rest stop area,

never to be seen alive again. When morning came and

Caleb's grandmother realized that his bed had been slept in,

she became very concerned. If Caleb had planned on staying out,

he never would have asked her to leave the deadbolt

unlocked for him. She decided to go to the last

place she knew him to be when he wasn't answering

his phone or returning any of her texts. so she

got into her own car and drove down to the

Flying J rest stop and searched the surrounding area and

the parking lot for Caleb's car. She eventually found his

car parked in the Flying J parking lot, but in

the back of the Denny's restaurant building, assuming where the

back entrance or garbage exit would be. This location could

be important because it seems Caleb was parked almost purposely

out of view of any of the surveillance cameras. His

grandmother states that she didn't immediately get out of her

car to search Caleb's car because she saw a suspicious-looking

white Nissan that, in her words, she said, freaked her

out and decided it was safer to remain in her

vehicle until Caleb's other family members, whom she had just called, arrived.

She never elaborated on why this white Nissan was suspicious-looking

to her or why it freaked her out so. Although

it's speculated it was because the windows were tinted very

dark and the vehicle had pulled in and parked directly

facing her in front of her vehicle and nobody exited

the Nissan. Immediately upon the arrival of the other two

family members she'd called to come and assist her, the

white Nissan pulled out of the parking lot. There's no

information regarding whether or not this white Nissan had any

involvement in what happened to Caleb. Upon searching Caleb's car,

the family found it was unlocked. The cell phone and

battery were separated and both in the glove box. The

keys to the vehicle were on the floor underneath the seat.

Although Caleb had called his grandmother the previous night and

explained to her that he was almost out of gas,

his car had a half a tank of gas in

it when it was found. This would have been more

than enough to get him to Rome. Essentially, Caleb called

his grandmother to explain about his being low on gas

for seemingly no reason. It's been said that he did

it to give a reason as to why he would

be later than expected coming home if he was stuck

trying to get money for gas. but that hasn't been verified.

Caleb's jacket was also found in the car. It was

a very cold night in Georgia in the middle of January.

The family couldn't understand why he would leave his jacket behind.

After searching his vehicle, his family called the police to

report Caleb as missing. Gordon County Sheriff's Office spent all

of the next two days, January 16th and 17th, searching

the areas around the Flying J rest stop for any

additional evidence or for Caleb himself, with no results. It's

also worth mentioning here that the GCSO never processed Caleb's

car for additional evidence, forensic or otherwise, and immediately released

it to the family. On February 3rd, 2020, Caleb Smith's

body was found five miles away from the Flying J.

It was in a marshy and overgrown area of the

county between the Sugar Valley and Hill City communities. The

Sheriff's Office reported that a passerby found him in a

heavily overgrown and poorly drained area. Caleb was completely naked and,

oddly enough, the fire department had been dispatched to that

same area his body was found earlier in the day

in response to a small brush fire and didn't come

across Caleb's remains. This is another odd fact. Despite not

knowing whether or not this brush fire was connected to

Caleb's death or not, it was an incredibly wet few

weeks there in Georgia at the time, so for a

brush fire to have been started on its own was

almost impossible. The initial report stated, however, No immediate indications

of violence were apparent regarding Caleb's body, and the GBI

revealed that there were no indications of violence or evidence

of foul play. The results of the toxicology report were

as follows. Caleb died as a result of methamphetamine intoxication.

There is no known information as to whether or not

Caleb ever had a problem with any kind of drugs,

and the death was ruled accidental. If it weren't for

something eerily similar happening to a young woman just two

days later at the same exact Flying J gas station,

that may have been the end of Caleb's story. However,

when you add up the similarities with the story I'm

about to relate to you, even when sprinkling in the differences,

one can't help but wonder. We in the true crime

community know there's usually no such thing as coincidence, and

we all also know that nobody knows this better than

law enforcement. So why exactly Or are they trying so

hard to make us believe that coincidence is exactly what

seems to connect these two cases? Are we really to

believe that a young man, supposedly with enough methamphetamine in

his system to kill him, stripped off his clothes and

then not only decided to walk five miles in the

bitter cold, high and naked, but that he managed to

do so without calling any attention to himself at all?

Is it reasonable to think that not a single person

would have noticed a naked young man walking on the

side of the road for an entire five miles? There

are so many facts that just do not seem to

fit with the accidental death ruling. Let's review just some

of them now. First of all, even if we asked

no questions and accepted that Caleb was able to walk

all that way without being noticed despite the condition he

was in both physically and mentally, keep in mind Caleb

was found completely naked. This means no socks, no shoes, nothing.

Are we also to believe that he could have accomplished

this naked and five mile walk without not only doing

no damage to but also not dirtying his feet at all?

There is no explanation as to why or how the

police have been able to reconcile themselves to calling this death,

with all the strange facts and evidence, an accident. Caleb

was found in a very muddy, marshy area. Not even

a drop of mud on his feet? His clothes were

never found either, but again, there is no information as

to the extent of the police investigation. into where his

clothes went either why wasn't Caleb's family allowed to identify

the body some say it's simply because of the state

of decomposition of the body after being outside the marshland

for so long but others aren't so sure remember this

was during the cold winter in january Speculation and rumors

surround this case, and it seems no one knows enough

to be able to separate fact from fiction. Our research

was only able to find two that weren't absolutely off-the-wall

wild conjectures and made just a tiny bit of sense.

