The Chief Behind the False Wall

In 1987, a quiet librarian in rural Montana vanished without a trace from her

locked home. Police found her reading glasses on the kitchen table, tea still warm in

the cup, and her cat meowing at the back door. No signs of struggle. No forced entry.

Just gone. For thirty years, investigators chased dead ends while the town whispered

about the strange man who worked at the hardware store. He had no alibi and kept newspaper

clippings about missing women. They searched his property twice, finding nothing.

The case went cold until 2017 when new owners renovated the library. Behind a false wall

in the basement, they discovered a hidden room. Inside were personal belongings from