Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

Right now there is no trace.

Investigators say evidence leaves them to believe that she's dead.

Stick my nose back on the trail.

That's all I can do. This is already gone.

Already gone. Jean Beacon was born Jean Ann Shriner and she grew up a farm kid in rural Wisconsin.

She was very active in 4-H and she raised animals and rode horses. Family was important. As

Jean grew up and got married, these same values that were instilled in her from a young age stayed with her.

Jean was the mother of four children.

She was dedicated to her family.

Mostly she doted on her kids. Her true love were her four children, Alicia, David,

Rhonda, and Samantha. At the time of her disappearance, her oldest daughter was seven.

Her only son, the middle child, was about to turn five, and her youngest children, a set of

twin girls, were about two years old. By late 2007, Jean was in the process of divorcing her husband. A few months earlier,

she learned that he was seeing another woman, and she asked him to leave the family home.

He moved away, settling about 20 miles from the family home and residing with his new girlfriend.

Now, Jean's estranged husband was known to be controlling. He kept Jean under his thumb for most of their married life,

so he was likely surprised when Jean filed for divorce.

And the divorce was not an easy one.

Jean's lawyer told her she would probably be able to have shared custody of the children

and she would also be able to lay claim to have shared custody of the children, and she would also be able to lay claim to half the business

her ex-husband owned with her brother-in-law. Both men knew that Jean would sell her share of the business, and they weren't thrilled about the idea of a third party

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