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On 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:21.399 that unforgettable Saturday of October seventeenth, two thousand and nine, 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:26.040 a group of deer hunters making their way down Oklahoma's 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:30.160 Panola Mountain in the Sands Boys Mountain Range had spotted 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.160 a white pickup truck parked by the side of the road, 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:38.080 which hadn't moved all day. Since the area was popular 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.880 with hunters and also close to a number of gas 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.280 wells that were in need of occasional maintenance, it wasn't 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:48.040 unusual to see vehicles parked up there in unlikely locations, 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:53.520 but something about this truck just didn't quite fit. Going 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.560 over to take a closer look, they were surprised to 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.400 find a small black and white dog lying on the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:04.680 back seat that seemed strangely lethargic. It might be nothing, 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.680 they explained to the sheriff's office, but if the dog 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.440 was left inside any longer, there was a good chance 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:15.760 it could be in serious trouble. Sheriff Israel Beauchamp knew 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.880 the location well as a particularly dense and rugged tract 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:22.000 of local woodland, not the sort of place you might 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.760 go for a casual hike, for example, but considering a 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.280 dog had been left on the back seat, there was 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.360 little to suggest that the truck's owners wouldn't be coming 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:36.560 back anytime soon. That was until a second call came 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:40.800 through later that afternoon confirming that an actual fact, the 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.880 truck hadn't been sat there for a few hours, but 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:50.480 rather days. You're listening to Unexplained and I'm Richard McClane smith. 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.520 It was early evening by the time patrol cars carrying 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:06.079 Sheriff Beauchamp, under Sheriff Matt Bone and several other officers 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:10.080 from Latimer County Sheriff's Office set off toward Panola Mountain, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:15.560 making their way north, heading ever deeper into the Sandboys Mountains, 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:20.040 they soon found the white pickup located high into the mountain, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.720 roughly a third of the way between the towns of 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:28.200 Panola and Kinter. Having pulled up alongside it, the officers 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.200 stepped out into the fast cooling air and made their 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:35.080 way over to the vehicle, with their first concern being 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.760 for the safety of the dog. They wasted little time 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.320 and breaking a window to gain access to the truck, 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.560 only to recoil immediately at the smell coming from inside, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.400 clearly the dog, which they found to be severely malnourished 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.600 and dehydrated, had been trapped in there for some time. 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.000 After giving her some water and laying her gently on 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.000 to the back of a patrol vehicle, the officers proceeded 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.840 to search the rest of the abandoned truck. Though it 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:07.280 wasn't quite heavy jacket weather, they were surprised to see 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:11.040 a number of coats and other clothing items scattered about inside. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.960 Having found a few kids toys in the back as well, 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.719 it was clear this wasn't a maintenance truck and not 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:23.520 likely to be hunters either. Most likely, they thought, given 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.680 the situation with the dog, the truck had simply been 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:32.080 stolen and abandoned out there for whatever reason. Only moments later, 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:37.000 officers discovered not only mobile phones and a GPS device 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.360 left abandoned on the dashboard, but also a wallet and 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:44.039 purse had been left inside, both complete with cash and 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:49.840 cards untouched. Examining the items, the officers found two sets 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:54.440 of identification, one for a forty year old Sherrilyn Jamieson 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.800 and another for forty four year old Bobby Jamieson, who 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:04.280 was assumed to be Sherilyn's husband, Having radioed the information 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:08.320 back to base, Sheriff Beauchamp soon learned that the couple 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.760 were registered owners of an address in Sandy Bass Bay, 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.240 an area located just to the northeast of the town 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:21.039 of Eufola, just under fifty miles away. However, oddly it 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:23.839 appeared that neither the truck nor the couple had been 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:29.240 reported missing in the last few days. Believing now that 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:32.200 the Jamisons were likely to have been the last occupants 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:36.000 of the truck before it was abandoned, possibly along with 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.719 a child, Beauchamp ordered a few of the officers to 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.039 make a cursory search of the area to see if 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.880 they could find anything. Though that part of the forest 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.560 was not ideal for an impromptu walk, being especially thick 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.599 and difficult to navigate, there was no accounting for what 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:56.760 people who were unfamiliar with the area might do. Perhaps 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.479 he thought the family had merely wandered off, got lost 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:07.279 or injured somehow. Fearing something worse, Beauchamp and Bone also 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.120 made sure to examine the truck and the ground around 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.640 it for any sign of a struggle or something to 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:17.400 suggest the occupants had been forced out against their will. However, 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:21.240 no signs of blood, dens or scratches were found on 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.479 the truck, and nor did they discover any scuff marks 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.960 or scraps of clothing on the ground, the usual signifiers 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:33.760 of a violent altercation. Officers searching the immediate vicinity also 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.440 failed to turn up any clues as to the whereabouts 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:40.640 of the vehicle's owners. With the sun having all but 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.160 vanished behind the mountains, there was little more they could do. 