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foreign [Music] [Music] I'm raising my family here my parents raised their family here and
their parents raised their family here it's a place that I like to call home and hopefully this is where I'll remain
Cleveland Tennessee is beautiful known as the city with spirit and you can't swing a ball bat without
hitting a church a lot of people know one another and we do have a lot of older homes and a lot of history here
I'm very proud of our town [Music] I've been a hairdresser for over 30 years you have certain clients that you kind
of click with and you're closer to and for me Marcia was one of those clients she was fun she was outgoing
she was one of my favorite cousins she did confide in me and I confided in her she was beautiful
she was always kind she loved her husband she mentioned him every time when I think of her my first
few words would not be giving loving I didn't see a lot of that from her even as her stepdaughter
how would you describe her loner I believe that she was very depressed a case that sounds like a 48 Hours
mystery Bradley County woman disappears without a trace it struck me oh my goodness she's you
know she's not what time do they she's overdue when Marsha disappeared in June of 2009 her husband Donnie Brantley
did not report her missing it's hard seeing my father in this way it's a scary thing
I know the inside of this man in the heart of him he wouldn't hurt anyone he loved her yes
and they had a real marriage yes during the years of your marriage am I correct that you maintained romantic and
relationships with persons other than your wife 's a counselor I plead the fifth we have
a guy who's told numerous lies about where his wife went and we can prove otherwise
he may be the singularly most dishonest defendant I've ever dealt with authorities have not located Marsha's
body but were able to charge her husband with premeditated first degree murder based on evidence I think we have a
great circumstantial case there's no blood no fingerprints no DNA no body and there's no crime scene what proof is
there that she's in fact dead as opposed to gone missing or living someplace else
I felt compelled to find out what happened to her I knew that something was very very
wrong he murdered her he murdered her that's crazy it's ridiculous charging you with first
degree murder you understand what the charge is it's just not him he's 100 innocent of these charges if he did do
something to her and if I just let this go he'll get away with it [Music] yeah foreign
[Music] 48 hours missing Marsha continues in 90 seconds [Music] you're ready to go we're ready for trial
we're actually not going to be able to answer any questions until Justice May finally be at hand for Marsha Brantley a
50 year old writer and animal lover who disappeared in 2009. in February 2018 Marsha's husband Donnie Brantley has
come to court ready to stand trial for allegedly murdering her this is a very important day for Donnie Brantley that's
very important he's had a cloud of Suspicion hanging over his head for nine years
back in 2014 when 48 Hours first began investigating this case I wanted to have just a moment with you all too Marcia's
aunt medra and cousin Jenna met with Steve Crump who was about to take over as District Attorney General ultimately
I believe we will be able to do justice in this case we're just looking forward to bringing this thing to a close we're
going to create within this District a Cold Case working group Trump raised the family's hopes that he could win a
conviction in a case guaranteed to be an uphill battle for the prosecution because Marcia Brantley had simply
vanished we don't have a crime scene we don't have a dead body we don't have what you normally think of in terms of a
homicide case as the years passed Janna and her husband Mark became frustrated that
there would never be Justice it's a tragedy it's something that no one should have to experience or no one
should have to go through what do you think what happened to her will we find her
it's a good question especially since the man they believe knows what happened to Marsha has in their opinion never
offered to help not a phone call not an email not a text message no not a postcard nothing none of her family did
he organize any search parties and he proffered no help she was the love of your life right
yes this civil deposition in 2013 shows that Donnie likely will never have much to say when did she stop being the love
of your life when I played the fifth did anything to do with her disappearance did I pleaded yeah
this is the home where Marcia and Donnie live for nine years Jenna and medra went
into the house in 2012. three years after Marcia went missing they were upset by the chaos they found
somebody had no respect for her and we know who that was and Donnie Brantley is going to pay for what he's done to her
there was not a picture of Marcia to be seen anywhere I mean it were pictures of
Donnie and his daughter but none of Marsha growing up Jenna was especially close to Marcia her older cousin she
would come and pick me up from high school sometimes and we would go get ice cream from a young age Marcia had an
endearing Passion for Pets she had her favorite little dachshund named Barney she taught him how to pray before he ate
his meals he would cross this little paws as an adult Marcia volunteered at a local animal shelter I looked up to her
when I was a little girl she was 5 10. Kim shank was Marsha's closest friend even though she seemed to kind of
