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>> The family of a missing 28-year-old woman held a press conference today searching for answers. Paige Coffey has
been missing for 9 months now. Her family says she would never have left without telling them. The reward for
information now up to $5,000. Kendall Forward live in Cleveland now with more details on this. Kendall.
Aaron, Paige was last seen here in surveillance video at The Steel Yard Commons 7 months ago on May 7th. Now her
family hoping someone somewhere might have some information on where she is now. They say she was so close to her
family and she never would have wandered off without telling them. Paige is a wonderful young lady. She's
very close to her family. After 9 months, Paige Coffey's family still searching for her, still searching for
answers. Her aunt with Paige's heartbroken mother standing by her side says she never would have left without
telling her family. Paige has a very close relationship with her parents, her grandparents, brothers, and cousins and
there is no way she would go over 9 months without contacting her family. Paige was last spotted on May 7th on
Steel Yard Commons surveillance video. Her family saw her just a week prior. Her aunt describes her as reliable and
dependable, an art lover with a great personality. Her disappearance is completely unlike her and she knows
something is wrong. There would be no reason for her to just walk away that we could think of.
She She was just a great girl. Paige, now 28 years old, lived in Cleveland and worked in Macedonia at Torrid, a women's
clothing boutique. She attended Youngstown State and visited her grandmother in Bratenahl often.
Bratenahl police now investigating searching for answers and they say no tip is too small.
>> It's extremely unusual that 9 months have passed and no one has heard or seen Paige Coffee. The reward
now up to $5,000 for information to find Paige. Her family begging for some sort
of information to help bring her home. No no tip is too small. Um it's been agonizing over these last 9
months. Now we showed you her picture there, but she's about 5' 8" and also has a tattoo on her arm of piano keys.
Again, this was the last place she was spotted on surveillance video here at Steelyard Commons. So if you have any
information or know where she might be, contact Crime Stoppers or Bratenahl Police. Reporting live at Steelyard
Commons, funnel forward 19 News. >> [music] [music] [music] >> Paige Coffee is a young woman who grew
up in the Cleveland, Ohio area. She graduated from Charles Brush High School in 2010 and enrolled at North Coast
College. Paige wanted to study fashion merchandising, something that she loved and something that came naturally to
her. She worked throughout her teens and 20s at various retail stores and women's
fashion retailers, at least one that is located in the Steelyard Commons shopping area, which is in the greater
Cleveland area. Paige is one of those young women who is always trying new hairstyles, experimenting with makeup,
and wearing carefully curated outfits. Prolific selfies of her show a young woman who rarely smiles for the camera,
yet looks as though she's enjoying herself. Paige is very close with her mother, her aunt, and her cousins.
She spoke with them daily, if not several times a day. Her aunt says she is very artistic, outgoing, reliable,
and dependable. Paige's mother, Trenetta Williamson, who we spoke with at length
and who is the major source of information for this episode, said that Paige is super outgoing, a talker,
someone who is friendly and bubbly. Mother and daughter share a loving relationship. They were very close. In
2012, when Paige was still young, she got married to someone who we will call T Coffee. The two met in high school.
Paige's mother, Trenetta, was against the marriage because she thought that the two were too young.
She wanted Paige to focus on college and her career. Paige and T got hitched anyway and moved to Hawaii, where he was
stationed with the army. But the young couple struggled and the two high school sweethearts divorced.
This in 2016. After the marriage, Paige was living back in the greater Cleveland area. Then
in 2017, Paige met someone. She started dating Patrick Samar Mason, Jr. He was in his mid-20s from the greater
Cleveland area. They dated on and off for about 2 years. And this is where Trenetta says Paige started to change.
According to Paige's mother, she could tell early on in this relationship that Patrick was pretty controlling. Yeah,
Patrick goes by the nickname of P.J. So, we will refer to him mostly as P.J. throughout this episode. Paige stopped
posting on her social media, and her last Facebook post was in early March 2017.
She told her family that P.J. would check her Instagram account and see what she was doing and who she was talking
to. And with this, Paige's personality began to change. All of her life, she was always the chatterbox. Now, she was
becoming closed off, hardly speaking at all. And some would say she was becoming
rather secretive. Paige started dropping out of touch with her family and friends for days at a
time. She was unreachable and then later would say that she lost her phone or it
was broken. Her family would get her a new phone so they could keep in touch and time and
time again the replacement phone would break or get lost. >> Yeah, if you Google signs of a
controlling boyfriend, the first thing that pops up is that they increasingly isolate you from friends and family.
>> The phone always seems to be the first cut off point for these types. Yeah. By
this time, Captain, we have Paige, she's living in a house on Oakshore Drive in Bratenahl. Now, we are not liking what
we are seeing here, are we, Captain? No, I don't like anytime I hear about somebody being isolated within a
relationship. >> No, so now in our timeline, we are in the early 2019 time frame, March and
April of 2019 to be more on point. This is when something incredibly alarming happens. Things start to get scary. This
is when an officer from the South Euclid Police Department was out front knocking
on Trenetta's door. When she answered, the officer said that he was there to return a lost and found purse that
belonged to a Paige Coffee and asking if she was there. Now, Trenetta told the officer that Paige no longer lived
there, but it makes sense that they went to Trenetta's home because the address listed on Paige's driver's license was
still Trenetta's home address. The officer asked the obviously concerned mother if she had any idea why the
police found Paige's purse full of personal items on the side of the highway. Trenetta said no, it didn't
make any sense. The officer asked Trenetta if she could get in touch with Paige as the officer would like to ask
her some questions. Mainly to make sure that the young woman was all right. Trenetta explained how Paige had
recently become distant from the family and how she was very difficult to get a hold of. Telling him she didn't really
respond to text or even pick up the phone when called. The officer left the purse with Trenetta and before leaving
took an incident report to document the situation. Now, Paige's purse was actually recovered covered by Macedonia
police, which is nearby. They gave it to the South Euclid police because of the address listed on the driver's license
found inside. This making the situation even more of a big question mark for both police, but more
importantly Paige's family. So, now because of this whole weird purse thing, Paige's family is just perplexed and
extremely concerned for Paige's well-being. It's not good when you can't get a hold
of a loved one and then police show up at your front door because they found her purse full of personal items on the
side of the freeway. >> No, that's a very bad sign. Now, if that wasn't weird enough for you, well, then
check your head because things are going to go from scary to very strange with the quickness. Because on that same very
day, and even though PJ knew Trenetta did not like him one bit, Trenetta receives a text from PJ. So, PJ is
texting Trenetta. And boy, does he have a story to tell. PJ told her that Paige had shot him in the head. Say what?
