Ed Dentzel’s Resume
Host of the Missing Persons Podcast, Unfound (since 2016)
Podcast & Media Work
Host of Unfound, featuring almost 400 missing persons cases through interviews with friends, family, and researchers closest to the missing.
Featured twice on CBS’s 48 Hours.
Appeared on Oxygen Network’s Girl on the Milk Carton.
Guest Speaking & Lectures
Guest lecturer for hundreds of criminal justice majors at multiple Florida universities.
Topics include
- Why disappearances are often harder to solve than murders.
- Common mistakes in disappearance investigations.
- The different types of disappearances and how each should be analyzed.
Legal & Case Work
Served as a prosecution witness in the disappearance and murder case of Jonelle Matthews (Greeley, CO, 1984).
Conducted a podcast interview with Steve Pankey that became part of the case against him, leading to his conviction in 2022.
Multiple Unfound interviews have been added to cold case files of unsolved disappearances.
Real-World Results
In 2023, several disappearances were solved within months of Unfound coverage.
In 2025, a disappearance was solved within hours of coverage.
Maintains a 90%+ success rate in predicting outcomes of cases that are later solved.
Research & Scientific Analysis
Created a one-of-a-kind missing persons database using Unfound’s cases.
More in-depth and practical than NAMUS, with classification criteria that help both investigators and families better understand case patterns.
Full Disclosure
Not a police officer.
Not a private investigator and has never been licensed as one.
Works as an analyst and researcher with a proven track record of accurate predictions.
Empowers friends and families of the missing with knowledge to help them find answers.
Belief
Nobody is better equipped to solve disappearances than the people who know the missing person best.
Mission Statement
To give friends and families of the missing the best information and insight through modern data collection and historical analysis—so they can solve cases themselves.