The lodge.
And the movement of the captives.
Eventually, one of Garrison’s associates agreed to cooperate.
He provided information about what happened after the lodge.
The truth was devastating.
The men had intended to force Roscoe to sign documents accepting responsibility for the fraudulent transactions.
They believed that if Roscoe disappeared permanently, the financial trail could be redirected toward him.
But Roscoe refused.
He demanded that his sons be released.
He threatened to expose everyone.
And he tried to escape.
During an attempted escape, Roscoe was seriously injured.
The cooperating witness said he died several days later.
I collapsed when investigators told me.
For six years, I’d imagined my husband drowning.
Now I learned he’d survived the lake.
Only to die trying to protect our children.
I couldn’t speak.
Clara held me.
And we cried together.
But the witness had more to say.
The boys had been separated after Roscoe’s death.