Minutes later, Trenetta receives a photo of PJ's bloodied head. A few minutes go by and then boom,
another photo. This time he sent her a photo of a handwritten note. It's a note in Paige's handwriting in
which she is confessing to shooting PJ in the head. So now the police are involved once
again regarding Paige. This is on the same day as the purse incident. The police intervened and ended up putting
Paige in the hospital for a psych evaluation because she was completely hysterical. So Captain, even though we
have this note that appears to be Paige's handwriting, a note saying she shot PJ in the head. Right. It looks
like this whole incident is not so cut and dry. It's more complicated than that and a little confusing to boot.
>> It's quite a palava. >> One of the sergeants told Paige's family that he feared a murder-suicide
was in the future for these two. >> Well, because these people are so abusive and controlling and they
manipulate you a lot of times you don't feel like there's any way out. >> Yeah, and it's not really clear exactly
what happened here in this situation. Now, one thing that is fact is PJ actually had bullet fragments in his
head. So, he was shot. But so was his car. His car was shot up, so he was shot, too, but no one was
really for sure who actually fired those shots. The hospital would be a chance for Paige
to get away from PJ and out of what is clearly a horrible situation. Even if she did shoot him in the head, which I
don't think that he she did, this is clearly not a good situation for anybody. Right. While in the hospital,
Paige told her mom that PJ forced her to write the gunshot note at gunpoint. And
we know that his car had been shot up. That portion of the story was on the news. And at least one eyewitness
confirmed bullet holes on his vehicle. So it looks to me like PJ is in it with somebody else.
He's got something else going on here, and he might be using this situation where he's already controlling this
young woman who's in a air quotes relationship with him. And he's going to use her as the scapegoat
for why he ends up shot. Forcing her to write a note at gunpoint. >> Well, this is some wild April Page
was released from the hospital. Now, she told her mom that she was trying to get
away from PJ. And while it is unclear as to the details, it appears that the two
eventually reconciled. And unfortunately, within a month, Paige would be gone. But, there's some more
interesting events leading up to her disappearance. This takes us to Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. This is when Paige
asked her mother to give her a ride to Oakwood Village. Trenetta did not ask Paige what she was
doing there or what she intended to do there because she knew PJ lived in that area. Paige knew that her mom did not
approve of PJ's treatment of her and wanted to hear nothing about him. And of course, Trenetta was upset about
the choices that Paige was making. And she let Paige know about it. Now, Paige got out of the car and walked
away, and that's the last time Trenetta saw her daughter. The next day, Paige text her mom
asking her to add $30 to a Cash App card. After the stay in the hospital, Paige was without a vehicle and without
a job. It appears that the only thing she thought she had at that time was PJ and her mom.
Unfortunately, for reasons we won't pretend to understand, it looks like she was choosing PJ. And because of this,
she is becoming more and more isolated. And this was because PJ wanted her all to himself.
Here's some proof from a series of text we found, one between her friends that says, quote, "Paige told me before he
took her phone and didn't want her to have a job, he wants to make her life so shorty that
she has no choice but to always need him." Yeah, he's a real piece of On May 5th, Trenetta got a phone call
from a work connection of Paige's who was trying to get in touch with her. She text Paige to let her know this, but
got no response. Police later told Trenetta that at this time on May 5th, they verified that
Paige and PJ were staying at a cheap motel in Copley Township near Akron, Ohio. >> Hotel, motel.
>> But they got evicted and on the 6th, they left the motel. Police are going to
tell Paige's mother, Trenetta, that on Monday, May 6th, she went to work with PJ. Right. So, she's not working at this
time, we know that. But PJ is working. He's a landscaper. And Well, she was working at a boutique,
right? Not after she got out of the hospital. Well, right, but this is another way to
control her. Now, she doesn't have her own money and hey, we know that she loves fashion, we know
that she wants to study fashion. What better place to learn about the business than a boutique?
Well, separate her from anything that she loves. So, what we do know is that they were together on this Monday, May
6th. Now, the following day, Tuesday, May 7th, police knew that PJ went to see his probation officer for a required
check-in. They found surveillance footage of Paige and PJ together at a Home Depot. And
Steelyard comments, this is a large shopping area in Cleveland. They each purchased something. Records
show that Paige bought a candy bar and PJ bought a Snickers and some brake fluid.
And they left the store together. Unfortunately, there are no surveillance cameras outside of the store that show
where Paige and PJ went when they walked out. So, no one really knows where they went
after that or really what happened after that. Police say that Paige's phone pinged
that evening. This is May 7th around 6:00 p.m. Now, police will not comment on the cell
phone activity after that. The obvious inference here, Captain, is twofold for me. One,
we know police have all of the cell phone science and information, which leads us to number two.
That they are likely keeping this information hush-hush as it's crucial to their investigation and holds
evidentiary value. Right. We have been told from Paige's family that after this, she never contacted her
family again. And after the 7th of May, her phone went right to voicemail. She has never posted on social media
since then, and law enforcement says that Paige Coffee has not used her social security number, she's not used
her cash app or card. She's not made any electronic payments. It seems like after this trip to the
Home Depot, where we have them both on surveillance footage in the store together,
poof, Paige is gone after that. Do you have a record of what her financial transactions were before then? Did she
transfer money to PJ? I don't believe that she did so. >> Or if she did, they're just not
reporting it. Correct. Her family and the police have that information. That's not information that we have. So, who is
this PJ, right? Who is this PJ character? We already said his real name is Patrick
Samar Mason Jr. And I'm just taking a wild guess here, Captain, but I would be willing to bet all of the beer in the
garage fridge that the Mason family are probably very thankful that this guy is not going by his birth name or throwing
that last name of Mason around too much. In fact, if they are smart, well, then they won't have anything to do with him
at all. Don't drop by here on Christmas, Patrick Samar Mason Jr. or PJ. The doors are
closed. Now, this case has received virtually zero media attention. And so, your boys
here in the garage decided to step in. We dug up some background information on PJ because, well, federal court
documents are publicly available. In 2020, Patrick Samar Mason Jr. or PJ was 29 years old.
He dropped out of high school after his junior year, but went on to get his GED and even had two semesters of college
where he had an overall GPA of 3.0, surprisingly. Apparently, he had a psych evaluation at some point, and it was
determined that, quote, though he has a number of mental health diagnoses, he is
not intellectually disabled, end quote. But, he has a lengthy criminal history dating back to when he was 17 years old.
>> Right. So, he's mediocre at school, but an overachiever at being a bag. His juvenile adjudications include a
traffic-related offense, theft-related offenses, and failure to comply. He has four prior adult felony
convictions involving burglary and robbery. And he has a misdemeanor convictions involving theft, domestic
violence, and menacing. And to no one's surprise, P.J. has been arrested for domestic violence toward the women that
he has dated, this even prior to Paige. But it wasn't just pushing or shoving. Here is what the court say.