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.560 Sheriff Beauchamp took one last look at the abandoned truck, 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:54.359 then into the still unmoving forest beyond, and ordered the 0:06:54.400 --> 0:07:06.400 officers back into their cars. The following day, Sunday eighteenth, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.920 having confirmed that the Jamiesons were not at home, Bobby 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:13.680 Jamieson's mother, Starlett, was informed by the Sheriff's office that 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:18.080 her son's truck had been found abandoned. As the terrible 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.400 implications of this news sunk in, it was only then 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.080 that she realized it had been over a month since 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.680 she last heard from the family. Starlett would go on 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.600 to confirm that her son and Chyline were indeed married, 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.440 and also had a daughter together named Madison, who just 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:41.840 recently celebrated her sixth birthday. Struggling to contain herself, Starlett 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.240 thought hard about what they might have been doing out 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.400 there in the woods. Finally, after a long pause, she 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.760 remembered the couple had talked about buying some land close 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.760 to the town of Red Oak, a small community of 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:58.160 roughly five hundred people located at the southern foot of 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:03.080 Panola Mountain. Both Bobby and Sherilyn, from what the police 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:07.280 would soon learn, were a somewhat reclusive couple. As such, 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.720 despite being close to friends and family, they would often 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.920 go for weeks, even months at a time without speaking 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:18.520 to anyone for as yet unknown reasons. It seemed that 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.160 the family had decided to move from their present home 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.680 in the bright Sandybass Bay and set up somewhere far 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:30.040 more remote and ideally off grid. The couple had also 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.679 recently pulled Madison out of school in preparation for the move, 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.120 which also helped to explain why nobody had reported the 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:42.640 family missing. When officers first arrived at the Jamieson's home 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.840 in Sandybass Bay, they discovered a large shipping container sitting 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.320 on the front lawn. This, it seemed, was going to 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.920 be their new home. Once they had found a plot 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:57.280 of land to install it on. Strangely, they also found 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:03.320 scrawled across the container some unusual graffiti stating three cats 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.679 killed to date by people in this area, which is 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:12.199 don't like their black cat killed back up the mountain. 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.960 Earlier that morning, officers had returned to the truck to 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:20.880 continue their investigation. After conducting a second search of the vehicle, 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:26.000 they made an unexpected discovery. A money wallet stuffed full 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.720 with thirty two thousand dollars in cash, was found wedged 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:34.400 under a front seat. Soon after, officers had also found 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:38.560 a deeply personal eleven page letter written by Cheryl Lynn 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:43.119 and directed at Bobby. In it, she expressed her sadness, 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.880 anger and frustration at all the years that she and 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.000 her husband had spent fighting, and her worry that what 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.960 he really wanted was to be alone and away from 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:56.840 the family. Realizing the abandoned truck was now almost certainly 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.559 a crime scene, Sheriff Beauchamp ordered it to be taped 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.760 off immediately as they set about trying to piece together 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:08.800 just who Bobby and Sheril and Jamieson were exactly. It 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:12.360 wasn't long after that officers also learned from Starlett that 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.560 Cherrilynn kept a point twenty two pistol on her at 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.400 all times, but no sign of it was found in 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:30.600 the truck later that day. Realizing that Jamison's hadn't been 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.240 seen or heard from for at least a week, the 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:38.199 Latimer County Sheriff Office initiated a major search operation, recruiting 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.600 local fire and forest services to help find the missing family. 