'Kiss, Kiss - love you sis, ' the goodbye that Patti Adkins shared with her sisters. How could they know that, at the end of June 2001, they would hear it from their younger sibling for the final time?
'You don't think that the worst is going to happen. You don't think it will be the last time you speak to your little sister, ' Jeanine Laurie recalled the shock of hearing of Patti's disappearance. Within just a few hours of receiving the appalling news, Jeanine had no doubt in her own mind that Patti knew her attacker.
'There's something wrong here. It just makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.' Detective Jeff Stiers was involved in Patti's case. As he and his colleagues dug deeper, it became apparent that Patti's life was more complicated than it might seem from a distance.
Investigators searched her accounts, found her papers and determined that she had not run off. Friends and relatives could have told them this. They knew that nothing would drag Patti away from her daughter. Seven year old Michaley and her mom shared a bond as strong as any between mother and child.
What happened to Patti Adkins?