He was charged by Cleveland police for aggravated menacing on January 12th of 2017.
The court record stated domestic violence high risk and a referral to a psych referral as well.
A no contact order was issued in this situation prohibiting P.J. from having any contact from
or with the victim or better said domestic violence survivor. Then on January 26th, 2017,
P.J. was again charged with domestic violence and also unlawful restraint. An arrest warrant was issued and he was
arrested on September 16th. So it looks like he was on the run for quite some time.
P.J. was found guilty and received a sentence of 180 days, 166 days suspended, 14 days credit for time
served. In other words, all he got was probation. Yeah, slap on the wrist. This is surprising and horrifying because
P.J. already had a record. We found three separate arrests in 2011 in Cuyahoga County for burglary, theft,
aggravated theft, aggravated robbery, a firearm was used, and grand theft. He did about 10 months in prison for those
charges. He was arrested in the same county in 2014 for complicity to burglary and
obstructing official business. Usually that means like during the course of an investigation,
he he may have lied to the police or did something of that nature. Right. And he
did time for those charges as well. Long story short here, Captain, P.J. is and was bad news. And Paige was mixed up
with him and had been withdrawing from her family and seemingly falling increasingly under PJ's control.
She didn't tell her mother the worst of it, but Paige sent electronic messages to one of her friends telling her the
things that PJ had done to her. Now, he is not named specifically in these messages which we viewed, but her
friend knew who Paige was talking about in these messages. And the messages say >> It was
It was implied cuz they were obviously in a relationship. >> That's right. And the messages say,
I'll read from the transcript here. The friend says, "Hey mama, how you been, girly?" Paige replies, "Girl, shitty,
but I'm a survivor." Friend says, "What's going on?" Paige replies, "I got a divorce 2 years ago,
jumped into a relationship, got dogged and humiliated, then into another one where for 2 years he nearly killed me.
I've been shot at, strangled, stabbed, beat, burnt with milds, raped, and embarrassed, and I still tried to
stay. I had to ask myself why. Just out of that now, so I'm trying to get my together."
So, based off of this here, Captain, it sounds like this is kind of fleshing out
what we already knew was a terrible situation, but she's adding some horrific details to that.
And it sounds like she thinks that she's out of this relationship at this time when she's having a conversation with
her friend. >> But that's why it's so hard to leave these abusive situations because when
you think you're out, that's probably the most dangerous time for you. Well, and the thing is, we say leave, but
we often see in these situations that person is not allowed to leave. Now, this was not just a case of a
domineering boyfriend. This was violent physical abuse. And then after May 7th, Paige seemingly
vanished. No one heard from her after that. For about a week, Trenetta said she was
concerned because it was so unlike her daughter to be completely out of touch for that long. And no call or visit on
Mother's Day, May 11th, this is when Trenetta really knew something was very, very wrong. Even if Paige was furious at
her mother for objecting to the PJ situation, she would have at least called her on Mother's Day if she could.
Now desperate, on May 16th, Trenetta called PJ. And he told her that he and Paige were not together anymore. And he
had not seen her in weeks. >> [snorts] >> Now Trenetta knew that this was a lie.
So she called PJ's mother, whom PJ sometimes stayed with. And she said that they had not seen Paige in months.
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the people in the back. On May 17th, Trenetta went to the Brantnall Police Department and filed a missing persons
report with the sergeant on duty. The incident report dated May 17th, 2019, reflects that Trenetta told the sergeant
that she had not had any contact with her daughter in more than 2 weeks, and she believed her to be in the company of
Patrick Smar Mason Jr. or PJ. So, Brantnall Police took on the case, but noted in the report that there was
friction between mother and daughter over the boyfriend. It also notes that Paige is bipolar and
may be off of her meds. They asked Trenetta if Paige was depressed and she answered yes at times.
This, in my opinion, had a good and unfortunate result. Both good and unfortunate. Right. One, the good is a
missing persons alert for Paige was issued at that time, but it read that she might be in danger
because of a change in mental status. This was something that I and her family disagrees with. Even if Paige was
struggling mentally, she would not have ever just dropped off of the face of the
earth and stopped all contact with them. Then, frustrated about the total void of
information about Paige and trying to get information out of PJ, Trinette had her goddaughter Vanessa
call PJ. This call took place on May 20th, 2019 at 9:32 p.m. and it was recorded. Now, we made a transcript of
this conversation as best as we could make it out. It starts off saying, "Hey, it's Vanessa
again. I just got a quick question cuz we're so worried about her. Where do you see her at the last time you seen her?"
PJ's response is, "Left her downtown. Last time I seen her, I went to court. I was coming downtown."
He seems to be saying that Paige went to court with him. He could not remember which day, whether it was a Tuesday or a
Wednesday. Right. We know that it was in fact that Tuesday. Vanessa then ask, "You went to court
together?" PJ says, "No, she I went to court, though. I can't quite make out everything he's saying there."
Vanessa then says, "Because we don't know why she hasn't called or anything. You all get into an argument or
something?" PJ says, "No." and something else which is inaudible. Vanessa then says, "Have you checked up
on her at all?" PJ says, "I text her a couple of times. I called her a couple times." He says
something else that I can't understand and then says, "Changed her number. She was talking a bunch of crazy stuff."
Vanessa says, "Do you know where she could possibly be? She's usually with you all of the time."
PJ says, "No, she ain't with me. We broke up. I don't know how long ago." And then says something else which I
can't understand. Vanessa then says, "And she was downtown? {question mark} When? {question mark}" to which PJ says,
"Monday or Tuesday." Now, as you can put together based off of that, PJ's basically sticking to his story that he
has no idea where Paige is at this time. The family knows that she's missing. And he says that they've broken up and
he hasn't seen her in a while or so on according to his words. This despite the fact that the police
have verified that Paige and PJ were together at the hotel. They were together at his work.
And they were together at the Home Depot. So this takes place on that Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, May 5th through May
7th of 2019. They're together, he claims we're not together, I don't know when it was that
I last saw her. Boom, she disappears right after being with him. Well, the first red flag
is that his memory is so fuzzy. I don't really remember. We broke up a while ago. Not really for sure. 9 months
after Paige's disappearance, the FBI and the Brantnal Police held a press conference to announce a $5,000 reward
in exchange for information about Paige's whereabouts. Now during the conference, the then
Brantnal Police Chief noted that it was unusual for Paige to be out of contact with her family and stated, quote,
"Numerous investigative leads have been conducted, but to date nothing has led to the location of Paige. We strongly
believe that someone in this community has a vital piece of information that law enforcement needs." End quote.
