In 2006, Dent County resident Lena (Liehnia) Chapin went missing, several years after confessing on tape that her mother Sandy had killed her stepfather Gary McCullough. Gary went missing in 1999, and people had always assumed that he was murdered. Years later, Lena went to Albert, Gary's brother, to confess what she had seen her mother and Kris Klemp, her new boyfriend, do.
According to Lena's taped confession, her mom shot her stepfather in the head while he was eating scrambled eggs. Then, Sandy and Kris wrapped up Gary's body, burned it, and scattered the bones and ashes everywhere. His body was never found. Without any evidence other than Lena's confession, Gary's family couldn't do anything. Sandy lawyered up, and Lena didn't say anything further.
However, the McCulloughs eventually filed a lawsuit against Sandy and Kris for Gary's wrongful death, alleging that Lena was an accessory to murder. The idea here was that Lena could be granted immunity given that she testified for McCulloughs. However, Lena was missing. Sandy said that she had left her son Colter and went to Florida to be with another man. This raised red flags for everyone.
Sandy's other daughters testified against her. The jury awarded Gary's family $7 million. Sandy eventually remarried and now has custody of Lena's son. Lena's sisters believe that her body may be somewhere on one of Sandy's properties, but Lena has yet to be found.