'Dying to Be Famous' Preview: What happened to Ryan Singleton? Here's why missing organ case is still a mystery
'Dying To Be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery' is all set to premiere on Bounce on Sunday, November 1, at 9 pm ET with the first two episodes airing back-to-back. The mini docu-series investigates the tragic events of the death of Ryan Singleton, whose body was found without organs.
The 24-year old aspiring model and film producer hailed from Atlanta and flew to Los Angeles for a weekend trip but never reached back home. On July 6, 2013, he rented a car to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and within two and a half hours, his car broke down in Death Valley.
California Highway Patrol located him walking along the highway, picked him up and drove him to the nearest gas station in Baker, California. Where he waited for his friend from Los Angeles to pick him up. This is where he vanished.
On September 21, 2013, 74 days later, two joggers discovered Singleton’s body in a badly decomposed state. When police found him, Singleton’s eyes, lungs, liver, kidneys and heart were missing from his body. The body was found nearly two miles away from the gas station where he was dropped.
“There were no organs,” Singleton’s mother, Iris Flowers told FOX 5 Atlanta. “[The police] said, ‘Ma’am, there were no eyes, there was no heart, there were no lungs, there was no liver, there were no kidneys.” The Baker coroner’s office believed that the organ loss may be wild animal-related. “I don’t know of an animal that comes to a body and just picks out certain parts of the body,” said Ryan’s mother. “I don’t think it was animal activity at all.”
The coroner stated, “Several bones were removed away from the body by animal activity.” Then, in a separate statement, he said, "Most of the ribs on the left side were moved away and thoracic organs were missing.”
These statements suggest that some activity may be connected to animals, but not all of it. According to a report, "Of all the organs in the human body, 5 are considered vital organs: the brain, the heart, the liver, the lungs, and the kidneys. The autopsy report acknowledges that no trace of these organs was found in Ryan’s body. Plus, the report states, that there were "no internal organs of the chest, abdomen or pelvis."
Even though the mystery of his death and the missing organs is still not solved, the docuseries covers the full investigation and interrogations related to the case.