Despite the seemingly interested involvement by BPD, the chief made it clear that they
were not 100% on board with foul play having befallen Paige. Right. >> He said that Paige actually lives in
Cleveland and the Brantnal Police were just helping out because Paige's grandmother lives in Brantnal. Oh,
that's horse >> The FBI was just assisting, he said. For all they know, Paige could be
sitting on a beach. Actually, his words were, "For all they know, Paige could be sitting on a sunny
beach somewhere." I do want to point out a couple things here before we move on that
Brattonal police it's if you watch that press conference and this is very unfortunate. This takes place 9 months
after she's been missing. So >> [clears throat] >> if you you could believe whatever you
want the day or two after she no one can get a hold of her. But after 9 months has gone by and she's not popped up or
not returned to her family, you got to recognize that you're dealing with a serious situation. Now, could she be on
a beach? That I guess that's possible. Does anybody think that? No. So why he bothered to go out of his way to say
that seems a little weird and also saying that they're just helping out because Paige actually lives in
Cleveland. Depends on who you talk to. If you want to say that the the hotel where they were staying is where she was
living, then I guess. But in all reality, no. She was last living in your community in
Brattonal, Ohio. It's like they don't want to take full responsibility. And I understand law enforcement's
You know, is it possible that she just said, "You know what? Life sucks and I'm going to move away." Sure. But no no
activity on her bank cards? Just she has money sitting in a bank and she's just not
going to take any of it out? Well, at this same press conference, Paige's aunt was
she speaks right after the chief does and makes it very clear that Paige is not sitting on a sunny beach somewhere.
She says, quote, "She would never have just walked away from her family and friends. She said all they have is
speculation, but they know that something happened to Paige. She said, "I've known her her whole 28 years. She
would not put family through this. She spoke to her mom all of the time." End quote.
Now, Trenetta does not believe that the Brattonal police and the FBI have done nearly enough to try to find her
daughter. A detective did acknowledge to her that Paige appeared to have battered
woman syndrome. Brattleboro's new police chief has been much more helpful and tells Trenetta
that the case is being actively worked. And everything I can see, Captain, I'm very confident that this is actively
being worked. And a recent tip, which is now in the hands of BPD and the FBI, came in and says that there's a chance
that Paige was trafficked and she's in the San Jose area. This is something that could be true,
but I I I suspect that it's probably not the case. But it is information that has made its
way to law enforcement. >> Well, and again, at first she wasn't reported as endangered missing. I hope
she is now because if this tip is is somewhat true, yeah, she's alive, but she's in a a dangerous
situation. >> And it hurts me to say this because I've met some of her family and I
picturing, you know, I want to have something positive to offer them. Some light at the end of the tunnel
here, but none of the information that that we are digging up or that has made its way to
law enforcement, none of it is a good result. None of it is anything that anybody
wants to hear about one of their loved ones. Now, in regard to the tip that I'm talking about, this could be a good tip,
I guess, but again, the information we've uncovered is screaming loud and clear that the answers likely are much
closer to home. Because as you will see, the sources of this information are close to home. More importantly, close
to Patrick Samar Mason Jr. And that is PJ's sister who told a cousin that after Paige vanished,
PJ torched his GMC truck and got a new one. Uh I mean, that sounds suspicious. Yeah,
that's a huge red flag. I mean, why would you set fire to your vehicle? Uh insurance fraud or maybe to cover up
evidence. Well, thankfully, the cousin reported this to the police. So, the police passed along that
information to Trenada saying, "Hey, we're we're looking for this guy's truck. We've We've received some
credible information that he torched it after your daughter disappeared." >> Right. He's telling us that he sold it
but can't provide any proof of that. And on top of that, there's no record of the
sale of a vehicle with that VIN. So, the truck is missing. And everybody's looking for this truck.
Well, you know, his initials shouldn't be PJ, they should be BS because this guy
is full of I mean, he wants to sit there and say, "I don't know. Last time I saw her, I haven't seen her
for weeks." and then we know that's a lie cuz he saw her on Sunday and Monday and on Tuesday.
And now he's saying, "Oh, yeah, I sold this vehicle." but there's no proof that he sold the vehicle. Just another
lie. This guy's serving up horse sandwiches. >> Yeah. And I'm jumping out of the line,
my friend. They stink. Stink. In November of 2020, Paige's family received communication from a man named
Davon. This is PJ's half-brother. Well, I'm glad you're bringing this up because
let's be clear, this is PJ. Mr. BS himself. This is his family coming forward. They know what kind of creep
this guy is. And they're coming forward with information. And And that's what's going
to solve this case is them coming forward with information, friends of his, acquaintances of his. This guy has
told somebody something. >> Well, and listen to this. This is Devon again, a family member of P.J.'s, who's
reaching out to Paige's family because he's concerned. And he says to the family, quote, "I really wish the best
for you all, and I really had deep feelings for Paige, and it's still bothering me that no one knows anything
about her whereabouts." And then goes on to say, quote, "Last thing I heard about P.J. is he was
in Oakwood Jail being held without bond for trying to choke out and smother the girl that he was with most recently."
End quote. Let's be clear, this is a relationship that he took on after Paige is missing.
It's not a relationship, it's a relationshit. And he is locked up for now abusing this person. So, this guy's
got a history of violence, and he's got a history of domestic violence. It doesn't seem to end.
Now, this information that came forward from the half-brother was true. So, he was locked up at that time, P.J. was.
And he found himself in federal court. This, again, about 9 months after Paige disappeared, P.J. was arrested again,
but this time with another young woman. And we're going to read from the court record describing this incident, but
it's rather interesting, so bear with me here, Captain. And it says, "On January 29th, 2020, at
approximately 2:39 p.m., officers and detectives of the Willoughby Hills Police Department
responded to a call for two people passed out in a vehicle at the Bishop Shell gas station located at 2770 Bishop
Road in Willoughby Hills, Ohio, which is in Lake County." >> Yeah, I actually know this area pretty
well, cuz I used to play at Willoughby Brewing Company. So, shout out to those guys. Great beer, by the way. I wish we
were sitting there right now. Mhm. The car in question was parked next to the gas pumps with the engine turned off.
Officer Craig Anderson says that he was already on the scene when Officer Mino arrived and was
attempting to wake the subjects by yelling into the vehicle. Wake up! Officer Anderson's police
cruiser was parked in front of the vehicle. So, if these two wake up and decide to take off, they're not going
anywhere. What losers. Officer Mino says as he approached, he noticed that the windows
were fogged up and he could barely make out the outline of the people inside. He
could tell that we have a male seated in the passenger seat who's slumped to the right and a female who
was in the driver seat and she slumped to the left. Neither individual was moving.
