Gina Bos packed her guitar. She walked to her car. The trunk was never shut. She has not been seen since October 17, 2000.
Regina "Gina" Bos was 40 years old on the night she disappeared — a musician, a mother of three, a woman with a new job lined up and a Habitat for Humanity house in progress. She had spent the evening playing open mic night at Duggan's Pub in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Multiple witnesses saw her leave around 1 a.m. Her guitar and sheet music were found in the trunk of her Saturn the next morning. The trunk was slightly open. Her purse was not in the car. She was not in the car.
She is the oldest unsolved missing persons case at the Lincoln Police Department.
In 2018, eighteen years into the investigation, Detective Greg Sorensen told Dateline NBC: "Do I think I know who killed her? Yes. There is no way she would be forcibly taken off the street — in front of all those people that night — by a stranger. I think she knew her assailant." And in the same conversation: "We don't have enough probable cause to arrest somebody."
That gap — between what a detective believes and what the law requires to act — is at the center of this case. It is also the center of this series.
Episode 1 covers who Gina was and what happened on October 16 and 17, 2000. It covers the music community she was part of, the social world of Duggan's Pub, the people who were in that room that night, the two-and-a-half-hour window between when she finished performing and when she walked to her car, and the morning her children heard her pager go off in the house — and realized their mother wasn't there.
If you have information about Gina Bos's disappearance:Lincoln Police Department:
402-441-6000Crime Stoppers (anonymous):
1-800-222-8477namus.gov — Nebraska State Patrol missing persons registry
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Midnight Mystery Archive explores unsolved cases, disappearances, conspiracies, and forgotten mysteries through research, storytelling, and clear analysis. Hosted by Kevin Hall, the show takes listeners deeper into the cases that shape our curiosity and haunt our history — always with respect for the victims and their families. Part of the Archive Podcast Network.