command the room she was probably one of the more shy people to be that commanding with her physical presence
she was a friendly person a sweet person especially to her parents she grew up in
an affluent family and only child with no children of her own she took care of her mother a lot because her mother was
ill for a very long time in 1999 Marcia met Donnie Brantley on a dating website he was a divorced father of a teenage
daughter she called me and she said well I've met someone and was getting really
serious and she said I want you to meet him Marcia and Donnie shared a love for the outdoors
was an avid hiker while Donny was a competitive bicycle Rider at 41 this was Marcia's first serious relationship he
was what I always wanted for her somebody that she could be into and love and share her life with and live on
Happily Ever After Marcia even wrote poetry for Donnie with love so pure and true I can but only
thank my God I fell in love with you Marcia and my Donny's daughter Elise was happy her dad had found a soul mate we
would sit and watch movies on weekends and that kind of thing they would hold hands they were married in 2000 and
moved into the house Marsha's parents had built for her but shortly after the newlyweds settled down tragedy struck
her mother passed away in November of 2000 and her father passed away in December imagine losing both your
parents in less than a month she was devastated it was a lot of sadness I mean it was heartbreaking I saw a
different side of her when she lost her parents there wasn't a lot of Happiness after that but Marcia did her best to
carry on a large inheritance enabled her to help Donnie set up a handyman business franchise she also quit her job
as housing director at nearby Lee University to pursue her passion she wanted to write young adult novels she
was very talented and definitely had what it took to be successful Reggie J and Nancy Grill were members of a
writers group that Marcia formed in 2007. what was the name of this writing group Thunder Rock Riders group
the other name was the big girl panties group we would critique each other's work and we would say put your big girl
panties on because you know you might get your feelings hurt Nancy and Reggie say Marcia was the best
of the bunch dirty little secrets is a story that Marcia wrote the son Roosevelt the Kudzu cover trees
as I swept the house and chased the dust out of the front door and across the porch of the broom
wonderful imagery she can write this woman yes but in June 2009 a dark chapter began in
Marcia brantley's life with a plot twist right out of a novel she seemed to fall
off the face of the earth I knew that something was very very wrong [Music] [Music]
in her 30 years as a hairdresser in Cleveland Tennessee yeah Kelly delude says Cuts perms and parts
will you do that the way you do that our only part of the job as a hair stylist are you also a therapist we're in their
personal space so people certainly share with us probably a lot more than they would the clerk at the grocery store you
know [Music] but of the hundreds of clients Kelly has cut and consoled over the years
there has been only one whose face haunts her dreams when I would go to sleep at night I would think of Marsha
and when I would wake up in the morning I would think of Marsha Marcia Brantley first came in for a cut
in the year 2000 and the two came together like scissors and hair what was it about Marcia that made the two of you
click we just got along we would just talk the whole time we would just sort of catch up with one another
[Music] she really spoke mostly about her home life with Donnie and her dogs her dogs
were like her children Kelly says Marcia couldn't say enough nice things about her marriage and her
husband as the years went by the two women grew closer but during what turned out to be
Marsha's final hair appointment in April 2009 Kelly saw a side of Marsha that left her concerned she seemed troubled
she seemed a bit depressed she was asking me if the economy had affected the business here and I said
certainly it had you know and she said well you know it's really affecting our business
Marcia told her Donny's handyman business was failing and money was tight still she expected Marcia to call about
six weeks later to set up her next appointment and she was very regimented in coming to see you yeah she yeah she
she colored her hair so most women are sure yeah but Kelly never got that call she was too busy to notice
[Music] but as spring turned to Summer Marsha's neighbor stopped into the salon she said Kaylee when was the last time
you did Marsha's hair and I said let me look and I looked in my file and I said April that's unusual is she okay and she
said she has not been walking her dogs they are barking their heads off and her flowers were dead in the yard and when
she mentioned that it struck me oh my goodness she's not been in that is odd odd enough says Kelly that she was moved
to pick up the phone I called Marcia the call went to voicemail she left a message but didn't hear back
[Music] for days she called again and again no Marsha why not I decided Well I'm
gonna call Donnie and ask him if he knows where Marsha is I actually called Donny's business and the phone was
disconnected so that really concerned me Marsha's neighbor was concerned too so much so that she decided to confront
Donnie in person at his house she literally went up knocked on the door and when he answered she said Donnie
where's Marsha and he told her the most ridiculous story she's leaving me she went out west
had she ever talked about trouble in the marriage no never for Kelly it seemed inconceivable that Marcia would suddenly