So, using his baton, he's tapping on the window and again, yelling into the vehicle,
but both occupants remained unconscious and unresponsive. He says that he planned to break the
window to gain entry to the vehicle because he believed that the occupants had overdosed on drugs or blacked out
from alcohol. They could need medical assistance. >> Or died of stupidity. >> But, forced entry ultimately proved
unnecessary as the female in the driver seat eventually sat up and she seemed to be partially
conscious. At the officer's urging, she manages to unlock the door eventually. The Officer Mino opened the passenger
side door. He looked into the vehicle and observed Mason, we know as PJ, still unconscious.
He says that he was breathing but was not responsive to efforts to try to wake him.
The vehicle emitted a strong smell of alcohol and Officer Mino observed that Mason's
hand was over a black gun holster. Later, the officer testified that this was a red
flag that a weapon might be present in the vehicle. And he is heard on the video recording,
you know, they're recording this from the the dash cam is recording this or or body body camera is recording
this. You can hear the officer sharing his concerns with the others on the scene
that we might have a a gun in this vehicle. He says that he also noticed ammunition
on the floor of the vehicle as well as an open container of gin located on the console. He continued to try to wake
Mason or PJ and administered a sternal rub, which temporarily caused Mason to open his eyes before he fell
unresponsive again. With the assistance of emergency medical technicians and the
fire department personnel on the scene, the officer removed Mason from the vehicle and a gun dropped from his
pants. Officer Amino took Mason to the ground to render aid as he verbally signaled that he had discovered a gun.
This guy, PJ, is beyond a dirtbag. Well, whatever he had consumed that day, either the driver, the female
driver, she was either unwilling to communicate that to police or or just didn't know.
So, they're able to wake her, they're not able to wake him until they pull him out and a gun falls out of his his
pants. >> Well, again, he's controlling and abusive for all we know. He drugged her.
Well, once that weapon is secured, Mason is then detained and the officers run his license, where they quickly
determine that he had outstanding warrants. So, he's under arrest at this time. Outstanding warrants and carrying
a gun. The female driver was also arrested and taken into custody as she was believed to be intoxicated
and became belligerent and combative with the officers. Because both of the vehicle's occupants
were taken into custody, the vehicle was impounded. >> Well, in fairness to her, they did wake
her up. Okay, so PJ is drunk and passed out at a gas station, and when police are able to wake him up, this gun falls
from his pants. Smooth move, Ex-Lax. Mhm. But, here's the court record of the car's inventory, which I think you'll
find interesting. An inventory of the contents of the vehicle and on Mason's person
revealed a 30-round magazine, loose rounds of 9-mm ammunition, a digital scale, an open bottle of Bombay Dry Gin,
and a gun holster. The weapon was identified as a Taurus Model PT111 Millennium G2 9-mm caliber pistol,
serial number TJP22624. Special Agent Corey Miles with the ATF is the one that wrote that report and
took the inventory of the contents of that vehicle and the items found on Mason, on PJ.
So, all of this was super bad for PJ, but good for the rest of us, right? Cuz we're going to lock this dude up.
But, not because PJ can't handle his liquor and was passed out in public, it was because
as a multiple felon, he's prohibited from being in possession of a firearm. So, PJ was initially charged in Lake
County, Ohio for what will end up being federal gun charges. And this comes about after they do their
due diligence, the police were able to show that the gun PJ was found with had crossed state lines, which gave the feds
jurisdiction over this whole mess because PJ was in violation of laws prohibiting him from possessing a weapon
that had been transported via interstate commerce. >> Yeah, I believe once the feds get
involved that you can tack on some years for this crime. >> A federal indictment against PJ was
filed on April 22nd. The complaint upshot is that PJ violated federal laws against being a felon in
possession of a firearm, and also specifically against felons convicted of domestic violence of possessing a
firearm. The 2017 conviction for domestic violence served as a predicate offense
for count two of the indictment. After his arrest, police searched PJ's house. According to Trenetta, they were looking
for information on Paige's whereabouts as well, or looking for items belonging to Paige.
>> Right. There they found one of Paige's cell phones. Now, investigators questioned PJ about this, but he's
refused to discuss the phone. He's refused to discuss Paige with law enforcement.
>> Yeah, cuz he's guilty of something. At PJ's initial appearance, court appearance, this took place on April
24th, he waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Now, the magistrate judge found that
there was sufficient evidence to proceed, and the matter was bound over to the grand jury to determine whether
there was probable cause to proceed to trial. Although the federal prosecutor requested that PJ be
held without bond, the judge permitted PJ to be released on $20,000 unsecured But, there were conditions. PJ had to
submit to the supervision of United States pre-trial services, and he had to wear an electronic
monitoring bracelet, and abide by a curfew that precluded him from leaving his grandparents' residence after 6:30
p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. This guy is a known criminal. This guy is a known liar. You're going to give
him any privilege? Shame on you. You know what's going to happen. Well, it didn't take long for PJ to
violate the conditions of this bond. >> Of course not. >> Right. Uh and a a warrant was issued for his
arrest. And according to the status report filed by the pre-trial services, it states
that on May 18th of 2020, PJ left his home without authorization at 9:02 p.m. This breaking the curfew. And the police
were called by his grandparents. Again, kudos to his family for stepping in and alerting the police.
Hey, he's he's not supposed to be out at this time. He's left our home. Hold on.
The family should have spoke up at the trial and said, "Look, you don't set bond for this guy because nobody wants
him on their property." >> We don't want him at our house. >> Yeah, why would you want to take the
risk of that? He's abusive towards women. He's a liar. He's a scumbag. He's probably the reason why Paige is
missing. Yeah, you don't want a scumbag at your house. Well, this is interesting, too.
And this report also provided that the following day, PJ's sister and girlfriend went to the Oakwood Village
Police Department making separate complaints about PJ. His girlfriend reported that PJ strangled her and
placed a pillow over her face to prevent her from screaming. PJ's sister reported
that he had been calling and threatening her. So, he's continuing his dirty deeds,
beating up women, and he's also threatening his own family according to these complaints. Yeah, and
that's why every individual that has talked to him or has information about Paige needs to
come forward to law enforcement and tell them what they know about the scumbag. >> PJ was taken into custody on May 29th.
