The police "work" was nonexistent for over a decade. To take at face value that a mother of three would simply take off for Maine with an unidentified man, never to be heard from again, is not believable. It was years before it was determined (through a social media page) that the man Sherry briefly dated after her divorce had never left the area.
When the truth was finally revealed, it was the most obvious scenario. Poverty forced her to move in with the parents of her ex. Instead of going to the birthday party of her sister's children, where her own children awaited, Sherry was murdered by blunt force trauma, as revealed by a fractured skull excavated 13 years after the murder so foul.
As with the previous episode, the murderer's first impulse upon being found out was suicidal. His sentence was light due to bargain made to secure the remains. Here's hoping he is always denied parole, serving the full term of 12 years.
It would have been good to hear from Sherry's children, who were lied to and believed their mother had abandoned them. She did not.
When the truth was finally revealed, it was the most obvious scenario. Poverty forced her to move in with the parents of her ex. Instead of going to the birthday party of her sister's children, where her own children awaited, Sherry was murdered by blunt force trauma, as revealed by a fractured skull excavated 13 years after the murder so foul.
As with the previous episode, the murderer's first impulse upon being found out was suicidal. His sentence was light due to bargain made to secure the remains. Here's hoping he is always denied parole, serving the full term of 12 years.
It would have been good to hear from Sherry's children, who were lied to and believed their mother had abandoned them. She did not.