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.439 Posters were put up in nearby towns and media appeals 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.959 launched asking for people to come forward with any news 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:54.600 on the families possible whereabouts, and before long, a rough 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:59.520 outline was beginning to emerge. Having been searching online for 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.559 a plot of land to move to, the Jamiesons had 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:07.200 come across the perfect location, a secluded forty acre spot 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.280 surrounded by forest, not far from Red Oak and nearby 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:16.679 Panola Mountain. After setting out to visit it on October seventh, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.120 the family had headed east, making a stop at a 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.400 gas station in Poorham, a town just fifteen miles from 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:28.240 their home, before continuing on south towards the Sands Boys Mountains. 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.680 A resident of the mountain region remembered seeing them that day, 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:37.319 having stopped to help them with directions. The Jamiesons were 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.320 then thought to have returned home before heading back out 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.520 the next day with the intention of visiting the plot again, 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.800 just as they had done on the seventh. They stopped 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.240 once more in Poorham to get gas before heading into 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:56.520 the mountains, and that, as far as investigators knew, was 0:11:56.559 --> 0:12:01.320 the last time that anybody had seen them alive. There's 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.840 a miner break in the case when a photograph of 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.360 Madison is discovered and one of the phones left in 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:10.400 the truck. The photo, taken at two forty seven pm 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.840 on October the eighth, showed Madison standing in front of 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.000 a rock, with her arm folded across her chest and 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:21.360 a wide, toothless smile on her face. The search team 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.199 soon discovered the location of the photo, roughly twenty minutes 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.160 walk from where the truck was discovered, but there is 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.960 no other sign of the family to be found. For 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.520 the next week, the search continued, with hundreds of volunteers 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:40.360 joining in, aided by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, as 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:44.600 well as cadaver and air scent dogs. For days, they 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.440 trekked through the thick brush, along steep cliffs and deep 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:53.400 craggy ravines, but all to no avail, and though the 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.560 volunteers were well meaning, many struggled with the treacherous to reign, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.720 with police often having to take care that they themselves 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:07.119 didn't get lost. 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Sherilyn Jamison born Sherilyn Duncan first met 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.720 Bobby in two thousand and two, and the pair became 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:41.960 immediately inseparable. For the thirty two year old Sherilyn, six 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.440 years since an acrimonious divorce, Bobby was a breath of 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.880 fresh air and the first boyfriend she had trusted since 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:54.320 separating from her first husband. Sherilyn also had a son, Colton, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:58.200 from the previous marriage, none of which mattered to Bobby, 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:03.520 for whom it was also love at first sight. Before long, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.400 the pair were expecting their first child and planning for 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:11.600 their perfect future together as a family. In August two 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:16.960 thousand and three, daughter Madison, was born. A few months later, 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.920 whilst making his way back from work, Bobby's car was 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:26.080 hit by two other vehicles simultaneously. Though Bobby survived the crash, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.160 severe damage to his spine left him with chronic back pain, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.680 making it impossible for him to work and forced the 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.360 family to rely on wealthfare checks to get by. The 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.560 couple's spirits were raised, however, when they decided to get 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.960 married in two thousand and four, before settling down together 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.840 with baby Madison in a sizeable home in Sandy Bass Bay, 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:51.080 a quiet, tranquil spot that backed on to Lake Eufola. 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.600 But as the Latimer County Sheriff's Office soon came to realize, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.720 what should have marked the beginning of a settled, harmonious 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.960 life together was soon to be overshadowed by a series 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:08.320 of catastrophically destabilizing events. With the couple struggling for money 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.520 and Bobby still unable to work, they took out a 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:16.640 second mortgage on their home, increasing their debts significantly. To 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:20.080 compensate for the loss of employment, Bobby filed a lawsuit 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.920 against the three individuals involved in the traffic accident. To 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.440 make matters worse. However, the case was dismissed the following year, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.800 leaving the couple even more out of pocket. As his 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:36.000 chronic back pain persisted, Bobby sunk in and out of depression. 