The magistrate judge conducted a hearing to consider whether he should revoke PJ's bond and send him to jail while
awaiting trial or whether he should let PJ stay out on bond. And the judge decided to lock PJ up. Now, Well, that's
common sense. Right. Yeah. I could read for you, Captain, the paragraphs written
by the judge and and filed in the court records, but our friends out there in listener land and parts unknown, well,
well, their poor little earballs will get bored and spit out their earbuds. But amongst other things, basically the
judge is confirming what we and the courts seem to already know. Simply put, this chump exhibits a history of
violence and it's not safe to have him anywhere other than locked up. So, good. Like we said, common sense, his bond is
revoked and he is now in the custody of the US Marshals. PJ filed a motion to reinstate his bond and revoke the
magistrate's order, basically appealing the decision. Motion denied. That makes three women now that we know
of whom PJ has strangled or suffocated. Patrick Samar Mason, Jr. is a danger to society and as the Captain says, a big
piece of And good news. With Mason sitting in the pen waiting for trial, the government didn't waste
any time proceeding. At a pretrial hearing, PJ's attorney reported to his client that the government had presented
a written proposed plea agreement. There was a lot of wrangling over this, but eventually the government agreed to
basically reduce the base offense level charges resulting in a bit less time for PJ.
At a November 12th, 2020 hearing, the government announced that it agreed that PJ's base offense level would result in
a guideline range of 51 to 63 months prison time. Mason's attorney indicated that with that change, Mason would
accept the plea agreement and enter a plea of guilty to count two of the indictment and count one would be
dropped, which is a gift for him. Again, they shouldn't go lenient on this guy at
all. A known abuser of women, a known liar, a known criminal. Give him max time for everything. And
not only that, Captain, there's there's evidence. There's things suggesting here
that this man is much more guilty of things that he's never even been charged with. Right. So, that should be all
done, right? Well, not quite. Because on February 10th of 2021, the court received a letter from PJ's
attorney. >> [laughter] >> This is this this guy, I don't know how he got a 3.0 grade average for those two semesters.
Maybe he maybe you got points just for showing up or something. Anyway, this letter is requesting that
he wants to withdraw his guilty plea. So, Oh, yeah. I plead guilty. I admit that I'm guilty. You give me the
sentence and now I You know what? I changed my mind. I'm not guilty anymore. Yeah, well, again, it was it was a
mistake to plead down the deal anyways. They should have hit him with more charges. Right.
So, I mean, basically, this guy's full of it and the court borrowed my beer goggles
and saw right through his BS. Again, request denied. But it's sad. We all go through this life on our journey and
we're looking for somebody that that makes us feel good about life, makes us feel good about ourselves. And sometimes
these guys get involved with these women and they're con men. And they talk a good little game and then they start
manipulating them and they start, like I said, divide and conquer, you know, separate them from their family.
People deserve to be happy. People deserve to be in healthy relationships. If you feel
that you're in an abusive relationship, look, I've never I've never been in that
kind of situation. I I wouldn't even know where, you know, to begin other than to tell you that you
deserve better than this. You deserve to be treated correctly. You deserve to be,
um, valued and taken care of. And if you feel like you're in a bad situation, call this number, 1-800-799-SAFE.
That's 1-800-799-SAFE. And good by you, Captain, for putting that number out there. That is the
domestic violence support line. If anybody out there listening needs some type of support, do not hesitate to call
them. So, in short, Captain, what we have here is PJ is in prison. Thank the Lord. He can't hurt anyone
else, at least on the outside. >> can't pass out at any more gas stations. And you don't want to pass out in
prison, from what I hear. Yeah. But, what about Paige? And what about her family? What is her family supposed to
do now? Again, the the current chief of police at Brattonall says the case is active, says
the case is being worked. In a meeting with the FBI agents assigned to the case, unfortunately, they told her
family that Paige is likely deceased. The question is, is anyone working to find her or find out what happened to
her, is what I want to know. And what about PJ? I think there's some other things going on with him. We We
said that, yes, he was charged by the feds for this gun charge. Yeah. But, the FBI is still investigating him and
seems to be involved in Paige Coffey's case, as well. So, what else is going on or or what else was he
up to? We still don't know who shot up PJ's car or how he got shot. And what about his
GMC truck that he torched after Paige vanished? Has anyone subpoenaed PJ's phone records to see where he was in the
hours and days after the Home Depot outing on May 7th, 2019? Yeah. We We have Paige's cell phone
information and law enforcement has that and again, they're very tight-lipped on some of
that information that they have, but have they looked into PJ's phone records? That's what you want to look at
here. Or have they looked at his employer's records to see if he missed any work after the 7th of May?
Will we ever have answers to all of these questions? Yeah, I'd be very interested to see if they
subpoenaed his cell phone records, not so much for him calling people, but maybe
the GPS on his phone and did he go to a field somewhere or a wooded area to possibly dispose of a body? The These
are serious questions. Um Or that's what I'd be interested to know if if they have received this information. And
again, I believe this case will be solved and it'll be by somebody that has talked
to PJ, whether that's a friend or acquaintance or a family member. He told somebody something.
Cuz he's a known liar and he and he's probably lied so much that he can't even stop himself from lying and he's going
to get caught in one of those lies. >> Well, and we've already seen that some of his family turn in information and
pass along information to the proper channels. I feel like we need some more of that family to come forward that
as you pointed out, I think there's somebody out there that knows something. Somebody can fill in some of these
blanks here. And again, we've met Paige's family. They're lovely people. They're wonderful people. We wish them
the very best. This is not a good situation at all, and there's not a whole lot of hope here, but they
deserve to have some answers. Now, Paige is described as 5 ft 8 in tall, 230 lb with brown eyes and black hair. She has
a tattoo of piano keys on her arm. Anyone with any information at all, please, please call 216
622-6842. [music] Update. We have an update, and it is not the good kind. Unfortunately, remains were found, and
they were later determined to be that of Paige Coffey. This is the moment where I have to be a
little bit cold, right? This is not I don't think this is a huge surprise to a lot of the listeners out there or
persons that have been following this case since 2019 when Paige went missing. In fact, in our
reporting in our earlier reporting, we had told you that there was a meeting that took place
more than a more than one occasion where the FBI met with Paige's family and had told them that they were pretty
convinced that she was already dead by that time. This case is a very strange one.