leave the house her parents had built for her leave behind her beloved dogs and most of all leave the husband she
adored what are you thinking I'm thinking at that point he has done something to her
I knew that something was very very wrong I had no peace about it and so finally I
thought I'm going to call around and in my mind I thought you know I'm crossing a little line here into meddling you've
become a detective at this point you're gathering information you're calling various people right well I was but you
know I wasn't trying to be a detective I was trying to be a concerned friend Kelly found a member of Marsha's writing
club and got more disturbing news did she tell me that Marcia was no longer coming
one of the strangest things about this case is that for months nobody reported Marcia Brantley missing her relatives
they live on the other side of the state her best friend Kim shank she's in Ohio
and the members of her writers group well they just didn't hang out socially in the end it would be her hairdresser
who tipped authorities to a potential murder I came into work the next day and I called the Cleveland Police Department
and I said I need to report a missing person and he said excuse me are you her mom her sister and I said no actually
I'm her hairdresser he said Well ma'am if he says she's gone and that she left him she left him
undeterred Kelly turned to the best social network she knew her customers and you can cut and talk at the same
time for 30 years Kelly chose a person who is long on brains under all that short hair local
attorney Jerry Hoffer he couldn't get away so when I was cutting his hair I said you know Jerry I'm going to tell
you a story and when I get finished I want you to tell me what you think I'm listening to the stories and I'm just
sitting there thinking now this guy's I might have killed his wife [Music] foreign
I felt like finally Justice is going to be done [Music] probably got my hair cut and I walked
into DA's office and I just kind of in a flippant way I said you've got a dead lady out there you all need to be
looking for prosecutors agreed and sent their investigator Walt hunt now retired to
Marsha's House to look for her when I approached him he told me that they were having some marital issues
but it wasn't just what Brentley said it was how he said it that really caught Hunt's attention he was pretty cool and
maybe a little cooler than I might expect he said he was cool calm steady as a rock he said that is not normal Hunt's
instincts convinced him to call the TBI the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation they would launch what would become a
nine-year coordinated effort between state and local agencies all dedicated to finding Marcia Brantley it was around
October 2011 and I jumped at the opportunity to be able to assist with the investigation when Sac Pike and
David Shoemaker of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office got the case in 2011 they quickly saw why Donnie Brantley was
a suspect he had always denied any role in his wife's disappearance but he'd lied when he claimed that Marcia had
taken her phone I think her cell phone in his possession is easily in my mind the most damning fact the cell phone
never left pinging from a tower that's two miles or less from the home in June of 2009 right around the time
investigators think Marcia disappeared they say Donnie used her phone to make a highly suspicious call he calls on that
cell phone the Chattanooga Singles Line he calls it dating yes Chattanooga singles Live While Donnie was apparently
seeking a new love interest investigators say he couldn't seem to keep his story straight about his old
love Marsha she took a camper and moved to Townsend Tennessee on to Florida gone
out west to work as a missionary every time somebody asked what happened to Marsha it's something different they
were all lies if Marcia had left investigators were struck by what she had left behind
Oliver clothes her shoes documents important to her the baby book that her mother compiled for her brushes
toothbrushes all that's still in the house she left her car importantly she left her house
the one her parents had built for her that doesn't make sense if Tony Brantley did kill his wife they say a look at the
family finances May provide a motive come on played the fifth he was financially
supported by his wife they say Donny's failing business franchise was draining Marsha's inheritance she would have cut
him off from the money what was the state of their marriage in those last months prior to Marsha's disappearance
there was a little bit of tension obviously with the money problems and investigators soon Unearthed phone
records that revealed Donnie Brantley had begun calling an ex-girlfriend within days after Marcia disappeared you
know Stephanie Richardson yes okay who is Stephanie Richards when I played the fifth Lee Davis is Donnie
brantley's attorney there was no affair with Donnie while Donnie was married to Marcia There Was An Intimate
relationship that started after Marcia left and there was other suspicious Behavior
authorities discovered that just hours after investigator hunt had interviewed him Donnie went to a pawn shop and sold
a number of Marsha's possessions including 14 karat gold cross a Figaro necklace a Figaro Bracelet a herringbone
necklace and a Toshiba laptop and there was something else Marcia left behind that friends and families say she
valued more than all the material possessions in the world Marcia loved her dogs they were her kids would she
