There is no way you could look at this and say, this is a person who ran away. The mystery had this sinister side to it. Oh my god, this is really happening. It is happening right now. In the dark waters off miami, miles out to sea, a federal agent hunting for Drug Smugglers spots a suspicious boat. I noticed the Passenger Role a large duffel bag off the side of the boat. Drugs . The agents never found any, and back on shore, no one could find a missing young mother, either. Was there a connection . Lynne was just months away from her wedding when she vanished, leaving behind a young son and mystery. Any sign that someone had broken and ended up abducted her . No. The search continued on land and at sea. No bag, nobody, no case. I did not have anything that would show she was actually dead. Decades go by and the mystery is almost forgotten, but not by everyone. They knew he was the bad guy. They just could not put him in jail. All they needed was a miracle, or a witness. Hello, and welcome to dateline. A devoted mother with wedding plans, seemingly vanished into thin air. Florida Police Suspected foul play, but with nobody, no witnesses, no crime scene, this investigation went cold. Then, a new prosecutor was determined to find out. Was this the story of a runaway bride, or a woman who ran into trouble . Here is Dennis Murphy, with What Lies Beneath. You dont need a Moon Over Miami for it to be beautiful by night. The skyline reflected in biscayne bay will do just fine, but it is not for everyone. I am so worried about you. Some people are scared by the dark water, afraid of the creatures that lurked down below, afraid of the creatures above his scuttle through the night on secret errands. I have no idea where you are. You just may share those fears after you hear the story of a woman named lynne friend. Line of none of this makes any sense to people who knew lynne friend. She really was that all american girl, you know, blue eyes, beautiful smile. A good mom. She adored her son. Little did anyone suspect that for the next 20 years, the story of lynne friend would haunt a young boys life in the secret would remain locked away for decades that would explain everything. What happened to lynne friend that put her in the crosshairs of miami tv news was that she was missing, just flat out gone. No one could imagine lynne friend, a responsible hospital administrative a just snapping and walking out of her life, least of all, on her fiveyear old son, christian. One thing is certain. Jennifer snell, then, a miami reporter, covered the disappearance. For her to disappear without leaving word for her son, was just something everyone knew would never happen. Esther sanchez met lynne when she came to work at Parkway Hospital in fort lauderdale. At the time, lynne was still living with her fiance, a Business Owner named clifford friend. When the two married in 1989, esther was made of honor. She wanted what every girl dreams of, getting married and looking forward to having children, the goal of the white picket fence. When Baby Christian came along, lynne, the proud mom, made her by one of the most photographed children in South Florida. Over the moon with being a mom, less so at being mrs. Clifford friend. I thought they were a poor match. Within a year of christians birth, the marriage was floundering. Lynne and her husband parted ways and later divorced. She was upset that her dreams had fallen apart, but she was very happy with the fact that she was a mom. So, disappointment abounded, but Baby Christian was not part of it. Said he was her number one priority in life. She lived for him. Consumed with being a mom that men were out of the picture for the foreseeable future, but then along came ed o he was a consultant for nashville, working on a Construction Project at her hospital. Set eyes on her right away. He was a southern gentleman and he would walk in, say hi, and he would leave. That went on for, i think, a year. Then one day, she said i think im going to go on a date with ed. That one date turned into a whirlwind romance. Within months, lynne and ed got engaged and mapped out a future together in nashville. He was very fond of the boy, and look forward to the mall be in a family together. Lynne had been awarded custody of the child although she ensured kristins father, clifford, had generous visitation rights. She had agreed to Everything Clifford wanted to try to play nice. In august 1994, the clock was counting down to moving day. Lynne was home packing when ed called from nashville about 8 00 on a sunday night. She told him she would be out for a few minutes, but would call him back when she returned home. Two hours went by, and no lynne phone call. Her fiance left a message on her answering machine. Hello, its me. Its about 9 15 and im a little worried about you and hope everything is okay. Close friend esther lived in the same condo complex as lynne. Esther noticed her friends car was gone late at night. She became concerned. Esther started calling, too. Unanswered messages piled up through the night. Hello, hello. It is 1030, and i had hoped i would hear from you by now. I am so, so worried about you. I have no idea where you are. Call me, bye. The next day, a neighbor spotted lynnes car abandon about a halfmile from her home, the front tire was flat. Soon, the cops arrived and esther put them in lynnes condo. What i noticed that was very odd, she is very meticulous, neat, and frugal. The television was on. The lights were on. The airconditioning was on. Lynne appeared to have closed the door of her townhouse north of miami on a sunday night and vanished into the thick night air. So, now it is very scary. What in the world had happen to nice lynne friend . Law enforcement officers from all over South Florida were looking for any trace of her, coming up empty. A wedding, a move, a new job. Lynne was facing enormous changes in stress in the days ahead. Is it possible she just took off, and if she was a runaway bride, had she run into trouble . Did you think maybe she got cold feet and was just taking a timeout somewhere . Without her son . Never. When dateline continues. Never. When dateline continues. Arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower Respiratory Disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. Rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd, and certain other conditions. But im protected. Arexvy is proven to be over 82 effective in preventing lower Respiratory Disease from rsv and over 94 effective in those with these health conditions. Arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. 