Look, they're all strange for any number of reasons. This one seems strange to me
because there's something going on with the suspect, and while maybe other news outlets won't call him a suspect
name him a suspect in this case in particular He's a suspect. He's our suspect. That's right. And he's the
family suspect and he's truly if you talk to police and talk to the FBI which we have. We did several years ago on
this case. We've not jumped back into talking to the family or the FBI or police
right now for a bunch of reasons. One, the family has asked for privacy. We're going to respect that. They
deserve that. Two the if there was a time if there was that rocket fuel moment for
an investigation, it could be now. That's when we have to step back and let them do their thing and hopefully
you know, Captain, you've seen this dozens of times. Our listeners are well aware of this as well that sometimes
these cases are simply hinging on finding the body. There's it's very difficult for a prosecutor to bring to
trial a no body case. What we seem to have here is a good understanding that this man,
PJ, as we referred to him was was violent toward Paige Coffey before she disappeared and
it appears he is one of the last known people to be in her presence before she goes missing. Yeah, and Paige has been
missing for 7 years and so sometimes this is the only answer that the the family cares about. Especially if you've
been screaming to law enforcement and to the public that your daughter would not
just walk away and and start a new life. We've seen in many cases where the family is saying, "Hey, come forward
with an any information. Help us find our loved one and we're not even going to pursue
pressing charges. >> Yeah, let's get into some of the details here of this update. So, on April 29th,
the update finally came in, one that many people in and around Cleveland had been waiting years to hear, even as they
feared what it truly might mean. Investigators confirmed that skeletal remains found on April 17th in an
abandoned house in Cleveland belonged to that of Paige Coffey, the woman whose disappearance had haunted her family and
friends and the broader community since the year of 2019. The remains had been discovered in a
house in the 3800 block of East 142nd Street. Uh for for days, the find sat at the center of of careful work, of
careful forensic work. And behind the scenes, they were working these methodical steps to figure out who
they had found. And the family, Paige's family, unfortunately already had lived through years of uncertainty.
Now, they were facing the possibility that the search had reached its end. Late last month, the Cuyahoga County
Medical Examiner, using DNA to identify the remains, confirmed that it was, in fact, Paige Coffey. The
announcement brought answers, and answers the question, "Where is she?" That was a big
part of this mystery, but another question remains, "What happened to her?" While we have
the answer of where she was found, we don't get any answers as to Look, this grim discovery changes everything, or at
least the direction of things as far as the investigation, where the investigation sits. But when detectives
and forensic teams responded to that house on East 4 142nd Street, they don't have immediate clarity. I don't we we
would like to know was this a scenario where something was found and called in or was
there suspicion or reason for them to go to this location in relation to Page's open case. But, even after this DNA
identification, officials said the cause and manner of death were still under investigation. No additional details
that I could find were released at that time. Things like how long were the remains
had they been there? What were the circumstances that led to her death? What were the circumstances that led to
finding these remains? And while authorities did not announce an arrest or a clear narrative of what happened,
what they did say directly and repeatedly was that this investigation is continuing. Well, sometimes law
enforcement gets lucky. A body is found and then a confession comes afterwards. This the suspect here, Patrick Samar
Mason, Jr. or PJ as many folks that know him call him. The he has spoke to police. He has done
interviews with the FBI. He's been locked up on and off again before this happened and after
Page disappeared. The part that's weird about this is Brattleboro Police Department, look,
sorry to bring up open up old wounds here, but they weren't so interested when Page was first reported missing to them.
Yeah. And and then the FBI gets involved, the media gets involved, and Brattleboro police all of a sudden are
interested. Fine, I'd rather you be late than not show up at all. So, they did show up and they've done good work since
then. So, I'll give you that. But, something that the FBI is the I think almost like the puppet master
here in this investigation. There's something going on or something that they suspect him of. We know that he had
federal gun charges. We talked about that at length in our original coverage. I'm almost suspicious that there's
there's more that they think that he's involved in than just Paige Coffey's murder. Uh possibly, or we have these
federal gun charges and we know that he might be linked to this murder investigation. And so, if you're
if you're the FBI, you want to finish the job. You want to put a period at the end of the sentence. And as we said,
well, you know, investigators continue to work this case, Paige's family they received the confirmation first. Uh
so, they police did this the right way. Contact the family before you make the public announcement. Her family has
asked for space in a statement that they shared with the group Cleveland Missing, which is
actually how we met Paige's family. Right. Uh through Cleveland Missing. Her family described the loss as too fresh,
and they kept their words brief. They thanked the people who searched and the media outlets that continued to tell
Paige's story. And as we said, this is a local police matter, but also the FBI has been involved in this case in some
form or fashion for a very long time. Now, some a little more behind-the-scenes stuff here, garage
behind-the-scenes stuff. We met Paige's family at Missing Cleveland, and this would have been in mid to late 2021.
And immediately took a liking to her family and wanted to tell the story, and at first didn't
know that there was more beneath the surface to the story other than at the time there was there was some very
what you would call a news brief. Several news briefs on this case that were a 30-second read and a 60-second
read. But when we really started getting to the heart of the matter, maybe that's
not a great term, but when we got down to what was really going on in Paige's life around the time and leading up to
her disappearance, all centers around this PJ character who is very violent, was very
violent toward her according to what she told family and friends. What You know,
one part that we chose to We We left out some of the things that she has told her family. We didn't need
to pile it on. I'm pretty sure that we left this portion out that we talked but we talked a lot about the abuse that she
said she had endured over the years being with this individual that she had told some of her family. She was a
little more reluctant to share this with family than she would be friends. I think that maybe that's a natural
kind of a natural thing. You get embarrassed when you try when you tell your family that you're going through
this and and Well, you can get embarrassed, but you can also not want the pressure. Yeah. You're in a very
difficult situation, maybe one that you're fearful. And then if you have your family
constantly telling you I don't I don't want to hear about this guy. I don't want to hear about what
he's doing to you. We just want you out of this situation. Well, and Paige was smart, she was tough, and I don't think
she wanted her family to see her as a victim, which she truly was. Look, it's been reported that she had
some mental health issues, some struggles there. I'm a big believer having reviewed her her case
and this story and talking with her family. Her family didn't say this to me. I want to be perfectly clear about
this. This is my own suspicion. I think she may there there may have been a touch of
this, but you know, you and I live in this world and we we try to not shy away from mental health issues and
I'm firmly believe, Captain, that the trauma that in the violence that this guy was putting her through
took whatever she thought she had or may have had and it just exacerbated that to to the point where
she was having obvious obvious problems. And I think it all stems from I look, you can't be treated that way. You can't
be treated that way and you can't be victimized like that time and time again and I think and she was afraid for a
very long time. This man isolated her, kept her away from her family, wouldn't let her work, kept and managed to break
down communication between her and her family and her and her friends. And Yeah, that's what they try to do. They
try to divide and conquer. And and this was truly hearsay. Well, I actually it's not truly hearsay because
we we do have one of the witnesses, but I I think I can't go back 5 years ago and tell you why we left this portion
out, but there was this a story that her mother had relayed to us where she had to go pick
up Paige. And this was after an altercation between her and PJ that went down somewhere in Shaker Heights.
