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Code 18: Unsolved, Episode 6: Searching for Alvin Darrow, Jr.

BLADE ILLUSTRATION / DANIELLE GAMBLE

Code 18: Unsolved, Episode 6: Searching for Alvin Darrow, Jr.

Toledo police have spent three years investigating Alvin Darrow, Jr.’s disappearance, but they still haven’t found his body nor named a suspect in his presumed death.

Why?

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According to records, they seemed to focus their investigation on the last known person to see him — his son, Tim Darrow.

Tim Darrow speaks about his father during an interview February 3, 2020.
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We follow the path of their investigation: Who were they interviewing? Where were they looking for Alvin? What did they find after serving five search warrants at three different locations? When did the investigation stall?

And why where Tim’s knuckles “swollen and bruised” the next day?

Continue the hunt in episode six to help put this code 18 to rest.

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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever else you listen. You can also find episodes and additional case information, including photos and videos, at toledoblade.com/code18.

If you have any information about this or any other local unsolved homicide case, call Toledo Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.

First Published August 24, 2020, 4:00 a.m.

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