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Days passed and clues were few and lythe disappearance ofn lynne friend. The missing mother of a five yearold boy seems to of gotten in her car on a Rainy Sunday Night and never come home. Lynnes friends and fiance, ed o all i know is i want to marry her and take her away and live happily ever after. They handed out flyers and search the residential area where her car was found abandoned. Honestly, i was very afraid. A townhouse she left with the tv still on. Eddie royal, an investigator assigned by the Florida Department of enforcement was perplexed by what he did not find at her condo. There was no sign of any struggle at lynnes house. It was exactly as you would expect it. She was two days away from moving. She had Boxes Ceiling to floor. Any sign that someone had broken in and abducted her . No. Cops also came up empty for the searcher abandoned car with a flat tire. Inside, they found a waist pouch with her drivers license. There was no evidence, fingerprints, no foreign dna in it. Forensically you are not coming up with this clue that explains everything. So, what did happen to the 35 yearold single mother . With too few forensic clues to examine, the investigators were learning who this missing woman was. When you peel back the layers of lynnes life, what they saw right away were big, stressful changes on her horizon. A new marriage in a new city, a new life altogether. Had it all become too much . Her best friend, esther sanchez. Did you think maybe she got cold feet and moving to tennessee and was just taking a timeout somewhere . Without her son . Never. Lynne would have to be dead to not have christian. And, what about her son, christian . Could he help fill in any pieces of the puzzle . Sensitive thing here. The child was fiveyearold that but does he have a story to tell . I dont know how much a five yearold child could tell at that time. In truth, very little. Christopher had been with his father for the weekend. Like lynne, he had also met someone he met 21 years before. He was engaged to a woman named janet leary. Chris had called me and said he had received a phone call stating that lynne had disappeared. They found lynnes car and they did not know where she was. Thats a very traumatic thing going on. He has lost his mother. Did they shield him from it . Okay, the news we shielded christian as much as possible. Meanwhile, the massive investigation into lynne friends disappearance had one goal. To find her, or at least her body, if she was, in fact, dead. Are you prepared to deal with the worst . No, know. I cannot think that. I will not think that. Lynne is the woman that im going to marry. She is my life. I think he really wanted to hold it together and to be dignified. Jennifer snow was a reporter for miamis nbc station. I think is the words that come out of his mouth he would realize that what he was actually saying was that the love of his life was dead. I have to believe for christians sake that his mother is still alive because is just a fiveyearold child and he needs his mother loves his mother so much. Ed o he would not give up on trying to find the love of his life. He called everyone, even the president , to ask for help. Ed o campaign, writing to president clinton and lo and behold, we got a call from the fbi saying they would not like to join the investigation. But, even with the Top Law Enforcement Agency in the country in on the search for lynne friend, there was still no break in the case but then, out of the blue, the deep, dark blue, a chance encounter produced a lead from a most unlikely place in the case of the missing woman. Coming up, a federal agent on the lookout for Drug Runners Runs into something strange. I tell one of my crew members, light him up. 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In 1994, Drug Smuggling was very prevalent. On that longago sunday night, lynne friend disappeared, agent tim stillman and his crew left the dock on the miami river at dusk. They knew nothing of the missing woman case, the focus was on intercepting drugs and smugglers. They headed outside into The Dark Ocean waters that lead into the bahamas, a hotbed of smuggling. About three minutes out, they idled and doused the running lights. It was a beautiful night, the ocean was calm. We had the engine shut off and were listening for any boats that might be in our area. So, i hear this book coming out in through night vision goggles, i could see that there were two people on board. The two people were in dark clothing, goggles, bandannas around their heads. It was around 11 00, stellhorn and his crew trailed the boat but quickly, the element of surprise was lost. I watched the passengers turn around and he spots us, i think, into one of my crew members light him up with the spotlight. I noticed the Passenger Role a large duffel bag off the side of the boat. The chase is on. We think we have a narcotics case, smuggling case that went bad, and at some point, they just stopped their boat and both of them put their hands straight up in the air. The two were zipped up during the questioning that followed. Agents returned to the spot where the bag was dunked dumped, but it had already sunk and with no drugs found on the boat, agents released the two, but their boat was seized for a followup investigation. Just another night in the office in the war on drugs, or so agent stellhorn thought. So, a week goes by and im sitting on a Couch Reading the newspaper and on the back page is a story about a missing woman, lynne friend. Friend is an unusual last name so of course it registered with me that i just stopped about a week prior with a guy named friend on board. It was clifford friend, lynnes exhusband. With him was a Miami Beach Man named alan gold who turned out to be the coowner of the book. At the bottom of the article was a detectives name and a phone number so i called the number. At first, he didnt believe me. Thought it was a prank call. Lightbulbs clicked. Missing pieces fell into place. Missing exwife, a former husband busted dumping something offshore on this very night. Leslie d ambrosia was an investigating agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The Customs Officers in this case did such an amazing job. Now, 10 days after lynnes disappearance, investigators in the media, laser focused on clifford friend. And then, there was this investigative nugget. Ed o that the night lynne disappeared, she told him she was going to cliffords house to pick up a Child Support payment. When detectives heard that, they got a Search Warrant for cliffords place. They seized some items in his car, but found no evidence of foul play anywhere. I never gave thought that he had anything to do with lynnes disappearance. But, investigators were not so sure, s