Disappearing Act: Is Rachael's Catfish Off The Grid For Good?

A woman spent all her teen years in a relationship with a male she’d never met in person – yet did they have a happy ending as soon as they finally came face-to-face on tonight’s Catfish?


Rachael, a 23-year-old from Iowa City, had met Vance on MySpace any time as soon as she was just 12 years old. Fast-forward to 11 years later, and the two had fallen madly in love.


Nevertheless Vance had super-suspicious behavior: He and Rachael discussed on the phone constantly, however he resisted to FaceTime. Even worse, Rachael mentioned that he often changed his number, then ghosted her, then reappeared with new digits. Currently, she hadn't phoned with him for at least six months.


Immediately, Nev and his guest host for the week -- aesthetics guru/model Kamie Crawford -- started to investigate. And, well, look at that -- they discovered five possible criminal records that belonged to a gentleman with the same full name as Vance, compelling Kamie to create a spot-on point.


“For six months, [Rachael] hasn't been able converse with him on the phone," she noted. "And why is that?" Because six months prior, his ass got locked up."


Eventually, Nev and Kamie got in touch with Vance, who'd excuses aplenty. For one, as soon as Nev proposed to foot the bill for his flight to Iowa, he mentioned he couldn't get on a plane because he did not have genuine ID. Then made a truly catfishy request.


“Would you have the ability to wire the cash to my friend in his name, and I’d go with him to pick up the cash he asked. "And then I may get the ID and go do what I gotta do to prepare this happen.”


Nev's thought bubble: Bitch, please.


Although Vance promised to use the cash for his trip to meet Rachael and, so, the funds were sent. A day later, Vance really did show up -- and he was exactly who he mentioned he was. Still, Nev brought up "the elephant in the room."


"Have you been in some categorize kind of detention center?" He asked. "We noticed what looks to be an arrest record."


“The arrest is just what it is. It only happened one time, plus it was all dismissed," Vance claimed.


Any time Kamie noted all of the other criminal offenses, Vance insisted, “No, that wasn’t me. I’ve only been arrested once.” Then he made his intentions with Rachael clear.


“I’m real, you’re real,” he instructed her. “I came all of the way out here -- I’m naturally interested in you … I love you."


Rachael's response: “I love you too.”


And any time Rachael brought up their past conversations about “building residence as well as a family,” Vance mentioned he was still on board. “I’ll get my ducks in a row and you also know I can pull my own weight,” he promised.


So what happened with the budding romance? Absolutely nothing. Three months later, Rachael announced that “we were talking a little, and he was acting super weird. And I was like, ‘I’m not going to keep begging you to be in my life.’”


And get this: immediately after their meeting, Rachael mentioned, Vance asked her to send him money.


"I mentioned no," she announced.


*Insert applause here*


As for Vance? He went off the grid, and Catfish producers were unable to ever reach him.


So what really happened? Do you know Vance was a BS artist all along? Or will he resurface -- like routinely -- and attempt to create things work with Rachael? Tell us your thoughts, then catch another Catfish Wednesday at 9/8c.