November 26, 2021
Residents of a small farming town in the Midwest began to suspect one another after a well-liked hostess disappeared from a local tavern. Catherine Beard, 31, grew up in Ord, Nebraska, home to the Someplace Else tavern, where she worked as a part-time waitress. It was her night off, and the social woman went to the bar on May 31, 1989 to mingle and see a few of the familiar faces of Ord. But at closing time, Beard’s manager and friend didn’t know where she went, finding her cigarettes and k...