In 1970, Pennsylvania resident Romer Troxell experienced the apparition of his son, Charlie, in a classic case of an unredeemed ghost. Shortly before his experience, the elder Troxell had been summoned by the Portage (Indiana) Police to identify Charlie's body after he had been found murdered along a deserted road. From the instant he encountered the body in the city morgue, Romer began hearing his son's voice echoing through his head. Charlie appeared to be giving Romer directions, and at the urging of the disembodied voice, the grieving father drove to nearby Gary, Indiana, the following day. Charlie told his father that he was looking for his car, the same vehicle stolen by his murderer. Romer followed the directions Charlie gave him to the letter and quickly encountered the missing vehicle as it sped past him on the street. Troxell followed the car until it stopped and the driver stepped out and was quickly arrested for Charlie's murder. "Charlie! left me after we caught the killer," Romer Troxell stated later. "He's at peace now."