have ever left that house without her dog no no never in March of 2010 authorities asked
Donnie Brantley to take a polygraph test surprisingly he accepts how does he do fails it
fails it flying colors then during that 2013 videotaped deposition Donnie refused to answer
or said he couldn't recall I don't recall more than 100 times are there other items of hers which you
sold when she disappeared [Music] that performance combined with circumstantial evidence helped convince
police in August of 2013 to arrest Donnie Brantley and charge him with the murder of his wife Donnie Brantley is
now an inmate at the Bradley County Jail being held on a half million dollar bond
for the first degree murder of his wife Marsha but after seven months behind bars Donnie is freed when then
prosecutor Steve bebb decides he doesn't have enough evidence yet and drops the charges the family had told law
enforcement they didn't feel good about going forward with it at this time and they wanted to try to get more evidence
we didn't think that it was time yet because you get one shot at this right right
I was interested in from the very beginning months later newly elected prosecutor Steve Crump focuses his legal
sights on Donnie Brantley but it would take another two years to arrest and recharge him four cars pulled up and
told him to get on the ground so it was pretty traumatizing finally in February of 2018 nearly nine years after
Marcia Brantley disappeared her husband's murder trial is scheduled to begin you're convinced you've got the right
man no doubt the things that he did things he said all Point toward a guilty man
for more of Donnie brantley's video deposition go to Facebook at 48 hours how big a case is this among people here
I think it's pretty big for the simple fact that this doesn't happen here every day people don't just disappear and not
be seen for nine years Zach Pike and David Shoemaker of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office say as
Cleveland Tennessee natives the Brantley case hits them close to home in some ways is this personal for you
absolutely been many mounts I haven't slept I wonder where Marsha is we're actually
not going to be able to answer any questions there's no proof that Donnie Brantley murdered his wife Marsha
I've asked them Point Blank if Donnie is responsible as you suggest tell me how he did it Donnie brantley's lawyers Lee
Davis and Jenny parks for now say their client should never have been charged with murder once let alone twice law
enforcement had tunnel vision and they had tunnel vision that led directly to Donnie Brantley and the rest of it they
just ignored who murdered Marcia Brantley Donnie Brantley you say the same I say the same where at
her house at their house no proof of a crime scene no proof of a body or an autopsy is there a witness in this case
no there's no trace evidence there's no blood no fingerprints no DNA no fiber analysis what proof is there that she's
in fact dead he'll argue at trial that this case is actually about a nine-year-old marriage that because of
financial problem may have reached a Breaking Point in June 2009. she she told Donnie that she needed some
time to herself in time to think which is why Davis says it's ridiculous to argue Donny's failure to report Marsha
missing is suspicious when your wife tells you that she's leaving the marriage you don't call the police or
9-1-1 she would never have left her family she would never have left her home she would never lift her friends
and just disappeared and contacted no one remember her phone never left the house he's using her phone after he's
told law enforcement that she took it yes Davis says that certainly doesn't help
Donnie but it shouldn't hurt him either he lied about her cell phone and that is
something that has complicated the case there is a huge world of difference between somebody lies about a cell phone
and proof of a first-degree murder should it hurt the defense that Marcia left many of her belongings behind even
if Donnie pawned some of them Davis says he needed cash but left most of her things alone because he figured
she'd one day come back to get them including her beloved dogs let's talk about the dog issue if you
believe that Marsha was murdered he would say she would never leave the dogs behind if you look at from the lens of
Marsha was troubled and depressed or not sure what she was going to do the one thing she wouldn't do is take the dogs
with her she'd make sure she left the dogs with somebody who would take care of them no matter what and that's Donnie
they got those dogs together they were their dogs they weren't just hers and there was one thing Marcia definitely
didn't leave behind Davis says she took with her a large amount of money which was her money a wad of cash they kept
hidden in the attic and how much money we talking about probably talking between 100 and 110 000 Davis says all
that money could have been Marsha's gateway to a new life away from her husband and Cleveland Tennessee
Donny's lawyers also claim that all those stories he told about where his wife may have gone were actually
suggestions once he realized she truly was missing in the state of Tennessee there are 283 missing persons cases open
right now though a Civil Court ruled that Marcia is deceased her name can still be found on the national missing
persons website there's one for Marcia Brantley right now that's open listing her as a missing person not a murder
person not a person who they suspect has been murdered by her husband she's a smart woman who left for reasons of her
