A Beloved Neighbor Vanished, a Husband Became the Suspect, and the Friend Who Offered to Help Was Hiding the Truth

In August 1992, sixty five year old Doe Roberts disappeared from her farm in Eads, Tennessee, and a string of ransom calls from a mysterious voice pulled the FBI and Shelby County deputies into a long, frustrating search that first fell on her composed and cooperative husband, Alan. The real answer lay closer to the church pews than anyone imagined, and it took a decoy of evidence boxes, a failed river dive and a confession in October 1993 to expose the trusted church treasurer, Charles Lord, who received life plus twenty five years.

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