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On November 10th, 2010 at 6:30pm Valarie Haythorn called the Knox County Police Department to report one of her employees absent from work. Usually on time and never missing a shift, this was unimaginable, Police performed a wellness check on the home of Tina Herman but there was no response upon knocking on the door. Police left and the next day, another call was made to the police from Ron Metcalf stating that his girlfriend, Stephanie Sprang never came home from her outing with Tina Herman the previous day. Police began to worry and looked into Tina's children's whereabouts. Neither of them had made it to school that day. Four people were all missing in a matter of one evening.

On May 15th, 1927, Edward Phillip Brinley visited the quaint Missouri farmstead of Eugene and Bertha Gifford. He and the family chattered away while the children were readying themselves for bed. While walking back to his truck to leave, Ed collapsed on the walkway.