own she was always self-assured and was a leader type personality but a couple of months before Marcia disappeared
Reggie J says the writer's group was stunned by a bitter Email exchange with her she says ladies I just wanted to let
you all know that I'd be missing for some time without explaining when you read that what'd you think I was mad
I thought how dare you do that to us she writes no one in the group is responsible for my M.I.A missing in
action status I merely said I'd be missing at that point I truly did think to myself immediately did Marcia write
that who'd you think wrote it Donnie but neither side in the legal case agrees with her the defense says Marcia wrote
the email because she was about to leave town she was separating herself from those relationships that was closest to
her the prosecution says she only sent it because she planned to quit her writing group and the email itself
proves she wasn't actually going anywhere later in that email she says but you all will see me around Cleveland
is a small town we'll certainly run into one another Reggie and Nancy were bewildered and concerned they remembered
around the time of the emails Marcia who had suddenly lost a lot of weight said something that now seemed ominous and
she just made the comment I've been so depressed that I could hardly get off the couch and I'd remember doing sort of
a double take looking and like Marsha are you okay I think that there was a whole lot going on with Marcia that she
didn't tell anyone even the people in her writing group if Marcia Brantley had a secret 48 Hours
contacted one of the only people she might have told Robin Torero is a former pharmacist who worked with doctors to
treat patients she specialized in hormone replacement therapy she first came in 2004 in the June of 2004. Torero
says Marcia was going through menopause and was having a tough time including night sweats and mood swings it can be
very very severe and in the worst cases what can it lead to well I mean there have been cases known where women did
commit suicide during this time Torero worked with Marsha's Doctor Who prescribed medications for her right up
to the time she disappeared what concerned me more with Marsha was not what she shared but what she didn't
share that there was a lot more underneath there than she was willing to share with me
Torero's chart notes show Marsha repeatedly reported feeling depressed including this passage one month before
she disappeared on May 1st 2009 patient has been off of hormones since April the
12th was having severe depression so Marcia said to you she was experiencing severe
depression yes it was underlined severe and what are the last notes that you have written
on 5 18 she was having mood swings sleep less she was just like this up and down
you have a woman describes herself as being severely depressed those things were disclosed in 2010 to law
enforcement and from all I can tell they've never been investigated there was no significant mental illness I
never thought that that was the real answer State investigators have closed a Cleveland Pharmacy in 2015 the Tennessee
Board of Pharmacy revoked Robin Torero's license for unprofessional conduct unrelated to Marsha's treatment she was
never charged with a crime oh the Places You'll Go by Dr Seuss what do you think
happened to Marcia Brantley I wish I knew I really have no idea did you ever just look him in the eye
daughter to father say Dad did you do this did you kill her I did not I knew he didn't she's gone
she's dead well he's disposed of her body very well I know that now after nine long years a
jury will hear both sides of Marcia brantley's mysterious disappearance it's got to be done exactly right
we don't have any room for Eric [Music] foreign County Cold Case from nearly a decade
ago adds to trial next week but just two days before Donnie brantley's murder trial is set to begin
I've heard you have an announcement to make prosecutor Steve Crump the man who four years earlier promised Marcia
brantley's Family Justice gives 48 Hours some shocking news we just met with the
family and we told them that we're probably going to be dismissing this case on Monday
whoa whoa you're going to dismiss this murder case yes why this is an unusual case
we're afraid the judge will enter a judgment of acquittal because we can't prove
that Marcia Brantley was murdered you only get one shot Crump fears the jury would never get a chance to decide
on guilt or innocence that the judge would rule there just isn't enough evidence to go on and throw the case out
to be charged with murder dropped charged with murder and dropped again I'm sorry I just feel like there's some
incompetence here sure well and I I can appreciate that and my view of what Donnie Brantley did to Marsha Brantley
hasn't changed I don't believe we have the wrong guy I don't believe we have the wrong set of
facts this is a legal decision one that is made as a matter of trial strategy Crump stands by what he's done maybe I
should have done it earlier maybe I should have seen this sooner or maybe you're right maybe it was
incompetence I'll never stop self-evaluating but no matter what the outcome is I better
always do the right thing hey Kelly hello I have some rather startling news to tell you there will
not be a trial are you serious that's terrible that's terrible [Music] February 5th 2018 Court convenes to make
it official hey Zach it's kind of a sad day for you absolutely that's him that's Bradley
Donnie can I just ask one thing what's going through your mind after all you've gone through this is such a A Day of
