Neighborhood Watch: The Kidnapping of Doe Roberts

Small towns are interesting places. Everybody acts like they’re the
“real” America—simple, safe places where life moves at a slower
pace and everybody can trust everybody else. As true crime shows
never tire of telling us, small town folks don’t even lock their
doors. Crime just doesn’t happen there. Except of course, when it
does. And then everybody talks about how the town has lost its
innocence, and things will never be the same again. Not that some
of that doesn’t have a basis in truth. But if you grew up in a
small town, you know that’s not the whole story. See, people are
people, no matter where they call home. And in a small town, where
everybody tends to keep a close eye on everybody else’s business,
and gossip can ruin a reputation faster than a summer storm can
wreck a cookout, people can have an awful lot of incentive to keep
their secrets…well, good and secret. And when something threatens
to dredge up an inconvenient truth that they want to keep hidden,
people can get desperate. And a desperate person is one of the most
dangerous creatures on earth.

Sources:
Investigation Discovery's "Hometown Homicide," Episode "Hold the
Line"
Discovery's "FBI Files," Episode "Fatal Friendship"
https://www.leagle.com/decision/19941206894sw2d31211197
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Martha_Doe_Roberts

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