For the first time in six years, investigators had a reason to believe Roscoe and the boys might have survived the lake.
Garrison disappeared the next morning.
His house was empty.
His truck was gone.
And his phone had been switched off.
The police issued alerts.
Investigators searched his business records.
And they began tracing the people connected to the financial scheme.
Several days later, they identified a remote property.
An abandoned hunting lodge in a wooded area several hours from the lake.
It matched details visible in Roscoe’s videos.
A search warrant was obtained.
Officers entered the building.
Inside, they found evidence that people had been held there.
Old bedding.
Damaged furniture.
Personal belongings.
And marks on the walls.
Then an investigator found something that made him stop.
A small wooden box.
Inside were smooth stones.
Each labeled in a child’s handwriting.
Ned’s handwriting.
I recognized it immediately when they showed me the photograph.