The first of these theories is that he may have

gotten into someone else's car to smoke the methamphetamine, a

dealer or perhaps maybe the man he was seen on

camera having multiple conversations with. who, to the best of

the public's knowledge, was never even found, let alone questioned

or investigated in any way. And as tends to happen

sometimes to people who partake in this particular substance, Caleb

became overheated and started taking off his clothes. Before anyone

knew what was happening, Caleb started overdosing, and whoever he

was with, if he was with anyone, didn't want to

be involved in any way with this overdose death for fear,

especially if they were the one that sold or gave

it to him. but even if they were just using

with him and drove Caleb's body to the marshland and

left it there. Did whoever this person or people were

think about DNA evidence or forensics and possibly, instead of

Caleb stripping himself, did the perpetrators or witnesses strip him

of his clothes after he died to eliminate any kind

of touch or fiber evidence eventually coming back to link

them or their car to his death? The fact of

the matter is, we just don't know. And it seems

as though if the investigators in this case have it

their way, we never will. Caleb's case is officially closed

at this point. Two days after the incident with Caleb

at this Flying J gas station, an eerily and almost

shockingly similar disappearance happened. Many people who are familiar with

Caleb's case feel like what happened to Keaslin Roberts, or

at least what everyone knows happened to her because she

is yet to be found, should have initiated at least

a little bit more investigation into his case. They believe

it should have led the police, as it did for

most of the public, into asking some serious questions regarding

that accidental death ruling. So, what happened to Kiesland? Let's

find out. Now, please keep in mind as we go

over the details that we know in her case that

she is still considered missing and should be presumed alive

until it can be proven that she is not. So,

pay close attention. On January 18th, 2020, A 21-year-old young

woman named Kieslin Roberts was seen at the same Flying

J gas station, only she was encountered entering an employees-only

entrance in the back on the Denny's side. Remember, this

is also where Caleb's car was found. The same Flying

J gas station in Resaca, Georgia. Some reports state that

Kiesland was simply told by an employee that she could

not be back there, and this employee's only kitchen area entrance,

and others state that she actually got into some kind

of altercation with the person who informed her of this,

and was then told to leave. There is nothing official

to confirm or disprove either one of these statements. Remember,

there are no cameras in this part of the parking lot.

What is known, however, is that when she was told

or asked to exit the area, she was allegedly just

standing there, staring blankly out the door she had just entered.

Kiesland had dropped all of her belongings, these included a

backpack containing her ID, credit and debit cards, cash and

phone charger, and ran off. The employees of either the

gas station side or the Denny's side, again these reports conflict,

ended up calling 911 and described Kiesland as a suspicious

looking young woman and described the odd encounter. Kiesland was

never seen or heard from again. Where did Kiesland go

and how did she get there without her car? Her

vehicle was found two days later on January 20th with

more belongings inside, parked very near where Caleb's car was

found in the exact same parking lot. Witnesses would later

come forward stating that they had briefly spoken to Kiesland

that fateful night and she had allegedly told them she

was there meeting a male friend. However, this alleged meeting

has never been elaborated on. The person she was supposedly

meeting and also her boyfriend were questioned by police shortly

after she was reported missing. But so far, nobody has

been named either a suspect or even a person of

interest in the case. But it's worth mentioning that Kiesland

did have a history with drug use, mainly methamphetamine, and

had blown off a mandatory probation appointment the day before

she went missing, resulting in a warrant being issued for

her arrest. Many speculate that Kiesland so quickly fled from

the Flying J that day due to not wanting to

be there when the police were called because she would

have been arrested on this warrant. But why not take

her car? More speculation had Kiesland possibly leaving the gas

station with a trucker, but again, this hasn't been confirmed.

In early March of 2020, when investigators searched the Flying J,

and no idea why it took this long for them

to search the area her car was found in and

where she was last seen, they did find items of

clothing that belonged to Kiesland in a dumpster behind the building.

An anonymous witness, who has been said to be fully

cooperative with police and not involved in any way to

her disappearance, came forward and told reporters that these articles

of clothing had been there the entire time, but police

were allegedly just getting around to searching for and collecting

them as evidence now, and now meaning two months later

in March. Unfortunately, this is all the evidence available, at

least online in either case. Can it really all be

a coincidence that two young people, one a known drug

user and the other a possibility, found dead from intoxication

from the other's drug of choice, go missing from the

exact same gas station under eerily similar circumstances within two

days of each other? Is it also just happenstance that

the two also live on the same street as each other? Now,

there's no evidence that they even knew each other, but still,

a little too much to overlook if you ask most

people involved with or following this case. Where is Kiesland?

Did she meet the same fate as Caleb and just

hasn't been found yet? Was Caleb's death truly an accident?

And even if it was, someone obviously moved his body

at least. And at most, they murdered him and dumped

it at the location where it was found. Is Kiesland

running on her own and of her own free will

due to fear, again, of being arrested for that probation

violation and probable relapse? It's also worth mentioning here that

there have been several sightings of Kiesland at multiple truck

stops in various cities across the country. However, none of

these have ever been able to actually be confirmed as her. Now,

as we mentioned, her clothes were found two months after

she was last seen fleeing the scene, so where did

she go while naked? Also, without anyone seeing her, as

the police are insinuating, Caleb took a five-mile naked walk

without being noticed, too. Were her clothes really there the

entire time, as the anonymous and seemingly cooperative witness claimed

to news reporters? Or were they dumped there after the fact,

for whatever reason? Currently, there's a $ 6, 000 reward for information

that could lead to Kiesland's whereabouts. If you can help

this investigation in any way, or think you have any information,

no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, please

contact the Gordon County Sheriff's Department at 706-629-1244. So, what

do you think of this case? Are these bizarre circumstances

simply coincidence, or is there indeed a connection here? I

look forward to reading your comments. As always, we ask

that you please be respectful in the comment section when

discussing this case. Many times, family and friends of the

victims do watch these videos and read the comments. So

please don't say anything that you wouldn't say if it

was your family member or friend in this circumstance. In closing,

be good to yourselves and each other. I'm Steve Stockton,

and I'll talk to you next time.