George Jares – 6 of Clubs, Wisconsin

George Jares – 6 of Clubs, Wisconsin

From the outside, 43-year-old George was a family man: a former greeting card salesman turned restaurant owner who loved his kids, the outdoors, and working hard. But after George was shot three times and left for dead in his restaurant’s parking lot, details of his...
Sandra Burris – 5 of Spades, Louisiana

Sandra Burris – 5 of Spades, Louisiana

On a hot summer night in 2005, Sandra Burris and her best friend went clubbing in their small Louisiana town. The night started out like any other, but the friends went separate ways later in the evening, and sometime after that, Sandra vanished—and there’s been no...
Lisa Staes – Jack of Diamonds, Wisconsin

Lisa Staes – Jack of Diamonds, Wisconsin

In the winter of 1976, Lisa Staes was trying to figure out what exactly she wanted to do with her life. Like so many 20-year-olds, she’d just moved out of her parents’ house and started classes at a community college. She was embracing her independence as a young...