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.520 One afternoon in two thousand and seven, Sherilyn received the 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:46.240 devastating news that her younger sister, Marla had died unexpectedly 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:51.040 after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a beasting. It 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:55.200 was as if the whole world were conspiring against them. 0:16:55.320 --> 0:17:00.400 For Sherilyn, especially who suffered from bipolar depression, life was 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:05.960 becoming an ever steepening uphill struggle. For both Bobby and Sherlyn, however, 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.800 solace could always be sought in Madison In despite even 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.080 their most turbulent times, they both fought to keep the 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.920 family together as best they could for her sake, if 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:21.959 not always their own. It was on one morning, a 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.520 few weeks into the search, that one of the cadaver 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:28.920 dog handlers fell to hefty tugging at the leash, releasing 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.560 the dog, which had been given items of the family's 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.880 clothes to smell earlier in the day. The search team 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.000 struggled to keep up as it made its way toward 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:42.720 a large water tower. Having singled out the spot so emphatically, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.200 it was clear to investigators that whatever the dog had 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:53.560 sensed would be significant. Later that afternoon, detectives watched expectantly 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.719 as bit by bit all the water was drained from 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.600 the tower until only a small puddle remained at the 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:11.119 bottom of it, but nothing of note was found. A 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.920 further financial blow came in two thousand and eight, when 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:18.120 Bob Senior sold a gas station he owned, but refused 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.880 to split the proceeds with his son. Bobby had spent 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.840 a great deal of time working there for free, on 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.760 the understanding that he would profit from its eventual sale. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:33.840 The ensuing spat coincided with a complete breakdown in Bobby's parents' marriage. 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:39.800 Bob Senior, perhaps provoked by his son's anger, allegedly took 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.560 to threatening his wife and Bobby's family, even trying at 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.520 one point to run his son over. In May two 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.440 thousand and nine, afraid of what his father might do, 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:56.000 Bobby filed a restraining order against him. The order, which 0:18:56.080 --> 0:19:00.360 was later dismissed, alleged that Bob Senior threatened to kill 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:06.600 Cherylynne and her son Colton, and also kidnapped Madison. Bobby 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.840 went on to accuse his father of associating with violent 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:13.480 gangs and sex workers, while also alleging that he had 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:16.639 recently been admitted to hospital with crystal meth in his 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:22.480 system and was showing early signs of dementia. However, at 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.919 the time of the family's disappearance, Bob Senior, who was 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:29.439 in progressively poor health, was also living in a nursing 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:34.480 home and was promptly struck off as a suspect. What 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:38.439 was of interest, however, were the CCTV cameras that had 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:41.639 been installed at the Jamieson family home for fear of 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:46.879 what Bob Senior might have done. Fortuitously, the cameras had 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.000 been recording the day the Jamisons left their home for 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:54.000 the final time. But if the detectives were hoping the 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:58.600 recordings might finally bring some clarity to the investigation, they 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:03.040 would be sorely mistaken. The case of the missing Jamison 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:09.080 family was about to get even more peculiar. It started 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:13.520 innocuously enough with footage of Sherilyn and Bobby loading various 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:17.720 items into the family's white pickup as Madison merrily watches on. 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:23.879 But as the footage continued, detectives noticed something a little unusual. 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:28.840 Neither Sherilyn or Bobby were engaging with each other at all. 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.480 Not only that, but they were loading and unloading the 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:35.720 same bags in and out of the truck as they 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:39.000 made roughly twenty trips back and forth from the house. 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:44.439 A psychologist called in to analyze the footage speculated that 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.679 the couple were under the influence of some kind of drug, 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:53.480 and finally it all seemed to make sense. Why else 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.080 would they have had thirty two thousand dollars of cash 0:20:56.119 --> 0:21:01.000 in the truck. Drawing lines between Bobsy's apparent use of 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:05.600 crystal meth and Bobby's talk of violent gangs, detectives began 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:08.720 to wonder if whatever had taken place might have had 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:13.240 something to do with a drug deal gone wrong. However, 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:17.280 when the FBI searched the family's property, they found nothing 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.520 to suggest any involvement with this line of inquiry, and 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.480 nor was anything found in the truck connected to it either. 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:33.680 In the midst of Bobby's violent spat with his father, 0:21:34.200 --> 0:21:38.040 to make matters even worse, Cheryl Lynne lost custody of 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:43.640 her son, Colton. The subsequent emotional fallout, combined with her 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:48.360 struggles with bipolar depression, came to an inescapable head when 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:52.840 in early September, a month before the family disappeared, Cheryl 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:58.239 Lynne attempted unsuccessfully to take her own life. In the 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:01.239 wake of Cheryl Lynne's desperate act, it appeared she and 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:04.840 Bobby made plans to take her survival as an opportunity 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:08.119 to wipe their slate clean and attempt to start again 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:11.680 on their own terms. It was around the same time 0:22:11.760 --> 0:22:15.080 that Bobby was awarded thirty two thousand dollars for his 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.200 share of the gas station sale money after filing a 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:22.360 claim against his father. Many believe it was in fact 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:25.440 this cash and not drug money, but was found in 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:29.919 the Jamison's