On a summer afternoon in 1996, Tim Walthall was testing out his new high-powered telescope along the banks of the Ohio River bordering Indiana and Kentucky. But instead of the usual wildlife and barges, he witnessed a horrifying crime through the lens: the abduction of a young woman sunbathing on a remote beach across the river. Tim immediately called 911, but by the time police arrived, the perpetrator and victim had vanished. The missing woman was identified as twenty-three-year-old Heather Teague, a former honor student and beauty queen whose life had recently taken a troubled turn. Eyewitness testimony and a suspicious vehicle description soon pointed to one man, Marty Dill, who was well-known to police in the area. But what exactly happened to Heather that fateful day? Join us as we unravel a mother's desperate quest for the truth about her missing daughter, a convoluted investigation spanning two states, and a tragic case that remains shrouded in mystery to this day.
For photos pertaining to this case, visit the online appendix at TrueCrimeCaseHistories.com.
For more information on this story and others in the True Crime Case Histories book series, visit us at JasonNealBooks.com or check us out on Amazon.
On a summer afternoon in 1996, Tim Walthall was testing out his new high-powered telescope along the banks of the Ohio River bordering Indiana and Kentucky. But instead of the usual wildlife and barges, he witnessed a horrifying crime through the lens: the abduction of a young woman sunbathing on a remote beach across the river. Tim immediately called 911, but by the time police arrived, the perpetrator and victim had vanished. The missing woman was identified as twenty-three-year-old Heather Teague, a former honor student and beauty queen whose life had recently taken a troubled turn. Eyewitness testimony and a suspicious vehicle description soon pointed to one man, Marty Dill, who was well-known to police in the area. But what exactly happened to Heather that fateful day? Join us as we unravel a mother's desperate quest for the truth about her missing daughter, a convoluted investigation spanning two states, and a tragic case that remains shrouded in mystery to this day.
For photos pertaining to this case, visit the online appendix at TrueCrimeCaseHistories.com.
For more information on this story and others in the True Crime Case Histories book series, visit us at JasonNealBooks.com or check us out on Amazon.