The Trail Went Cold - Episode 468 - Karen Farmer Beard and Shelly Hansen

E590 - The Trail Went Cold - Episode 468 - Karen Farmer Beard and Shelly Hansen

Published: February 4, 2026

Duration: 48:43

January 15, 1991. Kingston, Tennessee. 35-year old Karen Farmer Beard, who happens to be seven-and-a-half months pregnant, drops off her two daughters at the residence of the parents of her ex-husband, Reece Beard. Hours later, Karen’s abandoned car is found next to a bridge located a quarter-mile away and while a woman claiming to be Karen had phoned a towing service and asked them to pick up her car, investigators believe the caller may have been an impostor. Since Karen was engaged in a heated child custody battle with Reece and alleged that he was the father of her unborn ch...