Victory for you this is a state of Tennessee versus Mr Brantley uh General uh would you like to
approach and do you have a motion to make yes your honor I've made the decision on Saturdays
[Music] nearly 10 years after Marcia's disappearance it takes a judge just 10 minutes to dismiss the case against
Donnie Brantley yet again at this time Mr Brantley is free to go [Music] for Donny a second Victory I'd like to
thank the judge for dismissing the charges I'd also like to thank my family for all their support during this
extremely stressful period I look forward to putting this difficult time behind me
for Marsha's family a second devastating blow in court I felt like life had been
squeezed out of me my family is crushed but tomorrow's a new day this isn't the end
later that month the judge orders Donny's record of criminal charges in Bradley County to be erased
and Steve Crump does something we found remarkable so this is from the case File
it is and this is an extraordinary thing because generally you don't get to see this pre-trial that's right
with Detective Pike guarding the evidence Crump showed 48 Hours what a jury never got to see
he hopes that by showing the evidence a viewer may remember something important and call in a tip what are you holding
in your hand this is a receipt for a torch kit for a welder receipts for items Donnie bought around the time
Marcia disappeared including duct tape and plastic sheeting the man runs a home repair business we believe that all of
these receipts represent preparations for disposing of Marcia Brantley disposing of her body yes correct what
do we have here a greeting card a greeting card he says Donnie hand delivered to that ex-girlfriend he'd
been calling this was delivered we believe the day after Marcia Brantley disappeared and what did Donnie write on
the inside of this card hi girl with two exclamation points things are better for me now call me if
you can with his number you know how hard got Stephanie Richardson's mailbox on the morning of June the 3rd 2009
in your handwriting when I played the fifth it provides at least important motive
there's another woman we wanted to meet that other woman we've decided to drive out to her neighborhood
to try to speak to her [Music] I'm going to go up to the door and knock and see if Stephanie is home
[Music] Tiffany Richardson is now married hey Stephanie hi how are you I'm Peter Van
Sant with CBS News 48 hours it's really nice to meet you she disagrees with the prosecutor's interpretation of the card
I'm sorry they're stretching things Stephanie says she did date Donnie but not while Marcia was in his life the
prosecutors claiming that there was an affair that's not true I would love to ask you
just a few questions about that would you be no you have to understand this is my life for 10 years I don't want to
deal with this anymore [Music] Donnie Brantley has gone back home to Georgia where he's spending time with a
new love interest and his grandchildren too getting to see that grandfather's side of him is just a whole other very
special side what I want people to know is how loving kind thoughtful and how hard working he
is despite the prosecution's repeated failure to prove Donnie Brantley committed a murder or even that a murder
was committed they pledged to work harder to one day bring the Brantley case back to court I've been very plain
that we're not going to stop and so whatever he feels relief or whatever you may feel I wouldn't get accustomed to it
we hope it helps back in Cleveland for writing group member Nancy Grill believes Marcia's story may have one
last dramatic chapter I'm probably the only person in the world that doesn't really truly believe that
Marsha is dead what do you believe that one day Marsha Brantley may re-emerge I think it's a possibility
but sadly Marsha's family thinks Nancy's Hope is pure fiction oh yeah think about
her every day can we get her back can we layer to rest beside her mother and father
our family has a hole there that can't be replaced and we will do everything we can to find her
and we won't give up foreign a tip contact the Bradley County Sheriff's Office at 423-728-7336
to see more of the evidence go to 48hours.com I was 10 years old the phone rang something was wrong very wrong
my grandmother she was dead and not just dead murdered this is knock knock the unsolved murders of Betty Jones and
Catherine Crigler what was done in that house was as bad as anything Jack the Ripper ever did
Sergeant Lott is no ordinary police officer they developed a DNA facial recognition
of the Killer now I know what you look like I'm Gonna Get You never in a million years did I think
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Brief Summary

Marsha Brantley's disappearance leads to her husband's murder trial, but the case is dismissed due to lack of evidence.

Key points

Marsha Brantley's Disappearance. Marsha Brantley vanished in June 2009, leading to a complex investigation.
Trial for Donnie Brantley. In February 2018, Marsha's husband Donnie is set to stand trial for her murder.
Prosecutor's Shocking Announcement. Prosecutor Steve Crump reveals the case against Donnie Brantley may be dismissed due to lack of evidence.
Marcia's Family Crushed Again. In a devastating turn, the judge dismisses the case against Donnie Brantley, leaving Marcia's family heartbroken.
Hope for Marcia's Return. A writing group member expresses hope that Marcia Brantley may one day re-emerge, despite her family's doubts.

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