A Mother's Search For Answers: The Abduction of Mitchell Owens

In February of 1983, young mother Ora Owens woke up to every woman’s worst nightmare. A man standing over her bed watching her as she slept as she is home alone with her children. After leaping out of bed to try to run for help, the stranger caught up to her, dragging her back into her bedroom and violently attacking her. In the middle of the attack, her four-year-old son Mitchell walked in. He bravely said to the assailant “You’re hurting my mom, and I’m going to tell.” After that Ora was knocked unconscious. Miraculously, she was found still clinging to life and rushed to the hospital. When she awoke, her life was forever shattered when she learned that her other two boys were found at the house, but her son Mitchell was gone. 43 years have passed without any answers as to who tried to kill her that night and what happened to her son. I’m so grateful that Ora has entrusted me with her story and it’s a responsibility I do not take lightly. In this episode, she sits down with me to tell her story fully for the first time publicly on this type of platform. We will tell you more about Mitchell and more about the case than just the scant information in newspaper clippings. And in the end, you’ll hear where the case stands and where there are calls to action. Because what once seemed like an impossible case to solve may now have some light at the end of the tunnel.

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Sources:
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/mitchell-deon-owens
https://charleyproject.org/case/mitchell-deon-owens
https://charleyproject.org/case/kevin-andrew-mccarthy-collins
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-second-page-o/148174240/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-second-page-o/148174240/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-february-10th/148174579/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-mitchell-owe/148175744/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-april-1984-n/148200394/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-search-effor/148200542/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-enterprise-photo-cartons/168561291/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-21083-owens/188328011/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-22-wants-son/188330394/

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