>> [snorts] >> She says when Paige got into her car, she reeked of gasoline. Like Yeah. as in
gasoline poured on her body or on her body and she wouldn't talk about what had happened, you know, but we know that
she she did at one point tell her mother that that PJ on one occasion had strangled her to the point of
unconsciousness. We talked extensively in our episode about guns in the relationship and that one officer
telling the family that he feared, this is a seasoned officer, telling that her family that
he was Look, these guys and these men and women on the police force, they respond time
and time again to domestic situations. >> Yeah. And he said, I see the road that
this is going down. This This ends in a murder-suicide. >> Or, you know, if you're just a giant
piece of you're not killing yourself. Right. >> But but but the thing here is we've been
doing this for 10 years. The amount of missing person cases that they they treat as runaways
and this idea that so many people are just going missing to start a new life, it's a very small percent of the people
going missing. A higher percentage is foul play. And and that's how these cases need to
be treated. So we're not sitting here 7 years later trying to find answers. Yeah, and I
I guess I just don't get it and then and everybody has a boss, so maybe if the problem starts at the top then it the
every part of the outfit's a problem. >> every now and then you have to tell your
boss to off. And every now and then you you just you go rogue a little bit. Maybe I got too much GI Joe in me, but
look, Bratton is not a a crime-ridden area. It's not overwhelmed with violent crime
to the point that you get a call like this. Look, you signed up to help people, but you you also signed up for
uh moments where you can try to save someone. Where where you get the opportunity to save someone. Right.
And this was an opportunity that was missed. Now, in fairness to Brattleboro Police, it does look
to be that I think she was missing and something bad had already happened to her many
days before the time she was actually reported missing. And because of the way that this man was isolating this young
woman and keeping her from her family is all part of the equation here. They didn't know she was missing because they
had gotten used to not hearing from her because he was not allowing her to do so. They were aware of this shitty
relationship that she was in and that she couldn't get away from this guy and it was only when the stuff truly hit the
fan that they went and reported her missing. So, she's when you look up this case, the first
thing you're going to see is that she's been missing since May 17th, 2019. When in all actuality, the last two
times that we have positive identification of her being alive and well is on May 6th and May 7th. And in
both of those occasions, on both of those occasions, she's in the company of who?
PJ. On the 6th, she's at work with PJ and on the 7th, they are seen on surveillance footage together
at the Steel Yard Commons. There's a leaving the Home Depot there. The two went in, each purchased a candy
bar, and I and a one other item. I can't recall what it was, like washer fluid or something of
that nature. But, they were seen, unfortunately, there's no surveillance footage in the parking lot at that time
in that that Home Depot, so they couldn't find what, you know, no direction as to where the vehicle
that they were traveling in went or what vehicle they were traveling in. So, truly she was missing since the 7th as
far as we can find on our timeline and but and we had said this before and I I hope that this was done. He This guy's
got a record. He had a record in 2019. No And even though that there even though the
trail there's a big gap in your trail here of 10 days between the last time she seen and when she's reported
missing, we had said I hope that they had subpoenaed his cell phone records just
to see the movement of his phone because her phone magically is not available after that night. Can you put his phone
in this location where those remains were eventually found? Probably. Or you can put it, you know, is there a
time period that his phone goes offline? But look, it's it's it's a pathetic situation. Somebody goes missing, she's
been reported missing. Yes, there might be a time gap, but when you have evidence of verbal threats Mhm. and then
you have evidence of physical abuse and if he is strangling her or he's putting gasoline on her,
putting a gun to her head, >> This is This is attempted murder. Yeah. So, what are we What are we doing here?
It's it it's Look, it's >> To to even suggest the idea that she might have walked away,
come on. Right. Let's get a get a freaking brain. >> I do want to thank her family, Paige's
family for talking with us back in 2021 and and giving us some of the details that were not available in the news so
that we could tell the story in an effort to hope hope to provide some kind of help the best we could and some of
you know that after meeting lovely members of Paige's family at the event in Cleveland in mid
to late 2021, we took the case to our friends at Abjack Entertainment, long time friends of the garage, Jess
Betancourt and Mike Morford. We did our episode December 7th, 2021, Missing Persons. Their great podcast did
an episode on this case the same week. That was a coordinated effort to really get this
story out there, sort of a podcast version of a media blast. We we were just trying to put all hands on deck and
tell the story and we know what a fine job Jess and Mike do at Missing Persons, so we got them involved immediately. So,
thank you for their help. They may be running an update on this here shortly. I don't know. I've I've yet to talk to
Mike and Jess, but shout out to both of them. Again, this case is is still open.
It's a newer case, which I often think that that can be a little more hopeful than some of these long cold cases.
Yeah. Police and authorities are still asking for public's for the public assistance on this case.
More information. Look, this PJ guy, a lot of people knew him. They they had a big group that they hung around on and
off again. Somebody absolutely knows something. This guy's too dumb not to talk. Mhm. So, please, please, please.
Again, jet fuel on this investigation. Hopefully, be a part of that. If you have some information, if you know
something, I hope that this reaches your ear balls and you decide to do the right thing.
Tips can be provided to the FBI Cleveland office at 216-522-1400. There's also Crime Stoppers that remains
an option as well at 216-252-7468. And again, this case is ongoing and we're hoping that this is just the first
While this is not the answer that anybody was hoping for, we hope that this is the first answer in a series of
answers that will bring this to a close and that we can get justice for this young woman.
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The Bratenahl Police Department and the F.B.I. need your help for information. Paige Coffey has been missing since May of 2019. She was 27 at the time. Paige is an African American female with black hair and brown eyes. She is 5 foot 8 inches tall and weighs about 230 pounds. She has a tattoo of piano keys on her arm. Anyone with information of Paige’s whereabouts or any activities involving Paige in May of 2019 are very much needed to help her family and this investigation. The F.B.I. is also seeking any information about Paige’s former boyfriend Patrick Samar Mason Jr. or PJ. Anyone with any information at all should call 216-622-6842.

UPDATE - This episode was released in December of 2021 (#541) in an effort to locate Paige. There has been an unfortunate update in Paige’s case. Remains were found April 17th in a vacant home in the Cleveland area. After notifying Paige’s family, police announced that the remains were that of Paige Coffey. This case however is far from being over and Police continue to seek the assistance of the public.

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Brief Summary

The episode details Paige Coffey's disappearance, her abusive relationship with PJ, and the discovery of her remains, raising awareness of domestic violence.

Key points

Paige Coffey's Disappearance. The family of Paige Coffey, a missing woman, pleads for information after 9 months.
Shocking Text from PJ. Trenetta receives a disturbing text from PJ claiming Paige shot him in the head.
The Mystery of PJ. Exploring the background of PJ, the man linked to Paige's disappearance.
Paige's Disturbing Messages. Paige reveals the horrific abuse she faced in her relationship with PJ.
Missing Persons Report Filed. Trenetta files a missing persons report after losing contact with Paige.
Suspicious Vehicle Fire. PJ's sister claims he torched his truck after Paige's disappearance, raising suspicions.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

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