Diana Duve case: Authorities tracked down a killer full of lies | Forensic Files

this is a photo of 26 year old Diana duvet of Vero Beach I don't know where she is police describe her as 5'3 120
pounds brown hair she was last seen leaving the what a Tavern restaurant around 1am Friday
morning with a man they say is her boyfriend 32 year old Michael David Jones neither has been heard from since
on June 19 2014 Diana duvet went out with some of her friends in Vero Beach Florida they described her as enjoying
herself but she was texting a lot they just felt like it was a little out of the ordinary
she left her friends and then went and met up with Mike Jones at another establishment it's called what a Tavern
Lieutenant Matt Harrelson says Diana and Jones appeared to be having a good time
having a few drinks and at one point he says it appeared Diana was crying visibly upset but then kind of not and
when they were leaving the bar staff said are you guys okay to get home Mike said I'm gonna drive her home don't
worry about it what time was that it was around 1 30 a.m Diana was never seen again the next day Lieutenant Harrelson
and his partner Sergeant Brad Metz went to Jones's apartment but no one answered
the door we want to find Diana we want to reunite her with her parents we want to make sure she's okay
investigators knew that in order to find Diana they needed to find Mike Jones she
was 26 years old and she would call me every day it set me off immediately I was trying to tell everybody who would
listen if she's not calling me it's because she can't and then we begin to learn about Michael Jones Jones was a
wealth manager for PNC Bank and was praised in performance reviews for his strong ethics and Leadership qualities
and a lot of multi-million dollar accounts a lot of people trusted him with a lot of money Ellie Sexton says
she dated Jones for two to four months I remember the stories like every time there was a Zinger Ellie says Jones's
stories were always elaborate with celebrities involved and that he always knew people wherever he went Mike told
me that his sister was dating Jason Aldean and that he was adopted by Ronald Reagan's son Mike drove a gold Honda
Accord that was probably 10 years old but he told me that he had a penthouse in Fort Lauderdale that he had a Porsche
that he just didn't want to damage Stuart Pierce was friends with Jones well Mike Jones told me that he was
adopted and that he played some minor league baseball but one time hanging out on the beach
and seeing him throw a football made me think that he'd probably never played Minor League Baseball nothing in his
life was the truth who he really is to this day I'm not sure we know two days after Diana disappeared
Sergeant Metz noticed Jones's phone had pinged off a cell tower in the Fort Pierce Area 25 minutes away from Vero
Beach local authorities in Fort Pierce located Jones's gold Honda Accord in the parking lot of a Hampton Inn Sergeant
Matson Lieutenant Harrelson entered his room he seemed surprised he was surprised to
see us absolutely he was sitting on one of the double beds with like a v-neck t-shirt on and some shorts and smoking a
cigarette and he was talking on a phone on a cell phone when Matt's asked where Diana was Jones gave him nothing I'll
tell you unequivly I don't know where she is Madson Harrelson sees to burn her phone
Jones had been using authorities traced the purchase of that burner phone back to a Walmart in Melbourne Florida an
hour north of the Hampton Inn after reviewing surveillance footage from the Walmart in Melbourne police made a
startling Discovery it's a little grainy but it appeared to be Diana's car local
police were asked to search for Diana's car a black Nissan he had found her vehicle three days after Diana went
missing authorities found her car in the parking lot of a Publix if she was crazy
crazy Diana had been found dead in the trunk of her car there are certain things in
this job that you can't unsee you can't unlive you'll never forget I remember putting my hands on my knees
and kind of just putting my head down it was not the way I wanted to find her and I opened the door and here's chief
police in complete uniform the saddest thing in my life is what seeing him come out the
driveway and he had told me to find her they found her to lose her like this it's undescribable
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The last time anyone saw Diana Duve was when she left a bar in Vero Beach, Florida around 1:30 a.m. on June 20, 2014. After tracking down her mysterious ex-boyfriend, police made a startling discovery.

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Brief Summary

Diana Duvet disappeared after leaving a bar with boyfriend Michael Jones, who later became a suspect in her murder.

Key points

Diana's Disappearance. Diana went missing after a night out with her boyfriend, Michael Jones.
The Search for Diana. Authorities seek to find Diana and her boyfriend after they both vanish.
A Startling Discovery. Police find Diana's car and uncover chilling evidence.
Tragic Outcome. Diana's body is discovered in her car, leading to heartbreak.

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I don't know where she is.

Jones's denial about Diana's whereabouts raises suspicion.

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