about her state state of mind, he stayed at home. james said that she was acting up and he didn t he was afraid the baby would yes. then, late that afternoon, said pastor, james marie said she was tired, went to lie down. tanya took the baby out shopping so marie could rest. the pastor said he waited around for a bit. talk to her briefly when she woke up and went out for a run. and when he returned, marie and her white mazda pick up truck were gone. strangely, the flanders said, marie had packed her bags but didn t take them. why would she take off and not take her bags with her? anyway, said the flanders, when she did not come back that day or the next, they drove around town looking for her. went to the airport. maybe she parked her car there? and flown away? but did they find? it they did.
said i missed her.. i was pretty devastated. i was in that backyard in 2012. not like you didn t look. yeah, but, you know human nature. you still have the guilt. the feeling of i could ve found her. six months after she was reported missing. the pastor insisted that tanya was around. we shopping. knew nothing. did you ever get her buried before tanya came back? oh, yeah. yeah. do you wonder whether tanya had more to do with this? i think that will always be in the back of our minds. that, you know. i think she may have known more than she wants to see. but tanya was never charged at her defense attorney said she was truly shocked by james s confession. i can tell you as a matter of fact, i m having to tell her what happened, she did not know. later that afternoon, nesli escorted james flanders into his former backyard, where he marked with a little flags, the
physical or to caution before she went missing. and she had scratched him on his arms. james insisted marie was still alive the last time he saw her. i was in shock of everything. that was it. he could not continue his posturing, james would have to resign. he announced that he and tanya were leaving town. they were supposed to leave the following morning to say goodbye to some church members and lo and behold around 12:00 12:30, they got in that truck and went to arizona. they fled. like thieves in the night, with baby grace. it was a few days after they left when jason went to the police to tell his disturbing story. they had a physical run in, the day that she went missing. then a piece of luck. before they left, what marie s friend k asked if they gave her
the truth, to that it s james s baby. but not a lot of secrets the detectives invited james and tanya to voluntarily come in for a chat. but only tanya showed up. and here in this little room in the sheriff s office, she let it all come out. about that night of sake and sex, when grace was conceived. yeah he had a little bit too. i was the only one that was. but yes, i was there. yes, in the room. but of course she was, said tanya. and almost casually. she revealed the heresy that, should it ever become public it should ruin. was marie going to move in and she would be number two. for a? wife or whatever you call them. sister wife. it was, in short, polygamy, or their homegrown version of
marie to protect james? two months after marie she disappeared, the detectives got permission to look at the cell phone records of all three of them. would they prove tanya was with marie when she vanished and, thus, did something to? her cell phone tower information from the area no. nowhere near marie. so, they check the cell towers for james s phone, and where do you know? when marie sent that last text message saying she was leaving town. both her phone and the pastures pinging off at the same cell tower two blocks from his house. and when marie s was drop mazda was dropped at the airport we had james s phone touching near the airport. why would his phone be near the airport? well either james innocently drove marie to the airport, or he drove her car there to cover up a crime.