truck. With the freedom this money had afforded, 0:22:30.200 --> 0:22:34.320 the family began preparing for a life off grid, swatting 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:37.560 up on what skills and materials they would need, buying 0:22:37.600 --> 0:22:41.159 books and resources to home school Madison, and looking for 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:45.960 available plots of land. When Madison lost her two front 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:49.760 teeth in a school playground accident soon after, it felt 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:56.359 like a vindication of their plans. By October twenty fourth, 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.399 more than two weeks since the family had last been seen, 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:03.160 there remained no sign of them, and with the arrival 0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:08.159 of the hunting season, the search was suspended as police 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:11.200 stepped up their efforts to look for more clues. Another 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:15.000 intriguing lead came to light involving a temporary lodger that 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:19.440 the family had taken in in June. The man named 0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:22.439 Kenneth had been moved in to help pay some bills 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:26.040 and carry out various maintenance tasks that Bobby couldn't do 0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:30.200 on account of his back. It was a few months later, 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.600 with Bobby out of the house, that sherrel Lynn was 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:37.240 sat watching t V on the sofa when Kenneth came 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:40.760 over to sit with her. When Sheryllyn asked him what 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:44.520 he wanted, he proceeded to explain in no uncertain terms 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:47.639 that he was a white supremacist and the thought of 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:53.360 her Native American heritage made him sick to his stomach. Horrified, 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:57.120 sheryl Lynn jumped straight from the sofa, grabbed her point 0:23:57.119 --> 0:24:00.320 twenty two pistol and chased Kenneth out of the house 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:03.359 with it, firing two shots into the ground as he fled. 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:08.399 Police followed this inquiry up, too, wondering perhaps if the 0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:13.920 racist Kenneth had sought some kind of retribution with the family. However, 0:24:14.440 --> 0:24:17.720 soon after, he too was struck off as a suspect, 0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:27.560 with one lead after another coming to a dead end. 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:31.760 Just when things couldn't have got any more convoluted, the 0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:35.600 Latimer County Sheriff's Office were contacted by the Jamison families 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:40.880 pastor Gary Brandon. Brandon, who thought fondly of the family, 0:24:41.240 --> 0:24:44.840 especially Madeline, had known the Jamison's for a number of years, 0:24:45.160 --> 0:24:48.360 and often offered his time and counsel whenever they needed it. 0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:52.960 Nothing could have prepared him, however, for what Bobby came 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:56.680 to see him about one morning shortly before he disappeared. 0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:01.240 It had started, apparently sometime time earlier in the year, 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:05.160 when Cheryl Lynne found Madison talking to someone in their 0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:10.919 house when there wasn't anybody else there. When Sherrilyn asked 0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:15.280 who she was speaking to, Madison replied simply it was 0:25:15.320 --> 0:25:20.520 her friend Emily. Soon after, both Bobby and Cheryl Lynn 0:25:21.080 --> 0:25:25.480 claimed he witnessed apparitions moving about their home, often seeing 0:25:25.520 --> 0:25:29.440 them standing on the roof of the house. Bobby had 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:32.560 wanted to know if the preacher knew of any special 0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:35.080 bullets that could be used to get rid of the 0:25:35.200 --> 0:25:40.120 terrifying spirits, Not quite knowing what to make of it all, 0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:44.159 these revelations became just the latest in this mind bending 0:25:44.200 --> 0:25:48.000 case for investigators that only seemed to get more complex 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:52.879 the deeper they scratched below the surface. As Latimer County 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:57.760 Sheriff Beauchamp later exclaimed, normally, you go through an investigation 0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:02.520 and one by one start to emanate certain scenarios. But 0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:08.080 with this family, everything seemed possible. What was needed more 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:11.439 than anything to piece it all together if the family 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:16.919 were indeed dead, as many suspected, was a body. But 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:20.520 as weeks turned into months, with absolutely nothing to show 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:25.399 for it, the search was eventually called off. Though the 0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:30.080 investigation remained open. As one suspect after another was dismissed, 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:34.880 the peculiar case of the missing Jamison family slipped inevitably 0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:45.960 from the list of priorities. It was early in November 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:50.240 two and thirteen when Sharry and Tim Graham from Quinton 0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:53.520 in Oklahoma set out towards an area on the north 0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:58.200 side of Panola Mountain known as Smokestack Hollow. The idyllic 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:01.800 spot had become a favorite ground for the pair ever 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:05.600 since their first experience there back in two thousand, just 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.000 as they had done for every opening weekend of the 0:27:08.040 --> 0:27:11.880 past thirteen years. A couple, this time with their young 0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:15.880 nephew in tow arrived early at their favorite camping spot 0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:20.439 and promptly set up camp. With a light rain beginning 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:23.840 to fall, the family kitted up and headed out for 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:28.200 their first session of the day. A few hours later, 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.960 with the rain continuing to fall, the family had yet 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:36.199 to spot anything Just as they were about to turn back, However, 0:27:36.800 --> 0:27:39.439 a sudden pause in the rain was followed by a 0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:42.200 break in the cloud and the appearance of a single 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:45.600